Tomb Raiders

The sound of the entrance of the cave collapsed was deafening, and Shen Liaobai's ears rang continuously. It wasn't until the dust and smoke cleared that the situation improved. The entrance of the tunnel was sealed with sand and stones, so there was no need to worry about those terrifying spiders anymore.

The four breathed a sigh of relief, and sat outside, Wen Hao's right hand injury was still serious, the flesh on his forearm was torn apart, blood flowed, and he was poisoned by the mountain spider, luckily the antidote was still there Some, Shen Liaobai applied the remaining spider silk to his wound to stop the bleeding.

Shen Liaobai thought of the little deer. He didn't pay attention to it when they were fighting with the mountain spider. He searched left and right but couldn't find it. The situation was urgent and he didn't confirm it. Don't seal it in the tunnel, it would be a lifesaver. .Deer.He was about to get up to search, when something soft hit his back, he turned his head, and the fawn leaned over to rub his cheek with its soft ears,

"You run fast." Shen Liaobai said with a smile, heaving a sigh of relief.

After they ran out of the corridor, they returned to the ground again. No one noticed that the slope of the road could reach the ground. Shen Liaobai thought they would go further and further down.It is daytime now, the warm and dappled sunlight shines on his cheeks, Shen Liaobai is drowsy after a day of exhaustion, just looking at the food consumption, it should have been two days, there is not much time left, he must cheer up Come.

Qin Zhaonan shook the kettle, there was not much left, surrounded by unknown old trees with luxuriant foliage, and the air was filled with heavy humidity, all these meant that there was a water source nearby, so he took everyone's kettles and hung them on his body Said: "I'm going to find water."

It is not suitable to act alone in places where the situation is unknown, and two of the four are injured and need to rest, so Shen Liaobai is the only one who can act with Qin Zhaonan, and of course there is a deer.

There is no road in this forest, and the knee-length weeds completely cover the ground, making it difficult to walk, and you have to be careful of the mud under your feet. Every step Shen Liaobai takes is like walking on thin ice. After walking for half an hour, I heard the sound of gurgling water, and when Qin Zhaonan brushed away the weeds, I saw a small stream, and the water quality was so clear that we could see the aquatic plants, sand and stones at the bottom.

Qin Zhaonan took a handful of water and took a sip, startled, "Sweet?"

When Shen Liaobai heard it, he squatted down and took a sip. The stream water was clear and sweet, with a hint of sweet fragrance. He looked at the water surface shining in the sun, and said excitedly, "It's Liquan."

The immortal tree recorded in ancient books grows next to Liquan, that is to say, it is probably nearby.It was too late for the two of them to fetch water, so they trotted back to tell Chu Yuyang the news. The sudden good news wiped away the exhaustion of the past two days, and the group quickly returned to the stream. As a wounded soldier, Shen Liaobai struggled even to protect himself, so he was still a group activity.

They said they were looking for it, but in fact, they didn't know what to do. There were very few records about the undead tree in the book. They only saw a piece of scorched black branch. It is better to have hope than to be at a loss.

The team of four walked along the flow of the stream. Most of the plants along the water were unfamiliar to them, and none of them looked like undead trees.

"Wait." Chu Yuyang said suddenly.

"What's the matter?" Shen Liaobai asked suspiciously, looked around, and suddenly understood why Chu Yuyang called to stop.

It's footprints. From the place where they were standing, they suddenly turned right and entered the deeper forest. There are other people in this place besides them. It can be seen that the place where the weeds are broken is still oozing with fresh juice. It should have just passed by not long ago. It seems that The purpose of that person was the same as theirs, and he seemed to be more familiar than them. There should be no one else in this person except Hanzhang.

Several people knew in their hearts that Hanzhang was ahead of them. No matter how much doubt they had in their hearts, they could only hurry up and follow Hanzhang's footsteps to the depths of the forest until they saw Hanzhang's back and the A bright green tree.

For the first time, Shen Liaobai felt that there were things in the world that were difficult to describe in words, as if a famous craftsman had spent decades carving them out of fine jadeite. The beauty of the undead tree with the halo is shocking.

Hanzhang had heard the movement a long time ago, he waved the knife in his hand with his back to several people, and said: "If you leave now, I will not make things difficult for you."

But Chu Yuyang took a step forward and said, "It must have been very easy for you to follow us all the way. It's too much to not even say thank you now."

Hanzhang turned around, his eyebrows and eyes were still Hanzhang, but his expression was completely different. He smiled and said: "I don't think Mr. Chu is such a stingy person, is he?"

Chu Yuyang hooked the corner of his mouth, his expression was cold, "Who the hell are you?"

Hanzhang clicked his tongue, turned his wrist slightly, and cut off a piece of weed with the sharp tip of the knife, "After a long time, Mr. Chu doesn't even know who I am."

Shen Liaobai recalled the murals he had seen in Zhang Jiao's tomb, the things Song Qiancheng mentioned at that time, the fragmentary clues gathered and merged in his mind, "You are Yu Ji, no...you are Gong Chong, you are The person in the mural who gave the branch to Zhang Jiao."

"Not bad, not bad," Hanzhang, no, Gong Chong applauded, "It's true that I was so optimistic about Shen Jun back then, among these people, only you have a bit of a brain."

There are only a few words about Gong Chong in the history books. He is Yu Ji's apprentice. He once presented the Taiping Sutra to Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty. Lived for nearly 800 years?By the branches of the undead tree?

Seeing Shen Liaobai looking at him like a monster, Gong Chong smiled instead of anger: "Master gave me two branches, I gave one of them to Zhang Jiao, and I kept one for myself. Jiao also brought it into the tomb at the same time. The difference is that Zhang Jiao died, and I was still alive in the tomb. Can you imagine being alone in a small tomb for hundreds of years? I can no longer recognize life and death, but my consciousness is still quite clear, I thought I would never be able to get out, until people from your Chu family and Song family broke into the tomb and gave me a chance."

"As you said, don't you already have the ability to live forever?" Qin Zhaonan spread his hands and said, "What do you need this immortal tree for?"

Gong Chong clicked his tongue impatiently, "Anyway, you're going to die anyway, so it's okay to tell you, when the master gave me the branch back then, we didn't even know it had such a function, I just regarded it as a sacred object. I brought it into the tomb, and after going out from the tomb, after some investigation, I found out that it was actually a part of the immortal tree. As you can imagine, I thought I could really live forever.”

"It's a pity that the good times didn't last long. My memory began to deteriorate. Those memories that I have been deeply rooted in my mind for 800 years are slowly disappearing, especially after I change my body, I will lose part of the memory. If things go on like this, I will Losing all my memories, I will no longer be able to remember who I am and how to live, my soul will merge with the replaced body, and die as the body gets old."

His description made Shen Liaobai sick. At least Shen Liaobai couldn't understand the mentality of these people who wanted to live forever. It was because of the limited life that certain things and certain feelings were precious. Looking at the relatives and friends around him Is it not more painful than death when a friend dies and you live alone and helpless?What's more, this guy took other people's bodies in order to keep himself alive, and I don't know how many people will die in vain in the future.

"This tree is not small, so how about we just take a few branches and give you the rest?" Qin Zhaonan suggested, considering their current situation, if they want to confront Gong Chongqi head-on, they will suffer a big loss .

Gong Chong smiled slightly, took a step back, and blocked Qin Zhaonan's sight, "I accompanied you all the way from Zhangjiao's tomb to this place, not to share with you."

Shen Liaobai took a step forward and said with a sneer, "I'm afraid you don't know the specific use of this tree yourself, so you can't give it to us, for fear of wasting a little chance."

Gong Chong nodded approvingly, "There is no one who knows me like Liao Bai."

He was still smiling just now, but his expression changed in an instant, his wrist was turned, and he rushed towards Shen Liaobai with the knife in his hand. Open the folding fan and push out the poison blade on the top of the fan, and rushed to Gong Chong to meet him.

The knife in Gong Chong's hand was specially made, much lighter than ordinary scimitars, and it moved faster, while Qin Zhaonan only had an iron folding fan, so he would be at a disadvantage if he fought head-on.Qin Zhaonan didn't dare to be negligent in the slightest, and struggled to resist Gong Chong's slashing blade. Gong Chong was much more relaxed, and it seemed that he hadn't tried his best, but slowly pushed Qin Zhaonan into a corner.

Since he followed them all the time, he should know that Chu Yuyang was seriously injured, and the mechanism in his right sleeve was also broken, leaving only two thin blades in his left sleeve, which were no longer a threat.The situation is very unfavorable to them, but Chu Yuyang has no choice but to mobilize the two remaining organs to help Qin Zhaonan resist Gong Chong's attack, and see if he can find the right time to send him south in one fell swoop.

With Chu Yuyang's help, Qin Zhaonan's resistance was no longer difficult. Seeing that Gong Chong was already entangled by them, Shen Liaobai quickly ran to the undead tree, stretched out his hand and broke off a leaf, because it couldn't be cut with a knife before Shen Liaobai used a lot of strength to experience the branches, but unexpectedly, the leaves only made a sound like glass breaking, and then they were easily snapped off.

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