The man was just half laughing when a gust of wind suddenly came from beside him. The miner closest to him swung his head and hit him on the back of the head. The sharp pickaxe hit the back of the man's head, and the tip came out of his mouth. Straight through, the spiritual crystal in his hand came out, flying in the air, emitting bright blue light.
Just as it was flying and falling, a hand suddenly reached out to catch it. It was the person who had sneaked the attack before. He let go of the hand holding the hoe and allowed the man in front of him who was hoeed to death to fall from the stone platform and fall into the deep darkness. In the abyss, he was quickly swallowed by darkness.
But before the attacker could be happy for long, a talisman fell lightly from above his head. As soon as it came into contact with his body, the talisman immediately burst into flames, and then the attacker's whole body was ignited with raging flames. , he screamed, frantically slapping the flames on his body with one hand, while the other hand clenched tightly into a fist.
A person on the steps above him squatted on the edge of the steps, watching the fire from the other side, and said with a half-smile: Hey, throw the spiritual crystal up, and I will save you! "
The man who was burned raised his head, the expression on his face was angry and desperate. Even the burning flames could not block this hatred. He gritted his teeth and said: "Don't even think about it, I will die with it, It will never be cheap for you!"
As he spoke, he held the spiritual crystal tightly and laughed wildly, jumping into the abyss of boundless darkness.
Everyone saw the flame falling quickly in the darkness, getting smaller and smaller, and his laughter getting shriller and getting farther and farther, echoing in this huge cave, like thunder and lightning, heavily. It hits everyone's heart.
The people on the stage watched the miner who fell and burned to death and fell into the darkness with this rare spiritual crystal. They all stared greedily below, seeing that the burning man finally turned into an extremely small spark and then disappeared. When they didn't see it, they withdrew their gaze and let out a long sigh. They didn't know whether they were sighing at the rapid passing of a life, or sighing at the dust of the spiritual crystal, or perhaps sighing at the viciousness and cruelty of people's hearts.
These people looked at each other, with scrutiny, probing and vigilance in their eyes. Everyone looked like they had nothing to do with themselves, and everyone stared at each other with judgment.
Li Chengfeng watched from the side with chills running down his spine. Just now, he didn't even see how this talisman appeared or who cast it. The two figures in front of him were still waving a hoe a few breaths ago, sweating profusely. Life disappears into nothing in the blink of an eye. Life is so lowly and fragile here!
Li Chengfeng finally believed that Su You's words were not exaggerated at all. In this place, the real threat was the people around them. They looked so innocent and hard-working one second, but revealed themselves the next second. This is the acme of human evil!
Su Yuehan had seen so many such ugly human natures. She secretly hid behind Li Chengfeng and quietly pulled his sleeves. Li Chengfeng understood. He stared at the people on the stone pillars carefully and walked around carefully. They continued walking forward from the passage at the stone wall.
These people also watched Li Chengfeng leave before looking back. Even though one or two greedy eyes fell on Su Yuehan, they quickly looked back.
For them, the spiritual crystal is something worth fighting for, because it can change their destiny, but a delicate and tender beauty like Su Yuehan is a boning knife and a hero's grave. Those who are truly ambitious will never He would place a desperate bet on them.
Li Chengfeng led Su Yuehan far out of the cave. The sound of clanging behind them gradually faded away, and they all breathed a sigh of relief. Their backs felt slightly chilly, but they couldn't help but break out in cold sweat.
But what the two of them didn't know was that just when they thought they had just stepped out of the wolf's den, a bigger and more terrifying storm was quietly approaching.
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Shiwu Mountain, Shiwu Peak.
Three figures flashed past, and they rushed quickly until they stopped at the exit of an abandoned mine. They were the senior brothers of Cangjian Pavilion, Qin Mieqin, and Ouyang Nan.
The senior brother quickly looked around, then stretched out his hand to push aside the weeds at the exit of the abandoned mine. Seeing twisted and weird magic circle runes revealed inside, he took his hand back and allowed the weeds to take another look. The magic circle covers it.
The eldest brother glanced at Qin Mieqin, with a questioning look in his eyes. Qin Mieqin had known the eldest brother for many years, and he knew what he meant with just one look, and said: "Don't worry, this time I took advantage of the mission to escape, and I have already taken care of this place." The Mountain-Shaking Formation is perfectly arranged, and when activated it is no different from an Earth-moving Dragon, and no one will be able to tell the difference."
Ouyang Nan touched his chin and said, "I bought all the materials as you said. However, will any residue of this magic circle be discovered?"
Qin Mieqin glanced at him and said coldly: "I asked you to read more "Qimen Formation", but you refused to listen. You think you can sit back and relax after reading a "Lecture on Formation"? Now you are saying this again If it’s embarrassing.”
Ouyang Nan's face turned red, and he said: "What's the use of learning this crap? Can I form a magic circle by myself? Or can our Hidden Sword Pavilion be able to form a magic circle now? Besides, there are specialties in magic, you If you are proficient in the magic circle, why should others learn it too!"
Qin Mieqin sighed and said: "This array is a large array. The reason why I chose to place it here is because this is one of the keel positions of Shiwu Mountain. As long as this place is shaken, it will immediately trigger the stone." Wushan Earthquake, after this magic circle is triggered, the magic runes will dissipate with the activation of magic power, and no one will find any clues."
The senior brother nodded: "Very good. I can rest assured that you are doing things safely."
Ouyang Nan was a little angry at the side and wanted to say something, but he held back. He said dullly: "I will guard the formation here. You can go to the other two places."
Qin Mieqin warned: "Remember, at five o'clock noon, we start together!"
The eldest brother said in a deep voice: "The time is right!"
The three of them took out a spherical timer from their cuffs at the same time. The spherical body was filled with transparent liquid, with an hourglass floating in it. The center mark of the hourglass was engraved with the scale time. The upper part corresponded to Zi hour, Chou hour, Yin hour, and Yin hour respectively. Mao hour, Chen hour, Si hour, half of noon hour, and the lower half are marked with the other half of noon hour and the time scales of Wei hour, Shen hour, You hour, Xu hour, Hai hour, etc., and each hour is marked with eight hours respectively. Scale, every eight quarters is an hour.
This hourglass floats in the water ball. No matter how it sways and turns upside down, the hourglass is always pointed at a vertical angle to the opposite side. The sand in it flows downward slowly and steadily, just like the passing of time.
At this time, the sand on the hourglass has almost drained out, leaving only the last few grains of gravel, and the scale has also reached four quarters of noon. The most amazing thing is that the scale on the upper part of the hourglass is slightly shiny, which makes people You can clearly see the time at a glance, and when the last sand leaks out, the hourglass suspended in the water ball suddenly reverses automatically and begins to pour gravel downward again. The lower part was originally a dim scale. It also lit up at this time.
The upper part of the scale originally glowed with red light, and this light only hovered at the position corresponding to the time on the scale. As long as the viewer looked at the brightly illuminated time scale, they would immediately know the geometry of the current time. At this time, the bright scale in the upper part dims, and the scale in the lower part emits a light green light, indicating that the time of the day has entered the Yin time from the Yang time when Yang Qi is the most vigorous, and the Yang Qi begins to decline, and the Yin Qi gradually develops. .
After the three people checked the time through the water polo hourglass, they each looked at each other. The senior brother's eyes were fixed, and they were about to leave. Qin Miequin suddenly said: "Elder brother, please think about it. If you do this, we will never come back again." There’s no end!”
The senior brother turned his head and stared at Qin Mieqin, and said slowly: "Are you afraid?"
Qin Mieqin said in a deep voice: "What I'm afraid of is... that Hidden Sword Pavilion will eventually perish in our hands!"
The eldest brother raised his head and looked at the sky. He smiled miserably and said: "Three Heavens Pavilion is pressing forward step by step, aggressively, and will not give us a way to survive! Instead of lingering, it is better to fight! Let them know that our Hidden Sword Pavilion is definitely not Fish and meat left to be slaughtered!”
Ouyang Nan became excited: "Elder brother is right! Since we can't get any benefits from Shi Wufeng now, then they can't get any benefits either! Just smash this rice bowl and stop everyone from eating!"
Qin Mieqin thought for a while and sighed: "It's a pity that the young junior brothers in the Hidden Sword Pavilion... I'm afraid this time..."
The senior brother also fell silent. After a while, he raised his head, his eyes full of determination: "Without sacrifice, there will be no future!"