Hanling City, Lingkuang Mountains
Qiye didn't know how far he had groped forward in the dark cave, nor how long he had been walking. Looking at the half-burned torch in his hand, his uneasy heart suddenly became solemn.
The linen shirt on his body had been completely soaked by the water dripping from the cave ceiling, and his whole body was cold, wet and covered with cold hair. As he went deeper, the temperature inside the cave became lower and lower. Qiye felt that his whole body was shivering uncontrollably, and even the turbid air he exhaled condensed into white mist, bringing with it the trembling breath in his body.
The Wolf Guards and a dozen soldiers who were also following Nanye were not in very good health. The soldiers were shivering, rubbing their hands and feet, and cautiously looking at the situation inside the cave. From time to time, an even more biting cold wind blew from deep inside the cave. All of these will trigger the fearful nerves of the soldiers.
"Lord Wolfbei, this cave is unpredictable and extremely cold. We may not be well-prepared for our hasty exploration..." Finally, an impatient soldier came up to Wolfbei and said timidly.
After hearing this, Langbei stopped his steps, rolled his eyes out of the corner of his eyes with a chilling look, and said coldly: "Are you afraid?"
After hearing Wolfbei's question, the soldier trembled all over, braced himself, and hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "I don't dare. I'm just thinking about Lord Wolfbei's safety, and I'm afraid something might happen."
Wolf Guard retracted his peripheral vision and continued to move forward without paying any attention, heading towards the darker depths of the cave. Seeing this situation, the soldiers had no choice but to cheer up and continue to follow with fear and uneasiness.
The coldness of the cave began to make Qiye's body tremble a little as he walked forward. The left hand holding the torch became stiff, and the flame shrank by half, and he could no longer feel the burning temperature before. Qiye's right hand, which was touching the rock wall to explore, could not feel the pain, but it was already frozen to the point of losing consciousness. After stepping through the small icy pools one after another, the feet wearing straw sandals became even more pale, swollen, and loss of consciousness. color.
The mountain wind continued to become cold and biting, blowing across Qiye's cold cheeks and purple lips. Qiye felt that he was becoming more and more fragile and weak. His legs that were moving slowly were unsteady, and his mind began to wander. The surrounding vision became increasingly blurry, so blurry that Qiye's pupils were about to become dilated.
As the darkness gradually swept forward, the burning torch in Qiye's vision had become like a pinpoint of light in the darkness. Qiye's hearing, touch, and all the senses of the outside world became closed at some point. Except for the trembling of his own heartbeat, he could no longer feel any sound. Silence, deathly silence.
Among the people following Nanye, except for Wolfbei who used spiritual power to protect himself, the mental and physical conditions of the rest of the soldiers were still declining. Despite this, no one made any suggestions to Wolfbei.
After Qiye realized that he was about to lose consciousness, he gritted his teeth and held on to the last ray of consciousness in his heart. He supported the rock wall and moved forward precariously. He stretched out one foot and stepped tremblingly on the frozen ice of Jishuitan. .
Click~
Suddenly, when Qiye stepped on the ice of a large pool of water with one foot, the thin ice layer cracked instantly, and the entire ice surface shattered in an instant. When Qiye was in a daze and had no time to react, his whole body fell down on the empty ice and fell into the mountain stream together with the broken ice.
As the ice cracks continued to crack in a chain reaction, the ice around the entire cave wall shattered in an instant, losing the support of the ice. The stable structure of the entire cave was immediately broken, boom boom... a huge rock on the top of the cave. Rocks followed closely, collapsing along with the ice blocks, blocking the way forward.
The collapse scene that suddenly occurred in front of them immediately awakened everyone's minds. Many soldiers who followed Qiye and kept a safe distance felt thorns on their spines, sweatdrops fell from their foreheads, and their hearts were filled with panic. Wolfbei, however, remained calm in the face of this sudden collapse, only slightly frowning:
The collapsed boulders in front have completely blocked the way forward. The amount of collapse in the entire cave tunnel is also very huge, and it is estimated that it cannot be cleared in a short time.
Now that the cave has collapsed and the mountain is unstable, we can no longer move forward. Besides, we still don’t know what the condition of the tunnel ahead is like? Will another collapse occur? Once you are buried deep in this small cave, even if you are a battle-axe-level spiritual practitioner, you may not be able to escape misfortune, so you must not rush into danger...
Wolfbei quietly looked at the huge boulders in front of him and thought. Seeing Wolfbei's silent look, the soldiers did not dare to step forward rashly. Quietly waiting for Wolf Guard's decision by his side, everyone was really sweating in their hearts because of the thrill just now. At the same time, they were all very lucky. Fortunately, a slave was sent to explore the way in front and kept a safe distance. , otherwise your life will be over at this moment.
"Withdraw!" Langbei thought for a while and then said coldly with a cold look in his eyes. After the soldiers heard the order to retreat, they felt like they were being amnesty! The tense and restless hearts were finally let go, and they could finally leave this cold and dark ghost place. As for Qiye who was buried under the landslide, no one cared about it. Everyone already believed that he was dead.
What's more, in such a dangerous situation, who can barely care about his own safety, who would care whether a lowly slave lives or dies? Wolf Guard turned around and looked back at the buried ruins. Not willing to find anything, he reluctantly withdrew his gaze and left. The soldiers also accelerated their pace and returned quickly along the original path.
In the mountain stream, Qiye fell into the deep valley with the gravel and ice. His eyes were dark and his mind was confused. The weightless body continued to fall, and occasionally there was a sharp pain from impact somewhere in the body, followed by a heavy whimper from the throat. Although he could feel the severe pain in various parts of his body in a daze, it was obvious that he was unable to control his current situation.
Gradually, Qiye's senses became duller and duller, and the pain in various parts of his body seemed to be gradually being shielded. "Boom" After an unusually loud crashing sound, Qiye fainted completely...
I don't know how long has passed, but Qiye's originally closed eyes dimly felt a faint light, which was constantly floating in the void like a white silver thread in the black curtain. As his consciousness gradually recovered, the light became brighter and brighter, and the darkness covering his eyes began to be continuously dispelled by the silver light.
In the end, the darkness covering Qiye's eyes had become brighter. Qiye tried his best to blink his weak eyes slightly. After he truly felt the definite light in front of his eyes, his confused consciousness in the darkness was immediately awakened.
After he regained consciousness, Qiye's cold body instinctively wanted to sit up. In an instant, every part of the body seemed to be penetrated by a strong electric current, and bursts of continuous severe pain were felt in an instant. Qiye frowned unbearably, and his facial features were twisted in pain. The severe pain also taxed the body, and Qiye had to give up the idea of getting up.
As time passed, and after he could barely adapt to the severe pain, Qiye gritted his teeth and endured it, and tried to sit up slowly again. He gently rubbed his cloudy eyes and glanced around: he saw a huge white light curtain floating slowly above his head. Countless colored lights intertwined with each other, forming a variety of completely incomprehensible patterns and symbols. He was sitting on On a light screen with huge graphics, the light screen is not cold to the touch but appears warm, which makes people feel more comfortable.
"Where is this?" Qiye murmured with his eyes wide open and curious. Regarding what happened to him before, except for the moment when he fell, Qiye had a blank memory. Perhaps he had already determined in his heart that this is where he died. The world of space, right...
"Haha..., little guy, you're finally awake!" As Qiye looked around, an old voice came from the space. Qiye quickly raised his head and looked in the direction of the sound. In the center of the huge space light curtain, an old man wearing a white robe, with crane-haired face, white eyebrows and long beard sat quietly in the air. His whole body exuded an immortal light, and he looked like a fairy from a distance. The spirit of Taoist bones.
"Um... I'm sorry. I broke in unintentionally and disturbed my senior. I hope you will forgive me." Qiye got up from the ground with difficulty, stood extremely unsteadily, and organized his words in a somewhat chaotic manner. As for why he appeared here, Qiye was a little confused.
"Haha, it doesn't matter. I didn't expect to see the human race again after seven thousand years. It's really rare! Hahaha..." The old man who was sitting in the sky couldn't help but stroke his long beard and looked up to the sky with a smile.
"What? Seven thousand years?" After hearing what the old man said, Qiye was even more confused. But obviously the old man was happy to see him here, but he didn't know why the old man said so.
Despite this, Qiye still asked respectfully: "Excuse me, senior, where is this place?" Regarding the old man's words, Qiye did not want to go into details. At present, Qiye wanted to know his location most.
"This is the place where the old man fell..." The old man laughed, calmed down his emotions slightly, and replied calmly.
Hearing the old man's reply this time, Qiye was even more shocked: The person who appeared in front of him was already dead, why would he still appear here? Could he really be dead? All kinds of questions made Qiye feel more uneasy. Despite all the confusion in his heart, Qiye still suppressed his inner uneasiness and asked respectfully again with his fists clasped:
"Since the senior has died, why is he still here?"
"The old man's physical body has passed away, and what you see is just the last ray of soul left by the old man."
"What! Soul?" Qiye's voice became even more trembling after hearing this.
"The old man has already entered the realm of 'Holy Level' before his death, so the soul can still exist in the world for a period of time after the physical body dies, but now the last ray of the old man's soul is about to dry up." The old man sighed slightly sadly. road.
After a few brief exchanges with the old man, Qiye was extremely shocked: he had never known that in this world, cultivators could reach a state where the body was destroyed but the soul was immortal. This was the most powerful thing Qiye had ever heard since he was a child. Something that shocked him.
It was precisely because of such a shock that Qiye's attention shifted from his eagerness to know where he was to the old man's narration, and he thought carefully about the incredible things in it.
