As far as the torch could reach, there seemed to be an endless stream of bluestone steps winding upward.

I don't remember how many of these steps we walked.

The first person to notice that something was wrong was Ah Si.

Chen Yuqing and Lan Tianfang shouted because of him, and they also reflected that the whole situation was a little weird.

It stands to reason that the space in the body of Cangyan Mountain is always limited, how can it be that we have not been able to reach the next threshold or reach our destination for such a long time?

Is there a ghost on this road?

The surrounding situation was clearly there, and it was a little helpless for a while.

Cold sweat slid down Ah Si's forehead, his eyes were stunned, his expression was a little surprised at first, and then he hung his head and said with some frustration: "I have entered the maze, and there is no end, I don't know if I still have the life to go out." “

Chen Yuqing glanced at him with disdain, and said with some playfulness: "You have even arranged the future, and you have accepted a lot of silver, and the people who should be placed are not a problem, now you are alone, do you still need to worry about this?" “

The road ahead is confused, at this time, Chen Crow is still in the mood to joke with Ah Si, I already know his state of being more calm and relaxed the more critical he is, so his reaction is not strange.

It's just that I still have some concerns about the current situation, in fact, I have always had concerns in my heart since I participated in this matter, so I asked Yun Chu about his intentions several times on the road.

I glanced at him with some concern, and when I saw the usual nonchalant expression on his face, I couldn't relax my mood.

I'm not unprepared for the constant underground exploration, but it's the first time I've encountered a maze like this.

After settling down, I turned my eyes for help to the backbone of the team, and Yun Chu's face was still calm and self-controlled. He seems to be thinking about a countermeasure.

After a moment of silence, Yun Chu spoke: "I will mark the direction where I am now, and then we will walk forward along the bluestone steps, and make another mark after a cup of tea." “

Chen Yuqing nodded when she heard this, turned back to me and the Ninth Princess, and said, "You two are waiting for us here." “

Chen Yuqing's voice raised a few points, he should have seen that the two of us were not physically strong, and it was completely the end of the strong crossbow to last until now.

He was a little slow in his steps, and added: "If you want to follow the young master in the future, don't say anything else." You have to practice diligently in the inner strength alone, and this little road has already tossed you into this. “

"I'll tell the young master if you want to get out of here. You enter my Martyrdom Pavilion to cultivate, and the disciples in my Pavilion have their own set of methods to improve their internal strength in a short period of time, and I think it is very suitable for you. “

I looked at him speechlessly, gritted my teeth and said, "The first sentence agrees, and the latter sentence." Do you think it's possible? “

I swallowed half of the sentence and didn't say it, as for the understanding of Yun Chu by the whole team, I asked myself to call myself second, no one dared to say first.

Will he agree to let me enter the Martyrdom Jade Pavilion to cultivate?

I shook my head and glanced at Chen Yuqing helplessly: "You have the heart to break me, you might as well think about how to help your young master first." I don't want to stay in the labyrinth anymore and waste my body. “

I stayed where I was with the Ninth Princess, after three teas. Chen Yuqing and Yun Chu really climbed up from the other direction.

In this way, the structure of the entire stone staircase resembles a circular cycle.

We have come here, and we may not be far from our true destination, but at this time, we will encounter this maze in the middle, should we continue or give up?

The choices that people on this team can make have always been none other than the former. But how to break?

The more you can't think about it, sit down and talk. Each of them expresses their views on this maze, and perhaps a word from someone will open up a new opportunity.

Yun Chu sat on the ground, glanced at Chen Yuqing and Lan Tian, followed the old habit, and talked to them.

"When I first entered the passage, I found an entrance on the side of a cliff, and then there was a concave passage that went up and down."

"The many stone chambers that we passed along the way were basically negligible, because they all proved wrong later."

"If you really go right, you have to turn back to the passage where you can hear the sound of water and break through the stone wall, and then you will encounter a relatively wide underground dark river road."

"This dark river is not naturally formed, but artificially dug out, and the water of the dark river is also infiltrated by mountain springs accumulated over time."

"After that, it was Xuanyuan Jingya's people who blew through the stone layer between the passage on the other side and the dark river, and the dark river flooded the path of the other party's coming."

The voices paused for a moment, and I thought that they had just sorted out the episode of the unlucky second senior brother Shan Zhongwen, who appeared not long ago and fell into the abyss.

The atmosphere was a little gloomy for a while, but young people in their teens and twenties couldn't be as relieved as if it hadn't happened for a while.

Chen Yuqing noticed their love, and took the initiative to skip the words, talking about the door of life and death behind the crystal hall.

The three of them sat down to review the whole process, and the ninth princess was silent beside her until she said that Yun Chu was marking it again and confirming that this road was a circular labyrinth, and the ninth princess finally spoke out with a somewhat abrupt expression.

"Brother Tianfang," although her words were addressed to the three of them, the title still put Tianfang first.

"Have you ever explored a burial ground like this before?" The words of the ninth princess sounded seductive.

"A few years ago, we went to a place in the Martyrdom Jade Pavilion, where there were nine deaths, but fortunately, in the end, we still came back with a lot of things, and we can't be empty-handed on an errand to fight for our lives." Chen Yuqing looked back on her past experience, the corners of her eyebrows and eyes were radiant, and she couldn't help but feel a little proud on her face, "However, it's not a burial place, it's an ancient tomb, in the Bering Mountain area." ”

"Tomb!" As soon as the words fell, Yun Chu's eyes suddenly lit up and he stood up, his expression was a little happy, "I know how to break this situation." ”

"Soul Ladder?" Lan Tianfang and Chen Yuqing glanced at each other, and said in unison, the words of the ninth princess instantly woke them up.

Yun Chu's eyes swept over the Ninth Princess with some appreciation.

"Could it be that the best way to do that is to go back to the stone chamber where you came in the first place?" I looked at them with some suspicion in my eyes, "The problem is that we are already lost in this section, how can we go back?" “

"Let's try something special." Yun Chu smiled and winked at me, "These stone steps are not naturally formed. Since it is a manual excavation design, how can it not leave flaws. ”

"That's right," I had a stir in my mind, Yun Chu was right, if the person who built the Soul Ladder didn't leave a flaw when he designed it, wouldn't he himself have to wander endlessly on this road.

Yun Chu lowered his head, took a mountain stone from the cliff, beckoned Chen Yuqing and Tianfang to follow him, and the three of them explored the path again.

This time, Yun Chu was not like the previous time. Markers are drawn on the rock wall every other section, but every other section is tapped with a rock to listen to the echo of the rock.

All three of them were doing the same, and the stone wall was tapping much closer apart than the previous markers had been drawn on the rocks.

An hour later. They finally pinpointed the location of one of the weakest rock faces.

"Break through here." Lan Tianfang hesitated for a moment, and after making a gesture, he started.

Once again, I experienced a loud bang in my ears, and it was not the first time I had been a miner since I entered this cliff!

What is impressively presented in front of you is a huge arched cave. This time, everyone's eyes lit up, because in the middle of the cave was a brown stone tablet with words written all over it.

The ninth princess cheered, and the first one was about to run over, but Lan Tian put a handful of them and grabbed her and said, "Don't worry, don't forget how Jì's previous Shan Zhongwen fell into the abyss." “

"Brother Tianfang." The Ninth Princess's expression was excited, and her eyes were shining, "Before, the dark guard came in from the waterway. I haven't been able to see this stele, my mother told me that the treasure is hidden under a stele. “

Tianfang firmly grabbed her, did not let her make any further moves, and motioned to Chen Yuqing: "Just to be safe." It's better to explore the way first. You go down first. ”

"Why me?"

"Ah Si goes, I'm afraid that he will be disadvantaged, your young master goes, are you embarrassed? Or do you want my little sister to go? ”

From where we were, the stone monument on the ground in the center of the arched cave was about a few dozen feet away from us.

If Chen Yuqing wants to see the words on the stele clearly, he has to jump down from where we are standing, to the ground at the bottom of the cave, and then to the place where the stele is.

In front of me was a plain cave, which didn't look like any dangerous place, not to mention how conspicuous the stone tablet was.

The stone tablet on the ground in the center was densely engraved with small characters.

Although I can't see what the words are, at this moment, it is like the call of the magic lamp, reminding us that the biggest secret is right in front of us along the way.

For the sake of safety, it suddenly occurred to me that the dog brought by Ah Si was good at this time.

Chen Yuqing raised his hand to break off a few pieces of gravel from the mountain wall, and he threw the gravel in his hand accordingly.

With a "whoosh", the first rock smashed off a small corner of the stone wall.

"You're lighter." The Ninth Princess shouted, "The words on the stone wall can't be destroyed by you. ”

Chen Yuqing grinned, and then flew out of the second mountain stone with a solemn expression, this time along the direction of the stone stele, and the foothold he had calculated halfway.

With a "whoosh", the inconspicuous rock was thrown over quickly, half of which sank into the ground, and there was no abnormality in the entire cave.

"The last piece, I have to confirm whether the foothold under the stone tablet is safe?" Chen Yuqing casually played with the last remaining stone in his hand.

"He's really a person who is afraid of death, unlike the legend." The ninth princess half-bowed her head, her lips moved, and she muttered quietly.

"What's the legend of, the Martyrdom Jade Pavilion is not a gang of bandits, and the tasks we take on require brains." Chen Yuqing sneered and said, "Be careful to sail the 10,000-year-old ship." “

"Whoosh," the last stone, like the second, sank deep into the ground directly in front of the stele.

"It seems that there is indeed no problem," Chen Yuqing patted the dust in his hands with satisfaction, turned around, looked at us a few times, and said, "I'll go first, and then whoever comes, you can discuss the order yourself." “

He leaped forward and flew towards the ground not far from the stele, landing steadily.