Chapter 18: Escaping from the Tiger's Mouth
After everyone met in the Alchemy Academy, they heard shouts in the surrounding courtyard, and Yelu Zhongde asked the Black Dragon Army to protect the five children, and said, "Let's rush out from the main gate." ”
An Siming said: "This road will not work, at night all the organs on the mountain road will be opened, and there are many people guarding it, you will not be able to break out." ”
Yelu Zhongde stroked his beard and asked, "Little brother, what do you have to do?" ”
An Siming said: "There is a secret passage halfway up the mountain that can lead directly to the bottom of the mountain, you follow me." "Everyone hesitated.
Jerod asked, "Why do we trust you?" ”
An Siming said eagerly: "They killed my parents and locked me in a stone house, how could I lie to you?" "The voices outside are getting closer.
Jeruzhong said decisively: "There are many organs at the front door, let's go with him." ”
As soon as everyone arrived at the door, more than a dozen Zoroastrian disciples held various weapons to block the way out, Yang Huaide rushed up to repel these people, and everyone followed An Siming to the back door, Zhai Pantuo, Xiang Po and Jinmu, Water, Fire and Earth five protectors caught up.
Yang Huaide said: "Chief Yelu, Huaixing and I stay to resist for a while, and you go first." ”
Everyone ran up the slope and came to a flat land, there was a cave next to it, the door of the cave was closed, and more than a dozen disciples were guarding the door, and when they saw a group of heretics running over, they immediately stepped forward to intercept them.
One of the leaders shouted, "Stop, who's who?" What are you doing here? ”
Jerod did not answer, but went up with a stick, and the two sides fought together.
Yang Huaide and Yang Huaixing blocked the door with one stick, the two brothers cooperated with each other, swept a large area, and Zhai Pantuo led more than ten people to move forward.
In the end, Zhai Pantuo threw out a few thunderbolts, and suddenly a flame ignited under the feet of Yang Huaide and Yang Huaixing, and the two jumped back.
Yang Huaide said: "Huaixing, it's almost time, let's go chase them!" ”
The two turned around, Zhai Pantuo and the others chased after them, and the two also ran to the entrance of the cave to join the battle, but Zhai Pantuo and the others quickly caught up and surrounded everyone.
When An Siming saw Zhai Pantuo, he scolded: "Zhai Pantuo, you dog son, I want to avenge my parents today!" ”
He jumped in front of Zhai Pantuo, waved the purple bamboo flute and hit Zhai Pantuo's head, Zhai Pantuo flashed, the two fought together, An Siming desperately fought hard, Zhai Pantuo could only parry at first, but An Siming's body had not recovered, and soon he had no strength, Zhai Pantuo held the Huoyun Sword and pressed forward step by step, Yang Huaide saw that An Siming was in danger, rushed up to help him, and the others also fought together.
Each of the five protectors has a Seven Holy Knife, but the knife techniques are different, the Earth Protector and Yang Huaixing fight together, the Earth Protector uses the Twenty-Eight Way Lying Knife Method, I saw him rolling around on the ground to specialize in Yang Huaixing's legs, Yang Huaixing is inexperienced, and it is difficult to deal with him.
Han Xiaoyao and the Golden Protector were entangled, the Golden Protector knife technique was fierce and powerful, Han Xiaoyao dodged left and right, looking for an opportunity to hit his two pockmarks in a row, but the Golden Protector did not react, and Han Xiaoyao was so confused.
The Golden Protector laughed and said, "Haha, stinky boy, I am wearing gold silk soft armor, and your carving insect skills can't hurt me." ”
As soon as Han Xiaoyao saw that this trick didn't work, he circled around the Golden Protector, making the Golden Protector dizzy.
Liu Keshi just snatched a big knife from the hands of a Zoroastrian disciple, and when he met the Water Protector, the two fought together, and Yelu Zhongde also had a draw with the Fire Protector. The eight Black Dragon Soldiers were also well-trained, and the more than twenty Zoroastrian disciples couldn't defeat them for a while.
Granny Xiang and Mu Protector didn't do it at first, and Granny Xiang saw that Yang Huaide and An Siming couldn't win, and shouted to An Siming: "Stinky boy, I'll clean you up." ”
Granny Xiang held a cane in her hand and forced An Siming aside, and whispered: "Siming, listen to my mother-in-law, you can't beat Zhai Pantuo, so let's run away first!" ”
An Siming replied: "Mother-in-law, I can't run away alone, I want to take them with me." ”
Granny Xiang said, "Okay, silly boy, mother-in-law will help you again." ”
Let's say that the little eyes of the wooden protector turned around, and when he saw the beautiful and lovely Yang Xiu standing with a few children, he became lustful.
He walked around to Yang Xiu, looked at Yang Xiu in a daze, and said, "Little beauty, I'll help you plead in front of the sect leader, spare your life, you marry me as a wife!" ”
As he spoke, he was about to pull Yang Xiu's arm, Yang Xiu raised his fist and hit it, but the wooden protector was even more excited, grabbed Yang Xiu's two arms in a few clicks, pulled Yang Xiu to climb a big tree next to her, put her on the fork of the tree, and said, "Little beauty, let's make love first." ”
As he spoke, he brought his mouth over, and Yang Xiu pushed him away hard.
Liu Keshi saw that Yang Xiu was taken captive by the Wood Protector to the tree, he was very anxious, slashed the water protector hard, and then turned around and went straight to the bottom of the tree, shouting: "Hooligan, you come down for me, if you dare to move Yang Xiu, I will kill you with a knife." ”
Mu Protector smiled and said to Yang Xiu: "It's noisy, it's noisy, little beauty, is that kid below your brother, wait for me to go down and clean him up first, and we'll make love again." ”
The wooden protector jumped off the tree and besieged Liu Keshi with the water protector, Liu Keshi shouted angrily and fought desperately, the water protector slashed over, Liu Keshi carried it hard, the water protector opened his mouth, and a stream of liquid sprayed Liu Keshi's face, Liu Keshi blocked it with his left hand, and immediately felt that his left palm was like being stung by a bee, it was painful and hot, Liu Keshi fought around the tree and the two.
Han Xiaoyao saw that Liu Keshi was going to suffer, and said to the Golden Protector: "You are invulnerable, and the little master will not play with you anymore." ”
Throwing off the golden protector and running towards Liu Keshi, it happened that the wooden protector had his back to Han Xiaoyao, he slammed his numb hole with a folding fan, and the wooden protector fell to the ground.
At this moment, the door of the cave suddenly opened, and I saw a middle-aged woman, with a bearded face, wearing a white robe, yellow hair, and a white scarf on her head, flying out of the cave, followed by two holy women, the woman threw out a few ***, and suddenly white smoke rose from the crowd, crackling, and everyone stopped fighting.
Yang Xiu wrapped the holy towel around the trunk of the tree and slid it down, put away the holy scarf, Liu Keshi took Yang Xiu's hand and said, "Xiu'er, from now on I will be by your side to protect you, and I will not leave a single step!" ”
Yang Xiu looked at his swollen left palm distressedly, took out a handkerchief to help him wipe off the venom, and said, "Brother Keshi, isn't it very painful!" ”
Liu Keshi straightened his waist and said, "It's okay, it's like being stung by a bee." ”
I saw the middle-aged woman scolding, "What kind of person is so bold to make trouble here and affect my retreat and cultivation?" ”
Zoroastrians knelt down and shouted, "Master, Ahura. "This person is Zoroastrian leader Zhai Aduo, Zhai Pantuo's sister.
One of the leaders guarding the cave gate said, "My subordinates are guilty and have not guarded them well." ”
Zhai Pantuo also replied: "A group of people have broken into the sect to make trouble, and we are arresting them. ”
Zhai Aduo said, "You all get up. ”
She saw that there were young and old, dressed differently, and asked, "Who are you who broke into my sect to make trouble?" ”
When Yelu Zhongde saw Zhai Aduo and Zhai Pantuo, he couldn't help but be shocked, this Zhai sister and brother were probably the sisters and brothers who went to the palace to assassinate the two princes fifteen years ago.
Yelu Zhongde stepped forward and replied: "Sect Master Zhai is good, in Xia Nai, Yelu Zhongde, the head of the Jin Palace, has several children who have been deceived into going to the mountain to refine pills. I came to the rescue in the next place, and I didn't want to have a conflict with the deputy sect leader, so I asked the sect leader to see clearly. ”
When Zhai Aduo heard that it was someone from the Jin Palace, he still had some concerns, and glared at Zhai Pantuo, who explained: "These children voluntarily joined my teaching, and no one used them to make alchemy. ”
Zhai Aduo had already understood what he meant, and said, "Chief Yelu, since these children are unwilling to join this sect, it is better for you to take them away, and don't affect the reputation of this sect because of this matter." ”
Zhai Pantuo said a few words in Zhai Aduo's ear, Zhai Aduo's face sank, pointed at An Siming, Liu Keshi and Yang Xiu, and said, "Wait, these three people are people in our sect who can't leave." ”
Jerod said: "These three people have also been deceived into the church, please let them live." ”
Zhai Aduo said angrily: "If I say no, I can't, it's easy to join the church and difficult to quit, and I can't break the rules of my teaching." After speaking, she was about to arrest someone, but Yang Huaide and Yang Huaixing stopped her.
An Siming shouted, "Everyone follow me and run." ”
Everyone followed him to the mountain, Yang Huaide and Yang Huaixing after the palace.
When everyone ran to a fork in the road, they were caught up, and Granny Xiang threw out a few ***, but the wind was blowing backwards, but Zhai Aduo and a group of people couldn't see the front clearly.
Granny Xiang immediately said, "I forgot the direction of the wind. Zhai Aduo was a little angry and didn't say anything.
After the smoke passed, it could be seen that two people ran to the Broken Head Cliff on the left, and the others ran to the Lonely Valley on the right.
The Lonely Valley is a flat land, the third is facing the mountain, one side is the road, and on both sides of the road are the pillars of the holy fire, burning the holy fire.
An Siming led everyone into the Valley of Loneliness all the way to the Lonely Tower, the Lonely Tower is a stone house more than seven meters high, with stone stairs to the roof, white bones scattered everywhere around the Lonely Tower, and ghost fires beating in the distance, eerie and terrifying.
An Siming said: "Don't be afraid, this is the Zoroastrian cemetery---- the Lonely Tower, they dare not chase after it, the canon rules stipulate that only priests can enter the cemetery, and others are not allowed to enter, otherwise they will be cursed." ”
An Siming pushed open the stone door, and the room was very large, with a square base altar in the center, and the surrounding walls were covered with stone murals, with ten statues of human-headed birds standing on either side.
Everyone entered the house and sat on the ground, Yang Huaixing shouted: "Why don't you see Keshi and Xiu'er?" ”
Everyone looked left and right, and no one knew where they went?
An Siming said: "No, they must have separated from us at the fork in the road and went to the cliff on the left, I will go to them immediately." ”
At this time, there was a dog barking outside, Yang Huaide and Yang Huaixing followed An Siming out of the lonely tower, there were already dozens of vicious dogs blocking the door, Yang Huaide and Yang Huaixing waved bamboo sticks to disperse the vicious dogs, and ran all the way to the valley, Zhai Aduo and others were already guarding the valley.
It turned out that they did not dare to go in, so they called a group of vicious dogs to go in and besiege them, trying to bite the people inside to death.
Yang Huaide asked, "What happened to my brother and sister?" ”
Zhai Pantuo sneered: "Haha, I guess they must have fallen off the cliff and died." ”
The three of them wanted to rush over, but Zhai Pantuo threw out a few thunderbolts, and a wall of fire sealed the mouth of the valley, and he whistled again, and the group of vicious dogs pounced on the three of them like a demon.
"We had to go back, either burned to death or bitten to death by vicious dogs," Ahn said. ”
The three of them returned to the Lonely Tower, closed the stone door, and An Siming said: "They are guarding the mouth of the valley, we can't rush out, and they let the vicious dogs bite us." ”
Yelu Zhongde said: "Don't worry, they won't do anything to Liu Keshi and Yang Xiu, let's think of a way." ”
An Siming said: "I heard my parents tell me that there is a secret passage here called the Gate of Hell, which can lead directly to the bottom of the mountain, but I don't know where the entrance is? ”
The crowd looked around, banging on the walls, looking for mechanisms, but they couldn't find them.
Han Xiaoyao stood in front of the altar of the sacred fire, pointed to the square base with a folding fan, and said, "You see, the surrounding walls are all patterns of the god of light, only here are demons and monsters, I guess this is the entrance to the gate of hell." ”
As soon as Han Xiaoyao wanted to push the altar of the sacred fire, An Siming immediately stopped him and said, "Wait, my parents said that when the gates of hell are opened, the flame will be extinguished and the devil will fly out, everyone should be careful." ”
Everyone lit the flint and hid on both sides, An Siming stood on the side and slowly turned the altar of the holy fire, and sure enough, a hole appeared below, when the hole was completely opened, only to hear the sound of "bang", the flame was extinguished at once, and a flame erupted from the hole, everyone was scared into a cold sweat and did not dare to move.
After a while, An Siming said, "It should be fine, I'll go down and take a look first." ”
He and Jerod went down the stone staircase, and below it was a small room, and found a circular hole half a man high in front of it, and a yin wind blew out, as if it were a bottomless pit, which was terrifying.
Jerod said: "If a cold wind blows, it means that this cave must be connected to the outside, and this should be the secret way to get out." ”
Jerod shouted to the top, "The secret path has been found, everyone come down." ”
After everyone came down one by one, An Siming and Han Xiaoyao turned the altar back to its original position and sealed the entrance to the cave.
An Siming said: "I'll go down first, and if it's not dangerous, everyone will go down." ”
He went in with his legs in first, slowly rubbed in, the hole was oblique down, the hole arm was a little slippery, a little hard to slide down, about more than 50 meters, slipped out of the hole, he touched the grass and stones, heard the sound of water, it turned out that the hole was next to a stream.
Everyone was worried about An Siming, and after a while, his voice came from the cave: "I'm out, there is no danger." ”
Everyone was happy all at once, and slipped out of the hole one by one, and then everyone quickly came to the bottom of the mountain along the stream, and the time was already midnight, and everyone returned to the Lotus Inn.