Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Dark River Rapids Labyrinth Road
The icy chill came from all directions, and the cold and damp breath rushed into Shao Heng's mouth and nose. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The scene of Xiao Yu being pumped into the water repeatedly appeared in his mind, causing Shao Heng's mind to rise and fall, rise and fall, and flash countless fragments.
"Yu'er...... Yu'er ......" Shao Heng clenched his hands into fists, a broken murmur overflowed between his lips and teeth, and his body trembled slightly stiffly, but he always closed his eyes and never woke up from the nightmare.
The sound of subtle footsteps came, and a figure in the darkness slowly approached Shao Heng.
As the man approached, the stuffy earthy smell mixed with a faint fragrance penetrated Shao Heng's nose.
As if stimulated by something, Shao Heng's eyes opened a slit slightly, and in a hazy way, he only saw a slender figure in front of him, looking down at himself.
Shao Heng didn't know where to get the strength, subconsciously put his arms together, hugged the man, and shouted clearly: "Yu'er! Yu'er! Great, you're okay!"
However, as soon as the gentle body entered his arms, the unfamiliar aroma came from his arms, and the exclamation blurted out by the man, Shao Heng realized that something was wrong.
He opened his eyes, and a peerless face with a look of shame and anger was imprinted in front of him.
"Let go!" Ning Qingyun's voice trembled slightly, her face was as cold as ever, but the look of annoyance added a touch of touching beauty to her.
"Why are you?" Shao Heng's heart couldn't help but tremble, and he immediately subconsciously let go of his arm. Ning Qingyun pushed Shao Heng's shoulder with his backhand, and sat up straight.
Shao Heng was pushed by him, and his back fell back to the ground again, the ground soil was obviously very soft, but he felt like he had been hit hard, and his heart and lungs trembled.
This collision also brought Shao Heng back to his senses from the surprise he saw Ning Qingyun at first glance.
The chill grew heavier, and he sat up from the ground with a stir, swallowed the pain in his chest, and looked around anxiously, as if looking for something.
"Yu'er!" Shao Heng blurted out Xiao Yu's name in a hurry.
However, after he stood up, Shao Heng found that the place where he was was was still underground, and the surrounding dark hands could not see his five fingers, and there was a passage in the front and back and on the left, leading to the unknown, but there was no trace of Xiao Yu.
Shao Heng turned to look at the other person present, and asked in an anxious tone, "Senior Sister Ning, have you ever seen Yu'er's whereabouts?"
The flush on Ning Qingyun's cheeks due to thin anger gradually faded, and her face as white as snow was indifferent and indifferent, except for a hint of surprise flashing in her pair of autumn water eyes: "What do you mean?" Yu'er...... When the news of your disappearance came, she went to look for you. You've met, and now you're separated?"
Shao Heng's eyes flashed the picture of Xiao Yu being thrown into the water, thinking that she was brought here by the current now, so she should also be in this place, why is there no trace at all?
He couldn't help but give an overview of what had happened before.
When Shao Heng mentioned that the two of them encountered a hooked snake underground and were attacked by an earth python and fell into the water one after another, and were carried away by the torrent, Ning Qingyun's expression changed slightly, his eyes sharpened, and his voice asked with a hint of trembling: "Yu'er, she ...... Fell into the water?"
"Yes, we fell into the water at a similar time, but the current was so strong that I couldn't control my body, and I didn't see her underwater. Afterward...... Later, I felt like I had hit something under the water and passed out, and I woke up right here. Senior Sister Ning, didn't you really see her?"
Ning Qingyun crossed her hands in front of her, revealing the uneasiness in her heart, and when she heard Shao Heng's question, she replied: "It wasn't me who found you, Senior Brother Nangong saw you wet and unconscious at the end of the passage over there, so he brought you back...... He...... He didn't see anyone else......"
Shao Heng saw the direction Ning Qingyun was pointing, and immediately disappeared into the road behind him like an arrow from the string
Seeing this, Ning Qingyun bit her lip and followed closely.
The road was not tortuous, and the two walked about 100 meters to the end.
Ning Qingyun pointed to a darker spot on the ground and said, "Senior Brother Nangong found you here, this is a dead end, if you enter the water, how can you possibly come here?"
Shao Heng picked up the moist soil on the ground, and knocked all kinds of around the end of the passage, but found nothing.
Except for the ground, the rest of the place is a hard mountain with other entrances, and although it is cold and damp, there is no sign of any other current.
If it weren't for the clothes on his body that had not yet dried and the water marks on the ground, Shao Heng would have thought that everything before was a real dream for him.
He hammered the surrounding stone walls again, and finally found a hidden stone above his head, which was not completely integrated with the surroundings, as if it could be pushed away.
Shao Heng tried to push it a few times, but the stone did not move, and in anger, he picked up the Heavenly Machine Sword and stabbed at the stone.
With a "bell", the Heavenly Machine Sword couldn't pierce into it!
Ning Qingyun didn't know the mystery in the Heavenly Sword, but Shao Heng's expression became very ugly.
Zha Thunder Stone is the material, refined by Yuanying Zhenren, and the Heavenly Machine Sword after the Heavenly Thunder is opened, there are still objects that cannot be pierced?
But this also shows that this stone is not trivial, and Shao Heng is very likely to have fallen from the mechanism above.
Shao Heng couldn't find any trace of Xiao Yu, and his anxiety became more and more intense.
The Heavenly Machine Sword fell here with him, why was Xiao Yu nowhere to be found?
Shao Heng suddenly thought that when he was underwater, the huge suction force coming from under him was dragging him down like a whirlpool below.
A fear spread in his heart, and at that time, he saw more than one whirlpool, and there were countless holes in the bottom of the dark river under the cliff, leading to other places!
He looked around blankly: what the hell was this place? It was as if the entire underground tunnel was intertwined with the dark river, like a dense net.
How many passages are there and how many entrances are there?
Shao Heng turned around in disappointment, looked at Ning Qingyun, who was pale, and forced a smile and said, "There seem to be many exits to that dark river, maybe Yu'er was sent to other places." Senior Sister Ning, why are you here, and do you know what this place is, and what are the other ways out?"
Ning Qingyun's indifferent face seemed to be in a trance, Shao Heng called her twice, and she seemed to come back to her senses: "This is the bottom of Quanli Lake, and we have just arrived here not long ago." Previously, we were separated from the others by the monster attack, and now Senior Brother Nangong and Senior Sister Shui are exploring the other passages in Fangcai, I don't know what the depth is. ”
At this time, there was a loud sword roar in the distance, and Ning Qingyun immediately said: "It should be Senior Brother Nangong that they are back, let's go back and meet them first, and then talk to you about the rest." ”
Shao Heng nodded, hoping that Xiao Yuji would have his own natural appearance and fall into this place like him, instead of being trapped in the dark river.
The two of them swept over each and returned to the place where Shao Heng woke up before, and sure enough, they saw a handsome young man dressed in a purple fish robe, with a cold and solemn expression with a natural arrogance, it was Nangong Beidou who had repeatedly made some unpleasant troubles with Shao Heng and others.
Beside him, Shui Fangzhi was like a lotus on water, elegant and quiet, and when he saw Shao Heng and Ning Qingyun appear, he seemed to be relieved, revealing a smile with some shyness: "Senior Brother Shao, Senior Sister Ning, where have you be......en?"
Nangong Beidou's eyes were also slightly slow, and he nodded coldly to Shao Heng: "You're awake." ”
However, Shao Heng still heard a trace of concern in his tone, and he was also a little moved in his heart.
Since the two of them fought side by side against the opponent of Yuxu Mountain in the Danhui competition of Xiaolang Villa, although Nangong Beidou is still as unpredictable and loner as before, he is no longer as disrespectful to Shao Heng as before, and he will say some provocative words at every turn.
Shao Heng knew that he would not be able to find Xiao Yu's trace for a while and a half, and he could only learn more about the current situation.
Ning Qingyun mentioned earlier that this is under Quanli Lake, not to mention the cold and damp around, there is even a biting chill, and the place where Shao Heng was unconscious before is like falling into ice and snow.
If there was no Nangong Beidou to take him out in time, Shao Heng would have stayed in that place for a longer time, causing the cold to enter the body and invade the internal organs, and he was afraid that he would fall into the root of the disease.
Shao Heng suppressed the rest of his thoughts and said to Nangong Beidou sincerely: "Thank you." ”
Nangong Beidou's eyes flashed a little uncomfortable when he heard this, and he turned his head to look at Ning Qingyun: "Senior Sister Ning, why did you come from there?"
Ning Qingyun glanced at Shao Heng, and although there was some hesitation in his eyes, he still mentioned Xiao Yu's disappearance.
"When I went out to explore the road before, I accidentally found you unconscious over there, and there was indeed no trace of others around, so I thought that Miss Shangguan should not be with you. Nangong Beidou frowned and said: "Since I arrived here, the road is complicated, and it seems that there are mechanisms that can change the road, even more so than the labyrinth." Senior Sister Shui and I tried to walk along the way we came, but the result was not the same as before, if you want to find someone here, I am afraid it will not be easy. ”
Shao Heng's expression sank when he heard this, even Ning Qingyun's face was ugly, obviously worried about Xiao Yu's safety in his heart.
"By the way, Senior Brother Lu rushed back with injuries all over his body, saying that you were taken away by someone from the Demon Gate, why did you appear here again?" Nangong Beidou Qi said.
Shao Heng smiled bitterly and said, "It's hard to explain this matter, but fortunately, I got out of it." I sent three golden swords to Senior Brother Shen, Senior Brother Zhou and Senior Brother Chengtai, but I couldn't find any trace of them. By the way, are Senior Brother Shen, Senior Brother Zhou, and Senior Brother Chengtai also here?"
"Zhou Zi'an and Shangguan Chengtai did enter this place with us, and they should be with Senior Brother Lu Ji. As for Senior Brother Shen...... I didn't know that Senior Uncle Qingyang was supposed to pick him up, but he returned alone, and Senior Brother Shen never appeared. ”
The mysteries in Shao Heng's heart appeared one after another, and he couldn't help but ask, "What happened......?" Miss Shangguan said that you originally planned to return to Cunwei Mountain directly, how could you be stranded near Quanli Lake, and you are still in this dark place?
"It's not just the Shenxiao Sect that has been attacked...... This time, all the sects that came to participate in the Kaiding Dan Meeting and returned were all attacked by the Demon Sect except for the Danding Sect!" Nangong Beidou snorted coldly and said angrily, his eyes revealing deep disgust and hatred.