Ying Zheng never expected that Huashan and his party would be assassinated.
What I didn't expect was that at such a critical moment, I would meet my cousin.
What I didn't expect was that this cousin would be implicated by him, and his family would be in ruins, and it would be unsatisfactory.
He never wanted to owe anyone anything, just because he was the King of Qin and the most powerful person in the world.
When Liu An died building a royal tomb for him, he wanted to hand over his last kingdom to Liu Bang.
When Han Fei died due to the Xi beast, he wanted to give the descendants of the Han family a chance to get ahead.
When Queen Jingjue promised to help him build the Great Wall, he wanted to help Jingjue move here as a whole and even married her.
Yaizhen said that Yingzheng is very similar to him, he must repay any kindness and repay any grudges.
So this man and beast have a good temper.
Now facing Zhao Tuo and learning about the Zhao family's past, Ying Zheng felt a little mixed.
They did not go to Qin to seek wealth, nor did they complain about the injustice of fate.
What's more, Zhao Tuo and Yang Huai easily killed seven assassins with martial arts skills in ambush. This shows that their skills are by no means ordinary. If they return to Zhao Wang's court early, they will definitely be put to good use.
Therefore, Ying Zheng felt guilty but admired him; he cared about him and cherished his talent.
Standing in front of him was the first family member he saw besides Zhao Gao after returning to Qin.
Just as his thoughts were surging, Yang Huai's voice came from the side: "I didn't expect that I would recognize my relatives in this place. My brother's relatives are my relatives. My little brother pays homage to my cousin."
"Brother, please get up." Ying Zheng helped Yang Huai up and patted his shoulder.
Qiang Yu said: "It's a good thing to recognize relatives, but this is not a place to stay for a long time. We have to find a way to escape."
Ying Zheng thought for a while and said: "Let's keep going forward and find a pass. I will leave the crossbow arrows with you. Then you try to resist the enemy as much as possible. If you can't resist it, escape first. Ten million Don’t lose your life here.”
"I will complete the mission alone. It will take up to two hours. We will definitely have reinforcements to help."
Zhao Tuo said anxiously: "Cousin, why don't you go by yourself? It's better for me to go with you."
Qiang Yu knew that he had good intentions, but how could Ying Zheng's secret be known to others, so he dissuaded him: "Brother Wang, he has to deal with some extremely secretive things, and even the two of us can't be present, so let's try our best to give him Buy time and wait for him to come back."
Zhao Tuo wanted to say something else, but Ying Zheng raised his hand and said, "That's it, let's go."
The five people simply arranged their weapons and began to move forward.
After walking for a while, I saw a pass in front of me, which was dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack.
"That's it. You stay here and do as I say." Ying Zheng pointed to the pass and said, "If you can't resist it, don't force it. If you can break out, go back and bring in reinforcements to rescue me again."
Qiang Yu, Suolin and Yang Huai all responded.
Zhao Tuo hesitated for a moment and pleaded: "Cousin, I'm still not worried about you leaving by yourself."
"Haha, then you are looking down on me." Ying Zheng gave him all the arrows from his flying crossbow and said, "Soon you will see what I am capable of."
After saying that, Ying Zheng turned around and ran away, disappearing into the forest.
Qiang Yu and Solin also quickly ran up the pass, and Yang Huai pulled Zhao Tuo to follow them.
Ying Zheng turned around two mountains, took out the map and looked at it. He felt that he was very close to the eye of fire, so he took out the black iron spiral disk and looked for the exact location of the Celestial Eye.
It is not easy to find the guardian beast based on Ji Fa's description, but it is much easier to use the black iron snail to find the third eye.
I saw that the black iron snail turned a few times on the compass and pointed to the north and east.
Ying Zheng put away the compass, put on the black iron snail, and walked in that direction.
Sure enough, they didn't go far and found a huge boulder behind some giant trees.
The edge of the boulder sank into the soil, as if blocking the entrance of a hole. And below this cave entrance, there should be a cave leading to the dragon vein.
The entrance to the Dragon Vein Cave is blocked by huge rocks. This is the usual practice of those guardian beasts. There must be a secret passage on the side!
Ying Zheng walked around the boulder twice and looked at the surrounding environment. He found that there were several similar large trees at the foot of the mountain, so he walked over to check.
Sure enough, there was a tree hole surrounded by those big trees. You couldn't find it unless you looked carefully. The hole was like a hole made by a snake. It was very dark inside and you couldn't see the bottom.
Ying Zheng tidied up his clothes, carried his luggage behind his back, put the Xuanyuan Sword diagonally across his waist, and got into the cave with his head on his feet.
The ground is a thin layer of soil, and below it is very hard rock, but it is still flat.
The cave became darker and darker as we went inside, so Ying Zheng didn't even start the fire and just crawled forward.
Recalling that year, Ying Zheng, accompanied by Li Si, went to Lishan Mountain to meet Yaizhen. It was a similar scene, and then he met Xi and Zhu Jiuyou.
At that time, Ying Zheng's soul flew to an unknown place.
Fortunately, Li Si was very skilled, otherwise the two of them would have been eaten before they even took out the Xuanyuan Sword.
Now that a similar scene reappeared, Ying Zheng couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Many years have passed, and almost every day has been wonderful, and there will be more things to plan and execute in the future.
And there are many things that others cannot replace, such as...the climbing hole in front of you.
After climbing a few feet away, the space gradually became larger and the smell of the air became less unpleasant.
After taking a few more steps forward, I was able to squat down, and after taking a few more steps, I was able to walk normally. A little light shines through the gable on the side. According to the route, it should be where the big stone is.
Ying Zheng did not stop and continued to move forward. When he reached the end of the cave, he found that there was no exit in front of him, but another hole appeared on the ground.
He squatted down, lit the torch, and touched the hole. The texture was very hard, and something like steps extended downward.
This time he did not move his head to climb down, but walked down lightly like going down steps.
I don’t know how long I walked, but finally my feet stepped on the ground. In front of me was a winding corridor, and there seemed to be some light at the end.
There were stones all around, and there seemed to be no poisonous insects. As the light became stronger and stronger, Ying Zheng extinguished the torch and continued walking along the light.
Gradually, I heard the sound of gurgling water, and a not too wide underground river appeared in front of me.
There is no way out but the river.
Ying Zheng took out the black iron snail again, put it on the compass and looked at it. The direction of the pointer was towards the lower reaches of the underground river.
After walking not far, a cave appeared in front, and the river water flowed into the cave.
Ying Zheng poked his head in and looked inside.
The entrance to the cave suddenly opened up, as if there was a semicircular space in front of it.
"This is it." Ying Zheng said with a smile.
This environment is the same as what Ji Fa described to him. It's called Calabash Bay. It's a gourd-shaped place. The entrance to the cave is the calabash mouth. If you go further, there will be a larger cave entrance.
Ying Zheng quickly approached the hole that resembled the waist of a gourd, but suddenly felt something strange.
He stopped and listened carefully.
His unusually sharp hearing allowed him to conclude that there was a breathing sound behind the cave entrance, and it was very similar to Yaizhen's breathing sound.
Ying Zheng straightened his clothes and said respectfully, "Senior, are you here?"
Before he finished speaking, a huge figure jumped out of the hole, with a bloody mouth rushing towards Ying Zheng's face.
Ying Zheng turned sideways, then jumped back hard to distance himself from the figure.
"Wait!" He quickly drew out the Xuanyuan Sword, one to defend himself and the other to recognize each other.
Looking at the strange beast opposite, it has a body like a tiger, a head like a lion, and a face like a leopard. Its front legs are like chicken feet, and its hind legs are like cow hooves. The mane on its back hangs diagonally on both sides, like wings.
"Are you... Qiongqi?" Ying Zheng recognized at the first glance that the person in front of him was not Suanni.
Na Qiongqi was stunned for a moment, took a step back, and made a gurgling sound in his throat.
When Ying Zheng heard this, it was the cat saying, "Do you recognize me?"
"Of course I recognize you. You are exactly the same as the picture in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas"." Ying Zheng also took a step back.
Qiongqi was even more stunned and said, "You can actually understand animal language?"
Ying Zheng smiled and said, "I was lucky enough to go to Jiuyou and eat Xuanwu fruit, so I can understand the animal language."
Na Qiongqi looked at the Xuanyuan Sword in his hand and already had a rough guess in his mind, but still asked: "Who are you?"
Ying Zheng cupped his hands and said: "I am a new generation successor of the Tiancheng lineage. I am here in Longmai to pay a special visit to Senior Suanni. I don't know that Senior Qiongqi is here, so I am very offended."
Qiongqi put away his sharp claws and fangs and said, "Liang, you don't dare to lie. I am Suan Ni's attendant and guard the perimeter for him. If you want to see Lord Suan Ni, then follow me in."
It turns out that Qiongqi's responsibilities are the same as Xi's.
"Then we have Senior Lao Qiongqi." Ying Zheng greeted.
Qiongqi turned around and entered the gourd cave.
Ying Zheng put away the Xuanyuan Sword and followed.
After walking for about a quarter of an hour, we arrived at the bottom of the gourd. The river water poured into the ground, and the temperature of the air also rose suddenly.
This is a signal that the Fire Eye is approaching, and it also indicates that this place has entered the dragon vein area, the territory of the guardian beast.
"In front of this is the eye of fire. Lord Suan Ni likes to live in high places. Come with me." After Qiongqi said that, he turned around and entered a hole on the side.
Ying Zheng followed in, only to see that the cave was spiraling upwards, with large steps, so he barely managed to keep up by jumping up and down.
After climbing up for a while, he came to a corridor. Qiongqi stepped lightly and walked over.
"Lord Suanni." Qiongqi spoke in animal language, his voice low.
There was no movement inside.
"Lord Suanni?" It raised its voice, and a yawn finally came from inside.
"Have you caught the prey? Leave it at the door." said the voice inside.
Qiongqi looked at Ying Zheng, and then said to the inside with a slight embarrassment: "The prey has been caught, but it seems that I can't eat it."
Ying Zheng: "..."
"Can't you eat it?" Suan Ni asked slightly surprised, "Why can't you eat it?"
Qiongqi replied: "He had a sword and he knew me, so I brought him here. Sir, you'd better take a look for yourself."
Deep footsteps came from the hole at the other end of the corridor, and immediately, a huge figure appeared in Ying Zheng's field of vision.
I saw that it looked like a tiger but not a lion. It had bigger eyes, a bigger nose, a bigger mouth, and a bigger body than the Qiongqi next to me. Its curly mane covered it from the top of its head to its neck. Except for its tail and horns, everything else was the same. It is similar to the unicorn, so it is also called the "hornless unicorn".
Ying Zheng held the Xuanyuan Sword in both hands, bowed his head and said, "I am the new successor of the Tiancheng lineage. I came to Huashan to pay my respects to Senior Suanni. I have the Xuanyuan Sword as proof."
The Suan Ni looked directly at Ying Zheng, its nose moved, and its mane swayed.
The Xuanyuan Sword in Ying Zheng's hand began to tremble slightly, and golden light flashed from the hilt to the tip of the sword.
"As expected, I am of Yanhuang bloodline. After so many years, no one has come to see me for a long time."
"There are many worries in this world, I hope you can forgive me, senior." Ying Zheng put the Xuanyuan Sword away, took it down and said in his own luggage, "I brought some incense for senior's use."
After opening his bag, Ying Zheng froze in embarrassment.
The incense in the suitcase had long been soaked into crumbs by the river water.
Ying Zheng hurriedly told the story of the attack on the way in detail.
"This is unreasonable!" Suan Ni's eyes burned with anger, "How dare you be so arrogant and ruin my incense. Qiongqi, I allow you to eat meat and bring all those assassins back to enjoy!"
Ying Zheng: "..."
At least you care about me, why do you only have incense in your heart?
