The fire book in Tang Zhou's hand slowly burned to the end, and with a puff, the surroundings fell into darkness again.
Yan Dan brushed his jacket, and a dense silvery white light shone out in the darkness, slowly illuminating the underground cave: all around were stalactites, and water droplets dripped from the stones, making a ticking sound.
Yu Mo smiled lightly and walked forward. After a few steps, he turned around and said, "Tang Zhou, do you believe it or not, do you think it will be important?" He paused, and then said slowly: "If you want to go Jinghu Shuiyue, come with me; if you don't want to, then part ways."
Tang Zhou said coldly, "Then I'll trouble you to lead the way."
Seeing this, Yan Dan couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief, pulling Yu Mo's sleeve and shaking it: "Yu Mo Yu Mo, why did you come to me?"
Yu Mo looked down at her, his eyes were dark, and he smiled slightly: "I rushed back to Kuanlan Mountain, but found that you didn't come back, so I guessed that you encountered some danger, and then came all the way. But now it seems, You don't seem to suffer too much."
"Who said that, you don't know, I..." Yan Dan laughed and chirped all the way, vividly counting the events after the separation. Yu Mo turned his head to the side and listened quietly. Hearing her talk about something interesting, he couldn't help but chuckle. Tang Zhou could only laugh and shake his head when she heard her exaggerating what she had done several times to berate her.
"Speaking of which, you found me in Xiangdu, why haven't you come out?" Yan Dan suddenly remembered this.
Yu Mo nodded slightly: "Didn't you still think about how to get out at that time? Even if I force you to go back, you won't be willing? What's more—" He said lightly: "Later, when you are not restricted, I just wanted to help find the divine weapon, can you still hear what I have to say?"
Yan Dan was speechless for a while. Although she should listen to the mountain master's words, Yu Mo has never put on airs. As time goes by, she also gets used to her nature, and even calls him by name on weekdays.
"I followed you all the way to the southwest, and I found out that there will be someone exploring the way for you before. Even the imperial court can't control this area in the southwest, how can it be so stable?"
Yan Dan let out a long snort. She had previously felt that the government was controlling too much, not even leaving a bandit. It turned out that she was the one who blamed them. The real culprit is actually Liu Weiyang.
Tang Zhou suddenly stopped and looked down at the pile of debris in front of him. Yan Dan leaned over to take a look, and asked curiously, "What is this?"
Yu Mo glanced at it and said lightly, "Snakeskin."
Tang Zhou thought for a while and murmured, "Could it be that the mountain god they mentioned is actually a snake?"
"It's not surprising. It's on the sidelines, and there are naturally more weird customs than in the Central Plains." Yu Mo said indifferently, "The two locals who led the way had a stench, probably the smell of snakes. I want to come. With this smell, snakes won't swallow them."
Yan Dan said in surprise, "It turned out to be a snake? I thought it was because they usually eat carrion, but they have such a smell."
Tang Zhou glanced at her sideways: "Why do you always have such strange thoughts?"
Yan Dan pouted and stopped talking.
Yu Mo smiled slightly: "It seems that Yan Dan still has a lot of benefits to follow you, at least it's enough to learn it." Yan Dan was hit hard, and Yu Mo looked at her lightly, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "But it's me too. I'm too polite to her, that's why I'm used to her like this." Yan Dan was extremely angry: "You, you, you..."
Tang Zhou smiled reservedly: "Where, it should be."
Yan Dan watched helplessly as the two people who were not on the right track almost started to call themselves brothers, so they had to drag and walk at the back, Gu Zi was sulking.
They went deeper and deeper into the ground, and their feet gradually became wet, and there was still water splashing when they stepped on them.
Yan Dan hugged her arms, and began to feel a chill rising from her feet, and a faint rustling sound continued to ring in her ears, as if something was creeping here: "You haven't heard any strange noises? "
Tang Zhou stopped, listened for a while, and shook his head: "Nothing."
Yan Dan muttered: "Of course you won't hear it, mortals' sense of hearing and smell are terribly dull."
Yu Mo smiled and said, "I didn't hear anything, are you too nervous?"
Yan Dan hurriedly stopped and listened carefully for a while, but he really didn't hear any noise, so he had to stop talking. But as soon as they started to move forward, she heard a rustling sound in her ears again, and couldn't help saying: "But there is really..."
Yu Mo raised his hand, and saw a cyan halo slowly blooming, which suddenly reflected the entire cave in a green atmosphere. In the midst of the green light, Yan Dan stared straight at the tangled snakes in front of them slowly crawling towards them. Wherever the large group of snakes passed, there were trails of shiny mucus behind.
Yan Dan pointed to the front and said in a trembling voice, "Is this a snake's nest?"
Yu Mo looked around and pointed to the cave on the left: "Go there!"
Naturally, Yan Dan didn't wait for his urging, and immediately turned around and ran, only to hear the hissing sound getting louder and louder behind her, and suddenly she felt a gust of wind coming from behind, she immediately lowered her body, and saw a colorful poisonous snake jumping over her head, hit the stone wall. Before she could straighten up, someone pushed hard behind her, and she stumbled forward.
Staggering all the way, stepping over stalagmites, stepping over puddles, Yan Dan only heard Tang Zhou say from behind: "Okay, it should be thrown away."
Yan Dan was out of breath, stroking his fingers lightly, a white light burst into the air, only to see two yellow lanterns in front of him. She was stunned for a moment, and then slowly saw clearly: the two yellow lanterns were growing on a triangular face full of scales, and that face was almost stuck to the tip of her nose!
She almost screamed out, but she finally reacted immediately and covered her mouth. She slowly took a small step back, only to see the terrifying face sticking to it again, only to hear two hiss, and a slender forked tongue swallowed in front of her eyes. Yan Dan's feet softened, and he fell to the ground all of a sudden.
That's a giant snake!
Although she hasn't been able to see how long its body is, she can't deceive herself with such a big snake's head there. She forced herself to look up and look at the giant snake, she couldn't move, she didn't dare to move, even if she blinked a little, the giant snake would come straight at it.
Tang Zhou wanted to draw his sword, but saw Yu Mo stretch out his hand to stop him and slowly shook his head.
"Yan Dan, don't move, I'm right behind you." Yu Mo slowly approached the past, trying his best not to make a sound between his steps.
Yan Dan watched helplessly as the giant snake opened its mouth slowly, revealing sharp, blade-like teeth, and an old, rancid smell came over her face: "Yu, Yu Mo..."
"Wait when I touch your shoulder, then run forward immediately, and don't stop until you run to the end." Yu Mo slowly stretched out his hand and gently pushed on her shoulder, "Come on!"
Just as Yan Dan took a step, Tang Zhou reached out and grabbed her wrist, pulling her to run forward. She couldn't help but turn her head to look, only to see a light blue demonic aura all over Yu Mo's body. The demon was tying it with anger, and it could only keep twitching its tail and roaring.
Yan Dan felt that he was really unlucky recently. He started to be chased and fled by mortals, and now he was chased away by snakes. Both times, he was extremely embarrassed.
The tunnel is getting more and more humid, and you can even hear the sound of water not far away, and the eyes are gradually opening up, and there seems to be a little light coming in at the end. Even a little light is priceless to those who walk in darkness.
Yan Dan ran to the end, only to see that there was no way in front of him, and the sound of the water outside turned out to be an extremely magnificent waterfall. She whispered, "This is the end."
Tang Zhou suddenly asked, "How long have you been with Brother Yu?"
Yan Dan thought about it for a while, and said simply, "It's been almost twenty years."
"So, do you know anything about him?"
Yan Dan thought for a moment and nodded.
Tang Zhou said lightly: "I think he is likely to be the Palace Master Shenxiao."
Yan Dan was stunned for a moment, feeling a little unbelievable: "How is this possible? I've known Yu Mo for so long, and I've never found him to have the habit of pretending to be someone else like Palace Master Shenxiao."
"There are still some flaws in the disguise technique in this world, but Palace Master Shenxiao is already superb, and Yu Mo can change into someone else's appearance at will. Even if this is a coincidence, then he knows one of them. This piece of artifact is in the hands of Palace Master Shenxiao, did he ever tell you, did he know Palace Master Shenxiao?"
"This... not really."
"Even though he has known Palace Master Shenxiao for a long time, he doesn't even know the way to Jinghu Shuiyue, isn't that absurd?"
Yan Dan thought for a while, and said, "Although these words sound ridiculous, don't you think it's even more ridiculous that Yu Mo wants to use such flawed words to deceive people?"
Tang Zhou smiled lightly: "How could a smart person like him say such flawed words, you think so, don't you? So these words sound absurd, there must be a reason. If you think so, then These words are no longer absurd."
Yan Dan propped his chin and said slowly: "You are right, but if Yu Mo is really the Palace Master Shenxiao, I will be too happy."
"If I say I'm not, won't you be disappointed?" Yu Mo walked over with elegant sleeves, his dark eyes narrowed slightly, "It seems that some things are not clear, and everyone has a knot in their hearts. You can ask whatever you want, and I know everything I can say."
Yan Dan rubbed against him, showing a flattering smile: "There is only one thing I don't understand. You said that you have seen Palace Master Shenxiao twice, so is this Palace Master Shenxiao Liu Weiyang?"
Yu Mo shook his head slightly: "Palace Master Shenxiao's Disguise Technique is unparalleled in the world. I'm not sure if what I saw is his true face, but it's not like Liu Weiyang." He turned to look at Tang Zhou: "I said before. , I don't know how Jinghu Shuiyue went, just because I was blindfolded all the way. As soon as Yan Dan fell into this underground cave, I felt that it was somewhat similar to the road I had traveled. Note the route by feeling and the sounds around you.”
Tang Zhou said slowly: "What about that basilisk, you and I can hack it to death, but you don't want to do it, why is that?"
"This basilisk is full of poison, even on its scales. If its blood spills, it will fester and die immediately. It is not difficult to kill it, but the cave is narrow and the ground is not strong enough, so it is not cost-effective. ."
Tang Zhou nodded slightly: "I see, so you have found the way to Jinghu Shuiyue now?"
Yu Mo pointed at the waterfall: "It's right below."
Yan Dan stuck his head out and looked out, wondering if he should just close his eyes and jump down. After all, a waterfall is a waterfall when the water flows on a cliff, and if she jumps off it, it is equivalent to jumping off a cliff. Even if she is a demon, there is only such a pair of bones. If it is all broken, where will she find a new one
I saw Yu Mo walked over without blinking, and jumped down.
The lord jumped, and Yan Dan naturally had to follow. What's more, Yu Mo's face is calm, and she also knows that he must be very angry now. Yan Dan fell into the pool at the bottom of the waterfall, immediately poked his head out of the water, looked around, and couldn't help but say, "The scenery here is beautiful."
Yan Dan slowly swam to the shore and saw Tang Zhou came down after her. He choked several sips of water, and a discerning person could immediately see that his water quality was not very good. If she had taken the waterway when they met on a narrow road in Nandu, she could have suffered a lot less torture...
Yu Mo stood wetly on the shore. Seeing that she swam to the shore without pulling, she said lightly, "Now walk one hundred and fourteen steps along the lake."
Yan Dan glanced at him secretly and carefully pulled his sleeve: "My lord... are you angry?"
Yu Mo turned to look at her, still calm: "You know I'm angry again?"
Yan Dan smiled obediently: "I can see what you are thinking when I look at you... No, even if I see a strand of your hair, I can guess what you are thinking."
Yu Mo looked at her for a while, and the corner of his mouth slowly evoked a smile: "Really."
They walked along the lake for a long time, only to hear two screams in front of them, only to see blood slowly dripping from the sword in the hands of the woman in the lavender dress, and the one who fell to the ground The two corpses, one tall and the other short, were the two locals who led the way for them.
The woman in the purple shirt turned her back to them, and turned her head back when she heard the footsteps behind her. Yan Dan couldn't help but say, "Miss Tao!" The woman in lilac clothes turned out to be Tao Ziqi, whom she met in the dark passage of the ancient tomb in Qingshi Town.
Seeing them, Tao Ziqi didn't even change his expression, but his voice was like broken jade: "Your lord sent me to lead the way for the three of them, and go to Jinghu Shuiyue to take a look. Your lord has been waiting for you to make tea for a long time."
Yan Dan watched her turn her back, couldn't help frowning, and asked with a slight smile, "Is Palace Master Shenxiao very proficient in tea ceremony?" She suddenly remembered that before Lingxiao Taoist Temple was attacked from behind, The figure in night clothes that I saw was very similar to Tao Ziqi's back.
Tao Ziqi glanced at her coldly: "Respected Master Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, miscellaneous learning scriptures, all of them are excellent."
Tang Zhou said lightly: "Miss Tao, I was worried that you would be trapped in the tunnel, but now it seems that you are safe and sound."
Tao Ziqi's back froze, and she said coldly: "Thanks to Mr. Tang's concern. The second half of the secret passage in the cemetery was actually repaired by the Lord later. I was originally ordered by the Lord to bring you here, but Unexpectedly, Shen Yijun suddenly betrayed and locked me in the tunnel."
Yan Dan couldn't help but think that the level of the Palace Master Shenxiao's acting was already extraordinary. He didn't expect that the people who were close to Mo were black, and even his subordinates had this liking. Tao Ziqi was cowardly and shy in the cemetery. The appearance of a man, now killing a person without shaking his hand, it is really like a group, people are divided into groups.
"Why did Palace Master Shenxiao bring us here?" Tang Zhou asked.
Yan Dan sighed, if she would say it, she would have said it earlier, Tang Zhou's question would be superfluous.
However, Tao Ziqi hesitated for a moment and said softly, "Your Highness, he has obtained one of the artifacts, and he needs a pure soul to unlock the curse seal engraved on this artifact. Although in this world, you are not the only one with pure souls, Mr. Tang. One person, but the process of unlocking the curse is too difficult, if you don't have a little effort, it's impossible to do it."
The group walked while talking and saw a small boat docked on the shore not far away. Tao Ziqi stepped forward, untied the rope at the stern, and stepped onto the bow: "You can decide now whether you want to go to Jinghu Shuiyue. Once you get there, it will be too late to regret it."
Yan Dan was slightly puzzled, even though Tao Ziqi was the subordinate of Palace Master Shenxiao, how could she feel that what she said and did was not directed at her own esteemed master? To put it nicely, her name is disgusting but kind, and to put it badly, it means eating inside and out.
Tang Zhou turned his head to look at them, and said softly, "Go back, it's enough to accompany me here."
His expression was vaguely vague.