Yu Mo stood with his hands behind his back, and after a while, he said slowly, "Since we've all come here, we just have to go all the way to the end, how can we give up halfway?"
Yan Dan looked at him in surprise and asked, "Yu Mo?"
Yu Mo raised his hand and gently pushed her shoulder: "Let's go." Yan Dan's heart was transparent, and he smiled slightly at him, a faint pear vortex faintly showing on his right cheek.
Tao Ziqi rowed the boat to the center of the lake, suddenly pushed the oars, and jumped into the water with a thud, the calm water rippled. Yu Mo supported the side of the boat and said lightly, "I'll go down first." After saying that, he also stepped into the water.
At this moment, it was almost dusk, and the pale red setting sun dipped the clouds in the sky into red, and even the green lake surface was bursting with red. Yan Dan lay on the side of the boat and looked into the water, looked up at the sky again, and couldn't help but say, "If it's a night with stars and moon, isn't it Jinghu Shuiyue?"
Tang Zhou looked at her white porcelain-like cheeks. When she smiled, the corners of her eyes would slightly curl up, clear and innocent, and she couldn't help but whisper, "Why do you need to come?"
Yan Dan shook his finger and said with a smile, "Don't get me wrong, I'm not here for you. The first is to send you to see the girl of your dreams as soon as possible, and the second is that life is really boring, so I find something by chance. It's good to do things." She turned her head to look at the sunset in the sky, and then looked into the water, and murmured, "Strange, why did Yu Mo go for so long?"
She slowly reached out into the water and dialed it twice, and suddenly drops of water splashed in front of her eyes. Yu Mo stuck his head out of the water, stretched his arms over the side of the boat, and let out a long breath: "Come down, I'll lead the way."
Yan Dan jumped off the boat and beckoned to Tang Zhou: "Come on." She stretched out her hand to grab the other's wrist and whispered, "Just hold your breath and follow me." She watched Yu Mo sneak in first. In the water, he slowly sank his body. Looking up from the water, the lake water is crystal clear light blue, the bottom of the water is white sand and gravel, and the water plants are spreading. From time to time, slender and soft fish pass by with their tails.
Yu Mojing crossed the water forward, and it took three incense sticks for three sticks of incense, and suddenly the water broke upwards and came out. Yan Dan also followed, and saw a gorgeous palace not far in front of him, with marble steps extending all the way into the water, and after walking a few steps up, he saw a few wisps of clouds slowly drifting, lingering around him.
All this seems real and illusory, as if walking on the misty clouds.
Outside the palace, there is a stone tablet with four ancient seal scripts: Jinghu Shuiyue.
Yan Dan turned his head to look at the lake behind him, and saw that the crescent moon on the horizon was bright, reflected in the lake, and the silver-white moon shadow slowly swayed with the water waves.
Tang Zhou whispered: "This is the Shenxiao Palace..."
"The first two times when I entered Shenxiao Palace, someone led the way for me, but not this time." Yu Mo turned his head and frowned slightly, "Since the Palace Master Shenxiao wants to use your power to unlock the seal of the divine weapon, he must also Set up a mechanism inside..." Before he finished speaking, he saw a figure in sackcloth and clogs suddenly appear at the gate of the palace. A wisp of cloud and mist drifted over, and just happened to gather the figure in the vast sea of clouds, and vaguely saw the man carrying his clothes, his body light and elegant.
Yan Dan couldn't help but say: "That's... Wu Shun?! Didn't he fall into the underground cave, why is he here?" She chased two steps, but found that the distance between them not only did not shrink, but became more and more bigger. The herb collector Wu Shun walked fast as if being led by something.
Tang Zhou looked at her and asked, "Are you mistaken?"
Yan Dan also had some doubts in his heart, so he could only say, "Maybe it's a mistake."
"Yan Dan has always been meticulous. When he hasn't read it wrong, that person is likely to be Wu Shun." Yu Mo said lightly. Yan Dan was simply flattered: "Actually, I'm not as careful as you said, which is really a compliment."
And the Shenxiao Palace was close in front of him, and everything in front of him was pitch black and silent.
The three of them walked away slowly in the darkness, and they could only hear a light sound when they landed. After walking a long way in this way, Yan Dan finally couldn't help but say: "Why is it still dark here, not even a candle is lit." She just complained casually, but as soon as she finished speaking, she heard a chirp, Immediately, a candle was lit around.
Yu Mo's expression was a bit complicated, and he said categorically: "Let's go, lest the night be a long dream..." Before he could finish a sentence, he saw chi chi from both sides, and a large group of flames surged up, instantly burning the ground. Slight redness. Tang Zhou couldn't help but say: "The ground here is actually made of iron!"
Yan Dan was quite sure that she must have committed some evil in the past few days. At first, after a few steps, I didn't feel anything, but after a while, I felt like fire was burning under my feet. On both sides of the aisle, there was a raging fire, and the tongues of flames continued to swept towards them. Yan Dan could only smell a burnt smell, and he didn't care where it came from, so he could only keep running forward. The only thing she is happy about is that she is a demon, which is more or less better than that of mortals in this hell.
In the blink of an eye, the aisle was at the end, but in front of it was a large pile of plum blossoms. The stake is as high as two people, and the bottom is densely packed with iron thorns. If one accidentally falls off the plum blossom pile, but pierces his heart, he is very capable, and he can stand firm when he falls, and he will definitely pierce his feet.
Yan Dan hesitated for a while, wondering if he should find another way out. Yu Mo jumped onto the plum blossom pile without hesitation. Seeing that she was still in a daze, he couldn't help but say angrily, "What are you still in a daze, come up quickly!"
Yan Dan had no choice but to use his demonic energy to resist the wind, step on the stake, and look down, feeling a little terrified in his heart. The Palace Master Shenxiao could come up with this kind of cultivation method, which shows that there must be something wrong with him.
I saw that Tang Zhou didn't even change his face when facing this piece of plum blossom pile, and passed by as if walking on the ground. Yan Dan said curiously, "Tang Zhou, you seem to be very good at this..."
Tang Zhou turned his head and glanced at her, and replied indifferently: "Everyone who practices martial arts has practiced the plum blossom pile, and the teacher also prefers this."
Yan Dan suddenly realized, and suddenly heard a bang behind him, a huge heat wave hit from behind, and all he smelled was a strong smell of sulfur. She was startled, and hurried forward, and the heat wave behind her also followed closely. She didn't have to look back to know what was going on: this Palace Master Shenxiao had placed gunpowder at the door, and as soon as they came in, he lit the lead.
The blasting sound was deafening, and small flames kept rushing in front of her. She could even smell the scorching smell of her hair, but the plum blossom pile in front of her was slow to come to an end.
Listening to the sound of the wind behind him, Yan Dan resolutely avoided a few flames, and immediately stepped on the stake without waiting to stand completely before jumping forward to another stake. With such agile skills, she had never even thought about it in most of her previous life, and no matter which movement she made, she was absolutely neat.
She is getting better and better, and she is understanding why mortals who practice martial arts always like to fix such strange things. Suddenly, a figure flashes in front of her, and before even a blink of an eye, there is a tall stiletto standing on the plum blossom stake she was looking at. The tall and tall figure of Tsinghua Wanduan is the Palace Master Shenxiao!
Yan Dan was in the air and saw his face clearly: She had seen many good-looking people and demons, but this was the first time she had ever seen someone like this. If the Palace Master Shenxiao is ugly, and his facial features are extremely handsome, but if he is born beautiful, then there will be no ugly people in this world.
She watched the face get closer and closer to her, and even the tip of her nose was about to touch, she finally let out a long sigh: "Ah, go away, ah--"
When she spoke, the demonic energy on her body suddenly vented, her body sank, and she fell down immediately. Finally, she reacted very quickly, reached out and grabbed it, just right on the edge of the stake. She swayed twice in the air, and occasionally when she lowered her head, she immediately saw the iron thorns shining brightly underneath, and she couldn't help but tremble.
Just hearing Tang Zhou's voice was still far away, but before he finished speaking, it was already close at hand: "If you dare to step on it, I will make you unable to unlock the seal of the divine weapon in this lifetime!"
Yan Dan was deeply moved. Although Tang Zhou did not treat her well on weekdays, he was still reliable at this critical moment. She stretched out her other hand with difficulty to pick up the stake, only to see that the pair of dark green soft satin boots in front of her was about to lift, as if ready to step on it at any time. Yan Dan struggled to fight with herself. If he really stepped on it, should she not let go, or should she let go immediately? After all, if Palace Master Shenxiao stepped on her foot, if she couldn't hold it anymore and let go, she might as well jump down from the beginning, so as not to lose face.
After a while, there was still no movement. Yan Dan only felt that his arms were starting to become sore, and he looked up and looked around, only to see that the Palace Master Shenxiao was still standing there, Yu Mo and Tang Zhou seemed to have become confrontational with him. Yan Dan sighed, if they kept standing like this, she didn't know if she would be able to hold out until they were pulled up.
People really still have to rely on themselves, and most of them can't rely on others, even for demons. Yan Dan said in a good voice, "Palace Master Shenxiao, may I ask you a question? Are you going to step down or withdraw your foot? Let me know first, and you don't have to stand here, right? "
As soon as she finished speaking, Yu Mo glanced at her with a fierce look.
I just heard the Palace Master Shenxiao say slowly, "I haven't thought about it yet."
Yan Dan hesitated for a long time, but still didn't have the courage to provoke him, so he had to hang there resignedly. The reason why she dared to provoke Zi Lin or Yu Mo was because she knew that they would give her a little pain at most and would never kill her. But for Palace Master Shenxiao, she didn't have the courage. What's more, angering the other party can only show that you are different from others, but the end will be many times more miserable than others.
She clawed at the stake, gritted her teeth and insisted not to let go. She has a sense of arrogance in her bones, and she can't tolerate others despising herself.
There was only a slight sound, like the sound of fabric rubbing, and her arm was suddenly pulled. Yan Dan raised her head, saw Tang Zhouzheng pulling her arm, and couldn't help asking, "Palace Master Shenxiao is gone?"
Tang Zhou nodded and said with a slight smile: "You're lucky, he just left."
Yan Dan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and murmured, "Just leave..."
Whether it was Yu Mo or Tang Zhou, she at least knew how much stronger the other party was than herself, but when facing the Palace Master Shenxiao, she had nothing at all, so she couldn't help but be afraid.
At the end of the plum blossom pile, there is a palace paved with cold marble, quiet, silent and unpopular. The faint lights flickered, reflecting on the marble slab, like a ghost fire.
In front of it is a carved bronze door, and the door knocker is a lion with its mouth open and its fangs exposed, which is vivid and like a living thing. And behind this door, what awaits them
Tang Zhou looked at his companions and resolutely stepped forward and pushed open the bronze door. Only hearing a heavy creaking sound, the door opened, and the room in front of them was extremely elegant and simple, almost exactly the same as the one they saw in the tomb of the Empress in Qingshi Town. The only difference was that there was a stone tablet in the center. Inscribed with distorted and distorted text patterns.
In front of the stone monument, stood a man in sackcloth, with a little bit of mud on the hem of his clothes, looking small and wretched. He heard someone approaching behind him, but he just stared at the stone tablet, motionless. Yan Dan recognized the herb collector Wu Shun, took two steps forward, and asked curiously, "Why are you here?"
Wu Shun turned a deaf ear, still standing motionless.
Tang Zhou also felt strange, and wanted to go forward to check, but he only took a few steps closer, and suddenly the world was spinning, and there was chaos in front of him, just like the chaos before the world opened up. There was no light, no vegetation, only endless darkness and darkness. Powerless. He didn't know where he was, so he could only let that mysterious force pull him.
This power is completely irresistible.
He faintly heard Yan Dan's voice, which seemed to be not far from him. He didn't panic, as if he vaguely knew it would happen.
Looking back for the last time, he clearly saw an indescribably strange smile on the face of Wu Shun, the herb collector, but his figure suddenly rose a few points, and a human skin mask slowly fell beside his feet. Impressively revealing that ugly but Tsinghua face.
Palace Master Shenxiao watched the water marks on the stone tablet gradually calm down, and whispered to himself: "It's best that they can reach the end of the demon..." He stretched out his hand and slowly untied the coarse linen, which was a pale white robe. , without any decoration, even the belt is white. At that time, only human sacrifices would dress like this.
He lightly touched the strange inscription pattern on the stone tablet, and said word by word slowly: "Chumo, the devil starts from the heart..." He suddenly froze, and immediately felt that he was being pushed by the cold sword. He didn't even look back, and said lightly, "Is it you?"
"Honored lord, you never thought that one day you would end up being pointed at by someone with a sword?" Tao Ziqi's tone was icy and full of hatred, "I've been waiting for this day for a long time."
"I just remember that I have always treated you well." Palace Master Shenxiao slightly tilted her head, but unexpectedly saw the resentment on her face. This kind of anger and hatred seemed to be inextricable.
"I used to be Zi Qi in the Nine Lights Star, because of you..." She blushed, and a smile slowly opened in her eyes, "You don't remember everything that happened in the battle between the immortals and demons back then. ?"
Palace Master Shenxiao's slow breathing suddenly froze for a while.
"I know you can't remember it now, and you won't remember it in the future." Tao Ziqi threw the long sword forward, "You also accompany them! No one in this world can tell you what happened back then. What, you only have to dwell on the past all your life!"
The Palace Master Shenxiao had to take two steps forward, only to feel that the sky and the earth suddenly turned upside down, making him dizzy. He suddenly turned around, stretched out his fingers and clamped Tao Ziqi's long sword, and slammed it hard, only to hear a loud sound of the sword's edge breaking, and the broken blade just stabbed into Tao Ziqi's throat.
"What about Jiu Yao Xing Zi Qi? Betrayal will end in the same way..."
The water pattern on the stone tablet suddenly calmed down, and only a broken long sword fell to the ground, making a clear sound.
Zi Qi fell to the ground, tears streaming down the corners of her eyes. Her throat was injured and she was dying. She could no longer speak clearly, and could only spit out a name vaguely and laboriously: "Jidu..."