Woooo——

After night fell, the sound of the howling night wind was particularly clear in the ears of Yun Xi and Bai Qing, not because their hearing was so strong, but because they had climbed more than 300 floors of the stone tower and were already far away from the ground.

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At such a high altitude, the sound of the wind is much clearer than on the ground.

This time’s climb to the pagoda was different from the previous climb to the pagoda in Buddha City. They didn’t need to consider time issues, so they didn’t speed up their pace deliberately. When they were tired, they would choose to rest without hesitation to restore their physical strength.
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It was late at night, the sky was dark, and the night wind was howling. It was difficult for them to see clearly what was inside the tower with their naked eyes.

Fortunately, the structure of each floor in this tower is exactly the same. As long as you feel your way around the walls and follow the same rhythm, there will be no problems.

An hour later, Bai Qing listened to Yun Xi's footsteps and asked, "How many floors have we climbed?"

"I don't remember..."

"Forget it, it's not important anyway."

Bai Qing said this and continued to think about leaving.

Yun Xi knew that it didn't care how many floors of the tower they climbed, it was just a little bored. They had been climbing for several hours, and even Yun Xi couldn't keep talking to it.

"Want to learn human songs?" she said proactively.

"What song?"

Bai Qing's voice came from the darkness, seemingly asking, but Yun Xi heard a hint of excitement in it. It seemed that the little fox was quite interested in it.

She thought for a while and said, "Hua Xizi."

"Hua Xizi?"

Bai Qing searched in his memory: "I haven't heard of it, you can sing it and see."

"Ahem..."

Yun Xi rubbed her throat, moistened it twice, walked lightly, breathed calmly, and sang with a sweet voice:

"The willow catkins are light and the hustle and bustle of the world recedes one by one~

A smile on Yiren’s face~Looking for it in the dream~

Prosperous and beautiful spring dawn on Su Di~"

……

The beautiful singing echoed in the stone tower, drifting into the distance with the night wind, and the lonely and dark night became beautiful at this moment.

Bai Qing stopped subconsciously and pulled Yun Xi's trousers to stop her from moving forward, just to prevent her footsteps from affecting her singing.

"Meet Hua Xizi~

You search for flowers~to be used as medicine~

Ancient Materia Medica~

Use flowers to nourish your makeup~how much more charm you can add~

..."

The song was melodious. Bai Qing closed her eyes and enjoyed this auditory feast. When the song gradually faded and the sound of the night wind came to her ears again, she gradually came back to her senses.

When was the last time you heard Yun Xi singing?

It thought for a while, and finally remembered that it was after the Buddha's Secret Realm that year, when everyone from Tianling set sail back, he followed the elders of the clan to the Eternal Yunzhou, and listened to Yun Xi singing a song "Portrait of Rivers and Lakes".

After all these years, her singing seems to be even better.

It looked up at Yun Xi, with some admiration in its eyes.

It doesn’t matter that this guy is very talented in spiritual practice, but she is also very good at other aspects such as cooking and music. I don’t know if she is really too talented or if she usually works hard on these things.<

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If it's the latter, then I may have to re-evaluate this guy's cultivation talent.

It scratched its hair. Compared with this guy, the pressure is really great.

While it was thinking wildly, Yun Xi had already lowered his head and said: "How is it? Do you think it's okay?"

Bai Qing nodded truthfully and said: "It is indeed a very nice song. If I sing it a few times, I should be able to learn it."

"..."

Yun Xi rolled her eyes: "You think so well. Singing doesn't strain your throat, right? Just hum the tune for you and remember it yourself."

With that said, she started walking again, humming a tune while continuing to walk upward.

Accompanied by the sound of the night wind, the humming sound naturally harmonized with Yun Xi. On such a beautiful night, Yun Xi and Bai Qing finally reached the top of the stone tower.

After walking through the last staircase, there are no surrounding walls on the top of the stone tower. There are only four stone pillars supporting the top of the tower. It is illuminated by night light. On the side far away from the stairway, stands a huge mirror. The size of this mirror,

It is exactly the same size as the mirror they had when they entered this space before.

However, neither Yun Xi nor Bai Qing walked there, because there was a figure sitting in front of the mirror.

It was a skeleton man. He was wearing a retro golden-red robe. Only his two hands and head were exposed. Compared with the corpse they encountered in the ancient tomb before, the body in front of them was slightly smaller.

, and although a lot of dust has accumulated on the clothes, there are no signs of breakage at all.

When Yun Xi and Bai Qing walked up to the top of the stone tower, a faint light lit up in the eye sockets of the skeleton man, and he looked at Yun Xi and Bai Qing as if he opened his eyes.

Yun Xi put her hand on the hilt of the Nian Shuang Sword, and Bai Qing opened his claws, both of them looking wary.

Click... click...

The sound of bones rubbing together sounded, and the skeleton in front slowly stood up.

"Who sang that song just now?"

A clear voice came out from the skeleton's body, and the content in it made both Yun Xi and Bai Qing slightly stunned.

The two looked at each other, and finally Yun Xi chose to answer, "I sang it."

The skeleton nodded and asked, "What's the name of this song?"

"It's called "Hua Xizi"."

"Hua Xizi? The name is a bit strange, but the song is actually a good one."

The skeleton man said this, seeming to be very interested in music.

Such a reaction surprised Yun Xi and the others, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

After the skeleton man finished commenting on the piece, he looked at Yun Xi and Bai Qing quietly for a moment and said: "Human, Snow Fox, this is the first time I have seen such a combination. What are your names?"
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"Yun Xi."

"Bai Qing."

They answered truthfully, without relaxing their vigilance at all.

The skeleton said: "The name is well chosen. My name is Xiao Yu, and I am the gatekeeper of this tower. It is very simple to go to the Wantong layer."

He opened his robe, and inside the golden-red robe hung eight pieces of stone and jade. Whether it was shape or color, they were exactly the same as what they had found in the secret room in the Qiandu Layer.

"One stone and jade, one quota."

Xiao Yu said lightly.

Yun Xi asked: "How can I obtain this stone jade?"

"According to the original plan, you need to snatch it from me, but now I have changed my mind."

Because there is no flesh and blood, Yun Xi cannot see the other party's expression, and can only discern the hint of playfulness in Xiao Yu's tone.

I saw Xiao Yu wave his hand, and a gust of wind hit. Neat wood and slender silk threads shot out from the ground one after another, intertwined and gathered on the top of the tower, and finally turned into a guqin.

Xiao Yu said: "I will give you a chance. If you can play a piece of music that satisfies me, I will give you two stone jade. If you can't play it, then... you have no choice but to take action."<

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He spoke calmly and seemed to be very confident in his fighting ability.

Yun Xi and Bai Qing communicated briefly with their eyes. They had fought with the corpses in that ancient tomb before, and they knew very well that this kind of skeletons without flesh and blood were far more difficult to deal with than normal people or monsters.

The unconscious one had such a hard time coping with it, but what about the conscious one?

"Can you try it?" Bai Qing asked.

Yun Xi nodded: "It's hard to say whether it will succeed or not."

"If you fail, just keep fighting."

Bai Qing was not worried. This battle was inevitable in the first place, but now it was just good luck that gave him another chance.

After making a decision, Yun Xi asked: "What kind of music do you want, senior?"

Xiao Yu lowered his head and said after a moment of silence: "It's a song that makes me feel no regrets."
To be continued...