Xu Huaigu and Li Siqing continued to walk deeper into the corridor. The corridor was like a bottomless pit. They walked an unknown distance but could not see the end.
Li Siqing has never seen such a long tunnel. Just to spend time digging such a deep tunnel would take a monk a year and a half, so this also strengthened his belief in wanting to find out.
Just as the two of them were walking deeper, the corridor suddenly began to tremble violently, as if something was about to emerge from the ground. The earth and rocks were loose, and there was a rumble all around.
Xu Huaigu looked around blankly, while Li Siqing looked around, stamped his feet angrily, and cursed: "Damn it! It's okay to be trapped underground, why do you still encounter this kind of thing? If the cave collapses, even if you are seven or eight A monk in this realm can only die in such a deep place!" Xu Huaigu's face turned livid, and he didn't seem to have considered that the cave would collapse. He said decisively: "Friend Li, this situation is urgent. I'm afraid there's something going on outside. What happened? Turning back will be a dead end, so we might as well keep going underground to see what the mystery is!" Li Siqing seemed to have made a lot of determination and said with difficulty: "This is the only way. The worst is death, there's nothing to be afraid of." Xu Huaigu nodded and said: "Anyway, we are all dead, why not go down and explore, maybe there is another cave. Don't waste any more time, let's go quickly." The two of them quickened their pace and ran deeper into the corridor. go.
After about another cup of tea, the two finally saw that the corridor seemed to have come to an end, and instead, there was a small dark space standing alone at the end of the corridor.
At this time, the tremor had passed, and the corridor had not collapsed, but the two of them finally breathed a sigh of relief. It's just that it's not a problem to still be trapped in this tunnel. We still have to find a way out as soon as possible.
Xu Huaigu stopped cautiously and looked at the dark space from a distance, hesitating whether he should go in. Li Siqing was also beside him, trying hard to see what was inside.
Li Siqing is a fifth-level monk, so his eyesight is much higher than that of Xu Huaigu. He looked carefully for a while and said with some suspicion: "I can only get a vague glimpse, but I can't see clearly, but there seems to be a vague person inside." outline." Xu Huaigu was so shocked that cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he said with some uncertainty: "Can you see clearly? There are people in this place?" Li Siqing looked at it a few more times, nodded and said, "Look carefully. , it is indeed the outline of a person, and he is sitting. He has not moved. He should be dead." Xu Huaigu speculated: "He died in the deepest part of the corridor. Could it be that he broke in by mistake like us and couldn't find it? A way out?" If that's the case, can they still find a way out?
Li Siqing frowned, feeling uneasy. Xu Huaigu decided: "No matter, let's go up and take a look first." He took a few steps forward, and sure enough, he saw a person sitting cross-legged on the floor leaning against the corner at the end of the corridor.
He slowed down his pace and deliberately made some noise, but the man didn't move. Xu Huaigu boldly walked up to the silhouette of the figure, looked carefully, and found that it was an old man with a thin cheek and a long beard.
The old man was wearing a Taoist robe. He had experienced countless years of wind and frost, and had accumulated a thick layer of dust. It must have been decades at least.
Although the old man looked pale, his beard and hair were not rotten, but his skin had lost moisture and looked dry, sticking to his bones, which was a bit strange.
Li Siqing also followed, glanced at the old man, and his eyes became confused. Xu Huaigu asked him why, and Li Siqing frowned and said, "This old man should have been a Taoist priest with merits during his lifetime, so his body can remain uncorrupted after death. But this is not what surprises me. He is wearing a Taoist robe. It looks very familiar to me, as if I have seen it somewhere." Xu Huaigu blew lightly and blew away the dust on the Taoist robe. He found that it was a moon-white fabric robe with layers of white clouds embroidered on it, like sea waves. It is generally soft and follows the grain of the Taoist robe. It looks quite natural and the workmanship of the fabrics is good.
Xu Huaigu said: "Maybe it's a Taoist robe from a Taoist sect, and that sect still exists. You just happened to meet the people inside." Li Siqing nodded, looked around anxiously, and said, "He's all I don’t know how many years he has been dead, and no matter which sect he is from, the most important thing now is to find a way to get out." Li Siqing searched for other clues in this small space, while Xu Huaigu responded to this question A sitting old man was more interested. He sat down and observed the dead old man carefully.
He still clearly remembered the man sitting by the Wangchuan River at the bottom of the cave in the Forgotten River Secret Realm.
At that time, the sitting man was still wearing a robe, but Xu Huaigu did not touch the robe. Later I found out that if he had touched the robe first instead of the jade piece, he would have been killed by that person's machine.
Therefore, he did not dare to act rashly at the moment, for fear of offending this senior's taboo and causing death.
After observing for a long time, Xu Huaigu found no other clues on the Taoist priest, so he stopped caring about him and searched with Li Siqing to see if there was a way out of the trap in this small space.
According to common sense, no matter who enters such a desperate situation, he should be very desperate before dying.
In this way, they usually leave some words to record their life or what they saw and heard. Sure enough, in the corner of the earthen wall at the end of the corridor, Li Siqing found some traces of deliberate carvings, and said in surprise: "Fellow Daoist Xu, there are words here!" Xu Huaigu also stepped forward quickly, looked at the words carefully, and saw that it said road--
"In the one year and six months that I have been in the secret passage of Huanglong Temple, I have never gone out. Digging in this dark environment every day, my will and life have finally come to an end."
"I am a Seventh Realm Taoist cultivator. As for the origin of the sect, I will not record it. People who are about to die will not dare to bring shame on the sect. This long and narrow corridor is actually not made by nature. It was dug out by me alone. .The purpose is to lead to the bottom of the White Sea. The reason why the White Sea is pale white is not only due to natural reasons, but actually because there is another secret hidden at the bottom of the White Sea. As for the reason, I don’t know. , but I once learned a few words from a wild cultivator. At the end of my life, my cultivation can no longer improve, and my life span will also come to an end. I eagerly want to find a way to break through the realm to extend my life, but seven It is so difficult to reach the eighth realm. Without a great opportunity, it is absolutely impossible. I was really fascinated by the broken realm, and I actually started digging from Huanglong Temple with a glimmer of hope, hoping to dig to the bottom of the White Sea. Before I died When I think back to this period of time, I really feel that life is worse than death. A dignified Taoist cultivator in the Seventh Realm would be deceived by external objects and do such behavior. He spent the whole day in hope and despair, and the pain was unbearable. Tell people. If I spent these last few years in the sect, I would be much happier than this. Now that I have said this, I have awakened, but I have no shame to return to the sect. I can only grow old alone here. Go. I'm sorry, it's too late." There was no trace of the writing at this point, but there was no mention of how to leave. Xu Huaigu was anxious and tried to look further down, but there was no more writing.
Li Siqing pursed his lips, and started looking around again without giving up. Xu Huaigu felt that the chance of finding any more clues was slim, so he sat on the ground dejectedly and looked at the old man in a daze.
The seventh-level monk was already at a high level, but when the old man was about to die, he still did such a thing.
Could it be that for monks, there really is nothing comparable to cultivation, so that they would come to a place like this to try their luck before they die?
Then can I be considered to be able to escape this level of cultivation? What will you do when you are old and your life is about to end?
Xu Huaigu was lost in thought. Suddenly, Li Siqing shouted in surprise again: "There are words here!" Xu Huaigu jumped up from the ground and hurried to where Li Siqing was. Following his finger pointing, Xu Huaigu saw a few more lines. Small print——
"Attached is a secret of Lichuan Mountain. The sculpture worshiped in the main hall of Huanglong Temple is Huanglong Zhenren, a Taoist cultivator in ancient times. It is said that he has some connections with my Taoist lineage, so I also know something about it. The inside story of that year. In addition to my tunnel, there is actually another space behind the Huanglongguan murals, which suppresses an ancient evil spirit, about the strength of the Eighth Realm. The evil spirit has been suppressed for more than a thousand years, and it has been a long time, so it is gradually being recognized by people. Forgotten. If someone inadvertently disturbs the evil spirit, it will definitely cause the destruction of all living beings. However, there is no way to eliminate it. The Huanglong Taoist who suppressed the evil spirit has left a trace of his cultivation on the statue. At that time, all he has to do is to watch Huanglong The treasure in the dragon's mouth above the mural must be removed and placed on the statue of Huanglong to rescue him." The inscription has disappeared at this point.
The more he continued to look, the gloomier Xu Huaigu's face became. Until the end, he looked at the place where the writing disappeared and didn't look away for a long time.
Although this recorded incident was novel, it could not help the two of them escape from the tunnel. Unwilling to give up, the two of them searched the surroundings carefully, but could not find any other inscriptions. These two inscriptions were the only clues left by the old monk.
When Xu Huaigu was lost, Li Siqing consoled him: "The old monk said in the carving that he had no face to return to the sect, but it did not mean that he could not return to the sect. It means that there must be a way out in this corridor. There are no forks in this corridor. This article, as long as we look for it carefully, shouldn't be difficult." Xu Huaigu looked at Li Siqing and said, "You should have guessed it in your mind, about the second paragraph of the engraving." Li Siqing was silent, and then said, "Yes, I have done the same before. I find it strange that Lichuan Mountain should not be suitable for ghosts to live, but there is a seventh-level ghost entrenched here. During the previous battle, the ghost king was reluctant to take action, so there is a reasonable explanation for all this." Xu Huaigu said: "So the previous movements are very likely to be the birth of evil spirits." Li Siqing also nodded in agreement and said, "It's very possible. In this way, the Zuoqiu Sword Immortal should be in trouble." Xu Huaigu sighed and said: "She once told me that if we divide life and death, the eight realms can also compete. But as for who lives and who dies, she didn't say. We are the only ones who know how to subdue evil spirits, but we can't get out." Li Siqing He frowned and thought carefully about the content of the carvings, and then said with some uncertainty: "Fellow Daoist Xu, we seem to have made a mistake all the time. When we entered this corridor, we drilled through the murals, but as soon as we entered When we come in, there is an earth wall behind us. Is it possible that the earth wall is just like a mural, but it is actually just a cover-up?" Xu Huaigu thought for a while, his face gradually became relieved, and then turned to surprise, and said: "That makes sense. ! It turns out that we have all been led into misunderstandings. In fact, the way to get out is very simple and does not require any skills, so the old man did not mention it in the engraving." Li Siqing said happily: "That should be the case, we have already It's time to think of it!" Xu Huaigu also laughed happily, stood up quickly, and said: "It has been a while since the evil spirit was born, and Zuo Qiuxun must be in deep trouble at this time. We can't waste any more time, we have to hurry up Get out!" Li Siqing nodded in agreement, and Xu Huaigu took one last look at the old monk who was sitting there. He let out a sigh of regret, and remembering to take this as a warning, he stopped lingering and ran towards the other end of the corridor at full speed.
