Ziyun quickly figured out the current situation, and knelt down in front of Jun Qianyu with a look of shame and said, "The prince forgives the sin, the slave and maid are incompetent, and they almost fell into the way of others." ”

Jun Qianyu raised her hand to get her up: "It's no wonder to you, let's see how they are." ”

Ziyun hurriedly went to check the situation of the other people, and found that the two of them who saw the blood had died of anger, while the other three who were unconscious couldn't wake up at all. was about to talk to Jun Qianyu, when he suddenly found that he was staring seriously in the direction of the big tree.

Following his gaze, Ziyun found that the person playing the piano had long since disappeared, and a big hole appeared out of thin air on the trunk of the tree, and on the ground in front of the hole, a big arrow was drawn, and there were three blood-red characters on it: "Blood Lotus Valley". Next to the arrow, there was an hourglass, and the sand in it flowed down rapidly, and it seemed that most of it had already flowed halfway.

"Lord Wang, are we going to go in from here?" The hollow was damp and dark, and there seemed to be many unknown dangers lurking.

Jun Qianyu glanced at the hourglass on the ground and said, "I can't care so much, let's go!" He picked up Ning Xi first, bent down and walked in.

Inside was a winding mountain road, very roughly hewn, and the soles of their feet were full of potholes and stones, and not long after the three of them entered, they heard the mouth of the cave slam shut, and it was dark in front of them, and they slowly realized that every other distance, a dim oil lamp hung on the mountain wall, which could barely illuminate the way forward.

I can occasionally hear the sound of dripping water in my ears, and the feeling under my feet is also damp, but I am not depressed, I think there is a ventilation port.

Ziyun's right hand pressed the hilt of the sword tightly, his whole body tensed, and he followed Jun Qian Yu to move forward with one shallow foot.

Fortunately, there were no other moths on the way, and I stumbled for a long time, and the sound of water in my ears gradually became louder, and the air became more and more humid, judging by the topography, I should have walked to the bottom of the mountain.

As I walked, the terrain suddenly became flat and open, and I felt like I was in a huge cave, and without the guidance of the oil lamps that appeared on the mountain wall every other distance, I didn't know which direction to go.

"Oh my God!" Ziyun covered his mouth and let out a low exclamation, stretching out his hand to point at a faint green firelight in the distance, which was fluttering, like a rootless ghost fire.

Jun Qianyu naturally couldn't see her hand in the dark, but he also saw the firelight, looked at it carefully for a while, and said in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, it's a ship." ”

After saying that, Jun Qianyu began to walk forward in the direction of the firelight, and Ziyun hurriedly followed.

Jun Qianyu's eyesight is indeed much better than hers, the firelight is getting closer, and the shadow of a flat boat can be vaguely seen, and there is a figure rowing on the boat, and the firelight is a lamp hanging on the bow of the boat.

The boat stopped in front of the three of them, and the rowing man collected the oars and looked at the three of them expressionlessly: "You want to go to the Blood Lotus Valley?" Probably because he had lived on the earth all year round, his face was extremely pale, and under the faint green firelight, he was even more green and miserable.

"Exactly." Jun Qianyu replied, Ziyun couldn't help but slander in his heart, could it be that this road can lead to other places?

After listening to this, the man sat down leisurely and opened a chess game in front of him, without a little fluctuation in his voice: "Win a game and pass alone." ”

Jun Qianyu handed Ning Xi over to Ziyun without saying a word, and sat in front of the man: "Please!" ”

The man didn't say a word, his hands were up and down, and the two of them began to talk quickly in the dim light.

Ziyun secretly rejoiced in his heart, fortunately, King Yu's chess skills were learned from the best national players in the Great Zhou, and the blue is better than the blue, if he changes himself or any of the guards at this time, I am afraid that this road will come to an end today.

Thinking of this, Ziyun secretly looked at the boat, thinking about how likely it was to take the boat over.

was thinking wildly, only to hear Jun Qianyu say: "Accept!" "It turns out that he has already won the first game.

The two packed up their chess pieces, and soon entered the state again, starting the second battle without gunpowder.

Ziyun stared at the chess game for a while, and then began to wander again, this Blood Lotus Sect acted so strangely, and it didn't take human life seriously at all, no matter how it looked, it didn't look like a holy sect that saved all people from fire and water, and I didn't know whether the legend of their Blood Pool Holy Lotus could live the flesh and bones of people was true or false, even if it was true, it was still unknown whether the elusive sect leader was willing to save people.

I really don't know how Princess Xia Bo of Dayue Kingdom, such a simple-minded person, said that her friendship with the national teacher is not bad, and she didn't have a chance to take out that token along the way, and I don't know if it's good or not.

Before she could think about all these questions, the chess game over there was over, and Jun Qianyu won three games in a row without any suspense, winning the right of way for the three of them to cross the river, and the boatman's attitude was much better, and he stood up and beckoned Ziyun to get on the boat: "Let's go!" With a penny propped up on the rocks on the shore, the boat quietly paddled into the endless darkness.

Ziyun's eyes slowly adjusted to the faint green light, and only then did he realize that the seemingly calm water surface was actually full of dangers, and the real passable place was only as wide as a small boat, and if he accidentally took the wrong road, he would hit his head and break the blood flow at any time.

I couldn't help but secretly speak, fortunately I didn't really have the heart to take the boat, even if I really took it, if I didn't know the road in this labyrinth waterway, there would be no way to live.

Fortunately, King Yu's chess skills were good enough and he won three games smoothly, thinking of this, Ziyun couldn't help but ask: "Brother Boat, if we don't win the chess, can't we cross the river and have to go back the same way?" ”

The boatman seemed to have heard some joke: "You want to be beautiful, enter the hinterland of the Blood Lotus Sect, how can there be a reason to return the same way?" ”

Ziyun listened to his tone, and it didn't seem like he would help cross the river no matter if he won or lost: "Then what do you mean?" ”

The boatman said casually, "The creatures in this river of blackwater have been hungry long enough." ”

Ziyun was shocked in his heart, looked down, the dark water surface, a closer look could vaguely find that there were darker slender shadows passing quickly, and there were quite a few of them, Ziyun only felt a cold breeze blowing, shivered all over, and couldn't help but quietly move a little towards the center of the boat.

Jun Qianyu has always been calm and relaxed, it seems that no matter what happens, he can't make waves in his heart, he only takes care of Ning Xi all the way, with Ziyun's understanding of him, his current calm is like the calm before the storm, in case in the end, this so-called national teacher can't actually save Ning Xi, Ziyun feels that he is very likely to die with these people.

The boat traveled for about an hour, and at last it stopped, and the boatman took out a strip of cloth, blindfolded himself, and then picked up something from the boat, and knocked it three times on the black mountain wall, and it made a crisp sound of gold and stone.

The boatman knocked three more times after a while, and after a total of three knocks, they heard only a "rolling" sound, and one of the mountain walls in front of them actually cracked through it, and slowly moved to both sides, and the bright light shone in through the crack, and people couldn't help but close their eyes.

After a while, after the eyes were completely adjusted to the light, I realized that there was a world of green mountains and green waters.

The boatman, with strips of black cloth over his face, propped the boat out of the cave and slowly along the winding stream.

Under the bright light outside, his face looked even paler, and Ziyun understood why he was blindfolded with a black cloth, probably because he had lived in the dark for too long, and his eyes could no longer accept the strong light!

It's also strange to say, when they went up the mountain, there was obviously a light snow in the sky, and the weather was extremely cold, but here it was lush with vegetation and a little warm like spring, even if the valley bottom was warmer, it should not be so different, unless there was another hot spring or something, just like the volcanic island at the beginning, it was completely unaffected by the outside climate, and the climate was warm all year round.

Although the boatman could not see, the boat was docked at the edge of a pier with unmistakable accuracy, and a little boy on the pier came to meet him: "The master of the sect has ordered me to come down to meet the distinguished guests, and I ask the three of you to come down with me." ”

Jun Qianyu held Ning Xi in front of him in the form of a princess hug, jumped ashore lightly, and followed the little boy to the thatched hut not far away.

This little boy is different from the yin and yang weird people he met before, he is a lively character, and he keeps talking from the time he sees the three of them: "This boy is really a fairy-like character, I have grown so big, or I have seen such a good-looking person!" ”

asked Ning Xi again: "What kind of disease does this fairy-like sister have?" I'm here to ask our sect master to heal the disease, alas, in recent years, there have been fewer and fewer people seeking medical treatment, I haven't seen a living person for almost two years, and there is no one who has changed his life, and the blood lotus in the blood pool is not so energetic. ”

Jun Qianyu's eyes suddenly sharpened: "What did you say about changing your life?" ”

The little boy had a natural expression on his face: "Everyone knows the rules of the Blood Lotus Sect, one life for one life, the blood lotus saves people, but the blood of the living must be sacrificed." Saying that, he walked up to Ziyun and said with an innocent expression: "This sister is used to exchange her life, don't be afraid, the person who sacrifices the blood lotus can go to heaven to enjoy happiness after death." Such a terrible thing, when it came out of his mouth, was so innocent that it seemed that he had been accustomed to it since childhood.

Ziyun couldn't help but argue, "Didn't your Blood Lotus Sect save the lives of the whole country with a bottle of holy water? Why was there no talk of changing lives at that time? ”

"Why not." The little boy said, "It was our sect leader who gave up his immortal life in exchange for the peace of the country, and now our sect master suffers from reincarnation indefinitely, and every life is a sick and weak body, and he never lives past the age of thirty." ”

Ziyun snorted coldly: "I don't believe it, how can there be such a strange force in this world." 166 Reading Network