The Earth Yin Spring was located in a valley surrounded by mountains. There was only a small path leading to and fro. There weren't even any weeds in the valley, let alone animals. There were all sorts of strange rocks and dark red soil.
There wasn't even a trace of life in the already gloomy valley.
The empress and her entourage entered the valley. Ren Baqian looked around for a long time and felt that there was a rancid smell here.
It smelled like the smell of the dead.
There were no birds, beasts, plants, or even bugs in this valley … It made him feel a little lifeless.
In the depths of the valley, surrounded by dark red soil, there was a pool that was dozens of meters wide. The water in the pool was murky yellow.
Looking from the shore, the color of the pool became darker toward the center. The surroundings were light yellow, and the center was almost black.
Ren Baqian jumped down from his mount and stretched. They had finally arrived.
The empress got down from Qi Shui, walked around the Earth Yin Spring, frowned, and said, "This place is a little strange."
"It is a little strange." Ren Baqian nodded. No matter how he looked at it, the stockade village and this lifeless valley were not normal.
"I have no enmity with Librarian Lin. She won't harm me, right? From what she said, she seems to have some understanding of this Earth Yin Spring. "Ren Baqian laughed.
The empress agreed with Ren Baqian's words.
Even though Librarian Lin looked gloomy, she had been in the palace for many years. Furthermore, her identity meant that she wouldn't do anything to harm herself.
Since she wouldn't harm herself, she wouldn't harm Ren Baqian either.
The empress stood by the side of the pool and looked into it. She seemed to have sensed something and stared at a certain spot in the water without moving. After a while, she suddenly sneered and said, "I can kill you again after killing you once! What can you do even if you appear here? "
Ren Baqian was shocked by the empress's words and asked, "Your Majesty?"
The empress replied calmly, "It's nothing. I just saw someone who was killed by me. You have to be careful. This Earth Yin Spring is indeed strange. "
Ren Baqian's heart tightened as he looked into the spring. The water was murky and bottomless, and there weren't any living creatures in it.
"Your Majesty, who did you see?" Ren Baqian stared at the spring and asked.
"I don't know."
"Don't know?"
"I have killed many people, why would I remember a dead person? However, he looked a little familiar, as if I had seen him before. He wasn't an aboriginal, so I reckon that even if I didn't kill him, I must have given the order to kill him, "the empress said casually.
Ren Baqian was speechless when he heard this. She took the blame for herself, yet she still acted so righteously and domineeringly. Your Majesty, you are really a talent.
Just as he was about to raise his head, he suddenly noticed a black dot in the spring.
Then, the black dot grew bigger and bigger, and finally, the outline of a human face appeared.
"Hey!" Ren Baqian exclaimed.
He had some impression of this face … Lian Baocheng.
During the first Great Hunt, the young master of the Lian family whom he had killed in the mountains now had a face full of malice and hatred. His mouth was wide open as if he was roaring angrily at him.
But there was no sound.
"Is this … an illusion?" Ren Baqian immediately had this thought.
"Is this the illusion attack that Librarian Lin mentioned?" While Ren Baqian was speaking, another face appeared in the water. This time, it was the leader of Lian Baocheng's guards, the one who was tricked by Ren Baqian into holding a grenade.
The empress nodded and said, "It should be so."
"Is this an illusion or something else? Could it be that there's something wrong with this valley? " Ren Baqian thought for a while. If it was an illusion, why did it happen when they arrived at the edge of the Earth Yin Spring? Or did it happen when they entered the valley?
"Gong Zheng!" Ren Baqian called out.
"Look at the spring and see if you can see anything," Ren Baqian said.
Gong Zheng frowned and took a look. After a while, he pulled out his saber and said, "Your Majesty, there's a problem here."
"What did you see?"
"I saw the few people I killed with my own hands," Gong Zheng said.
Then, he called a few more people to test it out. Sure enough, they could see the people they killed with their own hands.
Ren Baqian pondered for a while and found a problem. "Your Majesty, everyone can see the people they killed. What they see is different, and others can't see it."
"What do you mean?" The empress looked at him and felt that he wanted to say something.
"It's an illusion! That's right, it's an illusion! "Ren Baqian confirmed. "It can't be that everyone who kills happens to be in this spring, right? Even if this place is connected to the afterlife, it would still be too strange. Furthermore, everyone can only see the people they killed and can't see what others see … This can only be explained by an illusion. Something affects our brains and forms something on our retinas that is related to our memories. "
"What you said makes sense." The empress nodded.
If everyone could see it, they might have some doubts.
However, if everyone could only see the people they killed, then there would be some problems.
The possibility of an illusion was the greatest.
Ren Baqian stood there for a moment before turning around to pull Lin Qiaole over.
"What?" Lin Qiaole didn't struggle when Ren Baqian grabbed her by the neck. She lowered her head as if she couldn't wake up and softly said two words.
"Take a look and see what's in the spring," Ren Baqian said as he stuffed a handful of White Rabbit Creamy Candies into her hands.
With the White Rabbit Creamy Candies, Lin Qiaole was finally more energetic. She released Ren Baqian's hand from her neck, sat on the ground, hugged her knees, and looked at the spring.
"So dirty!" Lin Qiaole exclaimed.
This spring was indeed very dirty.
However, it didn't take long for Lin Qiaole's reaction to shock everyone.
Saliva began to drip from the corner of her mouth.
"Hehe, Mangshan!" Lin Qiaole quickly wiped the corner of her mouth and looked pleasantly surprised.
Ren Baqian looked at her sideways. Why? Do you want to eat again?
The world of a foodie was indeed different from that of a normal person!
Lin Qiaole's eyes suddenly widened as if she had seen something that made her angry. She shouted, "Don't run! You stay here! "
Then, she threw herself into the Earth Yin Spring. She was so fast that she almost disappeared from everyone's eyes.
Plop!
Ren Baqian was speechless.
The empress was speechless.
Gong Zheng was speechless.
Just like that, everyone watched as she jumped down.
Ren Baqian looked pensive and asked, "She doesn't seem to know how to swim?"
The empress raised her eyebrows and ordered, "Pull her out."
"Your Majesty, it's too dangerous for others to go down," Ren Baqian said. Regardless of whether this was an illusion or not, she was already affected so much by the shore. One could imagine what would happen when she entered the water.
No matter who it was, this spring would be very dangerous.
"We can't just let her die here," the empress said.
At this moment, the water had already started to churn as if someone was creating waves underwater.
"I'll go down," Ren Baqian said. He was still confident in his willpower.
"Sir Ren, let us do it," the winged cavalry warrior at the side quickly said. How could they let Ren Baqian go down at this time? It was too dangerous. If anything happened to him …
"In any case, I have to make a trip down …" Ren Baqian smiled.
The empress looked very serious and said, "You should remember one thing."
Ren Baqian was confused.
"You don't know how to swim either," the empress said faintly.
Gong Zheng was speechless.
The winged cavalry warriors were speechless.
Everyone looked at Ren Baqian awkwardly.
Ren Baqian's expression immediately froze. He had forgotten about this … That shouldn't be the case. How could he dare to go down and save someone when he didn't know how to swim?
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