the enlightener says

"Wind?" Zhou Gongjin suddenly understood, looked at it and laughed, "I forgot, isn't this the best introduction?"

From the moment he first entered the cave, he had heard the sound of a ghost crying from the cave. After all, although a ferocious beast like a karma moth still needs to breathe, how could it be possible to suffocate himself to death without leaving a vent? in?

Such a long cave with many branches will need more vents. Although it is still difficult for people to distinguish the direction, as long as they walk in the direction of the wind, they will definitely find a way out.

The wind in this section of the passage was so slight that it was hard to detect, so Zhou Gongjin dipped his fingers in the saliva to sense the direction of the wind (during the period, he retched for a while because he tasted the karma moth blood left on his hand before), and continued walking forward. .

There were not many torches left, so everyone had to extinguish most of the torches, leaving only two light sources at the head and tail.

Only in this way, the interior of the entire cave appears darker and deeper, and the faint light cannot illuminate the ceiling at all.

In the ubiquitous darkness, there seems to be something lurking, waiting, waiting for the moment when its prey relaxes.

Zhou Gongjin, whose qi and blood were no longer agitated as before, felt his body gradually cooling down, but his spirit became more tense.

"Did you hear that?" Zhou Gongjin whispered to Yin Lu.

Yin Lu nodded, and said in Zhou Gongjin's ear, "I seemed to hear something at that moment, it seemed to be...footsteps."

But now gone.Zhou Gongjin thought to herself.

There are only two reasons that can make the footsteps disappear. One is that the person is tired or has reached the destination and stopped.

The other one, perhaps the other party also noticed him, deliberately slowed down and covered his voice.

Who will it be?The man in black?

Zhou Gongjin never let go of the hand on the hilt of the sword. The reason why he was not in a hurry to pull it out was because the sword was in the sheath, which would not affect his speed at all.

He once learned some sword-drawing skills from a ronin, but his name was a bit strange, Tachibana Ukyo.

Speaking of which, that guy, like that idiot being controlled, has a face that pleases little girls.Zhou Gongjin thought to herself.

While thinking, Zhou Gongjin suddenly stood at a corner.

Everyone stopped, and Yin Lu extinguished the torch. Although it would make it difficult for everyone to see in the dark, in the darkness, lighting up the flame would only become a live target for that unknown enemy.

Zhou Gongjin could already feel that person was turning the corner, but he knew that he had already been exposed, so he didn't dare to attack easily.

He adjusted his somewhat rapid breathing, trying to stabilize himself.

A minute and a second in the darkness is so long, as if it has gone through a lifetime.

Zhou Gongjin thought that they would go on like this forever.

Until the sound of the weapon being unsheathed, a cold light seemed to open an eye in the darkness.

Yin Lu had already slashed towards the corner with a loud roar!

The sound of heavy metal colliding suddenly exploded, and with the explosion of energy layers, a short gust of wind blew up in the cave.

I only felt a huge force continuously rushing up the arm along the weapon in my hand, and even the bones in the shoulders screamed and screamed, and then there was a sharp pain, and I could no longer hold the long knife in my hand. Then fly out.

"Behind!"

Zhou Gongjin's pupils shrank suddenly, and realized that the voice did not come from Yin Lu or even from anyone on his side, but from the other side of the corner.

It was Deng Li's voice!At the corner is Deng Li!

Subconsciously, he turned around abruptly, a black shadow danced continuously from above his head, and then fell straight towards him!

Facing such a danger, he didn't have time to think at all, he pushed his index finger upwards, and the long sword heaved like a rainbow, and slashed at the black shadow directly.

However, the black shadow fluttered like a thick black mist, and it actually clung to his sword spine like a shadow!

"My lord!" Seeing this, a spy from the school affairs office, ignoring his own comfort, stretched out his hand to catch the black shadow.

However, the moment he just touched the body of the black shadow, he suddenly let out a cry of pain. He didn't know what was hidden in the black shadow, but he cut off the wrist of the secret agent of the school office in an instant.

A living human hand fell dejectedly on the wet soil, its five fingers were still trembling, as if it wanted to hold something, but it couldn't be done after all.

In the blink of an eye, Zhou Gongjin was completely covered by the shadow!

In the darkness, he only felt that there were countless blades sticking to his skin, and then there was a pain, and he didn't know how many places on the skin had already shed blood.

The little grandmaster's physique was comparable to iron armor under the infusion of energy and blood, so these sharp blades did not penetrate too deep into the flesh.

But Zhou Gongjin was still injured, which shows that the sharpness of these sharp blades is no less than that of swords made of fine steel.

With a pained snort, Zhou Gongjin moved her wrist, and the long sword also stuck in against her skin, like a snake spitting out poison.

No matter what it is, with this long sword, at least something must be left behind!

It's a pity that Soi Ying didn't know why, but let go of his body without any hesitation, and left him like a cloud of black mist again, and jumped to the top of the cave.

Zhou Gongjin, who escaped from the darkness, just saw the front clearly, and immediately widened his eyes. A long knife was cutting down from the air, and it was in front of him in an instant!

The sharp sound of the wind is enough to prove the power contained in this knife, even if it is a small grandmaster, if he gets hit by this knife, he will die on the spot!

Just when Zhou Gongjin thought she was going to die in such a trifling manner, the knife finally stopped, only half an inch away from the tip of her nose.

It was Deng Li's knife.

"You..." Zhou Gongjin wanted to scold something, but couldn't speak. A wave of fear suddenly occupied his chest, and his vest was instantly wet with cold sweat.

"Not yet!" Deng Li stared at the top of his head, pointing his long knife at the black shadow, "Fire!"

The sparks in Yin Lu's fire book finally ignited again under the blowing of the airflow, and then the flame of the torch also ignited.

The raised light dispelled the darkness and finally illuminated the shadow.

It was the man in the shabby black robe, his whole body was covered by black and gloomy cloth, it was a hideous mask, his limbs were somehow firmly connected to the top of the cave, he didn't look like a person, It looks like a monster that came from nowhere.

"Hehe, haha..." The black-robed man let out a strange laugh, moved around on the roof of the cave several times, and disappeared directly into the depths of the cave.

"Don't run!" Zhou Gongjin came to his senses and was about to catch up, but found that his legs were a little weak, and he almost fell on the muddy ground.

Deng Li also supported him quickly, saying: "My lord, it's better to treat the wound first."

It’s okay not to mention, but when he mentioned the injury, Zhou Gongjin immediately realized the injury on his body, and began to feel the pain rising continuously, piercing his temple.

In desperation, Zhou Gongjin had no choice but to find a wall and sit down. While being bandaged by the secret agents of the school office, she looked Deng Li up and down: "You actually broke through?"

"It's just a fluke." Deng Li also had a lot of injuries, the most serious one was the chest armor, and the heart guard had been severed by an unknown sharp blade. The flesh and the armor were stuck together, and there was a sharp pain when he took it off.

"If I hadn't broken through at a critical moment, I would have died a long time ago." At this time, Deng Licai talked about what happened after he entered the cave.

Chapter 823 Deception

"I led people into the cave. At first there was only one road, but things changed when I got to that fork road. I thought I was good at cultivation, so I took my nephew Deng Shi, who was in the second level of energy and blood, with me. Once you go to the left, let the remaining people continue to think forward, and turn back immediately when you find something.”

"But before we went too far, Eleven and I encountered karma moths, and there were at least a dozen of them, so we decided to turn around first, but those karma moths rushed towards me as if they had spotted us a long time ago. "

Deng Li paused.

"...Then there was a fight. We were cut off from retreat and could only move forward. During this process, Eleven suddenly let out a howl. I turned around and saw that he had been cut into a pile. Meatloaf."

Deng Li's voice was choked with sadness: "I don't know what happened. I was chased by Ye Moth and fled all the way, but those Ye Moth followed me like a shadow, as if they could always catch my position."

"So I began to suspect that there was something on my body that could be tracked from time to time, so I kept throwing out the things I carried on my body. Most of them were used to make a few numbers, and some... were simply thrown in the smelly place. In the parched earth."

"But until I threw away all the things on my body, those karma moths could still find me...until I found out by chance that there was a black shadow entrenched above my head."

Deng Li's eyes flickered, and there was a bit of fear in his voice: "That man in black doesn't look like a person at all! He is covered in copper skin and iron bones that even a knife can't cut through, and the body under the black robe is covered with a carapace. Like a sharpened knife."

When Deng Li said this, Zhou Gongjin nodded subconsciously. He had been shrouded in that black robe once, and he had deeply felt how sharp those blades were.

As long as he reacts a little slower, those blades will cut open his skin and turn him into a mass of minced meat.

"The wound on my chest was left by the man in black." Deng Li was a little scared, "It was between life and death. I suddenly stepped over the threshold and suppressed the man in black. Cunning, he saw that he couldn't deal with me, so he hid immediately."

The secret agents of the school office were wrapping a thick layer of sackcloth on Zhou Gongjin's shoulders, and the pressure made him feel a needle-like pain.

But he just frowned, thinking about Deng Li's words: "So, the man in black is actually not as good as a little master?"

"Probably." Deng Li nodded and said, "Just relying on that strange ability, even the little master will suffer a big loss if he is caught off guard."

"Looking at it from this point of view, it's really a great luck for you to survive." Zhou Gongjin looked at Deng Li, grinned, and lightly slammed Deng Li's shoulder with his left hand, "I thought you all dead."

Deng Li also laughed: "I thought I was going to die too."

"Let's talk about the rest." Zhou Gongjin watched his subordinates tie knots on his arms, stood up with one hand leaning on the sword, and looked at the top of the deep cave with his eyes.

The man in black is not there, but maybe he doesn't know when he will appear again.

"You have been here for so long, how much do you know?" Zhou Gongjin asked Deng Li.

Deng Li pondered for a while, as if he was sorting out the information in his head, then shook his head and said, "I don't know much, but I have some clues. These monsters are digging holes here, as if... looking for something .”

"What?" Zhou Gongjin stared at Deng Li.

"I don't know." Deng Li smiled helplessly, "I'm just guessing. The reason why the moths dig holes aimlessly is because they don't know where the things they want to find are, or even... Affected, so I can't find it."

Both were silent for a while.

For Zhou Gongjin, Deng Li's idea may not be a breakthrough, but he always feels that something is missing, so there seems to be a layer of black veil between him and the truth, and it is always impossible to see clearly between the faint and the faint. People are annoyed.

"Go ahead first, stay here, sooner or later those moths will overtake you." Zhou Gongjin sighed.

Somewhat frustrated, he gently rubbed his temples with his hands, knowing that many things can only be uncovered bit by bit, and patience is the most important key at this time.

Everyone set up the torches again, but this time they raised the torches extra high. No one wanted to be attacked by the man in black just now, although in Zhou Gongjin's opinion, it would be best to kill the man in black on the spot.

After all, the man in black hides too many secrets.

Judging from the skills he showed, he didn't look like a spiritual practitioner.

So what is the connection between him and the karma?Is it possible to control the karma moth by controlling him?

There is no answer to these, but one thing is basically certain, killing him is better than keeping him.

After a while, everyone walked along the cave and entered a wide scene. This place is so wide that the cave wall is nearly three feet away from the ground under their feet. As far as the eyes can see, it is more than enough to put down a centurion.

The place where everyone was standing was more than two zhang below, and there happened to be a big raised rock in front of them, like a narrow wall.

Looking down from the high slope, in addition to countless uneven mounds, there are also many industry moths digging hard below, and the holes they dug are everywhere.

Such a scene almost makes people suspect that this is not an underground world, but just a city under the deep night.

"It looks like this is their lair." Seeing such a scene, Deng Li immediately extinguished the torch in his hand, and retreated to the back of the cliff. A few moths seemed to sense something, and raised their heads to make a hissing sound.

But Zhou Gongjin and his subordinates are all practitioners, and it is easy to suppress their heartbeat and breathing. After the fire is extinguished, these mentally retarded moths no longer doubt it, and continue to dig the soil with their heads down.

"If it's a nest, there should be insect eggs or corpses. This should be the place where all the passages converge." Zhou Gongjin barely discerned the outlines of those caves in the darkness.

"Perhaps you're right, these insects are really looking for something. It's just that when I think that there will be such an ant nest-like place underground in Jianye from now on, I can't wait to burn these things down. "Zhou Gongjin spat in disgust.

Countless karmic moths meet here, and head towards different directions. This is probably why everyone encounters so many forked roads.

Is it just this group of moths, or what exactly are the men in black looking for?Could it be that there is something more important than their capture of the palace?

"Could it be..." Deng Li seemed to think of something, and said in shock, "Are you looking for the hub of the big formation in Jianye?"

For the current imperial army, the formation of Jianye City is no longer a secret, and senior officers like Deng Li naturally know more.

However, Zhou Gongjin obviously didn't take it seriously, rolled his eyes and said, "What big formation hub? I've never heard of random digging of holes under Jianye City..."

"Wait." Zhou Gongjin was startled suddenly, and then cursed angrily, "I'm not being cheated, am I?"

Seeing Zhou Gongjin jumping, Yin Lu reminded him a few times in a panic, only to prevent Ye Mo from diverting his attention again, and he was even more confused by Zhou Gongjin's anger: "What do you mean? Who lied to you?"

"Who else is there, our wise prime minister?" Zhou Gongjin murmured, "It's not impossible, Mr. He is resourceful and knows how important a large formation is. What's so strange about setting up a maze? Maybe I What I got was only false news. Yes, the hub of the Jianye formation does not have to be placed in the palace, if it is moved all the way from the ground..."

When Deng Li heard this, he immediately became nervous and said, "If that's the case, the Prime Minister will be in danger! My lord, we must not sit still and wait for death!"

Chapter 824 Behind the scenes

Prior to this, some people criticized Zhuge Wanling for not showing his face at such a critical time.

But since the matter of the Great Formation in Jianye City was uncovered, everyone knew that the prime minister in charge of a country's military affairs was actually guarding the safety of Jianye at the hub of the Great Formation, so there were no more complaints.

Many people even changed their previous dissatisfaction, and instead praised him for his foresight, and even foresaw the crisis in Jianye a few years ago.

Although this night was thrilling, looking back, although the elite army of more than ten thousand is coming mightily, it may not overthrow Jianye, but if a martial saint Shi Shi is really allowed to enter the city, then all previous efforts will come to naught.

Up to now, the outcome of this battle concerning Jing Wu's life and death has gradually become clear, and even the remaining parts that have not yet been revealed are ready to be revealed.

Being born at this juncture, but discovering such a thing, how can everyone not be frightened and filled with righteous indignation?

Zhuge Wanling's safety cannot tolerate the slightest mistake. The current him is almost equivalent to the life of Jing Wu.

"Of course we can't sit still." Zhou Gongjin said in a low voice, "But you have to think carefully about how to do it. This place is no better than the ground, even if the army goes straight in, it will be difficult to deploy."

"What if we find the prime minister first?" Deng Li thoughtfully said, "Not to mention that the prime minister's safety is too high, and the prime minister's wisdom is beyond the reach of ordinary people. Naturally, we will know how to do better."