In the forest, someone saw Yan Shuang and others flying away in the opposite direction instead of going there to watch the excitement, and they suddenly panicked.
"They ran away, should we chase them?"
"Chase, but don't chase too hastily. Senior Brother Wen didn't ask us to follow Yan Shuang. Instead, we followed the people who were staring at Yan Shuang. Wait a little longer to see how many people are chasing them, and then follow them. .”
"Who is fighting with whom over there?"
"Silence!"
On the mountain forest, from time to time, black shadows would fly past the treetops from all directions. The people who just spoke shut their mouths tightly and tried their best to hide their figures. Looking at the direction of those people, they were all chasing after the words. Shuang and the five people left.
"There are so many people, why didn't we notice just now!"
"Silence!"
…
When the fire exploded, a greasy and wretched middle-aged man couldn't help but rub his hands, as if he wanted to rush over and show off his skills.
A hand that had always been slightly pale rested on his shoulder, and the pale young man's voice came to his ears:
"Don't worry, I'm not going to attack those five people. I guess they have old grudges and can't help but attack when they meet. People from Wuling won't be so reckless. It's not time yet, so wait."
When the hand put on his shoulder, the middle-aged man's face turned cold. But after listening to what the other person said, he realized that although the fight was lively, it was quiet around Yan Shuang and the others. Those four beautiful women The incomparable little lady was also surprised and looked at the place where the fire light came from.
"What's going on? Are the people doing it over there one of ours?" asked the thin, dark woman.
"Except for us, there is no one of us. No matter who kills these five people in the end, they are the ones we want to kill. Do you understand?" the young man said.
The thin black woman nodded.
"Hey, those four little ladies ran away!" the middle-aged man said suddenly.
Sure enough, below their hiding place, the figures of Yan Shuang and the five others flew quickly into the distance.
"Eh? Why did they run away? Why don't you just take a look at the excitement over there? They are so cowardly!"
The pale young man, who was still a little smart, thought to himself. He looked at the mountain forest opposite. There were unknown people there who had been staring at people like him. What were the origins of those people?
"Let's catch up quickly, don't lose us!" the middle-aged man said anxiously.
"There's no rush," the young man said, "Wait a little longer. Once everyone else has caught up, it won't be too late for us to catch up!"
…
There was a "boom".
Yanxuan looked up at the top of her head. She was now very worried whether the secret room would collapse due to Brother Lu's punches.
"Come on, come on!" Lu Pingchuan shouted. At this time, he was standing in a large stone hole that was drilled into the stone wall. The hole he drilled was at least six or seven feet deep, but he never penetrated it.
"Two more punches and it will almost get through. Grandma's. I didn't expect it to be so thick here."
Li Jian stared at Lu Pingchuan in the big stone cave. At first, he thought that he could break through the stone wall with a few swords. Now it seems that the only one who can do this is Brother Lu.
The sound of "boom" came, and gravel splashed out from the hole, but this time was different from the previous times. A stream of cold and moist air suddenly poured into the secret room from the big hole.
"Hey, it's all clear!" Lu Pingchuan shouted excitedly, and his voice echoed at this time, "There is really water in here, and it's quite spacious!"
As soon as Li Jian heard this, he walked into the big cave.
Qian Chao waved his hand, and the several glowing yellow talisman papers in the secret room followed his figure forward, walking behind Li Jian.
The last two girls to follow were Tang Ping and Yanxuan.
Under the shining of yellow light, several people walked into an empty underground cave.
Adjacent to the side of the cave, there is an underground river flowing. The water is clear, but its tentacles are extremely cold. It gushes out from an underground river, then flows in the cave for about forty or fifty feet before sinking into the ground. disappeared from the river.
The side where the river disappeared was also the end of the cave, and there was no way to go there. Only on the other side, the cave stretched out in the darkness for who knows how far.
"It's so cold here!" Yanxuan said. There was white steam coming out of her mouth when she spoke, which showed that there was a deep chill here. "Brother Qian, is the spiritual vein you mentioned over there?"
The direction Yanxuan pointed was exactly where the cave extended.
Qian Chaozheng unfolded a map and looked at it carefully. This map was also hand-drawn by him. In addition to the mountains near the ruins, there were also many long lines drawn with colored ink. His fingers found They looked at the current position of several people, and then drew closer to a light blue line. That line was the location of the earthly spiritual veins that Qian Chao said. After comparing the directions, Qian Chao looked at the extension of the cave. In the direction of going out, he said:
"It should be over there, let's go and take a look."
"I'm in front." Li Jian said and walked over.
…
Although the ground of this cave has undulations, it is considered flat, and even some places can be said to be smooth. All the rocks that can be seen protruding from the walls and overhead are rounded and have no edges. This shows that there is no clue here. Many years ago, there should have been an underground river. For some reason, the underground river disappeared from here, and it became an empty cave.
In addition to the talismans used for lighting, Qian Chao also took out a few talismans, but they were different from the talismans he had used before. When these talismans flew into the darkness of the cave ahead, the winding runes on them It didn't light up.
"What are they for?" Tang Ping asked after seeing these unusual talismans.
"If you are looking for spiritual veins, if the spiritual energy is strong, the talisman will shine." Qian Chao said.
Those talismans continued to fly back and forth, like pioneers exploring the road. Tang Ping paid attention. After a while, there was no trace of bright color on those talismans. What did Qian Xiaozi say? Will the Xingling Meridian be in front?
Moving forward, the roof of the cave above them gradually became different. It used to be that near the secret room that opened the big cave, there were rocks on the top of their heads. But after walking for a while, they were not close to each other. Now they The top of his head seemed to be mixed with earth and rocks, and the roots of the big trees on the ground emerged from the earth and rocks like earth snakes, and some extended from above. The further forward, the more roots of the trees above his head. More and more, it seemed that they were now walking under a dense forest.
"Hey, look there, dear, why are these tree roots so entangled like a big snake!" Lu Pingchuan, who was walking at the back, pointed to a place diagonally above.
Sure enough, there is a very different place on the roof of the cave. The roots of many big trees are tangled and twisted like countless big snakes hiding in caves in the winter. The earth and rocks on the roof of the cave are all entangled. They were entangled together, and the tree roots were quite small, like a large whirlpool wrapped around tree roots.
"The tree roots are like this. What should the trees above look like? Are they also twisted together?" Yanxuan said with a sigh after looking at it.
"They're probably all twisted into twists," Lu Pingchuan said. "Hey, do you think, if there weren't these tree roots, would this place be directly connected to the outside?"
"It should be about the same." Tang Ping raised her head and said.
At that time, Qian Chao didn't pay much attention to the tree roots. It was normal for the roots of the big trees to be entangled with each other in the soil, but Brother Lu said, "If there were no these roots, would there be direct access to the outside?" His heart suddenly moved, and then he stood still, raised his head to look carefully at the entangled tree roots, and deliberately brought a piece of luminous talisman paper close there.
"What's wrong?" Tang Ping found out and asked.
"No matter how dense the trees are, will the roots be entangled like this?" Qian Chao said, and then he found something wrong with the entangled roots, and immediately said, "Wait a minute, Brother Li, Wait."
Then he walked under the large whirlpool entangled with tree roots, and several glowing talisman papers came closer, illuminating the tree roots as thick as a big snake.
"What's here?" Li Jian was curious and came over to take a look, but in his eyes, those entangled tree roots didn't seem to be dangerous. He didn't know why Brother Qian was interested in them.
Qian Chao's eyes flashed with blue light. In his field of vision, on the tree roots that were entangled like a tangle of snakes, someone left a circle of runes inconspicuously on them. Those runes were on There was a faint light in his eyes. It was this circle of runes that formed a small and simplest magic circle. It was precisely because of this magic circle that these tree roots were entangled like this. And similarly, as long as the method is correct and the magic circle is cracked, then these entangled tree roots, which are like a tangled mess, will soon spread out, and it is very likely that a large hole will be revealed that leads directly to the outside!
"There is a formation here." Qian Chao pointed to the tree roots and said, "It is precisely because of this formation that these tree roots look like this. If they can be cracked open, they should be the holes leading directly to the outside..."
Tang Ping understood something immediately after hearing this, and she said: "You mean someone came before us, but... we came from the entrance to the ruins over there, could this formation leave ruins? Did people arrange it a long time ago?"
"No," Qian Chao's body floated up and he looked at a rune. "If the formation is left like this, it will become ineffective in a few years. This formation was left recently and will not last longer than One month.”
"Then...could it be Luo Ying and those people? Luo Ying knows how to arrange formations." Tang Ping said again.
"It's impossible. The only places we can go after coming down from here are the ruins behind us and the Earth Spirit Vein in front. The ruins are the cave that Brother Lu just opened. We just came here. Therefore, we came down from here before. People don't seem to know that there is a treasure hiding place along the cave. As for Senior Sister Luo, as far as I know her, she is proficient in the art of formation, but exploring spiritual veins is not what she is good at. , what’s more, what we are looking for is the earthly spiritual vein, which is the most difficult spiritual vein to find. Opening a hole from this place and coming down directly from above will be much closer than us coming all the way from the secret room over there. Those who can do it He is better than me at exploring spiritual veins, which is not what Senior Sister Luo can do,"
Several people nodded after hearing this.
Keeping all the runes in his mind, Qian Chao added: "Now we know that not only have people been here, but they also used formations to cover the entrance of the cave where they came down..."
Tang Ping turned her head and looked at the front of the cave. It was still pitch black there. Even if she gathered the spiritual energy in front of her eyes, she could only see the cave extending continuously. She didn't know how far it was. She asked:
"If it weren't for Luo Ying and those people, does that mean that our visit this time was in vain? If there is anything in front, it must have been taken away by those who have been here before?"
"It's possible," Qian Chao said, looking at the tightly entwined tree roots. "But if they really found something in front, they could just walk away after taking it. Why should they be careful to cover up the traces? "
"Is it possible..." Yanxuan suddenly thought of something, "Is it possible that these tree roots are the doorways for those people who come in and out here, and they regard this place as their home and their hiding place?"
As soon as Yanxuan said these words, several people immediately understood and became alert!
The person who died in the hands of Qian Chao, the person he would rather die than tell anyone about, was also the person who must have a secret hiding place outside the clan, maybe...
right here!
Although Qian Chao thought it was possible, he took a closer look at the roots of the tree and shook his head.
"It doesn't look like it's been opened all the time." Qian Chao said as he stared at the tree roots.
Tang Ping didn't think so. She said: "The Cunning Rabbit's Three Cave, such a secret exit, is probably for emergency use. Maybe the places they frequent are elsewhere, and it is possible that this is used for escape."
This statement is somewhat possible.
"Hey, will someone stay here forever after coming down?" Lu Pingchuan said suddenly.
"Retreat?"
This is also possible. After all, there is an earthly spiritual vein ahead, and it is naturally beneficial to practice there.
Li Jian said: "It is also possible that something is hidden in front, or that something is done here that is not convenient to do outside. In short, we have all come here, and we can't give up halfway. It will be clear if we go to the front and take a look. Yes. But...you have to be more careful."
In the next while, the five people became cautious when moving forward, and their speed slowed down.
After walking in this dark underground cave for nearly half an hour, finally, when a talisman flew back, Qian Chao found that the runes on the talisman were shining brightly.
The spiritual vein should be in front!
"Be careful!" Li Jian was so nervous at this time that he warned everyone, "There is something ahead and it is coming!"
