Neither Ye Xun nor Tao Siyu wanted to speak. They were both waiting for my decision.
If my decision only involves myself, I will make a decision immediately and even do whatever I want. But not now. Both sides are my brothers, and the fate of both men is in my hands.
I couldn't help but look at Ye Xun, hoping he could give me some advice. Ye Xun turned to Luo Qianqian and asked: "Luo, why do you have to follow us into the agency city? In fact, if you wait here, it won't take long to meet up with the people from the Palace of Punishment."
Luo Qianqian said in a deep voice: "I want to verify whether your words are true or false."
Ye Xun said to me again: "Wang Huan, if we don't take Luo Qianqian with us, will we definitely be able to leave the government city alive?"
"No." I only said two words before I woke up. With or without Luo Qianqian, we are heading for a dead end. There are many dangers in the city. Who can guarantee that we will come back alive? Since I can't, why should I be so timid and risk An Ran's life for a piece of paper left behind a thousand years ago
I raised my head and said, "Luo Qianqian, you can come with us, but you'd better not make trouble for us, otherwise, don't blame us for being unkind."
Luo Qianqian finally showed a smile and gently put down the dagger in her hand. I patted An Ran on the shoulder: "Go and accompany your wife. Be careful on the road."
An Ran could only nod her head. I couldn't help but shook my head, and greeted Ye Xun and the others to re-enter the eight formations that had calmed down.
Behind the array, half natural and half artificial passages run through the entire mountain range. The widest place is enough for five or six people to walk side by side. The narrowest place makes it difficult for a person to turn sideways and move slowly.
Ye Xun said as he walked: "Is this place dug out by a machine?"
I reached out and touched the rock wall twice: "Indeed. Look at the excavation marks here. The mechanism they used is comparable to modern excavators. The people who originally built this passage should have prepared to use This cave was built to have different widths to resist foreign enemies. Otherwise, depending on the strength of the scratches, they could expand the current cave several times."
Ye Xun then used his hand to compare the width of the cave: "Well, if a group of soldiers are hidden here to guard the pass, without using modern blasting methods, it will be difficult for thousands of troops to pass through."
An Ran couldn't help but said: "They don't have to play like this, right? There is more than one way into Heizhugou. Isn't it the same way to go around the top of the mountain?"
I shook my head and said: "If you go around from above, you will definitely have to pay a heavy price..."
While I was talking, an idea flashed through my mind, so I quickly cut off the rest of my conversation and walked quickly towards the end of the passage.
Outside the passage is a cliff-like platform. Standing on the edge of the platform and looking out, under the cliff is a Bagua-shaped city surrounded by high mountains.
The five consecutive layers progressively progressed from the outside in but the city was shrinking layer by layer. It was like five giant locks, locking a cold and misty lake in the middle.
Is this the maze of traps
I couldn't help myself in the strong shock for a long time. Ye Xun walked to my side: "Don't look, more than half of what you see is an illusion."
I turned around in shock and said, "What do you mean?"
Ye Xun said in a deep voice: "The Lost City below is the real Eight Formation Army Map. At the beginning, the two major sects must have invited experts from the Taoist or Yin-Yang families to help. We can't see through any secrets standing here."
I nodded and said, "Let's go, we have to go down to find Qin Siyue and the others."
"Don't look for it, they're right there." I looked in the direction of Ye Xun's finger. Sure enough, there was a huge iron box parked in front of the city gate in the distance. Si Ruo and the others were sitting or lying leaning on the box. All around, the two demon servants were missing.
When I walked straight in the direction of the iron box without any concealment, Si Ruo, Tao Xiyu, and Hei Butterfly raised their heads at the same time, but the old man named Yao did not see any movement. Just as Si Ruo was about to talk to me, I waved my hand to stop him. I faced the iron box and said, "Qin Siyue, I'm here."
"Haha..." Qin Siyue chuckled, "You can actually call me by my name. It seems that you have got Zhuge Liang's letter, right? What else do you know?"
I said in a deep voice: "It doesn't matter what I know. I don't want to care about the grudge between you and Zhuge Liang. I opened the door for you, you let my friend go, and I turned around and left without saying a word." "
Qin Siyue smiled lightly and said: "Most of what I have done is to seek skin from a tiger, but I still win nine times out of ten. The fact that you can pass many tests and reach the Maze City can at least prove one thing, that is, you also have the heart to slay demons. . However, I don’t care about that, let alone what tricks you play.”
Qin Siyue said with a cold voice: "Take me into the core of the maze, I will give you what you want, and I will also let go of your friends. This is the agreement between us from the beginning. If you want to break the contract, that The old man is your role model."
While Qin Siyue was speaking, the iron box suddenly turned around without anyone pushing it, revealing Old Man Yao behind it.
The others could at least move after being imprisoned by Qin Siyue, but Old Yao was already lying on the ground, weakly raising one hand and letting the iron box drag him around on the ground.
Old Man Yao didn't raise his head until the iron box was thrown in front of me, and begged in a weak voice: "Save me...save me..."
When I saw Old Man Yao, I couldn't help but take a breath. Although Old Man Yao has reached the age of sixty, for a master, his age is far from the time when he is about to die. Many masters in the inner circle have even more energy and blood than... Young people are still more vigorous.
But the old man Yao in front of me has lost weight to only a handful of bones in just a few days, and the only remaining front tooth in his mouth is crumbling with the trembling of his lips. Every time Old Man Yao shouted, he would make several strange "hehe" sounds in his throat, as if he might die in front of us at any time because he couldn't breathe.
Tao Xiyu whispered: "Wang Huan, please send him away!"
I said coldly: "Qin Siyue, you are not trustworthy."
Qin Siyue also said coldly: "It's not that I'm untrustworthy, but that old man is too dishonest. Be obedient and I won't do anything to him, but he repeatedly wants to test me, so I will naturally punish him." discipline."
Qin Siyue said in a deep voice: "For the sake of our cooperation, I declare in advance that these women are also poisoned by the same poison. The poison lasts for them for only seven days. After seven days, every hour they live Ten years will fly by. If you want to see how a person goes from a young girl to a withered skeleton in one day, you can delay it for a while."
I said in a deep voice: "Qin Siyue, you are looking for death!"
"Haha..." Qin Siyue laughed, "I'm just urging you to complete the agreement as soon as possible."
"It's impossible for me to walk into the city in three days." I said coldly, "The people who were chasing me in the secret realm of Huangfen Mountain have now chased me here, and the number of people and experts have exceeded the original number by several times or even It’s more than a dozen times, I have to hide from them, three days is definitely not enough.”
Qin Siyue said coldly: "Don't think that I don't know what you are thinking. Don't you just want to use me to trap all those pursuers into the city? I promise you this matter, as long as you listen to me Under my command, no matter how many pursuers there are, I will make it impossible for them to come back."
I nodded and said, "Deal!"
"Haha..." Qin Siyue said with a smile, "It is said that Zhuge Kongming has all his plans, but this time he was blind and chose you as his heir. I have told him a long time ago that there is no good or evil in the world. The difference is that some are just people’s control over desires.”
"Those who can control their desires are saints, and those who cannot control their desires and do whatever they can to do so are evil heretics. Am I right?"
"It seems reasonable." I changed the topic and said, "I made it clear in advance that if it wasn't for my fault that caused the delay, you would have to delay the onset of the poison."
Qin Siyue was silent for a moment before saying: "A reasonable request. Now, go and open the gate of the agency city!"
I turned to look at Tao Siyu: "It's up to you."
Tao Siyu walked towards the door of the agency in silence. When he passed by Tao Xiyu, he didn't even look at him, as if he had never come to rescue Tao Xiyu.
Tao Siyu stood in front of the agency door and looked at it for a long time before saying, "Wang Huan, come here and help me."
When I walked to the door, I noticed that there was a phoenix relief on the door made of black iron. The lifelike phoenix seemed to be closing its wings and singing loudly, but its tail was always hanging down to the ground. This was obviously what the phoenix should be like when it was flying. But if the phoenix's wings haven't moved, how can it dance for nine days
Tao Siyu pointed to the wings of the phoenix and said: "The keyhole is under the wings of the phoenix. Someone has to hold up the wings to open the lock. Please help me."
Just when I was about to take action, Tao Siyu suddenly said: "Don't do it in a hurry. There may be a mechanism on the wings. See for yourself."
I tilted my head and pressed my face against the door. When I turned to look under the wings of the phoenix, Tao Siyu whispered: "I can open the locks on their wrists."
I was slightly startled: "How long does it take to open it?"
"One lock in three seconds." Tao Siyu said loudly, "Look, the feathers of the phoenix are actually overlapping blades. Once an external force lifts the wings, the blades will pop out one after another. Your hands can withstand the impact of the sharp knife. ?"
"No, that's too dangerous." I told Tao Siyu in a pun not to act rashly. It would take at least nine seconds for three people, and if you include the time of moving back and forth, it would be longer. I can't bet on it.