Su Qiubai marked three points on the map and continued: "Because I knew early on that Dongfang was going to lay an ambush here, and it would be difficult to compete with him with the strength of one person, so when the time comes, I just need to get out of it, and I don't need to fight with him." These three points are exactly what I have set up in the Shadow Formation, just follow the route I said to go to the location corresponding to the grotto, and they will see your phantom in the grotto, and you just need to delay as long as possible before they attack the phantom so that I can save my mother. ”

After listening to his words, Dongfang Rui and Tengfei couldn't help but sigh in amazement: "I didn't expect you to know such an ingenious formation at such a young age, but our two old guys are willing to bow down." ”

Su Qiubai smiled embarrassedly and didn't speak.

"So, we ended up not in a grotto, but just to create an illusion for them?" Teng Fei asked.

Su Qiubai nodded and said, "Yes, if you really go to the grotto, then even if I have great ability, it will be difficult to guarantee that you are thorough." But if it's just a phantom, and they end up in the air, you have a chance to escape. ”

Teng Fei and Dongfang Rui glanced at each other, what they thought was the most dangerous place had become the safest at this time, and the two of them had their own ideas in their hearts, and finally said in unison: "Then you should go!" ”

Seeing this, Su Qiubai smiled and said: "You two don't have to refuse, in fact, it's not risk-free to go, and it may not be unsafe to follow me, just let the most suitable person go." ”

Dongfang Rui thought for a while and said: "I have been away from this place for decades, and my understanding of the master is far less profound than Teng Fei's, so it is most suitable for you and Xiaobai to go to the forbidden land, and it is easy to deal with any changes on the way." In that case, let me go to the grotto to confuse them. ”

Teng Fei didn't refuse, but nodded and said, "It's okay, then we'll act tonight, so as not to have too many dreams at night." ”

After setting the time, Su Qiubai told Dongfang Rui in detail about the route and array arrangement he had designed in advance, and then began to wait for the night to fall.

The bedtime of the disciples of the Taiyi Sect was 9 o'clock in the evening, and for the sake of safety, the three of them did not go out in the dark until 11 o'clock.

Su Qiubai and Tengfei did not go directly to the forbidden land, but followed Dongfang Rui out of the mountain gate, pretending to walk in the direction of the grotto for a while, before turning back and making a detour to the forbidden land.

Because it was late at night, the actions of the two were not noticed by Dongfang Zheng's people, and although they had a lot of twists and turns, they finally came to the forbidden land safely.

Dongfang Zheng was really deceived by the strategy of the three of them, and there was no other fortification inside and outside the forbidden land except for the original guards, so the two easily avoided the guards.

The disciple who was in charge of taking care of the jade mulberry tree had already fallen asleep, and in order not to alarm him, Su Qiubai made him sleep more "sweetly" with a little trick.

Su Qiubai first tried to probe underground with his divine sense, but his divine sense was not a detector after all, and he couldn't detect things deep underground.

"Senior, if there is really an underground secret room here, where will the entrance be?" Su Qiubai asked in a low voice.

Since Teng Fei was framed for farming in the vegetable garden, there was no chance for a place like the forbidden land to come, so he couldn't be sure for a while, so he had to look around.

The two of them first knocked on the ground around the jade mulberry tree, but it was obvious that there was no secret passage here.

Su Qiubai glanced around in the moonlight, and suddenly noticed the spring above the ice spring.

What he was looking at was not the rock where the spring was, but behind the rock, there seemed to be another space.

"Senior, take a look here." Su Qiubai said, and walked behind the spring.

When I looked around, I found that the mountain here was not a complete piece, and there was a sunken clearing behind it, but it didn't seem to have a secret door.

Teng Fei looked around, immediately frowned, and said, "I remember when I came to the forbidden land many years ago, it didn't seem like this here. ”

Su Qiubai hurriedly asked, "What do you mean, then what was originally here?" ”

Teng Fei shook his head and said: "There is nothing, behind the spring is a whole mountain, and beyond that there is a cliff, and there is no place where this depression is made." ”

Su Qiubai was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "Then it seems that our guess is right, this place must have been manipulated by Dongfang Zheng, and this depression is probably where the secret door is located." ”

Teng Fei nodded, and then reached out and groped for the rock. After a while, he said "huh" suspiciously.

"What's the matter, didn't you find the mechanism?" Su Qiubai asked.

Teng Fei fumbled for a moment before nodding and saying, "This mountain stone seems to be made of nature, and there are no gaps, am I mistaken?" ”

"If it really doesn't work, I'll split this stone with a sword to see if there is a secret passage underneath." Su Qiubai said, and pulled out the Xuanyuan sword.

Teng Fei glanced at him and said, "As a last resort, it's better not to make such a big move." The mechanism of Taiyi Gate is so subtle that it is not difficult for people to see the clues, so it is still impossible to determine whether there is an entrance here. There is another possibility, which is that the mechanism that opened the door is not here, but somewhere around, let's look for it. ”

As they spoke, they continued to look around, but the area was empty, and everything was in full view, and there was really nothing like a mechanism.

Su Qiubai was worried, and suddenly noticed the ice spring again, and before he had time to think about it, he jumped directly into the spring.

Teng Fei, who was not far away, knew why he did this at a glance, and suddenly secretly said that he was careless, such a good place to hide the mechanism, why didn't he find out?

The area of the ice fountain was not large, but it was the size of a small swimming pool, so Su Qiubai groped under the water for a while, and then found a circular pull ring, and after pulling hard, he found that it was indeed a mechanism.

After resurfacing, Su Qiubai listened to Teng Fei say: "The secret door has appeared, come out." ”

After Su Qiubai jumped out of the ice spring, he couldn't wait to walk behind the spring, regardless of the fact that he was soaking wet. When I looked over, I saw that there was a deep and dark secret passage in the depression behind the mountain rock, but at this time the night was thick, and there was no light in the secret passage, so it looked like a black hole, and I couldn't see the situation inside at all.

Su Qiubai condensed a flame in his palm to illuminate it, and immediately walked down, turning his head and beckoning Teng Fei to say, "Senior, let's go in and have a look." ”

Teng Fei was surprised that he could summon flames at ease, but it was inconvenient for him to ask, so he had to follow him into the secret passage.

The range of the mountain at the top of the mountain is limited, so this secret passage cannot be carved too wide, and the narrowest part even has to be sideways to pass through guò, if a fat man comes here, I am afraid that he will return in vain.

The direction of the secret passage spiraled downward, and after walking for an unknown amount of time, they began to hear the sound of gurgling water, which seemed to be not far from the river channel under the ice spring.

"Go slowly, this secret passage is very important, it is impossible for the East to be undefended, we must be careful." Teng Fei persuaded in the back.

Su Qiubai wanted to see his mother as soon as possible, so he kept walking fast like the wind under his feet. Hearing Teng Fei's words, although he was reluctant, he still slowed down.

After walking a short distance, the two of them suddenly saw a little light in front of them, which was the first time they had seen it in this long secret passage, so they had to raise their vigilance.

Walking to the place where the light was shining, he found that it was the entrance of a cave, Su Qiubai looked inside, and found that this was just a cave of more than ten square meters, and in the middle of this cave was a thick tree root, and he knew that it was the root of the jade mulberry tree without asking.

Judging from the direction of spreading, this tree root is not the main trunk of the jade mulberry root, but just a branch, Su Qiubai couldn't help but be a little surprised in his heart. The terrestrial part of this tree is already large enough, but I can't imagine that the root system is even more developed, and it must have lived for thousands of years.

There were several ever-bright lamps hanging on the surrounding stone walls, illuminating the cave in a dim and warm light, but this seemingly calm scene made Su Qiubai notice something unusual.

"Be careful, there's probably something in this cave." Teng Fei reminded.

In fact, there was no need for him to say it, Su Qiubai was also ready, he took the Xuanyuan Sword in his hand, and cautiously stepped into the entrance of the cave.

As soon as the two entered the cave, they heard a strange friction sound, accompanied by a subtle "sizzling" sound, which made people feel their scalps tingle.

Su Qiubai, who grew up in the mountains, is no stranger to this sound, because this is the sound of snakes crawling!

Before they had time to remind, the two saw many large and small black snakes crawling down from the top of the root system, this kind of snake Su Qiubai had never seen before, but Teng Fei knew it, and couldn't help blurting out: "It's a blue-eyed snake!" Come on! ”

Listening to Teng Fei's tone, Su Qiubai knew that this snake was most likely highly poisonous, so he immediately turned around and walked towards the other exit of the cave.

The group of snakes behind him was still in hot pursuit, Su Qiubai used fireballs to illuminate the road, letting Teng Fei run in front, while he was constantly slashing the poisonous snakes that caught up behind.

"Put out the flames, this snake is very sensitive to light!" Teng Fei reminded.

When Su Qiubai heard this, he hurriedly put away the fireball, but the snakes still had no intention of stopping, but there were more and more trends.

"Senior, if we run any longer, we will be caught up by the snakes sooner or later." Su Qiubai said hurriedly.

"I know, but this snake is so venomous that a little venom can be life-threatening, and it will be even more dangerous if you stop and fight it." Teng Fei said, but the pace under his feet still did not stop.

Su Qiubai tried to condense a wall of fire behind him, but the speed of the snake was very fast, and many of them still passed through the wall of fire alive and continued to chase after the two.