Chapter 48 Forty-eighth round of Jade Stairs Golden Palace

Lu Yun smiled sadly and said, "I don't want to die...but..." His voice gradually weakened, and his eyelids slowly raised again. Baoyu shouted: "Brother Lu, wake up quickly, you will not die! You want revenge!" Lu Yun murmured: "Revenge... fire... good move! Good move 'Guan Ri Hong'... my chest, ouch! Chest... Aunt Wang! You are so ruthless!" With a last scream, he straightened up and couldn't move anymore. Bao Yumu stood in the water, sparks fell on Lu Yun's body, his hair and shoulders, and his eyes also ignited with anger. Mrs. Wan murmured: "I don't think that Lu Yun died under the 'Guan Rihong' move, and that Mrs. Wang also learned the secret of the Emei School's trick of not spreading it! It's so poisonous, this woman is so vicious, If you kill someone, you have to set it on fire! Could it be that she really wants to wipe out the entire martial arts world?"

Baoyu gritted her teeth and said, "No matter what, I can't let her go!" Mrs. Wan said coldly: "The person you can't let go is not just Aunt Wang? Can you let the man in white go? What about Fire Demon God and Bai Shuiniang? But if you die now, you can only look at others... ..." Baoyu looked up to the sky and shouted loudly, "I swear to heaven, no matter what, Fang Baoyu will not die!" While drinking, he stepped forward again. Although the fire is wild, it cannot burn the flowing water.Flowing water will never change direction for any reason.So Baoyu walked out of the fire cave in the flowing water.

The flames have been cut off behind the hill. Looking up at the sky, although it is still reddened by the fire, there is no such suffocating heat in the atmosphere, and the crisis of death has passed. Mrs. Wan lay flat on the ground and couldn't stop panting, except for her chest heaving and wheezing, she didn't move, she really didn't want to move. The little princess tore off a corner of her skirt and was wiping her face quietly, but she was still in good spirits.No matter under any circumstances, she did not want Baoyu to see her in distress. Baoyu's expression is unavoidably a little embarrassed, but his spirit is still strong.Mrs. Wan's panting hadn't subsided yet, but she said loudly: "Stand up, let's go!"

Mrs. Wan said: "Stand up? Even if you want to kill me now, I can't stand up. I want to sleep well, sleep for three days and three nights." Baoyu said, "You can't sleep now." Mrs. Wan said: "Why can't I sleep? If you want to go, just go, I..." Baoyu said, "I want to go, and you have to go too!" Mrs. Wan smiled and said: "Why? My son doesn't want to follow me, why do you follow me? Everyone in the world knows that my old lady is a lonely ghost who always walks alone, you..." Baoyu said, "As long as you bring me to meet my parents, I won't stop you."

Mrs. Wan blinked her eyes and said, "Your parents?... If your son doesn't know where they are, how can my old lady know?" Baoyu suddenly grabbed her skirt, lifted her up from the ground, and said angrily, "You don't know? What did you just say?" Mrs. Wan had already screamed, and said: "What did I say just now? I only said that your parents are suffering at the moment, but I didn't say that I know where they are suffering!" Baoyu's face suddenly turned red with anger. This is unprecedented.No matter under any circumstances, his complexion had never changed so drastically, and at this moment he even trembled.

He trembled and said, "You...you dare to tease me? You...you...you dare to tease me with such a thing?" Mrs. Wan said: "I...I..." Although she was old, cunning and eloquent, she couldn't speak a word when she saw Baoyu so enraged. Anger is often the scariest of those who never get angry. Baoyu hissed, "If you lie to me about other things, that's fine, but these things... these things..." Suddenly, a slender hand gently pressed his shoulder, and a gentle voice whispered in his ear: "Let her go!" Baoyu said angrily, "Let her go?"

The little princess said softly: "Even if she lied to you, it was for your own good." Mrs. Wan hurriedly shouted: "Yes, my old lady said that to save your life." Baoyu's palm gradually relaxed... The little princess said slowly: "What's more, if we are in a hurry to go to the White Water Palace, wouldn't it be much more convenient to have her lead the way?" Baoyu finally sighed and let go of his hand completely.Mrs. Wan has changed her color, and said loudly: "I want to lead the way... I... my old lady doesn't know where the White Water Palace is!"

The little princess said: "If you really don't know where the White Water Palace is, you are completely useless." Mrs. Wan said: "Exactly, I am a useless person." The little princess smiled and said: "Useless people, living in the world is a waste of food... You are a smart person, you might as well think about it, if you are completely useless to us, would I still let you live in the world?" Mrs. Wan had already stood up, but at this moment she sat down again with a "poof", and said with a bitter face, "I..." The little princess smiled and said, "Where is the White Water Palace, do you already know by now?"

Mrs. Wan suddenly turned over and knelt down, and said: "Little princess, good princess, please forgive me, poor old woman, if I take others to White Water Palace, do you think I can survive?" The little princess said: "If you don't take it with you, you won't be able to live now." Mrs. Wan tremblingly said: "Please, I know you have the best conscience, and you will never force a poor old woman. I am old and bitter... and I am a widow. Not only do I have no husband, I don't even want my son. ..." As she spoke, she actually burst into tears, crying bitterly.

But no matter how pitifully she said and how sadly she cried, the little princess just stared at her coldly, with that cold smile still on the corner of her mouth. Mrs. Wan cried and talked, and talked and cried, and she wasted a lot of time on the meal. The little princess didn't even change the shape of her smile. Mrs. Wan suddenly wiped away her tears with her backhand, and said, "Is it true that I can't impress you?" The little princess smiled and said, "You might as well try again." Mrs. Wan's tears stopped immediately, she jumped up, and said bitterly: "Okay! Little girl, you can come with me!"

The little princess said: "You should have accepted your fate long ago." Mrs. Wan said: "But this journey is very long. If my old man finds an opportunity to escape along the way, you will never think of a second time..." The little princess smiled and interrupted: "Don't worry, as long as you can escape by yourself, even if you are capable, I will never look for you again." Mrs. Wan said: "Good!" Raising her head and striding away, she seemed to be a different person in an instant. Baoyu thought to himself: "This man is really good at changing, thanks to the little princess..." After taking a look at the little princess, he couldn't help but walk over and said, "Thank you." The little princess glared at him, and her expression changed immediately. Even the cold smile disappeared, and she just said coldly, "What are you thanking me for? I didn't do these things for you." Baoyu was taken aback for a moment, and said, "But...you..." The little princess said: "It is my responsibility to bring you to the White Water Palace. Apart from that, I have no other relationship with you. You don't have to thank me, and I don't have to thank you either." Baoyu said: "But...but just now you said..." The little princess sneered and said, "Just now? Huh! What happened just now is over. Since you will not die, neither will I. Those words are nothing." Turning around suddenly, she followed Mrs. Wan. Baoyu was stunned there, really dumbfounded. He was stunned for a while, and could only smile wryly and said to himself: "I only think that Mrs. Wan is good at changing, but I don't know that there are people who become more fierce than Mrs. Wan. But no matter how she changes, I will stay the same. Always the best way." Mrs. Wan was really unlucky to fall into the palm of the little princess—even though she tried her best, she still couldn't escape. In the middle of the night, she clearly saw that the little princess had fallen asleep, but as soon as she turned over and stood up, the little princess' eyes opened immediately. It was as if there was an invisible rope binding her feet, as long as she moved a little, the little princess would immediately notice. In the early morning, Mrs. Wan wants to relieve herself. The little princess said: "Go!" Seeing that the little princess didn't follow her, Mrs. Wan couldn't help but secretly overjoyed. As soon as she closed the door, she hurried out of the window. Unexpectedly, the little princess would appear in front of her again, with her head tilted, her hands behind her back, looking at her with a smile, and said with a smile: "Is it over?" Except when sleeping and relaxing, the little princess's round, bright and charming eyes are always looking at her and staring at her. Sometimes Mrs. Wan deliberately takes long detours and circles. The little princess would murmur to herself intentionally or unintentionally: "If someone wants to go around a long way and go around in circles, then she is really looking for a crime. Anyway, we can't escape, why don't you take us there quickly, and then escape, Who else will follow her?" After two or three days like this, Mrs. Wan was convinced. She smiled wryly and said: "Little princess, you are really my little ancestor. My old lady has never been subdued before, but this time I really subdued you!" The little princess smiled and said, "It's easy to talk about! I wonder how long it will take to reach the White Water Palace?" Mrs. Wan pondered, "Two days... at most two more days." Baoyu couldn't help interjecting, "So the White Water Palace is in the Central Plains." Mrs. Wan said, "Where are you?" Baoyu sighed: "The rumors in the rivers and lakes really make that place mysterious, so that people only think that the 'Five Elements Demon Palace' must be on the sacred mountain overseas, in the midst of nothingness..." Mrs. Wan said: "What do you think now?" Baoyu said: "Now... I think that the 'Five Elements Palace' is nothing more than a few houses hidden somewhere in a deep mountain and dense forest. The building may be somewhat similar to a temple...perhaps more splendid than a temple." He smiled slightly and said, "Did I guess right?" Mrs. Wan said slowly: "There are some very ordinary and ordinary things in the world, but after being exaggerated by legends, they become mysterious. Coupled with people's fantasies, these things are even more moving, almost becoming myths." Baoyu said, "I just said that." Mrs. Wan said: "But some things that should only exist in myths can also exist in the world. These things, if you don't see them with your own eyes, are absolutely unbelievable." Baoyu moved and said, "Could it be that the Five Elements Palace is like this?" Mrs. Wan said slowly: "My old man never said that." Baoyu said: "Then...the Five Elements Palace is..." Mrs. Wan said: "You're going to meet anyway, what are you so anxious about now?" Baoyu said: "I just hope..." A mysterious smile appeared on the corner of Mrs. Wan's mouth, and she said slowly: "You'd better not hope for anything at this moment, don't think about it, no matter what, when you see the 'Five Elements Palace', you will always be surprised. " Baoyu murmured, "Really? Surprised?" He turned and walked to the window, and after a while of silence, he murmured: "Now... the subordinates of the Fire Demon God must think that I have broken my promise or disappeared, and they will definitely look for me everywhere... and Taoist Iron Beard and the others arrived at the Daming Mansion. They will definitely look for the Fire Demon God's subordinates everywhere, and they will never expect that I will find my way and leave by myself." Mrs. Wan said: "Do you think they can go to Baishui Palace?" Baoyu sighed and said, "It's hard to say... I hope they don't go." Suddenly one person said with a sinister smile: "It seems that you may be disappointed." It was the dead of night. This place is a small inn at the foot of the mountain beside the mountain village. Although the window faces the sky full of stars, it also faces the boundless darkness. Outside the window, not far away, there is a wild bamboo forest, the messy and dense bamboo forest, the starlight cannot be leaked, and the laughter comes from the dark bamboo forest. Behind the bamboo forest is the undulating mountains - the endless Taihang Mountains. Famous mountains, deserted villages, wild shops, late at night... these are enough to make any ordinary laughter dark and piercing, not to mention that this laughter already carries a frightening chill. Mrs. Wan ran to the window one step at a time, and said, "It's... who is it?" Not only did her face change, but her voice also changed. Baoyu smiled slightly and said, "Who is this, you still can't guess?" Mrs. Wan said: "Who? Who..." Baoyu said in a deep voice, "Fire Demon God, are you still not coming out?" The bamboo forest laughed and said: "Good ear power, really good ear power." Amidst harsh laughter, a person walked out slowly.Under the faint starlight, his whole body looked like a ball of flame——a ghostly ghostly fire. Baoyu said: "You came just in time, I..." The Fire Demon God laughed and said: "What you said just now was all wrong. I knew that you would not break your promise, let alone disappear, and I never worked hard to find you everywhere." Baoyu said, "Then... how do you know I'm here?" The fire demon said: "With the little princess by your side, how could I lose your track? Although you can't find me, I can always find you." Baoyu's complexion suddenly changed, and he turned to look at the little princess, and said, "So... so you left signs along the way?" The little princess said coldly: "Yes, this is a matter of course, why are you surprised?" Baoyu said: "I just think you always tell me." The little princess sneered and said, "Tell you? Why should I tell you? I have already said that this is my responsibility. Apart from that, I have no other relationship with you." Baoyu was silent for a while, then sighed, "Yes, I was wrong." Mrs. Wan gave a "chi" smile, and murmured: "Love has left no hatred since ancient times, young man, I see you..." Baoyu suddenly yelled and said, "Fire Demon God, what do you think I am disappointed?" Fire Demon God said slowly: "You only hope that Tie Ran and others will not be able to make White Water Palace, but they have already gone... Not only have they already gone, but at this moment..." Baoyu was moved and said, "They have already gone? Who will show them the way?" The fire demon said: "It is my palace." Baoyu said: "It's you? You didn't want them to come, why now..." The Fire Demon God smiled sadly, and said: "Since they are determined to die, why don't I just let them go? Hehe, they killed nine of my subordinates. Although I can't take revenge, I can use a knife to kill... Haha...haha..." This smug laughter is indeed better than any malicious words. Baoyu seemed to be in the midst of the wild laughter, speechless. After a long time, he murmured to himself: "What's the point of going? With their martial arts, is there any place in the world that they can't go?...No matter where they go, they won't suffer." Mrs. Wan suddenly giggled and said, "It's ridiculous...it's ridiculous!" Baoyu said, "What's so ridiculous about this?" Mrs. Wan said: "My old man is not laughing at others, but at you." Baoyu said, "What's so funny about me?" Mrs. Wan said: "I laugh at you, knowing that they are already in danger, but you still want to lie to yourself and comfort yourself." Baoyu said sharply, "I'm telling the truth." Mrs. Wan said: "The truth? Hehe! Let me ask you, what about the Fire Demon God, Mu Langjun and others, compared to Tie Ran and others? Since Fire Demon God and others have been kicked out, Tie Ran..." Baoyu didn't wait for her to finish speaking, and flew out of the window, to the Fire Demon God Zhuo standing under the starlight, squeezed his arm, and hissed: "How long have they been gone?" The Fire Demon God grinned and said, "It's been a long time... It's been a long time, even if you go now, you won't be in time." Baoyu was startled, and stayed there for a while, shouting: "Where is the White Water Palace? You can tell me now!" Fire Demon God slowly raised his head and said, "You should raise your head first." Baoyu raised his head slowly, only to see the sky full of stars and the shadow of towering mountains. He couldn't help but said, "So what if you raise your head?" The fire demon said: "What did you see?" Baoyu said: "Heaven! Star..." The fire demon said: "What else?" Baoyu said: "And... oh, mountain, cloud mountain..." With a flash of thought, he lost his voice and said, "Could it be that the Baishui Palace is in this Taihang Mountain?" Fire Demon God nodded slowly and said, "Not bad." Baoyu turned around, as if she was about to fly up the mountain. The Fire Demon God said again: "But if you go alone, even if you search for three to five months, you still won't find it." Baoyu said, "Why?" The Fire Demon God said in a deep voice: "Although in this mountain, the clouds are deep... Taihang Mountain stretches for hundreds of miles. With your own strength, if you want to search every small peak, it will probably take you more than three to five months." He smiled coldly and continued, "What's more, even if you search every mountain peak, you may not be able to find it." Baoyu stomped his feet and said, "Since that's the case, why don't you take me quickly..." Suddenly, the little princess scolded softly: "Stop!" It turned out that Mrs. Wan wanted to slip away quietly. At this moment, with her left foot in front and her right foot behind, she forced a smile and said, "With fire... Palace Lord Fire will lead the way, so my wife can go." The little princess said: "Who said you can go?" Mrs. Wan said: "Since there are people leading the way, what's the use of my old lady?" Baoyu said: "Look in front of Wan Daxia, let her go!" Mrs. Wan said: "Yes, good girl, let me go!" The little princess said slowly: "Let you go? So that you can rush to the White Water Palace to report the news?... so that you can think of some tricks and harm us along the way?" She sneered, and continued: "If it were someone else, I could really let him go, but you...you can't, you have too many tricks, I can only rest assured if I keep you by my side." Mrs. Wan took a few steps back, sat down on the chair, and murmured: "Why do you want to kill me..." The little princess said: "It can only be blamed on you for harming people too much in the past." Mrs. Wan sighed, grabbed a handful of peaches and plums, and stuffed them into her mouth.Along the way, she had already filled her pockets again. The little princess said: "What else do you have to say?" Mrs. Wan murmured, "What else can I say? It's just bad luck for me to meet you. It's strange. When people are in a bad mood, they can't eat. Why do I eat more when I'm in a bad mood? ?” Fog, dense fog. This is the peak of Taihang Mountain.There is milky white fog on all sides - Baoyu went up the mountain in the early morning fog, and was always surrounded by dense fog. At this moment, the mountain was already high, and he couldn't even tell whether it was cloud or fog. The Fire Demon God has left.He said: "I don't need to go up the mountain anymore, I should wait for the good news at the foot of the mountain." At this moment, although the little princess and Mrs. Wan are still by his side, Baoyu is standing on this high mountain in the mist, but he can't help feeling lonely and desolate in his heart. Looking around, the shadow of the mountain is majestic - majestic and majestic peaks, appearing indescribably ethereal and indescribably illusory in the mist. What he saw in his eyes seemed to be nothing real anymore, even the little princess standing beside him seemed so far away. At this moment, the only real thing left was himself—his own feeling, it was a strange feeling—no words could describe it. There is only one last way left.The destination is in sight. Days of anticipation are coming to an end, fantasies are about to become reality - and reality has suddenly become so unreal. He felt a little lost and lonely, but he was unavoidably excited and excited. He suddenly turned around and said, "Where are we going?" Mrs. Wan also seemed to be a little drunk, she casually pointed to it. Baoyu looked along her fingers—fog. She meant only fog, thick fog, milky fog. Baoyu frowned and said, "Did you admit your mistake?" Mrs. Wan said: "There is nothing wrong." Baoyu said: "But there is no road there, only fog there." There was a mysterious smile on the corner of Mrs. Wan's mouth, and she said slowly: "The royal palace in the myth should naturally be on the mountain of fog." Baoyu moved and said, "The mountain of fog?" Mrs. Wan murmured: "That's right, the mountain of mist is ethereal." Baoyu changed color and said, "Are you saying that the 'Five Elements Palace' is just a legend?" Mrs. Wan said: "Nothing is reality, truth is false, emptiness is form, and form is emptiness." The little princess scolded: "This woman is crazy, don't listen to her." Mrs. Wan giggled and said, "That's right, I'm crazy, I'm going crazy." The little princess said: "But at this moment, you can't be crazy, hurry up..." Mrs. Wan suddenly cut her mouth and asked, "What time is it?" Baoyu said, "I'm afraid it's past noon." Mrs. Wan said: "Soon...soon...you will see it soon." Baoyu said, "When?" Mrs. Wan said: "It's not the time yet, it's useless for you to be anxious." She sat cross-legged.Even though Baoyu was anxious, there was nothing he could do.Looking up, the fog seems to be thicker, but at this time the thick fog has gradually revealed a halo, a colorful halo. The halo is getting bigger and the colors are getting brighter.Countless mountain peaks, big and small, float and sink in this brilliant, brilliant and colorful halo, seeming to exist or not, seeming to be real or unreal. This is really a mythical beauty, so beautiful that it is almost majestic, so beautiful that it is suffocating, so beautiful that one can't help but feel reverence, and almost kneel down to worship it. But Mrs. Wan's point of finger is still a cloud of fog. Suddenly, a strong golden light tore through the dense fog, shattered the colorful halo, and shot straight at the dense fog like an arrow. Where the golden light shines, there is indeed a strange scene. A road with countless stone steps miraculously appeared in the mist. Under the light, the golden light was brilliant and dazzling. Baoyu was involuntarily overwhelmed by this spectacle, and seemed to have stopped breathing. The little princess lost her voice: "Ah! Sure enough, it's here." Mrs. Wan murmured: "This is the mountain of fog... This is the miracle of the fog. It is hidden in the thick fog all year round, and it only appears once a day, and each time is only a short moment." Baoyu sighed: "A miracle...it really is a miracle..." Mrs. Wan said: "Do you believe it now? After all, there are some myths in the world. After all, the wonder of God's creation is beyond the imagination of smart people like you." Baoyu looked at the mist-like mountain peak and the golden stone steps, unconsciously, she seemed a little crazy, and couldn't move for a long time. But at this moment, the dazzling golden light seems to have gradually dimmed. Mrs. Wan jumped up suddenly, and said loudly: "If you want to leave, you must leave quickly, otherwise, this Wufeng will be invisible again."