across mountains and seas

"Crack!"

After Jing Lan and Liu Xi fell steadily, just like the Temple of Death, the mechanism on the top shut down abruptly, swallowing all the light in an instant.At the same time, the mouth of the well where Youyou was located was reopened, and she kept screaming with pain, "What's wrong with you outside? Liuxi! Say something!"

The smell of blood was still strong, and there was still the sound of sand snakes crawling outside the well.

Across the wall of the well, Liu Xi could vaguely hear faint voices, but it was pitch black all around, she didn't dare to make a sound rashly, for fear of alarming some ominous thing down here.

Feeling warm in her palm, it turned out that it was Jing Lan who held her hand, "I'm here."

Those two simple words were enough to make Liu Xi feel at ease instantly.

With the other hand, Jing Lan tied Chong Xiao back to her waist, and took out a fire pocket, but at the moment of blowing on the flame, she pulled Liu Xi back three steps, "Be careful!"

Over there was the head of a ferocious giant beast, with its mouth wide open, as if it wanted to swallow the person in front of it in one gulp.

"It seems...it's a mural..." Liu Xi collected himself and found that the giant beast was motionless, and motioned for Jing Lan to go over and have a look.

Jing Lan clasped Liu Xi's hand tightly, poked Huozie forward, and walked over cautiously.

It is indeed a mural.

Jing Lan breathed a sigh of relief, walked slowly along the mural for a few steps, and found a stone lamp.She stepped on the foot of the lamp, raised her hand and brought the torch close to the wick, tried for a while, and finally managed to light the wick.

The flame on the wick gradually melted the lower half of the lamp wax, and the light gradually became clearer.

Jing Lan didn't continue to look at the murals carefully. She blew out the fire, looked up and down Liuxi under the shadow of the lamp, and looked at her old ankle injury several times with concern, "How? Did you hurt your foot?"

Seeing her concerned look, Liu Xi felt warm and sweet in her heart, "If I said I was hurt..."

"Stand still! Don't move!" Jing Lan didn't let her finish speaking, so she went around in front of her, making a gesture to carry her on her back.

Liu Xi suppressed a smile and leaned on Jing Lan's back, hugged her from behind, and whispered softly, "I'm fine."

Jing Lan took a deep breath, frowned and turned her face, "Are you still trying to scare me?"

Liu Xi chuckled, and said in a hoarse voice, "I'm glad to see you in a hurry."

"You are still messing around at this moment, wait until you go back and see how I will deal with you!" Jing Lan raised her eyebrows and said solemnly, glanced at the mural with the light, and finally looked at the dark depths on the other side where the light could not be found, " I remember Miss Jin fell down with us, and I don’t know how she is now?”

Liu Xi's smile froze slightly, she let go of Jing Lan, and took a step back, "That's right, Miss Jin doesn't know what's going on, let's look for her first."

Jing Lan went to hold Liu Xi's hand, but Liu Xi avoided her.

"Hold." Jing Lan pulled Liu Xi's hand several times, and finally held Liu Xi's hand tightly. She looked at her with a smile, "It's so reassuring."

Not only is she at ease, but Liu Xi is also at ease.

Liu Xi clasped Jing Lan's hand tightly, "As the head of the family, you must do what you say."

"As a governor, you should do what you say." Jing Lan finished speaking with a smile, then turned on the fire again, approached Liuxi, and lowered her voice solemnly, "You are not allowed to break your promise, otherwise..."

"Otherwise what?"

"you will regret."

Jing Lan gritted her teeth and replied, she was like a dangerous little beast, ready to bite Liu Xi hard at any time.

Liu Xi couldn't help laughing, "Master Dudu is so fierce, how dare a girl not listen to what he says?"

"It's good to know." Jing Lan finally showed a smile, holding Liu Xi's hand and walking carefully along the murals to the dark depths on the other side.

As Liuxi walked, he carefully looked at the content of the murals. There were cliffs, blue waves, mountain beasts, and sea monsters. If he had to give this painting a name, it should be called "Mountain and Sea Hundred Monsters".

The mirage is in the territory of the alien race. Even if it was once prosperous, the murals should be related to the alien beasts of the alien race. Judging from the content of this painting style, it is clearly a hodgepodge of Kyushu legends.

There is also the ghost-like man in black who knows pupil art. Although he didn't show up this time, his tricks are exactly the same.

What the hell does that person want to do?

"Alan, do you still remember the box we found in the Temple of Death?" Liu Xi faintly felt that there should be some connection between the two, and the man in black seemed to be guiding them to find something.

The one in the Temple of Death is a box, but what is under the mirage?

Jing Lan asked confusedly, "What's inside?"

"I haven't opened the box yet, and I'm still staying in Haicheng." Liu Xi felt that if she could go back safely this time, she would definitely go back to Haicheng to open the box, and maybe she could discover the relationship between the two.

Jing Lan nodded, "Let's open it and have a look when we get back."

"Alan, what do you think is that?" Liu Xi stopped suddenly, and pointed to a blue beast on the mural, which was exactly the same as the one seen in the Temple of Death.

"It's the same strange beast." Jing Lan fought against the green beast, and she still remembered the appearance of the green beast, which was half snake and half dragon.

Liu Xi looked at the green beast and the background of the painting together, "It came from the desert, look below her, it is the desert."

"Senior Jin said that there are many sand snakes here. Could it be that those sand snakes that dragged people into the sand ditch are this kind of strange beast?" Jing Lan suddenly had a bold guess, "The one in the Temple of Death, could it be someone from the Qianmei Sect? Brought it from the desert?"

"Maybe it was brought there by the wandering monk." Liu Xi also had a bold guess, "Bringing this kind of strange beast into Kyushu and sealing it inside the Bodhisattva for people to worship, isn't this a blatant femme fatale?"

Jing Lan gasped, the more she thought about it, the more wrong she became.

Liu Xi pointed to the lamp on the wall, "Alan, there is a lamp over there, try to see if you can light it."

"Okay." Jing Lan stepped on the foot of the lamp again, and raised her hand to turn on the lamp again.

With two bright lights, Liu Xi turned around and glanced at the place—the two lights were just facing each other. From the dim light, it could be seen that this was a round stone room with a diameter of about twenty steps. There was nothing but murals.

There is no figure of Bell here.

"Liu Xi! You should answer me!"

"Jing Xiaowu! Where are you?"

The faint voice came again.

Jing Lan and Liu Xi pricked up their ears to listen carefully, and finally stood still in front of the first beast head.

Liu Xi tapped the beast's head twice with the scabbard, and raised her voice, "Youyou, are you still in the well?"

"This girl is going bald! It hurts me to death! If you don't rescue me, even if I turn into a ghost, I will come to settle accounts with you!"

"Is Mirage Fountain effective for you?" Liu Xi asked with a smile.

Youyou exclaimed in surprise: "What's the use! This girl is bleeding all the time! Liu Xi, pull me up quickly!"

"We all fell down, and we haven't found a way out yet, so bear with it and stop the bleeding first." Liu Xi looked at Jing Lan, "Ah Lan, let's try to see if we can split here." Then, she let go of Jing Lan's hand, pulled out Shuying, and slashed at the beast's head.

There was only a sound of gold and stone, the blade hit the stone wall, and was bounced back fiercely, the blade trembled slightly, but the stone wall did not move at all.

Liu Xi said anxiously: "Not good, the material of this stone wall is the Broken Dragon Stone."

Jing Lan put away the Huozhezi, pulled out Chongxiao, and slashed with a sword. Except for the numbness of the tiger's mouth, there was no trace left on the stone wall.

"Miss Jin fell at the same time as us." Jing Lan reminded Liu Xi, "She should also be in this stone room."

"There must be a secret passage in this stone room." Liu Xi nodded, and walked along the murals again, tapping the murals inch by inch with Shuying while walking.

The materials of the stone walls are all broken dragon stones, and the paints used in the paintings are also the ones that will not rot for a thousand years. The murals are still bright and vivid without half the shadows.

Youyou tried to tap acupuncture points to stop the bleeding, but soon found that it was all in vain, "Have you found the way, Liuxi? I ​​can't hit the acupuncture points on the back!"

Liu Xi raised her voice and said, "I'm looking for it!"

Jing Lan had a flash of inspiration and reminded Youyou, "Miss Youyou, there are many snakes near the mouth of the well, you can try to use the voice of the beast, maybe the snake can roll you up!"

Youyou hesitated.

The beasts belong to the beasts, but now she is covered in blood, once the snake is provoked, those beasts will smell the blood, how can they listen to her voice of the beasts?

She doesn't want to turn into fresh meat for those snakes to eat.

"What a bad idea!" Youyou scolded in a low voice.

Fortunately, she grew up on Nether Island, and her water skills are not bad. With this, she can stick her head out of the well water, ensuring that she can breathe normally.

There is no organ on the wall, no secret door, and the only secret passage can only be set under the stone slab at the bottom of the foot.

Liu Xi walked back to the animal head, recalling that the distance between Bell and them was less than three steps.

She took three steps along the stone slab, and stomped on the slate a few times, but the slate did not move.

Jing Lan wasn't idle either, she took three steps in the opposite direction, and stomped on the stone slab a few times, but she still didn't move.

"Impossible, even if Miss Jin falls, she should be nearby." Liu Xi really couldn't figure it out, how could such a living person just disappear under her nose?

"Let's try it piece by piece," Jing Lan suggested.

Liu Xi nodded, "You try that side, I'll try this side."

The two of them divided their respective directions, and then tapped the stone slab under their feet with their scabbards and scabbards.

"Crack!"

Jing Lan poked her scabbard, and suddenly a stone slab collapsed, revealing several moss-covered stone steps.

"This way!" Jing Lan probed down and looked down. The stone steps are spiraling downwards. I don't know where they lead?

Liu Xi, who heard the movement, rushed over, and was not in a hurry to go down. She took a closer look at the edge of the stone slab, and there were traces of being knocked by some kind of weapon.

Liu Xi raised her head and glanced at the top of the stone chamber, and then glanced sideways at the mural next to it. It was clearly far away from the mural animal head they had just dropped.

How did the golden bell fall so far away?The more Liu Xi thought about it, the more strange she became.

Just at this moment, there was a soft sound under the stone steps.

What followed was the painful hiss of the bell, "Where is this...?"

"Miss Jin, are you okay?" Jing Lan asked loudly at the entrance of the stone slab.

Hearing Jing Lan's voice, Ling Dang suddenly wanted to cry, and couldn't help calling hoarsely: "Jing Lan..."

"Don't be afraid, we'll come down to rescue you right away." Jing Lan hurriedly replied, looking at Liu Xi, she noticed the annoyance in Liu Xi's eyes.

"Lord Governor is really gentle." After Liu Xi finished speaking in a low voice, he stabbed the sunken stone slab a few more times with the scabbard fiercely, preparing to climb down one step ahead of Jing Lan.

However, Jing Lan stepped on Liu Xi first, raised her head and smiled softly at Liu Xi, "Go back and let you settle the score." After finishing speaking, she went down two steps, turned her head and said to Liu Xi, "There is Moss is easy to slip and fall, I will walk in front of you, I won’t hurt you.” After speaking, she stretched out her hand to her, “Don’t be afraid.”

Liu Xi put away Shuying, slapped Jing Lan's palm, and then held her tightly, "You are sensible."

Jing Lan smiled dumbly, she is not a child anymore, she should understand some things.

The author has something to say: The Temple of the Past and the Mirage must be related, wait for the box to open the chapter, and then reveal the secret~

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