Ning Tao turned off the screen of his mobile phone and quietly came to the exit of the passage. The space in front of you is suddenly wide open, but it is not very big. The top is only a dozen meters high, and you can see the mountain walls at a glance on the left and right sides. The visual width is only twenty or thirty meters. Moving forward, there is darkness that cannot be seen through at a glance. I don’t know how deep it is.
Zeng Xunlong and his four disciples stood in front of a huge stone monument with an underground river behind it.
Zeng Xunlong's four disciples each held a tactical flashlight, some were shining on the underground river, and some were shining on the stone monument.
The underground river is only two meters wide, and the water flow is gentle. Even people with no athletic ability can easily jump across this width as long as they run for a distance.
The stone stele is a turtle-seat stele, several meters high, with the words "Tongtian River" engraved on it in vigorous and powerful fonts.
The Tongtian River is a river in "Journey to the West". The four masters and disciples of Tang Sheng faced their final difficulty. An old turtle carried them across the river. The book said that the river was eight hundred meters wide, but I didn't expect that this river, which was only two meters wide, also had this name. Given the width of the river, there certainly aren't any thousand-year-old turtles in it.
Ning Tao looked at the stone tablet and secretly said in his heart: "Tongtian River? Tongtian, Tongtian, is this river related to cultivation and becoming an immortal?"
At this time Zeng Xunlong said: "You, jump over and have a look."
The disciple who was targeted by troops carefully came to the riverside and shined a flashlight on the other side. Opposite is a jagged mountain rock with various shapes, some big and some small. He seemed to want to see the place behind the strange rock area, but the light of the tactical flashlight couldn't shine through at all.
"Hurry up! Why are you waiting so long?" Zeng Xunlong urged, with irresistible majesty in his voice.
The disciple took a few steps back, took a deep breath, and then sprinted forward. When he was approaching the Dihe River, he jumped up, and his whole body flew into the air towards the other side. With his approach and jumping height, he could jump across even a five-meter-wide river, let alone a river that was only two meters wide.
However, just as his body flew to the middle of the river, he suddenly plummeted. It felt like something suddenly grabbed his feet and dragged him down into the river.
Gudong!
The disciple fell into the river and sank to the bottom of the water in an instant and was out of sight. He didn't even make a single movement of struggle during the whole process.
Disciple Wang Xing, who was holding the Xunlong Ruler, rushed to the river bank and wanted to reach out to grab the senior brother's hand, but he retracted his hand before it reached the surface of the river.
People are selfish.
"Damn it, how dare you go out and take advantage of others with such little potential?" Zeng Xunlong cursed, then pointed at Wang Xing and said, "Wang Xing, jump over and take a look."
"I..." Wang Xing's face suddenly turned pale, and his legs were shaking violently.
Zeng Xunlong pulled out his gun with a bang and pointed it at Wang Xing: "I count to three, if you still don't jump, don't blame the master for being ruthless."
Wang Xing also had a gun on his body, but he didn't have the courage to draw it. He also took a few steps back, took a deep breath, sprinted towards the Earth River, and then jumped.
This time Wang Xing did not fall, he jumped over.
Zeng Xunlong said: "Isn't this right? He was careless just now, and he deserves to die. If one person is missing, you will get more. Let's all go over."
The remaining two disciples also jumped over without any accidents.
Zeng Rulong was the last one to arrive at the riverside. He didn't need to run, he just jumped to the other side in an understatement. He jumped into the air and leapt over like a roc spreading its wings. There was no sound at all when his feet landed on the ground.
Afterwards, Zeng Rulong led the remaining three disciples into the rocky area and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Ning Tao then came out of his hiding place and led Qing Zhui and Roaring Sky Dog to the stone monument. He awakened the sight and smell skills of his eyes and nose, and in an instant, wisps of mist-like aura appeared in his sight. The innate auras of Qing Zhui and Roaring Sky Dog were like two lanterns, lighting up a huge area for him. He also saw four innate air fields entering the rocky area. There was no doubt that they belonged to Zeng Xunlong and his three disciples. But when he moved to the rocky area and saw those four innate air fields, , another innate weather field weakened rapidly.
This situation means that another person has died.
Ning Tao frowned: "That guy is so vicious. He must know the situation here. Every time he passes a level, someone needs to die. None of the people he brought will survive. Only he can leave here alive."
Qing Zhui said: "This place has a strong yin energy, and it is probably a cave of demons. If it is really the tomb of an immortal, then the person buried here is probably a demon immortal."
Ning Tao suddenly remembered a character, Zhu Hongyu's mother Hu Ji. Yin Molan said that she was a fox demon, and the source of the Ancestral Pill was found in her body - did Zhu Hongyu come here just to find her mother's tomb
"Let's go over there. I'll jump first and you can follow." Ning Tao quickly put away his thoughts and walked towards the river.
When there is danger, he always goes first, and never lets those around him go first.
After jumping over the Dihe River, Ning Tao, Qing Zhui and Roaring Sky Dog also arrived at the rocky area.
Ning Tao soon saw runes on the bottom of a stone, which was actually a magic circle.
As expected, there is also a magic circle under the rock that opens the door and the ground river, and each time it takes a life to pass.
This situation made Ning Tao secretly glad that he didn't attack outside. If he came in by himself, aside from the danger of breaking into the magic circle, he could be stumped just by breaking the magic circle. Until now, all he has learned and mastered are his own runes, and ordinary cultivators and demon runes still know very little about them. In fact, there is no way to make up for the shortcomings in this area quickly. It requires a long-term learning process.
Not far after entering the stone circle, he saw a corpse. His body was pierced by a stone thorn that suddenly appeared from the ground. There was a path open in the direction facing his body, extending straight ahead.
After walking not far through the rocky formation, we reached the end. On an almost 90-degree steep cliff, a road that could only be stepped on by one foot was cut out, extending upward in a "Z" shape around the cliff.
As expected, there was another body at the intersection of this mountain road. It was that Wang Xing. He was caught in a crack on the mountain road. His head and body were squeezed into a pulp. Only one hand was still sticking out of the ground, tightly holding a dragon-seeking ruler.
Ning Tao said: "Four of the five people led by that guy have died, which means there is still one more level to go. Let's follow."
This time, he went up first, stepping on the mountain road that could only accommodate one foot, with his back against the cliff, and walked up carefully.
Qing Zhui and Roaring Sky Dog had an easy time, because Qing Zhui had snake claws and Roaring Sky Dog had dog claws.
After passing the five "Z" characters, a voice came from above.
"Master... I beg you, I... I still have my old mother at home, please don't let me die, okay? I don't want the money, I want to go home."
"Yan Zong, you are my most valued disciple. You are a bold and careful person who can do great things. Don't you want to get rich? Those fools are dead. The 100 million remuneration will be divided equally between us, master and disciple, 50 million each. , why do you need to do this kind of job of annihilating your descendants if you have 50 million?"
"That's enough!" Yan Zong roared angrily: "Don't lie to me. Those four junior brothers died because they believed in you. If I believed in you, I would die here! I finally understand now, what is one person and five people? Ten million, you brought us here because you wanted us to die so that you could get the treasure and reward all by yourself!"
"You have to go even if you don't want to."
"Don't come over here, or I'll shoot!"
"Hey hey hey..."
Ning Tao walked through the last section of the trail and poked his head out from behind a rock. There was a flat dam in front of me, as if someone had used a magic ax to cut off the cliff alive and create this flat dam.
Not much above Pingba is the mountain of Xuefeng, with huge boulders hanging on it, giving people the feeling that they may fall down at any time.
Directly ahead, at the end of the flat dam is a mountain gate, built entirely of stone, more than ten meters high, majestic and wide. There is a plaque on the mountain gate, with the three words "Shanzhong Temple" engraved on it. The handwriting is beautiful and seems to be written by a woman.
Behind the mountain gate are steps paved with stone, and at the end there is a large stone door. There is a pull ring on the stone door, which looks loose and can be pulled.
At this moment, Zeng Xunlong and his last disciple Yan Zong were standing at the end of the steps. Yan Zong was holding a pistol in his hand, and the muzzle of the gun was pointed at Zeng Xunlong.
Qing Zhui was about to leave Ning Tao when Ning Tao held her hand and said in her ear: "Don't worry, let them open the door first."
Qing Zhui nodded. She seemed to feel itchy. When Ning Tao's mouth left her ears, she reached out and took out her ears. The ears are crystal clear, and don't have a delicate feeling that can be broken by blowing.
Then, Ning Tao, Qing Zhui and Xiao Tian Quan poked their heads behind the rock to watch the master and apprentice locked in a duel.
The mantis stalks the cicada, with the crowd watching behind.
At the end of the steps, Zeng Xunlong stopped sneering: "Zong Yan, I really didn't realize that you are really smart. You dare to point a gun at your master and bully him and destroy your ancestors. Aren't you afraid of thunder from the sky?"
Yan Zong sneered and said: "Don't fool me with this trick. Who in our line of work will end up well? Since I am in this line of work, I am not afraid of bad retribution. Aren't you going to open the door? Okay, you go over." Otherwise I will shoot you to death!"
Zeng Xunlong suddenly raised his head and looked up.
Yan Zong subconsciously moved his eyes to look up, but at the moment when he was distracted, Zeng Xunlong suddenly reached out and grabbed his hand holding the gun, and then pushed it to his chest. The joint was immediately countered, and the pistol fell into Zeng Xunlong's hand.
Zeng Xunlong sneered and said: "Fight with me? You are still too young, get over there!"
Yan Zong knelt down with his legs on the ground and begged: "Master, I was wrong, I..."
boom!
There was a gunshot, and before Yan Zong could kneel down, a bullet hit his thigh. Blood gushes out and immediately dyed his thigh red.
Zeng Xunlong roared: "Go over and open the door! Or I'll shoot you in the head!"
Yan Zong dragged his shot leg toward the temple gate, walking very slowly.
Zeng Xunlong said: "You may not die if you open the door, but if you don't open the door, I will shoot you to death. I can forgive you. As long as you can open the door, I won't care about what happened just now." , I will still share half of your reward after the work is completed."
Perhaps because there was still a glimmer of luck and a glimmer of hope in his heart, Yan Zong hesitated when he came to the stone door, and finally reached out and grabbed the stone ring, and then lifted it up...