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"Ah, then can you help me find my mother?" Chi Bi's blurry face revealed an expression of anticipation.

After a moment of silence, Ding Hong asked, "How can I help you find your mother?"

"My mother was buried with someone in a cemetery in the south," he said.

Graveyard, to be buried with him? That means he's dead? Ding Hong frowned and said, "What if I can't find it and bring it back?"

Chibi hastily raised his hand and opened his fist; he revealed a small stone. "I am inside this small stone. You can take me to my mother."

"Then after I help you find your mother, will you be able to bring me out of this valley?"

Chi Bi was in a good mood as he smiled and said, "Of course you can." Then he slipped into the small stone in his hand. Without the support of the red hand, the stone fell to the ground and rolled in front of Ding Hong. Ding Hong bent over and picked it up. The stone was very regular and round with a flat surface. It must have been ground to such an extent on purpose.

After picking up the stone, Ding Hong left the house and walked south along the small path. Chi Bi was a soul, and since his mother was in the tomb, then his mother should have already died. This way, as long as they found the tomb, the matter would be resolved.

He walked along the small path for a while and didn't see any graves. Instead, he saw a pitch-black cave. In front of the entrance of the cave, there were some broken pieces of ice. Judging by the brightness of the cut, it was likely that the break was not long ago and was caused by a fight. Suddenly, a weak wind came from inside the cave and a strange, pungent smell wafted out of it.

The stone suddenly shook, and Chibi's voice rang out, "My mother is inside."

Ding Hong frowned. He did not know the degree of danger in this cave and Suo Bing and Ji Yuanmeng were still waiting for him. However, after some thought, he still walked in.

The cave was pitch-black, and Ding Hong could only use the sword qi that was attached to the heavenly jade flute to illuminate a small piece of light. There were many broken and incomplete stones on the floor of the cave. The passage was very narrow, and it could only accommodate four people side by side. There were a lot of grooves on both sides of the path, probably formed by digging with pickaxes or something.

Along the way, a huge hole suddenly appeared on the side, and traces of red blood could be seen within the hole. Ding Hong stopped. Because it was winter, the blood stains had long since been frozen into pieces. There was no way to tell when it would be.

"Mother is right in front." Chibi suddenly said.

Ding Hong could not give up now that they had reached this point, but there was blood. The path ahead was definitely dangerous. He once again placed the seven swords in front of him, and followed closely behind. However, after walking like this for the time of two cups of tea, nothing unexpected happened. Ding Hong, who was already prepared for battle, couldn't help but feel a little strange.

After walking for a while, a light suddenly lit up in front of them. A huge stone room had actually appeared! The stone chamber was wide, with five huge pillars at the center. Each pillar was as wide as a man's arms.

Between each of the pillars were stone coffins, four in total. Following that, a faint glow of sword Qi discovered that the seals on each coffin were quite firm. It was likely that they had not been opened. He turned around and saw that the stone path had been dug into the tomb from the outside.

"Creak, creak, creak." The sound suddenly came from afar, echoing nonstop in the spacious stone room.

Ding Hong was taken aback. He withdrew his sword qi and hid behind a stone pillar.

His footsteps got closer and closer. Not long later, a ball of light entered the stone room. Judging from the frequency of the sound, there should only be one person. However, he did not know what was on his feet. How could he make such a loud noise while walking?

He had something to light up at a certain time in his hand. After pausing for a moment as if it was just a routine inspection, he turned around and walked back. After he was sure he had gone far, Ding Hong came out from beside the stone pillar and walked towards the place where the light had illuminated.

It turned out that this stone room wasn't the only one. Not far behind the third pillar, there was a cave door. Because of the concealment of sight and darkness, it was hard to find without light.

Seeing the door that was designed with light, Ding Hong was shocked. He exclaimed in his heart: Sulfur! The smell I smelled at the hole was sulfur! If someone brought in a torch or a fire piston, they would probably be turned into mincemeat!

Ding Hong increased the danger of the tomb.

The door led to a corridor, which was actually made of bronze. Outside the corridor, it was completely dark and cold. Occasionally, the sound of water flowing could be heard and it turned out to be a deep underground cliff.

After a moment of silence, he did not dare to continue illuminating the room with the sword light anymore. He used his hands to support the railing of the corridor as he walked forward cautiously, step by step. Ding Hong's heartbeat sped up. He was constantly evolving what he would do if he were to meet the scout. However, his luck was good. Even after walking through the entire corridor, he did not run into any scouts.

He heaved a sigh of relief and observed his surroundings. This place seemed to be on the edge of a cliff, where he was on a bronze smelted platform. Of course, the trestle was also forged from bronze, and it was unknown how much manpower and material was expended by the master of this tomb in the past.

It's naturally hard to choose between two paths, so Ding Hong decided to use the Mysterious Sword Formation to scout the way. But just as he was thinking this, the sound of came to him on both roads. Hearing this voice, Ding Hong's expression changed. This platform was concealed by the mountain, so no one else was able to see him. The corridor ahead was shrouded in light. It was impossible for him to run back the way he came.

Just when he was determined to kill these two, a sword light suddenly lit up in the depths of the corridor. It was actually a woman riding a sword. Due to the obstruction of the light, he did not see Ding Hong. She circled around the cliff and flew directly to Ding Hong's right.

"Knock, knock, knock …"

On the two sides of Ding Hong, the two scouts had actually sounded the gong at the same time. From the sound, they were gradually moving away. They were probably running back. If he lost this opportunity, he would not have another chance. He did not stop, and seeing that the sword lady had taken the right path, he hurriedly ran over.

Suddenly, a black stripe pierced through the air. It was so powerful that it made a "whoosh" sound in the air. Ding Hong was shocked. He moved to the side and with a flick of his wrist, he sent the Heavenly Jade Roar, which was infused with Sword Qi, towards the bar.

With a "peng" sound, the thing broke into pieces. With the help of the sword light, he discovered that it was actually a spear that had just been crafted. After this fight, Ding Hong did not stop. He leaned his body forward and slashed out with his sword.

With a "huff" sound, Ding Hong felt a strong wind blowing against his face. His sword's speed was extremely fast, yet it did not manage to pierce that person. Just now, when Ding Hong was about to leave, he saw the person who had ambushed him!

How was that a human? It was actually a bird demon with wings on its back. After Ding Hong cut off the bird demon's spear, it didn't stay any longer and flapped its wings as it flew into the distance.

Ding Hong was overwhelmed with shock. This bird demon's strength was definitely not inferior to his. Furthermore, the wings on its back made it even more nimble! When he first heard that the country of Zhou sent out hundreds of thousands of soldiers just for a few demon soldiers, he couldn't help but mock them. However, after the exchange just now, Ding Hong immediately felt ashamed of his recklessness.

Seeing that the bird demon had run away, he did not stop. His legs were like lightning as he ran forward like the wind.

"Ahh!"

That bird demon was lying in ambush in the darkness. It saw the opportunity and launched another sneak attack! Ding Hong coldly snorted in his heart. With a thought, a water sword immediately shot out from thin air and pierced straight through his chest.

"Wuuwaa!" The bird demon cried out in pain as it fell from the sky and into the abyss with some unwillingness. Thinking about how powerful the monsters he was going to encounter were, he wondered if Suo Bing would meet them. He became anxious and his feet moved even faster without stopping.

"Boom!" From afar, Ding Hong could see a ball of fiery light half a kilometer ahead of him. A huge bird demon with a body that was comparable to an ordinary house flew out from the fiery light. "Wuwuwu, wuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwenwuwuwuwuwuwuwenwuwuwuwuwuwuwenwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwu@@

Chi Bi's voice suddenly shouted, "Quick, quick, someone is touching my mother! Quickly, no matter how fast I am, my mother is right in front of me!"

Ding Hong gritted his teeth and silently said, "I'm going to throw caution to the wind!" Ignoring the danger of the giant bird demon in front of him, he took a detour around the boardwalk. He had only run a few steps when he arrived at another platform. In front of the platform was another bronze colored corridor.

So it turned out that the two paths from before led to this place.

He didn't have much time to think and headed straight ahead. In front of the corridor was a door that looked exactly the same as the one in the stone room. Ding Hong's grip on the Heavenly Jade Flute tightened as he stepped forward.

There were one or two glowing stones in the room. Although it was dark, it was difficult to see anything clearly. However, to Ding Hong, who was already used to the darkness, this little bit of light allowed him to see everything clearly in an instant.

"Mother is in the second sarcophagus. Quick, bring me there." Chibi hastily shouted.

At this point, Ding Hong suddenly hesitated. All of this seemed a little too strange to him.

"When we get to the sarcophagus, I'll give this bead to you. This bead can contain things, but there is a map in it. Once you get the map, you can leave." Chibi shouted anxiously.

Loading things? Sumeru in mustard seeds?

Hearing this, Ding Hong was somewhat moved. After hesitating for a moment, he prepared to walk towards the sarcophagus.

Suddenly, a woman's cold voice hurriedly shouted, "Don't believe him!" Her voice was clear and melodious, giving off the feeling of ice shattering, a faint coldness, and a faint warmth.

Ding Hong stopped and turned his head to look, but when he looked, his expression changed. The girl was extremely beautiful and gave off a familiar feeling. All of this was nothing, but in order to give Ding Hong a warning, her back had already been exposed to the gigantic bird demon.

The bird demon missed as it cried out excitedly. It held a dark golden long spear in its hand. At this moment, it had already raised it and was about to pierce the mysterious woman.

Ding Hong was startled, thinking that the other party was reminding him that he had the Heavenly Talisman protecting him. The woman was already walking toward him. She was very close to him, so he didn't think anymore as he jumped forward and arrived before her with the dark golden spear as a bird demon!

The woman could not help but be a little surprised that he had done such a thing. He leaned to the side and grabbed Ding Hong's shoulder. The immortal sword beneath his feet suddenly appeared, lifting the two of them into the air, dodging the dark golden lance of the bird demon.

"Ahh! Ahh!"

The bird's demonic qi was extremely strong as it shook the spear in its hand. The dark golden spear was already huge to begin with. With a shake, it immediately shattered the surrounding rocks. Ding Hong was prepared to defend the woman and take the opportunity to injure the bird demon, but he didn't expect the woman to be so agile and had high cultivation. She actually dodged the bird demon's attack so easily. After hearing the bird demon scream, she didn't think anything was wrong, but the mysterious woman's expression changed and she quickly said, "Fellow cultivator, this demon is calling for a subordinate. Let's first get the Sky Demon Sword and then talk!" With that, he waved his hand and slashed across the air.

An ice wall leisurely flew out, sealing off the entire area in front of them and placed itself in front of the bird demon. Upon seeing this, the bird demon screamed incessantly and used the pike in its hand to smash at the ice wall.

"Ding! Ding! Ding!" The dark golden lance smashed into the ice, only sending out tiny ice shards. Seeing this Dao technique, Ding Hong's heart flashed and he couldn't help but ask: "Xiao Qin?"

At this moment, the lady had just released her spell and kept her immortal sword. Hearing Ding Hong's question, she was a little stunned and couldn't help but ask, "Fellow Daoist, who are you?" But then he realized that this was not the place to talk, so he said, "Let's talk after we get out."

Ding Hong's mind was clear. It really was her!

Xiao Qin grasped her sword and drew a circle in the air towards the second coffin.

"Bang!" The lower part of the stone coffin that was connected to the lower part suddenly cracked and then floated up. After that, she flicked her finger and jumped onto the sarcophagus, seemingly wanting to leave. Seeing this, Ding Hong did not hesitate and stepped onto the sarcophagus.

Seeing him come up, the stone coffin lightened up and in the blink of an eye, it flew out from a hole at the side. Just as they came out of the stone room, a large group of Bird Demons emerged from the depths of the abyss. However, this was the first time Ding Hong saw the sizes of these bird demons. The biggest one was only twice the size of the one he had seen when he wielded the dark golden lance.

"Mother, mother, put me beside mother, please, please let me in." Chibi's voice sounded again. It wasn't clear if it was an illusion, but his voice was actually much weaker than before.

"You can't let it in!" Xiao Qin suddenly said, but because she was controlling the direction of the sarcophagus, she couldn't turn back.

"Why?" Ding Hong was somewhat puzzled. Just now, when they met, she told him to not let the Scarlet Competition near the sarcophagus.

"Don't listen to her, she's a liar. Quickly let me in, hurry up!" Hurry up! " Chibi's voice was a bit sinister.

"He's the Sword Soul with intelligence!" Xiao Qin suddenly said.

Ding Hong frowned. This sword spirit was created by the sword itself, and had been in contact with the Spiritual Qi of the world for a long time. Ding Hong had never even heard of this sword spirit that had awakened Spiritual Wisdom.

Behind the sarcophagus, the sound of flapping wings could be heard incessantly, but it was gradually getting farther and farther away. Xiao Qin seemed to relax a little at this time. She turned around and looked at Ding Hong in the dark.

"Who are you?" she asked.

Ding Hong smiled, remembering the matter he kindly reminded him of back then. He did not hide it from her and said, "Fairy Xiao, do you still remember that old friend from a few years ago in Yimo County?"

Xiao Qin's mind spun and she suddenly lit up, exclaiming, "It's you!"

"Exactly."

Hearing him admit it, Xiao Qin was even more shocked. When they met back then, the other party was only a youth. Who would have thought that after two years, he would already have such a cultivation! When he had been observing him just now, he had only felt the spiritual power within his body growing stronger and weaker. However, it had never stopped. Sometimes it would turn into a small mountain stream, and sometimes it would turn into a raging river. This realm, in the Heavenly Palace's Daoist Canon, had already reached the eighth level of the « Heaven Seeking Scroll », the River realm!

Within two years, Xiao Qin had never seen anyone who could reach this realm!

"May I ask where has Young Master Ding been these past few years? How did your cultivation suddenly become so high? " Xiao Qin, on the other hand, felt slightly unwilling to accept this.

"I happened to come to the Penglai Immortal Mountain by chance, and cultivated there for two years."

"Oh? "Is that Young Master Ding a Penglai disciple now?" Xiao Qin's tone was slightly cold.

Naturally, Ding Hong could hear her dissatisfaction. He said, "No, I didn't manage to become Penglai. I was only able to comprehend some things myself and cultivate on my own."

On the way, Ding Hong still paid attention to where Xiao Qin was going. He realized that she didn't come from the direction he came from, but passed by many stone rooms and corridors that were exactly the same as before. This kind of cycle was not less than ten times! However, Xiao Qin seemed to be very familiar with this path.

When he heard Ding Hong mention that he was cultivating alone, he frowned and said, "Rogue cultivators?"

"Exactly." However, Ding Hong was not interested in discussing these matters with her. "I wonder if Fairy Xiao can bring me to a place where my friends are still waiting."

Seeing that he didn't want to discuss this topic anymore, Xiao Qin didn't ask anymore.

"May I know where it is?"

Ding Hong pondered for a moment before saying, "An ice valley nearby."

"Valley of ice?" Xiao Qin felt a little strange, "I didn't see any ice valleys along the way."

"You didn't see it?" His heart thumped, "I wonder how Fairy Xiao came here."

Xiao Qin saw that he did not seem to be faking it and replied, "This is the Demonic Graveyard of the Bashu Wu Mountain's Heavenly Demon. I naturally came from Shu City."

After hearing this, Ding Hong felt his entire body go soft. He loudly said, "I wonder if Fairy Xiao can take me to Yao Mountain Valley Pass."

After Xiao Qin heard this, she felt a little troubled and said, "Although the Heavenly Demon Tomb is not far from the Yao Valley Pass, it will still take about half a day to get there. Why don't you go ride the sword by yourself?"

"Because I'm training in a technique, I'm unable to control the sword." Ding Hong did not have the time to guess riddles with her.

Xiao Qin thought for a moment and said, "I want the Sky Demon Sword in the sarcophagus."

"So what if I give it to you!" Ding Hong had no idea what kind of Heavenly Demon Sword it was and had never thought of taking it.

Xiao Qin looked at him in surprise. It was unknown if he was too anxious or if it was natural. Seeing that he agreed, she nodded and said, "If that is so, then we will head to the Yao Valley Pass the moment we leave the Sky Demon Tomb."

Xiao Qin activated her technique once more and her speed became even faster. She went back and forth between many stone rooms, corridors, and canyons a dozen times before she suddenly flew out from a huge, semicircular hole that was about two hundred feet wide and one hundred feet tall.

Outside, the sun was shining and the sea of fog was raging.

This place was already the Ba Shu, covered in yellow, red, and green mountain leaves, colorful and colorful. Xiao Qin did not stop. After she came out, she pointed her finger and took the sarcophagus to break through the sea of mist, flying towards the Yao Valley Pass in the north.

The sarcophagus was extremely fast, even the fog had turned into water droplets and stuck onto Ding Hong's body. Although it rarely snowed in the winter, the weather was still rather cold and humid. Not long later, his body was covered in water stains. Coupled with the astral winds caused by his high speed, the cold air was even heavier.

However, this coldness was not as intense as the one caused by the fear in Ding Hong's heart.

Xiao Qin stood in front of the sarcophagus with her clothes fluttering in the wind. She looked like a fairy that had descended to the mortal world.

After an hour and a half, they arrived at the Jadeite Valley. Under Ding Hong's guidance, they arrived at the glacier valley. At this moment, the valley was empty. Where were Ji Yuanmeng and Suo Bing? Ding Hong's heart sank.

"The person that Young Master is looking for seems to have left already." Xiao Qin said.

Although they were only separated by a few mountain ranges, the weather was completely different. It was still snowing heavily at Yao Gu Pass, so where could Suo Bing and Ji Yuanmeng go? If they didn't leave by themselves, then how did they leave? Was it taken away or taken away?

The more he thought about it, the more confused he became.

"Huh?" Xiao Qin suddenly felt bewildered.

"What's wrong?" Ding Hong looked back.

Xiao Qin looked at Ding Hong. "That friend of yours was probably kidnapped by the Lu Demons of the northern region?"

"What do you mean?"

"Look at this." Xiao Qin tapped on the snow with her hand, revealing many tiny footprints on the snow surface. From the looks of it, they were all in the shape of three fingers, exactly the same as the footprints Ding Hong had seen for the first time!