The pit mouth, whose outline was barely outlined by the light, was completely dark inside, as if an evil dragon could jump out at any time and swallow them all in one gulp.
When the lightning faded, the sky and the earth lost all light, and countless raindrops hit them.
Shi Hao felt his wet clothes sticking tightly to his cold body. The ground under his feet was uneven and he would trip over protruding rocks from time to time. He had to rely on the people next to him to hold him up.
Suddenly there was a long neigh, and mud splashed up. Shi Hao turned around and saw the horse startled. The thunderbolt that split the sky again illuminated the horse's eyes, and the horse kicked its legs wildly.
Shi Hao was forced to dodge, he stumbled and suddenly stepped into empty space. The sudden feeling of weightlessness was like an invisible black hand, pulling him down rapidly. The sharp stones cut his clothes and his skin felt as if it was being cut.
"Young Master? Young Master?" Master Lu's shouting and the terrified neighing of the horse were quickly drowned out by the thunder that roared from the sky.
Boom, boom, boom, boom…
As he continued to slide down, Shi Hao felt dizzy. In the boundless darkness, the lightning high up looked like just a narrow streak that flashed twice before fading away.
He felt that his eyes were bursting with stars, as if his eyes were emitting waves of brilliance between the collision of his body and the earth and rocks.
There was a bang in his eardrum, and he was shaken so much that his internal organs churned and he felt dizzy and nauseous. The accumulated torrent rushed over, pushing his gradually numb body, like duckweed on the sea, rolling and swaying, and he didn't know where he was being pushed to.
I'm going to die! Shi Hao thought to himself.
As a time traveler, living in such a sad era, as a powerless scholar, he died in a huge pit created three hundred years ago for unknown reasons.
It's like a small stone dropped into a vast river during a storm, without causing any noticeable waves. It just sinks to the bottom of the lake, buried among countless grains of sand like stars, and no one pays attention to it anymore.
Away from the rain, away from the chaotic world, he was still worried about the weak and helpless girl and the hungry child in the dilapidated temple, and the loyal men who risked their lives to protect them.
Then I silently laughed at myself in my heart, thinking that I could barely take care of myself, yet I still had time to worry about others.
He felt that he had hit something, but his body had become dulled by the series of vibrations.
Until he began to feel that something was wrong, he sat up suddenly and coughed for a long time before he came to his senses.
There was no thunder or rain, as if I had fallen into another world. I was clearly being washed by the current, but at the moment there was no water around me, and there was no light either.
Shi Hao fumbled to his feet, staggered, and took a few steps in the dark. The ground was flat, no longer bumpy, and the surroundings were quiet, so quiet that he could even hear his own heartbeat.
The thumping sound made him laugh at his own nervousness. After all, he had died once in his previous life, so how could he be afraid of death again
Or maybe, what he was afraid of was not death, but meaningless death.
Shi Hao felt the wind.
Even though I was standing on the flat stone ground, I could always feel the wind rushing up from below, bringing a cool and refreshing feeling.
He saw a flickering light in the distance. In this dark pit bottom that was shielded from wind, rain, thunder and lightning, in this inexplicable place, that little glimmer of light seemed both strange and like a bit of hope in the darkness, making him stagger and walk towards it subconsciously.
There were crackling sounds coming from Shi Hao's eardrums, as if numerous unknown objects were colliding around him.
The air flow was chaotic, and although the wind was not strong, he was blown all over the place. It took him a lot of effort to get close to the light.
The light was white, with a strange black flickering inside.
Shi Hao began to discover that the crackling sound came from the flickering black and white light.
Bang! There was another loud bang, like the sound of a fragile egg hitting a hard rock and the shell cracking.
The space shattered strangely, and Shi Hao fell down again.
This time, during the fall, mysterious halos were dancing around.
The word "piece" is used to describe them because they are like snowflakes, colorful, but as thin as a cicada's wing.
These halos of light disappeared in waves, sometimes purple, sometimes blue, and they kept changing. In the heights, darkness pressed down in waves.
Shi Hao felt that he was afraid he would not survive. No matter where he fell, falling from such a high place, under such acceleration, he would definitely die.
There were two gusts of wind around him, half cold and half warm. They supported him from below, making him feel like he was falling into a pile of cotton, and his falling speed was slowly slowing down.
At the same time, they seemed to be tearing and competing with each other. He felt that he was in a dual world of ice and fire. If he was not careful, they would be torn into pieces.
Finally, he landed on the ground successfully. Because of the influence of the two air currents, he did not feel any pain, but he felt very tired.
White and red halos bloomed before his eyes, colliding with each other. He felt as if the universe was exploding around him, but he was powerless to do anything.
Suddenly, the two air currents separated, and on both sides of Shi Hao, the humming sounds of two girls were heard.
Is there anyone here? Shi Hao stood up shakily, but then sat back down on the ground again. It took him a while to calm down.
Shi Hao first looked to the left, and was surprised to see a beautiful girl.
The girl was dressed in white, with a slender figure, skin as white as snow, and a beautiful face. The white clothes were made of unknown material, but they were spotless, and were embroidered with Ganoderma lucidum and Ruyi, which were auspicious cloud patterns.
At the first sight of her, Shi Hao felt that he had never seen such a beautiful woman in his life. "She is so beautiful that she can make fishes sink to the bottom of the water and geese fall to the ground," "she is so beautiful that the moon hides in shame on the flowers." These idioms, when used to describe her, even seem a little inadequate and it is difficult to truly describe her beauty.
Her hair was tied up on top of her head, and she wore a Taoist hairpin, which, combined with her clothes, indicated her identity as a Taoist. Her face was as cold as water, with a sense of detachment from the world, like a fairy from heaven, which made people respect her.
Shi Hao was stunned for a moment. On the other side, a "hi" sound was heard. This sound was as if it was right beside his ear, which scared him, but he woke up quickly. He subconsciously turned his head and looked to the right, and then he was stunned again.
On his right, there is also a girl, but she is beautiful in a different way.
She looked even more petite, wearing a long gown with narrow sleeves, a skirt and a curved hem, embroidered with peach blossoms, a wide belt around her waist, and a slender waist. She had her hair in a very rare flying fairy bun, and her face was like an oval, with eyebrows and eyes like a painting.
Different from the girl in white on the left, she has a sweet smile and a mischievous look, which matches her bright peach-red clothes. She is like a flame, and although she is dangerous, it is hard to resist approaching her.
The two girls have completely different styles, but both are absolutely beautiful and flawless, and their looks are rare in the world.
At this moment, Shi Hao wondered if he had fallen to his death in the huge deep pit that was formed three hundred years ago for unknown reasons, and had had hallucinations before his death.
Otherwise, why would I meet these two absolutely beautiful girls with completely different styles, as cold as ice and as fiery as fire, in a place like this
The two girls in white and red were also looking at him.
Shi Hao ignored them for the time being and looked around, only to find that this place was actually a ruin... There was precious light and fairy air everywhere, but not a single stone was intact.
The broken and collapsed fairy trees, the broken red eaves and jade tiles, everything was in ruins.
Shi Hao could imagine that this place must have been a fairyland long ago. He could even combine them in his mind to form a mysterious fairyland that did not belong to the human world, but they had been destroyed for unknown reasons.
Two girls were in such a ruin, with air currents flowing around them, facing each other.
Their eyes were all on him, giving him an invisible pressure.
"Hey, young man, may I know your name and surname, and which sect you are from?" The girl in red clothes spoke first.
Her voice is like an oriole, so sweet that just by listening to it, one can feel a tremor from body to heart, which lingers in the room for three days, with endless aftertaste.
Shi Hao stood up, bowed to both sides, and said: "I am Shi Hao, just a scholar, not a sect. May I ask the names of the two ladies, and where is this place?"
The red-dressed lady laughed and said, "It's fine if you don't recognize me, but how come you don't even recognize her? You don't even know the famous Fairy Shengxuan of the Central Plains White Dao, the Purple Marriage Saint who commands the eight major sects and commands the Central Plains martial arts world? If you go out like this, people will laugh at you to death."
The girl in white said coldly, "I dare not! How can you compare to the Fire Charm Girl who stirred up the martial arts world, brought disaster to the world, made all nineteen demons bow down to her, and was feared by the world, and could stop babies from crying? Everyone says that the next Evil Emperor Demon Lord might be you."
The red-dressed lady said with a giggle, "Fairy Shengxuan, why are you so modest? A copper talisman scroll descended from the pearl platform, and purple smoke rose from the golden flowers. The purple smoke flew up to the Lingxiao Palace, and the sun and the moon polished the universe... Oh, look at your poem, fairy, it is so heroic and amazing. Fortunately, it is you, the fairy. If it were anyone else, they would not even be ashamed to recite this poem when walking outside."
She sat on a piece of glazed tile, clapping the ground and laughing.
Fairy Shengxuan snorted coldly and said indifferently: "You test the heavenly punishment with fire, disregard the immortal law, dance on flowers and disrupt the rules; you play with the human world, turn all living beings upside down, destroy the law and destroy the Tao, and you are so arrogant, aren't you?"
The Fire Charm Girl smiled and said, "You are nothing compared to the Holy Fairy Ye Ziyin. Even the Emperor of the Great Sheng Dynasty has to pay tribute to you every year, praying for peace and safety. If you say you are a fairy, you are about to become a fairy master."
Fairy Shengxuan snorted again: "You, the fire enchantress Su Xi, cause bloody storms wherever you go. You frighten the emperor of the Great Sheng Dynasty and make babies stop crying. You command demons and evil spirits to bow down. You are called the Demon Emperor of the underworld. That's awesome."
The Fire Charm Girl said: "You Ye Ziyin..."
"You two, you two!" Shi Hao heard something was wrong and said quickly, "The Great Sheng Dynasty you are talking about is the one that was destroyed by the barbarians three hundred years ago?"
The two girls were both stunned. The fire charmer Su Xi asked in surprise, "Three hundred years ago?"
The originally cold face of the Shengxuan Fairy Ye Ziyin finally changed color: "Dasheng... is destroyed?"
Chapter 3: The Fifth Day's Potion
Shi Hao looked at the two of them seriously.
For a moment, he wondered if they were joking with him.
He sighed and said, "Three hundred years ago, the current Jin Dynasty's Supreme Emperor, that is, the then Jin Hao King Lie Zunyi, led many barbarian kings and a large number of barbarian troops to invade China, and the Great Sheng Dynasty was destroyed."
Su Xi snorted and said, "Lie Zunyi? The 'Plague King' Lie Zunyi of the Jin Clan? That guy thought his Heavenly Plague Magic Secret was invincible. He had been to the Central Plains and planned to unify the Central Plains underworld. But I used the Fire Lotus Blade to easily break his Heavenly Plague Magic Secret, and he was so scared that he ran away again.
"With his ability, can he conquer the Central Plains?"
Shi Hao said in a deep voice: "I don't know much about the Great Sheng Dynasty. In the past three hundred years, the Barbarian Court destroyed history and massacred the people, suppressing the people of the Central Plains' sense of belonging to "Huaxia". What I know is that three hundred years ago, there was a martial arts civil war on the land of Huaxia.
“This fierce battle resulted in heavy casualties, with almost all the masters of both the black and white worlds dying out. This made it almost impossible for Lie Zunyi and the eight barbarian kings and hundreds of thousands of barbarian troops he led to invade the Central Plains.
"Especially Jin Hao Wang Lie Zunyi, who spread the plague across the Central Plains and massacred countless towns, and no one could stop him."
On the other side, Saint Xuan Fairy Ye Ziyin said expressionlessly: "Although Lie Zunyi's Heavenly Plague Demon Secret was restrained by the Fire Lotus Blade, he was also a top-grade master among the barbarians. At that time, there were rumors that he might have obtained a top-grade divine crystal named 'Plague Emperor'.
"Even so, if someone hadn't used Yuanshi Cave Heaven to trigger this catastrophe in the Central Plains martial arts world, causing the deaths of a large number of masters in the Central Plains martial arts world, how could China be taken advantage of by foreign races and tens of millions of Chinese people become slaves of foreign races?"
The fire charmer Su Xi said disdainfully: "Although Yuanshi Cave Heaven is a trap set by me, you Taisu Immortal Pavilion also have sinister intentions. You just think that you have planted your spies in the upper echelons of the Demon Sect, and you want to use the same trick to catch all the upper echelons of the Demon Sect in one fell swoop.
"If you ask me, the destruction of the Central Plains martial arts world is truly inseparable from your Taisu Immortal Pavilion. Especially you, Fairy Shengxuan, who is arrogant and conceited, thinking that you are extraordinary and holy. You want to wipe out the Demon Sect in one fell swoop, and you have joined forces with those so-called famous sects to stir up disputes in the martial arts world. After the disputes started, you blame the Demon Sect for burning the fire too fiercely?"
Fairy Shengxuan glared and said, "You, the Demon Sect, have committed many evils and brought disaster to the world. Shouldn't you be eradicated?"
The Fire Charm Girl laughed and said, "You so-called white-hearted people, are you really that good? One by one, you are righteous and righteous, but secretly you are fighting for power and profit, men are thieves and women are prostitutes. And the Dasheng Li family that you support, in the early years, you Taisu Fairy Pavilion regarded yourself as the destiny, set up a heaven-selecting master, and then really regarded yourself as the fairy in the sky
"The Great Sheng Dynasty was fine at the beginning, but later on, everyone was greedy and corrupt. The upper class lived a life of luxury and debauchery, while the common people were poorly clothed and had no means of survival. In my opinion, such a dynasty should be overthrown. You are supporting such a corrupt dynasty and completely ignoring the suffering of the people. How dare you blame the Demon Sect?"
Fairy Shengxuan had a gloomy face, but her eyes were blazing with fire: "Could it be that it was your idea to stir up a catastrophe in the martial arts world while luring the northern barbarians to invade?"
The Fire Charm Girl smiled sweetly and said, "Don't blame others for this. The Great Sheng Dynasty you supported is enjoying the prosperity of all nations coming to pay tribute, and you keep saying that the world is united and all races are at peace. At the same time, you are suppressing other sects outside the Central Plains White Dao. This is to give to foreign races and not to domestic enemies. From all nations coming to pay tribute to you to all nations being your oppressors, isn't this what you fairies who keep saying that you are saintly and benevolent want?"
Fairy Shengxuan was furious, and her figure flashed and disappeared.
Shi Hao only heard a sweet laugh from the other side: "Who's afraid of who?"
Boom! There was a loud bang above him. He looked up, but did not see their figures. He only saw two colors of light, white and black, exploding above him.
There were continuous crackling sounds, and rays of light spread out like spider silk.
Soon after, there were bright lights everywhere. Occasionally, their figures could be seen appearing, but they only flashed by for a moment, and disappeared the next moment.
Broken bricks and tiles were flying far and near, thunderbolts fell from the sky, stinging his eyes and causing pain, and flames came across the sky, bursting out with astonishingly strong light.
This was a battle that he could hardly imagine.
In the past, in Xiaohanshan City, the fights that Shi Hao saw were just some people holding swords, spears, and halberds, fighting each other. Although Shi Hao was just a scholar who didn't know martial arts, he could see their movements clearly.
He could easily see how one man chopped and how the other dodged.
But this Fairy Shengxuan and the Fire Charm Girl seemed to appear on all sides of him, moving so fast that they were everywhere. When he occasionally opened his eyes, the gorgeous pictures and the sounds he heard formed a strange sense of dislocation that made him want to vomit blood.
The waves of light kept flashing, one after another, making him stagger and his eyes hurt.
Amid the constant rumbling sound, the clear and cold voice of Fairy Shengxuan was heard: "Close your eyes and don't look at it anymore."
Amid the chaos, like a violent storm where every raindrop hitting the ground would cause an explosion, her voice reached his ears clearly.
Shi Hao quickly closed his eyes. Only then did he feel the pain in his eyeballs. If he continued to look, his eyeballs would probably explode.
They had clearly avoided him, but he could not bear it just by watching them.
In fact, even with his eyes closed, he could still feel a light shining in front of his eyelids from time to time, as if it could easily pierce his eyelids, penetrate into his eyeballs, and go straight into his pupils.
Listening carefully, you will find that the crackling sound is like pearls falling on a plate, illusory and uncertain, appearing in multiple directions and layers.
From this alone, we can tell that the martial arts they use must be varied, emerging in endlessly, and constantly changing in their confrontation with each other.
"Stop!" Fairy Shengxuan's voice came again, still so clear and cold.
"You said stop, so stop?" The Fire Charm Girl laughed, "You were the first one to start."
"It's meaningless to continue fighting!" Fairy Shengxuan said coldly, "You and I have known each other's skills and killer moves for a long time, and our magic weapons have all been used up in these days. Even if we fight to exhaustion again, no one can win."
"So, you should have thought of this when you started!" The Fire Charm Girl said disdainfully, "This is the style of you so-called noble and upright people. You spend all day thinking about exorcising demons and defending the way of justice, provoking disputes, and then you find that you can't control the situation, and you want stability and order. In this world, not everything is up to you."
The explosion sounds became more and more rapid. Even Shi Hao could tell that the Fire Charm Girl not only did not stop, but her attacks became more and more fierce.
Suddenly, clear sounds rang out from four directions at the same time, and converged in the same direction. The sound became sharper and more piercing, continuous and dense, and then turned into a wonderful rhythm.
The sound was so sharp, but the ups and downs of the rhythm were strangely memorable. Then there was another loud explosion.
Shi Hao felt a current rising and the air became hot. The next moment, a chill descended from the sky, turning over and over, accompanied by the clear and cold voice of Fairy Shengxuan: "What do you want to do?"
The Fire Charm Girl's laughter sounded again: "I'm tired of fighting with you here, today I will fight to the death."
Shi Hao stood there, not daring to move. The sounds around him became chaotic, sometimes as loud as thunder, sometimes as small as the rustling of leaves, crackling, banging, all kinds of noises, like the sounds of the whole world mixed together.
He had no idea how long this lasted. It was as if time had stopped, or as if a very long period of time had passed.
Suddenly there was another loud explosion. Boom! He felt the heaven and earth were shaking, and he began to lose his balance.