The old monk did not go out from the gate, but walked up the stairs on the second floor, and Chen Chen hurriedly followed.

Walking on the stairs, Chen Chen couldn't help but be curious, so he asked, "Master, what is the secret on the second floor?"

The old monk's footsteps did not stop, and he said as he walked: "Last night, you should have come up, right? There are some things that I don't want you to know, but I can't help it, I can't imagine that the female benefactor will wake up!"

Chen Chen didn't hide this: "That's right, we came up last night, but as soon as we walked to the second floor, we were suddenly teleported into the snow outside, why is this?"

While talking, they walked the stairs to the end, but this time Chen Chen was surprised, he didn't see the wind and snow, nor did he see the white snow, it was still an empty room, nothing.

"How is it different from what we saw last night?" Chen Chen took a few steps forward, and it was certain that there was no change.

"What about that?" just looked at the old monk and waved his hand.

Call!

The wind sounded.

At this moment, all the scenery distorted, everything changed, ice and snow, cold wind and snow, appeared in front of Chen Chen's eyes one by one.

Chen Chen came back to his senses and said in surprise: "It's amazing! I can feel that Master, your strength is unfathomable, and who built this tower? It has such a magical effect, and it can teleport us outside in the blink of an eye on the second floor." ”

The old monk smiled: "Who built the tower, and the poor monk doesn't know, but the poor monk is the only one on Changbai Mountain who holds part of the power of the tower, what is the difference here?"

Chen Chen looked around for a while, and found that more than ten kilometers away, there was a cliff, and there was a black spot standing there, which was the direction where the tower was located.

In other words, when the old monk waved his hand, they had already left the tower for more than ten kilometers, which was farther than the teleportation they had accidentally walked up to the tower last night, and the terrain they saw in front of them was also different from the teleportation last night.

The old monk said: "What is the power in it, the poor monk has not yet been able to comprehend, but there are infinite mysteries on the tower, and the poor monk can only master the power of the second layer, and he doesn't understand it even if he goes up." ”

Chen Chen said, "How could the master not have gone up?"

The old monk shook his head and said: "This is not to lie to you, because the poor monk is not qualified to go up, every time he approaches the three-story staircase, there is a mysterious force that pushes the poor monk back." ”

"If there is a place on Changbai Mountain that can be compared to the bronze gate, according to the poor monk's thoughts, there is only this tower, but the world only knows the bronze gate!"

Listening to his voice, it seems that he is still a little lonely, it seems that this old monk is also a person full of thoughts.

Chen Chen followed behind him and asked, "The tower can be compared to the bronze gate?"

The old monk nodded and said, "It's even better than the bronze gate, it's the best in Changbai Mountain." It's a pity that the poor monk can't understand the secrets in his life, and that's it! When the matter of the bronze gate is over, the poor monk goes down the mountain and ends this long life, not wanting to understand these nothingness again. ”

Chen Chen remembered what Xue Yin had said, and said curiously: "If the master leaves Changbai Mountain, will he really die? If he doesn't leave, will he be able to live forever?"

The old monk smiled slightly: "The poor monk is already a dead man, and what stands in front of you is just a corpse, as long as the corpse does not decay, it can be preserved forever." To go down the mountain is to completely abandon this body. ”

Chen Chen asked, "And then?"

The old monk smiled: "Then, of course, the corpse is decomposed. ”

With that, the old monk continued to walk forward, leaving every footprint of his in the snow, deep and shallow, he was like an ordinary person, but not like an ordinary person.

No ordinary person can wear a thin monk's robe and walk in the ice and snow.

Chen Chen quickly followed his side, walked for a long time, and stopped in front of an ice cave.

"The fire lotus blooms, the ice serpent dances, and when the soul can bear the pain of the living, the heavens and the earth open by themselves. ”

The old monk repeated this sentence, and he muttered to himself: "Little kitten, you have to remember that if you encounter any troubles that are difficult to solve in the future, maybe this sentence can bring you help." ”

Chen Chen asked puzzledly, "Why?"

The old monk shook his head: "The poor monk doesn't know, but it's not difficult to remember this sentence, right?"

He shook the snowflakes off his body and strode into the ice cave.

Chen Chen also walked in, and saw that the top of the ice cave was full of upside-down ice spikes, sharp and sharp, like a mechanism arranged at the entrance.

The further you go inside, the darker it becomes, and it was originally night, although the old monk's horse lantern was a little bright, but it was useless, it can be seen that the old monk did not want to use the horse lamp to illuminate.

Maybe it's just a habit for him.

However, it is a little strange that when you walk into the ice cave, it is very warm as if you have isolated the cold outside and turned on the heating, and in this warm environment, the ice here does not melt, which seems to be a miracle.

"Fire Lotus, it should be the effect of Fire Lotus here, so it will be so warm. Chen Chen thought to himself.

After walking more than ten meters inside, the old monk finally stopped.

There was no road ahead, and in front of me was a big crater, bottomless and dark.

"The fire lotus is down there, and when you go down, you can find a lotus flower carved out of stone, and drop your blood on it. The old monk said.

"That's the Fire Lotus?" Chen Chen asked.

"That's right, but I haven't seen what that lotus flower looks like, maybe it's the size of a fist, but it may also be the size of a compass, you depend on the situation, go down!" the old monk said.

Chen Chen just wanted to jump into the deep pit, but the old monk said again: "By the way, there is one more thing, everything you see below, except for the lotus flower in stone, the rest is fake, remember, no matter what you see, don't believe it, you know?"

Chen Chen asked, "Master, don't you go down?"

The old monk shook his head and said, "If I go down, the fire lotus will not bloom." ”

After receiving his affirmation, Chen Chen jumped down into the deep pit, and then used it to take off, standing firmly on the ground.

The bottomless pit is actually not too deep, Chen Chen estimated that the depth is ten meters, because it is pitch black from above, and there is a feeling that you can't see the bottom.

After Chen Chen stood firmly, he felt a wave of heat rushing towards him: "It's so hot, the fire lotus should be nearby." ”

He was looking for the stone lotus, but he seemed to step on something under his paws, and when he looked down, he turned out to be a frozen person.

There are more than a dozen corpses scattered here.

The corpses were all serene in expression, apparently peaceful, with no signs of struggle, men and women, old people and children.

They all have one thing in common, that is, they are still frozen in such a hot place, and even children of three or four years old.

"Forget it, the most important thing is to find the fire lotus. ”

Chen Chen thought to himself, stepped on those corpses, and quickly walked to the bottom of a stone platform.

And above it is a lotus flower the size of an adult's fist, carved from stone, exactly as the old monk said.

"That's it!" Chen Chen said, about to jump onto the stage.

Because he stepped on the body of a corpse, and just as he wanted to jump up, he suddenly felt the corpse under his claws move......