The lake water beside the rock is very blue, with a faint lin light, and the breeze blows, bringing up ripples, the edge of which cannot be seen at a glance.

This is the famous Tianchi in the shade of Nanshan Mountain, a huge natural lake surrounded by peaks.

On the other side of the rock wall, there is a swift waterfall flowing down like a silver curtain.

Pei Ning straddled one foot on the rugged rock protruding by the lake, and he stared at the reflection in the deep blue lake.

For some reason, the surface of the lake was obviously flat, but he felt a trembling from the depths of his soul, as if it was not a lake, but a deep ocean, and the depths of the blue lake were endless darkness, where the giant beasts of the deep sea With blood-red eyes,

is staring at you.

In the next second, Pei Ning expelled this absurd thought from his mind, and he looked behind him.

With a bow on his back, Qin Hezhou's white figure was moving nimbly across a gravel cliff behind him. At this time, he was standing on the top of the cliff, looking down, Qin Hezhou's goal seemed to be very clear all along, so that he had no idea of ​​the surrounding scenery. They didn't care much, and didn't even take a look at Tianchi.

At this time, Ye Wenzhe was lying leisurely on a huge rock by the lake, with a grass in his mouth. He closed his eyes, as if he was not here for the competition, but for vacation.

"Aren't you looking for targets here in Tianchi?" After thinking for a while, Pei Ning still asked aloud: "There must be water beasts down here."

Hearing this, Ye Wenzhe sat up from the rock, squinted slightly because of the light, and glanced at the deep lake, then turned to look at Qin Hezhou, and raised his eyebrows at him.

Qin Hezhou didn't speak, but shook his head at him.

"Forget it, let's go." Ye Wenzhe looked at Pei Ning, with a careless tone in his tone, after saying that, he lightly stepped over the rubble in front of him with his toes, and jumped to Qin Hezhou's side in a few steps in the air.

"It's down here." Ye Wenzhe looked down, his expression becoming serious.

Beneath this cliff, there is a cave entrance hidden in the depths.

At this moment, a few small pebbles at their feet suddenly rolled down along the edge of the cliff, making a slight "cracking" sound. Seeing this, the two raised their heads to look at each other at the same time, with mixed expressions Some doubts, but more vigilance against unknown dangers.

The next second, the ground under their feet trembled violently, and the gravel around their feet began to shake non-stop.

Qin Hezhou frowned and looked alert. These were the precursors of an earthquake.

At the same time, he and Ye Wenzhe looked back towards the lake, only to see that the water surface began to undulate violently, and the sky darkened suddenly. For a moment, thunder and lightning flashed, and the original blue lake surface became pitch black, as if it could swallow Everything was in the dark abyss, and Pei Ning stood up from the ground in a panic.

"What did you do?" Qin Hezhou shouted at him.

At this moment, there was a loud noise from the cliffs, and the boulders on the mountain began to collapse. In an instant, the sky collapsed and the earth cracked, and the earth shook.

However, amidst this chaotic sound, there seemed to be a completely different sound of playing music, which sounded melodious and high-pitched, as if it came from a flute.

"It's not him!" Ye Wenzhe had already stepped on the long sword at this time, he was hanging in the air, and said to Qin Hezhou, "Did you hear the sound of the flute? Someone is secretly working to release that thing in the lake. …”

However, all of this happened too suddenly. Before he could finish his sentence, he was suddenly interrupted by a cry from the depths of the lake. It's not something that ordinary beasts can send out.

In the next second, the lake broke open, and a pitch-black dragon the size of a mountain top sprang out from the bottom of the lake. Its pitch-black scales were the size of an ordinary person's palm, and the roar shook people's hearts.

"Flood dragon? This definitely does not belong to the first-level to fifth-level strange beasts. This is clearly an ancient beast. How could it appear in this hunting meeting?" Ye Wenzhe quickly avoided the falling rocks with his sword, and at the same time roared at Qin Hezhou from the air road.

"Be careful!" Qin Hezhou held his sword, turned his head to glance at the lake, and shouted at the other party.

In the next second, a column of water spewed out from Jiaolong's mouth, heading straight towards the two of them.

Between the lightning and the flint, Qin Hezhou and Ye Wenzhe dodged to the two sides respectively, and the two were separated by the water column.

Ye Wenzhe glanced at Pei Ning who was still stunned by the lake, and said, "You go first!"

Immediately, he flew over with the sword at the fastest speed, and caught Pei Ning on the long sword under the mouth of the dragon that was about to close. Ye Wenzhe's entire back was soaked by the cold water sprayed by the dragon, and Pei Ning trembling at his feet.

There was a roaring dragon roar from behind, and the dragon was chasing them at the moment, Ye Wenzhe sighed, thinking, what is all this?

The master didn't ask him to help, this clearly asked him to die.

At this moment, a few gongs sounded in the air, and a few gray-clothed Taoist priests informed everyone that the hunting meeting had ended through sound transmission through the air, and told them to hide in a safe place.

"Just kidding," Ye Wenzhe glanced at the ancient ferocious beast that was chasing after him, "Then let it stop."

Since Pei Ning was also carried on the sword, the weight of the long sword increased a lot, Ye Wenzhe's sword control skills naturally slowed down, and they were about to be overtaken by Jiaolong.

At this moment, with the sound of "嗖", the feathered arrows came through the clouds and hit the scales around the Jiaolong's eyes. Target.

"Go to the underground cave." Holding a bow, Qin Hezhou shuttled down from the dragon's horn.

Ye Wenzhe nodded at him, and the two dived towards the bottom of the cliff at extreme speed.

The moment they were about to jump into the entrance of the cave, Jiaolong roared violently, and the roar shook the rocks at the entrance of the cave to collapse.

"Not good!" Just before jumping into the cave, Ye Wenzhe suddenly remembered Li Xuankun's instructions to him before leaving. Thinking of this, he frowned and shouted from the air: "Master told me that the cry of the dragon will cause The resonance of the Nine Babies..."

However, in the next second, with a "boom", a huge boulder crashed down, separating the two of them. When they came back to their senses, the road in the middle was completely separated by the collapsed rubble, and an entrance was blocked. Life is divided into two ways.

"Cough...cough..."

The dust raised in the collapsed space caused Qin Hezhou to cough twice. He reached out and brushed off a layer of dust on his clothes, and tapped the road blocked by the rock with the hilt of his sword, but there was no response. He yelled a few times Ye Wenzhe's name didn't respond at all.

It seems that they are now completely separated.

Qin Hezhou looked at the endless dark passage in front of him, kicked the rubble pile at his feet, found a wooden stick that was originally hanging on the rock wall, lit the torch with the technique of controlling fire, and the torch lit up in the dark A dazzling light emanated from the darkness, illuminating the road ahead of him.

Now he can only keep walking forward, trying to find the exit, to see if he can meet Ye Wenzhe.

They had already expected that there would be someone secretly causing trouble, and they had already made sufficient preparations, but they did not expect that there were ancient fierce beasts hiding at the bottom of Tianchi Lake.

Thinking of this, Qin Hezhou frowned. The only people who could contact and place these beasts in these places in advance must be people from the Nanshan faction.

And these people hid it deeper than they thought, so that even Li Xuankun's great apprentice Ye Wenzhe didn't know anything about it.

So, who will it be?

Going all the way down the secret passage, an intersection appeared in front of Qin Hezhou. At first glance, it was winding and rugged, and there was no obvious difference between the two roads.

Seeing this, Qin Hezhou took out a roll of parchment from his cuff, spread the parchment on the rock wall, and the black lines on it were reflected by the firelight.

It was the underground cave map that Li Xuankun had given him earlier.

Because the cave where Jiuying was sealed was messy and intertwined, it would be difficult to get out if he entered by mistake, so Li Xuankun gave him this map for emergencies.

Qin Hezhou's eyes were focused on the map at this time, but at this moment, a silver light flashed, a dagger stabbed him head-on, and a black shadow flashed in the dark.

Qin Hezhou reacted quickly. At the moment when the dagger stabbed, his upper body leaned back and his knees slammed against the man's elbow. His left hand grabbed his wrist and pinched it at the man's meridian. As soon as it was loosened, the dagger fell to the ground with a "bang", and the person was dragged out of the darkness by Qin Hezhou.

Even though Qin Hezhou's reaction was quick, the dagger still cut off a strand of hair at the corner of his forehead. It is conceivable that if his reaction was slower, it would not be as simple as losing his hair now.

The moment the torch shone on the other party's face, Qin Hezhou frowned,

This "assassin" in black is none other than Ruan Shan, the chief disciple of Yufengtang.

Ruan Shan was pulled violently by Qin Hezhou. During the pulling process, something on his body accidentally fell to the ground, made a crisp sound, and rolled several times on the ground.

Qin Hezhou glanced at it from the corner of his eye, and it was nothing but a wooden clarinet.

It was the one who called out the fierce beast at the bottom of the lake with the sound of the flute just now...

Ruan Shan.

Thinking of this, Qin Hezhou's eyes darkened. Due to the narrow terrain of the cave, he couldn't use a long sword, so he could only pull out a feathered arrow from behind, while Ruan Shan struggled to stand up from the ground, With a stern look on his face, he waved a palm at him.

That palm blew up a gust of wind for a moment, and due to the constraints of the terrain, Qin Hezhou had no choice but to take a few steps back.

Ruan Shan chased him aggressively. During the interval between the two of them fighting, they accidentally broke into one of the side roads, and their vision suddenly became wider.

When Qin Hezhou reacted, he suddenly found that there were iron railings behind him, and the abyss beyond him. Seeing this, Qin Hezhou immediately stopped and retreated.

At this moment, Ruan Shan had already rushed towards him. Qin Hezhou didn't want this man to make any more fools. The moment he rushed, his figure swayed slightly, making Ruan Shan empty-handed. Grasping one of the opponent's arms, the cluster of arrows from Feather Arrow drew a bloodstain on it, and then Qin Hezhou pushed hard on his knee, pressing his entire face against the iron railing.

Ruan Shan struggled violently.

"This is poisoned." Qin Hezhou's cold voice sounded from behind him.

After hearing these words, Ruan Shan suddenly opened his eyes wide and stopped struggling.

"It doesn't take half an hour from poisoning to death." Qin Hezhou continued, his voice without any warmth.

Ruan Shan looked at the arm in horror. The injured arm had turned black, and he lost his intuition. The blackness gradually spread from the arm to the limbs. As Qin Hezhou said, it would take less than half an hour. , the poison will spread to the lungs.

Ruan Shan's lips trembled uncontrollably: "You..."

Suddenly, Qin Hezhou held a small bottle and put it in front of him.

"An antidote."

Ruan Shan stretched out his hand to grab it, and Qin Hezhou suddenly took the bottle away, leaving him empty.

"Who else?" Qin Hezhou asked.

He knew very well that Ruan Shan's appearance here must have been instigated by his master Yiru the elders, so the eight elders of the Sanqingjiao must be inextricably linked to this matter.

But now he wants to find out who is the inner ghost of the Nanshan faction.

Who on earth has such a great right to secretly hide this dragon in the lake?

"I...my master asked me to come..." Ruan Shan stammered.

Qin Hezhou raised his eyebrows, "What about this dragon, it was also released by your master. A few days ago, he was clearly still in the Sanqing sect, so he used the separation body technique? I advise you to hurry up and say, now your master can save you." Not you."

Ruan Shan's face froze, he stared at the bottle for a while, hesitated, and finally opened his mouth,

"Li Xuankun."

Hearing this, Qin Hezhou's pupils constricted suddenly, these three words were no different from the Arabian Nights to him.

How could the mastermind behind the group of people plotting to break the seal of the Nine Infants be the head teacher of the Nanshan sect?

If he did this, the foundation of the Nanshan School for hundreds of years would be directly destroyed.

And once the Jiuying is released, it will definitely endanger the common people in the world, and the people will be in dire straits by then.

What was even more deadly was that his and Ye Wenzhe's every move today was planned by Li Xuankun, half of the people in the hunting conference were directly arranged by him.

So that is to say,

The situation was completely reversed at this time, and they had already fallen into the trap laid out step by step by the other side.

"Are you serious?" Qin Hezhou tightened his grip on Ruan Shan's hand, "Say it again."

"what!"

Ruan Shan let out a painful exclamation, "I...I'm serious, I don't need to lie to you at this time, if it wasn't for Li Xuankun, who would have such great authority to let the ancient beasts change their posts? To the bottom of the lake? He is the head teacher of Nanshan Sect, how could he not know?"

"A month ago, he was conspiring with the master..."

As he spoke, he felt Qin Hezhou loosen his grip on his neck, and said again: "I've already said it, can you give me the antidote?"

In the next second, Qin Hezhou let go of his hand completely. Panting, Ruan Shan turned around and was about to reach for the bottle of antidote, but in the next second, Qin Hezhou's long and narrow eyes flashed a cold expression, and then He raised his hand, and the bottle fell directly into the abyss below.

"You! Are you kidding me?"

At this time, Ruan Shan looked at the other party with bloodshot eyes, and he realized that he had been tricked by Qin Hezhou just now.

"I never said I would give it to you." Qin Hezhou said coldly, "If you think about the things you have done, do you think it is possible?"

At this time, Ruan Shan's mind was blank, and a strong killing intent was stirred in his chest.

Before Qin Hezhou finished speaking, he swung his palm at the opponent like crazy.

Qin Hezhou only thought that he was repeating the old trick, and easily grabbed his wrist. However, at this moment, the sleeve blade hidden in Ruan Shan's cuff suddenly flew out. Qin Hezhou only felt a flash of silver light, and his left arm was caught The blade was cut open.

In the next second, Ruan Shan grabbed his arms and fell towards the iron railing together. The violent collision made the rusty railing make a loud "jingle, clang, clang".

Qin Hezhou's entire body was outside the railing, while Ruan Shan's sleeve blade was facing his eyes, and the edge of the blade was about to pierce his eyeball by just a hair.

At this critical moment, Qin Hezhou kicked under him, Ruan Shan let go of his hand in pain, and Qin Hezhou was able to get out of it at the moment he was dazed.

Ruan Shan, who had lost his center of gravity, jumped out of the railing with his whole body, and fell into the vast depth.

The deep hole, like a big mouth, swallowed a living person in an instant, without even the slightest sound.

Qin Hezhou withdrew his gaze from the railing, frowned and looked down at the wound on his left arm. The white sleeve had already been soaked red...

·

On the other side, in the narrow cave, Ye Wenzhe held up a torch to reflect the murals on one side of the rock wall.

In the center of the mural is a monster with nine heads that can spit water and fire. It is obviously the ancient beast sealed in the underground cave - Jiuying. The Jiuying in the painting is screaming resoundingly.

Around the Jiuying, there are four ancient fierce beasts painted, they are Jiaolong, Qiongqi, Kui Niu, and Zhuyan, and they are resonating with Jiuying.

From this mural, it can be seen that these fierce beasts are all connected with each other. It is no wonder that the cry of the flood dragon will have an impact on the seal of Jiuying.

Ye Wenzhe stretched out his hand to stroke the uneven rock wall, his mind was full of thoughts.

Just before leaving, Li Xuankun told him that if he encounters a wild animal riot on the way of hunting, it is very likely to cause nine infants to tremble, and he must not go to that underground cave at this time.

But now this matter is really predicted by the master, if he can sooner...

Anticipated earlier?

Suddenly, a strange thought flashed through Ye Wenzhe's mind.

Today they happened to encounter Jiaolong Riot, and this coincided with Li Xuankun's previous instructions.

How could there be such a coincidence?

Master, why did he know in advance?Is it just his casual guess?

The more Ye Wenzhe thought about it, the more he felt that this idea was too absurd. Then he subconsciously looked around, only to find that Pei Ning, who was originally by his side, had long since disappeared.

And the next moment, a burst of cold air suddenly came from behind, Ye Wenzhe frowned, and immediately became alert.

At this time, someone gathered in the shadow behind him, staring at him with a pair of blood red eyes...

·

After Ruan Shan finished speaking, the reliability of the map Li Xuankun gave became an unknown. Qin Hezhou could only judge the location of the exit by constantly comparing the terrain in the cave with the lines on the map. An hour later, he found the exit by mistake.

And the map given by Li Xuankun is not fake, it is indeed consistent with the situation in this cave.

However, halfway through Qin Hezhou Yujian's walk, the wound suddenly started to itch. At first it was just bursts of stinging pain. After a while, it seemed that tens of thousands of ants were constantly gnawing at the piece of flesh, and then this painful The feeling of scratching the heart and lungs gradually spread throughout the body, the whole body became hot, the blood flow began to accelerate, the heartbeat was as fast as if he was sick, and the scene in front of him seemed to be a double image.

He managed to fly to the courtyard where Lu Lingchuan and himself lived. The moment he landed, the long sword fell to the ground with a "bang".

Immediately Qin Hezhou narrowed his long and narrow eyes, propped up the wall with one hand, gritted his teeth, and walked forward.

However, there was already a phantom in front of his eyes, and he could barely see the outline of the house.

Cold sweat kept dripping from the forehead, Qin Hezhou clenched his palms desperately, his nails were deeply embedded in his palms, and bloodstains were drawn, and the itching from the wound became more and more obvious.

It's so itchy...as if there are Gu worms swimming under the skin along the blood vessels, I really want...I really want to tear the flesh from the wound...I want to tear the All the skin on his body was peeled off.

The sword that Ruan Shan used just now is definitely not an ordinary sword, it should be poisoned on it, but Qin Hezhou doesn't know what kind of poison it is, but it looks like he has played a cruel hand, after all, a dog will Jumping over the wall, let alone a vicious and vicious person like Ruan Shan, he should have wanted to drag Qin Hezhou to die with the idea of ​​dying together.

"Tick...tick..."

It was the sound of blood dripping down the arm.

There is an unrestrained desire surging in the chest.

The gray-black stone road was covered with mottled scarlet blood.

But Qin Hezhou has no time to deal with the wound now, he can only rely on the remaining willpower to restrain his impulse, and walk towards the house step by step.

The moment the door was pushed open, a scent of orchid grass rushed towards him. Perhaps under the effect of the poison, Qin Hezhou's senses around him were infinitely magnified, and that scent seemed stronger than ever before.

The moment he saw Lu Lingchuan's figure, there was a "pop!"

He felt that the only rational string in his mind was broken.

"Azhou?" Lu Lingchuan was taken aback for a moment, and when he noticed the other party's drooping eyebrows and the bright red on his arm, he frowned again, walked towards Qin Hezhou, and said with concern: "Azhou, why are you back?" ..."

"No~"

However, the rest of Lu Lingchuan's words were blocked in his mouth, and a warm breath came from his lips.

Qin Hezhou clasped his waist with one hand, and kissed him fiercely...

The author has something to say: Anyone who understands this poison can understand it.

Ye: Good brother, my life and death are uncertain now, what are you doing?

Qin: I am in love with Master

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