Fang Yun walked to the river and carefully observed the silver water. He found that the water was not as heavy as mercury. Its weight was about the same as ordinary water. The silver color did not seem to be the color of water itself, but more like it was fused with the water under the influence of external force.
"There's something strange about this water." Hu said secretly.
Fang Yun and Dou Ji looked at each other and saw the same word in each other's eyes: nonsense.
Fang Yun looked at Dou Ji and asked, "Are you sure that this strange phenomenon must have been caused by Fu Yue?"
"I'm sure. In the Comet Corridor, apart from the two lions and the guard dog in the Seventh Corridor, only Fu Yue in the Fifth Corridor is alive."
"Watchdog?" Fang Yun asked.
"A frost dog from the demon world was granted immortality by the demon ancestor and is guarding the throne of stars. The frost dog cannot leave the seventh corridor, and the two stone lions cannot cause trouble here, so it can only be Fu Yue. But, why is he doing this?" Dou Ji looked around the passage in the mountain.
Fang Yun found that Dou Ji was very relaxed before, but after being sucked here, his attitude changed significantly and he became more serious and focused. It was obvious that he realized the crisis that was difficult to escape.
"Will this Fu Yue hurt us?" Fang Yun asked.
"He doesn't dare, otherwise the stone lion will take action to deal with him immediately. After all, we are nominally the people chosen by the Demon Ancestor, and we may very likely become his disciples. However, he will not hurt us, but he may hinder us like he is doing now, or even trap us here." Dou Ji said.
"This is half good news." Fang Yun said helplessly.
"But this means that we may be trapped here for a long time, waiting for other demons to become the kings of the stars, or even trapped to death here."
Tiger thought to himself, "Is this part of the test in the fifth corridor?"
"This... I don't think so, because all the monsters who walked out of the maze have never seen Fu Yue, and no one has ever been sucked into the mountain passage like us." Dou Ji said.
Fang Yun said, "No. Since the Demon Ancestor suppressed Fu Yue in the fifth corridor, he must have taken it into consideration and turned the simple maze into a dangerous one. Perhaps that was what the Demon Ancestor meant. Do you really think that this fifth corridor is just a test for us to pass the maze?"
Dou Ji was speechless and said, "You are right. I only judged according to common sense and ignored the attitude of the Demon Ancestor. Since he put Fu Yue here, I am afraid he really regarded Fu Yue as part of the test of the fifth corridor."
"You just said that the monsters who left the Comet Corridor hardly mentioned Fu Yue, which means there is another possibility." Fang Yun said.
Dou Ji and Hu An immediately understood what Fang Yun meant.
"Are we going to die here? I am confident that I am not weaker than Fu Yue, who is of the same demon rank, but his strength is infinitely close to that of a semi-saint. The gap is too big. If he wants to trap us, we will definitely die here." Dou Ji frowned.
"There is always a way out. Since we are trapped here, it is better to unite than to separate. I wonder if you two are willing to temporarily put aside the grudges between the two tribes and work together?"
"Of course!" Dou Ji and Hu An said in unison.
Fang Yun said: "In that case, please do not hide Fu Yue's information. The more we know about him, the greater the possibility of our escape. For example, what does Fu Yue look like, how big is Fu Yue at the level of Great Demon King, and what power is he good at using?"
Hu An immediately said, "Fu Yue has the power to control the earth, and looks like a turtle. But the turtle shell is different from ordinary turtle shells. There are bone peaks on it. Every thousand years, there is one more bone peak on Fu Yue's turtle shell. The power is also improved. In addition, Fu Yue is also known as the Dragon of the Earth. There are many legends about Fu Yue in our demon world. For example, Fu Yue's way of revenge is to carry a mountain on his back and smash the enemy's house. As for how big Fu Yue is, there is no consensus. Some say that Fu Yue carries the demon world on his back, some say that Fu Yue is only a hundred feet long, and there are even demons who think that it is just a legend that Fu Yue carries mountains and stars on his back."
"What is Fu Yue's personality like?" Fang Yun asked
"Ancient monsters are all intelligent, but... you know." Dou Ji only said half of his words.
Fang Yun understood what he meant. No matter how smart and rational the monsters and barbarians were, once they got angry, even a half-saint would lose their mind. This was the flaw of the monster and barbarians. If it weren't for this flaw, the human race and the dragon race would have no place to stand.
Hu thought to himself, "Since none of the monsters who left the Comet Corridor alive have seen Fu Yue, and those who have seen Fu Yue are probably dead, we must first stay away from Fu Yue. There is a wind blowing from the upper reaches of the river, and the smell is similar to that of the maze. We should go upstream."
Fang Yun said nothing and looked downstream of the river.
"Do you have a different opinion?" Dou Ji asked.
"Different? Oh, maybe it's the difference between us humans and you monsters. When you encounter unknown threats, you either fight or flee, but we humans are more inclined to think carefully and find the best way to solve the problem. We only choose to fight or flee when we can't find a better way."
"Aren't you afraid of betraying Yue?"
"Who isn't afraid of the Great Demon King? The problem is, you said he didn't dare to kill us, and it was his power that sucked us in, which means he has some unknown demands. Of course, things should always be considered from different angles. He may also be taking it out on us because he has been imprisoned for many years."
"Then what are you going to do?" Dou Ji said.
Fang Yun said: "Since I have decided to temporarily put aside the feud between the two tribes, according to convention, the minority will naturally obey the majority. Hu An chose to go upstream, I am considering it, what about you?"
Dou Ji did not reply immediately. He looked in both directions of the passage, then looked at Fang Yun and the Tiger Demon Saint Son, and finally said, "I agree with Hu An."
Hu An grinned, feeling very honored, and felt a little closer to Dou Ji, then looked at Fang Yun proudly.
Fang Yun's expression changed slightly, and then he said, "Then let's go upstream."
"Walk!"
The man and two monsters immediately hurried forward. The dragon and the tiger were very fast even at a jog, so Fang Yun had to run as fast as he could to keep up with them.
After turning a corner, a bright cave appeared in front.
"What do you think? Did I make the right choice?" The tiger demon laughed and ran out. After getting out of the cave, he took a few steps and suddenly stopped, constantly turning his head to look around.
Fang Yun and Dou Ji then ran out of the cave and looked around, and found that this was actually a closed valley. The valley was the same as other places in the maze, without any weeds, but there was a cold spring in the valley, which kept emitting silver water, forming the source of the silver river, and there was nothing else.
Fang Yun asked: "Can you climb up this mountain wall?"
Dou Ji said: "No, this mountain wall belongs to the fifth corridor and we can't go up." Then he walked quickly towards the cold spring.
Fang Yun followed and observed the spring carefully.
Water was constantly gushing out of the spring, and there were actually lines near this cold spring that looked like dried-up blood vessels.
Fang Yun recognized this thing, it was called "blood veins", it was a kind of power refined from the blood of the demon race, at least only the demon king could use it. The blood veins were not a particularly powerful power, they had some simple functions, such as collecting star power, absorbing the vitality of heaven and earth, etc., and their uses were not very wide.
Hu thought secretly: "This blood pattern is very old. The blood and energy in it have completely dissipated, but it still plays a role. I'm afraid it was drawn by the Demon Ancestor himself. The function of this blood pattern is more inclined to suppression. It should be the blood pattern of the Demon Ancestor to suppress Fu Yue."
"You guessed right. Since the blood pattern was drawn by the Demon Ancestor himself, it is better for us to stay away from it." Dou Ji said.
Without Dou Ji's explanation, Fang Yun turned around and went back, away from the cold spring, regardless of whether the demon ancestor was dead or alive. The power he left behind was definitely not something a mere scholar could spy on. If any self-protection power was triggered, he would surely die.
"Oh, I didn't expect this was not the exit. Let's go back quickly!" Hu said secretly.
So, one man and two monsters ran towards the downstream of the river. This time Fang Yun still ran the slowest, observing the passage while running, hoping to find something.
After running for a long time, Fang Yun found nothing. If he had to say anything new, it was that the stone wall in this passage was very solid, but it was useless for escaping from here.
"There seems to be a hall ahead. The silver river water gathers into a pool there." The tiger demon saint who was running in the front suddenly said.
The footsteps immediately became louder.
Fang Yun looked at Dou Ji and Hu An who were getting farther and farther away from him. He did not run as fast as he could, but maintained the same speed as before.
As they approached the hall, Hu'an's speed remained unchanged, but Jiaolong Douji began to slow down.
"Alas, after all this time, the demons are still as stupid as ever!"
A sound like a loud bell came from all directions, and the entire passage was shaking. It was like a landslide, and dust and gravel on the top of the passage kept falling down.
Fang Yun only felt a chill that could kill all life approaching him, and then he saw the passage ahead freezing at an extremely fast rate. However, it spread to the front in the blink of an eye, and the entire passage was covered with a thick layer of ice.
At the moment of being frozen, Fang Yun saw the head of the tiger demon's holy son Hu An explode with a bang like a watermelon falling to the ground.
Then everything went dark before his eyes, Fang Yun sighed inwardly, and lost consciousness with endless despair.
After an unknown amount of time, Fang Yun suddenly felt his body turn cold.
"Hiss..."
Fang Yun subconsciously shrank his body and opened his eyes. Before his eyes was a world made entirely of ice. It was crystal clear and extremely beautiful, but Fang Yun sensed a huge crisis from this beauty.
Fang Yun found himself lying on the ice and quickly got up.
In front of us was a huge icicle with a diameter of more than twenty feet. Below the icicle was a circular pool of water. The silver river water soaked the icicle, but the water was not frozen.
Fang Yun continued to look around. The ice pillars and the pool were located in the center of a wide ice hall. There was an outward passage in each of the eight directions of the ice hall. Frozen corpses appeared in many of the passages, including the body of Hu An, the son of the tiger demon.
The Jiaolong Douji was wrapped in a thick block of ice, and his life or death was unknown.
As soon as a thought came to Fang Yun's mind, the voice sounded again, much smaller than before.
"I'm here, I can kill whoever I want, these two stupid lions can't do anything to me!"
"Fu Yue?" Fang Yun asked subconsciously.
"From the moment you entered the maze, I saw and heard your every move. Your name is Fang Yun, right? I'm curious why the first name mentioned by those humans in the maze after they were separated and reunited was yours. They said it was you who helped them cross the Floating Ice River, the Avalanche Slope, and the Falling Star Bridge. Is that true?"
"So it's Senior Fu Yue. I'm Fang Yun, your student, to meet you." Fang Yun greeted him politely in demon language. (To be continued...)