Xiong and Python were shocked to find that the mysterious stranger who was imprisoned and bloodletting was actually Li Qing, the life-saving benefactor of several of them, and the two discussed it and decided to let Li Qing go.

The iron chain that tied Li Qing's hands and feet was made of a special material called cold iron, which was difficult to cut with ordinary swords, and the bear and python tried a few times, and after finding that it was impossible to get open, they decided to go to Qing and steal the key to open the iron chain.

The python said to the bear: "Xiong, you are here to watch Engong, don't let anyone kill him, I will go to the holy woman to steal the key to the chain." ”

Xiong nodded and said, "Then you should be careful, don't be discovered by the Holy Maiden." ”

The python nodded, and then hurriedly ran towards Qing's palace.

After the python left, Xiong put the hood on Li Qing's head again, looked at Li Qing and said, "Engong, don't worry, we will definitely be able to rescue you." ”

Li Qing silently closed his eyes, although the two teenagers were discussing to save him, Li Qing no longer dared to believe them easily, and still pretended to be unconscious.

"Holy Maiden, you are still refining medicine."

The python came to Qing's palace, Qing was fiddling with bottles and cans, and seemed to be in trouble, and Qing's face was full of solemnity.

"Python, you help me grind the atomized fruit and annatto into powder."

Qing glanced at the python, and then commanded.

"Oh, okay."

The python's eyes stared at the bunch of keys hanging from Qing's waist, and a trace of excitement flashed in his eyes, the python knew that as long as he got the bunch of keys, he would be able to rescue Li Qing.

After the python did what Qing had ordered, he saw that Qing was still busy, so he offered to help Qing sort out the medicinal materials.

"Oops"

The python suddenly pretended to slip under his feet and knocked over a bag of priceless Ganoderma lucidum grass.

The python hurriedly fell to the ground and cried out in pain, seeing this, he hurriedly put down the work in his hand, ran over and squatted down to help the python up.

"What's wrong, are you alright?"

Qing asked anxiously, the python just shouted pain, Qing was worried that the python sprained his foot, and hurriedly took out the medicine powder to prepare to apply it to the python.

Qing squatted beside the python, and the set of keys was equivalent to dragging on the ground, and the python screamed while touching Qing's waist with his hand.

The python's heart was beating violently, and his hand finally put it on the key on his waist, and with a slight hook, the key successfully fell from his waist and was pinched in the palm of his hand by the python.

Qing didn't seem to notice it at all, still concerned about whether the python's injury was getting better, the python stood up and said, "Holy Maiden, I'm fine, I'll just go and rest." ”

Qing said with concern: "There are not many of our clansmen left, if you have anything, remember to tell me." ”

The python nodded, and then limped towards the outside of the hall, looking at the python's back, a strange look flashed in his eyes.

The python suppressed the excitement in his heart and stumbled to the secret room where Li Qing was held, it seemed that because he didn't want too many people to know about Li Qing's existence, the secret room where Li Qing was held had always been guarded by a few warriors of the Silkworm Cong Clan, as for the bear and the python, they had just become the warriors of the Silkworm Cong Clan and obtained the qualification to guard the secret room.

"Python, you're here, by the way, Xiong said that you two will be on duty tonight, are you sure it's okay?"

A strong man with a wolfskin helmet on his waist looked at the python and said with a smile.

The python nodded and said, "Brother Niu, don't worry, anyway, there is a locked weirdo in this secret room, and no outsiders can come in." ”

The strong man known as Brother Niu thought about it and felt that what the python said was also reasonable, since the entrance to the underground palace was closed, there was no way for outsiders to come in, and it was not very important whether to keep it or not.

After Brother Niu left, the python walked straight into the secret room, and when the bear heard someone coming in, he quickly turned around and saw that it was the python, and the bear breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiong hurriedly asked, "Python, have you got the key?" ”

The python nodded, spreading its palm, revealing a bunch of keys.

The python said: "We don't have much time, although this secret room is only guarded by the two of us, but the entrance to the underground palace has been closed, and we don't know where the exit is, where we should go after saving Engong, we still need to think more." ”

A gleam flashed in Xiong's eyes, and he said, "I know how to find an exit, we will definitely be able to find an exit if we follow the dark river." ”

"Dark River!"

The python's eyes showed a look of clarity, yes, the underground palace cannot be completely closed, there must be an exit, and the dark river is the most likely place to exit.

"Okay, quick, put Eungong down first."

The bear was worried that the night would be long and dreamy, so he urged the python to quickly open the lock, and the python hurriedly untied all the chains on Li Qing's arms and legs, and Li Qing's body lost its restraint and fell directly to the ground.

Xiong hurriedly caught Li Qing's body, because of excessive blood loss, Li Qing's originally strong body became skinny and bone-like, and his weight became extremely light, and Xiong carried Li Qing very easily.

"Let's go."

They didn't care about uncovering the black cloth on Li Qing's head, and carried Li Qing directly away.

Along the way, the two kept dodging the patrolling patrols, and were almost discovered several times, but fortunately, since the entrance was sealed, the tiger army in the underground palace seemed to have lowered their guards, so that the two successfully escaped to the edge of the dark river.

Looking at the quietly flowing dark river, Xiong and the python were a little nervous, where this dark river leads, neither of them can be sure, but both of them know that if they can't find the exit, not only Li Qing, but also the two of them will not escape death.

"Fight, remember, swim along the current, and, remember, you must hold the grace of the father."

The bear and the python glanced at each other, and the bear jumped into the dark river with Li Qing in his arms, and at the same time, the python also "pounced" and jumped into the river.

The water of the dark river looks very calm on the surface, but the undercurrent is surging, the two of them jumped into the water, at first they could barely control their bodies, and in the end, they could only pull each other to ensure that the two of them and Li Qing in the middle were not scattered.

"Gollum"

Li Qing was agitated by the cold water and woke up, it turned out that after the python went to get the key, Li Qing was pretending to be dizzy, but then he really fell into a coma again.

As soon as Li Qing woke up, he felt that he was soaked in the water, and he wanted to struggle, but he was weak, and when he didn't know what to do, he grabbed Li Qing's arm with one hand and dragged Li Qing downstream along the water.

"Poof"

The water was so strong that the bear accidentally hit a stone at the bottom of the water, and suddenly a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth, staining the river red.

Xiong shook his head, obviously confused, at this moment, the undercurrent in front of him suddenly intensified, and divided into two tributaries, Xiong because he was a step slower, and the python just staggered, into the left tributary, and Li Qing, was dragged by the python, into the right tributary.