"Don't stop, they are watching you, keep walking." The voice of the sword spirit sounded.
Gu Qingshan understood.
He walked uphill toward the entrance of the palace.
At this moment, he had lost all his strength and could not even transmit sound, but the sword spirit of the Six-Path Defining Divine Sword took the initiative to establish telepathy with him.
The sword spirit seemed to be sensing something, and said quickly: "It turns out to be the Palace of Fear. With your strength, you can't resist it at all - the situation is extremely dangerous, and you will be eaten at any time!"
Gu Qingshan's expression remained unchanged and he asked silently: "Then what should I do? Wait, do you know everything that happened in the past?"
Sword Spirit said: "I don't know."
"Should I tell you everything that happened recently?" Gu Qingshan asked.
"No, it's too late," Sword Spirit said quickly: "If you can save all my sword fragments, I will help you first."
Swish swish swish.
The surroundings were extremely quiet, there was not even a breath of wind, and only the sound of Gu Qingshan's footsteps could be heard.
There was no one on the road, and no strange things appeared to block the road.
——Not far from the palace.
Sword Spirit's voice became even more urgent:
"My power is almost exhausted and I will fall asleep again soon."
"Take this."
"No one can help you, and I can only do my little bit - if you can survive in the Palace of Fear, we will always have a chance to meet again."
The voice of the sword spirit stopped suddenly.
At the same time, Gu Qingshan suddenly felt something cold in his hand.
He didn't lower his head to look, but walked forward calmly, as if nothing had happened.
Lines of small scarlet words quickly appeared in the void:
"You got the fragment of the Delimiting Divine Sword (1)."
"This fragment contains a special power: Si Shen."
"Si Shen: You can die at any time until you want to be resurrected."
Gu Qingshan's heart moved.
Such an ability... seems to have some profound meaning...
He thought as he walked and soon reached the brick road.
The road enclosed by the two palace walls was not long. After walking it quickly, a piece of paper floated in front of him.
Gu Qingshan went up to take a look and saw the paper written on it:
"The Palace of Fear."
"Those who enter this palace will lose their bodies and souls once fear arises in their hearts."
"Special Note:"
"You cannot refuse anything in the Palace of Fear without valid reasons, otherwise your body and soul will be confiscated by the palace."
As soon as Gu Qingshan finished reading, the paper immediately burned.
——The difficulty has increased.
Originally it was just that I couldn't feel fear, but now I had an additional one, I couldn't refuse anything unless there was a valid reason.
Gu Qingshan pondered secretly.
Suddenly, the surrounding scene changed.
The whole world disappeared.
Gu Qingshan came to his senses and found himself standing on the side of the road, with a hill-like grave mass behind him.
A long carriage drawn by four skeleton horses creaked and drove up to him.
The car door opens.
A skeleton holding a whip turned its head and looked at Gu Qingshan.
"Get in the car, I'll take you to the town." The skeleton said.
Gu Qingshan looked at it, then looked behind it——
Behind the skeleton sat a circle of skeletons, all staring at Gu Qingshan.
There was only one empty iron seat.
There was a charcoal fire under this seat, and the entire iron seat was burned red.
On the seats, there were several sharp knives full of green light.
Several black snakes with flying wings were flying back and forth around the seats like flies.
——If you sit down, you won’t even think about living.
Gu Qingshan pondered, trying to find a valid reason to reject the other party, but the skeleton coachman spoke first:
"Only this carriage is allowed to enter the town. If you miss this carriage, you will be swallowed up by darkness here."
"Come up quickly."
Gu Qingshan was immediately speechless.
I saw masses of darkness pouring in from the distance, seemingly covering this area at any time.
——No matter how legitimate the reason is, it is nothing compared to fate. The other party has blocked all his escape routes.
Do you really want to sit in that seat?
But is there any valid reason not to get in the car? Not sitting in that seat?
Gu Qingshan was silent for a moment, then drew the long bow from his back.
"Robbery."
Two words came out of his mouth.
As soon as the words fell, a thunderous roar sounded from the long bow.
Gu Qingshan's hands were like afterimages. In just one breath, he shot out the arrows in the quiver behind his back.
Crash--
The skeleton was scattered by arrows and shattered on the ground.
A carload of skeletons were all dead.
Gu Qingshan sighed.
This has just come in. These guys are relatively weak, so they can achieve this effect.
Now that my strength is blocked, what should I do if I encounter someone I can't beat?
He looked up and saw the darkness in the sky getting closer and closer.
There seemed to be something moving in the darkness.
Gu Qingshan no longer hesitated, strode onto the carriage, picked up the whip from the floor, and whipped it hard at the horses in front.
"drive!"
The carriage moved slowly.
A line of small scarlet characters jumped out of the void:
"You replaced the coachman with the legitimate reason of 'robbery'."
Gu Qingshan glanced at it and chuckled: "Interesting..."
Four skeleton horses galloped forward, leading the carriage far away from the darkness.
…
"Did you have a smooth journey?" asked a man who looked like a coachman.
"Smooth." Gu Qingshan said.
——The other party may come up to chat because they regard themselves as peers.
Gu Qingshan jumped off the carriage and looked outside the town.
I saw that the outside of the town was completely shrouded in darkness, and various flying and whistling sounds came from the darkness, accompanied by a deep roar.
Even standing in the small town, you can feel the fierce atmosphere in the darkness.
Gu Qingshan felt it quietly for a moment and made a rough judgment in his mind.
——If you want to survive, you have to stay in the town.
The coachman greeted: "We've been busy all day. Let's go and have a couple of drinks at the bar."
"Okay." Gu Qingshan responded.
I didn't have anywhere to go for a while, so I just took this opportunity to stay and slowly find some way to get out of this palace of fear.
The two left the carriage at the dealership, walked straight along the street, and stopped at a corner.
There is a quiet bar here.
There were candles lit on the bar, and several customers were chatting slowly while drinking.
Gu Qingshan and the coachman walked in and sat down in front of the bar.
"I'm sick of it," grumbled the coachman.
"What's wrong?" Gu Qingshan asked with a smile.
"——Give us two glasses of good wine, don't mix it with water!" the coachman shouted.
The bartender was a young man with a beard and a sallow complexion. He immediately started preparing drinks after hearing the greeting.
The driver sighed and said: "Today is my birthday. I originally wanted to rush back to the village to celebrate with my wife and children, but the mountain road collapsed. Now I can't go back."
Gu Qingshan followed him and said: "This is really annoying, it delays things too much."
"The wine is ready."
The bartender gently placed two glasses of wine in front of the two of them.
The coachman picked up the wine glass and said loudly: "Come on, I'm treating you tonight. How about a drink with me?"
Gu Qingshan said: "Happy birthday to you!"
He glanced into their glasses.
I saw densely packed and colorful bugs floating in the wine glass.
The coachman drank it all in one gulp, put down the cup and said, "I'll do it first as a courtesy!"
Gu Qingshan looked at the driver.
The muscles on the coachman's face were extremely distorted, and the bugs kept coming out of his eyes and back into his ears, nose, and mouth.
His appearance quickly changed, turning into a monster whose face was covered with parasites.
"Brother, didn't you wish me a happy birthday? Why haven't you drank your wine yet?"
The monster spoke out.
Gu Qingshan was silent and could only pick up the wine glass.
The monster grinned and said, "That's right. Drinking this glass of wine can be considered a complete birthday blessing."
Gu Qingshan held the wine glass and suddenly said: "I can't drink this wine."
The monster stood up and said sternly: "Why? Give me a reason."
Everyone else around him immediately came over and surrounded Gu Qingshan.
In an instant, bursts of black mist surged up, like snakes, wrapping around him.
A cold breath blew from the black mist, almost freezing Gu Qingshan into an ice lump.
A line of small scarlet characters appeared quickly:
"Speak out the valid reasons for refusing to drink immediately, otherwise your body and soul will be confiscated by the Palace of Fear!"
"be quick!"
Gu Qingshan glanced at it and said calmly: "I have to leave in the evening."
"What does this have to do with blessing me?" the monster said solemnly.
Gu Qingshan said seriously: "If you want to live a long life, don't drink while driving."
He put the glass down gently.
boom! ! !
The black mist surrounding him dissipated completely.
The onlookers retreated angrily.
The monster froze on the spot, pointing at Gu Qingshan, not knowing what to say.
Suddenly, the bartender lightly knocked on the table.
"This gentleman——"
He placed an exquisite small cake in front of Gu Qingshan and said, "There is a snack for you from the lady over there."
Not far away, a charming young woman came out of the crowd and came to Gu Qingshan.
"You said you don't drink," the young woman said.
"Yes, don't drink while driving, and don't drive after drinking." Gu Qingshan said.
"So I'm going to give you a piece of cake, and I hope you won't refuse." The young woman said.
Gu Qingshan picked up the cake plate and looked at it with interest.
There were two human ears on the cake and five bloody fingers as embellishments.
The finger was completely black and seemed to have rotted away.
Gu Qingshan picked up a small fork, gently inserted it into the cake, and asked:
"I'm very touched, but why did you give me a cake?"
The young woman gave her a flirtatious look and said sweetly: "Brother, I've fallen in love with you. Who knew you didn't even drink, so I had to give you cake to eat."
Everyone looked at Gu Qingshan.
The black mist that had just disappeared boiled again, gradually wrapping Gu Qingshan.
The young woman's face gradually became ferocious, long dark yellow hair grew all over her body, and her voice became thicker and thicker: "Eat quickly, little brother, this cake represents my feelings."
Gu Qingshan threw the cake back on the bar.
"You want to come over and strike up a conversation with a piece of rubbish cake? I'm very expensive." He said with disdain.
