Copper Coins

The surroundings suddenly went dark, and everyone's footsteps stopped.

Jiang Shining and Lu Nianqi took a deep breath, stuffed it in their throats quickly and shortly, they couldn't get up or down, and they dared not breathe out.

A gust of cold wind rushed out from the opened stone door, carrying an indescribably unpleasant smell, damp, rotten, and cold enough to make one's scalp numb.

Even Xue Xian, who was being boiled, felt a little bit, but such a cool wind was not offensive to him who was so hot that he was delirious.It’s just that it’s a bit of a sign of stopping the boiling soup, treating the symptoms but not the root cause, so it’s not of much use.As soon as the cold wind passed, he was rolling with heat again.

For ordinary people who are so hot, their brains are basically just decorations.Xue Xian was no exception. He dangled back and forth in his pocket, thinking about how to swing himself out of the pocket as if sleepwalking, even if he took a breath.At this time, he didn't care about being shameless anymore, he just complained in his heart for no reason why Xuan Min couldn't stick his finger in and let him hug him to cool off for a while.

Because the brain was already set up, the ancestor didn't keep his mouth idle when he complained in his heart, muttering non-stop.He probably spoke out the subconscious thoughts that he was pondering in his heart, but he was so delirious that he couldn't speak so sharply, he looked like an elderly lady, just a few words upside down, without changing them.

As soon as the wind passed and the flames extinguished, Jiang Shining and the others held their breaths, stiffened into coffin boards, and naturally fell silent all of a sudden.

So his babbling voice came out faintly, accompanied by the chilly wind that made people tremble, it had a special taste.

"What's that sound?" Lu Nianqi's voice trembled, "Where did it come from?"

"Master, can you light another fire?" Jiang Shining said anxiously.

The sudden darkness concealed the figures of everyone, as if everyone had been swallowed up, leaving only myself.

It is said that when the night is extremely quiet, the senses will be confused, and distant sounds seem to be ringing in the ear, making it difficult to judge the distance and direction.

When Xuan Min first heard the faint humming, his hands touching the talisman paper also paused, and after a while, he realized that the dreamlike voice came from the dark pocket at his waist.

What kind of monster is this wicked person doing?

Xuan Min frowned, and listened for a while, only to hear the monster muttering one word over and over again—the bald donkey, buzzing non-stop like a wild bee.

Xuan Min: "..." So what's wrong with him?

He was probably also quite helpless, too lazy to talk about it, but took out a new piece of talisman paper, intending to light a fire again.

As soon as the flame ignited, there was another "huh" and it was completely extinguished.

"Don't bother, it won't work." Lu Jiuping said flatly, and with another force, the entire stone tomb door was completely pushed aside.

Against the backdrop of the pitch black surrounding everyone, there was some shimmering light from inside the tomb door.

The light was extremely faint, as if a thin layer of frost had been sprinkled on the charcoal wood, barely able to outline the outline of the figure.

Lu Shijiu, who was walking in front, stopped saying hello and walked in.Xuan Min patted the nagging master on his waist, and said to Jiang Shining and the others without looking back, "Follow closely." After saying that, he also walked into the tomb door.

Jiang Shining and Lu Nianqi didn't dare to stay at the end of the team alone, so they hurriedly followed.

The moment the two of them entered the door, Lu Nianqi felt that some kind of stone was stepped on the sole of his foot, and then he heard a loud bang, and the stone tomb door slammed shut, causing him to urinate in shock. Just wanted to turn around and run.

Although there was a glimmer of light in the tomb door, it was still dark overall.I can't even see how big the place is, what's under my feet and around it, whether the top of my head is—

"Wait, are those holes on the top?" Jiang Shining suddenly raised his face and pointed upwards.

is it a hole

Is it a hole?

What?

……

A word echoed several times, and Jiang Shining stood there immediately, maintaining a posture of pointing to the sky, shrinking his neck and not daring to move.

Lu Nineteen gave a low "hush" and said with a low voice, "Keep your voice down."

His words were like a whisper, the echo was much weaker, not as hollow as before.

Xuan Min looked up and saw seven extremely small holes directly above.

He stretched out his hand to feel a little bit in the void, and said, "It's not a hole." If it was really a hole, the wind in this place would not be in such a direction.

"Ye Mingzhu." He looked at it for a while, and then said coldly: "It happens to be seven, and the position is directly facing the Big Dipper."

After he said this, Jiang Shining and the others suddenly realized that the seven round ones really didn't look like the entrance of a cave, but they really were night pearls lined up in the Big Dipper.

The cool white light of the beads is much colder than the sky outside, lightly shedding from the top.

"There are seven night pearls hanging, but the front is still so dark, it can be seen that the top is a bit high..." Jiang Shining muttered.

"You can hear it just by listening to the echo." Lu Jiujiu said in front, "The road ahead is a bit difficult to walk, you have to be careful, don't step on the wrong stone, let alone fall."

Lu Nianqi stretched out his foot and retracted it intact: "No, what do you mean stepping on the wrong stone? What do you mean don't fall off?"

"Especially you." Hearing this, Lu Shijiu added, "Don't look down."

Lu Nianqi: "..."

This requirement is a little strange. In this kind of place where you can barely see the outline of your fingers when you stretch out your hand, you are not allowed to look at your feet when you walk, so how do you walk?I can't even take a step!

While speaking, everyone has gradually adapted to the darkness, and the outlines of some scenes finally gradually emerged——

The place where they stood was a stone platform that looked like a shore. It was narrow, but at least two rows of people could stand in front of and behind it. He fell off the edge of the stone platform.

Jiang Shining silently recited "A wild ghost, I can't die a second time anyway" in his heart, and then he boldly took half a step forward, one shoulder behind Xuan Min, barely able to see the scene in front of him.I saw that there was a huge pit ahead of the stone platform, and there were bright waves in the pit, which seemed to be full of water, but the depth of the water could not be seen, and the source could not be seen. Do not show up again.

The strange thing is that at regular intervals in the water, there is a round thing floating, like a heavy melon, only the outline can be seen, and it is hard to tell whether it is stone or something else. It's an array, at least there are hundreds of them.

And in the black water in front of Lu Shijiu feet, there are thin and tall stone platforms, each stone platform is more than one step square, independent of each other, they are interlaced and erected in some weird way, like plum blossoms of different heights The piles extend out from here one by one...

This is the only way they can go.

Jiang Shining took a look and found that he couldn't see the edge on the other side.

how long is this !

His legs immediately went limp, and he couldn't help turning his head to look at Xuan Min.

Xuan Min looked at this place, frowning slightly, wondering what he was thinking.Because it was too dim, except for the slightly raised eyebrows, Jiang Shining could not see the expression on his face.

Lu Shijiu warned again: "I don't use my eyes, what I see is Qi, and I'm more stable than you, so be sure to follow closely. You can't walk too slowly on this road."

After finishing speaking, he quietly lifted his feet up to the first stone platform.

Old man Liu followed closely behind. He has been rocking the boat all the year round, with a bowed back and a hunchback profile, showing an indescribably old appearance.People of this age never made a sound, not even out of breath, so calm, Jiang Shining felt that he had nothing to fear.

Xuan Min waited for a while, until Lu Shijiu and old man Liu had already walked three steps, then he lifted his feet unhurriedly.

Jiang Shining and Lu Nianqi had no choice but to follow behind him.

Looking at it from the side is a little scary, let alone actually standing on this stone platform.Finally, Jiang Shining couldn't help but look down, and saw that the stone platform was tall and thin, and it was terribly narrow at a step. It seemed that he might fall from the top at any time, and under the stone platform was dark water of unknown depth. .The water surface was about a foot away from their feet.

With just one glance, Jiang Shining felt a "buzz" in his head, and he was dizzy.

The stone platforms they stepped on seemed to be very particular, which one to step on and which one to avoid, all depended on the road led by Lu Shijiu.

However, Jiang Shining actually had some doubts in his heart. Lu Shijiu and old man Liu were about two feet away from Xuan Min. Can Xuan Min really see which stone they stepped on?

After walking about seven or eight steps intermittently like this, he discovered something that made him dizzy even more——

"Why do I feel that the water is rising?" Jiang Shining's voice was so weak that he seemed to be dying.

"Water?!" Lu Nianqi, who was walking in front of him, paused and froze, unable to move. "Is there water below?"

"Don't look down!" Lu Shijiu's voice came from the front.

broken……

Only then did Jiang Shining remember Lu Shijiu's previous advice, but it was too late.

He watched helplessly as Lu Nianqi suddenly squatted down and leaned against the stone platform, refusing to take another step forward: "I...I won't leave, I want to turn back, I want to turn back."

He moved around and turned in one direction, then raised his foot to go back.The last stone platform was occupied by Jiang Shining, and he was panicked and eager to step on the one next to Jiang Shining.

"Don't step on it!" Jiang Shining subconsciously wanted to tug him, but he didn't have time, and almost threw himself off the stone platform.

Fragmented stones rolled past their feet, rolled off the edge of the stone platform, and fell into the black water.

"Plop" splashed a little water.

Jin Zhu Xue Xian, who was hiding in Xuan Min's dark pocket, suddenly felt something jump in his body with a "bang", as if a heart had grown out of his chest.

But as a matter of fact, at this time he is just a true spirit, without substance, and naturally it is impossible for him to have a heart.

He grunted in a daze, and soon fell into a more chaotic consciousness.

The movement of the stones falling into the water startled Lu Nianqi. Lu Nianqi didn't know what to think of, and when he trembled, his voice became even more flustered, "I—"

He just had time to utter a word, when he heard the calm and boundless black water under his feet suddenly become turbulent, as if a dead object suddenly cheated the corpse, and the big waves roared and roared, rushing towards everyone unceremoniously.

wow——

There was a loud splash of water, and everyone was drenched immediately.

"boom--"

There was another heartbeat, Xue Xian felt as if there were blood vessels all over his body, hot blood was running down his waist and climbing up his back.

But soon, this feeling was submerged in the endless heat.

"Hurry up!" Lu Nineteen's voice came over the roaring waves.

Jiang Shining held onto the edge of the stone platform tightly, and before he could respond, he felt a slap on the back of his neck, and immediately turned back to wet paper with a "puchi".

He watched helplessly as Xuan Min pinched him, picked up Lu Nianqi who was screaming in panic, and strode forward.

The black waves still had no intention of stopping, and the water surface rose rapidly.

Xuan Min's steps did not stop at all in the splashing water, they were fast and steady.

Lu Jiujiu was still shouting in front: "No, we have to hurry up! The water has risen too early, much earlier than last time, I wonder if we can make it to the end! Hurry up!"

Before the words were finished, there was another big wave.

Lu Nianqi drank several sips of water, his body was drenched, and his breath was full of that rotten and damp smell.But the big waves didn't stop at all, still flooding over one wave after another, almost in the blink of an eye, the water covered the feet, and then covered the calves.

As soon as he finished wiping the water off his face, he was splashed again, and it seemed that he would never be able to wipe it off, and he would never be able to struggle out of the water, as if he was going to drown here at any time.

This feeling was so familiar that he even felt a sense of confusion, as if he had returned to the river eight years ago...

Xuan Min frowned and glanced at the young man who was struggling in his hands. The tumbling waves seemed to bring back some frightening memories in Lu Nianqi, and he shouted like crazy, which was really a burden.

He raised his hand without saying a word, and was about to strike Lu Nianqi on the back of the neck.

"boom--"

There was another sound, and the drowsy Xue Xian regained consciousness for a moment.He only felt an indescribable feeling emanating from his spiritual body, as if something familiar was drawn to him from the depths and sucked into his body.Swimming along blood vessels that don't exist, getting hot and swollen.

damn...

Xue Xian complained secretly: Is the steamed bun soaked or something?

He felt that he was about to fill up the golden beads.

"boom--"

"boom--"

"boom--"

The voices sounded one after another, this time not only Xue Xian could feel it, but even the few people rushing to the other side heard it.

"What, what's going on?" Lu Shijiu clearly walked this distance, but it seemed to be the first time he encountered such a scene, "Something is hitting the stone platform!"

Xuan Min's figure also paused, and then he walked faster: "Hurry up."

What Lu Shijiu said was not wrong, something really hit the stone platform.It was as if something had been awakened in the depths of the black water, restlessly bumping against the foundations of these stone platforms.Every time it bumped, the stone platform trembled, and the tall and slender stone platform instantly became unsteady, and the shaking became louder and louder, and it was almost impossible to stand on it.

"boom--"

A louder impact sounded again, and all the stone platforms trembled, and then "click" sounds appeared one after another, not only the stone platforms under his feet, but also the ones in front and behind, and all the stone platforms responded for some reason at that moment. broken.Everyone fell into the water before they could even struggle.

The moment the water flooded over his head, Xuan Min vaguely heard something in the pocket at his waist making a "sizzling" sound, as if a spoonful of water was splashed on the rolling iron.

I don't know what the composition of this black water is, it's extremely uncomfortable to open your eyes in it, and it hurts your eyes.

He blinked twice, and finally he could barely see something, and just happened to see a naked thing rolling out of his waist, which seemed to weigh a thousand catties, and fell straight into the depths of the black water, as if it was about to fall straight into the depths of the black water. into the ground.

Xuan Min was quite speechless: Who said that one can be honest without hands and feet?

Without saying a word, he raised his hand and went to fish.

The moment his palm wrapped around Jin Zhu, a huge falling force fell on his hand.It seems that what he picked up was not some beads, but a whole Mount Tai.

So, before he even had time to react, he was thrown into the bottom of the water by the golden bead.

Xuan Min: "..."