withered prosperity

Yun Ji stepped on the rock, and those tangled snake vines retreated like a tide, clearing a large open space within a few feet.

He looked up at the sky again.

The sky has darkened, and the day is drawing to a close.

Standing on a high cliff and looking down, nothing can be hidden from his eyes and ears.

Among the green grass all over the ground below, three figures walked slowly forward.

Yan Hai cannot use martial arts, but Mu Huaijin seems to really not know martial arts.

The suspension bridge is very stable, but it takes time and energy to walk, so the three of them did not walk fast.

After an afternoon of stop and go, they had already passed the fourth deep ravine, but at this speed, they would not be able to reach the endless abyss before dark, and could only sleep halfway through the night.

But as time passed, the determined smile gradually disappeared from Mu Huaijin's face.

He realized that he had really underestimated "Yue Cuiwei". Yue Linghan said that he was "more intelligent than a demon", which is really true.

Ever since he said that he wanted to talk about the Mu family, he only said a few words and kept his voice calm, and he had already asked the part that could not be said anymore.

As a result, he had no choice but to pretend to be physically weak and had no intention of talking, so he didn't talk any further.

"It's getting late." Yue Liuyi, who was walking in the front, stopped. "Let's just rest here for the night!"

"You go find something to make a fire." Yan Hai looked around, walked to the big rock beside the tree and sat down, patted the seat next to him, and said to Mu Huaijin, "Master Mu, let's sit here."

Mu Huaijin originally wanted to sit further away, but when he mentioned this, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and sit beside him.

The sky soon darkened, Yueliuyi found some dead branches and came back to light a fire, and shared the dry food.

"Master Mu, don't be afraid." Yue Liuyi, who was sitting across from the fire, said with a smile, "There may be some strange movements at night, just pretend you didn't hear them."

"What movement?" Mu Huaijin was stunned for a moment.

"It's just a deep stream and turbulent, and sometimes there is wind, but it sounds a little strange." Yan Hai curled one foot on the rock while the other foot was hanging down. "Those strange beasts won't haunt this area, so there's no need to worry."

"Alien beast?"

"There are often those around here. Didn't we also encounter that kind of huge strange bird when we came here?" Yan Hai rested his chin on his knees, and his pupils shone brightly in the light of the fire: "There is nothing but mirages in the nearby sea." , and many such strange things, such as a strange fish with edges and corners all over its body, and a sea snake that is more than ten feet long."

"Young Master Yan, have you seen him?"

"Some meat is delicious, some are very unpalatable, and some are poisonous and cannot be eaten."

"Young Master Yan was joking." Mu Huaijin laughed dryly twice.

"You sewed the feet on the fish, you probably got the idea from these strange beasts!"

Mu Huaijin who was smiling was stunned.

"Am I wrong?" Yan Hai raised his eyes and looked directly at him: "Isn't that strange fish with legs in Luoyun Lake a masterpiece of your Mu family?"

"Mr. Yan, what are you talking about?" Mu Huaijin asked innocently, "What strange fish in Luoyun Lake? I don't know about it!"

"Then don't mention that fish for now." Yan Hai didn't continue to ask. "I still have one point that I really don't understand, so I ask Master Mu to explain it for me."

"Master Yan, please tell me."

"I remember you mentioned that this island rose from the sea, and your ancestors were the first mortals to set foot on this island."

"good."

"Then... what I don't understand is about the word 'mortal'."

This time, the smile on Mu Huaijin's face froze completely.

"If Master Mu wants to tell me that you made a slip of the tongue, I can understand it." Yan Hai turned his head and looked at him: "But if not, then the word 'mortal' will make people think about it."

The fire suddenly crackled, and a cloud of sparks burst out.

Yan Hai smiled in the firelight, and Mu Huaijin swallowed uncomfortably.

"Don't say 'person', but 'mortal'..." Yan Hai looked at the opposite side: "Yue Liuyi, what do you think is going on?"

"That means there were other 'people' on this island at that time." Yue Liuyi stirred up the flames with a branch: "It's not the kind of mortals."

"Then is it possible that they are still immortals?" Yan Hai continued: "Master Mu, your ancestors, could it be that they met 'immortals' on this island?"

After a while, Mu Huaijin let out a heavy sigh.

"To tell you the truth, I'm actually very puzzled about this." He said worriedly: "I've read through the records left by our ancestors, and the term 'mortal' is actually inherited from it. I have always, always I feel that the narrative inside is not detailed enough, but I have no way of knowing why.”

"You don't know?"

"I don't know, but..." Mu Huaijin glanced over the two of them: "I don't know nothing about the origin of your 'Palace Master'."

Yue Liuyi threw the branch in his hand into the fire, causing many sparks to strike.

Those sparks rose up, but all of them were annihilated halfway.

"The origin of the Palace Master?" Yue Liuyi put his hands on his chin, showing a very interested look: "I want to hear about this."

"Speaking of which, the first-generation 'Palace Master' is actually the daughter of our Mu family."

In Mu Huaijin's first sentence, he uttered such shocking words, which made Yue Liuyi let out an "Aiya".

"That's true." Mu Huaijin also looked at the blazing fire: "Back then, the ancestors of the Mu family got some rare treasures on this Futu Island. After he took these things out and sold them, he became The wealth is incomparable. But he soon discovered that the secrets hidden on this island are by no means just as simple as the treasures everywhere.”

So, the ancestor with foresight began to build a secret place known only to the Mu family on this unknown island...

"Wait a minute." Yan Hai interrupted him: "If it's like what you said, how did your ancestors get in and out freely through Wuli Xuesha in the first place?"

"At that time, there was no such thing as Wuli Xuesha on this island."

Yan Hai nodded, motioning for him to continue talking.

After taking local materials and painstakingly building for a hundred years, the island finally became what it is now.And every descendant of the Mu family strictly abides by the rules set by this ancestor and guards this secret.

"That ancestor lived to be 150 years old."

However, not long after their ancestors passed away, wars and disputes continued in the world. They finally chose to give up their land industries and retreated to this island.

But this decision almost cost their entire family in this place.

"The follow-up records from that time are very scattered and contradictory, but generally speaking, a daughter of the Mu family touched some kind of taboo, which caused a huge disaster on this island. Wuli Xuesha and those snakes The vines appeared on this island at that time." Mu Huaijin raised his head and looked around: "After the Mu family was forced to leave, the island became what it is now, and no one can easily enter or exit."

"So, a certain woman from your Mu family obtained some kind of secret inheritance, then occupied Qianlian Island, and then drove you out of the island?" Yue Liuyi concluded.

"It's fine if it's that simple, but the problem is that it's not a real 'person'." Mu Huaijin shook his head: "'Palace Master' is a monster of a different race, a monster that needs a body. And you The so-called War of the Four Monarchs, which has lasted for hundreds of years, is nothing but a terrible scam."

"What?" Yue Liuyi didn't understand.

"He means that you and I, Yueqing, Biyue Linghan, and the daughter of the Mu family are actually the same."

Yue Liuyi looked at Yan Hai dully.

"Can you explain it more clearly?" She asked blankly, "What is the same?"

"The 'Palace Master' needs to be replaced with a new body every once in a while. The so-called Battle of the Four Monarchs is nothing more than her process of selecting a container." Yan Hai asked calmly, "Does she often say that we The one who wins at the end can become the 'Palace Master'? I mean, do you understand?"

"Yue Cuiwei, what nonsense are you talking about..." Yue Liuyi's eyes widened, obviously unable to accept this statement.

On the other hand, Mu Huaijin looked at Yan Hai and did not express any objection to these words.

"Mr. Yan, I have been guessing like this before." He said, "You really know about this matter."