The lair of the Yinshan Ghost Mother is hidden at the bottom of the Zhaixing Pavilion. Ningning walked down from the top floor, and the spiral staircase seemed to have no end.
Here, there are flying pavilions and flowing red, jade terraces and beautiful rooms. The laughter of men and women spreads freely with the evening breeze. It is truly a scene of prosperity and music, and jade-like buildings.
However, when walking alone there, there is always a gloomy murderous intent following like a shadow, making it impossible to live in peace.
The candles in the lanterns on both sides of the corridor flickered, as if countless ghosts and monsters were suspended in it. The dim orange light was as gentle as flowing water, completely engulfing the girl's slender figure.
The light spots flickered, shining on the ancient carved beams and painted buildings on the wall. The wooden carved faces of people, some drunken and some laughing wildly, were looming. They didn't look like they were having fun, but rather like a group of hideous hungry ghosts.
Ningning walked slowly down the stairs. The Yinshan Ghost Mother should have noticed that a puppet had died and sent other puppets to investigate.
She had already left the private room. The building was crowded with people and noisy everywhere. It was not easy for the ghost mother to find the culprit herself.
——Ningning decided to find her first.
The cave was hidden under a secret passage on the first floor. Ningning searched around by referring to the original text and finally found the extremely secret passage. The moment the secret door was opened, a bloody odor was smelled coming from the cave entrance.
She frowned slightly, without showing any disgust, and after taking a deep breath, she turned over and entered the tunnel.
The tunnel was extremely narrow at first, and it was so dark on both sides that no light could be seen. Fortunately, the sword cultivator had amazing five senses, and even when it was pitch dark, he could still barely see the road ahead.
As we walked deeper and deeper, the cave suddenly became clear.
Several eternal lamps were hung at both ends of the passage, like flowing fire in the dark night and twinkling fireflies. The dark surroundings were completely dispelled, but the flickering lights were even more frightening, adding a sense of uncertainty as if there were danger everywhere.
The narrow passage suddenly expanded, forming a wide circular cave at the end, like the shape of a water drop gradually becoming fuller. In the center of the cave, there stood a monster with the upper body of a human and the lower half of a spider.
That is the famous Yinshan Ghost Mother.
Hearing the footsteps of someone coming, the ghost mother opened her eyes with lifeless eyes. When the head was raised, there was a crackling sound similar to the collision of bones.
This is an extremely huge monster. Although its upper body is that of an enchanting woman and looks like that of an ordinary person, its lower body occupies half of the cave, appearing weird and bloated. The black hair meandered down along the pale skin, like a twisting black water snake; the eight slender spider legs were as sharp as blades, containing a deadly venom that could kill instantly upon seeing blood. Anyone who was slightly injured by them would immediately go to see the King of Hell.
Not to mention that she is very powerful. After absorbing the essence in the Star-Picking Pavilion for many years, her injuries have mostly healed.
"……you?"
Unlike her charming face, the Yinshan Ghost Mother spoke in a hoarse voice, like an old woman who was about to die: "Sword cultivator?"
Ning Ning showed off the Xinghen Sword on her waist without any hesitation and smiled: "That's right."
She raised her eyes and looked at him: "I heard that the Yinshan Ghost Mother is very powerful, how did she fall to the point of stealing people's essence? This Zhaixing Pavilion does not seem to be built by you, aren't you afraid of being discovered by the real owner?"
The ghost mother sneered, and the thousands of spider silks in the cave moved in response: "I can use the essence when I want, and I can come to the Star-Picking Pavilion when I want. Do you think I would be afraid of that loser on the roof?"
"oh?"
Ning Ning raised her eyebrows: "Your Excellency is seriously injured, I'm afraid you are unable to fight back?"
"What a joke! Now I am the real master of the building. That demon girl thought she was in control of the situation, but she didn't know that most of the demons in the building have become my puppets. When I become powerful, I will take this Star-Picking Building from her."
Ningning's words obviously angered the other party a little. The spider silk was like thousands of raindrops, floating in the air: "What, a little sword cultivator, do you want to take me in?"
The spider silk fell down in response, each strand was as sharp as a needle, densely woven into a snow-white web, rushing straight towards the girl at the entrance of the cave.
Ning Ning clearly did not dodge——
But an invisible force blocked her way and repelled the aggressive spider web.
"It's not me who wants to take you in."
She curled her lips and chuckled, then took a step to the right, her tone more respectful: "Madam, you heard everything, right?"
The Yinshan Ghost Mother shuddered all over.
In the narrow passage where light cannot reach, in the rich and deep darkness.
A figure in a white dress slowly stepped forward. The dazzling pure white color was like a sword cutting through the darkness, suddenly severing the previous quiet and eerie atmosphere.
In other words, it makes the situation even more tense.
Mrs. White Bone, with her black hair and white shirt, looks like a peerless girl, with icy skin and jade-like bones, half-exposed breasts, and her hair flowing like a waterfall. Under the soft and warm long-burning lamp, she is as light as a dream, and really like a person in a painting.
However, when she spoke in a cold voice, a completely different scene appeared.
Madam Bai Gu frowned slightly and sneered from her throat, "I was wondering if I couldn't sleep well these days. It turns out that a wild chicken from the mountains is embarrassing me. Are you worthy of stealing my essence? Your little mouth sounds nice, but you are barking like a dog here? I'll break your rotten legs!"
It is not a glorious thing to be caught stealing in person.
Even the Yinshan Ghost Mother was stunned for a moment, and then she emphasized: "Why, do you want to deal with me together with the righteous sword cultivators?"
The swordsman clearly wanted to take advantage of the conflict between the two women and sit back and reap the benefits after the two of them finished fighting to exhaustion.
As long as Madam Bai Gu is not stupid, she should join forces with her first to get rid of the little girl.
Humph, you want to fight her?
No way.
Today she will take the swordsman’s head first!
As the Yinshan Ghost Mother finished her determined words, Lady White Bone listened with an expressionless face, not moving at all.
Ningning smiled softly, tore off the mask on her face, revealing her true appearance hidden under the mask.
It turned out to be... a female demon in the building who she had a vague impression of but couldn't remember her name.
There was no breath of a puppet on the other person, but the Yinshan Ghost Mother was not sure whether she had planted the puppet in her body.
After all, she controlled too many monsters and demons, and she couldn't remember their names or recognize their appearances.
Miscalculated.
It turns out that the sword cultivation is just a cover, their real purpose...
Just to trick her into confessing the truth!
"Impossible!" Yinshan Ghost Mother was furious, "You clearly have a sword cultivator's sword on you, and my puppet was killed by a sword cultivator, there is no doubt about it!"
"There are indeed several sword cultivators in the building today. Who knows which one killed the monster?"
Chao Yan picked up the sword clumsily and studied the patterns on it with interest like a child. "The swordsman I received was drunk and told me that they came here to eliminate the Yinshan Ghost Mother. Speaking of which, we really have to thank her, otherwise we would not have known that there was a thief hiding in the building."
She paused, then shrugged nonchalantly, "As for the sword? In order to complete the act, I got her drunk and stole the sword. Otherwise, how could I have fooled your sharp eyes, Your Excellency Yinshan Ghost Mother?"
“You!”
Being tricked by such a low-level demon, the Yinshan Ghost Mother was so angry that she trembled all over. She used all her strength to squeeze out only a few words: "I will kill you!"
During the conversation, there was a strong sound of wind and a fishy smell in the air. The spider silk that was swirling on the cave walls came out in a rush, revealing layers of blood stains.
The fishy smell reflected the rich blood color, the eternal lamp flickered, and a gust of wind blew past.
Chao Yan took a few steps back with disbelief on his face and was knocked against the stone wall nearby.
"Damn it, this blow..."
She didn't even have the strength to stand up, and collapsed to one side like a dead fish. She raised her right hand and pointed at the Yinshan Ghost Mother with trembling hands: "It seems unintentional, but the hidden power is deep. The poisonous wind has already penetrated into my internal organs. It is worthy of being the Yinshan Ghost Mother, so vicious!"
Yinshan Ghost Mother:?
You actually started to understand it yourself, what a big-headed ghost you are! She didn't use any strength at all this time! What does it mean "seemingly unintentional but with hidden power"? It really is just a gust of wind!
Chao Yan ignored her shocked look and turned to Madam Bai Gu, saying with a weak breath: "Madam, please make sure to eradicate this... return our sisters to our building... ah! It hurts!"
Before he could finish his words, he tilted his head and closed his eyes.
The person is gone.
The Yinshan Ghost Mother was shocked.
She is definitely acting on purpose, this bitch! Could you be any more shameless? How can there be such a shameless person in the world!
But the idiot Madam White Bone believed it. Her eyes, like a pie-shaped statistical chart, showed 60% anger and 40% compassion. At the end, she sternly shouted: "You stole my essence and harmed my sisters. Die!"
Yinshan Ghost Mother: Grass.
The war is imminent, and the Yinshan Ghost Mother can only fight back.
The spider silk was layered one after another, and each strand contained murderous poison and blood. It was like silver needles pouring down from the sky, heading straight for Mrs. White Bone's head.
The lady in white dress glanced coldly, and skeletons suddenly appeared in front and behind her, like an army with consciousness, protecting the master in the center.
Thousands of spider webs and smoke rising from the bones.
For a moment, the cave was completely occupied by dazzling white, and the scarlet blood on the stone walls was sticky, making it look even more bizarre and strange.
The huge army of bones were all people who had died tragically at the hands of Madam White Bone. They rushed forward wailing, their empty eye sockets like the abyss.
The original text does not describe in detail the scene of the confrontation between the two. After all, they are like the gourd brothers saving their grandfather, and they are sent to the protagonist group one after another.
But according to the setting, the power of Yinshan Ghost Mother is higher -
After all, we have been eating up other people's soldiers for so many years. It would be a bit unreasonable if we don't develop a little bit.
The white bone knuckles cut through the layers of spider silk, and the spider webs began to strangle the skeleton man into pieces over a large area.
The head-on confrontation between the two banshees never stopped. Amidst the white light and dark shadows, Lady White Bone spat out a mouthful of blood and was knocked to the ground.
Although the Yinshan Ghost Mother still had some strength left, it was not very good. At this moment, he showed an extremely ferocious smile and panted, "Didn't expect it? You useless piece of shit! Today I——"
Before she could finish her words, she was startled.
The little demon in the corner who should have been unconscious actually opened his eyes and stared at her with a smile.
"Asagao!"
Madam White Bone laughed loudly: "Use the Divine Travel Powder to take me out!"
This was the strategy they had discussed. If Madam Bai Gu was at a disadvantage, they would let Chao Yan use the Divine Moving Powder to allow them to escape in a flash.
That Yinshan old demon thought he could kill her today, but he never expected that she had a trick up her sleeve. Haha, you didn't expect that, did you?
Suddenly, Mrs. Bai Gu's expression froze.
The air was filled with a cheerful atmosphere, and it was a little awkward for a moment.
I saw Chao Yan touch her temples and pull them gently.
The mask also fell down, revealing...
Grass! Why is it still the swordsman’s face! ! !
Ningning smiled gently and said something that neither of them had time to say: "Haha, you didn't expect that, I prepared two faces."
The Yinshan Ghost Mother felt as if she was struck by lightning, as if she had been defrauded of 80 million yuan in an online romance.
Mrs. White Bone rolled her eyes and spat out blood.
You, why.
It all started with a stick of incense.
I don't know where those two junior brothers have gone. If I waste time looking for them, I might end up alerting them. Now Ningning can only rely on herself. If she wants to win this game...
Isn’t there a skeleton lady living on the rooftop? In the original novel, the protagonists fight one after another, but that doesn't mean she can't be a little clever and let the two of them fight among themselves!
Lady White Bone, a free tool, is so nice.
After getting rid of the banshee Chao Yan, Ning Ning easily obtained the mask that looked like her.
Apart from this, we naturally cannot forget that the witch originally had a human face attached to her face.
This way, she had two disguises.
On one side is Ningning, a disciple of Xuanxu Sword Sect, who is used to trick the Ghost Mother into talking; on the other side is Chaoyan, a female demon from Zhaixing Pavilion, who is used to gain the trust of Madam Baigu.
If Chao Yan dies, the Yinshan Ghost Mother will definitely notice it and send other puppets to investigate.
However, the Yinshan Ghost Mother knew that Madam White Bone knew nothing about this matter.
Although there are two powerful monsters in the building, they are in opposition to each other.
Even if the Yinshan Ghost Mother knew that the puppet was killed, she would never tell Madam White Bone because of her secret theft of essence and her shameful identity.
She could only hold her breath and control the puppet to check slowly.
Little did she know that at this time, Ningning had already found Mrs. White Bone's lair.
As long as we make proper use of the intelligence differences and cognitive misalignments between the two great demons, this situation will not be a problem.
It is not difficult to convince Mrs. Bones.
She is not the Yinshan Ghost Mother, and she cannot use the puppet to tell whether the person in front of her is real or fake. As a sword cultivator, it was inconvenient to approach him. Ning Ning only needed to go to see Chao Yan in front of her, and then hurriedly bring up the existence of the Yinshan Ghost Mother...
Even if the other party still had a little doubt before, the anger after his essence was stolen was enough to divert all attention.
What did Ningning say at that time?
"Madam! I met a swordsman when I was entertaining guests tonight. After three rounds of drinks, he claimed that there was a hundred-year-old demon Yinshan Ghost Mother hidden under the Zhaixing Pavilion. I heard that the Yinshan Ghost Mother also relied on human blood to cultivate. She was injured by the righteous a few years ago and her whereabouts are unknown. Could it be that... the increasingly scarce Yuanyang in the pavilion is related to her?"
Madam Bai Gu was not completely foolish yet, she asked hesitantly, "Sword cultivator?"
"That's right! That person claimed to be a disciple of Xuanxu Sword Sect. Chaoyan didn't dare to act rashly, so she got her drunk first and then reported to you."
This reason is well-founded and logically sound, and is absolutely impeccable.
What's more, Ning Ning secretly made a gesture and transformed the face that had been hidden in her sleeve into her palm: "This is the appearance of the swordsman. If you don't believe it, wait for Chao Yan to test her in front of this person. The vicious woman will admit her evil deeds."
Changing one's face is a unique skill of the demons in the building.
So loyal, so careful, so considerate, he can even conjure up a human skin mask.
This must be Asagao's real face! Is there anything to doubt?
So Mrs. White Bone was brought here by her.
Mrs. White Bone regrets it.
She thought she had a loyal little follower, but it turned out that he was a traitor with a heart as black as coal. Not only did he treat her as a tool from beginning to end, he also sold her out without hesitation.
The Yinshan Ghost Mother is full of hatred.
She thought she was thoughtful enough and would have no problem dealing with the two men, but she ended up falling into their trap. In front of the righteous sword cultivators, she beat the only guy who could be her ally half to death.
The Yinshan Ghost Mother screamed: "You actually lured the sword cultivator to my lair, you idiot, did you get kicked in the head by a donkey?"
The dying Lady White Bone gnashed her teeth and said, "It was you, a witch, who stole my chance! You stinky bitch, you're still barking here, I'll smash your mouth!"
"Idiot!" "Thief!"
Why are these two like children?
Ningning listened to the two of them bickering for a while, then spoke hesitantly, "Um..."
Yinshan Ghost Mother and White Bone Lady: "Shut up, you stinky sword cultivator!"
The Yinshan Ghost Mother was furious and gritted her teeth while silently reciting the spell.
Several deep red poisonous spiders appeared on the bloodstained stone wall, and the spider silks were covered with a faint blood light: "Do you think this is the end? I am the Ghost Mother of Yinshan Mountain, commanding millions of poisonous fetuses in the underworld. Now I still have some strength left, what can a mere sword cultivator like you do to me!"
"oh."
Ning Ning touched the cold scabbard of the Star Mark sword in her hand, raised her eyes and smiled softly: "Then I will introduce myself as well."
The Star Mark was unsheathed, and the bright pearl shone like a starry sky.
The sword energy was like a tide, filling the dark cave in an instant and suppressing the fishy wind that was blowing in the face.
"I am a disciple of Tianxianzi from the Xuanxu Sword Sect. I have come down the mountain today to eliminate the monster. You can call me—"
She paused and said in a half-joking tone: "Thousand-layer pancake."
"Hahahahaha Thousand Layer Pancake!"
Tian Xianzi, who was standing beside the mysterious mirror, was shaking with laughter. He pointed at Ning Ning in the illusion and said smugly, "Brother, did you see that? This is my disciple. Hahahaha, isn't he so cute!"
Zhenxiao: ...
Zhenxiao glanced at the young man next to him, whose white robe was full of patches and whose face was filled with joy.
How unpretentious, how back to basics.
He looks more like a poor kid who is hundreds of years old and has a not-so-high IQ.
Zhen Xiao: "As expected of you as my disciple."
Also, women’s minds are so scary.
His sword is still the best.
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