The city gate was already mottled and faded, half-open, and the surroundings were ancient. Vines grew on the city walls, and broken bricks could be seen everywhere. It must have been caused by hundreds of years of wind and rain. How could the soil used for the city walls on the deserted island be comparable to the stone used by the Ming Dynasty? The solidity was naturally inferior.

Looking at the dilapidated ancient city built in the valley between two high mountains, Yunwen and I stood there for a long time, not daring to speak.

I explained why the journey was so smooth, and all my speculations were almost 100% correct. The faint fragrance wafting around came from those male ghost claw flowers. They spread poisonous pollen and used our nervous system to create hallucinations, misleading us to move forward in this direction. It seemed that we were following the footprints towards Claw Dragon Mountain, and the scenery along the way was what we expected, but in fact we were walking on a road in an illusion, and the direction we were heading might have changed.

When did she get poisoned by the pollen? I thought about it for a while, and then suddenly remembered that it was the first time Bai Lu foamed at the mouth, that is, on a certain road after entering the dangerous jungle. Since then, Bai Lu has frequently started to vomit and feel uncomfortable, sweat, and have body convulsions. The symptoms are frequent. It is precisely because the pollen is also toxic, and perhaps it stimulated the poisonous insects in Song Bai Lu's body, which caused so many symptoms.

But we were completely unaware at that time and still moved forward foolishly, not realizing that we had already been misled by the ghost claw pollen. We walked around aimlessly, not being able to distinguish between the real and the fake, and that is how we were led step by step into the canyon and outside the ancient city.

What really caught my attention was the blood jade. When I picked it up, there was some dust on it, covered with wind and sand, which meant that the blood jade had fallen here for at least some time. It seemed unlikely that it had been there for at least three or four years. But I had never seen this on this road before. Since there would be no such thing in the dangerous jungle, it proved that we were most likely not on the road we were taking, but another one.

This piece of blood jade has fully exposed the illusion that the Ghost Claw Flower has created in our minds!

"How did we get here? Why is it almost dark? What happened just now? Why did this scene appear when I put water on my eyelids?" Yunwen was completely confused.

"The poisonous powder of the ghost claw flower stimulated our nervous system, creating an illusion and misleading us to walk in another direction and come to this ghost place. Let's get some water-soaked cloth and wrap it around our mouth and nose to prevent the poison gas from continuing to affect our nerve judgment." I said.

So I quickly took off an underwear, tore it in two, poured water from a military kettle into it, soaked it, and asked Yunwen to wrap it around me. I also covered my mouth and nose, but if you are poisoned it is easy to go crazy like before Bai Lu and Ying Chun. To be on the safe side, I asked Yunwen to wait here while I went to look for the ghost claw flower. This ghost claw flower is cross-pollinated, so there are males and females. If there is a male, there must be a female, otherwise how can it reproduce?

If there are female flowers, there must be water nearby, because female flowers grow on water. So I walked through the path of male flowers and indeed saw the female flowers in a mountain spring pool. However, the pool was now covered with ice, and it had closed its flowers and hid under the ice. For a moment, I almost couldn't find it.

I chiseled the ice, dug out the female flowers, took their rhizomes, and replenished the water in the military canteen that was almost empty. After taking a few bouquets, I took them back and crushed the rhizomes of one bouquet of female flowers myself. A stream of blue-green juice flowed into my mouth. Yunwen also imitated me and bit one, but her little mouth just sucked the juice gently, not as rude as me. If you didn't know, you would think she was eating sugarcane.

Finally, Bailu let it eat some, and wrapped it with a cloth strip soaked in water. Yunwen comforted Sanfu and asked him to eat some. Sanfu had been resisting, but Yunwen patiently chewed the whole thing several times, and also used the remaining cloth to put a piece of cloth on its horse face and nose, and hung it on the tied saddle.

After removing the poison and preventing it, we are now faced with a big problem: should we go back or go into the city? The West Camp is right in front of us. If we take advantage of the fact that there is still an hour or two left before it gets dark, we may be able to successfully find the red-eyed monster and complete the assassination mission after entering.

However, this city is called the City of Death, and accidents are very likely to happen there. To be on the safe side, it is best not to go in, spend the night, and look for another good opportunity.

"Let's go in. Maybe Sister Yingchun is also in there. It's possible that we can find her and rescue her together. Now that we're here, there's no way back." Yunwen said.

"There are too many traces of everything. The footprints, the ghost claw flowers, and the west camp in the canyon have led us here step by step. It's like a trap. The red-eyed monster last night seemed to have a high IQ. It might have become a monster. If we go in, we might fall into its trap. The fifty soldiers of the Black Skull Organization may not be worse than me in terms of means, comprehensive skills, and physical fitness, but they were all wiped out in there and died miserably. Can the result be better if we go in?" I said with a sigh.

Yunwen let go of the horse, walked towards me, held my hand with her tender hand, raised her head slightly and looked at me with her watery eyes, and said: "Zhou Bo, this is our only hope and our only chance. From the moment we walked out of the post station, there was no turning back. Sister Bailu and Sister Yingchun had this change, and you and I are more or less to blame, especially me, so I want to go in and make a final attempt, is that okay?"

Seeing her so sincere, and her words also made sense, I considered it for the time being. In addition, I promised to protect her and let Zhang Yunwen survive. If she went in alone, she would definitely die. Wouldn't that mean I couldn't do it? This is not what people in my military camp do.

"Forget it! Let's go in. It's just a red-eyed monster. It wants to harm us, so let's take advantage of its own tactic and see if it can kill us, or if we can take this opportunity to get close to it and beat it up! Let it know that its cleverness can backfire." I said.

Yunwen smiled and then gently exerted strength with her fingers, saying with determination: "Come on! We are descendants of Milong!"

After some pre-war encouragement, the two of them gained a lot of confidence. Taking advantage of this momentum, we planned to enter the ancient city of Xiying. A cold wind blew in the city, exuding a smell of decay and decay. The horses took two steps back. This cold wind came at a good time, like a declaration of war.

I seemed to hear faintly the sound of drums beating, and at this moment it was as if two armies were facing each other outside the city, with swords drawn and ready to attack at any moment. Yunwen and I held the main and deputy jade scepters of Milong around our necks. They were the tiger talismans of the commander who once commanded thousands of troops. Although we had no soldiers around us, the momentum of this great commander must not be lost.

The two of us strode in with vigor and heads held high. If we were going in, we would do it with dignity, without fear, shock or terror. We would go forward courageously. Even if it involves life and death, we would remain neither humble nor arrogant and beat it!

However, just as we were about to reach the city gate, the tattered flags on the city wall suddenly fluttered with a sharp sound. I looked up and saw the nine-tailed white fox with a faint green light in its eyes. It was standing high above, with its nine tails erect and swaying in the wind, its face ferocious, and it made threatening hisses.

I'm not very afraid of it. If it wants to attack me, it can hide anywhere here. There are mountains between the canyons and thousands of gullies on the mountain roads on both sides. If it wants to hide, I will definitely not be able to find it. If it hides first and then attacks, the effect will be greater and it can kill us instantly. Secondly, it can wait until we enter the city and have no way to retreat before attacking, which is better than facing it head-on.

So, I guess it's not going to kill us!

Yunwen was leading the horse, looking at me at a loss, and I stepped forward and shouted to the nine-tailed white fox, "Beautiful fox fairy, I know you mean well. You warned me in my dream not to come to the west camp of this canyon because you were afraid that I would be in danger. I kept it in mind, but my friend was poisoned, and another was taken away by a red-eyed monster and disappeared. Maybe they are in this city. There are reasons for this. I have no choice. I hope you understand."

The nine-tailed white fox was hanging above it, looking down, then stopped barking, turned into a black shadow, and rushed into the city.