Chapter 66/4 Under the cliff, a strange blockade array
This place is safe and safe, after all, with the current strength of Hua Duxiu and Ding Qiqi, there are very few people who can trap or defeat them.
Most of the masters of the Changchun Sect are on the side of the Changchun Gate, so even if they can't get it, it's not difficult to leave.
But when it comes to danger, it's actually quite dangerous.
Hua Duxiu and the three of them lurked near the cliff, and there were as many as four layers of secret whistles to avoid along the way.
The Changchun Sect is by no means an unknown small sect!
And how many masters are hidden in this giant tree, and what special secret methods they will have, these are all unknown.
Unknown means danger, Hua Duxiu and Ding Qiqi decided to find out, but there should still be vigilance.
Ding Qiqi shielded Wuji's true qi, Hua Duxiu locked the breath leakage with the method of vipassana, and then looked at Guang Yongzi who had been hiding in a coma, and the two of them lightly jumped into the shade of the tree above their heads, and disappeared like loaches burrowing into the ground.
Who knows if there is anyone watching in the dark, jumping directly over the cliff is a little unreliable, it is better to walk on the road and dive along the leafy canopy.
The two of them jumped on the trunk of the giant tree as smoothly as flowing water, and their movements were so light that they didn't even tremble the branches and leaves, which can be said to be extremely cautious.
But at the same moment, in the center of the trunk of a tree more than ten zhang deep underground, in a one-zhang square tree hole that was as moist and mottled as jade, a figure of vicissitudes of life slowly opened its eyes.
This is a space inside the giant tree, and the jade-like material around it is made of the petrification of the giant tree.
The cave looks like a natural formation, with a few dim rays of light penetrating through the gaps overhead, so that it is not completely dark.
The stone cave was unusually simple, with only a small candlestick, a few yellowed books, a large jar, and the almost faded blanket of animal skin that sat under the old man's buttocks.
Obviously, this old Taoist has been practicing here for some years, and his figure is like a dead wood statue.
Raising his dry palm, Lao Dao gently pressed it on the jade beside him, quietly feeling the slight fluctuations coming from the giant tree.
Somebody jumped into a tree? Or two people......
This frequency should be the intrusion of outsiders.
Lao Dao didn't speak or go out, but just raised his index finger and knocked twice on the stone platform, then closed his eyes and continued to practice.
These two blows were like pebbles thrown into the calm surface of the lake, and immediately caused ripples.
Whoosh ......
Several pale green figures got the message from the criss-crossing tree trunk caverns/, and turned out from the central patio mouth.
Looking around, several people tacitly jumped in the direction of Hua Duxiu and the others.
Hua Duxiu and Ding Qiqi had only walked a few steps, and Ding Qiqi suddenly frowned, and said:
"Little flower, we've been discovered!"
Hua Duxiu looked inexplicable: "No, this can be discovered?
"Five came, do you want to fight?"
"Let's go to the house, we're here to explore the secrets, not to fight and tear down the house, let's go back first. ”
The two of them had no choice but to jump back to the ground, hiding their bodies in the shade of the trees.
After a while, five middle-aged people wearing pale green loose Taoist robes surrounded them with fans, searched carefully but found no trace of the enemy, and left quickly after talking in a whisper.
Ding Qiqi frowned and exhaled, and said, "It seems that they have some secret method to communicate with this big tree, as soon as we go up the tree, we will be discovered." ”
"Sure enough, there was something wrong. ”
"Then how do we find out? ”
Hua Duxiu patted Ding Qiqi's little hand: "Don't worry, plan and then move." ”
After thinking for a while, Hua Duxiu pointed to the cliff and said, "You see, the outer skin of this giant tree is not completely wrapped, and there are huge cracks in many places.
If it doesn't work, let's go down the cliff and look for opportunities from below. ”
"I'm worried that if we touch the people inside this giant tree, we'll find out, so even if we go down from the cliff, won't it be a waste if we can't set foot on the big tree?"
Hua Duxiu said: "Have you forgotten the purpose of our visit?"
Ding Qiqi's eyes lit up: "I haven't forgotten, look for Heimu Cliff and dig treasures!"
"That's right. If this place weren't for Blackwood Cliff, there would be no need for us to risk fighting the Changchun faction.
If so, for the sake of the resurrection of the predecessors, even if it is attacked, it will not hesitate. ”
"Makes sense!"
In order to prevent the miasma of poisonous fog, the two put on masks and found a hidden position with a tricky angle and quietly climbed down the cliff.
The two of them condensed a little bit of strength and attached their palms, and they could easily grasp holes in the hard rock wall, so they didn't need ropes or other aids.
As it went deeper and deeper, the sound of whimpering wind gradually came to my ears, the temperature was getting lower and lower, and the light was getting darker and darker.
Hua Duxiu was below, Ding Qiqi was above, and the two exchanged words from time to time, carefully probing the surrounding movements, like two big geckos crawling towards the bottom of the cliff.
A quarter of an hour later, the two of them had gone deeper than ten feet into the ground.
This speed is not fast, mainly because Ding Qiqi wants to see if such a climb can lead to the Changchun Sect.
There was no movement for a quarter of an hour, and compared to the previous time when people were just up the tree, it was discovered that this cliff did not seem to be within the scope of the other party's exploration.
Deep in the trunk of the giant tree, in the small stone cave with dappled light, the old man's withered hands were still pressed on the stone platform, silently feeling the faint vibration from the stone platform.
Fled?
The reaction is fast enough......
No, it's not that the reaction is fast, it's that the probe is far enough.
The five disciples had just come out of the patio, and the two of them retreated decisively, obviously with some kind of probing power.
The old man slowly closed his eyes again, his fingers were not tapping on the stone platform, and his withered body was like a petrified tree trunk, merging with the stone cave.
"Qiqi, I remember that Guang Yongzi said that their cave was built in an area of five or six zhang underground, how deep have we come down here? ”
Ding Qiqi shook his head: "The place that is five or six zhang deep has the most breath, but most of them are weak, and it should be the place where those young disciples practice."
Further down to the deeper part of us, there is always the breath of a living person. ”
Hua Duxiu was stunned: "It's really like a mouse, burrowing?
"It's hard to say, the further down I go, the less aura I feel, and these aura are looming, a little ethereal.
I don't dare to let go too much of the probe, maybe they have the means to counter-probe. ”
Hua Duxiu thought for a while and said, "It means that there is no end yet?"
"It's still early. ”
It's more than ten feet, and it's still early.
My God, the people of the Changchun Sect are really not afraid of long hair and mold?
The two climbed down for a while, and Ding Qiqi suddenly shook his hand, and deducted a few stones and hit Hua Duxiu's head below.
Hua Duxiu hurriedly caught it and stuffed the stone into his pocket.
They climbed very carefully, and they didn't kick down a single stone along the way, lest they disturb any special existence below.
"What's wrong? Why are you upset?"
Ding Qiqi was silent for a while, and said, "Don't move, you are already sinking in some kind of formation!"
"Uh......"
Ding Qiqi said a little apologetically: "I just stepped in with one foot and found out, I'm sorry......"
"No need to apologize. What kind of formation is this, and how do you feel?"
The two of them lay on the cliff and were silent for a while, Ding Qiqi exuded Wuji True Qi and probed a little, and said:
"It seems to be some kind of formation to suppress the leakage of breath, but it is not harmful to us. ”
"Suppressing the leakage of breath? This must be more than 20 feet underground, right? Hmph, there is indeed a problem. ”
This formation Hua Duxiu didn't feel it at all, obviously it couldn't be detected by a skilled Five Elements Magician.
"Let's go down and see what's weird. ”
The two of them continued to climb down the cliff, it was almost pitch black deep underground, Ding Qiqi relied on true qi spider silk, Hua Duxiu relied on special eyesight, and the darkness did not cause much trouble.
At the moment when Hua Duxiu crashed into the formation, in addition to the previous old cultivators, in the stone caves, large and small, and strangely shaped, at least three old Daoists with the same shape opened their eyes.
They all pressed their palms against the stone wall beside them.
Someone broke into the blockade array?
Several vibrations came from the petrified tree trunks at different depths, and in addition to the five people who had jumped out of the patio earlier, four other masters with deeper breaths jumped out of the patio and quickly turned to the direction where Hua Duxiu and the others climbed down.
A leader-like figure said in a deep voice: "Several elders have issued a warning, someone is infiltrating along the cliff towards the bottom of the cliff, everyone try to catch them alive!"
"Yes!"
The nine figures scattered and jumped down the cliff, and the sound of footsteps shaking could be heard in the silent darkness.
There was no need for Ding Qiqi to remind him, Hua Duxiu also heard a sound overhead.
"I went, and I was found again?"
"Xiaohua, can we run, nine people are here!"
Hua Duxiu gritted his teeth and said, "Since it is a suppression array, what are they suppressing?"
"Good!"
Now that they had been discovered, they didn't need to be so careful, and the two of them drew their blades and pressed against the cliff, falling down almost vertically.
After falling less than four or five zhang deep, Ding Qiqi suddenly shouted: "What a strong wood breath!"
Hua Duxiu didn't feel anything, and hurriedly asked, "Is the baby here?!"
Ding Qiqi frowned slightly: "At this level of richness, I'm afraid it's ......"
"Where's inside the giant tree?"
"It's not like ...... yet"
Hua Duxiu suddenly ignited a strong fighting spirit, and secretly blessed by his predecessors, if the opportunity for your resurrection is here, I Hua Duxiu will definitely go all out!
"Be careful, they're coming!"
The black shadow above his head descended extremely fast, and before Ding Qiqi's words fell, the extremely fierce palm wind had already slapped over.
"Knock them down!"
A red light shone brightly, and Hua Duxiu's sword flew up, fighting fiercely with the few people who rushed over.
These people have high and low realms, but most of them are much weaker than Hua Duxiu.
The terrain here is special, with vertical cliffs on one side, dry and hard bark of ancient trees on the other, and dark cliffs more than three feet wide in the middle.
Judging by Hua Duxiu, this cliff is hundreds of zhang deep, and such a strange terrain really makes people feel hairy.
In the same way, if you fall from such a high place, even a god will have to fall into a meatloaf.
Ding Qiqi grabbed the cliff in one hand and the dragon pattern sword in the other, and hesitated to decide not to make trouble for Xiaohua.
The Five Elements Dao method she is good at, to put it bluntly, is to set fire to people, this ghost place is empty under your feet, and if your hand slips down, you have to shout Xiaohua for help, so let's be honest.
Carefully probing the aura of the fierce battle above, Ding Qiqi quietly dodged to the side to prevent being hit by falling rock fragments.
With Hua Duxiu's strength, there should be no pressure to fight with these people, but when he handed it over, he realized that these people were far stronger than he imagined.
He thought that this terrible terrain was in his favor, but he soon found that the nine seemed to be more comfortable here.