Night.

It was pitch black in the stockade, and only a crescent moon in the sky illuminated the way ahead.

Two figures stalked silently.

"Xi'er, this is it! According to the map signs, the entrance to the Ethereal Underworld should be at the location of this house. ”

"Then let's go in and have a look. ”

It was a thatched house, and it was silent and dark.

Long Qianjue was in front, holding the night pearl lighting in one hand and pushing the door with the other.

In the sound of crackling, the door slowly opened, and Long Qianjue subconsciously looked around. At the end of the eye, there is a cold light flickering.

"Brush, brush!"

In the darkness, white light flickered, and several long swords stabbed at him suddenly, as fast as streamers of lightning.

"Be careful!" Long Qianjue let out a low breath, and his right palm was pushed out, and the palm power broke through the delusion, hitting the heavens and the earth six times, and the sound of lions roaring on all sides was endless!

"Ahh

Several screams rang out in the house in a row, only a boom was heard, and the hut collapsed.

Long Qianjue grabbed Yunxi's hand and quickly withdrew from the hut.

At this time, the candles around were lit, and the whole village was lit up and brightly lit.

The villagers in the village gathered around the couple and surrounded them.

Yunxi raised his head and exchanged glances with Long Qianjue, and after being slightly surprised, he quickly regained his composure. The couple was back to back, sweeping around everyone, their eyes calm.

In the crowd, the old man walked out again, he smiled coldly, and said coldly: "The old man has long expected that you will not give up, and you will definitely come again." Hmph, let's be honest! Are you here to find the Ethereal Underworld? If you want to live, hurry up and hand over the map of the Ethereal Underworld!"

"What ethereal underworld, we don't know, let alone hear of it!" Yunxi pretended to be stupid.

"Haven't you heard of it?" "Then why did you two appear here in the middle of the night?" the old man sneered.

"We ......" is really hard to make up.

"If you don't have a map, how can you find this thatched hut?" the old man smiled coldly, and it was terrifying, "I might as well tell you, the old man has been looking for the ethereal underworld all his life, and finally found the entrance to the underworld, but unfortunately there is no map to guide him, and it is even more difficult to enter the underworld." However, the old man believed that in his lifetime, there would always be people who came here with a map of the ethereal underworld, so the old man built a village here and lived there for decades. ”

When Yunxi heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked in his heart.

"You must not have thought that in the past few decades, you are the only outsiders who have come to the village. The old man paused, and then said, "The old man deliberately drove you away during the day, just to confirm whether you are just passers-by, or whether you have come here to find the ethereal underworld. Now that you are here, it proves that you are here to find the Ethereal Underworld, and the old man is sure that the map of the Ethereal Underworld is on you!"

The old man suddenly raised his hand and ordered his people: "Come on, catch them for me, and search them!"

A group of masters flocked to the top.

"Wait!" Long Qianjue shouted, raised his right hand above his head, and shouted to everyone, "The map is in my hands, you'd better not mess around, if you get one step closer, I will destroy the map with my own hands!"

"Stop it all!" the old man hurriedly shouted, cheered, raised his head, and looked up at the sheepskin map in Long Qianjue's hand, his old eyes refracted a strange light of excitement.

He had waited for decades, and finally waited for this day, and he couldn't describe his state of mind at the moment.

"Don't move! You give the map to the old man, and the old man will let you both die. In a coaxing tone, he tried to appease Long Qianjue.

"Old man, you lied to the child, right? If we really gave you the map, would you still spare our lives?" Yunxi chuckled.

The old man's eyes darkened, flashing countless calculations, he secretly glanced at several masters standing behind Long Qianjue, and said: "That's not as good as this, anyway, you are also going to the Ethereal Underworld, let's go together, and the treasures we get at that time will belong to each other." You have a map, but you don't have such a strong strength as us, it is very dangerous for the two of you to enter the underworld alone, and we can guarantee your safety by walking with us, how about it?"

Yunxi and Long Qianjue exchanged glances with each other, this old guy's abacus was too loud, right? Wouldn't letting the two of them walk with a large group of masters with them would be tantamount to sending sheep into the tiger's mouth? Once they entered the underworld, wouldn't they take the opportunity to find an opportunity to kill them?

As soon as the aura of several masters behind him fluctuated, Long Qianjue noticed it, swept back sharply, waved the map in his hand, and threatened: "If any of you dare to move, I will destroy the map immediately!"

When the sneak attack failed, the old man immediately pretended to be annoyed and scolded several of his subordinates: "Why don't you step back for me?

Several masters bowed down and took a few steps back, very respectful to the old man.

Yunxi looked at the old man, this old guy was very treacherous and cunning, and he was clearly an old fox.

Do you want to lure them into the tiger's mouth?

Hmph, it is not yet known who is in the mouth of the tiger.

The old guys want to hit their map, and they need a pioneer to find their way around.

Coincidentally.

"Qianjue, what this old man said also makes sense. I've heard people say that there are many dangers in the Ethereal Mansion, and with just the two of us, I'm afraid that we will lose our lives just after entering, let alone whether we can find treasures. Let's just listen to the old man's advice and walk with them, okay?" Yunxi decided to pretend to be stupid and cute to the end, pulled Long Qianjue's sleeve, and played coquettish with him.

When the old man saw that Yunxi's heart was moved, he laughed secretly in his heart, and threw out more bait: "Yes, yes! There are countless treasures in the Ethereal Mansion, all kinds of spirit fruits and spirit stones can be found everywhere, and there are many treasures, Taoist weapons and spars, just find them, it will be enough for you to spend several lifetimes." But don't worry, what the old man is really interested in is the divine beast that is about to be born in the ethereal underworld, and as for other treasures, the old man can give them to you. How about it? Do you want to consider the old man's conditions, take out the map, and let's participate in the research together?"

Long Qian stood majestically and silently.

Yunxi pulled his sleeve even harder to sell cuteness: "Promise! Promise! People want spirit fruits and spirit stones very much!" As he spoke, he was furious all over his body, and Yunxi couldn't stand his tone anymore.

Long Qianjue also trembled, and goosebumps all over his body rose.

Sensing his subtle movements, Yunxi secretly twisted his thigh, damn it, how dare you dislike her for being cute and coquettish?

The corners of Long Qianjue's mouth twitched very indistinctly, and he said, "Okay, but I have a request, the map must be in my hands, if you want to forcibly snatch it, I will destroy the map immediately." Anyway, our purpose is just for money, and we want to get more treasures to go back, and as for the divine beast or something, we are not interested in it at all, and we have no ability to tame it. If you agree, then we will make up our minds, and if you don't......"

He paused deliberately and did not continue, his hand clenching the map continuously, and it was very threatening to destroy the map immediately.

The old man stared at the map in his hand, very nervous, thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay! The old man agreed to your request!"

"Dare to ask what the seniors are called?" Long Qianjue said.

"The old man's surname is Chen, you can call the old man Chen. The old man said.

"Master Chen Zhai!" Long Qian hugged his fists at the old man and introduced himself, "The surname is Qian, and the single name is a must, this is the wife of the next." ”

He didn't report his real name, because in the Longxiang Continent, whether it was the surname Yun or the surname Long, they were too sensitive. The other party's purpose is not pure, and he can't guarantee that the other party will not associate the Yun clan and the Long family with the surname of the two of them, and have other plans.

Lord Chen was obviously not very interested in the name of the second word, and nodded, and he waved his hand at everyone, signaling everyone to disperse.

His wrinkled old face was smiling, and there was a calculation in his smile that once they reached the exact location of the Ethereal Underworld, the map would lose its usefulness, and they would no longer need to keep the man and woman. At the end of the day, he's a winner no matter how it counts, so he doesn't have to worry about the two of them ruining his business.

"Great! Let's go, I can't wait. Yunxi despised himself again.

The collapsed hut was quickly cleared, and the ground soon took on a very different ground from the rest under the light of the torches.

Yunxi now knew why they wanted to build a thatched hut here, because the size and location of this thatched hut happened to cover the entrance to the ethereal underworld, and if outsiders came to the village, it would be really difficult to find the entrance for a while.

The location of the entrance has been artificially modified, and a formation ban has been set up.

Seeing the look of surprise on the faces of Yunxi and Long Qianjue, Lord Chen smiled proudly, as if to say, even if you are interested, you agreed to his conditions, otherwise, even if they wanted to enter the entrance of the Ethereal Underworld, it would be impossible. Because the formation prohibition at the entrance was from his hand, it was impossible for anyone else to unlock it except himself.

He did this for the sake of his own people, fearing that if someone could not resist the temptation of the ethereal underworld, he would break in and die.

"You all get out of the way!" Chen Zhai Master walked alone to the center of the formation prohibition, and silently recited the mantra in his mouth. Under the gaze of everyone, I saw that the formation prohibition pattern painted on the ground was streaked by a strange light inch by inch, and then gradually disappeared.

With the lifting of the ban by Lord Chen Zhai, everyone present felt the powerful pressure from him, and Yunxi's breathing became difficult, and he was secretly surprised in his heart.

Long Qianjue's face became more solemn, when they met during the day, he had already noticed that the strength of this Chen Zhai master was not simple, but he didn't expect that the other party's strength was stronger than he imagined, it seemed that he had to deal with it carefully.

The ban was lifted, and the master of Chen Zhai stepped aside, waved his hand, and ordered his subordinates to open the ground mechanism.

Rumble -

A crack opened in the ground, growing bigger and bigger, and the tunnel, which had been sealed for many years, opened again. As the mouth cracked, a bone-chilling wind swept from under the mouth, and suddenly forced the crowd around the mouth back a few steps.

The cold wind was mixed with a strange putrid smell, pungent and dead.

The torches in the hands of the people were half extinguished, and the light suddenly dimmed.

Against the cold wind, I can only roughly see a dark passage exposed at the entrance of the tunnel, in which there are stone steps down the steps, bottomless, I don't know where it leads.

"This is the entrance to the Ethereal Underworld! No, it can only be said that this is the outer passage to the Ethereal Underworld, and the real entrance is still in the depths. Chen Zhai said, "The old man once tried to go deep into the real entrance, and found that there was a mechanism at the entrance, and the old man also tried to open the mechanism with other methods, but found that it didn't work, and what was even more terrifying was that once you didn't open the mechanism correctly, the periphery of the mechanism would shoot a salvo of arrows and spew out countless venom. The masters who followed the old man back then all died there without exception, and the old man was lucky enough to escape, but he didn't dare to take risks and try it at will after that. The old man guessed that the key to unlocking the mechanism should be the map itself. This time, we have a real map, and I believe that we will be able to enter the ethereal underworld smoothly. ”

"I see! Since the senior is so familiar with the situation inside, then ask the senior to lead the way, and when I get to the entrance, I will take out the map and open the mechanism of the entrance. Long Qian said in a desperate way.

"Okay, you two wait a minute, and when the old man and the people have an explanation, we will set off immediately." Chen Zhai left four people to watch over the couple, and he led the rest of his men to other places. He lived in this village for decades, married a wife, had children, children and grandchildren, and had family members and clansmen, so there were so many men, women and children in the village. Before parting, he needed to explain to his family and clansmen, because it was impossible for him to bring everyone to the ethereal underworld, life and death were unpredictable, and those who wanted to follow him could only be strong masters.

After the people walked away, Yunxi and Long Qianjue talked privately in a secret voice.

"The strength of these people is not simple, let's try to be at the back of the line later, and act when the opportunity arises. Remember, don't leave me for a single step. "Long Qianjudao.

Yunxi held his hand tightly, stared at him with both eyes, and smiled: "Don't worry, I will follow you closely." If they do come to us later, we are not afraid. Don't forget, we're not just two people. ”

Long Qianju smiled back at her, raised his hand, and cut her windswept sideburns behind her ears, extremely gentle.

The four masters stared at the two of them firmly, afraid that they would play some tricks, but who knew that they saw the two staring at each other, you and me, there was an indescribable weirdness in their hearts.

It didn't take long for the master of Chen Zhai to lead the sixteen masters he selected to come to the tunnel mouth again, plus the four masters who were watching, he brought a total of twenty masters with him.

Yunxi secretly observed these masters and found that most of the strength of these masters was above the fourth or fifth grade of Xuanzun, among which there were three masters of the peak of Xuanzun whose strength was similar to her, two Xuanhuang masters whose strength was higher than her in the legendary realm, plus the unfathomable strength of the Chen Zhai master, there were three masters of the legendary realm among them.

Such strength had to make her secretly vigilant.

However, this is nothing, the other party has masters of the legendary realm, and they have divine beasts and artifacts, if it is really a war, who will win or lose, it is not certain.

Now that the other side needs their map to open the entrance mechanism, and they need the other party to lead the way, and each side takes what they need, then it is better to take it step by step, and take it one step at a time.

"Qianjue, it looks so scary inside, you have to hold my hand tightly later, don't let go!" As soon as Yunxi finished speaking, he buried himself sideways in Long Qianjue's arms, and with a "vomit", he vomited.

Long Qian shook silently, so cold.

Lord Chen's disdainful gaze swept over Yunxi, and even her courage was to follow them into the ethereal underworld to hunt for treasure, she was really crazy about money. Just now, I felt that the aura on her body was not weak, but now it seems that maybe he overestimated her, how high can a young woman's strength be?

That's fine, along the way, he just needs to keep a firm eye on the man, and Yiqiē is always in his control.

He smiled coldly, waved his hand at everyone, and said, "Let's go!"

Receiving the disdainful gaze of Lord Chen and his subordinates, Yunxi hooked her lips slightly, her goal was achieved. As long as their attention was on Long Qianjue, she would be much easier.

Lord Chen Zhai led his subordinates into the passage first, each holding a night pearl in their hands to illuminate, and the landscape in the tunnel gradually became clear. After they entered the passage, there were still four masters left to firmly guard Long Qianjue and Yunxi, it seemed that they were still not at ease with Yunxi and the two, and they were not allowed to fall in the end alone.

No, Long Qianjue could only take Yunxi's hand and take the lead in the tunnel.

The wind at the mouth of the tunnel is very strong, blowing on the face like a knife, and it hurts.

Long Qianjue activated the Xuan Qi in his body, and a layer of vacuum Xuan Qi was created around the two of them, blocking the fierce cold wind from the Xuan Qi Cover.

Yunxi held a night pearl in his hand, illuminating the way ahead, and the two followed the people in front of them forward.

The four masters who followed behind them couldn't help but marvel when they saw the Xuan Qi Cover that Long Qianjue had unleashed. After the exclamation, the four of them also entered the tunnel one after another.

Deep in the tunnel, it was dark and quiet, only the sound of the wind kept whistling in my ears.

"Everyone, pay attention, there is a cold pool in front of us, and we need to swim to the depths of the cold pool to get close to the entrance of the underworld. From the front came the loud voice of the lord of Chen Zhai, no wonder there was a slight damp smell in the cold wind, it turned out that there was a pool of cold pools underground.

It didn't take long for everyone to gather at the edge of the cold pool, and under the leadership of Chen Zhaizhuo, everyone jumped into the water one after another, and followed him to the depths of the pool.

The further down, the greater the pressure.

If it was a master below Xuanzun, I am afraid that she would not be able to withstand it for a long time, but Yunxi was shrouded in the Xuan Qi from Long Qianjue, so even in the water, it was like walking on the ground, and there was nothing laborious, but she had to hold her breath, because the air in the Xuan Qi Hood was limited, and she could only share it with Long Qianjue, and it couldn't last long.

Fortunately, after about a cup of tea, they finally reached the bottom of the pool.

In the depths of the bottom of the pool, there are many strange creatures, and some of them will emit strange lights, attracting Yunxi's attention. Just as he was about to reach out to touch it, the voice of the owner of Chen Zhai came from his ears: "Everyone, pay attention, I'm going to open the mechanism at the bottom of the pool." ”

Before he could finish his words, the waves at the bottom of the pool swirled rapidly, forming a whirlpool, a powerful suction force that swept all of them into the whirlpool.

It was suddenly pitch black in front of her, her body lost its center, and the only thing she could catch was the big hand that held her tightly. Yunxi's heart calmed down all of a sudden, and there was no fear, because even if it was hell, there were people with her, what else was she afraid of?

Rumble!

Yunxi felt as if she had passed through a heavy gate, outside the gate was a rapidly rotating whirlpool, and inside the gate was calm, but the transition in between was so strong that it made her ears buzz.

Her feet finally hit the ground, and she swooped forward to her feet by inertia.

When they opened their eyes, the pool was gone, and they came to a dark space, like another world at the bottom of the pool.

Silent and solemn, but also lifeless.

"Ahead is the real entrance to the ethereal underworld. Master Chen's voice echoed in the dark space for a long time, and goosebumps unconsciously climbed up all over his body.

Continuing to move forward for a hundred steps, Chen Zhai Lord and his men all stopped, lined up on both sides, and turned their heads to look at Long Qianjue and Yunxi. In front of them was a huge dark stone gate, carved with all kinds of strange ancient ornaments, which seemed to be full of vitality, and strange powers could be faintly seen floating on it.

Master Chen Zhai stretched out his hand and pointed to a recess in the stone gate, and said, "You put the map into it, I believe the mechanism will be opened soon." ”

Long Qianjue looked in the direction he pointed out, and the size of the recessed place really matched the map. He shook Xia Yunxi's hand lightly and sent a secret message to her: "You step aside first, if I accidentally touch the mechanism later, you leave me alone and flee here immediately." ”

"No! I'll go!" Yunxi didn't know the bottom in his heart, if he was wrong, the map was not the real key, so wouldn't he be very dangerous?

"Do you run away fast, or do I run away fast?" Long Qianjue chuckled, "Fool, I won't send you to death lightly." Don't forget, I can move and escape in the first place, I hope I accidentally touch the mechanism and let the arrows kill these people!"

Hearing his joke, Yunxi was relieved and nodded at him.

Just when the two were secretly communicating, Chen Zhai Master was not idle, and secretly made eye contact with his subordinates, once the mechanism at the entrance was opened, there was no need for these two people to stay. Therefore, the moment the mechanism is opened, it is also the time when these two people die.

Long Qian did not miss his eyes, sneered in his heart, and stepped forward alone.

The two halves of the map had been stitched together to form a complete map, and the map slowly unfolded in his hand, and he slowly put the map into it compared to the size of the depression of the stone door.

In an instant, everyone's hearts lifted up, and they sweated nervously.

Lord Chen Zhai and his subordinates were single-minded, while the embankment was touched, they had to flee as soon as possible, and on the other hand, they had to watch Long Qianjue, if the mechanism was successfully opened, they had to act as soon as possible and kill him.

Yunxi is also single-minded, while paying attention to Long Qianjue, he also has to prevent the owner of Chen Zhai and his people from secretly attacking.

In such a tense atmosphere, the map was slowly put into the depression by Long Qianjue.

At this moment, everyone's eyes widened and they looked at the map. I saw a white light gradually radiating from the back of the map, and it slowly converged to a point on the map, and it was extremely bright in an instant.

The light of this point, moving rapidly, traces every line on the map like pen and ink, and the whole map is drawn in an instant.

If you think that's the end of it, you're wrong.

All of a sudden, the lines that had been drawn by the light disappeared, and the entire map was blank.

Everyone couldn't help but whisper, very surprised.

However, it is still not over.

That little light pierced through the parchment scroll and reappeared somewhere on the blank map, moving like a cloud and flowing on the map, like a master calligrapher working on it.

A masterpiece is made in an instant.

On the blank map, a route map reappeared, but it was completely new and completely different from the previous one. The criss-crossing lines, fine and beautiful, are a new map, a new map of the ethereal underworld!

At this moment, the rumbling stone door opened with the sound of the ground shaking.

It was also at this moment that all the people began to move.

Chen Zhai was the first to make a move, attacking Long Qianjue, and the speed was so fast that he couldn't hide his ears.

His subordinates also drew their swords in unison and attacked Long Qianjue.

They are fast, and Long Qian is definitely not slow.

He retrieved the map as soon as possible, held it firmly in the palm of his hand, and at the same time performed a teleportation spell and disappeared in place.

Chen Zhai and his group pounced in the air, surprised. When they turned around, Long Qianjue was already standing at Yunxi's side intact, and he waved the map in his hand and sneered at Ripples.

"This is a new map of the interior of the Ethereal Underworld, you can try to go in and explore it slowly, or put away your swords immediately, and we will continue to walk together. ”

The implication was that if they had collected their swords, he could blame them for their plot to assassinate him, but if they were determined to kill both of them, he would immediately destroy the map.

Chen Zhai Master was still immersed in Fang Cai's shock, he couldn't understand how the other party's speed could be so fast? Hearing his threatening words, he slowly came back to his senses, piled up a hypocritical smile and said: "Misunderstanding! Misunderstanding! Everyone hurry up and put away the sword!"

Everyone withdrew their swords one after another, and the master of Chen Zhai stepped forward and said: "We thought that we had touched the mechanism, so we made a move, it was a pure misunderstanding, and I ask Qiangongzi not to take it to heart." Now that we have a new map of the interior of the Ethereal Underworld, things are much easier, so let's get in without further ado. ”