treacherous world

The huge ancient city was buried deep in the ground, and it was dug out just now, and there were actually people inside.

Even if Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang didn't believe in evil, they would still find it weird. In addition, the cold air inside the ancient city made people feel creepy.

Even though the two heroes felt strange, Zi Ying, who was always childish, was startled, hugged Zhe Ying's arm, and imitated the accent of the fourth son, "Ghost!"

Zhe Ying's hearing is good, and he heard it clearly just now, it wasn't an illusion caused by the sound of water droplets or falling stones and rubble, but the clear and clear sound of footsteps.

"There may be other entrances." Despite his young age, Xiao Liang was surprisingly courageous, so he wanted to run over to have a look.

But just as he took a few steps, Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao behind him suddenly grabbed his shoulders and led him back and sideways.

By the way, Zhan Zhao also kicked the blinking scissors. The kick was not light, and the scissors staggered, bringing Zhe Ying and Zi Ying who were in a daze by the way.

As everyone moved aside from the road, they saw a faint light flying by... a few swishes.

On the stone wall at the bend behind him, there was a row of silver needles shining with blue light.

Looking at the silver needles on the wall, Xiao Liang felt lingering fear... But what he was more curious about was how Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang noticed it, because of the deep inner strength?

The fat scissors lay on Ziying's body, looking left and right, as if he didn't know what happened.

Ziying was so overwhelmed by it that she couldn't breathe, and while struggling, the torch fell to the ground and rolled away.

Ziying was so angry that the scissors were as heavy as two pigs. He wanted to climb out, but his eyes unconsciously followed Gululu's rolling torch.Maybe it's because it's better to look at the angle of view when lying on the stomach. When the torch was blocked by something and stopped, Ziying saw something.

"Wow..." After a long time, Ziying held her chin and let out a sigh of admiration, "So there really is a ghost."

Bai Yutang reached out to pat the scissors' neck, and the scissors got up, and Zhan Zhao reached out to rub the place where it was kicked just now.

Zhe Ying knelt down and followed Zi Ying's line of sight to look into the distance. By the way, he pressed the torch in his hand, and looked over with a puzzled look on his face.

Zhan Zhao stroked his chin and asked Bai Yutang, "Ghosts shouldn't send hidden weapons, right? And hidden weapons are poisonous."

"It's not a ghost, why is it floating in the air?" Ziying pointed to the front.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other puzzledly, then took a few steps forward holding the torch.

Next to Ziying's dying torch, there was a boot, and the torch was blocked by the boot before it stopped... The material of the boot was very good, but it looked a little old, and it was discolored by the fire.

Why is there a boot in this place?And the style of this shoe has never been seen before, but it gives people a majestic and delicate feeling, it looks like official boots.

Zhan Zhao reached out to pick up the torch, and at the same time...saw a few pairs of feet hanging in the air not far away, one of the boots should be a pair with the one on the ground, while the other foot was bare.

Slowly raising his head, Zhan Zhao looked up along his feet, saw the body, and a strange scene.

On an exquisite silver-white stone beam at the top of the aisle, three corpses hang.The corpses were all wrapped with white silk around their necks, and it looked like they had committed suicide.

Take a closer look at the condition of the corpse. It has been air-dried and well-preserved, and even its appearance is vaguely discernible.

The three of them didn't know when they died here. Their wrinkled skin couldn't see through their age, their beards were gray, and they were well-groomed, and their clothes and shoes matched each other. It also gives people a very majestic and very delicate feeling.

"Does it look like court clothes?" Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang nodded.

"Why did you hang yourself here?" Ziying and others came over and examined the corpse carefully.

"There are words on the wall." Zhan Zhao tapped Bai Yutang's shoulder.

When Bai Yutang looked back, he saw very clear brown and black handwriting on the silvery white wall.It looks brown and black now, but if you look closely, you can tell that it is caused by the dried blood.Zi Ying checked the hands of the three of them, and found that the oldest one among them still had obvious scars on his fingers.The scars were broken there without healing. It can be seen that after leaving the bloody book, he committed suicide.

Everyone held up torches to look at the blood book, and saw that the writing was like a heavenly book...

Zhan Zhao patted Bai Yutang, "Hey, Yutang, does it look like the writings of the troupe that my elder brother left on the wall?"

Bai Yutang nodded, "It's true... I copied a copy before, and there are many words that are very similar.

"There is a fork in the road ahead." Ziying held up a torch to shine a light, and found that behind the corpse, there were two roads with similar styles, both of which were silver-white stone roads.

Zhan Zhao and the others roughly calculated that the one on the left is probably the one that rock-paper-scissors ran over just now, and the one on the right...doesn't know where it leads.

"Which way to go?" Zhe Ying and Zi Ying asked Bai Yutang Zhan Zhao together.

When Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao, what did that mean—don't you have some impressions?Did your older brother tell you anything?

Zhan Zhao touched his chin and stood at the fork in the road, seemingly in a dilemma.

"Just as he was hesitating, slight, weird footsteps came again.

Everyone looked to the right in unison, this time even Xiao Liang could hear clearly, there was someone in the aisle on the right!

Zhan Zhao frowned, "Do you want to lure us to the right, or did you see us running away?"

"Whatever, go in and have a look!" Zhe Ying didn't believe in evil anymore, "I don't believe in ghosts."

"Wait." Before Zhe Ying had time to chase after him, Bai Yutang gently pulled his arm to stop him from running forward, reminding him in a low voice, "Look at the ground."

Zhe Ying took a torch and shined it on the ground... At first, he didn't notice anything strange at first glance, but when he looked carefully, he gasped—there was a thin layer of dense needles on the ground, and there were still Gloomy blue light.

"Wow... What a poisonous hidden weapon!" Ziying's face changed slightly, "It seems that that person is an enemy and not a friend, and he wants to kill us."

"Not really." Zhan Zhao shook his head, "If he really wants to kill us, don't make a sound, wait for us to go in by ourselves, or let us see his figure, and rush after him, it's more important than making footsteps. effective."

"The silver needles just now... are the same as these." Xiao Liang squatted down and carefully checked the silver needles on the surface.

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang, "It seems that that person reminded us."

Bai Yutang also saw the silver needles on the ground, and seemed to have thought of something, and said, "This kind of needle is a hidden weapon, not for shooting people, but purely for plotting the ground."

Zhan Zhao frowned, "So vicious?"

"More than that." Bai Yutang pointed to the pointer, "This is the largest size. This kind of needle rug is everywhere, walls, floors, pillars, chairs... all kinds of flat surfaces can be placed. And this kind of carpet on the ground The needles are the largest, and the ones that are installed on the table and the wall are as thin as a cow’s hair... It’s hard to guard against, even if you get stuck, you don’t know the pain, and you don’t know how to die if you die.”

"Wow..." Ziying raised her eyebrows, "It's so dark here, who knows how many organs there are."

"There is a way to crack it." Bai Yutang said in a low voice.

"How to crack it?" Ziying and Zheying looked at each other——Bai Yutang was fascinated.

"The stone and the scissors passed through safely just now. They came out of the stone gate, which means that the road on one side is safe. At least there are no such traps on the ground, which means that the problem is on the right." Zhan Zhao pointed to the road on the right, "I found Gold medals are inherently weird, but following the gold medals and discovering the ancient city, it seems that someone is showing us the way.”

"In this world, the person who can use this kind of mechanism should already be dead." Bai Yutang looked at the silver needle on the ground, "These mechanisms originally existed in the ancient city, at least they didn't get in recently."

"Who can set up such a mechanism?" Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang curiously.

"Alone." Bai Yutang stretched out a finger.

"Your fifth aunt?" Zhan Zhao's heart skipped a beat.

Bai Yutang nodded.

Zhan Zhao stroked his chin, "Isn't that ghostly old man also okay last time?"

"He was trapped by my fifth aunt for 20 years, and he is not at the same level at all." Bai Yutang raised his hand and waved his sleeve at the silver needle standing on the ground.

Ziying felt shivering, looking at Zheying - it's cold!

Zhe Ying and Zhan Zhao both understood that Bai Yutang should use Yingxue Palace's unique yin and cold internal force.

As the strong icy internal force swept across, those poisonous needles showed some changes, as if the color turned whiter...

Zhan Zhao knew that these needles were too thin and would become brittle after being frozen.

Bai Yutang glanced at Zhan Zhao, as if asking for his help.

Zhan Zhao understood that the ice-cold internal energy was very exhausting, and Bai Yutang had a hunch that there would be many such hidden weapons in the future, so he had to cooperate with him.

Zhan Zhao took a step forward, lifted his breath, pressed the ground with one hand, and sent his inner strength forward...Zi Ying and Zhe Ying heard a crisp sound.

Afterwards, the poisonous needles scattered into powder like crushed ice, and the white ice powder spread all over the floor.Bai Yutang raised his backhand... Tianzun's unique palm swept out a gust of wind... and scattered the powder on the ground.

"Wow..." On the one hand, Xiao Liang marveled at the profound internal strength of the two, on the other hand, he was also moved by their seamless cooperation. It was like some kind of enjoyment to see them using kung fu.

Ziying and Zheying looked at each other—fortunately, they came with them, otherwise, if they explored this crypt alone, they probably wouldn't be able to die with a few lives.

"Cat." Bai Yutang suddenly stretched out his hand and pulled Zhan Zhao, signaling him to squat halfway and look forward at his own height.

Zhan Zhao lowered his back, frowned, and saw a little fire at the end of the dark tunnel.

"Who!" Zhan Zhao said.

The other party turned and ran, and he could vaguely see his figure, like a tall and thin man.

"Go!" Bai Yutang waved Zhan Zhao.

Without even thinking about it, Zhan Zhao jumped out.

Zhan Zhao usually performs lightness kung fu in open places, and swallow flying is a kind of light kung fu that opens and closes wide, giving people a feeling of freedom.However, in the narrow tunnel, everyone felt a blur... Zhan Zhao's speed was so fast that even the scissors didn't understand what was going on.

"But..." Ziying just wanted to ask, what if there is a poisonous needle in the chase?

But before he finished speaking, Bai Yutang had already followed him out.

"Wow..." Xiao Liang grabbed Zi Ying and Zhe Ying's shoulders and looked into the distance, Bai Yutang followed behind Zhan Zhao like a shadow.

"Sure enough, it's like a shadow, it's really scary." Ziying felt a little dizzy, he and Zhe Ying are both very good at lightness skills, but they dare not follow in this situation, they don't know what will happen next.

Zhan Zhao jumped out in mid-air, and when he chased after the black shadow, he realized that the inside of the aisle was even more exaggerated. Where the torch passed by, there were silver needles as thin as a cow's hair all around, glowing with blue light.

Seeing the figure in front of him gradually become clear, Zhan Zhao noticed that the man moved freely, he didn't seem to be afraid of the poisonous needle, he stepped directly on the ground, his speed was not slow, his lightness skill was excellent, maybe he knew the location of the silver needle, so he avoided it .

No matter how good Zhan Zhao's qinggong is, it's impossible not to fall to the ground. Just when he wanted to use his strength, the white figure below had jumped out.In an instant, the cold air flooded the surroundings. After Zhan Zhao slapped the ground with his palm, Bai Yutang flicked his sleeves and cleared a clean ground in an instant.

Zhan Zhaoyi used his strength to catch up again, and Bai Yutang also used his strength to keep up.

The two chased after each other in the aisle almost without stopping, no matter how fast the figure in front was, they were gradually overtaken.

Finally, when the two of them left the aisle, they saw an empty space in front of them, although it was still dark.

The black shadow suddenly went to a certain place and moved quickly.

After Bai Yutang landed, he raised his hand to send off Zhan Zhao who had fallen. The two of them combined their internal strength, and Zhan Zhao flew out like an arrow, grabbing the shoulder of the man in black.

The man tilted his body, Zhan Zhao was not willing to let go, he rolled up with his strength, and put his foot on his chest.

The man finally hummed and fell down.

He fell to the ground, and his shoulder was held down by a long silver knife.

When he turned around, the torch was in front of him.

Bai Yutang was slightly surprised—the person in front of him looked about 30 years old, and his appearance was fair, but he didn't know him, and he seemed very gentle.

Zhan Zhao also got down and stood beside him, and found that he was wearing black clothes with sleeves gathered, not like night clothes, but very similar to the clothes of the dead men who hanged themselves just now.

"Who are you?" Zhan Zhao asked him with a frown.

The man raised his hand, gently pushed away the knife on Bai Yutang's shoulder, and stood up.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang exchanged glances - this man is tall and thin, very tall and straight, he is a real talent, and they are sure that he is a Han Chinese.

The man stared at Zhan Zhao with his eyes, and it took him a long time before he said, "It sure looks like it."

"Like what?" Zhan Zhao asked back.

The other party sighed softly, "How is the Marshal?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were stunned, they looked him up and down.

Zhan Zhao tentatively asked, "Could you be..."

The other party waved his hand lightly, "I don't have much time, so help me hand over these things to the Marshal."

As the man said, he reached out and took out a roll of sheepskin from his pocket, handed it to Zhan Zhao, and then looked at Bai Yutang who was beside him, "This time, we can only succeed, not fail, otherwise, what about Song, Daliao, Xixia? Tubo, everyone has to go to see the King of Hades."

"What do you mean?" Zhan Zhao asked back.

"You haven't said who you are yet." Bai Yutang was still quite vigilant.

"Heh." The other party smiled faintly, and before he could speak, he heard Ziying's voice from a distance, "Chen Wang!"

When Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang turned their heads, they saw Zi Ying and Zhe Ying chasing after them. They were a little worried about whether they had been poisoned.

In fact, Ziying and Zheying were also a little anxious at the beginning and didn't know what to do.

However, Xiao Liang was sober enough and smart enough, there were poisonous needles on the ground, but there must not be any under the ground, so he asked the scissors to dig a hole and come over from under the tunnel.

Ziying was the first to climb up, and when she saw the person standing under the torch with Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang in the distance, she cried out in shock.

Zhe Ying turned over and frowned when she saw that Chen Wang was not only dead, but still the same as many years ago, except that he was dressed a little strangely.

"Chen Wang."

Chen Wang smiled, "You two boys have grown up a lot. You can call them by name directly. Shouldn't they be called General Chen?"

Ziying glanced at Zheying.

Zhe Ying didn't like him, "Why didn't you go back to the barracks if you didn't die?"

Chen Wang was silent for a long time, "I am the only one alive, and hundreds of brothers are dead. Which face do you want me to go back to see the marshal?"

Ziying and Zheying were taken aback.

Bai Yutang said lightly, "Why did hundreds of soldiers die, but you didn't die?"

Zhan Zhao shook his head secretly——Bai Yutang's question was so sharp that a thin-skinned person probably wouldn't be able to stand it.

Chen Wang didn't seem to care, "Because I can't die, I have to pay for my merits."

"Go back and talk to the Marshal face to face." Zhe Ying said.

"As I said, I don't have much time. If you hadn't trespassed on the ancient city today, I wouldn't have come to stop you."

Chen Wang's words surprised everyone.

Zhan Zhao asked, "You didn't put that gold medal in, did you?"

Chen Wang was also taken aback, puzzled, "What gold medal?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other—this matter is strange, is there someone else in the dark?

"No matter what." Chen Wang looked at Ziying and Zheying, "I hope the Marshal believes me! Give me some more time."

Zhe Ying was silent for a moment, "We will bring the original words. Believe it or not, it depends on what the prince wants."

Chen Wang nodded, it seemed that this was what he wanted.

"What kind of picture is this?" Zhan Zhao saw that Chen Wang was about to leave, so he stopped him.

"The topographic map of the ancient city." Chen Wang said in a low voice, "Since you have come in, it is difficult to move without this map, but with the two of you, maybe you can find the secret of this ancient city."

"What's the secret in the ancient city?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Chen Wang shook his head silently, "I don't know either."

He was vague, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang could not fully believe him.

"I'm leaving, and I'll find a way to contact the marshal later." After speaking, he turned and left.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked back subconsciously at Zhe Ying—after all, they were not from Zhao Pu's barracks, and since this involved important military affairs, it was better for Zhe Ying to make a decision.

Zhe Ying nodded, which seemed to mean—let him go.

Zhan Zhaoyi lets go.

Chen Wang walked forward, and after taking two steps, he seemed to remember something, and turned around to ask Bai Yutang, "Can you predict the future?"

Bai Yutang froze for a moment, looking at him puzzled.

Chen Wang frowned slightly, and shook his head, "Pretend I didn't say that." After finishing speaking, he left everyone who didn't know why, and left.

Bai Yutang opened the blueprint for a glance, then immediately closed it to look at Zhan Zhao.

"What's wrong?" Zhan Zhao saw that Bai Yutang seemed to be trying to wake up, and then he hurriedly opened it and looked again, the look of surprise in his eyes was very obvious.

"Yutang?" Zhan Zhao leaned over and asked, "What's wrong with this picture?"

"It was written by Aunt Wu." Bai Yutang said with certainty, "Aunt Wu drew it herself, and she also wrote the characters..."

Zhan Zhao and the others were also surprised and surprised—could it be that Fifth Aunt had something to do with this ancient city?But why is such a blueprint in Chen Wang's hands?

"There are many institutions in this place," Bai Yutang told Zhan Zhao.

"But..." Zhan Zhao remembered what his elder brother told him, the city was just a palace, could it be that he made a mistake in a dream.

"That's right, it was originally a palace, but palaces have defensive measures. Once the city falls or is invaded by foreign enemies, as long as the mechanism is activated, this palace will become a city of traps." Bai Yutang said, "Look at what happened just now. The mat of needles knows that the mechanism has already been activated, we need to study this map thoroughly before entering."

Zhan Zhao nodded.

Zhe Ying and Zi Ying also felt that it would be better to discuss with Zhao Pu, as the matter was of great importance, so they turned back from the tunnel.

The few people who entered the ancient city had an unexpected harvest. They even saw Chen Wang who had been missing for a long time, but the mystery deepened a little bit, and outside, they were also facing each other.

Grand Master Pang was full of belly, and looked at the feudal lords who came with a smile, but he also had an idea in his heart.