Under the auspices of the celebrant officer, Xiao Yanyan, who had been fasting for three days, came to the altar surrounded by the generals of the Liao army, went up to the high altar, and began to worship God. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xiao Yanyan muttered a large string of sacrificial texts in the Khitan dialect that Yang Xianmao did not understand, and then killed the green ox and white horse for sacrifice according to the procedure. This is the most solemn ritual of the Khitan people.

After the sacrifice, Empress Xiao stood in front of the high platform, glanced at the hundreds of people who came to hunt for treasures under the black pressure under the stage, and said loudly in Khitan and Chinese respectively: "Tomorrow is the winter solstice, from the evening to the end of the winter solstice, this passage is free and open, and anyone can enter and exit freely." However, in order to ensure order, we will send people to guard the order, and we must abide by the order, and we are not allowed to use knives and guns, otherwise we will be killed. In order to maintain order, everyone who goes to the ice sea for the first time must register by lottery and enter in turn according to the order of the lottery. ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Yanyan's tone became heavy: "This treasure hunt is extremely dangerous, I hope everyone can weigh it comprehensively according to their own strength, whether they really need to go down to the ice sea to hunt for treasure." Otherwise, the treasure will not be obtained, but the life will be given in vain. Let me emphasize once again that during the treasure hunt on the entire winter solstice, our Liao army will maintain order, and arrest and imprison those who rob without authorization or engage in brawls and armed fights. Those who resist stubbornly will be killed. ”

For Xiao Yanyan's words, all the treasure hunters responded with warm applause and applauded loudly.

Xiao Yanyan finally announced that the sailors of the Liao Army would be given priority to launch, and there was no objection to this. After all, the location is locked by others, and the ice cave is chiseled through by others, not to mention that there are tens of thousands of Liao troops in the entire ice plain, and there are nearly 10,000 people here, and the fist is the truth, so naturally no one opposes it.

So, a few Liao soldiers came out with a big jar and asked all those who were going to go down to hunt for treasure to come out and draw lots, and there was someone next to them who was responsible for registering their names and serial numbers drawn.

The draw lasted almost an hour before it ended. Huang Qiaoqiao and Huang Ding did not participate, because Yang Xianmao was going to tell Xiao Yanyan to let Huang Qiaoqiao follow the Liao army treasure hunter sailors into the water first.

After the whole ceremony was held, everyone dispersed and went back to rest and recuperate. Prepare to go on a treasure hunt in the middle of the night.

Yang Xianmao knew from Yelu Xiyin that in fact, the water of the Styx River could only be tempered in the last hour of the winter solstice, that is, the time of Hai, and the other times had no effect. However, it is not known exactly when the elixir will appear. Therefore, going down from the beginning of the winter solstice is mainly the choice of those who go to the elixir, but I just don't know how long people can endure under the extremely cold sea of ice, and whether they can hold on for twelve hours until the end of the day.

Xiao Yanyan asked Yang Xianmao to be called to her tent, and asked Yang Xianmao to hand over the magic weapon to be tempered to her, and let the Liao Dynasty treasure hunter bring it down.

Yang Xianmao told her that she had brought a woman with good water nature, named Huang Qiaoqiao, and that she should take her down and ask the Liao Dynasty treasure hunters to protect and help her.

Xiao Yanyan immediately agreed. At that moment, he called Huang Qiaoqiao to meet the treasure-hunting sailors of the Liao army who were going down, and told them to protect Huang Qiaoqiao under the ice sea, ensure Huang Qiaoqiao's safety, and ensure that Huang Qiaoqiao could find the water of the Styx River to quench the magic weapon.

This time, the Liao Dynasty obviously came prepared, and the people who went into the water were all very water-based, and they all had medicines to help keep out the cold. However, not everyone had the cold protection pill that the queen gave to Yang Xianmao, because that kind of pill was very precious and could not be refined in large quantities. But the cold medicine they use should also be very good.

After returning from Xiao Yanyan's tent, Yang Xianmao called Huang Qiaoqiao and Huang Ding, took out the liver fat of the Flood Desolate God Crocodile and divided it into two parts, gave it to Huang Qiaoqiao and Huang Ding respectively, and said: "After you go back, you will smear the oil on your body, and your whole body skin will be wiped on it, it can help you resist the cold of the ice sea." ”

Feng Qiuyu said to Huang Qiaoqiao: "I can help you wipe your back, but you can't wipe it yourself." …… Fifth, you ask a guard to wipe your back for you. ”

"No!" Huang Ding said with a gloomy face, "I can wipe it myself." ”

Yang Xianmao said: "You'd better wait until tomorrow before going down to the coast, you don't need to go down in front." ”

Huang Qiaoqiao asked, "Why?"

Yang Xianmao said: "You don't have to worry about this. You just have to go down as I ask. ”

On the side, Huang Ding shook his head and said: "No, I have to go down first, otherwise the Immortal Pill will be obtained by others, and it will be useless for me to go down, so starting tonight, I will go down first, and my purpose is the Immortal Pill." ”

Yang Xianmao thought about it, then nodded and said, "Then you can go separately." ”

Huang Qiaoqiao said: "I also want to go down." I'm not for the immortal pill, I know I don't have that blessing, I want to help find the water of the Styx River and you refine the magic weapon, I want to go down to explore the way first, find the place, and then come up first, and when the time comes, I will go down again, and then I will be familiar with the road. Wouldn't it be miserable to go down when you don't find a place?"

Yang Xianmao thought for a while and said, "I originally planned to do the same, but in that case, you would have to work hard twice." It's better to wait for the Liao sailors to go down first, they should be able to find it. ”

Huang Qiaoqiao shook her head and said, "Let's find it together." Make sure everything goes wrong. Make sure you have plenty of time to look for it. Rest assured, I have a natural sensitivity to the topography of the seabed. As long as I've been, I know it clearly. So, I had to go down with them and find the Styx water. In this way, I can quickly find the location of the Styx water and help you refine your magic weapons. ”

Yang Xianmao saw that she insisted, so she no longer objected. They were asked to apply another ointment before entering the water, and they went back to their tents to rest.

On the eve of midnight, Huang Qiaoqiao and Huang Ding got ready, each wearing a diving water cushion and a robe and waiting.

Yang Xianmao came to Huang Qiaoqiao's tent and handed the bag of crocodile teeth to Huang Qiaoqiao. Before that, he had already put the brocade box that Feiyue had given him in the bag. In the brocade box is the embroidery needle.

According to Yelu Xiyin, it is necessary to throw it into the water of the Styx River from a distance of one zhang, and after the water of the Styx River dissipates, you can retrieve the things left in the spring, so as to achieve the purpose of quenching, but it needs to be tempered as soon as possible, preferably underwater. Otherwise, the effect will be greatly reduced or even disappear. Therefore, Yang Xianmao asked Huang Qiaoqiao to return as quickly as possible after refining it, and Yang Xianmao would refine the weapon in the tent. Because in this place, it was under the sea of ice, and he originally thought that he could use the Yin and Yang True Fire to quench underwater, but because the Yin and Yang True Fire could not be used here, all the cultivation mana could not be used, so it was impossible for him to quench in the water, so he could only wait for the shore to be tempered. He only hoped that the mana of this magic weapon would not have too much effect.

Huang Qiaoqiao had already changed into a water cushion made of seal skin, outlining her curvy body like a devil, and the robe wrapped outside couldn't cover it.

After Yang Xianmao came in, she shyly first put the bag that Yang Xianmao gave her diagonally on her back, and then wrapped her whole body with her robe again to cover her graceful figure.

Seeing that the time was about the same, Yang Xianmao, Feng Qiuyu, and Huang Qiaoqiao came out of the tent. Huang Ding was already waiting in the distance, and he was also wrapped in a cotton robe outside. Otherwise, it's too cold here, although both of them are smeared with anti-freeze Flood God Crocodile liver oil, but that can only ensure that the body will not be frozen, and under the biting cold wind, they are only clothed with water, and their teeth are still so cold that their teeth rattle.

At this time, the people sent by the queen were already waiting outside their tent, and they left the barracks with them and went to the ice cave.

These dozen Liao army sailors were selected, and the queen divided them into several groups. Her plan is also obvious, every time she goes down for a period of time, she can't resist coming up and changing to another one. In short, be sure to find the Immortal Pill.

Of course, they also have an important task, that is, to escort Huang Qiaoqiao to find the Styx Water Quenching Magic Weapon, which the queen promised Xiao Yanyan to Yang Xianmao.

They left the barracks and came to the ice cave. There are a lot of new tents set up here, one of which is for Yang Xianmao.

The ice cave is already full of people, all of whom are ready to go down, and there are nearly a hundred people after adding several waves of sailors from the Liao Dynasty.

The sailors of the Liao army had already stood next to the ice cave, waiting for the arrival of Zishi. Only after the time has come is the winter solstice, and there will be no results before going down.

Xiao Yanyan was also next to the ice cave, guarded by Han Derang, Yelu Xiuge and other generals, looking at the dark ice cave with a nervous expression.

Finally, the official in charge of observing the hourglass said loudly: "Queen Qiyu, the time has come!"

Hearing this, the onlookers suddenly had some commotion, and they all squeezed forward, blocked by the Liao army cordon.

Xiao Yanyan took a deep breath, nodded and said, "Go into the water!"

The dozen or so Liao army treasure hunters took off their robes outside, and they were all wearing close-fitting water supports, so they began to rush in, climbing down from two soft ladders.

After they were halfway down, the leader asked Huang Qiaoqiao and Huang Ding to go down in turn, and then the other Liao sailors went down.

They guarded Huang Qiaoqiao and Huang Ding in the middle, which was requested by the queen.

The ice was too thick, and they climbed all the way down, and the speed was relatively fast, and it took a long time to hear the person at the bottom shout: "It's on the surface, everyone be careful." ”

Then, a yellowish glow came from below. Huang Qiaoqiao was taken aback, and then she found that there was also a pale yellow light on it, but she couldn't see clearly because it was blocked by someone.

Soon, her feet were in the icy water.

At that moment, Huang Qiaoqiao was so frozen that she almost screamed, because the water was indeed too cold, far beyond his imagination, much colder than the sea water in any place she swam through. This is still after she applied the liver oil of the desolate god crocodile, and her ability to resist the cold has been greatly improved. If it weren't for the grease to help, I'm afraid she'd be frozen soon.

However, after she quickly entered the water and immersed her whole body in the seawater, it was not as cold and biting as when she first entered the water, perhaps because her body began to get used to the cold of this ice sea.

Huang Qiaoqiao glanced at it and found that the two Liao soldiers who came down first in front of him were each holding a bead in their hands, and he saw a pale yellow light, which was emitted by the bead.

After the Liao soldiers in the back went down into the sea of ice, Huang Qiaoqiao also found that two of them were also holding that kind of beads in their hands, radiating a pale yellow light.