Zhongnan Mountain, Wolong Valley, the moon is hazy and the sky is full of stars.
After several days of trekking, the group finally arrived at the entrance of Wolong Valley.
At this time, the sky was completely dark, the surroundings were pitch black, and you couldn't see your fingers.
The two servants let out a sigh, tightened the reins, and parked the carriage firmly at the entrance of the valley.
Everyone got out of the car and gazed at the long and narrow valley that was no longer clearly visible in front of them.
Menghua held Leng Yue in one hand and Chunlan in the other, and couldn't wait to step on the plank road and go inside.
The two servants took out a few fire folds from their bags, lit them, and handed them to everyone.
Liu Ruyan stopped Menghua: "Sister Hua, don't be anxious and be careful where you step. This road is very dangerous. Let's go in together holding hands!"
Menghua was startled when she heard the sound, paused, turned around and said, "I have walked this road countless times. Don't worry, I will be fine with my two sisters."
Shangguan Hongqin raised the fire pleat high and explored forward. The weak firelight illuminated the unusually narrow narrow path. The ground was full of pits and large and small rocks scattered everywhere. It was obvious that the terrain here was extremely complex.
On both sides of the mountain road is a trickling stream. The spring water is tinkling, and there is a faint white light in the night. The sound of the stream is clear and loud, which is extremely pleasant to the ears.
It is surrounded by steep cliffs and a long narrow valley in the middle. The mountain shadows are abrupt and ferocious, like huge monsters in the ancient wilderness, as if they are trying to choose people and devour them.
At this time, Menghua Lengyue and Chunlan were waiting at the intersection ahead. Menghua warmly introduced the various scenery in Zhongnan Mountain to the two of them.
Xu Feng and others held hands with each other and stepped onto the plank road under the leadership of Liu Ruyan. Liu Ruyan raised the fire folds high to explore the way ahead. He is very familiar with this road and reminds everyone to be careful where they step from time to time.
Menghua and the other three were not far away from them. At this moment, seeing everyone catching up, they hurriedly waved their hands and shouted: "Hurry up, we are here!"
Leng Yue and Chun Lan looked around in the dim firelight, both full of curiosity. When Leng Yue was very young, she came to Wolong Valley with her parents once.
But it was Chunlan's first time back, and she suddenly came to this strange and fresh place, which made her temporarily forget the sadness of leaving home, and she couldn't help but look happy.
At this time, Xu Feng and his party had arrived. Menghua looked like a little master, took Shangguan Hongqin's hand, and said happily: "Uncle, aunt, I will take you in the valley tomorrow." Have a good time shopping!”
Liu Ruyan looked at the end of the narrow valley, a square thatched cottage hidden under several green giant cypresses.
The thatched cottage was dark, but there was no lamp. Liu Ruyan's heart moved and she thought to herself: "It's so late, why doesn't the master hold the lamp? Has the old man already fallen asleep?"
Menghua also pointed to the thatched cottage halfway up the mountain and said to everyone: "Look, that's my home! I'm finally home!"
Everyone looked in the direction pointed by her finger, all smiling and couldn't help but become extremely excited.
At this time, Menghua looked at the thatched cottage under the giant cypress, and seemed to notice something was wrong. She said in confusion: "Yeah, why are there no lights in the thatched cottage? It's getting so late, and usually dad would have already turned on the lights. Why?" The room is pitch dark? Did daddy go to bed so early? "
She couldn't help but look at Liu Ruyan with doubts on her face. Liu Ruyan was also puzzled, frowning and thinking, "I'm also feeling strange. Isn't Master, the old man, not in the room?"
Menghua said in surprise: "No way, it's so late. If dad is not at home, where would he go?"
Xu Feng's eyes flashed, and he said to everyone in a deep voice: "Okay, let's not make random guesses. Let's go up and take a look!"
Liu Ruyan turned to Menghua and said, "Sister Hua, don't be anxious. You bring everyone up slowly. I'll go over first and take a look!"
Normally after dark, the Nanshan layman would immediately turn on the lights whenever he was at home, but today it was pitch dark in the thatched cottage. Such an abnormal situation made him feel very strange, and he couldn't help but have an ominous premonition in his heart: Master is not here. What could happen?
Everyone was also very surprised, their faces became solemn, and they began to feel panic in their hearts.
Liu Ruyan took a strong breath of Qi, jumped up, and performed the Qinggong movement of "Lingbo Weibu". Her body floated upstream along the stream, and with a few ups and downs like a dragonfly on the water with her toes, she rushed up the narrow path. On the mountainside above the valley.
He turned over several times and landed in front of the thatched cottage gate.
Returning to the thatched cottage after a long absence, he couldn't help but feel mixed emotions. He glanced around the thatched cottage, then jumped to the door, knocked on the door with his hand, and shouted loudly: "Master, please open the door! Master, please open the door." The apprentice is back with the beautiful girl. Open the door quickly, master!" He knocked hard on the door a few times. The wooden door crackled, but no sound came from inside. There was also dead silence all around. It was strangely quiet and scary. !
Seeing that there was no sound inside, his heart suddenly sank, and the ominous premonition became deeper. He reached out and knocked heavily on the wooden door again, and raised his voice and shouted: "Master, are you there? Are you at home? Master, master, master, Master!..." He shouted again and again, but there was still no answer, and there was still no sound!
He suddenly felt a deep fear, and could no longer care about so much. He pushed the wooden door hard. The moment his hands touched the door, he suddenly touched a large iron chain lock. He was startled: "How could there be such a thing?" Such a chain? When did the master change the door lock? It's strange, it's so late, why is there no light in the house? Could it be that the master has fallen asleep? Even so, he should have knocked on the door so loudly just now. Can you hear it? Did something really happen?"
While thinking about it in his mind, he screamed for the master again, and the high-pitched and loud voice echoed in the wilderness for a long time.
His heart tightened, and he hurriedly drew out the long sword on his back and struck the chain with his sword. The chain seemed to be made of hundreds of refined steel. When Liu Ruyan used 10% of her true power to gather it in her palm and struck it down violently, that force It's enough to wither and rot, but the chain doesn't move at all.
Liu Ruyan brought the fire fold closer and took a closer look. The violent blow just now could only leave a shallow sword mark on the chain. The chain wrapped a piece of cold iron around the door handle, wrapping it five times in a row. many.
Just as he raised the sword again, concentrating 30% of his true power in his palm, and was about to try again, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the three weird red letters of "Hell Gate" engraved on the piece of cold iron.
He was immediately shocked and murmured: "Hell Gate? What was used to lock the door was an ordinary and simple iron lock. This lock was obviously extraordinary. I couldn't even use 10% of my true power to lock the door. Split? Why is the word "Hell Gate" engraved on this lock? Hey, what is going on? The door is locked, and the master is obviously not at home. If he is not at home, where will he go? "
Just when he was puzzled, a curled note suddenly fell out of the cold iron.
Liu Ruyan was startled again, and quickly picked it up and unfolded it. The note read in blood-red handwriting: "There is no way to heaven, and there is no door to hell. Please come in!" There were two lines of poetry on the note, and The handwriting is bright red, but it seems to be written with blood.
Just what do these two strange poems mean? Who wrote it? What exactly is this "Gate of Hell"? …
He stared at the two lines of bright red writing, puzzled. Could it be that the master's disappearance is related to this "Hell Gate"?
While he was staring at the mysterious note and thinking hard, Xu Feng and others had already rushed in front of him.
Menghua saw that Liu Ruyan had not entered the house, but stood blankly in front of the door, and quickly asked: "Brother Liu, what's wrong? Why are you alone? Where is daddy? Why don't you come in?"
Everyone was surprised and looked at him in confusion.
Liu Ruyan looked solemn and murmured: "Master is not at home. I don't know where he went? When I arrived, the door was locked and tightly bound by this chain."
Everyone couldn't help being shocked, and their eyes turned to the big chain on the wooden door.
Menghua's heart suddenly sank, and she exclaimed at the door: "Daddy? Daddy?..." After calling for a long time, there was still silence inside.
Xu Feng and others looked at each other, wondering for a while, wondering what happened?
Xu Feng frowned and said thoughtfully: "How could this happen? It's so late, and if Brother Chu is not at home, where will he go?"
Liu Ruyan handed the note in her hand to Xu Feng and said, "Uncle Xu, what do you think this is?"
Xu Feng took it and looked at it, and was immediately shocked. A strange light flashed in his eyes, and he murmured: "There is a way to heaven, and there is no way to hell. Please come in!" There was a kind of almost fear in his eyes. of light. He paced back and forth on the spot, muttering several times, and his eyes suddenly became mysterious and empty.
Menghua couldn't help but ask: "Uncle, what does this mean? Why isn't daddy at home? Where will he go? Did something happen here?" Her excitement about returning home suddenly disappeared. Instead, there were countless questions and deep fears.
Just like Liu Ruyan's feeling, she suddenly had an ominous premonition in her heart: "Is something wrong with daddy?"
Liu Ruyan's eyes flashed, staring at the thatched cottage, and suddenly said: "Uncle, look, this piece of cold iron is engraved with the words Hell Gate. Does uncle know what Hell Gate is?"
Xu Feng brought the fire fold closer and stared at the piece of cold iron on the chain. He saw the three red words "Hell Gate" on it, which were extremely eye-catching. It seems to have a mysterious and strange magic power.
He stared intently and couldn't help but take a few steps back, the fear in his eyes getting even worse!
He murmured over and over: "Hell Gate! Hell Gate! Hell Gate!..."
Everyone was deeply shocked by his sudden strange appearance, and couldn't help but take a few steps back, looking at him in great surprise.
Seeing that he was suddenly in a trance, Liu Ruyan felt inexplicable and asked in surprise: "Uncle, what's wrong with you?"
After a while, Xu Feng seemed to have come back to his senses, and said quietly: "Is Brother Chu's disappearance related to the Hell Gate?" Her eyes flashed and she glanced at everyone.
Shangguan Hongqin asked doubtfully: "Master, do you know about this Hell Gate?"
Xu Feng paced and said slowly: "Hell Gate is a mysterious organization in the Western Region. Thirty years ago, there were many masters of evil sects in the Internet world who specialized in pursuing murderers and revenge for others. Hell Gate was rampant in the Western Region, and anyone who was targeted by them Very few people can escape the target. Therefore, Hell Gate is notorious in the martial arts world of the Western Regions and is not recognized by the martial arts sects. Due to its huge power and cruel methods, everyone is famous and frightened." His eyes suddenly became sharp and his words were sharp. After a turn, he added: "However, ten years ago, this organization disappeared mysteriously. No one knows how they disappeared. Some people said that they offended an outsider with extremely high martial arts skills. That man uprooted their nest overnight. Some people say that because of the uneven distribution of the spoils, they had internal strife and plotted to kill each other, which eventually led to their collapse! But there is no way to know the specific reason!"
Liu Ruyan pondered and said: "Then what relationship does Master have with them?"
Menghua asked anxiously: "Did dad offend them and be kidnapped by them?" Her eyes widened, looking extremely frightened.
Liu Ruyan thought thoughtfully: "Hell Gate? In all these years, I have never heard the master talk about a hell gate! If it is really related to them, then how did the master get related to them?"
Xu Feng said quietly: "The top priority now is to find the whereabouts of Brother Chu! Everything will be solved!"
Shangguan Hongqin frowned and said, "But where should we find him?"
Liu Ruyan frowned and suddenly said: "Don't worry about it now, let's take a look inside first!"
Liu Ruyan concentrated 30% of her true power on her palm, pulled out the long sword and wanted to try again. Just now she used 10% of her true power but failed to make a split. Now it increased by 20%, only a cold light flashed, and "boom" There was a sudden strike, sparks flew everywhere, and the chain broke.
