Heaven and earth float day and night

Wen Qi stood at the bottom of the well, he could still touch the iron ladder, and if he wanted to climb up, he would have to face the living stone statue.

If he wants to move forward, he has to face two shadows.

After careful identification, he found that the two shadows were tall and short, but they didn't really look like Su Jiugui and Hongliu.

There are only two possibilities, one is a ghost, and the other is the "thief" mentioned by Su Jiugui before.

Wen Qi grasped the sword behind his back, and finally gained experience by following Su Jiugui's side, unlike before when he wanted to run away when he saw everything.

He entered the Qi training stage, and his hearing was better than before. The place is quiet, and he seems to be able to hear the breathing of the other two people in the dark.

Breathing, ghosts don't breathe, only people have breathing.

Wen Qi tightly grasped his sword hilt, and at the same time, on the other side in the darkness, Pan Ning also grasped his own axe, and his younger brother Xiaotian followed closely behind.

Pan Ning came down right after Zhubai. He had seen the stone statue move a long time ago, and knew that once it got dark, it might be safer to go down than to go up.

Pan Ning is a member of the Zhengxian League, and they are all monks. Besides, there is Xiaotian on his side. Two people against one person, no matter how you look at it, it is Wen Qilo.

Pan Ning is used to doing evil things. Before dawn, the mine is the safest place, and he doesn't know when he can go up.

Now that he has come down, he must be prepared. I heard that many people have been trapped at the bottom of the mine. What is the most lacking thing when they are trapped?Definitely not gold and silver, but food.

The dry food that Pan Ning carried with him could not survive for a few days. Looking at Wen Qi was like looking at a plate of meat. If he was really trapped here in the end, Wen Qi's meat could satisfy his hunger.

He doesn't mind eating human flesh.

The two sides confronted each other in the dark, Wen Qi's palms were sweaty, and he was waiting for the other side to make the first move.

Sudden.

"Wen Qi!" Hong Liu's voice broke the confrontation.

"You have been in the next hole for so long, are you a man?" Hongliu lit a fire talisman in her hand, and at the moment when the fire talisman was lit, Pan Ning and Xiaotian retreated silently into the darkness.

Pan Ning frowned fiercely, this time there were also two people on the opposite side, a woman was carrying a knife and could make a fire talisman, Hong Liu didn't look like a character to be trifled with at first sight.

Wen Qi didn't let go, he could feel the prey retreating slowly, the master said that cultivating the Tao is to protect the weak, Hongliu is a girl's family, Wen Qi instinctively wants to protect the girl.

Wen Qi still maintained a confrontational posture, Hong Liu slapped him on the head, and said, "What are you looking at? I've been waiting for a long time."

"But..." Wen Qi still wanted to speak, but when she saw Hongliu's eyes obediently shut up, she rolled her eyes and silently turned towards the thief's hiding place.

Hongliu already knew that there were people, thieves wanted money and would not die, and if they could enter Guangling City at this time to seek a chance to make a fortune, they would be desperadoes.

Hongliu has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and knows that gentlemen and villains are not to be feared. What is feared are desperadoes. They have nothing but can give everything for it.

Hong Liu held Wen Qi's wrist and said, "Let's go."

Wen Qi was taken aback, his face turned red when he was pulled by Hongliu, this was the first time he was being pulled by a girl.

Hongliu walked and listened to the movement behind them. Sure enough, when they moved, the thieves behind them also moved, and they followed quietly, not knowing if they were waiting to make up the knife.

Su Jiugui said that the place where Jingxian Statue is located is the safest, and it is not safe here anymore.

Hongliu led Wen Qi through the upside-down mummy. Wen Qi opened his mouth wide, wanting to ask something, but found Hongliu extremely calm, as if the mummy above his head was either a mummy or bacon.

"Shut up." Hong Liu choked back what Wen Qi was about to say next.

Wen Qi shut up obediently, but he heard a short and soft sound from the thieves behind him, probably because the mummy cave had startled them.

Hongliu dragged Wen Qi to Jingxian Statue, "Kneel down."

"Ah?" Wen Qi didn't react.

Hongliu kicked Wen Qi's knee, "Kowtow to Immortal Jing, and pray that the mine will be safe and smooth."

"Ah?" Wen Qi was taken aback for a while, "Are we going to mine?"

Hongliu stared at the back like a sentry, the two thieves did not pass through the mummy forest, and slapped Wen Qi on the back of the head: "Stop talking nonsense, kowtow if you ask, it's very effective."

Wen Qi kowtowed three times and said obediently that everything was going well.

"And then?" Wen Qi lowered his voice and asked, "Where is my master?"

Hongliu pointed to the hole behind the Immortal Jing Statue, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "He saw blood on the stairs, so he went down first, and we probably have to go down too."

Wen Qi frowned and said, "Where is the blood?"

"It's right here." Hongliu pointed to the stairs, the dragon's blood was quite obvious, but she didn't find the expected blood.

Strange, the fire talisman in Hongliu's hand moved forward, just now Su Jiugui sniffed it, wiped off a piece, and now it is clean, not even a drop of blood.

What about blood?

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Su Jiugui walked down the stairs.

This staircase is extremely long. He is a monster who can see much farther than others in the dark. From his eyesight, the staircase has been extending downwards for at least ten miles, almost leading to the center of the earth.

There are no guardrails on both sides of the stairs, and the steps are less than one meter wide, which can only accommodate one person. A little carelessness will result in a broken body.

Su Jiugui raised his head and took a look. Hongliu was looking at him worriedly, probably wondering if he would come back alive after this trip.

Su Jiugui smiled at her as a farewell, and then escaped into the darkness under Hongliu's gaze.

He walked down step by step, and then found that there was no end in front of him, and he couldn't see the entrance when he looked back.

He turned his head like this, as if the staircase had turned around, turned upside down, and he found that he couldn't tell which direction he came from.

When he goes up, he goes down, and when he goes down, he goes down.

Which direction is down?

It seems to be escaping into nothingness. No matter how he walks, he feels that he is in the middle of the stairs. This place probably belongs to some kind of magic circle. If a person is impatient or loses focus, once he panics and chooses his way, he will easily stumble no matter how he runs.

Was the white blood marked?The location of the three drops of blood is the starting point.

What's the meaning?Stairs have two ends, going in two directions will take him to two different places?

This kind of mechanism should prevent outsiders from breaking into the quarry, probably originally to prevent thieves.

If it is an ordinary Guangling city person going down the mine, he will first have to go through three difficulties when going down the mine. The first is the shaft, the second is to pay homage to the well fairy, and the third is this staircase.

This is simply not to let people do coolies, but to test people, let them come to ascend to immortality and seek Taoism, can ordinary people bear it?

Su Jiugui stopped and didn't rush forward any more. It was getting darker and darker in front of him. Su Jiugui was a fox demon, and he couldn't see the front clearly. He was completely swallowed by the darkness.

"Save, save... life..."

Suddenly, there was a hoarse cry for help.

With a snap, something grabbed his boot and hugged his ankle.

Su Jiugui lit up a fire talisman, unlike Hongliu who had to hold it with his palm, the fire talisman flew in the air and moved with Su Jiugui's movements.

The fire talisman could only illuminate about an inch, and Su Jiugui could see clearly what was holding him.

Is this... a cotton doll?

Cotton dolls are about as long as a human arm, just big enough to be held by a child to sleep, lying face down.

Why is there a doll in a mining hole?

The spider silk turned him over, and it was an "old man" doll.

The dolls played by children are generally small and cute, with big eyes that make people look happy. The doll in front of him is an old man who has suffered all the hardships of life and the vicissitudes of the world, with a dejected look on his face.

As soon as Zhang Nu turned over, he saw Su Jiugui's face. He was ecstatic that he had finally met an acquaintance.

Su Jiugui watched the doll change from a sad face to a smiling face, the smile was uglier than crying, and it was especially scary in the night.

There was a hole in Zhang Nu's stomach, and the cotton wool leaked out of it. It was probably because of the heavy injury that he couldn't maintain his human shape, so he turned into a doll for children to play with.

Su Jiugui picked him up, the little thing looked so pitiful, it lay dying in Su Jiugui's hands, gasping for breath.

Such a depressed face should not be a villain.

Su Jiugui moved his fingers, and the spider silk passed through the air, suturing his wound.

When the last thread fell, the other party finally let out a long sigh of relief and looked at Su Jiugui eagerly. He should have wanted to burst into tears, but unfortunately he is a cotton spirit, so he couldn't shed tears, only two balls of cotton wool.

Seeing how pitiful he was, Su Jiugui helped him wipe away his "tears". With the extra cotton wool in his hand, he didn't know whether to throw it away or stuff it back down his stomach.

The cotton doll lay in Su Jiugui's hands, and called out weakly, "Ma'am."

"..." Su Jiugui: "You've got the wrong person."

"No," Zhang Nu was afraid that Su Jiugui would throw him away, and called again: "Madam, I am His Highness's servant."

Su Jiugui: "...Zhubai?"

Zhang Nu nodded: "Yes! I am a servant of the White House."

Su Jiugui didn't speak, and put him down silently, and put him back to the original place very intimately, as if to let Zhang Nu go back wherever he came from.

"..." Seeing Su Jiugui turn around, Zhang Nu knew that his highness had stabbed him, and no normal person would come forward to die at this time.

But there are no villages or shops in front of this place, and there are evil ghosts all around. Zhang Nu, a cotton spirit, went to the mine, and died easily without the protection of an adult.

Zhang Nu thought of this master's famous protector, Zhubai is Su Jiugui's son, and Zhang Nu is Zhubai's servant, so he can be regarded as Su Jiugui's son according to a rough calculation.

When Zhang Nu thought of this, he kicked his legs, and he was cotton essence, which was weightless, and fell lightly on Su Jiugui's robe.

Su Jiugui didn't take a step forward, Zhang Nu was not afraid, and planned to imitate his Highness's shamelessness, hugging Su Jiugui's calf tightly.

Su Jiugui lowered his head, and Zhang Nu stared at a pair of old eyes, with cotton dripping from his eyes. If Su Jiugui ignored him, the cotton spirit would cry until he died.

"..." He silently scooped up the cotton essence and let him sit in his arms.

Sitting in Su Jiugui's arms, Zhang Nu blushed inexplicably, and leaned gently on Su Jiugui's chest. He had never been treated like this before. Su Jiugui had a woody fragrance, which smelled very nice.

"You smell so good." Zhang Nu said.

"..." He regretted it, this old cotton spirit was really talkative, Su Jiugui said, "That's the smell of a vine demon."

He had just eaten the golden elixir of Vine Demon, and absorbed seven or eight, and now the other party's attributes had just begun to manifest in Su Jiugui's body.

"Then will you also bloom?" Zhang Nu asked.

Su Jiugui: "...I don't know."

He actually didn't know what species the vine demon was. If the vine demon could bloom, he should too.Su Jiugui often inherits their shortcomings when he gets the golden core of the monster.

For example, if he wants to use the ability of the vine demon now, his greatest weakness is fire, so the fire talisman is floating beside him, keeping a little distance from him.

Zhang Nu is not useless, at least he pointed out the direction for Su Jiugui, and the place where Zhang Nu is should be the front.After identifying the direction, Su Jiugui took the cotton servant downstairs together.

Su Jiugui spoke concisely, and did not take the initiative to talk to him. For a while, only the sound of Su Jiugui's footsteps descending the stairs was left. Zhang Nu knew Su Jiugui very well. He tidied up the small yard and planted a flower garden for the future wife. , and was going to take him back home, but this was the first time Zhang Nu really saw Su Jiugui.

Zhang Nu carefully said: "Actually, Your Highness misses you very much."

Su Jiugui didn't stop walking: "Huh?"

Zhang Nu: "He was sitting in front of the flower garden that day, thinking about you while playing with flowers, and then smashed the heart of the flower, and let me keep it."

"..." Su Jiugui: "It doesn't sound like a serious matter."

"Huh?" Zhang Nu also reacted, "He is not such a person..."

He originally wanted to excuse Zhubai, but this matter sounds very beastly, and there is no room for excuses.

"He really planted a flower garden?" Su Jiugui asked.

He remembered what he had said to him every day when he was young, saying that he wanted to send him a flower garden.

Zhang Nu nodded hastily: "Yes! He really likes you, he prepared a yard for you, planted a flower garden, and prepared a ban for you."

"Restriction?" The light was dim, and Zhang Nu was lying in Su Jiugui's arms. He couldn't raise his head, and couldn't see Su Jiugui's expression clearly. He heard Su Jiugui laugh, and the sound of his laughter was pleasant, and asked. : "He wants to imprison me?"

Zhang Nu: "..."

"Ah, I, it's not..." Zhang Nu was speechless, and he thought to himself, why didn't his highness do two serious things, and brought them up one by one, why are they so dishonest? through?

Zhang Nu and Su Jiugui didn't say a few words, and then sold his Highness completely. He had a hunch that if he didn't save Zhubai some face and come back, he might be killed by Zhubai.

Zhang Nu struggled and said, "Actually, His Highness came here specifically to find you."

Su Jiugui didn't talk to him this time, Zhang Nu said anxiously, "Really, he wanted to be a hero to save the beauty."

Su Jiugui: "So what about others?"

Zhang Nu: "Huh?"

Su Jiugui asked, "Why are you here?"

Zhubai shouldn't be unable to protect a cotton spirit, even Zhang Nu has been disemboweled, Zhubai must be uncomfortable.

Zhang Nu: "His Royal Highness asked me to go first if I was in danger, and told me to go back to Jingxian Statue, which is the safest place."

Zhubai's speculation is the same as Su Jiugui's. They both think that Jingxian is the safest place in Lingtian Quarry.

"And then?" Su Jiugui asked.

Zhang Nu said: "Oh, by the way, he said that if I meet you, let you go first and don't go down the mine."

Su Jiugui had already stepped on the last step, and a door appeared in front of him, and said, "Is it too late for you to tell me now?"

Zhang Nu: "..."

He is finished.

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The author has something to say:

感谢在2022-01-2117:57:16~2022-01-2417:29:35期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the grenade: the evil charm and crazy little earphones, wash and sleep when you are sleepy, and break up one hand;

Thanks to the little angels who threw mines: 2 like a dream bubble; 1 Ouyang Taiyaki and Snow Cub;

感谢灌溉营养液的小天使：沙塔100瓶；凌川50瓶；没有昵称30瓶；粉色回忆、爱洛依丝20瓶；如夢幻泡影10瓶；猫咪之兰2瓶；看看不开心1瓶；

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!

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