The entire hidden world has been shattered and is in a mess.
The mountains began to collapse, starting from the mountain range where the eight corridors were located, and fell one by one into the distance.
The dark river without sunrise broke completely.
The boat capsized, the wooden bridge was broken, the long road collapsed...
The painted wall corridor was once again torn into countless pieces. Even the gatekeeper pig had ugly cracks on its body, causing it to scream miserably: "Ah, kill the pig! Kill the pig, really kill the pig!"
…
The Ten Thousand Beasts Maze was already flooded, with huge and dangerous whirlpools appearing on the water surface from time to time. The old beasts struggling in the water would be swallowed up by them if they were not careful.
Buildings, trees, bones...
Nothing seemed to float.
A wounded silver fox, with blood flowing from its legs, was swept by the swirling water and headed towards the center of the current.
"Woo woo..."
It cried out in pain, but had almost no power to resist.
“Chichichi!”
Some anxious shouts suddenly came from the water.
The silver fox was carried by the turbulent current of the whirlpool, but suddenly it was startled, and it looked towards the source of the sound.
Floating on the water surface where even a feather would sink, there was a huge wooden boat. It had a strange shape, with both ends pointed, but one end seemed to be slightly rounded, and the whole boat was chestnut with dark brown.
The wooden boat is eighty-eight feet long and twenty-five feet wide, like...
Like a giant pine nut.
Compared with the vast expanse of water, it seems insignificant.
But compared with the furry little creature on the boat, which was only a foot tall at most, it was a huge monster.
Standing on the bow of the boat, the little squirrel was extremely anxious.
Naturally, it saw the silver fox not far ahead, and immediately started barking and calling out, waving its claws in the hope that the other party would see it immediately.
At the same time, the entire ship, following its wishes, quickly approached the silver fox.
Little by little, little by little...
The big ship actually passed through the whirlpool without any hindrance!
The silver fox couldn't help but feel a little surprised with its pair of fox eyes.
Soon, the big boat arrived next to the silver fox. The little squirrel immediately grabbed a thick branch with his two paws and reached towards the silver fox.
The silver fox could hardly move, it could only lower its head and bite the branch.
The little squirrel almost used all the strength it used to suckle... oh no, eat pine nuts, to pull the branch and pull the silver fox out of the water and onto the boat.
The feeling of being back in a dry place was obviously a bit dreamy.
Foxes have always had the richest emotions and are the most similar to humans. It nodded gratefully towards the little squirrel, with infinite tenderness hidden in its fox eyes.
The little squirrel scratched his head with his claws, seeming a little confused.
However, it soon saw another companion who needed rescue, and quickly waved its claws, controlling the big boat like a god, and rushed over there.
The silver fox lay on the boat, slowly stretched out its tongue and licked the wound on its leg.
When he looked up, he saw that the old turtle that Wu'e had just questioned was also rescued.
Silver Fox's eyes were moist and filled with a little sadness. When he turned to look at the floating ground and the entire marshland around him, his eyes turned desolate...
It didn't say anything, and the old turtle just sighed.
The little squirrel was still standing on the bow, searching continuously. When he found his companion, he immediately went over and rescued it.
Soon, there were already quite a few spirit beasts standing on the boat.
Some are tall, some are thin, some are young, some are old...
The large pine nut ship sailed on the water, cutting through the waves, with the sound of splashing water.
When Jianchou grabbed Xie Buchen and threw him to the ground, he heard the sound of water.
She turned her head and saw something that was unexpected.
Because of the sudden action just now, the little mink was scared half to death and almost thought that he was going to die along with Jianchou. Fortunately, there was a turn of events halfway through and his master was not that stupid.
Even so, the little mink was still frightened.
Its claws tightly grasped Jianchou's clothes and hung on Jianchou's shoulders like a koala.
At this moment, seeing the little squirrel driving the pine nut boat to save people, he was also stunned!
These days, even squirrels can’t be judged by their appearance!
You have some skills!
There are still many spiritual beasts in the water, and even on many of the remaining fragments of the land, there are still spiritual beasts watching from afar.
The whole world continues to fall apart.
Although the speed has slowed down compared to before, new cracks continue to appear. There is even an extremely obvious black line that has appeared on the edge of the entire hidden world, slowly swallowing up the middle.
The small world is relatively independent in the big world.
When the protective seal disappears, the entire world will be left defenseless, not to mention its stability.
The rules of the universe will gradually shatter the hidden world and devour it.
It is almost only a matter of time before the hidden world collapses and disappears.
unless…
The seal was restored.
Jianchou withdrew his gaze from the surroundings and looked at the person at his feet who was unable to get up.
There were still three black-feathered arrows on Xie Buchen's body, all of which were left by Wu'e when he launched an attack before. They pierced through his entire body and even nailed him to the stone pillar.
There was no trace of pity in his eyes. Jianchou looked down at him and said coldly, "What's the matter with the seal?"
"Ahem..."
Xie Buchen coughed twice, and blood stained his lips.
Looking at Jianchou's calm eyes that contained murderous intent, he felt neither sad nor happy, and replied casually, "You can't kill me."
He knew what Jianchou was thinking and why she saved him.
But since he had the ability to trick her into saving him, he naturally had the ability to prevent her from killing him.
Anyone who dares to gamble has something to rely on. Xie Buchen has entered the hidden world for the second time and has been instructed by Hengxu, so how could he not have some important skills
When Jianchou heard this, the murderous intent in his eyes could hardly be suppressed. He was about to pick up the knife and chop the man into eight pieces immediately, but he forced himself to hold back at the last minute.
She smiled, "You knew I had the key to the triple door of the maze, so you were willing to break an immovable bell to save me. You also had this seal in your hand, so you dared to save me. Even if I was sure that you were in danger, I would definitely save you."
"good."
Xie Buchen did not deny it.
What a thoughtful man he is
It's common to take one step and count it as three or five steps.
Strategies and tactics have been ingrained in our bones since elementary school, just like eating and drinking, and have never faded.
He originally didn't know that Jianchou also had bargaining chips in his hand, until she unexpectedly shook him off and entered the maze. Only then did he realize that the four keys were in her hands, and he was the one who taught her how to open them.
The seal in his palm came from Zhenren Hengxu. In order to be absolutely sure, this seal was connected with his life.
Even if the seal is lost, he will not die.
But without him, the seal will disappear.
This is also the reason why he dared to show this to Jianchou and was sure that Jianchou would save him.
He was smart and had a plan in mind for the outcome.
If she only took the seal and wanted to cut off his hand without saving anyone, he would definitely not put himself in danger.
So Jianchou was also very clear that from the moment Xie Buchen opened his palm until the matter related to the seal came to an end, she could not touch him, and neither could he.
The smartest strategy is the open strategy. There are no lies and no loopholes.
He doesn't lie, and Jianchou knows that he won't lie and put himself in danger.
An extremely strange silence spread between the two people.
After a long while, Jianchou finally said, "The whole story."
Xie Buchen coughed twice again, and seeing that Jianchou's face was grim, he knew very well that although the two of them were restraining each other at the moment and seemed to be evenly matched, he was seriously injured and even struggling on the verge of death. How could he resist her
After a brief silence, he finally briefly explained the situation.
This was his second time to come to the hidden world of Qingfeng Temple. Although the route was different, his understanding of the hidden world far exceeded that of everyone else, not to mention that he was very familiar with breaking the formation.
The second time he entered the hidden world, he found the seal and talisman left by Zhenren Hengxu, in case Xie Buchen needed it in case of emergency.
This seal is called "Da Ming Seal" and was obtained by Zhenren Hengxu many years ago.
The Daming Seal can sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and stabilize the existence of the hidden world. It can also be used as a key to open the heavenly palace above the head and discover the research on the "Nine-Curved River Map" left by Master Buyu.
It can even condense a new Ming Seal to guard the hidden world.
"It's just that I don't know how to use this seal yet." Having said this, he paused for a moment and continued, "If you want to save people, you must find Li Jun before the hidden world completely collapses."
As the guardian of the hidden world, Li Jun naturally knows everything.
After hearing this, Jianchou realized that this was not much different from what he had imagined.
only…
"I think this seal has a fourth function, Brother Xie forgot to mention it."
Xie Buchen looked at her.
A sneer spread across Jianchou's lips: "With this seal as a starting point, I'm afraid I can also take over the Qingfeng Temple hidden world, and make it one of Kunwu's hidden worlds from now on, right?"
"… "
It is undeniable that she is too smart.
Even Xie Buchen could only marvel at such sharpness.
He couldn't deny it, let alone admit it, so he remained silent.
"Hua La La..."
The big pine nut ship passed by in front, and the little squirrel was still busy rescuing people.
There was already a dense group of people on the boat. Jianchou took a quick look and saw that they were all spirit beasts, but not a single cultivator. As for the companions from the Central Region, their whereabouts were still unknown.
Jianchou turned around with a frosty look on his face.
The ground was wet and there was some dirty muddy water.
Xie Buchen was seriously injured, and blood spread out in a small area. The three feather arrows stuck in his abdomen, left rib, and right chest had stopped bleeding.
There were originally five of them, but two of them remained on the stone pillar when they fell just now.
Seeing that he had no sympathy, nor the leisure to remove the arrow and treat his wounds, she just slowly lifted her robe, lowered one knee leisurely, and half-knelt down.
"You are right. Not only can I not kill you, I have to cooperate with you."
It was because he was sure that she would not stand idly by and watch the creatures of the hidden world, and because he was sure that she would not be able to find a second seal except the one in his hand.
From this point of view, Jianchou had no choice.
After much calculation, she seemed to have an absolute advantage in this round: Xie Buchen was now her prisoner, and she could decide his life or death.
Although he couldn't kill her because of the secret key to the four doors, she couldn't kill him because of the seal on his palm.
Although he seemed to be in the upper hand, he was actually constrained by him.
It's just a matter of one move.
Endless calculations, in silence, a fight to the death.
Jianchou was surprisingly calm when he thought about this.
Her eyes swept over Xie Buchen, not staying on his wound for long, and she slowly pulled off the Qiankun bag hanging around his waist.
There is a navy blue embroidered plate on it. It looks small, but there is Kunwu's emblem in the corner.
Xie Buchen frowned and was about to say something when Jianchou spoke directly: "Open it."
Open
He suddenly felt an urge to laugh, his eyes were gentle, yet concealed a hint of coldness.
"Daoyou Jianchou—"
Before he could finish the rest of his words, he was interrupted by a sharp pain!
Almost at the moment he opened his mouth, Jianchou with an indifferent face, and a two-foot deer-cutting knife appeared instantly!
The tip of the knife pointed downward, as if stabbing into a piece of paper, and pierced Xie Buchen's left shoulder decisively and ruthlessly!
“Hmm!”
Xie Buchen let out a muffled groan of suppressed pain, and before he could retract his gaze from Jianchou, his eyes were instantly filled with forbearance.
Jianchou held the hilt of the knife and spoke again calmly, "Open it."
The bloodless lips were pale, gray, cracked and flaking, like a traveler who was dying from lack of water along the way.
Xie Buchen frowned, and his two handsome eyebrows became a little cold.
He didn't expect her to be so decisive and ruthless.
The deer-cutting knife that pierced his shoulder was icy cold to the bone, without a trace of warmth.
Just like the way Jianchou looked at himself.
He was convinced that although he had the power to make her not kill him, he had no right to refuse any of her requests at this moment.
The trembling fingers pressed against the wet ground because of the severe pain, and were stained with mud, and the clean gaps between the fingers were also black.
He raised his fingers with difficulty, as if he had used up all his strength, and moved them slightly.
The index finger drew a very tiny arc and then fell down weakly.
But it's enough.
A dark light flashed across the tightly closed collar of the Qiankun bag, and then it automatically loosened and opened towards Jianchou.
She held the Qiankun bag in one hand and the deer-cutting knife in the other.
Seeing that Xie Buchen finally had some insight and knew how to suffer less, she smiled faintly and put away the knife as swiftly as she drew it.
“Puff!”
Blood splattered everywhere!
Xie Buchen's whole body suddenly arched up, the pain was so severe that he almost had a spasm, but he couldn't make even a single sound.
Breaking out in a cold sweat!
After Jianchou put away the bloody deer-cutting knife, he fell backwards dejectedly. After the pain was over, he lay on his back on the muddy ground, gasping for breath, as if he had just been fished out of the water.
At this moment, Xie Buchen looks like a dying fish
So pitiful.
Jianchou raised his eyebrows slightly, and with a flick of his hand, he threw away all the blood drops on the deer-cutting knife. Then he flipped his hand and the two-foot curved knife disappeared in his palm.
He opened the Qiankun bag slowly, probed his spiritual consciousness into it, and Jianchou saw what was inside.
Kunwu is indeed wealthy and powerful.
There are countless spiritual stones, countless array plates, and even ancient books, bamboo slips, and jade slips...
However, she was not interested in any of these.
With a slight shift of her gaze, she noticed the sword stored in the corner.
With a thought, a three-foot-long green sword with a sheath suddenly flew out of the storage bag!
The scabbard is black and seems old, with an air of antiquity.
As soon as it appeared, it brought with it a majestic aura.
Jianchou was quick to grab it!
The Human Emperor Sword!
This sword was the sword that Xie Buchen had been carrying along the way, and it was also the sword that had displayed its power in his many battles with her.
Xie Buchen had never taken it into his body, nor had he ever achieved the state of unity between man and sword.
This sword...
He didn't even acknowledge his Lord.
With his palm against the cold scabbard, a dark light flashed in Jianchou's eyes. He held the scabbard in one hand and the hilt in the other, and then drew the sword out with force!
“Zheng—”
A trembling sword chant.
The entire Human Emperor Sword seemed to be rusted and was extremely stiff. She couldn't pull it out at first even though she tried hard.
So he pressed with five fingers and suddenly increased the force!
Swish!
Three points of cold light finally poured out!
Just like the scabbard and sword body cast from molten iron, they finally separated.
Then, Jianchou saw the dark sword body, with a heart-shaking dark light, a corner of the ancient map of mountains and rivers, accompanied by a sudden and high-pitched sword chant, slowly appearing...
As an emperor, you rule over all the people and are responsible for the four seas.
Hidden mountains, vast rivers, countless poor people...
Everyone obeyed his orders and everyone bowed to him.
What an amazing sword!
Jianchou held the hilt of the sword with his five fingers tensed, his knuckles white, and even the blue veins on the back of his hand were faintly visible.
She looked at the exposed three-quarters of the sword, unable to take her eyes away...
Xie Buchen was very familiar with this look.