In the basin, the big trees where the Wood Spirit clansmen merged opened their eyes at this moment and stared at the arriving Xu Qing.

On each leaf, most of the young tribesmen were sad. In the wind and rain, this sadness spread and enveloped the entire basin.

They did not stop Xu Qing and allowed Xu Qing to lead the old man at full speed, heading straight for the towering tree in the center.

There, the door of the temple was opened for him.

The moment they walked into the temple, Xu Qing saw the statues enshrined inside, but at this moment Xu Qing did not have the energy to observe carefully. Under the guidance of the old man, they went straight to the secret passage and followed the steps.

The rapid breathing of the old man on Banquan Road echoed in the dark passage. He was running with all his strength, but Xu Qing felt that the speed was slow, so he grabbed the old man on Banquan Road and rushed forward. With the burst of speed, he seemed to be traveling through nothingness, directly

At the end of the steps, we reached the altar that seemed to be hanging in the abyss.

The moment he appeared at the altar, Xu Qing looked around and saw at a glance a white figure sitting cross-legged and meditating in the countless caves thousands of feet ahead.

She was a very beautiful girl with a flawless little face, carrying a touch of peace and innocence. However, at this moment, she had her eyes closed, her face was extremely pale, and she was motionless.

But the dried blood on the corners of his mouth and clothes made Xu Qing's mind stir up unprecedented waves, and his expression revealed a rich and extremely complex expression.

He recognized that the other party was indeed the innocent girl who appeared on Mermaid Island.

He remembered that the other party came to him jumping up and down with joy and asked a question.

"Senior brother, do you like snakes or do you like to eat snake gallbladder?"

Xu Qing was silent. He thought of the words of the old man on Banquan Road. According to the other party, this girl was also the white snake he had seen before. Xu Qing remembered that the last time he saw the other party was in the Seven Blood Pupils, in a place

Downstairs in the restaurant.

The little white snake flew out and wrapped around his right wrist.

"Right wrist gold thread... the thread of life..." Xu Qing murmured, looking at the lifeless girl in white, his heart was first moved by the other girl's sacrifice for him, and then he felt strong guilt.

.

This grace is too great.

But he didn't understand why she could do this for him when he had never met her a few times or even had much contact with her.

Although all the good things he encountered in his life were real, there was a reason for them.

The reason Captain Lei was so kind to him was that in the flames of the cremated corpse, the other party saw a touch of warmth in the world, and with the subsequent help of saving his life, he regarded him as his heir.

Master Bai is good because of his persistence in the way of grass and trees, as well as his desire and seriousness for knowledge, which makes him want to pass on his legacy.

For Qi Ye, it was because of his own behavior that he was appreciated and given the opportunity until he saw himself walking all the way and came to the front of his eyes and gained recognition.

But here at Ling'er, Xu Qing didn't understand.

He has never met such a person in his life.

"Why?" Xu Qing looked at the girl in the white dress and murmured softly.

The old man on Banquan Road stood beside Xu Qing, looking sadly at Ling'er in front of him, and said something

"Because, she likes you...

Xu Qing was silent.

The old man on Banquan Road sighed, the wrinkles on his face piled up to form a bitter

"Xu Qing, there is not only one answer or standard for many things in life. I know your confusion, but if you always think that everything good you encounter in life must have a reason, then Xu Qing, what are your thoughts?

into a dead end

"There are actually many kinds of love. There are no fixed standards and methods. Some love is devotion, some love is care, some love is admiration, some love is sadomasochism, some love is attraction, and some love is...

recall.

"There are all kinds of people in this world, and all kinds of things happen. If a person can only accept the path that he or she agrees with, that would be narrow-minded. Only if you accept paths from different directions can you grow.

The old man on Banquan Road whispered softly. No matter how anxious he was, he still had to explain everything clearly. He wanted Xu Qing to understand that many things in this world have no reason and do not necessarily have a reason.

And this is related to whether Ling'er can be successfully saved in the end in that special spiritual abyss.

When Xu Qing listened to these words, the deepest string in his heart trembled slightly at this moment, and the waves set off spread throughout his body and mind.

"Tell me, how to save him?" Xu Qing took a deep breath, stared at Ling'er in the distance, and spoke softly.

"You only have seven days!" The old man from Banquan Road suppressed the anxiety in his heart and his eyes fell on Xu Qing.

"After Ling'er's inheritance failed, her soul fell into the spiritual abyss. The flesh and blood of her body would have withered and turned into bones. I used my own sealing method to seal her body, but it could only be sealed for seven days.

"Within seven days, you have to find Ling'er's soul from the spiritual abyss!" The old man on Banquan Road looked at the abyss under the altar.

Inside.

"In this spiritual abyss, outsiders cannot enter unless they possess the spiritual abyss talisman. However, the last talisman was taken down many years ago and the other party did not come out."

"And I am not Ling'er's real father, nor am I from the Ancient Spirit Clan, so I can't enter. Only the Ancient Spirit Clan and those with the thread of life of their clan can enter here.

"This is also the reason why I found you." The old man on Banquan Road said hoarsely.

Ancient Spirit Clan? Lingyuan?" Xu Qing's heart was filled with confusion. He had heard of the Ancient Spirit Clan, but he didn't ask about it at the moment.

Because seven days was almost one day away, so he raised his head and looked at the old man on Banquan Road.

"Do you have the information jade slip below?

"Give it to me, I'll look at it myself later.

The old man immediately took out several jade slips and handed them to Xu Qing, with a pleading look on his face.

"Please see that Ling'er is your substitute, you must... rescue her.

Xu Qing looked up at Ling'er in the distance, and recalled his three lives and deaths in his memory. He nodded silently, his body on the edge of the altar, towards the abyss, and stepped out without any hesitation.

The next moment, his figure suddenly fell, falling rapidly towards the abyss.

The icy air whizzed around him, attacking his whole body, as if his flesh, blood, and soul were all frozen at this moment.

Xu Qing lowered his head and stared into the abyss below. As his cultivation spread, the shadows also spread in all directions, and the power of the poisonous ban filled the air. Then his perception merged into the jade slip given by the old man on Banquan Road.

As pieces of information poured into his mind, Xu Qing gained a clear understanding of Ling'er and everything about Lingyuan...

Endless years ago, in an era older than the Ancient Emperor Xuanyou, there was a clan that also unified the Wanggu Continent.

That is the ancient spirit tribe

In his later years, the Spirit Emperor of his clan gathered the strength of his entire clan and their luck, and did something that shocked the entire Wangu Continent.

This matter is related to the way of heaven.

But the Spirit Emperor is different from the Exian clan that followed him, and he is also different from the more than three thousand clans before him. He does not want to create, but to replace, and use himself to seize the way of heaven.

Creation is merit.

Seizing one's home is a great rebellion.

In the end, the Spirit Emperor failed and suffered backlash from all the heavenly powers in Wanggu. The blood of the tribe was cursed. At the critical moment, the Spirit Emperor brought most of the tribe into his big world with his own terrifying cultivation.

He tried to avoid the catastrophe for the whole clan, but even so, he could not escape the curse of the Spiritual Emperor and his death in the end.

His big world withered and turned into a world of death, and all the ancient spirit races in it were instantly destroyed. However, the terrible thing about this curse was that it was not so simple.

Under that curse, all the dead Ancient Spirits turned into souls that suffered in pain day and night.

As a result, this withered world of death became the kingdom of ancient spirits, eternally enduring the torment of the curse, and eternally buried deep in the Wanggu Continent.

This Lingyuan of the Wood Spirit Clan is one of the entrances to the great world of the Ancient Spirit Emperor.

There are many entrances like this in Wanggu Continent.

Although the Ancient Spirit Tribe was cursed, after all, there were still some bloodlines living in Wangu Continent, which continued sporadicly. In these long years, they would appear occasionally.

For example, the skeletons Xu Qing saw on the abyss stone wall before were the descendants of the Ancient Spirit Tribe who had come here and wanted to receive the inheritance but failed and died.

The reason why they came here is because after the ancient spirit tribe transformed from snakes into humans, it was difficult to maintain due to the blood curse, and they themselves were in a state of bloodline collapse at all times.

Therefore, we must go to the entrance close to the world where the Ancient Spirit Dead Kingdom is located, and use the power of the Great World of the Ancient Spirit Dead Country to suppress the cursed bloodline in the body.

Only in this way can you truly transform into a human form.

But the people of the ancient spirit tribe are miserable. Every once in a while in their lives, they have to rely on the power of the ancient spirit world to suppress the curse. At the same time, the process of suppression also involves huge risks, like a catastrophe.

Once they fail, their souls will be devoured by the ancient souls of the Dead Kingdom and become part of the dead souls.

Xu Qing silently put away the jade slip. As his body continued to sink, he glanced at his right wrist. After a slight sigh, his expression showed decisiveness, and his body's speed exploded again.

The whole person is like a meteor, whizzing faster and faster, getting closer and closer to the cold source below.

Waves of repulsive power also came from below the Lingyuan at this moment, but as the owner of the Silk of Destiny of the Ancient Spirit Clan, this repulsion quickly dissipated after Xu Qing appeared next to him.

And Xu Qing also penetrated deep into the darkness at this extreme speed.

Until a long time, a huge thing appeared in the mist.

It was a giant rotting snake, with a strong sense of death lingering all over it.

This snake was buried in the mist, and while its body was filled with decay, it also had a big world on its head.

The big world was blurry, and bursts of wailing sounds emanated from it, heart-breaking, falling into Xu Qing's ears in the void and mist, and his body was suddenly sucked away by a huge suction force.

Go straight to the big world...
To be continued...