Just as Luo Ge took a step forward, an inexplicable turbulence surged out of the ancient city.

Qiang Di was startled and hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold Luo Ge and told her to stand firm.

"Who is coming?" An ancient and resonant voice suddenly floated out from inside along with the turbulent current.

"I'm a casual cultivator next, and I want to come here to find a spiritual medicine." Luo Ge signaled to Qiang Di that he was fine. After he let go, he stood firmly on his feet and cupped his fists to bow.

"Elixirs can only be obtained by those who are destined to do so." After saying that, the loud voice stopped the turbulent flow.

"You hold it here. If the ancient city collapses or the water surges later, you can lift it up." Luo Ge turned around and offered the water spirit bead to Qiang Di.

"Then you -" Qiang Di originally wanted to refuse, but after seeing the former's unyielding look, he looked at her with worry.

Before Luo Ge entered the water, he had already taken off his bamboo hat and put on half of a golden dragon mask. Therefore, Qiang Di was naturally able to see her expression clearly through the light emitted by the fire spirit bead.

"The spirit beads resonate with my soul, and I resonate with the world in all directions - with the spirit beads protecting my body, they can't hurt me." Luo Ge looked at Qiang Di, then suddenly took a step forward and walked in

In the extremely decayed ancient city.

Although this ancient city has declined, the night pearl hidden in an unknown corner of the wall can use its faint light to reveal the last glory of this corner to Luo Ge without reservation.

The murals covered with gold powder on the walls are also silently noisy, indicating the extreme prosperity of this place in the past.

Now sinking into the lake is a different kind of desolation.

Luo Ge slowly put away his gaze and came to the deepest part of the palace where he was.

There is a stone statue there.

The stone statue has been covered with moss, but you can still vaguely see the appearance of the past - this is a very beautiful girl. Her clothes are slightly different from those of the current human race, and you can tell at a glance that they are from ancient times.

If you look closely, you can see that her eyes are looking forward with gentleness and sadness.

As if waiting for something.

Luo Ge quietly reached out his hand and gently touched the hem of the stone statue's clothes.

"I know you are waiting for him. I am waiting for him too, but - I want to find him personally." Luo Ge spoke softly, as if he was speaking to the stone statue, but also as if he was speaking to himself.

The stone statue moved slightly, and a phantom appeared next to Luo Ge.

She looked at Luo Ge, and was slightly surprised when she saw her appearance, and then unconsciously opened her lips: "Why do you have to wait for him."

Phantom's voice is extremely gentle, just like her appearance, like the spring breeze in March, it warms people's hearts.

Luo Ge was silent for a moment, then told Qi Jiu's past in an understatement. Of course, it also included the Nine-turn Unfeeling Pill and the Nine-turn Unfeeling Powder.

After hearing Luo Ge's experience, Phantom's gentle brows showed a hint of pity.

"It seems that a destined person is here today." Phantom smiled slightly.

Regardless of whether the story was true or not, at least she felt that this girl was not someone who knew how to lie.

Therefore, she believed in her and naturally regarded her as a destined person.

"It only takes a thousand years for the elixir to grow. If you pass my test, I will give the elixir to you." Phantom smiled slightly again.

"Okay." Luo Ge nodded without thinking.

Phantom raised his eyes and looked at the declining ancient city in all directions. After a long time, he sighed softly: "Everyone who comes here has experienced different tests. Since the girl knows that I am waiting for someone, tell me, I am here

Who are you waiting for?"

Luo Ge knew that this was the test she had to go through.

After some deduction and some pondering, Luo Ge spoke eloquently: "In the past, the ancient city was called Qiemo. It was located deep in the sand and was an ancient country in the Western Regions. The person the girl is waiting for was the king of Qiemo, Chang'an."

Phantom's eyebrows moved slightly: "Let's talk."

Knowing that she was signaling him to continue talking, Luo Ge simply told her everything.

In ancient times, the Qiemo Kingdom was one of the major countries on the Silk Road in the Western Regions. Although it was not as prosperous as the ancient Loulan Kingdom, it was still famous.

After the fall of the Han Dynasty, wars began one after another in the mortal world.

The Silk Road was gradually forgotten. On the Silk Road, those ancient countries declined one after another and disappeared in the long river of history, including Loulan and Qiemo.

Chang'an was the last king of Qiemo.

After he succeeded to the throne, he saw that the people's lives were miserable, so he decided to lead his army on an expedition to open up a new territory and let the people return to the happiness and peace of the past.

Phantom is the girl who had a childhood sweetheart date with the King of Chang'an back then.

On the day when King Chang'an led the army to the expedition, she stood in front of the city gate and said to King Chang'an, I will wait for you to come back.

These five words have always been burned in the heart of King Chang'an, and he remembers them firmly.

King Chang'an found a piece of pure land, and he began to lead his army to invade this land. The people in the pure land were all highly cultivated. At the end of the war, all King Chang'an's army fell.

And he himself was beheaded by the guardian of that corner of the pure land as an invader, and burned in fire as a sacrifice to heaven.

The King of Chang'an left for more than ten years and never returned. The people of Qiemo migrated one after another, and the ancient city became deserted in a short period of time.

The girl was alone, standing at the city gate every day, waiting for her sweetheart to return.

The girl never waited.

That year, there was a particularly heavy rainstorm, which was mixed with yellow sand all over the sky.

The ancient city of Qiemo suddenly sank together with the yellow sand in the sky, including the girl who was waiting so impatiently.

Rainwater irrigated the place and soon turned it into a lake. She turned into a stone statue, guarding the ancient city of Qiemo and the oath she made back then.

She wants to wait for King Chang'an to come back.

"When King Chang'an was beheaded, he was thinking not of his own people, but of the girl. He silently thought about the girl's name in his heart, so the girl sank with the ancient city instead of being reincarnated.

"Luo Ge looked at her lightly.

After listening to Luo Ge's words, Phantom closed his eyes in silence.

A drop of crystal tears slowly rolled down, and Phantom opened his eyes and smiled slightly: "I am in love because of missing each other. The word love is indescribable. He owed me when he passed away, so he remembered my name. I

When I leave, I owe him a debt and remember his name."

She raised her hand and offered a strange herb, handing it to Luo Ge.

"The Love-Returning Grass lives for a thousand years. Back then, a little guy took one from me. I heard from him that he seemed to be refining a Nine-turn Love-Revealing Pill." Phantom said, his eyes unconsciously blank for a moment.

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Luo Ge remained silent.

The man who refined the Nine Turns of Love Pill is no longer alive.
Chapter completed!