Chapter 31: The Soul of the Blood Lake (Part II)
The four of them sailed towards the center of the Silent Blood Lake in a wooden boat, and the road was calm and unusual.
When approaching the heart of the blood lake, the wooden boat and the bright moon in the sky reflected each other, and the slower and slower it became, Zhou Babao looked at the endless lake in the distance, and said bitterly: "For such a long time, the black forest has not seen an inch of land, when will it be able to dock......
He bowed and said in surprise: "Strange, our sailing speed is getting slower and slower, and there seems to be a strong suction force at the bottom of the lake, I don't know what it is?"
The wooden boat drove to the center of the blood lake, and the stronger the suction, the more difficult it was to move an inch.
"Not good, there's a tornado in the back. Xinyan said anxiously, "My exorcism technique can't drive the wooden boat, what's so strange about this blood lake center?"
"A tornado is coming, and without further ado, it looks like we have to go down and find out. Li Ruoxi looked at the tornado in the distance and seemed thoughtful.
"I'm afraid of the water......" Hearing that he was going to dive into the Blood Lake, he thought of the terrifying Great Lake Monster just now, Zhou Babao's head shook like a rattle, "I'm still watching the boat from above!"
"Then I'll go down!" Li Ji resolutely stood up and told him repeatedly, "Eight Treasure Porridge, you are responsible for taking care of the wooden boat on it and taking care of Senior Sister and Miss Li." ”
"Don't worry, Brother Li, my eight-treasure porridge has always been reliable!" Zhou Babao patted his chest and then muttered, "It's you...... This trip is dangerous, pay attention to safety......"
Xinyan was stunned for a moment, walked to Li Ji's side, her eyes were slightly red, and Chu Chu said, "Senior brother, then you have to be careful......"
"Yes, senior sister. Li Ji nodded, and his heart couldn't help but be hot.
"I have been well versed in water since I was a child, and I am walking on the ground in the water, going down with you, so that we can take care of each other. Li Ruoxi's eyebrows lowered slightly, and she said with a slightly sad face.
"This ......" Li Ji looked embarrassed, shook his head again and again, "There is a danger hidden underwater, Miss Li should not go down." ”
"If we can't find out what's going on at the bottom of the lake, we'll all be destroyed by the tornado, one more person has more strength!" Li Ruoxi straightened out her somewhat messy hair, and held the ghost scepter tightly, because of the overexertion, a faint tremor could be seen.
Although her face was unusually calm, she was still afraid of the unfathomable blood lake in her heart, and the Great Lake Monster was still vivid, who knew what was hidden at the bottom of the blood lake left over from the flood period?
"Miss Nali must be careful, follow me, be cautious in everything, be improvised, and retreat immediately if there is danger. Li Ji glanced at Li Ruoxi and patted her on the shoulder.
After he took such a shot, although it was a little embarrassing, Li Ruoxi felt that she was not so afraid, and her heart was more steady.
In fact, the best way to get rid of fear is to face it, fear will only get worse with time, but as long as you start doing it, you can quickly forget it.
The surface of the blood lake is muddy and red, and there is nothing beautiful about it.
When the two of them dived into the depths, it was a different view: the lake was quiet and clear, all kinds of wonderful small fish, roaming in the gorgeous corals, exotic shellfish and plants of various colors, dancing under the waves, dressing the bottom of the lake like a garden, and the beauty was breathtaking.
A huge whirlpool suddenly appeared in the heart of the bottom of the lake, generating an extremely powerful suction force that quickly sucked the two of them into it.
Li Ji looked at it, and the suction seemed to come from a karst cave, and the entrance of the cave was not large.
Suddenly, a melodious and enchanting song came from the cave......
Sometimes the singing voice is moving, like a murmuring water, singing in a low voice, with a unique charm; sometimes it is poignant, like a dew drop of bamboo leaves, it is intriguing; sometimes it is vigorous, like a long cry when an eagle spreads its wings, which is deafening; sometimes it is tactful, like a line of tears when it is affectionately blended, which grips people's hearts.
The singing is melodious, like a sincere teaching, and like a conversation, all the way to the heart, filling the bottom of the entire lake.
Suddenly, Li Ji's heart also rose and fell with the song, stepping on the rhythm, experiencing a feeling that he had never felt before.
Drunk, dreamlike, eyes lit up, the picture flashed, and my father floated under the water: "Jil, come, swim with me." ”
"No, no, I don't dare to go into the water. ”
"Don't be afraid, my father is here. ”
With a "plop", Li Ji jumped into the water and choked on a few mouthfuls of water.
"Jill, to learn to swim, you have to drink a few sips of water first, otherwise you will never learn ......"
The melodious singing, and the laughter of the father, flickering near and far, ethereal.
The mysterious power in Li Ji's body also seemed to be seduced by the song, and it was uncontrollably swerving in his body, almost exploding in his body.
A golden light flashed on the ground, and the chaotic celestial body was like a rotating windmill, spinning rapidly with the song, quickly suppressing the three mysterious forces in the body and fusing them together.
A spirit, Li Ji came to his senses, and his singing voice was still melodious and charming, but it was not so difficult for him to resist.
On the other hand, Li Ruoxi, she was quietly suspended in the water, her eyes staring straight ahead, sometimes smiling, sometimes crying, and a string of bubbles kept popping up at the corners of her mouth, as if she had fallen into evil.
Li Ji shook it vigorously, seeing that she didn't react, he secretly said something bad in his heart, and suddenly understood that it was the song that was confused.
If you don't leave this place quickly, you will be bewitched by the singing and drowned, and when Li Ji was about to pull her away, the suction force of the cave suddenly became stronger, as if there were countless hands pulling them, and the two of them were instantly submerged in the dark and bottomless cave.
After being swept into the cave and drifting and spinning for a long time, Fang arrived at a cave, and the two of them were already dazed and didn't know where they were.
There is a world in the cave, the lake water flows backwards, there is a transparent film around it and the lake water is isolated, the air is fresh, breathe freely, just like in the mountain stream and canyon on the mainland.
In the center of the cave is a strange sarcophagus, scattered with skeletal remains.
The strange singing voice emanated from it, and the singing stopped abruptly, and an eerie voice of "hehe......hey" floated out of the sarcophagus.
When Li Ji was sucked into the cave, he happened to hit a rock, and suddenly his eyes were full of Venus, and he almost fainted, and Li Ruoxi was in a coma.
When he was dizzy, he suddenly heard a strange sound, his heart tightened, and he immediately became vigilant, and suddenly sobered up a lot.
I saw the sarcophagus slowly open, and a puff of green smoke rose, transforming into a hideous-looking beast skeleton in the air, floating above Li Ruoxi.
"Huh, are they all alive?" The alien beast skeleton hesitated in the air, turned around and turned around Li Ji a few times, and said in a strange way, "In 10,000 years, no living creature has ever entered the cave, little babies, this is the first time for you, interesting......"
"Who are you, a human or a ghost?" Li Ji was stunned by the sight, a cold sweat broke out, and he clenched the Chixiao Sword in his hand, forcing himself to composure.
"Good sword, it's a pity that it was wasted in the hands of the little baby. Let me taste the soul today ...... a fresh life!"
The alien beast skeleton smirked and pounced on Li Ji with its big mouth open in terror.
"Chixiao Sword, Chixiao Sword, it seems that I will sacrifice you with my own blood today!" Li Ji was frightened and desperate in the face of the skeleton monster rushing in his direction, and was thinking about how to deal with it.
He suddenly remembered that the Dugu Divine Sword taught by the lonely old man seemed to be extremely powerful, but he had never had a chance to practice it again since then, and he didn't know what he could use in his hands.
Although I haven't been able to practice repeatedly in a short period of time and understand the mystery, I have already memorized the moves and footwork.
In the moment of crisis, his thoughts were only fleeting, and he quickly drew his sword out of its sheath, focusing all his strength on the tip of the sword.
But seeing a flash of cold light, the Dugu Divine Sword had no intention of making the first move, leading the sword to stab.
An unbelievable miracle appeared, only to see a majestic sword qi shoot out, the cave suddenly flew sand and stones, the wind was fierce, as if there was a fierce beast roaring in it, the power was strong, the sword was accurate, and it just pierced the oncoming beast skeleton.
"Ahh With a sound, the strange beast skeleton didn't expect that the hairy boy in front of him had such exquisite swordsmanship, and for a moment of carelessness, he was hit hard by the sword and escaped into the sarcophagus in an instant.
The cave was as silent as death.
Li Ji didn't believe that the earth-shattering sword he had just made was made by himself, and he didn't expect that the power contained in the Lonely Sword was so powerful.
That day, the lonely old man hurriedly practiced the Dugu Divine Sword in the Spirit Beast Forest, and he only barely remembered the moves, and his spiritual power did not reach the supreme realm of flying flowers and picking leaves, and he could hurt the enemy.
This kind of swordsmanship has such a powerful power without the support of high-level spiritual power, so it is conceivable that the old man Dugu is indeed unique.
No wonder he can say unashamedly: "After more than 100 years of crisscrossing the rivers and lakes, killing all the enemies and defeating the heroes, there is no resistance in the world, a lonely life, and I can't be defeated." ”
Not to mention that the old man Dugu has reached the level of the Spirit Emperor in the spiritual realm cultivation, that is, the realm of "Heaven and man are one, and the emperor is called the emperor in the domain", and he is only one step away from the spirit god, and he can become an immortal and become a saint.
Who is the old man Dugu sacred? What secrets is hidden? What is the relationship between the Dugu Gate of the Northern Wei Kingdom and him? Who is Dugu Yan?
This mystery has not been solved by anyone for thousands of years, only the nine swords in the Dugu Divine Sword are occasionally scattered in the rivers and lakes, and are owned by the heroes of the later generations of great benevolence and righteousness, and the other four swords of the highest realm, which have never been heard of by future generations, have also been lost.
Then, can Li Ji and the old man Dugu solve the mystery after a three-year appointment to go to the Dugu Gate of the Northern Wei Kingdom, which is thousands of miles away?
One can never predict one's future, so don't dwell on the past and just be in the present.
Li Ji held the Chixiao Sword and approached the sarcophagus with courage, only to see a monster with a bear's head and a dog's body, red hair, and a hideous face lying in the coffin, and the walls of the coffin were engraved with Sanskrit mantras that he had never seen before.
The red-haired monster is surrounded by a water halberd, shaped like a spear, with crescent-shaped knives on both sides under the tip of the spear, and the tip of the halberd is engraved with water lines.