Chapter 173: The Lost City
Ye Xun and Tao Siyu refused to speak, they were all waiting for my decision.
If my decision was just about me, I would have made a decision on the spot, even as I pleased. Not now. On both sides are my brothers, and the fate of both is in my hands.
I couldn't help but look at Ye Xun, hoping that he could give me some advice. Ye Xun turned to Luo Qianqian and asked, "The surname is Luo, why do you have to follow us into the Organ City?" Actually, if you wait here, it won't take long for you to meet the people of the Torture Palace. ”
Luo Qianqian said in a deep voice: "I want to verify whether your words are true or false." ”
Ye Xun said to me again: "Wang Huan, if you don't bring Luo Qianqian, will we definitely be able to leave the city alive?"
"No, you can't. "I just had to say two words before I came to my senses. With or without Luo Qianqian, we are all walking a dead end. There are many dangers in the city, who can guarantee that we will come back alive? If we can't, why should I be afraid to take my life for the sake of a book left a thousand years ago?
I raised my head and said, "Luo Qianqian, you can go with us, but you'd better not make trouble for us, otherwise, don't blame us for not being emotional." ”
Luo Qianqian finally showed a smile and gently put down the dagger in her hand. I patted An Ran on the shoulder: "Go and accompany your wife, be careful on the road." ”
Enron only nodded vigorously now. I couldn't help but shake my head, and beckoned Ye Xun and them to re-enter the Eight Formations that had calmed down.
Half of the natural and half man-made passages run through the mountains, and the widest part is enough for five or six people to walk side by side, and in the narrowest place, it is a little difficult for one person to turn sideways and move slowly.
Ye Xun said as he walked: "This is a mechanism dug out, right?"
I reached out and touched the rock wall twice: "Yes, indeed." If you look at the digging marks in this place, the mechanism they use is already comparable to that of a modern excavator. The people who built this passage in the first place should have been preparing to use this cave to defend against foreign enemies, so they would have built this place to different widths and narrows, otherwise, according to the strength of the scratches, they could have expanded the current cave several times. ”
Ye Xun used his hand to compare the width of the cave again: "Well, if you hide a team of soldiers here to guard the pass, without using modern blasting methods, it will be difficult for thousands of troops and horses to pass." ”
An Ran couldn't help but say, "They don't need to play like this, right? There is more than one way to enter Heizhugou, isn't it the same to go around from the top of the mountain?"
I shook my head and said, "Going around from above will definitely pay a heavy price......"
As I spoke, a thought flashed through my head, and I quickly cut off the rest of the words and walked quickly to the end of the passage.
Beyond the passage is a cliff-like platform, standing on the edge of the platform and looking out, under the cliff is a Bagua-shaped city surrounded by lofty mountains.
Five successive layers progressed from the outside to the inside, but the city was shrinking layer by layer, like five giant locks, locking a cold, misty lake in the middle.
This is the Trap Maze?
I couldn't help myself for a long time in the midst of the intense shock. Ye Xun walked to my side: "Don't look at it, more than half of what you see is an illusion." ”
I turned around in shock and said, "What do you mean?"
Ye Xun said in a deep voice: "The maze city below is the real eight-array soldier map. At the beginning, the two major sects of the organs must have invited the masters of the Taoist or the Yin and Yang families to help. We stand here and see through no secrets. ”
I nodded and said, "Let's go, I have to go down to find Qin Siyue and them." ”
"No need to look for them, they're there. I looked in the direction of Ye Xun's finger, and there was a huge iron box parked in front of the city gate in the distance, and several of them were sitting or lying around the box, but the two demon servants did not know where to go.
When I walked straight in the direction of the iron box without concealment, Si Ruo, Tao Xiyu, and Black Butterfly raised their heads at the same time, but I didn't see any movement from the old man surnamed Yao. Si Ruo was just about to talk to me when I waved my hand to stop me, and I faced the iron box and said, "Qin Siyue, I'm here." ”
"Haha......" Qin Siyue chuckled, "You can directly call my name, it seems that you have already obtained Zhuge Liang's book, right?"
I said in a deep voice: "It doesn't matter what I know, I don't want to care about the grievances between you and Zhuge Liang." I'll help you open the door of the mechanism, you let go of my friend, I'll turn around and leave, no two words. ”
Qin Siyue smiled faintly and said: "Most of the things that this seat does are to seek skin with the tiger, but there is also a chance that it will win. The fact that you have been able to pass many tests to reach the Trap Labyrinth at least shows that you also have the heart to slay demons. However, I don't care about that, and I don't care what tricks you play again. ”
Qin Siyue's voice was cold: "Take me into the core of the labyrinth, I will give you what you want, and I will also let go of your friends, this is the agreement between us at the beginning." You want to break the contract, and that old man is your role model. ”
While Qin Siyue was speaking, the iron box would suddenly turn around without anyone pushing it, revealing the old man Yao behind him.
The others were at least able to move after being imprisoned by Qin Siyue, but Old Man Yao was already lying on the ground, weakly leaning up with one hand and letting the iron box drag him around on the ground.
Old man Yao didn't reluctantly raise his head until he was thrown in front of me by the iron box, and begged in a weak voice, "Save me...... Help me......"
When I saw Old Man Yao, I couldn't help but gasp - although Old Man Yao has reached the age of sixtieth year, but for a master, his age is far from the time when he is about to die, and many masters of the inner family are even more vigorous than young people.
But the old man Yao in front of me has been so thin that only a handful of bones are left in just a few days, and the only front tooth left in his mouth is also shaking with the trembling of his lips. Every time Old Man Yao shouted, he would make several strange "hehe" sounds in his throat, as if he might die in front of us at any time because he couldn't breathe.
Tao Xiyu said in a low voice: "Wang Huan, please send him away!"
I said coldly: "Qin Siyue, you don't talk about credit. ”
Qin Siyue also said coldly: "It's not that I'm not trustworthy, it's that the old man is too dishonest." Be obedient and obedient, I won't do anything to him, but he has repeatedly tried to test this seat, and this seat will naturally punish him. ”
Qin Siyue's voice sank and said: "For the sake of cooperation between us, I declare in advance that these women have also been poisoned by the same poison, and the time for them to be poisoned is only seven days, and after seven days, their lifespan will fly by ten years every hour that passes." If you want to see how a person can go from a teenage girl to a dry skeleton in one day, you can put it off for a while. ”
I said in a deep voice: "Qin Siyue, you are looking for death!"
"Haha......" Qin Siyue smiled, "I'm just urging you to complete the agreement as soon as possible." ”
"There's no way I'm going to walk into Organ City in three days. I said coldly, "The people who chased and killed me in the secret realm of the Imperial Tomb Mountain have now chased here, and the number of people and masters have exceeded the original several times or even more than ten times, I have to avoid them, three days is definitely not enough." ”
Qin Siyue said coldly: "Don't think I don't know what you're thinking, don't you just want to use me to trap all those pursuers in the Organ City? ”
I nodded, "Deal!"
"Haha......" Qin Siyue said with a smile, "It is said that Zhuge Kongming has no last resort, but this time he is blind, and he actually chose an heir like you." I told him a long time ago that there is no good or evil in the world, and there is only human control over desires. ”
"Those who can control their desires are saints, and those who cannot control their desires and do whatever they can to do are evil outsiders. Am I right?"
"It seems reasonable. "I made it clear beforehand, if it weren't for my delay, you would have to delay the onset of the poison." ”
Qin Siyue was silent for a moment before saying, "Reasonable request." Now, go open the gates of Organ City!"
I turned my head to look at Tao Siyu: "It's up to you." ”
Tao Siyu walked silently to the gate of the organ, but he didn't even look at the other party when he passed by Tao Xiyu, as if he had never come to rescue Tao Xiyu.
Tao Siyu stood in front of the gate of the organ and looked at it for a long time before saying, "Wang Huan, come and help me." ”
When I walked to the gate, I noticed that there was a phoenix relief on the door made of black iron. The lifelike phoenix seems to be singing with its wings folded, but its phoenix tail has been hanging to the ground, which is obviously what the phoenix should be like when it flies. But the phoenix's wings have not moved, how can the phoenix dance for nine days?
Tao Siyu pointed to the phoenix's wings and said, "The keyhole is under the phoenix's wings, and someone has to hold up the wings to unlock it." You help me. ”
When I was about to make a move, Tao Siyu suddenly said, "Don't be in a hurry to do it first, there may be a mechanism on the wings." See for yourself. ”
I tilted my head sideways and pressed my face against the door, and when I turned my head to look under the phoenix's wings, Tao Siyu whispered, "I can open the lock on their wrist." ”
I was slightly stunned: "How long does it take to open?"
"Three seconds a lock. Tao Siyu deliberately said loudly, "You see, the phoenix's feathers are actually overlapping blades, and once there is an external force to support the wings, the blades will immediately pop out one after another. Will your hands be able to withstand the impact of a quick knife?"
"No, that's too dangerous. "I'm telling Tao Siyu not to act rashly in a pun. It's going to take at least nine seconds for three people, and even longer if you count the time it takes to move back and forth, so I can't bet on it.