A howling wind blew up in the dark alley, and then rolled up pieces of paper all over the ground, like wrinkled autumn leaves, flying up into the air, and then Xiao Xiaoran went down all over the alley to the end of the world.
Several people from the Qingcheng sect stood withered in the cold night, their eyes sparkling like pine trees that had weathered the frost. They were doing both Qi nourishing and external training. It can be seen that although these people were lonely, they were obviously members of Qingcheng. The first-class elite in the faction.
"Taoist Priest Chang Qingzi, I'm afraid there will be no results if you wait here. Why don't you come into the alley with me?"
Jiang Wen boredly put his hands into his sleeves, "I'm 90% sure that the Hong Yang Saint Boy you talk about is not here."
People in the martial arts world can only say half of what they say. The purpose of practicing martial arts is not to laboriously reason with others. After taking action just now, there is no need to be pretentious about many things.
"Director Jiang, this alley is called Netherworld Alley. People in Fuzhou often see night patrols of the city god and ghosts and shackles here. It is said that the Styx River flows through the alley and goes straight to the underworld. Ordinary people hold their breath and listen. You can hear the gurgling spring water carrying countless ghosts crying..."
Chang Qingzi was as silent as a cicada. No matter what Jiang Wen said, he just refused to enter.
"Since this leads to the underworld, why don't you leave quickly? I am now 90% sure that the Hongyang Holy Boy you are looking for is inside!"
Jiang Wen's thinking has always been clear, and it's not a loss anyway, so why not?
No matter how many reasons they found, the reason why they refused to enter was also very clear. They were worried that it was a trap of the White Lotus Sect.
Although it is convenient for three people to do things, if there are too few people, it will be in vain. If there are too many people, they will be caught in one fell swoop. At this moment, they can only hesitate.
Seeing Jiang Wen's no-nonsense attitude, the three masters and apprentices of the Qingcheng Sect simply stopped blocking him and watched Jiang Wen's actions from a distance, hiding in the darkness again.
The green moss in Netherworld Alley seems to be seeping with moisture from the top of the wall to the cracks between the bricks. Even in the cold winter, it is still wet and slippery. If you can't adjust your center of gravity at any time while walking on it, an ordinary person will fall heavily in two steps. land.
Jiang Wen took two steps towards the alley and listened with bated breath. Sure enough, he heard the sound of water flowing as Chang Qingzi said. It was always noisy but not clear, and sometimes overlapped repeatedly like the echo of a deep pool.
But not long after, he heard the gentle footsteps rising and falling behind him.
"Two heroes, why are you following me?"
Without looking back, Jiang Wen knew that the two brothers, Chang Hezhi and Chang Bozhi, were walking quickly.
The two of them were dressed like black and white and followed behind.
"Master ordered my brother to go into the alley..."
"His old man is outside to provide support."
The two answered with quiet and hoarse voices, singing one after another.
The older Jianghu gets, the less courageous he becomes. People like Chang Qingzi who are stuck in the sect's teachings have always found it difficult to get along happily with Jiang Wen, and Jiang Wen only half-believes him about the secrets of the sect's martial arts.
What a joke, just lose the secret book and write it down from memory. The success of the sect depends on living people, not dead books. How could his master die of depression so easily?
His operation of sending his apprentice into the alley shows that he is a complete veteran.
First of all, after the discussion just now, the Chang brothers were obviously no match for Jiang Wen.
Chang Qingzi sent the two of them to follow, so that no threat would be mistaken. At the same time, the two sides were not enemies after all. Once danger appeared in the alley, Jiang Wen would definitely take action. In the end, the Qingcheng faction would also get a share of the benefits.
Over and over again, Chang Qingzi took advantage of Jiang Wen in order to make progress, but Jiang Wen really couldn't get angry and fall out, otherwise it would just show that he had evil intentions.
What kind of dark and mysterious realm is all a conspiracy in the end.
All in all, although this arrangement is not as smooth as the Qingcheng Sect's complete occupation, it does take into account the first and last retreat of the Qingcheng Sect. At least the entire army will not be annihilated by the White Lotus Sect's calculations.
But Jiang Wen was never the one who would suffer. After turning around, he immediately sneered and decided to create a problem for the other party.
"I would like to kindly remind you that more than one party is looking for this place tonight. It is very dangerous for you to divide your forces at this time."
Black and White Wuchang said in a hoarse voice.
"Master has mastered martial arts..."
"It will never happen if you swim without attacking."
Seeing the determination of the two of them, Jiang Wen stopped talking and turned his attention back to this alley with a dark and unclear scenery.
There are many ancient archways in the Nether Alley, with vague and faded characters and desolate and peeling columns, looking down at the uninvited guests passing by.
Tianya is not far away, Hengmen is deep, Tianya Road is within Hengmen, and the monotonous and repetitive scenery in the alley makes this short road seem to never end. The ancients said that the road to the underworld is irreversible, and it must be as empty and despairing as this lane.
Unlike the two brothers, Jiang Wen still followed closely as long as he noticed the black and white impermanence behind him, making Jiang Wen feel like he was the King of Hell on patrol, and the originally gloomy and terrifying atmosphere in the alley became like a fish in water.
The three of them relied on the weak lights to look, and they saw that the high walls on both sides were indeed dilapidated and mottled. The slanting saddle wall drew a hazy tangent line on the dark sky, making the sky slightly blue and the green tiles darker, making it dizzying. The ever-changing geometric figures make me feel dizzy when I look up to the sky.
Normally, Jiang Wen could climb the Wall Courtyard by leaping, but the high wall in Netherworld Alley was extremely slippery, and it was difficult to find a protrusion to climb on, let alone climb over the Wall Courtyard and enter the inner courtyard. He could only stroll in vain. Endless ancient alleys.
In a daze, the alley suddenly came to an end.
At the end of the road was a closed and collapsed wooden and stone building. The two-story building collapsed from the middle, completely blocking the path forward of the alley. The tall wall suddenly disappeared, cutting off in a place that should not have disappeared.
The three of them turned around in despair, as if they were just waking up from a dream, but suddenly they heard a sharp, tooth-piercing sound from the high wall. It seemed that some giant beast lurking in the night was grinding its teeth in its sleep. , indulged in a bloody and cruel dream.
The bodies of the Chang brothers were shaken. They quickly leaned back and scanned the surroundings. Their eyes were constantly fixed on the high wall, ready to see a craggy and strange face and ferocious sharp teeth that only existed among monsters at any time. on it.
But Jiang Wen remained indifferent. After overcoming his initial instinctive nervousness, he acted extraordinarily calmly. Instead, he pressed his ears against the wall, as if trying to hear a human voice from the horrified voice.
Coincidentally, as the loud noises came one after another, there seemed to be a frantic force resisting angrily, screaming against something, trying its best and desperately trying to find and kill the "enemy".
Hearable but invisible, close at hand but out of reach, this caused the three people in Netherworld Alley to have an illusion, and began to empathize with certain things that could be seen, such as those who were as pale as the swollen dead skin. The walls were so purple that they looked like mossberries infiltrating corpse spots, or like frost stars across the night sky not far away.
Just on the low mountains to the south, Hanxing was still so evil and weird, shining starlight from the dark dome, like a pair of eyes monitoring the world, or trying to convey some strange and ambiguous information to the world.
An alley with no end, two courtyards without gates, and bursts of sounds that could not find their source and could not be stopped. The ordinary scene in the Nether Alley became extremely strange. The moisture spread quietly, and even the figures not far away began to appear. Can't see clearly.
The Chang brothers looked at each other and noticed that some kind of mysterious force was acting in the alley, trying to make them believe that everything in front of them had some kind of connection that transcended natural matter.
In the confused eyes of the Chang brothers, Jiang Wen gradually fell into a trance.
As if his figure was obscured by gods and monsters, Jiang Wen was cast in the shadows of ancient archways. He suddenly lost color, and his figure disappeared out of thin air, dissolving into the deepest part of the cold night...
The heart-wrenching sound stopped abruptly.
