Chapter III, Section 1
Happy Birthday, Shaka-san!
In the twelfth year of Emperor Shaojing, the fifth day of October
The dog worships under the cliff, in the trial cave.
Ao happily entered the trial cave, and it was already the fourth day.
He wasn't going to come, but he had to.
…… In fact, this meeting of the "Trial Cave" can be called a farce at all.
When he came to the Goubai Cliff, he was stunned to find that this "trial cave" of Raushzi was not an unfathomable huge cave, but a huge valley surrounded by steep cliffs and semi-hidden underground. The so-called "three layers" and "five layers" are actually just different areas divided by some natural low ridges, and of course, with the exploration of the depths of the trial cave, the terrain is indeed getting deeper and deeper.
Entering the Trials Cave is not a huge risk, although there are strange creatures like puppet insects, but in general, the beasts, birds, and various insects in the Trials Cave are not much more fierce and terrifying than those in the Nadi Mountain Forest, at least, when passing through the first few levels, as long as you are a good hunter.
Because of this, in the first few days of the Baina Conference, leaders such as Black Mountain Company and Bai Erniang didn't bother to participate in the competition in person at all, and only sent the elites of their clans to form teams to enter the trial cave, and although it was a rare thing, from the next day, whether it was a puppet worm, a rat fruit, or something else that could only be found in the trial, they were all sent out in a steady stream.
For Ao Xingxing, the biggest surprise a few days ago came from seeing Xiao Wenshuang: no matter how calm he was, when he saw this "long-admired" Taiping Dao bigwig, he couldn't hold back and asked Huo Ran to stand up straight. And the appearance of the Wang brothers also surprised him greatly.
As for Wang Nineteen Shao's persistent request to enter the trial cave to explore, and Wang Seventeen Shao had no choice but to follow up with a straight face after failing to dissuade him, but it was within his duty, and there was nothing to be surprised about.
The appearance of the four leading figures of the Lunatic Cult greatly satisfied Ao Xingxing's curiosity, especially when he saw that there was a vacancy in one of the five chairs tightly placed together, he looked at Ghost Tadao River repeatedly with malice, trying to find some panic or embarrassment on his face.
…… Naturally, he couldn't find it.
The fight between Heina and Baina, hearing the calluses in his ears, appeared at one time five Mo Shi and hundreds of corpse soldiers, which amazed him greatly, Hongna, Qingna, and Qiguna...... The juxtaposition of these clans and chieftains, which had previously only been seen in records, was a great opportunity to corroborate and consolidate the mess of information.
…… As for what he feared most, he couldn't even see a shadow. Although no matter the ghost, black or even white, they all partially reveal the intention of integrating Baina, but in the face of those huge contradictions, in the face of the differences and differences that have been formed between Baina, Ao Xingxing does not see that this matter is feasible at all.
It's the Lunatic Cult, the organization that worries him, this seems to have some kind of reason, and he can go to every mountain and forest without money and spread the Fa and promote the religion, which makes him a little worried, but after a few days of observation, he is also a lot more relieved, and even the brother of Montenegro Xiu, the king of the Heina clan, Heishan Lian, has obvious jealousy and precautions against him, not to mention the leaders of other Zhuna.
(Does it have a big impact only on the bottom of the people?) If it succeeds, it will indeed be possible to merge the Nana, but it will take too long...... At least for the time being, there is still no cause for concern. )
In the end, Ao Xingxing was most wary of Xiao Wenshuang, who was also outside, and in the past few days, she did not shy away from making separate appointments with Ghost Tajiang, Black Mountain Lian, Bai Erniang and others, although they would each convey the situation of the meeting to Ao Xingxing afterwards, but ...... It was a very sensitive matter for them to dare to openly talk to the representatives of the Taiping Dao in such a way that they were still alive in the Great Xia Imperial Court.
…… However, as far as Ao Xingxing is concerned, he really doesn't have much to say, after all, like him, Miss Ma Yunlu, who was born in the Great Xia family and came all the way with him, after seeing Xiao Wenshuang, happily carried a knife to talk about the past, talked about the rise, and even discussed a few knife techniques with Xiao Wenshuang.
This comfort, this peace of mind, this quietness, on the afternoon of the first day of October, was torn to shreds!
On that day, almost all the representatives of the tribes had returned, and the total number of nearly 1,000 puppet insects and rat fruits was kept in wooden boxes marked with the names of each tribe, and after the solemn ceremony, they were to be opened and counted one by one in front of the leaders of the tribes.
Compared with Ao Xingxing's Zeng Jian, the scale of the celebration was larger and the atmosphere was more enthusiastic and unrestrained, but Ao Xingxing noticed that from beginning to end, Xiao Wenshuang watched from the side of the audience with a smile on his face, and did not deliberately avoid any scene, nor did he show any shame or disdain.
At the end of the celebration, a message, in an instant, shattered this joy!
…… The place where the things were kept was robbed, the puppet insects were lost, the rats were gone, and the heavenly snake staff and the Wamu cloak were also swept away.
The one who started it, the Lunatic Cult!
Judging from the traces of the scene, they had already started as early as last night, and the celebration during the day gave them enough time to escape, and the direction was ...... Cave of Trials!
Until that moment, Ao Xingxing still had great doubts, he wanted to consider whether this would be just the beginning of a bigger trap, he wanted to consider whether someone was laughing peacefully and waiting for his reaction. Despite the anger of the crowd, even Black Mountain roared at that moment to chase and kill, he still cast his suspicious eyes on the Ghost Tajiang who was looking bitter.
…… However, he still had no choice but to follow behind these angry men and kill into the trial cave.
Or maybe it's because of Xiao Wenshuang, because she showed amazing calmness after the incident, and it only took a short time for her to make a decision, saying that Taiping Dao and Zhu Na have always been friends, and she still has some friendship with the Lunatic Worship Sect in the past.
Or maybe it's because of the ghost stepping on the river, after determining the matter, he seems to have aged several years at once, and his expression is ...... Of course, Ao Xingxing is not sure if this is just a sign that his acting skills are outstanding.
Or because of the accumulation of all kinds of doubts and uneasiness along the way in the past few days, all kinds of doubts that are often just a mistake and a look, difficult to explain, but difficult to let go, all kinds of accumulation, make it difficult for him to rest assured, so that he finally has to go through this experience.
(In short, it's just a mountain forest in Nadi, but it's just a place in the wilderness, isn't it...... Will there be a big scene like Guadu? )
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The rain was murmuring.
Ali cautiously observed the ground, from time to time with a short knife to cut the vine branches in front of him, little by little open the road, impatient Wang Zhenzhi wanted to shoot these things in front of him several times, but was stopped by Wang Fuzhi, he could only retreat helplessly, and looked at each other with the equally helpless Ao Xingxing.
Although the suspicion of the ghost stepping on the river has never been put down, after Xiao Wenshuang directly said "I am willing to go with the king of the big clan", Ao Xingxing only frowned and retreated, and among the other teams, whether it was Heina, Baina, Hongna, Buna, ......, they all euphemistically expressed the meaning of "I don't want to go with outsiders", and in the end, I only walked with the Wang brothers.
…… But on the contrary, the reason why Wang Fuzhi came here was just to explore the strange, just to record some old gossip, and the reason why he went deep into the trial cave was really because of those legends, buried in the trial cave, which can be traced back thousands of years ago, the remains of those ancestors.
For this reason, he had been communicating with them for a few days before the Lunatic Cult incident, and the purpose was nothing more than to see through them the ruins that were supposedly discovered by the five brothers and could be traced back to the Bright Age.
It is precisely for this reason that after the Moon Worship Sect, he was the happiest, especially after confirming that Black Mountain Xiu and his party were fleeing to the trial cave, he even slapped the table and smiled: "God help me!" Such arrogance, even Ao Xingxing, who is used to seeing arrogant men, can't help but be warped.
With the Wang brothers and Ao Xingxing's ability, it was no problem to leave any team of people far behind, but it was obviously just to follow the vine, Wang Fuzhi's death suppressed the speed of the team, and he was determined to bite the tail of the Lunatic Cult and find their nest.
"So many people, so many people who are red-eyed and familiar with the situation, are you still afraid that they won't find a place?"
Wang Fuzhi, who ranked fourth in this branch and ranked nineteenth among his peers, smiled happily, dressed in a robe, holding an oil-paper umbrella, carefully observing every plant on the side of the road, occasionally screaming in surprise, and quickly squatting down to dictate.
"Well, General Ao, forgive me, my fourth brother ......"
"Well, I understand, don't worry, Seventeen Shao, I can even get along with Sun Ershao."
Hearing the name of "Sun Ershao", Wang Zhenzhi, who ranked third in this branch and ranked seventeenth among his peers, couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth and muttered. ”
At this time, Wang Fuzhi had finished speaking, and stood up contentedly, and the two middle-aged men with bitter faces quickly handed over the things they had just written down, he glanced at them, and said with a smile: "It's hard." The two of them suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and were about to speak, but they were swept by Wang Zhenzhi with murderous eyes, and they immediately shrank their necks and didn't dare to speak again.
…… These two people only joined the team yesterday. At that time, Ao Xingxing and his entourage met Hongna and others, and when they saw each other, the Wang brothers' eyes lit up, and there was no need to talk nonsense, Wang Zhenzhi went straight to the other party's column to pull over, and he was still smiling: "There is such a coincidence, I just want to ask the two for a few days!" ”
Hua Shengrong, Yang Jizhi!