As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at the middle-aged man, and sure enough, the middle-aged man was nowhere to be seen. The yellow sand in front of him became more and more turbid, and it swirled wildly on the flat ground. The visibility was minimized, let alone the middle-aged man, Shen Qiao even recognized Which one among the sandstorms is Chen Gong.
Murong Qin stepped forward to hold Chen Gong with all his strength, and said loudly, "The wind and sand are too strong, please go to the side and take shelter for a while!"
Chen Gong gritted his teeth: "No, there is no one among us who knows the way in this area, we have to follow him closely!"
As soon as these words were finished, the wind and sand blew even more, and when you looked up, you could see the sky was swept up with the yellow sand in between, the eyes were rubbed by the sand, and the tears were pouring out, and the vision became blurred. In such a situation Even a peerless expert could not compete with the heavens and the earth, so he could only tighten the turban and cloak, but the sandstorm made it difficult for everyone to move.
Shen Qiao grabbed Yan Wushi's wrist tightly, and tried to arch his back to reduce the resistance to moving forward.
The horses were frightened and writhing uneasy. Shen Qiao was not careful, and the reins were released from his hands. When he turned his head again, the horses were nowhere to be seen.
The wind whistled in his ears, and his eyes were all yellow.
"My lord, this way..."
Shen Qiao vaguely heard what Murong Qin said, he quickly walked a few steps forward and rushed in that direction, but unexpectedly one foot stepped in the air, and the whole person slid straight down!
The bottom seemed to be a bottomless abyss, the slope was extremely steep, Shen Qiao actually felt that he had fallen for a long time without stepping on the ground.
After a while, he felt that the slope had slowed down slightly. Shen Qiao held the stone behind him with one hand, stabilized his body, and stood on the slope.
His eyes were pitch black, and he couldn't see his five fingers, but for him, it felt a long-lost familiarity.
The wind whistling in his ears disappeared, and the surroundings became silent.
Only the sound of breathing came from below, rapid and weak.
"Who is there?" Shen Qiao asked.
The other party took a breath, and after a long while, he said weakly, "...It's me."
Shen Qiao groped for the direction of the slope, and a few jumped to the source of the sound: "Why did you come down?"
He clearly remembered that he had released the opponent's hand in time before he fell.
Yan Wushi: "A Qiao, my hand seems to be dislocated, and my head hurts..."
Shen Qiao: "..."
There is a seam in the brain, can it not hurt to fall from such a high place
He had no choice but to walk over: "Which hand?"
Yan Wushi: "Right hand."
Shen Qiao groped for it and reset his bones.
"Just wait for me where you are, I'll go ahead and take a look." Shen Qiao said to him.
Who knew that just as he was about to take a step, the robe corner was caught.
Shen Qiao: "Don't you have a headache when you get up and walk around now?"
Yan Wushi: "... um."
Shen Qiao didn't want to waste too much time in the conversation. He was also afraid that the direction here was unclear, and he might not be able to find anyone when he turned around.
Although the tones of the two of them were soft, they still had a lingering feeling of emptiness. It can be seen that this place should be underground, and the space is not small, maybe it is a kind of existence of a cave.
But all this happened so bizarrely that they couldn't bear to be vigilant.
There are uneven stones under his feet. If you are not careful, you will trip over them. However, these stones are not random. On the contrary, Shen Qiao bent down and touched a few of them, and found that they were cut evenly and had regular lines. The fine lines are known to be built the day after tomorrow.
Yan Wushi: "Xuanqiang?"
Perhaps because he hurt his head again when he fell, his voice trembled a little, and he didn't open his mouth if he could, condensing "Is this what they said about Ruoqiang" directly into two words.
Shen Qiao hummed: "It's possible."
He took out a fire stick from his arms and clicked it.
The firelight could only illuminate a small area around him, but when Shen Qiao saw where they were, he couldn't help but groan.
What they are standing on now is actually not the real bottom, because just a few steps away from them, the terrain sags abruptly, forming a huge deep pit, and the bottom cannot be seen at a glance. If they did not fall here, but The momentum was even stronger, and he fell directly into the "abyss". At this moment, he didn't know what the situation was.
At this moment, Yan Wushi whispered in his ear: "A Qiao, I just seemed to see a figure in front of me."
Shen Qiao: "Have you seen who it is?"
Yan Wushi said something chilling: "It doesn't seem to be human."
They are holding fire books in their hands, which are extremely conspicuous in the dark. If Chen Gong and the others really saw it, there would be no reason to say nothing.
But there is only one way under their feet, if they don't go forward, they can only retreat.
Shen Qiao said: "Then go in the opposite direction."
The trail is not wide enough for only one person to pass through.
The fire is about to go out, but the darkness is boundless. In this case, people become incomparably small, as if they will be swallowed by the darkness at any time.
Yan Wushi suddenly said: "How did you feel when you couldn't see it before?"
Shen Qiao was slightly startled, and was silent for a moment: "I don't feel anything, just get used to it."
Yan Wushi: "Why don't you hate it?"
Shen Qiao thought for a while: "There is resentment, but there is no hate. It will be very tiring to carry too much. Although there are many people with malicious intentions in this world, there are also more people who are willing to lend a helping hand. I want to remember Live with them, not things that will only make people desperate and miserable."
Yan Wushi sighed: "But what I saw along the way was not good for you. Without you, Chen Gong would not be as beautiful as he is today, but instead of remembering your kindness, he retaliates for his kindness. , and threaten you to come with him to explore Ruoqiang."
Shen Qiao said lightly: "There are good ones too, you just don't know. I was sent to Sang Jingxing by your own hands that day, and I had to give up my martial arts and die with him. The young man we rescued outside the city of Xiangzhou that day happened to be It is the little Taoist boy who lives in the White Dragon Temple. If he hadn't helped in time, I wouldn't be able to stand here and talk to you at this moment. After the people from the Hehuan Sect came to the door, the Lord of the White Dragon Temple knew that he would be spared by handing me over. , but I still use my body as a substitute. With these people here, how can I allow myself to be immersed in hatred? Shen Qiao's heart is very small, and he can only accommodate these good people, those who are not worthy of my attention, I even hate them will not be distributed to them."
Yan Wushi: "What about Yan Wushi, don't you hate him?"
Shen Qiao: "If it weren't for your death, it would probably affect the situation in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and even the world. We would not be able to speak here."
Yan Wushi smiled: "Actually, you still hate it, but your heart is too soft and kind, and you can't even hate a person for long. Ah Qiao, your weakness is too obvious, so anyone can take the opportunity to blackmail you, just like Chen Gong At that time, even if you took down Chen Gong and threatened him to hand over Grandpa Banna, it would be better than following him here now."
Shen Qiao: "Yes, I could indeed do that at the time, but then you won't be able to run away. You mean to imply that I just leave you behind, right?"
Yan Wushi said softly: "No, but I understand why the previous me did this to you. Because he is suspicious by nature, he never trusts anyone, no matter how good you are, he always wants to tell the dark side of your heart. Seduce him. He doesn't know that you are you. There may be thousands of Chen Gongs in this world, but there is only one Shen Qiao."
Shen Qiao sighed: "I now believe that you are really not him, because it is impossible for Yan Wushi to say such a thing."
Yan Wushi said gently and judgingly: "Of course I'm not him, my name is Ayan."
Shen Qiao: "...Don't you have a headache? Why are you talking so much just now?"
Yan Wushi was silent.
While talking, the two walked in tandem for about half a stick of incense.
Shen Qiao suddenly stopped.
Huozhezi burned out the last bit of light and fell silent in the darkness.
There was doubt in his voice: "We seem to be in a circle?"
At the end of the path, there was a pitch-black hole, exactly the same as what they had just seen there.
"Could it be that this was originally a circle, and we just came from one end to the other?"
As soon as he finished speaking, someone in front of him said, "But Daoist Shen?"
It was Tuoba Liangzhe's voice.
Shen Qiao raised her voice and replied, "Yes! Where are you?"
Tuoba Liangzhe: "I also fell from the top just now, hit my head and fainted, and just woke up. May I ask if Daoist Shen has seen the lord and the others?"
Shen Qiao: "No, we couldn't get out after we got down, what did you find?"
Tuoba Liangzhe: "There is a door here, and there seems to be a staircase behind it, but it's too dark, and I can't see it clearly. When it fell, the fire stick on my body also fell out. Do you still have it there?"
Shen Qiao: "Yes, there is one more."
No matter what position everyone has, they are currently in a cooperative relationship. If we want to make breakthroughs, we must work together.
Shen Qiao lit the fire and walked over. Tuoba Liangzhe stood at the entrance of the cave and waited for them. When he got closer, it was not difficult to find that he also had a large blood stain on his forehead.
Tuoba Liangzhe: "Have you just discovered that there is a way elsewhere?"
Shen Qiao: "No."
Tuoba Liangzhe: "It seems that we can only go down and have a look."
At this moment, Shen Qiao suddenly saw a fluffy hand appearing behind Tuoba Liangzhe, with five fingers like, red nails, just about to put it on his shoulder.
The other party approached silently, and they didn't even notice it, and they didn't know if it was a human or a ghost.
Before Shen Qiao could speak, Tuoba Liangzhe seemed to feel something was wrong, so he turned around and stabbed with a sword.
However, the sword did not penetrate the opponent's body, but it seemed to encounter a copper wall and an iron wall, and the tip of the sword was slightly bent.
Tuoba Liangzhe quickly retreated, and Shen Qiao shoved Huozhezi into Yan Wushi's hands, while drawing out the sword of sadness of mountains and rivers, he flew forward.
The opponent is tall and sturdy, unlike anyone in his peers, Shen Qiao remembered the "inhuman" words that Yan Wushi said just now, and he didn't dare to be careless. The copper wall is iron wall, and this sword can also pierce it.
But although the monster looked cumbersome, its body was extremely sensitive. It moved from left to right, and was able to avoid Shen Qiao's sword. It seemed to prefer Tuoba Liangzhe, and grabbed the opponent with one claws.
As he got closer, Shen Qiao felt a stench coming towards his face. The monster was furry all over, and his eyes glowed with a faint green light, looking like an ape.
It was too late, and it was fast. Tuoba Liangzhe thought that Shen Qiao had shared most of the pressure, but he did not expect the other party to persevere and pounce on him again. The bottomless abyss was on his right, and Yan Wushi was behind him, who could move and dodge. The space was too small, so he had no choice but to climb up the rock wall on the left, and after a few jumps, people jumped up to a height of several feet.
Who would have guessed that the monkeys were chasing after him, and they were able to climb behind them. The speed was three points faster than that of the masters like them, and they were about to catch Tuoba Liangzhe.
Tuoba Liangzhe sank to the side, and then made a move that Shen Qiao did not expect.
He reached out and grabbed Yan Wushi, ready to throw the opponent at the ape to get himself out of trouble.
But I didn't expect this hand to reach out, but it was empty!