Demon, come and cultivate for me.

The man at the front, who had been walking silently, suddenly stopped.

Zhou Chu stepped forward, patted him on the shoulder, and looked at him with a puzzled expression.

The taciturn man finally spoke up to Zhou Chu, saying, "Something's not right on this road!"

Zhou Chu was stunned.

We agreed not to talk!

What are you doing?! Are you looking for death?!

To make matters worse, Xu Yuan walked over from behind and spoke up, "What's wrong? What did you find?"

Chen Xiangzi said, "I also sensed that something was wrong; it seems like we made a mistake somewhere."

Countless figures quickly moved in and surrounded the five people.

The blue bewitching flowers by the roadside began to grow wildly. In just a few breaths, the flower stems grew to four or five feet tall and became as thick as a person's arm.

The human face on the petal became clear, its mouth opening and closing, revealing sharp fangs.

Zhao Ji didn't speak, but her body trembled as she grasped Zhou Chu's hand.

A cool sensation came from Zhou Chu's hand.

Why are her hands so cold?

Although it's cool here, it's not cold at all.

Zhao Ji's hands were as cold as ice, which was completely abnormal.

"Otherwise, let's go back," Zhao Ji said, holding Zhou Chu's hand tightly and looking up.

Something is wrong!

Zhou Chu also sensed that something was wrong.

It wasn't just the people and scenery around me that were strange.

Several of my companions also seemed very strange!

Zhou Chu forced himself to calm down and think about where the problem lay.

After arriving at Huangquan Ridge with the silent gourd, they simply followed the road forward without encountering anything unusual.

Moreover, Zhou Chu not only counted his steps but also constantly observed his surroundings. He was absolutely certain that there was only one path on the ridge, and there were no forks in the road.

When exactly did the problem arise? Was it when the old lady was blocking the way?

The old woman was a hallucination, a hallucination that occurred because she heard the whispers of the blue enchanting flower.

The mute gave him a clump of animal fur to plug his ears and block out the whispers of the demonic flower before the illusion disappeared.

Thinking of this, Zhou Chu's body stiffened.

wrong!

With hair stuffed in my ears, I shouldn't be able to hear anything, but how come I can hear them talking now?

Furthermore, Xu Yuan and the other two had already agreed to stay down below to provide support, so there was absolutely no reason for them to come along!

Is it...

Zhou Chu broke free from Zhao Ji's hand, took two steps back, and touched his ear.

He took the stuff out of his ear and looked at it; a chill immediately ran through his body.

This isn't animal fur at all; it's clearly the petals of a blue demon flower.

The petals were divided into two halves; one half had eyes and a nose, and the other half had a mouth and a chin.

The patterns of these humanoid organs are clearly visible on the petals.

Zhou Chu hurriedly threw the petals on the ground and stomped them hard into the soil.

As the petals were trampled, the surrounding scenery changed once again.

Zhao Ji, Xu Yuan, and Chen Xiangzi disappeared, but the taciturn man continued walking ahead with his head down.

The eerie whispers from all around him returned, buzzing and irritating Zhou Chu.

The silent gourd seemed to sense Zhou Chu's unusual behavior and turned to look. He saw Zhou Chu throwing two clumps of hair on the ground and stomping on them.

He rushed over and stopped Zhou Chu.

Zhou Chu looked at him, puzzled.

The man with the taut gourd took out another clump of the same hair and gestured for Zhou Chu to put it in his ear again.

The whispers around him grew louder and louder, and Zhou Chu sensed something was wrong, so he had no choice but to stuff the hair into his ears again.

Then, the silent man took out a black cloth and gestured for Zhou Chu to cover his eyes.

Zhou Chu refused.

The silent man pointed at the glowing blue demonic flower and gestured wildly.

This means that the blue light emitted by these flowers, like the sound, is dangerous.

Zhou Chu also gestured to indicate how to move forward if you can't see.

The silent man picked up one end of the sword and held it out to Zhou Chu, indicating that he should hold the sword's scabbard.

Zhou Chu thought his gestures made sense, so he wrapped a black cloth around his eyes, completely blindfolding them, gripped the sword sheath, and followed the silent man forward.

Now that's bad enough, he can't hear or see, he's just wandering around blindly.

But then another question popped into his head: what was this "silent type"? Why didn't he need to plug his ears or cover his eyes?

Won't he be affected by these blue demonic flowers?

Zhou Chu suppressed his doubts and decided to ask him after they left. The most urgent thing was to find the Netherworld Blade as soon as possible.

After walking for a long time, the silent gourd in front of them suddenly stopped again.

What happened? Did you find it?

Zhou Chu was about to untie the blindfold when he was pulled back by the sword in his hand, forcing him to continue walking forward.

With his sight and hearing temporarily gone, Zhou Chu's sense of smell and touch became more sensitive.

Especially the sense of smell.

A musty smell filled the air.

And amidst the decay, there was even a faint, lingering fragrance.

Zhou Chu had never smelled this fragrance before, but he was certain that it came from plants.

Could it be that these blue, demonic flowers are emitting this?

If these flowers cannot be seen or heard, could their scent also be dangerous?

Just then, Zhou Chu's clothes were suddenly pulled from behind.

Zhou Chu's heart tightened. He untied the black blindfold and turned his head to see that it was the silent gourd pulling him hard.

Looking ahead, all that could be seen was a sheer cliff, with a pitch-black, unfathomable bottom below, like some monster opening its jaws to wait for its prey to walk into its trap.

Zhou Chu quickly retreated to a safe place.

Looking again at his hand, there was no sword sheath left; he was clearly holding the root of a blue demonic flower, with a flower emitting blue light at the tip of the root.

Zhou Chu threw the blue demon flower into the abyss ahead.

The blue specks of light kept drifting downwards, and only disappeared completely after a long time.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chu broke out in a cold sweat.

If I had fallen into that deep abyss, I would have been smashed to pieces.

This blue demonic flower is truly bizarre; it affects people's hearing, sight, and smell, making it virtually impossible to guard against.

Zhou Chu was momentarily confused; he wasn't sure if he was still hallucinating.

Ahead lay a bottomless abyss, with no way out.

There is a fork in the road on both the left and right sides.

The left fork in the road was overgrown with blue, eerie flowers, but there was no one in sight.

The right-hand fork in the road was pitch black, devoid of any blue demonic flowers, yet figures continued to enter it.

Zhou Chu deduced that the fork in the road on the right might lead to the underworld, while the path on the left was unknown.

Left or right?

Zhou Chu was caught in a dilemma, unsure of what to do.

But time is running out, and there is no time to hesitate.

He looked at the silent man, pointed to the left and right, and asked for his opinion.

Without a second thought, the silent man pointed directly to the right-hand path where there were no blue demon flowers.

Zhou Chu had the same idea, so he decisively chose the right fork in the road.

This time, the two traveled very smoothly without any accidents.

Although the road wasn't illuminated by the blue enchanting flowers, the dim moonlight still allowed us to barely see the path ahead.

Looking into the distance, a huge rectangular black shadow could be seen in front of us.

The dark figure stood there, appearing to be at least several dozen feet tall.

There was a crack in the upper part of the shadow, which perfectly matched Wu Yong's description of the Yellow Spring Stone.