Kudo

I don't know if it was because of the blue smoke, Li Cu suddenly shivered from the cold, and the hairs on his back stood on end.In the dark, he didn't know where the team was going, and he didn't dare to act rashly. He was hesitating whether to tighten his clothes when suddenly a strong force covered his mouth and nose.

This force persistently dragged Li Cu towards a certain direction. Li Cu's mind went blank, and he waved his hands reflexively and scratched. He touched the fabric at once. When he was sure that it was a Tibetan robe, he finally heaved a sigh of relief. .

When Li Cu calmed down, the Tibetan relaxed his strength, but he never said a word.Li Cu thought about the fact that the enemy was in the clear and I was in the dark. He might have half of his head cut off as soon as he opened his mouth, and he didn't speak out loud.The silence between the two lasted for about a few minutes, the music became weaker and gradually disappeared, and then Li Cu's hand was empty, and the flashlight was taken away by the Tibetans.

Only then did Li Cu feel that something was wrong: he always thought that the flashlight was broken or out of power, which was why it was so dark, but looking at every move of the Tibetan, he didn't look like a person who had lost his eyesight. Could it be a problem? No flashlight, is he blind?

Thinking of this, Li Cu suddenly became irritable, and couldn't help asking in a low voice, "Can you see it?"

The Tibetan replied with a short "one point", and then there was a soft "click", and a bright white light instantly lit up in front of the two of them.With a scream, Li Cu covered his eyes with his hands, and there was a sharp pain in his eyes, and tears flowed all over his face.

"This, I turned it off," said the Tibetan, "there must be no light just now."

Li Cu couldn't stop crying, thinking that compared to this Tibetan, Wu Xie at least knew how to say hello.He calmed down, did an eye exercise for himself, and then slowly opened his eyes, only to find that there was a temple in front of him.

This temple is quite different from the ones in the tourist attractions outside. It is hard to tell what style it is. The most conspicuous thing is that there are two giant snakes with blue light coiled on the left and right gateposts. He was biting something in his mouth, and the two pairs of golden snake pupils were lifelike, solemn and majestic, which forced him to take two steps back and bumped into the Tibetan.

"What's the matter?" Li Cu stared blankly, with countless fragments of information running through his mind, "Snake Worship Cult?"

"..." The Tibetan quickly uttered a word, which was a language Li Cu had never heard before.When Li Cu was hesitantly about to ask questions, he found that the Tibetan was short and knelt down, bowing his head respectfully to the temple.

Li Cu looked at the devoutly kowtowing Tibetans in front of him, and suddenly had a wonderful idea in his mind: since the appearance of this temple, all the traces of the Wang family have faded away, just like after passing through the complicated and lengthy darkness, The light in front of you will make you forget all the frenzy and pain you have experienced.

He stood there blankly, as if he wanted to say countless things, but he couldn't say anything when he opened his mouth.Hydra Cypress, Bronze Gate, Gutongjing, Ultimate, Black-haired Snake... These messy things floated around in his mind, and countless thoughts struggled to escape.He began to recall the first contact with these things, the intermittent messages from the pheromones, the giant snake under the frozen lake, so many things came together that suddenly made him fall to the ground, muttering Said four words: I know.

In fact, when Li Cu just got the information from the ice lake, he already knew a lot, the Zhang family and the Wang family, the so-called secrets of the world, and Wu Xie's purpose are all nothing more than that.However, when he volunteered and walked step by step into the situation set up by Wu Xie, he discovered more and more mysteries and "don't know", so that he became unsure.Only now, sitting in front of this temple, did he realize clearly that all the branches grow into the same tree, and all the streams converge into the same river.He had never been as saddened by Wu Xie's absence as he was at this time, because the man had the right to fully know these things, not a Li Cuo who killed him halfway.

Li Cu sighed, and looked carefully at the snakes on the stone pillars: both snakes are biting their own tails, the ouroboros, self-eating, immortal body, is infinity, supreme and supreme, perfect, It is the eternal life toward death, and all questions about longevity can be explained in this symbol.

No one knows the origin of this symbol, it seems to have existed from the moment the world was born, or it itself created the world, and the ultimate protection of the Zhang family for generations is nothing but the place where the head and the tail meet, where conflicts arise. source.

It turned out to be like this.Li Cuo thought.He was already close to the truth, and everything that confused him came from Wu Xie.

The truth will not change, and the variable on the way of chasing the truth is always the person himself.What does Wu Xie want to do?Destroy the ultimate?The ultimate is just a symbol, which itself means existence, and the essence of existence cannot be obliterated, because it is the origin of everything in the world.Wu Xie can kill himself, Li Cu, and everyone around him with a dagger, but he can't kill the world alone.

Suddenly, a thought entered Li Cu's mind, causing a sudden sadness in his heart.He stood up silently, walked forward slowly with the Tibetans, passed the two iconic stone pillars, stood in front of the temple gate, and pulled up the bronze snake ring on the gate.

The snake ring is the same as the snake on the stone pillar. It is connected end to end. The shape is simple but not rough. Although the eyes are omitted, the mouth of the snake is clearly shown with a gap. The entire surface of the ring is covered with delicate snake scales.

The door was opened a crack effortlessly, Li Cu looked at everything in front of him, stunned.He heard a loud sound of water, reminiscent of the tide of the Qiantang River, the Three Gorges Reservoir, etc., but in fact there was no water in the door, and the so-called sound of water was just an illusion caused by some kind of excessive rustling.

It was also at this time that Li Cu suddenly woke up: Although there is no trace of the Wang family here, they must have been cultivated by others.

Who built the temple?

***

"It's a bit like the time in the ancient building." The fat man looked at it for a while and said, "Brother, let's see what's going on here?"

Zhang Qiling's focus is obviously on the other side.Liang Wan noticed that his expression was a bit surprised and confused, rather than worry or anxiety among friends, as if in his eyes, Wu Xie was just a passerby who inadvertently broke in.

"It's not Qi Yu," Zhang Qiling looked at it for a moment, then replied, "Is this one of us?"

The fat man glanced at Zhang Qiling, nodded silently, but Liang Wan asked in astonishment: "What Qi Yu, this is Wu Xie, you don't know him?"

Unexpectedly, this sentence froze Zhang Qiling like an electric shock.This was the first time Liang Wan saw Zhang Qiling lose his composure, like a stone suddenly fell into a pool deep in the forest, and his emotions spread out from the center in circles. Things are different.She felt that Zhang Qiling seemed to remember something, but she didn't know when this person had forgotten.

What made her even more strange was Zhang Qiling's words.

"It turns out that Wu Xie didn't become 'Qi Yu'. So, the plan was successful?" Zhang Qiling muttered to himself, and suddenly turned to Fatty, "Are you from the Old Nine Sect?"

The fat man turned his head to look straight at Zhang Qiling, and nodded, but Liang Wan couldn't see the meaning in his eyes.

Then the fat man smiled and said, "Yeah, I'm from Wu Xie, and the plan has been successful. But brother, you can see that my boss is not doing well right now, so I have to go down and help him. You first Take this woman out, I don't like outsiders meddling in the matter of the old nine sects."

Zhang Qiling frowned: "There is no exit here, we are separated now, we may not be able to get out."

"There is nothing in the world that my fat man can't do. Take this spare flashlight, and you can go back. There are not many bends on the road, and this woman knows how to get up. As long as the wild flowers on the roadside are not picked randomly, it won't take much effort." can go outside."

Fatty took out another flashlight as if by magic, Zhang Qiling picked it up, but didn't leave right away.The fat man laughed twice and urged: "Brother, the old nine schools have the rules of the old nine schools. Although you have amnesia now, but brother, don't make it difficult for me."

While talking, he winked at Liang Wan, but Liang Wan didn't agree, bit his lip and said nothing.After a stalemate for a while, just when Fatty and Liang Wan thought that Zhang Qiling would not leave, Zhang Qiling suddenly nodded, "Yes", glanced at Liang Wan, and turned on the flashlight.The fat man quickly raised his chin at Liang Wan, signaling her to follow quickly.

Liang Wan didn't have any position left.She herself is powerless, and if she stays, she will only become a burden. Even in terms of power balance, she should leave with Zhang Qiling instead of adding trouble to Fatty.In addition, Liang Wan was not the kind of woman who would act recklessly, she had the Wang family's natural ability to judge the situation in her blood, and the fat man was not worried that she would insist on staying and getting in the way.

The sound of footsteps behind him gradually faded away, and the fat man sat down by the river, took off his shoes and socks, and began to wash his feet in the water intently.

This may not be the cleanest time Fatty has washed, but it is definitely the most serious. He is like a primary school student who has just started to learn housework, rubbing each other's toes one by one, and when all ten toes are washed, there is no sound of footsteps behind him. I can't hear you.

The fat man sat upright for a while with a serious expression, as if he was still reminiscing about the unforgettable experience of washing his feet, then suddenly his whole body slipped down and he jumped into the river.

Most people know a common sense, that is, Jiang can't jump around.There is a reason why adults often warn children not to go swimming in the river. Unlike small rivers and brooks, rivers appear peaceful on the surface, but in fact the bottom of the water is full of silt-dug pits.

When the fat man first jumped into the lake, he thought he would never get up in his life.There is actually a vortex in this seemingly neither deep nor wide water area, and its suction is amazing, which makes him instantly feel sour and refreshed like being thrown into a drum washing machine, and his whole stomach is overwhelmed. It is estimated that it will be spit out directly in the water.

There are similar mechanisms in the undersea tomb, but it is impossible to be as hidden as here, so that the fat man is completely defenseless, his eyes are turned black, he just remembers to hold on to the flashlight firmly, and when the suction finally stops, he will say a thousand words. All the words converged into a resounding national curse in my heart.

After the vortex, the water flow gradually calmed down, and the fat man's face turned red from holding back, thinking that no matter where the vortex went, if I didn't take a breath, I would burp.He went upstream with all his strength, got out of the water and took a few breaths. Looking to the side, he found that he hadn't been swept away. The shore was still the same, but there was Wu Xie on the shore.

The fat man climbed ashore wetly, went to Wu Xie's side and felt his pulse, it was still there, although his breathing was weak, but he didn't stop, but he couldn't wake up no matter how much he slapped his face.

The fat man was stunned, and three words came to mind: Zanghaihua.

When I was with Wu Xie in Tibet, the fat man heard about this medicine, but he didn’t take it seriously at first, but now that he thinks about it, the possibility is very high. Unfortunately, he didn’t pay attention to it at the time, and he didn’t know how to cure the medicine. Wait three days?

Wu Xie's face was covered in blood, his nose was blocked by dried blood clots, and the clothes on his body could be used directly to act as the eight-pocket elder of the beggar gang.The fat man looked left and right, but he couldn't find the big bag that Wu Xie took away, and there was a dead snake next to him, so he couldn't help but "tsk", feeling bad, could it be that Wu Xie was bitten by this snake, and the snake's venom reached its limit before giving it to him? Hit Tibetan sea flowers by yourself?At this time, he missed Su Wan a little bit. That kid had everything in his treasure bag, even a mere serum.

"Comrade innocent, I didn't expect you to have Fat Lord to accompany you through this experience," the fat man murmured, "People say that a humble name is easy to make a living. You see, you have nothing to do with such a bad name. Half your life has been full of disasters. It’s not as good as Fatty, I live at ease.”

In the quiet environment, only Fatty's voice rang out for no reason.He sat next to Wu Xie, took off the wet clothes one by one, leaving only a pair of underpants, and twisted the rest, took a T-shirt and wiped Wu Xie's face indiscriminately, at least it got a little clean, and then Lay out on the sand to dry.

The fat man originally wanted to straighten Wu Xie's clothes, but later he felt that it was unlucky to tidy up the remains of the deceased, so he didn't do it, just sitting around and looking stupid.There is a fanny pack tied around his waist, which matches Su Wan's big bag. It is of good quality and waterproof. Su Wan originally used it to store electronic products such as mobile phones. Yes, I didn't expect that it would be all the way.But unfortunately, there are only compressed biscuits in this fanny pack, which is not as fully functional as Su Wan's genuine treasure bag.

Su Wan has a habit of putting the more precious things in secret pockets. Li Cu has said many times that it is too late to hang his life, but Su Wan just can't change it.For example, there is a secret pocket inside this pocket, and Su Wan sometimes puts some mysterious medicines in it, it is said that they are Heixiazi brand Daliwan, but according to Li Cuo and Yang Hao's private guess, it is either a drug or an aphrodisiac.

The fat man thought about it, and suddenly his whole body trembled: He didn't clean up the contents of the bag at all when he picked it up, if Su Wan had put medicine in it, there was no guarantee that it would be useful.

He accidentally opened his pocket and reached for the secret pocket.