Regardless of cover-ups and disguises, everyone rushed to Jiu Po's old house in the west of the city. As expected, Bai Laner disappeared.

Jiu Po ​​and Hua Jiang were running around anxiously, and were slightly relieved when they saw Zhuo Zhan and the others coming back.

"Jiu Po, what's going on?" Zhuo Zhan grabbed Jiu Po's trembling withered hand and asked anxiously.

"Lan'er said she wanted to drink medicinal porridge, but I was afraid that the cook couldn't grasp the dosage of the medicinal ingredients, so I went to make it for her myself. But who would have thought that when I brought the medicinal porridge over, she was gone!" Jiu

My mother-in-law was shivering because she was so excited, and her thick old hands were as cold as ice cubes.

"The same goes for me. Sister Lan'er sent me out to buy grates for her. As soon as I came back, I saw Grandma Jiu looking for her all over the yard." Hua Jiang cried with a look of aggrievement.

For him, the changes he experienced on this day were worth more than ten years in the past, and it was really beyond what his immature mind could bear.

Zhuo Zhan raised his eyebrows slightly, squeezed Jiu Po's hand tightly, and patted Hua Jiang on the back to express comfort. He immediately turned around and walked towards the door, greeting Chi, Duan Fei and the others: "Let's go

Already."

"Brother Zhuo, are you going to find Sister Lan'er? I'm going to help too!" Hua Jiang released his hands supporting Jiu Po, wiped his eyes, and quickly followed.

"Bai Yushan is so big, where are you going to find it?!" Jiu Po ​​shouted angrily, her old voice full of anxiety and despair.

"I know where she went." Zhuo Zhan stopped, but did not look back. His voice was terrifyingly cold.

"What?" Jiu Po ​​opened her eyes slightly, her gaze as bright as a torch.

"She went to the Zhongkarst Cave to look for the earth demon."

There was a moment of silence, as terrifying as death.

Jiu Po ​​staggered back a few steps, lost her balance, and fell to the ground.

"Grandma Jiu!" Hua Jiang rushed back and went to help Grandma Jiu in a panic.

Zhuo Zhan and the others also turned around quickly and squatted down to see if Jiu Po ​​was injured from the fall.

Jiu Po's withered hands clamped tightly on Zhuo Zhan's arm, and her shriveled nails seemed to be embedded into Zhuo Zhan's flesh through his clothes. Her originally cloudy eyes suddenly brightened: "You also want to go to Zhongkarst Cave, find

Lan'er?"

"That's right." Zhuo Zhan said decisively with his eyes as sharp as a sword.

"Don't go!" Jiu Po ​​suddenly shouted angrily, almost breaking her voice, "Lan'er can't come back, I can't let you be ruined too!"

"Jiu Po, what do you mean by this..." Chi Shuang frowned slightly and asked softly.

"Do you know that there is a barrier in the middle cave where the demon danger is located? If you want to enter the barrier, you must first offer something important in exchange. And after entering, no matter what purpose or wish you want to achieve,

You need to give up your most precious things, including your life." Jiu Po ​​said every word with a strong bite, and her voice was filled with bloody advice.

Zhuo Zhan pondered for a moment, stared solemnly at Jiu Po's eyes eager for a negative answer, and said word by word: "Jiu Po, I must go. Brother Pan has been taken away, and I can't let Lan'er

My sister also joins in. Don’t worry, I have the longevity fruit here, I’ll trade it with the earth demon.”

After Zhuo Zhan finished speaking, he gradually used strength to break open Jiu Po's fingers that were digging into his body, stood up suddenly, and led everyone out of the door without hesitation, disappearing into the sparse flow of people in the back street.

"Come back... come back!" Jiu Po's voice, as rough as gravel, echoed in the courtyard, her hoarse whimpering, piercing the heart of the heart.

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The entrance of the Zhongkarst Cave is not difficult to find, nor is it hidden. The huge black hole is like a deep eye, embedded in the green mountains, looking coldly at the people crawling in front of it.

"Zhuo Zhan... we... really want to go in?" Zhuangzi asked in a low voice.

I don't know why, but the deep darkness in the cave seemed to have a boundless fear, sucking away all their courage and perseverance.

"You guys wait for me here, I'll go in by myself." Zhuo Zhan silently looked at the unpredictable black hole, his eyebrows furrowed, as if he had made up his mind.

"If Brother Zhuo Zhan must go, he must go there too." Thinking of what Grandma Jiu had just said, Chi felt strangely flustered for some reason, and Zhuo Zhan's resolute look at this moment made her even more frightened.

"I said, I'll go alone, son, you stay." Zhuo Zhan's eyes never left the black hole, and his indifferent tone was as cold as ice.

Chi Wei was startled. In situations like this in the past, no matter how urgent the situation was, Zhuo Zhan would gently touch her head or hold her hand. Even if it didn't work, he would also say a soft word to comfort her.

But today was different. Zhuo Zhan's appearance was not that he didn't care about her, but that he really cared about the black hole so much that he had no thought or experience to comfort her. Chi was a sensible and smart girl, and he understood instantly

She understood Zhuo Zhan's state of mind at this time. She shut up immediately and did not ask for anything more, because she understood that Zhuo Zhan needed to calm down and calm down at this time.

Zhuo Zhan stepped forward, walking very steadily and slowly. It wasn't that he deliberately wanted to walk so slowly, it was just that every step he took, there seemed to be a strong spiritual pressure in front of him hindering his progress.

Big drops of sweat flowed from his forehead to his cheeks, and then dripped down his chin to his collar. When the cold wind blew, a thin layer of ice formed on his collar, but Zhuo Zhan didn't feel it at all, because he exerted all his strength.

, I can no longer feel the heat or cold.

Suddenly, Zhuo Zhan's raised foot was unable to fall down, as if a heavy stone was placed under his foot, and the bones in his calf were about to break.

"Can't admit defeat, can't give up..."

Zhuo Zhan bit his lip, his whole face became ferocious, and all his strength was concentrated on his legs. He exerted force. Suddenly, Zhuo Zhan's half-hanging leg finally fell to the ground. However, his whole body was thrown heavily.

On the ground, it seemed like there was a big mountain pressing down on my back, and I couldn't lift it up no matter what.

"Brother Zhuo Zhan!"

"Zhuo Zhan!"

"what to do……"

"Damn it, you earth monster, what are you doing? Show your true form if you have the guts!" Duan Fei was angry, and instantly showed his small arm crossbow. In the blink of an eye, the tiny arrowheads flew towards the pitch black like a wave.

However, the cluster of rapidly spinning arrows suddenly stopped when it reached the sky above Zhuo Zhan's head, spun twice, and landed on the side of Zhuo Zhan's face.

"This is the barrier..." Zhuo Zhan struggled to squeeze out these words through his teeth, his wide-open eyes already filled with red bloodshot eyes.

"Who dares to invade and speak so brazenly?"

A cold, stern male voice came out from the cave, and the echoes echoed throughout the mountains and fields.

"Are you the Earth Demon Wei?" Zhuo Zhan asked roughly.

"Asking even though you know it."

"Bai Lan'er is inside?"

"You want to come in to find her?"

"Let her go!"

"My hands and feet were tied to the stalagmites by the Emperor of Heaven, and I couldn't move. It's not that I didn't let her go, it was that she didn't want to leave. If you want to find her, you can only come in by yourself." Di Yaowei's tone was gentle and relaxed, without any trace of it.

There is no emotion mixed in it.

"Tell me, what price do you want me to pay for entering this barrier?" Zhuo Zhan endured the heavy pressure, tried to raise his head an inch, and stared angrily at the endless darkness.

After a moment, a sad laughter came out, making people's scalp numb: "Hahahahahahaha, since you know what you know, it's useless to talk more. What price are you willing to pay?"

"I have the longevity fruit, let me go in and see Sister Lan'er!" Zhuo Zhan shouted ferociously.

"Wait!"

A familiar old voice sounded loudly. Although Zhuo Zhan could not move his head, he knew from the voice that it was Jiu Po ​​who was here.

Zhuo Zhan used his peripheral vision to see Jiu Po ​​climbing up with the help of Hua Jiang and stopping at his right rear.

She threw away the crutch in her hand and said loudly to Zhuo Zhan: "Keep the longevity fruit to save Pan Chang. Today, even if I give up my life, I will let these lovers live to meet each other."

Jiu Po's words were absolutely harsh and could not be criticized.

Zhuo Zhan's arrogance was extinguished for a moment, he didn't dare to refute, and he didn't know what to do.

Jiupo turned to look at the deep cave entrance, folded her hands in front of her forehead, made a bow, pondered for a moment, and solemnly said: "Wei, let this child go in, and I will give you the price."

"Oh?" Di Yao's dangerous tone revealed excitement and expectation.

"Jiu Po, you..." Zhuo Zhan was shocked and glanced at the stern and motionless Jiu Po.

Jiu Po ​​ignored Zhuo Zhan and continued to move towards the entrance of the cave, hissing: "I ask myself, an old rotten bone has nothing to be proud of. But in one's lifetime, there is always something that can be used. I

is a pharmacist,

After preparing medicine for a lifetime, I am most proud of my nose, which can distinguish all kinds of herbs. This is my most precious thing. Danger, today, you will take away my proud sense of smell and exchange it for

The kid’s chances of getting in.”

"Grandma Jiu, you can't do this!" Hua Jiang on the side pulled the corner of Grandma Jiu's clothes and was already crying.

"Jiu Po, you..." Zhuo Zhan suddenly burst into tears, and a sense of responsibility that he had never felt before rose from his chest.

He understood that Jiu Po ​​had made up his mind, and it was useless to talk more and block it blindly, which would only lead to endless unreasonable arguments. What he needed to do at this time was not to let down Jiu Po's enthusiasm, enter the cave as soon as possible, and rescue Bai Bai.

Lan'er.

Zhuo Zhan looked at Jiu Po's resolute face again through his blurred eyes, gritted his teeth, and shouted loudly: "Earth Demon, do you hear me? Let me in quickly! Quick!"

The black hole was silent for a moment, seeming to be thinking or pondering.

After a brief moment of silence, a golden beam of light was seen shooting out of the hole and hitting Jiu Po's nose.

Jiu Po ​​said "ah" and leaned back, lying in the arms of Hua Jianghe who stepped forward to support her. An Yu smiled. She could no longer smell anything.

On the other side, the huge pressure on Zhuo Zhan also disappeared with the disappearance of the golden light, completely gone.

Zhuo Zhan coughed twice, put his hands on the ground, and staggered to his feet.

After stretching his neck that was so stiff that it was about to break, Zhuo Zhan looked back at his worried but encouraging companion. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
Chapter completed!