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Fan Xiang, the clown, Su Xinyan and other soldiers and civilians of the Ghost Cave Clan watched the defeated soldiers led by Flame and Wu gradually disappear into the depths of the dark clouds and smoke in the west, and let out a long breath, and as soon as their bodies were weak, they were about to fall. Su Xinyan hurriedly held him up, very concerned.

As soon as he recovered from his serious injuries, he immediately entered the battle, and the loss of dantian yuan power was too great. Between battles, go all out, and don't feel the difference in qi and blood, at this time, as soon as the strong enemy is gone, he can't help but show fatigue, and finally can't hold on. The salty mouth was about to squirt, and his heart was hot, so he hurriedly sat down on the grass under his feet, sat down, forcibly swallowed the hot blood in his mouth, restrained his mind, closed his eyes and silently recited the Heart Sutra taught by the master, "Meditation to nourish my Haoran qi." The heart is as quiet as water, like the bright moon and the river, and the heart is strong, like the breeze on the mountain. One volt together, one advance and one retreat, is a work festival. So gradually into the ethereal, a stick of incense time, I felt that the dantian was full of true qi, and I no longer felt disgusted, so I fixed my mind and opened my eyes, but I saw Su Xinyan quietly guarding beside me, looking at myself, very concerned and worried. There were four ghost cave warriors standing in the four corners of the surrounding area, holding knives outward, keeping vigilant and not letting other personnel come and disturb them.

Fan Xiang looked at Su Xinyan, smiled slightly, stood up, and said, "Don't worry, it's better now." ”

Su Xinyan held Fan Xiang's arm, looked at Fan Xiang's gradually bloody face, still quite worried, and said, "Brother Fan Xiang, don't talk, take a rest first." ”

"Miss, the owner of the village asked me to call you back to the village," a girl in Tsing Yi, who was about sixteen or seventeen years old, walked over, bowed to Su Xinyan, and said respectfully in ancient Shu language.

Su Xinyan looked at the girl in Tsing Yi, smiled slightly, and said, "Well, okay, Xiao Yu'er, you go back first, just say that we will go back." ”

"Yes. Xiao Yu'er bowed again, took a step back, turned and walked away.

"Brother Fanxiang, let's go back to the village. ”

"Okay, let's go to your stockade. ”

At this time, five or six women in Tsing Yi came over, all of them were about seventeen or eighteen years old, with jade-white faces, beautiful eyebrows, each wearing the same all-blue three-section robe, with several small white flowers embroidered on the collar, white cloth trimmed, cloud hook lace inlaid with placket and cuffs, and the sleeves were short and wide. Wear anti-cloud hook nose flower shoes on his feet, tie a blue strap from his calf to his knees, tie a belt, wear big hook earrings, and comb his head three times. Everyone has a scimitar hanging on their waists, and they look heroic and feminine. Fan Xiang watched these little girls coming, stood neatly in front of him, and then asked with his eyes, and saw Su Xinyan nodding to these girls in Tsing Yi, and heard those girls say: "I will welcome the great heroes of Fanxiang to this village, and I invite the great heroes of Fanxiang." Qi Qi said, his voice crisp and pleasant.

These women in Tsing Yi led the way in front, followed a winding path on the slope, and soon came to the foot of the mountain under the cave, looked up, and in the darkness of the night, they saw that several torches were planted on the wooden platforms at the entrance of each cave in the middle of the mountainside, swaying in the night wind, and casting a faint light down the mountain.

Everyone in the Ghost Cave Clan needs to be trained from an early age to master the ladder cloud vertical kung fu of stepping on the cliff to facilitate the entrance and exit of the cave.

These women in Tsing Yi jumped up first, stepped on the protruding rocks on the mountain wall, soared up, and went to the main cave of the ghost cave village on the mountainside. Fan Xiang and Su Xinyan followed closely and came to the largest cave gate halfway up the mountain, and everyone entered the cave gate. There is a thick stone door five steps into the entrance of the cave, and the stone gate is open at this time, and everyone enters through it. If the stone gate is closed, it will be isolated from the outside world, and it is indeed a natural defense against external enemies. This is the mysterious ancient cliff dwelling, a cave house village built on the cliff, the people of the ghost cave tribe moved the entire village into the cave with the help of the crane driving this tool, it is indeed quite wise, no wonder the high command of the Beigong servant army sent the flame to serve as the vanguard to fight here, because he is good at resisting fire, forcing the people of the ghost cave to escape from the cave by fire attack, and then surround and annihilate it, but other generals can not attack at all.

Fan Xiang looked at the entrance of the cave and was very impressed.

The door of the cave is a 10-meter-long, 2-meter-high, 1.5-meter-wide corridor, at the end of the corridor, is a rectangular space with the size of nearly ten acres, the inside is very empty, there are several doorways on the left and right rock walls, leading to other caves, this is the transit square. On the empty transit square, there are dozens of ghost cave people cleaning up at this time, dealing with some unfinished embers, and on the audience seats next to the square, there are several rows of long bamboo chairs made of hook end bamboo, which have been burned and destroyed by the flames, broken and scattered on the ground, showing a lonely scene after the war.

The harlequin was in this cave that served as a transit square, giving instructions to the ghost cave warriors who followed, and these ghost cave warriors divided into several columns according to the words, some stayed to clean up the square, and some carried the wounded into the doorways of the rock walls on the left and right of the square, and dispersed to other caves. After arranging the affairs, the clown came over and beckoned Fanxiang and the others to continue walking deeper into the square. At the end of the square, a clear stream hangs on the cliff wall like a curtain, and there is a doorway behind it that can be seen faintly, and there is a faint song of deer and cranes, revealing the fragrance of fragrant grass.

The six girls in Tsing Yi led the way, and the clown and Su Xinyan walked beside Fanxiang.

Su Xinyan raised his finger and pointed to the water curtain in front of him, turned his head and smiled at Fan Xiangyan, and said, "We're almost there." ”

The water curtain in front of the door suddenly stopped at this time, and Fan Xiang followed the two of them through the water curtain and entered the doorway, and the water curtain automatically hung up again behind him. The light in the door cave was faint, and Fan Xiang opened his eyes widely, and it was a deep cave.

Six girls in Tsing Yi led the way in front, Fan Xiang followed the clown, Su Xinyan stepped in, the first thing that caught your eye was that there was a stream in the hole, the stream flowed through, hitting the stone protruding in the water, tinkling dong sound, like a bay leaf in the wind; The cliffs on both sides are covered with thousand-year-old moss and purple vines, flickering with a faint seven-colored light, dotted with stars, projected on the water surface, swimming in the wrinkled ripples, like a boat swinging by, startling a floating dream. From time to time, the water and the mist caused by the collision of the water and the stone rock linger in the cave, making this deep cave full of mystery and temptation.

There are several cute white deer and cranes dancing on the rock, like white elves, chirping, occasionally staring at them, curious, or leisurely gnawing on the moss on the cliff wall. In the faint blue light of the cave, you can see spirits floating in the air like transparent jellyfish, blurring their figures, floating freely.

When Fanxiang touched them curiously, those jellyfish-like things would shy retract their transparent tentacles, looking at him curiously, and vaguely seemed to be able to hear the faint ventriloquist ...... from their stomachs.

Everyone stepped on the slippery rock in the water and went upstream, zigzag, and at the end, a large hall and cave suddenly opened, and the ground was paved with regular and smooth bluestone slabs. In the center of the top of the cave is a large ball that glows brightly, and all corners of the cave are clearly visible, covered with some strange vegetation.

The scenery here is completely different from the scenery on the way just now. These two peculiar landscapes are intertwined, and in addition to surprising, there is also a kind of trance of time and space.

The huge fireball that ignited on the roof of the cave was placed on a black metal frame suspended in the center of the cave roof, and was fueled by merman fat, which would not be extinguished for thousands of years. The fireball was like a small sun, emitting a dazzling and warm light and heat, illuminating the entire cavern as bright as day. The cave square is planted in a neat and orderly manner according to the regional plan, with some strange plants, blooming or fiery red, snow white or purple flowers, which are fragrant. The breeze is gentle, there are butterflies and dragonflies flying by, unknown birds chirping crisply among the branches and leaves, and small animals like white deer grazing quietly among the trees, it looks like a miniature natural ecosystem with internal circulation.

This is a cave full of mysterious atmosphere, this cave is in the center of the whole mountain, the whole cave is round, nearly 50 acres of land size, seven stories high (that is, about 21 meters high), half of it is naturally formed, half of it is dug by the ghost cave clan with the power of the whole village. The cliff walls of the cave are mainly red, but also pale blue, orange, yellow, purple and green, and there are some murals painted on them, which are either delicate or simple, and are related to the daily life of the people.

From a distance, there are grottoes excavated on the mountain rock at the end of the cave, among which there is a majestic three-storey giant grotto, the front is a square pedestal arch cave type pavilion building, the red wall and the flying roof are quite distinctive, draw on the architectural style of the eaves and carved beams of the palace in the inner palace of China, and live for the owners of the ghost cave clan in the past dynasties. In front of the towering hall, there are 6 white marble door posts, which are divided into upper and lower two layers, until the top of the cave. The beams and eaves are carved with fine patterns. Looking around from both sides of the palace, the rest of the buildings are carved into the cliff face, and their rooms are hidden in the rock, including temples, theaters, baths, and residences. There are also canals carved out of the rocks, which come and go.

All the houses are almost entirely carved out of the rock. The whole cave community is like an urban village illuminated by brilliant lights, with a rose-red color.

There are four caves on the cliff walls on all sides of this cave, and there are four internal passages about 5 meters wide, called "snake road", which leads to the whole village in the belly of the mountain.

The harlequin and Su Xinyan walked straight to the palace with Fanxiang.

There were ten guards standing in front of the cave palace, and they all bowed to the harlequin and the other three. At this time, many ghost cave people came out of the cave on the cliff wall, and they were like big cyan birds, and they fell in front of the clown and the other three people, looking at the clown and others, both respectful and concerned. The rest of the tribesmen quickly came out of the passages of the four caves and led the three of them towards the palace.

At this moment, two maidens dressed in maid clothes came out of the palace, stood in front of the harlequin, bowed, and said softly: "Lord, you can come back! ”

"Yes, you have received our distinguished guest. The harlequin smiled at the two maids.

The two maids looked at Fanxiang behind the harlequin, and said with a smile: "Okay, the owner of the village." "Come here, take Su Xinyan's hand, very affectionate, not peeking at Fanxiang, smiling.

"Let us now enter the temple. The clown turned around and smiled at Fan Xiang and Su Xinyan, and said, "Little sister, if you have guests, you have to pay attention to your image." ”

"yes, got it. Su Xinyan said, and couldn't help but sneak a glance at Fanxiang, and a faint flush appeared on her cheeks.

"It's okay, hehe. Fan Xiang looked at Su Xinyan and smiled.

The three of them entered the palace, the palace is a cave carved in the stone cliff, the top of the hall hangs a small glowing fireball, the hall is bright, but also quite warm, the space is not too spacious, and there is no magnificent furnishings, very simple. Behind the hall there is a stone platform higher than the ground, and there is a wide stone chair against the wall on the stone platform, on which a thick white deerskin is paved. A large woolen carpet was placed on the floor in the center of the hall, and on either side stood four female guards with a full moon scimitar hanging from their waists.

The clown walked straight across the carpet, came to the stone chair, turned around, sat down slowly, and said to Su Xinyan: "Little sister, you sit down with the little brother Fanxiang first." He said to the outside of the hall, "Take a seat." Immediately, two guards brought in two wooden chairs, side by side in the left hand seat in the middle of the temple. Su Xinyan and Fanxiang went to sit on the chair.

"Tell the priest to come in. The harlequin said to one of the guards.

The guards walked outside the hall and said loudly, "The lord of the village has an order, please invite the priest to enter the temple." ”

An elderly priest slowly walked into the main hall, stood in the hall, bowed to the harlequin, and said: "Lord of the village, the necromantic sacrifice in the early morning is being prepared, and it is expected that it will be proper in the time of another stick of incense, please show the lord of the village." ”

"Okay, you stand down. ”

"No!" the priest slowly stepped back, then turned and walked out of the main hall.

The harlequin stood up, slowly walked two steps on the stone platform, pondered for a while, turned her head to Fan Xiang and said, "I am the master of the village, and you are welcome to be the most honored guest of our Ghost Cave Clan." You are a good boy, a brave young man, thank you for saving my people, thank you! ”

"Big sister, you're welcome, this is a gesture, not enough to worry about. Fan Xiang hurriedly stood up, bowed to the harlequin, and said humbly.

"Well, starting in the early hours of the morning, we will see off the warriors who have given their lives, and on behalf of my people, I sincerely welcome you to this sacrifice ceremony. Now, the back hall has prepared some thin wine, so let Xiao Yan take you to the back hall to eat casually. ...... I need to arrange the rest of the village. ”

Su Xinyan listened, stood up, ran to the clown, clapped her hands unwillingly, smiled, and said, "Hehe, that's great." Thank you, sister, for letting our distinguished guests attend this ceremony, this is the first time. ...... My sister is so nice...... Let's go eat first. Walking in front of Fan Xiang, he smiled like a flower, and said softly: "Brother Fan Xiang, I'll take you to the back hall for dinner first." ”

"Go, little sister, and entertain our distinguished guests. ”

"Well, I'm a little hungry too, so let's go. Fan Xiang looked at Su Xinyan and smiled slightly.