I don’t know how long it took, but Ling’er was woken up by the noisy people.
Ling'er felt that the light in the cave was a bit dazzling, and rubbed her eyes before looking at the source of the sound.
It turned out that Ji Cangyu and the others came out.
The five of them were standing in front of the mural at this time, and Zhao Xinghe was commenting on the content of the mural.
Qi Yang stood aside silently, wearing only a thin middle coat. There were some blood stains on his middle coat, which were stained by Ling'er when he was treating his injuries.
The entire cave was illuminated by torches.
Only then did Ling'er notice that there were many torches stuck on the surrounding stone walls, and they were all lit at this moment.
"Uncle Ji, you are finally here!" Ling'er said in surprise. When she got up from the ground, she was not surprised to find Qi Yang's robe covering her body.
"Are you awake?" Ji Cangyu turned around when he saw that Ling'er was awake.
Ling'er walked to Qi Yang, put the robe back on him, and helped him put it on.
Ji Cangyu frowned in displeasure and said, "It's good that you weren't injured! Although I haven't thought about why someone would get themselves covered in blood just by breaking the formation."
Ji Cangyu naturally noticed the blood stains on Qi Yang's body. It was not because he was particularly concerned about Qi Yang, but because Qi Yang's face was so pale at this time that it was difficult not to notice him.
Ling'er looked at Qi Yang and saw Qi Yang lowering his eyes slightly without explaining.
"Actually, Brother Yang did it for me..." Ling'er was interrupted by Qi Yang before he could finish speaking.
"Stop talking! It was just an accident." Qi Yang said and gave Ling'er a look.
Ling'er immediately understood that Qi Yang didn't want others to know that "Meridian Strange Stories" was in his hands, so as not to cause more trouble.
Xu Junze looked at Qi Yang thoughtfully.
Ji Cangyu didn't care how Qi Yang injured himself, so he turned back and continued to listen to Zhao Xinghe's comments.
"Are these people in the painting fools? Can't they see that there is water in the ditch? Whether you want to quench your thirst or use it to open a mechanism, you can take the water from the ditch without having to fight to the death." Zhao Xinghe said disdainfully explain.
"Perhaps there was no water in this ditch at that time?" Liu Chuyuan thought for a while and speculated.
"But in my opinion, the water in this ditch doesn't look clean! Is this water drinkable?" Jiang Yu squatted next to the ditch and frowned.
Seeing that Jiang Yu was about to take the stone bowl on the ground to collect the water, Ling'er hurriedly stopped him: "There is 'soul-eating' in the water!"
"Ouch!" Jiang Yu was startled and almost threw the bowl into the ditch.
"Is there a 'soul' in this water?" Zhao Xinghe asked in shock. He couldn't help but take a step towards the stone wall, staying far away.
"It turns out that this water flows down from the lake above! Although it is not drinkable, you can always use it to open the mechanism, right?" Liu Chuyuan asked Qi Yang.
Qi Yang shook his head and said: "No. If you want to open the stone gate, you must bleed."
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere froze for a moment, and everyone present looked at each other, no one wanted to shed their blood in such a place.
Everyone has their own concerns and hopes that someone will step forward and take over the hard work.
In addition to Qi Yang and Linger, Ji Cangyu is also an insider. He knew that there were five more stone gates after this one. He was silent at this time, just wanting to see what choices Zhao Xinghe and the others would have if there was only one stone gate.
But Qi Yang was waiting for Ji Cangyu to make a decision and issue orders.
After a long time, Liu Chuyuan was the first to speak: "Isn't it just a matter of bleeding some blood? A little blood for each of us should be enough."
Although Jiang Yu was unwilling, he had no choice at this time and said, "Yes! You can't fight like the people in the painting, right?"
"Why not?" Zhao Xinghe asked. Although his martial arts is not the best here, he won't be reduced to the one lying on the ground and being slaughtered, right?
"Second Senior Brother, how can you say such a thing? Didn't we agree to advance and retreat together when we were trapped in the maze?" Liu Chuyuan said in shock.
Jiang Yu also looked at Zhao Xinghe in disbelief.
"That was during the maze formation. Didn't I also lead you to successfully break through the formation later?" Zhao Xinghe said boldly.
"Second Senior Brother, do you still dare to mention that matter? If you hadn't insisted on walking in one direction, we would have escaped with Master Ji!" Jiang Yu held it in all the way and finally couldn't help complaining.
"That's right. When we return to the secret room and find the mark that Mr. Qi left before, we should listen to Master Ji and stop to judge the layout of the formation, and then find a way to break the formation, instead of running around in circles." Liu Chuyuan couldn't help but say.
"What are you talking about in circles? You are trying to burn bridges by crossing the river!" Zhao Xinghe was exposed by the two junior brothers at once, and he was angry and annoyed. They didn't say anything before, but they didn't expect that just when he wanted to ask for credit in front of Qi Yang and Ling'er, they came out to mess up the situation for him.
"You said you didn't go around in circles? We don't even remember how many times we have passed through those secret rooms that Shaoxia Qi has marked!" Jiang Yu complained.
"Those...those...all have to go. Didn't I bring you out in the end?" Zhao Xinghe began to argue.
"Obviously it was Master Ji who held you back, and then we discovered the arrows left by Qi Shaoxia on the ground, and finally walked out of the maze step by step according to Qi Shaoxia's marks." Jiang Yu corrected.
"Well...that is indeed a big contribution from Qi Shaoxia. But as Qi Shaoxia just said, they just came out not long ago. It means that I didn't lead you on many wrongful paths." Zhao Xinghe continued to defend himself.
Jiang Yu was about to say something when Liu Chuyuan grabbed his sleeve.
Liu Chuyuan didn't want to see Jiang Yu and Zhao Xinghe arguing endlessly about the previous matter.
Ling'er was confused by Zhao Xinghe's words. Brother Yang said they just came out not long ago? But why does she feel like she has been asleep for a long time?
Although she knew Qi Yang couldn't see the sky, Ling'er couldn't help but ask him: "Did I sleep for a long time? What time is it now?"
Before Qi Yang could answer Ling'er, he heard Jiang Yu say: "It's just past the last hour."
Ling'er listened to Jiang Yu's confident words and asked him in surprise: "How do you know the time when you can't see the sky?"
"Young lady, you don't know something. Our junior brother is very good at calculating time." Liu Chuyuan explained for Ling'er.
Jiang Yu's face turned red, and he waved his hands and said, "It's nothing. It's just that I was often punished by my father when I was a child. I was locked in a secret room for several days, and I slowly practiced it."
"That's it!" Ling'er couldn't help laughing when she heard this. She then thought that she and Brother Yang started to go out at dawn, and it should be dark when they arrived here, but Jiang Yu said that it was just past midnight, could it be the next day?
Ling'er took the opportunity to ask again: "We entered the secret realm on the tenth day of the lunar month. What day is it now?"
Jiang Yu counted with his fingers and replied: "Today is already thirteen."
Ling'er nodded, thinking: "It seems like it will really be the next day."
Qi Yang suddenly said: "Without further delay, let's start to break through the level!"
Ji Cangyu looked at Qi Yang in surprise. He was clearly the one who said he wanted to take a long-term approach, so why did he suddenly become anxious?
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