Jiu Yan

"When Master Luo saw it back then, did everyone's faces change?"

"Yes!" The hunchback agreed with a face: "I was walking last again at that time, and I felt something was wrong, so I called everyone, but when everyone turned around, I almost didn't scare me to death! It was fine before..." The hunchback seemed a little I don't want to think about it, but I continued: "It was fine before, but now it has turned into hideous faces, as if they were possessed by demons. Seeing them smiling and approaching me like that, I was so frightened that I lost my soul, I turned around and ran, I don't know where I went, and I got separated from everyone in the end."

"..." Feng Qi pondered for a while: "It seems that either this place is wrong, or there are other people here."

"What?" I was stunned again: "You mean, you saw a phantom, and this phantom may have been created by this place, or it may be caused by other people?"

Feng Qi nodded, but didn't continue to say what he saw, and we didn't ask further, we all felt that his analysis was correct.However, this place, do other forces know about it?They also sent someone?Then what is their purpose?

Seeing these two people frowning and looking extremely painful, I couldn't stand it any longer: "No matter what the truth of the matter is, what we should do here is to find everyone as soon as possible, and then find Shenmu. It's over." Let's go back together safely after the mission!"

The hunchback looked at me, nodded, patted the ashes off his body and stood up.Feng Qi also laughed: "Not bad! Let me tell you, this moment is not the same moment!"

Seeing that Feng Qi was happy again, I also relaxed a lot: "Feng Qi, in your opinion, should we go to everyone first or go directly to Shenmu?"

"Of course we wait for everyone to arrive first, do you have any clues about Shenmu?"

I thought for a while, then turned around and asked Luo Guo: "Dawei, where did you get those things on your body? Didn't Feng Qi say that they were branches of Shenmu?"

"This... I can't remember exactly where it is now. There were not many bugs when I wrapped it in vines. I saw that they didn't get close to the vines, so I started to pull some of them around the body. Who knew that the bugs were getting bigger and bigger. The more, I was afraid of being bitten by them, so I covered my body tightly and put a gas mask on my face." The hunchback thought for a while: "You mean, we can go back to that place, maybe we can find the Shenmu backbone?"

"No, no!" Feng Qi on the side heard what we meant, and waved his hands again and again: "You must not know the concept of a sacred tree. You say it is a sacred tree, but it must be a tree. This sacred tree is connected to the entire Himalayas. If it is integrated, every plant and tree inside can lead to the sacred tree, but no one knows the exact location of the sacred tree!"

"Hey! It's so powerful... It's connected to the entire Himalayas..."

I was both stunned.

"Yeah, the best way now is to find Uncle Rong and the others, and then find the entrance of Shenmu according to the map." Feng Qi looked at us and sighed: "Although the map is not accurate, but this is our That's where the best hope lies right now."

I nodded my head twice, and the hunchback was obviously a little discouraged: "But, it's not easy to find everyone. Besides, our food and water won't last for a few days..."

"Haha, don't worry!" Feng Qi laughed suddenly: "I don't know if you found out?"

"Huh?" I both looked blank: "What did you find?"

"Haha! After arriving here, as long as it is possible, we must try our best to believe in everything. If I am not wrong, it is because everything has changed after my dear brother arrived here. What a magical power the ancient blood has. Strength, let us mortals move closer to him invisibly, otherwise it is such a coincidence? Both of us have met him?!"

When Luo Guo heard it, he thought it made sense: "So, as long as we stay with Renyi, other people will gradually get closer to us?"

"Well, that's what I said, but whether it's an enemy or a friend who comes first..."

Feng Qi's words clearly expressed the worries in my heart. I'm glad I didn't say them first. Indeed, there may be another force here. I don't know whether this force is an enemy or a friend.Moreover, after all this, I also began to have doubts about Uncle Rong and his party. Whether it is an enemy or a friend, whether it is good or evil, I can't take it lightly.It is the best policy to be on guard and pretend not to know anything.

Thinking about it, I asked him: "Brother Feng Qi, your brain is always turning faster than ours. Could it be that the enemy you mentioned is the other forces you mentioned just now?"

"Haha, maybe it's just me worrying about it. Sometimes I am a mother-in-law. Don't think too much about it. Let's eat something and go to the front to explore the way!"

"it is good!"

So, we ate some dry food and drank some water on the spot.After rectifying and rectifying, the three of them packed their bags and were ready to go.

Looking back, the passage I came from before, I can't see the passage at all, it is full of dense vines, it is very strange, the ground without light can be so lush.

Seeing me staring at those vines in a daze, Feng Qi smiled and said, "Dear brother, it's all the effect of your urine!"

I also laughed: "Remember to remind me, you have to keep the urine in the back, otherwise it will be a waste!"

So, the three of them walked forward together.All kinds of equipment are not very sufficient. In order to save money, the three of them turned on a flashlight with the low beam on and walked forward.

……

I don’t know how long this walk has been. Along the way, Feng Qi marked a certain symbol on the rock wall. I looked at this mark and felt familiar, but I couldn’t remember where I saw it. Feng Qi said this It's a mark every time they perform a task, and others can know it when they see it, so I didn't think much about it.

Gradually, the walking distance became longer, and my legs began to feel sore again.Just when I had no energy left and wanted to take a break, Feng Qi in front suddenly stopped.

I froze for a moment: "What's wrong?"

"This..." Feng Qi pointed to the rock wall beside him and said, "I remember this rock very clearly. It was clearly marked here, but now the mark is gone."

"Really?" Luo Guo also leaned forward to check: "Could it be a mistake? There is no mark on it."

"No, I am very impressed with this stone, and it must have been engraved with a mark."

"Have we been going in circles?"

The hunchback and I looked at each other, I was about to go up to see what happened, suddenly Feng Qi grabbed my hand, only to hear him say: "Dear brother, you have to make a sacrifice." I felt something sharp in my palm It passed, and then the wound was pressed against the rock wall all at once.

Before I realized what was going on, the rock wall swallowed my hand like a living thing.Before I could recover and pull back, Feng Qi sprinkled something on the rock wall with an almost invisible movement. When those things were sprinkled on the rock wall, my hand slammed I was let go, and the reaction force made me sit down on the ground.

The hunchback was obviously as stunned by the sudden situation as I was, and it took several seconds to react, and hurried over to help me.

I stood up and looked at the palm of my hand, only to find that the scratches just now were very shallow, and they were almost invisible.

Luo Guo also noticed it, and it could be seen that he held back the anger in his heart: "Feng Qi, what happened just now?"

I reached out and stopped him: "It's okay, if Feng Qi wants to say something, he will definitely tell us. If he doesn't want to say it, then it's useless for us to ask."

That's why I said this because the saber technique just now, at such a fast speed, made my palm bleed so finely, this person is bottomless.The skill that does not match the appearance of the tall and thin man in front of me has surprised me more than the blood-sucking rock just now.

Everything unexpected here is completely acceptable, but Feng Qi, at least to say, has been in contact with it for a while, and is a normal human being just like us.At such a young age, not to mention such skill, his reaction to this matter just now cannot make people feel at ease.This time it is simple to take one thing, how many secrets we don't know behind it.

Seeing that I was standing still, Feng Qi didn't make jokes as usual, the hunchback picked up the flashlight that was dropped in the chaos just now, and by the light of the flashlight, I suddenly saw that Feng Qi seemed to be trembling slightly...

"This is a branch of Shenmu," his voice was obviously trembling: "It has been verified just now."

I both focused on him

"The breath of Shenmu is getting weaker and weaker. In principle, it needs to absorb your blood to recover, but I didn't expect it to react so quickly. In other words, the degree of weakness of Shenmu is close to the limit. It is very likely It will be close to death soon, once Shenmu dies..."

Feng Qi paused for a moment: "You'll have to know this sooner or later. It's better to know sooner than later."

"You mean, I came here as a tribute?"

The hunchback suddenly stopped in front of me: "What are you guys trying to do?"

"Master Fang, you have misunderstood. If you say that as long as your blood is enough, then we can kill you early in the morning. It is definitely not what you think. We are here to save Shenmu, but, to be honest, the specific There is no 100% certainty in how to save us.”

"You said Shenmu is just a concept." I pulled the hunchback away: "But if you don't find the trunk, you can't save it. Isn't this a contradiction?"

"This is the magic of you, Young Master Fang. Only you can find it. Moreover, our time is running out now. If the Shenmu is completely exhausted, the whole world may..."

"The whole world..." The hunchback was obviously caught in various contradictions: "If this thing dies, will the whole world follow suit?"

"Almost..." It seemed that Feng Qi was much better than before, but suddenly, he yelled, "No! Run!"

Before the words were finished, the hunchback and I were already tied with climbing ropes, and we were dragged forward without even realizing it.

"I said what's the matter?" Feng Qi was like a sports car that started suddenly, and the hunchback and I couldn't react. We almost stumbled and gnawed on the mud, and staggered and ran forward desperately following Feng Qi.

At this speed, a normal person would be out of breath after running for 1 minute. This guy seems to have taken a stimulant.The two of us couldn't take it anymore: "Brother, stop, we can't run anymore!"

"If you can't run, you have to run. This hole is shrinking, and it will be pinched. Not to mention the pinch, this branch will suck Fang Renyi in, and everything will be messed up. Not only will the Shenmu not recover, it will go crazy. "

"Then what about the thing you threw out just now? Wouldn't it be fine to use that?"

"That's already used up. How can there be so many things like amulets!"

"What?!" Although we couldn't hear it very clearly and our brains were very tired, we still understood the general meaning, because, at the moment Feng Qi said just now, the passage suddenly narrowed, and the two I can no longer run side by side, the hunchback has already gone behind me, I can only run forward as hard as I can.

The channel is really getting narrower and narrower. In less than a minute, we can only move sideways and quickly.

"Hurry up, there is an exit ahead!" Feng Qi shouted: "Hurry up! It's too late!"

I felt the climbing rope on my waist tightened all of a sudden, but I didn't see anyone else. I realized that Feng Qi had already gone out, and then I was pulled out. It doesn't matter if I don't come out. I almost peed my pants, it's a cliff outside...

Then I saw Feng Qi with his feet hooked on the inner side of the rock wall, hanging upside down on the cliff, and I was actually standing on his legs, because the hunchback was still stuck in it, so I didn't fall, this... What is the situation? ah?

"Why are you in a daze, quickly pull out the hunchback!"

"Then... how about you?"

"Quick pull! Otherwise he's dead!"

I looked forward, and I don't know where the courage came from, but at least I knew I should do it.

"What are you doing? Hurry up! Hurry up!" Feng Qi hurriedly turned over and was about to pull me up

"Don't! Don't do stupid things!" Feng Qi's voice recalled in my mind, without any hesitation, within a few seconds, I cut a big cut on my left arm, and the blood flowed all over my sleeve in an instant, and I was clean He quickly tore off the sleeve and tied it to the rope and threw it to the front hole.

really!This large blood horse made my rope jump tight, and the rock wall here loosened instantly.Yes, the opposite wall sucked in the entire length of my sleeve that I had thrown.

The three of us are like three Dragon Boat Festival dumplings tied together. Fortunately, the distance between the two holes is not very far, otherwise we would be crushed if we hit them directly.

Feng Qi is a veteran, and immediately adjusted his posture to help the three of us buffer.The hunchback was terribly frightened, but he couldn't be blamed for it. A few seconds ago, he was still on the flat ground, and now he was suddenly hung on the cliff.It was indeed too thrilling and exciting.

Looking at my left arm, and then at the climbing rope on it, the hunchback suddenly reacted: "Hey, what should I do, I just escaped from a hole, and I'm going to be eaten again soon!"

I am also very helpless, but there is nothing I can do just now. This is the best way I can think of to ensure everyone's safety, but what will I do?If you cut the rope, you want to imitate Spiderman sucking on the cliff, but the rock wall is a bit smooth, it is estimated that once you cut it, you will definitely fall down and become a meatloaf. If you don’t cut it, we will be sucked in directly, and our lives are fine Not much, the point is, according to what Feng Qi said, Shenmu is finished.

Seeing the rope shortening rapidly, the foreheads of the three people were covered with sweat.

Suddenly, I seem to hear a voice

"Listen, that's it!"

"Eh?"

"This voice..."

"It's a stone!"

right!It's a stone!Feng Qi yelled, what did you say?

"..." The hunchback and I also heard a voice, but we couldn't hear it clearly.

Feng Qi has already stretched his brows: "Shitou said that it has been accepted, let's cut the rope directly!"

"What? Really or not?" Both of us stared wide-eyed.

"Of course it's true, just cut it off!"

I thought about it, the three of us were on the same rope, that was the only way to go.So, I signaled the hunchback to cut the rope.

The hunchback took a deep breath and closed his eyes: "I counted to 321, and it broke."

So the three of us joined hands, and the 321 rope broke as soon as it broke.