Three Masters' Sword

This rotten wood-like human voice suddenly appeared in the surrounding cliffs on the top of the mountain, making several people shiver forcibly, and they took a few steps back unconsciously.Only the third young master didn't care, stooped up, lifted his feet and stepped inside.Everyone watched helplessly, and it was too late to stop shouting; several people were stunned by each other, trembling with fear, for fear that Wang Qiao would turn into a hedgehog and come out sideways. It was not immediately made into fish meat, nor was it separated from the body. Instead, it asked strangely: "Aren't you coming here?"

Yu Yuqing asked, "What did the old man in the building say?"

Wang Qiao said, "I don't know where the sound came from. I haven't seen anyone here."

A group of people filed in through the low dog door, and entered the building; but all the window sills were dry and should be sealed, only the gleam of light poured in from the gaps; everywhere was gloomy, and the wood exuded the smell of dust and rot that had not been exposed to the sun for a long time , the fly ash that hadn't seen light for a long time was reflected in the illuminated hall and had nowhere to hide, flying around in a hurry.

"When you came here before, was there no one here?" Yu Yuqing saw the clue and asked in a low voice, "Someone only comes up once every five years. Could it be that the building was locked and left unattended before that?"

Wan Mujin said: "Although I can't say for sure, it's about the same. It is rumored that those who trespassed on the top floor at other times will have no way to survive."

They walked around the back hall and came to the front hall. The candles were not lit everywhere, and only faint silhouettes could be seen.But the layout of the top three floors is different, and they can already see it: what appeared in front of them was not an ordinary three-story pavilion, which went up layer by layer as usual; On the third floor, the stairs spiral up along the outer palm wall, so that the entire top floor is said to be three floors, but in fact it is a seamless one, regardless of levels.From the side of the wall they turned into, there was a relief screen wall several feet high, which was vaguely visible at the moment, but it seemed to be gloomy and misty, twisted and paradoxical.This doesn't look like a Buddhist scripture pavilion for aristocrats, but it seems to be in a Ming building that has been buried in the ground, and it is gloomy everywhere.

Yu Yuqing wiped a handful of dust on the railing with his fingers in disdain, and said, "You don't clean up here in normal days?"

Pang Zizhong warned him: "Bringing you here has already broken the rules... It's best not to touch anything."

Wang Yi's eyes widened, and she looked around curiously. She never expected that the top floor she wanted to go to would look like this since she was practicing martial arts. She couldn't help asking, "It's so dark up there." ...Where are the cheat books?"

Suddenly there were choking, choking footsteps in the distance, and the voice like rotten wood laughed out loud again, opening his voice like a broken gong: "I thought it was a different doll. It turns out Did you come here for those things?" After a pause, there seemed to be a ghostly gaze in the dark sweeping over everyone, "Oh, these two have been here before?... Ten years ago, ten years ago Years are very short, but this one, this one has never been seen before, it looks a bit similar, is it right? Ten years, long memory, people will change, people will change..."

Wang Yi suddenly felt a smell of decay, and she almost fainted when she looked closely: a face that seemed human but not human was right in front of her, and two protruding white eyes stared straight at her as if they were about to fall out, scaring her With a bang, he fell back.

Yu Yuqing rushed up from the side, protected Wang Yi with one hand, and slapped Wang Yi with one palm, hitting the opponent's chest directly.This time, it was like a mud cow entering the sea, as if it was slapped on the cotton wool, light and helpless.When I looked closely, the face that looked like a man or a ghost just now had long since disappeared, and I was still terrified in my heart.Wang Yi closed her eyes tightly, and asked tremblingly, "Is that ghost dead?" The old man's voice sounded from Zhang Xu away again, and he laughed sharply: "How could a ghost die?"

Both Pang Zizhong and Wan Mujin forcibly suppressed their respective turmoil. When they came up, naturally there was no such person; but Wang Qiao didn't know the joint, so he called: "Old man, do you live here?"

He asked this question in a normal way, but the other party seemed to be swallowing hard, his throat groaning, and said: "Do I live here? I was imprisoned here! Who am I imprisoned here? Many people... many people ,..." He reappeared out of nowhere, stuck in front of Wang Qiao's face, stared at him, and suddenly grinned, making such an expression on his half corpse-like face, it was really uglier than crying.He stretched out his old bark-like hands, touched Wang Qiao's face, and said, "You are the descendant of the Wang family in Jinling. You are the descendant of Wang Qianshan! You are here! Good time!" After saying that, he giggled, His voice was stern, not like a living person.When Wang Qiao touched the skin of his hand, it was cold and haggard, without a trace of body temperature, but he couldn't break free.He scratched at random with both hands, trying to separate the pair of iron claws, but first encountered a pair of extremely heavy shackles. It turned out that the old man's hands were locked, and the hanging iron chains were thick and heavy.

At this time, the eyes of several people gradually adapted to the darkness. Through the dim light from the window sills, they saw the skeleton-like old man holding Wang Qiao. It was like two weapons, protecting his whole body. Just as the long swords of several people arrived, they were all twisted into his iron chains, but they could hear the sound of clanging and striking, and even sparks were chiseled in the darkness; Although the weapons he held could not be said to be divine weapons, they were all high-grade. He couldn't cut through the two iron chains in his hands, but was stuck by a strong force on the chains. Even if he wanted to pull out the blade to escape Not for a while.The old man snorted coldly, took Wang Qiao by his arms, and retreated sharply. They couldn't get their swords back, and they didn't want to let go and lose their weapons. Being surrounded by him like this, they all had to chase forward.

Yu Yuqing stepped on his feet, knowing that there was a deceit, and shouted: "Not good!" But the sword in his hand was passed on to the third young master by the master, although it was used in his own hand, it was also entrusted by others. Unwilling to part with it, I had no choice but to grab it outside.He knew that he was afraid of something weird on the ground, so he immediately performed lightness kung fu, flew upside down, and twisted the iron chain upwards.The old man snorted, knowing that he was going to break his chain formation, with a flick of his wrist, he removed the chain, thinking, I don't believe you can grow wings and hang in the air, flipped his left wrist , the hidden weapon suddenly shot, and hit Yu Yuqing.

Wan Mujin was taken aback, knowing that he was inevitable in mid-air, and shouted: "Be careful!" His feet turned around, and he wanted to fly to help; who would have expected that there were iron chains on the ground, and he was like a living thing at this moment, dying wrapped around his ankles.He kicked subconsciously, wanting to remove the iron chain, and in this moment of distraction, the iron chain that was wrapped around his sword blade also rolled up as if it had a new eye, connecting his wrist to the hilt of the sword. And wrapped tightly.

Hearing how he used the concealed weapon, the fat man shouted: "So it's you who will plot against me!" His sword was not a weapon he usually had in his hand, so he simply ignored it at this moment, and pushed it towards the old man with one hand.

The old man didn't dodge, and sneered, "It's only now that I see that your kung fu is too bad! After ten years of practice, you still have this virtue, it's a pity that you were not kept!"

Pang Zizhong knew it was not good as soon as he pushed it out, because he saw that the old man was a person who broke his horizontal kung fu practice with a hidden weapon in the sixth floor, and he was focused on going up to take revenge, this palm was very powerful; Unexpectedly, when he stepped into the formation quietly, he was entangled by the iron chain, let alone being able to take a step forward, being carried forward by his own strength, and fell heavily.As soon as I fell down, I realized that the ground was covered with criss-crossed iron chains, like a spider web; and I was like a flying insect caught in the web, the more I struggled, the tighter it became.

Yu Yuqing snatched back the weapon in mid-air, the long sword didn't have any inscriptions, so the master naturally wouldn't give it any name, he only said it was bought with a lot of money, but he didn't buy a fake one; the sword is indeed first-class A good sword.At this time, the surrounding area is dark, but when the sword is released, it is cold and bright, like a bright moon hanging in the sky, with the little light from the window, it can clearly illuminate the ground below.When he saw the spider-like iron chain on the ground, he naturally didn't dare to land. He dodged the hidden weapon in desperation, stepped on the undulating screen wall with one foot, and stretched out his hand to hold a raised sculpture to stabilize his body. .

In this instant, everyone was dispersed, even Mu Jin and Pang Zizhong were able to understand, but Wang Yi, because he was afraid of ghosts, was really frightened just now, and he hid far away and did not dare to move. , it is the safest one at the moment.Wang Qiao said: "Old man, you are the one who asked us to come in. This is not a good hospitality."

The old man sneered and said, "You have taken the risk to come here from the back mountain. Could it be that you have some good intentions? I let people who can solve the number of return to Tibet come in. Can you all solve it?" He looked at the king. Qiao said: "And you, I'm helping you downstairs so that you can go upstairs. If the people next to you get help, it's too late to be happy, but you push back and refuse to come up. Instead, go around from the back mountain Come up in a big circle! Hey

hey are you stupid "

Only then did Wang Qiao know that it was this old man who used his position to make the hidden weapon break Pang Zizhong's horizontal training, but he didn't believe it in his heart, thinking to himself how could he go to the sixth floor without dragging this heavy iron chain? Was discovered?But this old man's physical skills are extremely ghostly, and he can't help but not believe it.Then he asked: "Then you wanted me to come up here early in the morning, what do you want this junior to do?"

The old man said: "Of course I want you to come up. Wang Qianshan swears to me that if he finds a successor, he will let me go naturally. Now he died first, and the other dolls are useless. What am I going to wait for?" time to go?"

Wang Qiao listened to him talking upside down and wondered, "Does the old man know my Taizu?"

After hearing what he said, the old man was silent for a while, and suddenly He He smiled, his voice shrill. "You ask me if I recognize Wang Qianshan? How much more do I know him? Isn't it thanks to him that I look like this now?!" He suddenly grabbed Wang Qiao and dragged him to the depths of the chain formation go.Mu Mujin and Pang Zizhong are also well-rounded family members who have traveled the world for many years, but now they are tied up like silkworm chrysalis, they have no power to fight back in front of this half-human, half-ghost old man, so they can only struggle and shout: "Brother Wang! If you see a golden body relic, you must not—" Immediately, no sound came out. It turned out that the old man tightened the iron chain after listening to their instructions, and restrained them both. People have to use their internal strength to fight each other. If they are distracted for a moment, their ribs will be strangled by him, so naturally they have no time to speak.Wang Qiao smiled wryly in his heart, and thought to himself that you have nothing to do with him, how can I still resist him, even if he wants to make me into a golden relic, can't I just let him do it?He couldn't resist at the moment, so he had to let the old man push him into a hollow, where there was no light at all, and it was so dark that he couldn't see his fingers.The old man turned his back to guard the entrance of the cave, and with a flick of his wrist, the iron chain slammed loudly in a circle, but two sharp bangs were heard, and it turned out that the two weapons of Mu Mujin and Pang Zizhong broke first.When the blade couldn't hold it, how could the mortal body resist, only heard the crackling sound of the bones, and was terrified, said: "Old man, stop quickly, I will obey your orders."

The old man sneered and said, "If you don't see some blood, it doesn't look grand enough." The old man is obviously used to seeing things in the dark, and he can see clearly where they are; but the others seem to be half-blind, Mu Mujin and Pang Zizhong had no time to distract him, Yu Yuqing couldn't see where the old man was, he didn't dare to lose his footing rashly, and he was afraid that he would injure others with his hidden weapons.At this moment, Wang Yi's mind was fixed. Seeing that several people were in a dangerous situation, she didn't doubt whether the other party was a human or a ghost. She hurriedly shouted: "I'll light a fire."Yu Yuqing shouted urgently: "No!" Sure enough, the old man didn't take Wang Yi seriously at first, but he didn't allow her to turn on the fire, drank in his throat, and the iron chain rang loudly, and hit her.

Hearing the sound, Wang Qiao knew that the old man was in front of him. He probably didn't take him seriously, so he turned his back on him and didn't take precautions.He thought that it would be good to help the other people to draw the old man's attention, but because he had nothing at hand, he fumbled in the hollow with both hands, as if he had touched a round metal-like object, no matter what it was, As soon as he moved it, he wanted to smash it over, he didn't want to succeed, he just wanted to stop the old man's momentum.Unexpectedly, when the thing was buckled, it would not move at all. When I touched it down, it seemed to be locked in a hole, so I lifted it up with all my strength.

Unexpectedly, this was completely by mistake, but it seemed to be a coincidence. Suddenly, the entire top three floors were full of flames, and more than a hundred wall candles were all lit up, dazzling people's eyes for a while.The entire top floor of the pavilion was reflected as if it were daytime, and everything that was originally faint and indistinguishable from humans and ghosts was now clearly visible.The old man used to get used to the darkness, how could he bear it this time?With a scream, he covered his eyes and rolled to the ground.As soon as he released his strength, Pang and Bo both regained their strength, but they still couldn't get rid of it; when they looked closely, the iron chains on the ground were entangled vertically and vertically into a net, one after another, as if The array technique, as expected, moves the whole body with one hair.Wang Qiao saw that this was set by Gui Zang's algorithm, and both lengths and lengths were particular about each other.Hastily made a noise and asked them to pull the chain that was out of position first.But even ten years ago, when Pang and Bo went up to the tower, they were just walking with torches. Never before had such a light been lit, illuminating the dark hall clearly; Situation, for a moment he even forgot that he was bound by iron chains, Qiqi gasped.

Wang Qiao was behind the old man, and he could see the entire hall and the chain net, but he couldn't see the most critical situation, and he was at a loss.Only Mu Mujin yelled: "Brother Wang! Quickly get rid of your hands!"

Only then did he look down, and under shock, it was really a big deal.It turned out that what kind of metal object he touched just now was actually the "golden body relic" they called, a skeleton shrunk to only half the size of a normal human body, and the round one he just touched was the opponent's head, and he It was the relic's mouth that was held just now!

The shock was so overwhelming that he hastily pulled his hand out; he couldn't pull it out in a hurry, as if the relic was a living thing, biting his fingers and refusing to let go.He gathered himself together, and said to himself that this is just the body of a Taoist who has been cast into a golden body; a person who can cultivate relics is not a lonely ghost, and he will definitely not harm others.Then he used his strength slowly, and found that the golden body had something in its mouth, and the back was connected to the mechanism, and then he pulled it down and pulled the mechanism, urging the whole hall to light up.He was puzzled, looked into the relic's mouth, and saw a huge lock stuck in his mouth, it seemed that he had cut off his tongue and replaced it with a lock.The back of the lock was also connected to an iron chain, and when I looked closely, it actually went down the throat, pierced through the spine on the back, and was fastened tightly to the wall.Where is this golden body relic?It is really shocking to say that even the prisoners did not use such cruel punishment.Startled, he pulled out his fingers suddenly, and strode away, not daring to look again; but he heard Yu Yuqing's exclamation above his head, and he also jumped down, and his footsteps were sloppy in a hurry, which was definitely not normal.Wang Qiao hurriedly grabbed him, thinking that he was injured somewhere, and quickly asked: "What's the matter?" Yu Yuqing said: "Look at the top!" The candles were shining brightly, and everyone looked up in unison, and there was a sound of ah, and their faces changed color.

It turns out that the carvings on the screen wall are neither dragons nor phoenixes, nor gods or beasts, but distorted and painful faces, faces that seem to be shouting loudly, or faces that are extremely frightened. The expressions are condensed and lifelike.The place where Yu Yu Qing landed was exactly in the open mouth of the human face sculpture, and the hand was clasped by the nostrils on the other head; It made him irritable and nauseated, and he always felt that his hands and feet were full of saliva, nose and nose, and the smell was unbearable. He wished he could find a place to wash his hands and feet.

This time I saw it too clearly. Although it was weird, there was not much fear left.The old man knelt on the ground, cupped his eyes and screamed, fearing that he would be blinded by the flash of light, now he looked like a wretched, scrawny prisoner dragging chains.Wang Qiao went to untie the iron chains for Bo Pang and his wife, and sneered: "What do the ancestors of the family believe in? For a while it is the golden body relic, for a while it is this screen wall like the Temple of Demons, and this array of iron chains like a spider's web. , the mechanism of using people as introductions... Is this Twelve-climbed Tower a place where the younger generations are taught the secrets of the family, like a Buddhist scriptures pavilion, or is it a training ground for bravery?"

Both Mujin and Pang Zizhong were silent, feeling ashamed.They used to go up to this top floor, and they also felt that this place was weird everywhere, but at that time they were looking at it with torches and lanterns, indistinctly, as if they were peeking at a leopard.Looking at it now, how dare you call another family an evil sect, and the top floor of your own house looks like an evil underground palace, which makes people laugh.The two of them took off the chains, and sighed: "It's useless to cover up the matter now. As members of the twelve families, we owe the upbringing of our ancestors, and we must not expose this kind of family scandal no matter what. You know, I am ten The second floor is held every five years, and each session will select three people to come up here. This golden relic is the first pass for the three people to climb the building."

Wang Qiao took a closer look, and sure enough the turned up stairs were facing the golden altar, which was the altar he was in just now; there was an incense table in front of the golden body.Then he asked, "What is this offering?"

"This is a 'Sacrificial Buddha'. You can see that he stretched his palms forward, in a gesture of transmission. He passed on the 'Feng Wen'. Every time three people climbed the building, if one person was willing to stay and accept Feng Wen's inheritance If the speed is high, then the data of Longtugui will be available at your fingertips."

Wang Qiao was stunned for a while, not thinking through the joints for a while, and said, "Isn't that very good?"

Mu Jin wondered, "How can I do it well?"

"That one person is willing to accept Fengwen's teachings, and the other two can easily get the number of dragons and turtles. The three of them study together, and they must be more advanced."

The fat man sneered and said, "Let's not talk about the trust among these three people. Do you think the word 'sacrifice' is just for display? There is a saying that if one person sacrifices his life, all laws will be opened. Feng Wen, it sounds good, it is called sacrifice, and it is true." If you chisel it out, it will be a sacrificial animal."