"what happened?"
Shen Li heard Qi Changzhao's voice coming from the front, he took a deep breath, the expression on his face instantly returned to normal.
He put on a smile again, and chased after him in two or three steps: "It's okay... I just want to say that I haven't seen Qin Muzhi's shadow during this journey, and I don't know where that kid went."
Qi Changzhao didn't think too much, and said in a low voice: "There are more than one passages to enter this underground palace, and every place is full of dangers. He doesn't know how to search for spiritual veins. Even if he can pass through those dangerous places safely, he will probably have to take some detours. "
He paused, then asked again: "He wants to kill you, why are you so worried about him?"
There was a sourness in his words that he didn't even realize.
Shen Li pretended not to hear the deep meaning in his words, and said indifferently: "I'm not worried about him, but I'm afraid that he will suddenly appear from nowhere and ruin our plan."
Qi Changzhao snorted inexplicably from his nasal cavity, and didn't say anything else.
Shen Li smiled even more heartily, and deliberately asked: "Why are you angry again, I miss him, is the Daoist jealous?"
Qi Changzhao stopped abruptly.
When he turned around, only those eyes were deep and bright in the darkness, as if they had the power to see through people's hearts.
Shen Li was inexplicably guilty when he looked at him, he turned his eyes away awkwardly and took half a step back, just stepped on a piece of gravel on the ground, and staggered.
Qi Changzhao quickly grabbed the person with his eyes and hands, pulled him lightly, and Shen Li slammed into the firm and straight chest.
A low chuckle sounded above Shen Li's head, and then he heard the man say leisurely: "What are you thinking, I'm just worried that things will be messed up by you, little sick child."
After Qi Changzhao finished speaking, he let go of his hand neatly.
He walked forward on his own, Shen Li looked at the back of the other party, his smile gradually faded, and he rubbed the place he touched to vent his anger.
This dog emperor.
There are some things that the authorities are obsessed with, but once the breakthrough is grasped, those seemingly flawless past experiences, in retrospect, can quickly detect problems.
As soon as he escaped from Bai Yujing on his front foot, he ran into this person on his back foot.It was clear that they met by chance, but he blessed him in every possible way, and was even willing to keep a secret for him.And, every time Qi Changzhao is mentioned in front of him, this person's unusual reaction...
The white jade talisman he kept by his side, the Taoism taught by Qi Changzhao, the respectful attitude of Xianzong Da Neng towards him, and when he returned to the building in spring, Elder Qingxu said that Qi Changzhao had been looking for the bronze mirror.
All the clues are finally logically connected into one line at this moment, and Shen Li is in a complicated mood.
When they reunited in Yunyan City earlier, Shen Li unintentionally broke through the secret conversation between this person and the Righteous Immortal Sect.That night Qi Changzhao gave him a seemingly seamless explanation. Shen Li had seen countless people over the years, and he had lied countless times. He could tell at a glance that this person was not telling the truth at all.
But even if he knew that this person was lying to him, he still didn't think about this person's identity.
Qi Changzhao... the book said that he was cruel, ugly, and would never give up in order to achieve his goal. He was an out-and-out sinister villain.Such a person, no matter what, Shen Li couldn't combine him with the handsome, white-clothed Taoist priest in front of him who looked like a flower of the high mountains.
Obviously they are two other people in the world.
But with the facts in front of his eyes, Shen Li gritted his teeth lightly, cursing the unreliable system dozens of times in his heart.
What the hell, did you show him a pirated book? !
Seeing that Shen Li hadn't followed for a long time, Qi Changzhao turned to look at him: "What's the matter, are you still feeling uncomfortable?"
"No," Shen Li tried his best to suppress the turbulent emotions in his heart, grinned, and quickly chased after him, "This is it."
The corridors outside the underground palace were extremely long, and the two walked forward in silence, turning around the last corridor, their vision suddenly widened.
A long stone staircase appeared before their eyes.The stone steps had more than a thousand layers, and the stone steps were covered with sand and stones due to years of disrepair. Walking down the stone steps, looking around, I finally saw the outline of the majestic palace.
The water waves above their heads reflected the faint light, and the light and shadow interlaced, for no reason to coat the underground palace with a layer of solemn and eerie coldness.
It's like a giant beast dormant at the bottom of the water, silent for thousands of years, only waiting for someone to wake it up.
Shen Li stared at the palace not far away. Behind him, Qi Changzhao walked up to him and raised his hand to pat him on the shoulder.Sensing the opponent's movement, Shen Li took the lead to avoid it, and turned his gaze away in a concealed way: "Let's go, let's take a closer look."
Qi Changzhao frowned indistinctly, but said nothing, and followed Shen Li down the stone steps.
The two came to the stone gate of the palace. Unexpectedly, the stone gate had been opened with a gap, just enough for one person to pass through.
The two looked at each other and saw the same suspicion in each other's eyes.
Shen Li asked, "Is it Qin Muzhi?"
Qi Changzhao seemed to mind hearing him mention this name, he snorted coldly, and said sourly: "He's not the only one who entered this place."
Shen Li: "..."
Shen Li closed his eyes, calmed down the urge to punch the person beside him, and turned his head to look at the underground palace.
Like most ancient buildings in the Lingnan area, this underground palace is built of wood and stone structures. Due to the protection of the barrier, the general appearance has not been damaged.However, this place has been built for a long time, and the wood and stone are inevitably deserted, and the outer walls are mottled and peeled off, which looks quite vicissitudes.
But even so, one can vaguely glimpse the grandeur of the underground palace when it was first established.
Such an underwater palace could be built hundreds of years ago, which shows that the tribe's original power was indeed extraordinary.
Shen Li circled around outside the gate of the underground palace, but didn't see any clues, and turned his head to look at Qi Changzhao.
The latter is still carefully studying the carvings on the stone gate.
Even in such a dim scene, this person's appearance is still shockingly beautiful.
He wrapped his arms around his body, his slender fingers brushed lightly on his thin lips, his eyes were focused and bright.This is his usual posture when thinking. The clear profile of his profile reflects the faint blue light above his head, and his eyelashes cast a small shadow on his face.
This is indeed a face that cannot be faulted, even after knowing who this person is, he still thinks so.
It's just that at this time, the appreciation for this face has changed, and it has mostly become a kind of regretful emotion of "a beautiful woman, but how can she be a thief".
Noticing that Shen Li was looking at him, Qi Changzhao turned around: "What are you looking at me for?"
"I didn't..." Shen Li's answer came to his lips, his eyes rolled, and he changed the subject abruptly, "I was just thinking, it must be very difficult for Taoist priest to play the role of Tianyu King in front of Zhengdao Xianzong this time, right? "
Qi Changzhao was startled: "Why do you say that?"
Shen Li smiled: "Then Qi Changzhao is a dangerous villain after all, isn't it easy for the Taoist priest to pretend to be that person?"
Qi Changzhao: "..."
Shen Li has always had a temperament of revenge.This person went back and forth, took advantage of him, and lied to him with nonsense, instead of rectifying him, it was hard for him to vent his anger.
"That King of Tianyu..." Qi Changzhao hesitated for a while, but still wanted to say something nice for himself, "It's not what you think."
Shen Li pretended to be skeptical, and asked Youyou: "Is that so, what's different?"
"He..." Qi Changzhao murmured and explained, "He is not a sinister and cunning person, nor is he..."
The high-cold Taoist priest who has always been eloquent and eloquent rarely hesitated. Shen Li admired his funny appearance calmly, and continued to add more firewood: "There is no need for Taoist priests. I know who he is. Really. To be honest, I have a deep relationship with him, so deep that... I wish I could kill him with one knife."
When he said this, there was no hostility in his eyes, on the contrary, he still had a docile and gentle appearance. It sounded like a non-aggressive remark, and no one would take it seriously.
But Qi Changzhao was shocked by his understatement.
He opened his mouth, and before he could say anything, he heard Shen Li say again: "Fortunately, the Taoist priest is not the real king of Tianyu, otherwise..."
He didn't say what he said next, but just sighed inexplicably.
Qi Changzhao: "..."
Qi Changzhao closed his eyes and asked tentatively, "You really hate him that much?"
"Naturally." Shen Li said, "So the Taoist priest doesn't have to speak well of him in front of me, and wants me to change his view of him, unless..."
Qi Changzhao: "Unless what?"
Shen Li didn't answer.
The two stood in front of the dilapidated stone gate of the palace and looked at each other. Shen Li raised his head slightly, with a smile on his face. At that moment, Qi Changzhao even read a hint of teasing in his eyes.
The smile was fleeting, Shen Li put away the expression on his face, and said casually: "Why does the Taoist priest care about this so much? It's better to take the treasure as soon as possible and leave this place."
After Shen Li finished speaking, he pushed open the stone door and walked in, leaving only Qi Changzhao standing there with an ugly face.
It was as if he was stuck in his chest with a breath of breath, unable to move up or down, at a loss as to what to do.
After a while, he shook his head helplessly and followed in.
There was no light inside the door, Qi Changzhao crushed a piece of talisman paper, and a ball of red flames lit up around the two of them.Shen Li naturally did not lose his temper, but thinking that the current situation was wrong, he had no choice but to let him go for the time being.Shen Li no longer acted as a demon, and the two walked through the dark corridor peacefully and came to a slightly wider ear room.
The dome of the ear chamber is extremely high, and there are also many patterns and writings carved on the wall. The mottled wall makes the writings severely damaged and almost illegible.
And in the four corners of the ear room, there are four thick giant M sculptures that are as tall as a person.There is a hole in the snake's eye of the sculpture, and the snake's head is raised high, revealing fangs and bright red letter.
Shen Li swallowed quietly, not daring to look at those sculptures, and slipped behind Qi Changzhao.
Qi Changzhao walked under the wall as if nothing had happened, and glanced roughly: "The content is roughly the same as that outside."
"Then don't worry about it, let's go." Shen Li urged in a low voice behind Qi Changzhao.
Qi Changzhao looked back at him, and asked softly, "Are you scared?"
"Of course not." Shen Li retorted without thinking, and said firmly, "Those are all dead things, what am I afraid they will do?"
Qi Changzhao didn't answer with a smile, turned around, and looked down at him with great interest: "A Li, did you know that the ancient tribes were extremely devout to their guardian gods, and they even raised poisonous snakes in every household, and even sacrificed their lives to snakes?" .”
A fine layer of skin bumps appeared on Shen Li's back, and even his face became a bit uglier.
Just now when he was being teased by Shen Li outside, he was suffocating. Qi Changzhao leaned down and said viciously: "Then guess, will they also raise a group of guardian gods in this underground palace?"
Shen Li's face turned completely pale: "No, can't you?"
Qi Changzhao smiled and didn't answer, straightened up: "Let's go, we have been in for several hours, if we delay any longer, I'm afraid Xianzong will preempt us."
"Daoist, then..." Shen Li called out to him, but Qi Changzhao pretended not to hear, and even quickened his pace a little.
He hadn't taken a few steps when he felt his sleeve being tugged lightly.
When Qi Changzhao turned his head, Shen Li carefully tugged at his sleeve, his eyes couldn't stop looking around, as if he was afraid that a snake would suddenly come out of nowhere.
...Why are you so afraid?
Qi Changzhao was a little puzzled.
Shen Li's appearance was definitely not an act, but he clearly remembered that this person was never afraid of these poisons in his previous life.If he was really afraid of these things, wouldn't the whole room full of medicinal wine be thrown out?
People who dared to use snakes and scorpions to make wine in the previous life are afraid of snakes carved in stone in this life?
"Dao, Daoist, did you hear that there was something crawling on top of our heads just now?" Shen Li asked in a trembling voice as he clenched Qi Changzhao's sleeves tightly.
Qi Changzhao didn't answer in silence, feeling guilty uncontrollably.
I knew I wouldn't scare him just now.
Qi Changzhao patted the cold back of the man's cold hand, and comforted him in a warm voice: "I just teased you, this place has been hidden in the world for hundreds of years, even if there were really snakes, they would have starved to death here, and they won't return alive."
"This statement is wrong." Contrary to Qi Changzhao's expectations, Shen Liyi said righteously, "The spiritual power here is so strong, what if someone is a spiritual snake and becomes a demon through cultivation?"
Qi Changzhao: "..."
This person is still excited to scare himself.
Qi Changzhao had no expression on his face, he stopped talking, and was about to continue walking, when he caught sight of something out of the corner of his eye, his footsteps stopped suddenly.
Shen Li was caught off guard against his solid back, his voice trembling with fear: "Is there really a snake?"
"No." Qi Changzhao stared in that direction, frowning, "It seems to be a person."
"……people?"
Shen Li followed Qi Changzhao's gaze, and there was indeed a figure lying on the ground not far in front of them.
The two hurried forward.
It was a disciple dressed up by Xianzong. He fell on his back to the ground, half of his body was soaked in dark red blood, and he passed out due to excessive blood loss.
Shen Li raised his hand and tapped his meridians a few times, then poured some spiritual power into his body, the disciple let out a low moan, and slowly woke up.
"Ahem...you, you are..."
Shen Li was the first to ask: "What's going on?"
"Ominous beast, cough... There are ominous beasts here... you guys, run away..."
Shen Li turned his head and looked at Qi Changzhao, then asked: "What beast? How many of you came in? Where are the others?"
The disciple was as angry as a thread: "I have never seen a fierce beast that is as tall as two or three people, breathes out flames, and can eat people... I, I came in with my senior brother and the others. We opened the spiritual spring, okay?" It was easy to find here... my senior brother and the others wouldn't have been...cough cough cough..."
Shen Li pressed his shoulder, and injected some spiritual power into the man's body through the palm of his hand: "Don't talk, just rest here for a while, your brother is there, we will help you find it."
The disciple gradually calmed down under the comfort of his spiritual power.
Qi Changzhao stretched out his hand to lift the man's skirt, and there was a piercing wound on the man's chest, which happened to avoid the vital point, and Shen Li sealed the meridians before finally stopping the bleeding.
He stared intently for a moment, then withdrew his gaze: "Sword wound."
"That's right." Shen Li nodded, "I checked just now, and there is only one wound on his body. The swordsman's swordsmanship is superb. If this person had some cultivation, he avoided the vital point. This sword was originally intended to pierce the wound. Heartfelt."
He paused, very puzzled: "...but why did he say it was a beast?"
"Perhaps..." Qi Changzhao said thoughtfully, before he could finish speaking, Shen Li suddenly saw a shadow flashing away from a corner not far away.
Shen Li: "There are people over there!"
Qi Changzhao reacted faster than him, he stood up and said in a low voice, "You stay here to guard him, I'll go and have a look."
"road……"
Before Shen could leave his mouth, Qi Changzhao had already rushed out.
The man's back quickly disappeared into the darkness, and in the square inch in front of him, only the red flame left by the man was still flickering slightly.
Shen Li stood there for a long time, but Qi Changzhao never came back.
After a while, he took half a step back and slowly sat down against the wall.
The surroundings were silent, half of Shen Li's face was hidden in the darkness, his lips were tightly pressed and turned white.
Suddenly, there was a slight noise above the head, and in the darkness, it seemed that something was quietly approaching.Shen Li raised his head suddenly, and Hong Yan flew up to the dome under the control of his thoughts, clearly reflecting the giant mound coiled across the beam and spitting out letters at Shen Li.
Shen Li's mind went blank.
The fear that had been hidden in his heart since entering Yunmang Mountain finally reached its peak at this moment.Shen Li's breathing suddenly became rapid, and the nightmare-like voice vaguely sounded in his ears again.
"Kill him? It's too cheap to kill him with a knife. Throw him to the Ten Thousand Snakes Cave. Anyway, his meridians have been destroyed, his cultivation base has been destroyed, and he can't even stand up now. Go and be with those little things in the Ten Thousand Snakes Cave. Isn't it better?"
"But should we ask Shen Yunxianzun..."
"Ah Yun is in seclusion, and none of you are allowed to disturb him. What's more, if you let him come, you might come up with some more ruthless tricks..."
Those vertical pupils were extraordinarily bright in the darkness, and it locked its gaze on Shen Li through the light of the red flame, slowly revealing the pair of sharp fangs——
No.
do not come.
The fine coldness and severe pain came back, and Shen Li fled back in a panic, pressing his palm on the ground, but there was a slippery and sticky feeling.
A slender green snake slipped between his fingers, raising its head dangerously at him.
In the darkness, countless vertical pupils lit up one after another, and there was a scalp-tingling sound from the snake's body crawling across the rough ground, and "hissing" sounds one after another.
Shen Li pressed his back against the wall, and his fingers touched something in panic.
Qi Changzhao personally helped him tie the purse.
Shen Li held the purse tightly, in the herbal smell, there was also a faint cold fragrance, which was the kind of spice that Qi Changzhao was used to.Shen Li took a deep breath, and his brain in extreme fear suddenly regained a bit of clarity.
Not right.
The seriously injured disciple was obviously injured by a sword, but why did he tell them that it was a fierce beast that injured him.
They have not come across any living things since they came in, but why did snakes appear for no reason when he was alone.
While thinking about it, the giant mite on the beam had already crawled above Shen Li's head, it straightened its triangular head, opened its lower jaw, and was about to swallow Shen Li into its mouth.
Suddenly, a cold light flashed across.
Shen Li drew out the silver dagger that he carried with him, and stabbed it hard into the giant M's upper jaw.
Hot blood spurted out, the illusions faded one after another, and the scene in front of Shen Li finally became clear.
A tall figure stood in front of him, still maintaining the posture of drawing a sword, a dagger pierced his shoulder blade and sank into the skin, almost nailing him into the wall.
"Qin Muzhi?!" Shen Li frowned.
The person in front of him is Qin Muzhi, but he doesn't really look like him.
The exposed parts of his arms and neck have prominent meridians, and the color is extremely dark, like black lines, all the way to his face.His eyes were bloodshot, and he could no longer see half of his former expression.
Shen Li asked in a deep voice: "You are not Qin Muzhi, who are you?"
"Ask me?" Qin Muzhi opened his mouth, but let out a particularly sharp and piercing voice.He smiled grimly at Shen Li, stretched out his hand covered with black veins, and frivolously held Shen Li's hand holding the dagger.
"If you want to know, come to me. If you find it, I will tell you."
In the next second, Qin Muzhi pushed him away violently, and his figure turned into a cloud of green smoke and disappeared into the darkness.
The surroundings returned to silence, Shen Li exhaled silently, and rubbed his hands on the hem of his clothes in disgust.
He stared at the direction that Qi Changzhao left just now, as far as he could see was darkness, not a single person could be seen.He thought for a while, raised his hand to restrain the seriously injured and unconscious disciple beside him, and then walked forward.
The golden talisman bird hovered beside Shen Li, and Shen Li stepped up his pace to walk through the dark underground palace for a while, and finally saw the plain white figure.
Qi Changzhao was leaning against the rough wall, with his head bowed, his lips tightly pressed, half of his side face hidden in the darkness, and the other half reflecting the faint light coming in from the high window, becoming paler and thinner.
He held the portable fairy sword in his right hand hanging by his side, a string of blood beads rolled down from the sword body, forming a small pool of dark color at his feet.
Shen Li took the talisman bird and walked up quietly: "Taoist?"
Qi Changzhao's tightly closed eyes trembled, but they did not open.
Shen Li waited for a while, then asked in a low voice: "Why are you—"
Shen Li's voice stopped abruptly, because Qi Changzhao suddenly leaned over and embraced him forcefully.
Shen Li was caught off guard and bumped into that familiar embrace, his breath was filled with the faint fragrance of that person, mixed with the smell of blood, which made one's heart tense.
Shen Li froze for a moment, but didn't push him away.
He could feel that the body was shaking slightly.
Qi Changzhao buried his head on Shen Li's neck, and after a while, he asked in a low voice, "You also met?"
"……Yes."
"Fear." Qi Changzhao's voice was muffled, and Shen Li's warm breath breathed out in Shen Li's ear, but it carried a scorching hot touch, "That thing will turn into the most feared thing in people's hearts."
"I know."
Shen Li patted him on the shoulder reassuringly, and said with a soft smile: "The Taoist priest didn't even see it. I met a lot of snakes, and I was almost bitten to death."
Qi Changzhao tightened his arms and said in a low voice, "Sorry, I shouldn't have left you alone."
"What's the matter, I..."
Before Shen Li could finish speaking, Qi Changzhao let him go suddenly.
He straightened up, and he had already turned back to the cold and indifferent Taoist priest in white, with no strange expression on his face.
"It's okay...I just discovered something, come with me."
Shen Li heard Qi Changzhao's voice coming from the front, he took a deep breath, the expression on his face instantly returned to normal.
He put on a smile again, and chased after him in two or three steps: "It's okay... I just want to say that I haven't seen Qin Muzhi's shadow during this journey, and I don't know where that kid went."
Qi Changzhao didn't think too much, and said in a low voice: "There are more than one passages to enter this underground palace, and every place is full of dangers. He doesn't know how to search for spiritual veins. Even if he can pass through those dangerous places safely, he will probably have to take some detours. "
He paused, then asked again: "He wants to kill you, why are you so worried about him?"
There was a sourness in his words that he didn't even realize.
Shen Li pretended not to hear the deep meaning in his words, and said indifferently: "I'm not worried about him, but I'm afraid that he will suddenly appear from nowhere and ruin our plan."
Qi Changzhao snorted inexplicably from his nasal cavity, and didn't say anything else.
Shen Li smiled even more heartily, and deliberately asked: "Why are you angry again, I miss him, is the Daoist jealous?"
Qi Changzhao stopped abruptly.
When he turned around, only those eyes were deep and bright in the darkness, as if they had the power to see through people's hearts.
Shen Li was inexplicably guilty when he looked at him, he turned his eyes away awkwardly and took half a step back, just stepped on a piece of gravel on the ground, and staggered.
Qi Changzhao quickly grabbed the person with his eyes and hands, pulled him lightly, and Shen Li slammed into the firm and straight chest.
A low chuckle sounded above Shen Li's head, and then he heard the man say leisurely: "What are you thinking, I'm just worried that things will be messed up by you, little sick child."
After Qi Changzhao finished speaking, he let go of his hand neatly.
He walked forward on his own, Shen Li looked at the back of the other party, his smile gradually faded, and he rubbed the place he touched to vent his anger.
This dog emperor.
There are some things that the authorities are obsessed with, but once the breakthrough is grasped, those seemingly flawless past experiences, in retrospect, can quickly detect problems.
As soon as he escaped from Bai Yujing on his front foot, he ran into this person on his back foot.It was clear that they met by chance, but he blessed him in every possible way, and was even willing to keep a secret for him.And, every time Qi Changzhao is mentioned in front of him, this person's unusual reaction...
The white jade talisman he kept by his side, the Taoism taught by Qi Changzhao, the respectful attitude of Xianzong Da Neng towards him, and when he returned to the building in spring, Elder Qingxu said that Qi Changzhao had been looking for the bronze mirror.
All the clues are finally logically connected into one line at this moment, and Shen Li is in a complicated mood.
When they reunited in Yunyan City earlier, Shen Li unintentionally broke through the secret conversation between this person and the Righteous Immortal Sect.That night Qi Changzhao gave him a seemingly seamless explanation. Shen Li had seen countless people over the years, and he had lied countless times. He could tell at a glance that this person was not telling the truth at all.
But even if he knew that this person was lying to him, he still didn't think about this person's identity.
Qi Changzhao... the book said that he was cruel, ugly, and would never give up in order to achieve his goal. He was an out-and-out sinister villain.Such a person, no matter what, Shen Li couldn't combine him with the handsome, white-clothed Taoist priest in front of him who looked like a flower of the high mountains.
Obviously they are two other people in the world.
But with the facts in front of his eyes, Shen Li gritted his teeth lightly, cursing the unreliable system dozens of times in his heart.
What the hell, did you show him a pirated book? !
Seeing that Shen Li hadn't followed for a long time, Qi Changzhao turned to look at him: "What's the matter, are you still feeling uncomfortable?"
"No," Shen Li tried his best to suppress the turbulent emotions in his heart, grinned, and quickly chased after him, "This is it."
The corridors outside the underground palace were extremely long, and the two walked forward in silence, turning around the last corridor, their vision suddenly widened.
A long stone staircase appeared before their eyes.The stone steps had more than a thousand layers, and the stone steps were covered with sand and stones due to years of disrepair. Walking down the stone steps, looking around, I finally saw the outline of the majestic palace.
The water waves above their heads reflected the faint light, and the light and shadow interlaced, for no reason to coat the underground palace with a layer of solemn and eerie coldness.
It's like a giant beast dormant at the bottom of the water, silent for thousands of years, only waiting for someone to wake it up.
Shen Li stared at the palace not far away. Behind him, Qi Changzhao walked up to him and raised his hand to pat him on the shoulder.Sensing the opponent's movement, Shen Li took the lead to avoid it, and turned his gaze away in a concealed way: "Let's go, let's take a closer look."
Qi Changzhao frowned indistinctly, but said nothing, and followed Shen Li down the stone steps.
The two came to the stone gate of the palace. Unexpectedly, the stone gate had been opened with a gap, just enough for one person to pass through.
The two looked at each other and saw the same suspicion in each other's eyes.
Shen Li asked, "Is it Qin Muzhi?"
Qi Changzhao seemed to mind hearing him mention this name, he snorted coldly, and said sourly: "He's not the only one who entered this place."
Shen Li: "..."
Shen Li closed his eyes, calmed down the urge to punch the person beside him, and turned his head to look at the underground palace.
Like most ancient buildings in the Lingnan area, this underground palace is built of wood and stone structures. Due to the protection of the barrier, the general appearance has not been damaged.However, this place has been built for a long time, and the wood and stone are inevitably deserted, and the outer walls are mottled and peeled off, which looks quite vicissitudes.
But even so, one can vaguely glimpse the grandeur of the underground palace when it was first established.
Such an underwater palace could be built hundreds of years ago, which shows that the tribe's original power was indeed extraordinary.
Shen Li circled around outside the gate of the underground palace, but didn't see any clues, and turned his head to look at Qi Changzhao.
The latter is still carefully studying the carvings on the stone gate.
Even in such a dim scene, this person's appearance is still shockingly beautiful.
He wrapped his arms around his body, his slender fingers brushed lightly on his thin lips, his eyes were focused and bright.This is his usual posture when thinking. The clear profile of his profile reflects the faint blue light above his head, and his eyelashes cast a small shadow on his face.
This is indeed a face that cannot be faulted, even after knowing who this person is, he still thinks so.
It's just that at this time, the appreciation for this face has changed, and it has mostly become a kind of regretful emotion of "a beautiful woman, but how can she be a thief".
Noticing that Shen Li was looking at him, Qi Changzhao turned around: "What are you looking at me for?"
"I didn't..." Shen Li's answer came to his lips, his eyes rolled, and he changed the subject abruptly, "I was just thinking, it must be very difficult for Taoist priest to play the role of Tianyu King in front of Zhengdao Xianzong this time, right? "
Qi Changzhao was startled: "Why do you say that?"
Shen Li smiled: "Then Qi Changzhao is a dangerous villain after all, isn't it easy for the Taoist priest to pretend to be that person?"
Qi Changzhao: "..."
Shen Li has always had a temperament of revenge.This person went back and forth, took advantage of him, and lied to him with nonsense, instead of rectifying him, it was hard for him to vent his anger.
"That King of Tianyu..." Qi Changzhao hesitated for a while, but still wanted to say something nice for himself, "It's not what you think."
Shen Li pretended to be skeptical, and asked Youyou: "Is that so, what's different?"
"He..." Qi Changzhao murmured and explained, "He is not a sinister and cunning person, nor is he..."
The high-cold Taoist priest who has always been eloquent and eloquent rarely hesitated. Shen Li admired his funny appearance calmly, and continued to add more firewood: "There is no need for Taoist priests. I know who he is. Really. To be honest, I have a deep relationship with him, so deep that... I wish I could kill him with one knife."
When he said this, there was no hostility in his eyes, on the contrary, he still had a docile and gentle appearance. It sounded like a non-aggressive remark, and no one would take it seriously.
But Qi Changzhao was shocked by his understatement.
He opened his mouth, and before he could say anything, he heard Shen Li say again: "Fortunately, the Taoist priest is not the real king of Tianyu, otherwise..."
He didn't say what he said next, but just sighed inexplicably.
Qi Changzhao: "..."
Qi Changzhao closed his eyes and asked tentatively, "You really hate him that much?"
"Naturally." Shen Li said, "So the Taoist priest doesn't have to speak well of him in front of me, and wants me to change his view of him, unless..."
Qi Changzhao: "Unless what?"
Shen Li didn't answer.
The two stood in front of the dilapidated stone gate of the palace and looked at each other. Shen Li raised his head slightly, with a smile on his face. At that moment, Qi Changzhao even read a hint of teasing in his eyes.
The smile was fleeting, Shen Li put away the expression on his face, and said casually: "Why does the Taoist priest care about this so much? It's better to take the treasure as soon as possible and leave this place."
After Shen Li finished speaking, he pushed open the stone door and walked in, leaving only Qi Changzhao standing there with an ugly face.
It was as if he was stuck in his chest with a breath of breath, unable to move up or down, at a loss as to what to do.
After a while, he shook his head helplessly and followed in.
There was no light inside the door, Qi Changzhao crushed a piece of talisman paper, and a ball of red flames lit up around the two of them.Shen Li naturally did not lose his temper, but thinking that the current situation was wrong, he had no choice but to let him go for the time being.Shen Li no longer acted as a demon, and the two walked through the dark corridor peacefully and came to a slightly wider ear room.
The dome of the ear chamber is extremely high, and there are also many patterns and writings carved on the wall. The mottled wall makes the writings severely damaged and almost illegible.
And in the four corners of the ear room, there are four thick giant M sculptures that are as tall as a person.There is a hole in the snake's eye of the sculpture, and the snake's head is raised high, revealing fangs and bright red letter.
Shen Li swallowed quietly, not daring to look at those sculptures, and slipped behind Qi Changzhao.
Qi Changzhao walked under the wall as if nothing had happened, and glanced roughly: "The content is roughly the same as that outside."
"Then don't worry about it, let's go." Shen Li urged in a low voice behind Qi Changzhao.
Qi Changzhao looked back at him, and asked softly, "Are you scared?"
"Of course not." Shen Li retorted without thinking, and said firmly, "Those are all dead things, what am I afraid they will do?"
Qi Changzhao didn't answer with a smile, turned around, and looked down at him with great interest: "A Li, did you know that the ancient tribes were extremely devout to their guardian gods, and they even raised poisonous snakes in every household, and even sacrificed their lives to snakes?" .”
A fine layer of skin bumps appeared on Shen Li's back, and even his face became a bit uglier.
Just now when he was being teased by Shen Li outside, he was suffocating. Qi Changzhao leaned down and said viciously: "Then guess, will they also raise a group of guardian gods in this underground palace?"
Shen Li's face turned completely pale: "No, can't you?"
Qi Changzhao smiled and didn't answer, straightened up: "Let's go, we have been in for several hours, if we delay any longer, I'm afraid Xianzong will preempt us."
"Daoist, then..." Shen Li called out to him, but Qi Changzhao pretended not to hear, and even quickened his pace a little.
He hadn't taken a few steps when he felt his sleeve being tugged lightly.
When Qi Changzhao turned his head, Shen Li carefully tugged at his sleeve, his eyes couldn't stop looking around, as if he was afraid that a snake would suddenly come out of nowhere.
...Why are you so afraid?
Qi Changzhao was a little puzzled.
Shen Li's appearance was definitely not an act, but he clearly remembered that this person was never afraid of these poisons in his previous life.If he was really afraid of these things, wouldn't the whole room full of medicinal wine be thrown out?
People who dared to use snakes and scorpions to make wine in the previous life are afraid of snakes carved in stone in this life?
"Dao, Daoist, did you hear that there was something crawling on top of our heads just now?" Shen Li asked in a trembling voice as he clenched Qi Changzhao's sleeves tightly.
Qi Changzhao didn't answer in silence, feeling guilty uncontrollably.
I knew I wouldn't scare him just now.
Qi Changzhao patted the cold back of the man's cold hand, and comforted him in a warm voice: "I just teased you, this place has been hidden in the world for hundreds of years, even if there were really snakes, they would have starved to death here, and they won't return alive."
"This statement is wrong." Contrary to Qi Changzhao's expectations, Shen Liyi said righteously, "The spiritual power here is so strong, what if someone is a spiritual snake and becomes a demon through cultivation?"
Qi Changzhao: "..."
This person is still excited to scare himself.
Qi Changzhao had no expression on his face, he stopped talking, and was about to continue walking, when he caught sight of something out of the corner of his eye, his footsteps stopped suddenly.
Shen Li was caught off guard against his solid back, his voice trembling with fear: "Is there really a snake?"
"No." Qi Changzhao stared in that direction, frowning, "It seems to be a person."
"……people?"
Shen Li followed Qi Changzhao's gaze, and there was indeed a figure lying on the ground not far in front of them.
The two hurried forward.
It was a disciple dressed up by Xianzong. He fell on his back to the ground, half of his body was soaked in dark red blood, and he passed out due to excessive blood loss.
Shen Li raised his hand and tapped his meridians a few times, then poured some spiritual power into his body, the disciple let out a low moan, and slowly woke up.
"Ahem...you, you are..."
Shen Li was the first to ask: "What's going on?"
"Ominous beast, cough... There are ominous beasts here... you guys, run away..."
Shen Li turned his head and looked at Qi Changzhao, then asked: "What beast? How many of you came in? Where are the others?"
The disciple was as angry as a thread: "I have never seen a fierce beast that is as tall as two or three people, breathes out flames, and can eat people... I, I came in with my senior brother and the others. We opened the spiritual spring, okay?" It was easy to find here... my senior brother and the others wouldn't have been...cough cough cough..."
Shen Li pressed his shoulder, and injected some spiritual power into the man's body through the palm of his hand: "Don't talk, just rest here for a while, your brother is there, we will help you find it."
The disciple gradually calmed down under the comfort of his spiritual power.
Qi Changzhao stretched out his hand to lift the man's skirt, and there was a piercing wound on the man's chest, which happened to avoid the vital point, and Shen Li sealed the meridians before finally stopping the bleeding.
He stared intently for a moment, then withdrew his gaze: "Sword wound."
"That's right." Shen Li nodded, "I checked just now, and there is only one wound on his body. The swordsman's swordsmanship is superb. If this person had some cultivation, he avoided the vital point. This sword was originally intended to pierce the wound. Heartfelt."
He paused, very puzzled: "...but why did he say it was a beast?"
"Perhaps..." Qi Changzhao said thoughtfully, before he could finish speaking, Shen Li suddenly saw a shadow flashing away from a corner not far away.
Shen Li: "There are people over there!"
Qi Changzhao reacted faster than him, he stood up and said in a low voice, "You stay here to guard him, I'll go and have a look."
"road……"
Before Shen could leave his mouth, Qi Changzhao had already rushed out.
The man's back quickly disappeared into the darkness, and in the square inch in front of him, only the red flame left by the man was still flickering slightly.
Shen Li stood there for a long time, but Qi Changzhao never came back.
After a while, he took half a step back and slowly sat down against the wall.
The surroundings were silent, half of Shen Li's face was hidden in the darkness, his lips were tightly pressed and turned white.
Suddenly, there was a slight noise above the head, and in the darkness, it seemed that something was quietly approaching.Shen Li raised his head suddenly, and Hong Yan flew up to the dome under the control of his thoughts, clearly reflecting the giant mound coiled across the beam and spitting out letters at Shen Li.
Shen Li's mind went blank.
The fear that had been hidden in his heart since entering Yunmang Mountain finally reached its peak at this moment.Shen Li's breathing suddenly became rapid, and the nightmare-like voice vaguely sounded in his ears again.
"Kill him? It's too cheap to kill him with a knife. Throw him to the Ten Thousand Snakes Cave. Anyway, his meridians have been destroyed, his cultivation base has been destroyed, and he can't even stand up now. Go and be with those little things in the Ten Thousand Snakes Cave. Isn't it better?"
"But should we ask Shen Yunxianzun..."
"Ah Yun is in seclusion, and none of you are allowed to disturb him. What's more, if you let him come, you might come up with some more ruthless tricks..."
Those vertical pupils were extraordinarily bright in the darkness, and it locked its gaze on Shen Li through the light of the red flame, slowly revealing the pair of sharp fangs——
No.
do not come.
The fine coldness and severe pain came back, and Shen Li fled back in a panic, pressing his palm on the ground, but there was a slippery and sticky feeling.
A slender green snake slipped between his fingers, raising its head dangerously at him.
In the darkness, countless vertical pupils lit up one after another, and there was a scalp-tingling sound from the snake's body crawling across the rough ground, and "hissing" sounds one after another.
Shen Li pressed his back against the wall, and his fingers touched something in panic.
Qi Changzhao personally helped him tie the purse.
Shen Li held the purse tightly, in the herbal smell, there was also a faint cold fragrance, which was the kind of spice that Qi Changzhao was used to.Shen Li took a deep breath, and his brain in extreme fear suddenly regained a bit of clarity.
Not right.
The seriously injured disciple was obviously injured by a sword, but why did he tell them that it was a fierce beast that injured him.
They have not come across any living things since they came in, but why did snakes appear for no reason when he was alone.
While thinking about it, the giant mite on the beam had already crawled above Shen Li's head, it straightened its triangular head, opened its lower jaw, and was about to swallow Shen Li into its mouth.
Suddenly, a cold light flashed across.
Shen Li drew out the silver dagger that he carried with him, and stabbed it hard into the giant M's upper jaw.
Hot blood spurted out, the illusions faded one after another, and the scene in front of Shen Li finally became clear.
A tall figure stood in front of him, still maintaining the posture of drawing a sword, a dagger pierced his shoulder blade and sank into the skin, almost nailing him into the wall.
"Qin Muzhi?!" Shen Li frowned.
The person in front of him is Qin Muzhi, but he doesn't really look like him.
The exposed parts of his arms and neck have prominent meridians, and the color is extremely dark, like black lines, all the way to his face.His eyes were bloodshot, and he could no longer see half of his former expression.
Shen Li asked in a deep voice: "You are not Qin Muzhi, who are you?"
"Ask me?" Qin Muzhi opened his mouth, but let out a particularly sharp and piercing voice.He smiled grimly at Shen Li, stretched out his hand covered with black veins, and frivolously held Shen Li's hand holding the dagger.
"If you want to know, come to me. If you find it, I will tell you."
In the next second, Qin Muzhi pushed him away violently, and his figure turned into a cloud of green smoke and disappeared into the darkness.
The surroundings returned to silence, Shen Li exhaled silently, and rubbed his hands on the hem of his clothes in disgust.
He stared at the direction that Qi Changzhao left just now, as far as he could see was darkness, not a single person could be seen.He thought for a while, raised his hand to restrain the seriously injured and unconscious disciple beside him, and then walked forward.
The golden talisman bird hovered beside Shen Li, and Shen Li stepped up his pace to walk through the dark underground palace for a while, and finally saw the plain white figure.
Qi Changzhao was leaning against the rough wall, with his head bowed, his lips tightly pressed, half of his side face hidden in the darkness, and the other half reflecting the faint light coming in from the high window, becoming paler and thinner.
He held the portable fairy sword in his right hand hanging by his side, a string of blood beads rolled down from the sword body, forming a small pool of dark color at his feet.
Shen Li took the talisman bird and walked up quietly: "Taoist?"
Qi Changzhao's tightly closed eyes trembled, but they did not open.
Shen Li waited for a while, then asked in a low voice: "Why are you—"
Shen Li's voice stopped abruptly, because Qi Changzhao suddenly leaned over and embraced him forcefully.
Shen Li was caught off guard and bumped into that familiar embrace, his breath was filled with the faint fragrance of that person, mixed with the smell of blood, which made one's heart tense.
Shen Li froze for a moment, but didn't push him away.
He could feel that the body was shaking slightly.
Qi Changzhao buried his head on Shen Li's neck, and after a while, he asked in a low voice, "You also met?"
"……Yes."
"Fear." Qi Changzhao's voice was muffled, and Shen Li's warm breath breathed out in Shen Li's ear, but it carried a scorching hot touch, "That thing will turn into the most feared thing in people's hearts."
"I know."
Shen Li patted him on the shoulder reassuringly, and said with a soft smile: "The Taoist priest didn't even see it. I met a lot of snakes, and I was almost bitten to death."
Qi Changzhao tightened his arms and said in a low voice, "Sorry, I shouldn't have left you alone."
"What's the matter, I..."
Before Shen Li could finish speaking, Qi Changzhao let him go suddenly.
He straightened up, and he had already turned back to the cold and indifferent Taoist priest in white, with no strange expression on his face.
"It's okay...I just discovered something, come with me."
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