Ran Ran didn't dare to breathe heavily, and tried to break free from the master's arms. However, although the redness in the master's eyes disappeared, he didn't loosen his arms and still held her tightly.
Only when Ranran looked up at him in confusion did Su Yishui slowly loosen his hand, but their faces were still very close.
Ran Ran could only tilt his head slightly and asked tentatively: "...You are..."
Ran Ran wanted to ask him tentatively if he was her master, but she felt it was a bit weird to ask this question to her master's face, so she dragged out the question and waited for his reaction.
Su Yishui also tilted his head to look at her, but he didn't say anything until he saw that his little disciple didn't dare to blink as if he had been acupunctured. Then he slowly took off the golden talisman on his forehead and said, "I am Su Yishui. The magic on the soul-sending stone can imitate the human voice. If you hear any sound, don't believe it easily. It just imitates the more profound voice in your memory and can't identify the identity of the person."
He spoke very logically, and the voices she had heard before had indeed never called out her name.
Ran Ran was still alert. Who knew if the magic stone had already transformed into a spirit and taken on the appearance of the master to deceive people?
She decided to test the master, so she whispered, "You are so beautiful..."
Su Yishui has always avoided people talking about his appearance, and he doesn't like people staring at him. This kind of testing will immediately reveal the truth.
Who would have thought that the Su Yishui in front of him was not angry at all, but just said calmly: "If you like to watch it, you can watch it slowly after you go out. Now follow me closely."
Ranran nodded obediently, but as soon as Su Yishui turned around, she ran to the other side.
Monster! He looks quite similar! Who would have thought that she had such sharp eyes that she could see through the flaws immediately!
This time, it was her collar that was pulled, and Su Yishui immediately pulled her into his arms again: "Why are you running? The cave entrance is blocked, we can't get out for the time being."
Ran Ran turned around and looked into his eyes in fear: "You are not my master..."
Su Yishui thought about it expressionlessly and immediately understood that she must have thought of the sentence in "The Book of Play" about how he didn't like people talking about his appearance, so she concluded that he was fake.
So he asked dryly, "What's wrong with bringing longan?"
Ran Ran nodded and took out the bag of snacks she carried with her.
This was made by her mother. It was divided into several small compartments so that she could carry three or four items at a time. In one of the bags was the dried longan with sea salt that she had never eaten much.
She had packed this in the past for emergency firefighting. But after listening to Second Uncle-in-Chief, she felt that she had brought it in vain. It was just that there were always unexpected things happening recently, and she was so busy that she didn't even have time to eat snacks, so she forgot to throw it away.
Su Yishui took a bite and swallowed it, chewing it hard and swallowing it, then said coldly: "Can you come with me now?"
Only she, her master, and Mu Qingge knew the complicated story behind this dried longan. Su Yishui's sudden action made Ran Ran breathe a sigh of relief.
This is definitely the Master...but where are the others?
According to Su Yishui's explanation, when he came down, he fell into the spiritual spring cleverly set up by the magic stone.
Back then, this evil spirit was parasitic in the spiritual spring of the underworld and was good at controlling water. Later, it broke away from the underworld and was trapped in the soul-receiving stone for many years.
After waiting for a long time for someone to come down, he immediately set a trap impatiently.
Su Yishui had just opened the secret door of the secret passage, but he was not careful for a moment and was slightly affected by the evil spirit, and then he met Ran Ran here.
As for the others, they were obviously deceived by the fake voice and lured into the secret passage.
"What does it want to do with them?" Ran Ran was a little worried about his uncle and the others, so he asked Su Yishui.
Su Yishui thought for a moment and said, "The demonic nature of Lingquan is bound by the Soul Stone. It cannot get out. It can only tempt those who want to borrow its power to smash the Soul Stone so that they can be completely free."
As he said this, he picked up the torch and led Ran Ran into the dark passage. The magic stone seemed to be very afraid of Su Yishui. When he led Ran Ran into the dark passage, he could no longer hear its charming voice that stirred up trouble.
However, the tunnel became more and more humid, and in the end, the water had already reached his ankles. Ran Ran's light body technique seemed to be ineffective, and his steps became heavier and heavier, and he felt as if his strength was running out.
At this time, Su Yishui squatted down and motioned Ranran to lie on his back. He carried her forward, because the water was demonic and Ranran's cultivation was still shallow. If she was soaked in the water for too long, she might have abnormalities.
Hearing her master say this, she could only suppress the slight shyness in her heart and lie on her master's broad back.
The master usually wears a long gown and looks tall and thin, but when Ranran lay down on him and put her arms around his neck, her hand accidentally touched his thick chest muscles.
...The master looked gentle, but he was really strong... and she had just accidentally kissed him on the face...
"Hold it tighter, don't fall!" As if he noticed that Ranran wanted to withdraw his hand, Su Yishui suddenly turned his head and spoke.
He turned suddenly, and Ranran's mouth almost touched his face again. If Su Yishui hadn't carried her steadily, she would have almost fallen down with her head tilted back.
So she didn't care about blushing, and quickly hugged her master's neck and lay steadily on his back.
Although he was carrying a person on his back, Su Yishui was able to move very fast. The spiritual water that made people's steps heavy seemed to have no effect on him.
I don't know what happened when he went down just now that made him lose his mind for a while.
Soon, they reached the end of the secret passage. When they entered a secret room, Su Yishui waved the torch in his hand and soon saw an illuminated oil tank on the wall.
After it was lit up, Ran Ran couldn't help but let out a low cry. It turned out that the two uncles, as well as the brothers and sisters were all sitting around a huge rock in the center.
The stone was covered with frost, and they clung to the ice, using their inner energy and body temperature to "hatch" the big stone.
Second Uncle, who had a relatively solid foundation, was better off. Although she had lost consciousness, her body reacted automatically, circulating her Qi to dissolve the attacking cold air.
However, the foundation of the brothers was shallow, and the cold air entered their bodies. Their lips were frozen purple and had already formed ice. Under their bodies, a stream of water meandered like a stream, flowing all the way into the secret passage.
It was obvious that the water that Master had just waded through was formed by the melting of the ice stone. If the ice on the stone completely melted, then the seal of the Soul Stone would be completely unlocked.
Su Yishui said in a deep voice: "You set up the formation in the back and protect your own mind."
Ran Ran immediately took action and chose a stone block to sit on, forming a formation to protect his master.
After Su Yishui finished speaking, he flew up, and at some point he took out a few silver needles used for medicine from his hand. He used his true Qi to force out the needles and shot them onto the Tongtian acupoints of those people.
When the silver needle entered the acupuncture point, Yu Tong was the first to wake up. She realized her situation and immediately hurried to the side, but found that her body seemed to be firmly sucked by the stone and she could not move at all.
At this time, Yuchen and the others also woke up. Gao Cang shivered from the cold and began to scream. However, the worst case was Qiu Xier, who was in poor health to begin with and was unable to wake up.
The magic stone was very demonic, and Su Yishui seemed to be very afraid of it, so he couldn't just approach it. He put two fingers into his mouth and suddenly let out a long whooshing sound.
Soon, a group of swaying "people" emerged from the secret passage. They were the scarecrows they had worked so hard to build over the past few days. It seemed that these scarecrows had been digging with tools, digging holes, and then jumped down one by one.
The scarecrows were seen staggering over in groups of three or five, trying to pull Yuchen and the others who were stuck by the stones.
Although these scarecrows have no flesh and blood, with the help of the Drunken Immortal's talisman, they become extremely powerful and pulled these people off the ice and rocks in no time.
However, their palms that were pressed against the ice had become bloody and it was obvious that their skin had been frozen and then torn off alive by the scarecrow.
The moment they were pulled down, Su Yishui immediately recited the Ice Spell and froze the soul-retaining stone that was about to melt again. The water in the secret passage also continued to flow back, covering the stone with a thick layer of ice.
At this time, Ranran also stood up and supported Qiu Xier who was carried back by the scarecrow.
"Give her a pill to clear her heart." Su Yishui ordered.
Ran Ran quickly took out the pill he had made, broke it into pieces and stuffed it into Xier's mouth. Xier then woke up slowly, shivering and mumbling, "Did I kick the quilt again? Why am I so cold?"
Ran Ran didn't have time to answer her senior sister, because the soul-sucking stone that was sealed again suddenly emitted an angry scream, and it sounded like many people were talking. Then it was Su Yishui's voice shouting, "Let me out! I will make you stronger!"
One moment it sounded like Yu Chen's roar, and as it got closer it turned into Qiu Xier's sobbing, which hurt people's ears.
Su Yishui remained unmoved and continued to recite the ice formula, directing the water in the secret passage to flow back, allowing the ice layer to slowly thicken.
But at this moment, the backflowing water seemed to have its own consciousness, trying hard to break free from Su Yishui's control, condensing in one place and turning into the shape of a woman.
Gradually, under the illumination of the fire, the transparent surface began to take on eyebrows, eyes, and skin color. A beautiful woman, who seemed to have just stepped out of the bath and was dripping with water, appeared in front of everyone.
Ranran widened her eyes in surprise, because she saw that this beauty... was none other than Mu Qingge.
No, she was even more beautiful and charming than Mu Qingge who had just been reborn from the reincarnation tree. It wasn't her skin and bones, but the agility in her eyes and eyebrows.
She used to think that Mu Qingge, who was reborn from the tree, should look very similar to the portrait. But now that she saw this beauty, she realized that after Mu Qingge was reborn, she seemed... not as good-looking as before.
The woman who appeared in front of everyone at this time was 90% similar to the beautiful woman in red riding a tiger in the painting of Lingxi Palace.
The beauty had wet eyes and half-undressed. She bit her red lips gently and said softly, "You are so cruel. Are you going to continue to seal me? Let me out, and I will agree to anything you ask for..."
Su Yishui looked at the lifelike Mu Qingge in front of him, his body suddenly became stiff, and he allowed her to slowly approach him.
Ran Ran was surprised but sober in his heart. When he saw "her" approaching, he immediately shouted, "Master, be careful!"
But her worry was obviously unnecessary. Just as she opened her mouth, Su Yishui had already made his move. He used the torch in his hand as a sword and stabbed it straight into the beauty's chest.
When the torch pierced her, the beauty stared with wide eyes, looking at Su Yi in disbelief.
There was no struggle or reluctance in Su Yishui's handsome eyes, only unconcealed disgust...
"How could that be? In your heart, you clearly..."
Su Yishui didn't let "her" continue speaking. He activated his spiritual power, causing the condensed spiritual water to collapse in an instant, no longer resembling a human.
Seeing that her master was not deceived, Ranran breathed a sigh of relief. But she couldn't help but wonder, when her master led the three major sects to encircle Mu Qingge, did he also kill Mu Qingge with a sword like he did now?
She wanted to know what the bewitching monster wanted to say, because she always felt that her master had mixed feelings towards Mu Qingge.
However, in order to cultivate immortality and attain enlightenment, one must learn to let go, sever worldly desires with a sword, and only then can one achieve complete enlightenment.
Therefore, it was understandable that Su Yishui killed his master who had been possessed by the devil with a knife in order to prove his truth...
At this critical moment, Ran Ran couldn't help but be distracted for a moment. When he came back to his senses, he sighed again. But in the blink of an eye, he saw his master's cold eyes staring at him. That look... was like stabbing someone with an ice spike.
Ranran shrank her neck slightly, in case her master became addicted to swinging the sword to prove his truth and took a fancy to a weakling like her, and prepared to continue killing disciples to prove his truth.
Besides, after the spiritual water was dispersed, it flowed back onto the ice stone again, forming a thick layer of ice. The temperature in the entire secret room also dropped a lot.
After the soul-sucking stone was completely sealed, Su Yishui walked up to the stone, and everyone followed him, carefully looking at the magic stone.
It was obvious that the change in the magic stone was not caused by them entering the cave, because many cracks had already appeared on the stone, and it felt like it would break if touched, so the spiritual water kept gushing out.
Now Su Yishui froze the spiritual water and sealed the soul-retaining stone again. Once the ice water melted, this thing would become uncontrollable again...
Bai Baishan was still in shock and asked his senior brother in a low voice: "What did you see when you were controlled by this monster just now?"
Tears welled up in Gaocang's eyes: "I saw my late mother holding me and singing under the peach tree at home... Every time I heard her singing, I would fall asleep quickly, so I couldn't open my eyes... What about you?"
Bai Baishan wiped the cold sweat from the back of his neck and said with a lingering fear: "I...saw myself becoming a great cultivator, and the three major sects were all bowing down to me..."
When it came to Qiu Xier's question, she blushed and said nothing, but her eyes secretly glanced at the master. Ran Ran knew what she was thinking and thought that she might have done something disrespectful to the teacher in her dream, so she was not interested and did not ask.
But after listening to what they said, I realized that this demon really understands people's hearts and can magnify their deepest desires, making them addicted.
Unfortunately, the master was too powerful, and the Soul-Sucking Stone failed to seduce him, and ultimately the plan failed.
At this moment, Ranran suddenly discovered that there were words engraved on the stone wall of the secret room, and Su Yishui was reading with a torch.
Several fellow disciples were trying to gather their energy and meditate to recover their strength, so Ran Ran walked over to look at the stone wall.
The inscription on it should also be written by Mu Qingge. The handwriting is just like the person, with dragons flying and phoenixes dancing, very free and unrestrained.
"My dear disciple Shui'er, I read this letter as if I were you. When you read this letter again, you should have let go of your resentment towards me. If you can do that, it will be great. I believe you can also control the spiritual spring and send it back to the underworld. This thing has been contaminated by the world for too long and has learned all the greed and evil habits of humans. I am afraid that if I delay any longer, its evil nature will become stronger... There is a cave behind the stream waterfall in the valley of the West Mountain. The temperature is excellent all year round. There is a pot of wine stored in it. I am afraid that I will not have time to drink it. When you find it, it should have been brewed. Although the old wine fairy has a method of ten years in one day, how can the real good wine be made in one day? Only the years will pass by, and we will be drunk in the fleeting years. After the matter here is over, if you can taste this wine on behalf of your master, it will not be a waste of the fragrance of the pot for so many years..."
According to Qin Xuanjiu's narration, Mu Qingge had hidden the spiritual spring here for a short time before he was besieged in Jueshan Mountain and died.
Therefore, these words written on this paper can be regarded as Mu Qingge’s last wish in his previous life.
In addition to the important task of returning the spiritual spring, what Mu Qingge couldn't let go of the most was a pot of fine wine hidden in a cave in the back mountain. How could such a carefree person deliberately release the demon child secretly and want to cause chaos in the three realms?
At this moment, she stole a glance at her master beside her and was startled. Because her master, who was always cold and indifferent, had an expression like a glacier breaking, and his eyes were filled with unspeakable sadness and hatred...
He suddenly used his internal energy to wipe off the words on the wall, then slowly turned around and looked at Ranran, who was staring at him, as if he was going to tear her to pieces in the next moment.
Ranran thought that he didn't like her peeking at Mu Qingge's message, so she tried to step back, but Su Yishui grabbed her wrist and stopped her from leaving.
"How heartless must a person be, knowing that he is going to die, but all he has in his heart is... a jar of wine?" he suddenly asked Ranran.
Ran Ran secretly looked at the soul-sucking stone, and after seeing nothing unusual, she was sure that her master was not possessed by an evil spirit, so she could only answer this question seriously: "Well... although the age of the Immortal Tea is better, it is indeed best when it is about 20 years old. Master, don't forget to drink it when you go back. I will make you some scallion beef tenderloin and pepper and salt peanuts to go with the wine, okay?"
The aftertaste of Wu Tian Xian is very strong, with sweetness and spiciness rolling in the throat. It is best paired with tender beef and peanuts!
Unfortunately, the disciple's serious answer made Su Yishui's anger even greater, and he held her wrist even tighter.
Ran Ran suddenly realized that she had obviously fallen into the alley of foodies and could not get out. She quickly cleared her throat and said tentatively: "I think Master Mu is also concerned about you, Master. When there is good wine, you come as soon as possible... Of course, it is not appropriate for you to take risks and escort the spiritual spring. If it is too dangerous, you can't go... I don't want you to take risks..."
The girl's clear and soft voice finally soothed the bulging blue veins on Su Yishui's head.
He looked at Ranran gloomily until Qiu Xier finished meditating and stood up to call Ranran, then he took a deep breath and slowly loosened his hand.
Ran Ran quickly stepped back a few steps and slipped to the side of the brothers who were meditating, leaving his master facing the wall in despair.
The other people also finished regulating their breathing, recovered their strength, and were ready to leave the cave. However, the scene just now was too shocking, and everyone couldn't help but ask Su Yishui what was going on.
Su Yishui simply explained that because the stone sealed the evil spirit and its spiritual power had leaked out long ago, it seduced the weak-minded village woman who was easiest to seduce, and forced her to draw a curse on her own neck. He then used her transformation into a water demon to murder soldiers in order to lure Qin Xuanjiu into his trap.
After hearing this, Ran Ran also understood. After all, the military station was guarded by someone, and Yue E, a village woman, could not handle it. If Qin Xuanjiu was controlled, he could be driven to order people to dig open the secret passage and release the Lingquan.
Unfortunately, Qin Xuanjiu was lucky enough to be caught in a cold snap and escaped. As for being impeached, it can only be said that General Qin was not a good person and must have offended someone in the officialdom.
Now the Soul Stone can no longer bear the burden, and the Spirit Spring must be transferred to the Spirit Jade Talisman Bottle specially made by Yao Laoxian. However, the magic nature of this Spirit Spring is strong. Although it has been sealed for a long time and its power has weakened a lot, thinking about the situation just now, it is still full of danger.
"You go up first." Su Yishui ordered them.
So the two uncles led them up first. But Ran Ran did not move: "Master, let me accompany you!" Ran Ran raised the golden rune in his hand and said.
If Master loses his mind again, she can hit him on the head.
But I don't know why Su Yishui said firmly that it was not necessary, and he would be fine. Maybe he had just solved the nightmare of his inner demon by splitting Mu Qingge's phantom without hesitation?
So Ranran had no choice but to climb up the rope ladder, then took out medicine powder and white cloth from the medicine box on the carriage and applied medicine to the bloody palms of others.
It happened faster than expected, and Su Yishui came up soon.
Ran Ran noticed that the talisman bottle given by Jiu Laoxian was tied with a golden rope and was hanging around the master's neck. However, it was originally made of white jade, but now it has turned blood red, and it seems that something has been injected into it.
It seemed that Su Yishui glanced at her, stuffed the talisman bottle into his collar, and then disappeared.
The master should have sealed the spiritual spring back in the talisman bottle, but when you think about it, the spiritual spring of the underworld is so important, it seems that there is no safer way than to carry it with you.
However, only Su Yishui and Ran Ran knew the secret of the talisman bottle. When they first climbed Cuiwei Mountain, they were the only ones who saw the Wine Immortal.
So except for the two uncles, the other disciples only knew that they were looking for something evil and mind-deceiving, and they had no idea that the boulder just now contained the spiritual spring from the underworld that cultivators dreamed of, and they did not know that Su Yishui had already transferred the spiritual spring to the jade bottle on his neck.
Ran Ran has always seen through things but never said anything. Since the master didn't want to tell the other disciples, he must have his reasons. However, how to fill up the big hole that was dug became a problem.
The other brothers did not follow him up to Cuiwei Mountain, and they did not know why Qin Xuanjiu had been guarding this place for many years. Naturally, they did not know the secret of the Yinjie Lingquan. They just thought that an evil thing had appeared in this place, and that the evil stone was still in the cave. So Bai Baishan asked his master worriedly: "This place is open like this. What if someone breaks in?"