Chapter 153: Underground Labyrinth
At the foot of Mt. Fuji, by the lake.
The cherry blossom trees have pulled out their tender green branches, the grass by the lake has broken through the soil, although most of the small animals are still hibernating, but it is not a few days before the sting, there are already a few old toads that have been disturbed and jumped into the lake in dementia and dementia.
On the shore of Lake Shojin, there is a very narrow winding path leading to the belly of Mt. Fuji, and the entrance to the belly of the mountain is said to have been a hole that the Sixth Heavenly Demon King forcibly broke open after stabbing the Yaki Orochi, and it has been a sacred place of worship for people until then, and at that time there was an endless stream of boats coming and going on the Fuji Five Lakes. However, since Minamoto Yoritomo was in power and Iga Flying Bear was stationed in Huoli Town, the entrance to the cave was ordered to be sealed, and the entrance to the cave was heavily guarded, and no one was allowed to enter.
At night, Huoyun Jia Jingliu had already gathered 5,000 people on the shore, and the three of Leng Yuan, Ah Jin and Lin Ziyan couldn't wait, so they took the lead in leading the 5,000 people to line up into a long snake and take the lead towards the entrance of the cave in the belly of the mountain. Yan Huo'er didn't stop it, so it's okay, if the three of them have anything wrong, they can also bring someone in to rescue them, otherwise everyone will go in one go, if they really encounter an ambush, won't they be served in a pot?
As the time passed minute by minute, the boats kept coming, and soon pulled five more rounds, a full five thousand people, Yan Huo'er ordered Beichuan Shisheng to lead these five thousand people to guard the shore of the lake, and he followed the buttocks of the vanguard team and entered the belly of the mountain.
Five thousand people slowly moved to the belly of the mountain, and soon Yan Huo'er also entered the inside, and looked up, it turned out that there was a cave at the bottom of Mount Fuji, and the space inside was very large, it was an open-air forest that could accommodate five or six thousand people, and directly above it was a crater as high as hundreds of zhang, and at the end of this forest was a black curved path, which had been spiraling to the ground, Yan Huo'er glanced at the countless heads and torches in front of him, and ordered the two thousand people who had not yet entered the trail to stay here and guard, And he followed the large army down the winding path.
Ah Jin and the three of them walked down with a group of people for about half an hour, and then they came to an empty cave*** This cave is much smaller than the previous layer of woods, and there are two paths winding out at the end of the cave, Ah Jin and a few people don't know which direction to go, so they can only leave a thousand people to guard the two cave entrances, Ah Jin Lin Zi led a thousand people to the right path, and the cold source led a thousand people to the left path, and the three of them parted ways.
Ah Jin and the two led their subordinates to continue down, and walked for about half an hour, and then arrived at a cave, this time the cave was also much smaller than the previous layer, and there were also two paths, although Ah Jin and the two were puzzled, but they still left a hundred people to guard, and they and the purple resentment duo parted ways again on the left and right.
Ah Jin went down again, it was half an hour, and it was a smaller cave, the same two paths, Ah Jin had already sensed that something was wrong, he hesitated for a long time, no one thought that the situation at the bottom of Mount Fuji would be so complicated, and there was no description in the history books or legends of Dongying that there was an underground labyrinth at the bottom of Mount Fuji, and even after the era before the Gen Yori Dynasty, the local residents who visited the bottom of Mount Fuji did not say that there would be a labyrinth, so when did this labyrinth appear? Where are Su Bingyun and Yan Yunxing locked up? Ah Jin was a little confused, but more of a flustered and uneasy, Iga Flying Bear must have gone to the front line, it was because of this excellent opportunity that Ah Jin felt that although this trip would not be smooth sailing, but after a fight, it would be successful, but the reality was even more difficult, even if there was no Iga Flying Bear, this labyrinth alone was very frightening.
Ah Jin suddenly had an urge to go home at this time, but it was just a small thought that suddenly popped up, I saw him shake his head, no longer thinking about it, he could only pray secretly in his heart, hoping that Lin Ziyan and Leng Yuan would be safe and sound.
Ah Jin did not divide the troops this time, leaving only a hundred people to guard, and he continued to walk left and bottom with the remaining three hundred people, the unknown darkness ahead, Ah Jin did not know what the fate of his several people would be, for the sake of the master, for the cold tone, he could only bite the bullet.
When it was already late at night, the future of Ah Jin and the others was unknown, but Yan Huo'er was standing at the fork in the second layer of the cave at this time, holding the incense in his hand and frowning his lovely brows and bowing his head in contemplation. She ordered the 1,000 people who remained on the first floor to go through the four openings on the second floor, and learned that there were still two roads on the next floor of each cave.
"Do you want to continue? If you want to go down, which way should you go? ”
First of all, you have to think about how many floors are there under the cave. If there are many layers, which way should it be?
Yan Huo'er decided to consider the problem from Yan Yunxing's point of view, if it was Yunxing's brother, what would he do?
The first thing he thinks is what the hell is this place?
The lair of the legendary Yaki Orochi.
What does that Yaki Orochi look like?
Although I didn't listen carefully to the story told by the old man in Huoyun Village at the beginning, I vaguely remembered that it should be eight songs and eight tails, but what does this have to do with the maze? Could it be that this labyrinth also has eight floors?
Even if there are eight floors, which way should I go? Could it be related to what Qimen Dunjia?
Think about it......
Heaven, earth, wind, thunder, water, fire, mountains, ...... It's useless...... Yan Huo'er used all the knowledge she had learned in Dongfang Dianhong in her previous life at this time, but she still didn't have the slightest clue.
Rest, life, injury, Du, scene, death, shock, ...... Could it be that it is the eight-door golden lock? It's not that complicated, is it......
But there's no other way......
The lower layer of the cave is twice as large as the previous one, so isn't there eight forks in the road from the third to the fourth floor?
The most critical and noteworthy place should be the third layer, starting from the third layer, eight forks in the road, entering the life, scenery, and opening the three doors should be the right road, then the correct direction from the first layer should be one one two or two one one or two two two, as long as the third layer is passed, go to the right life, scenery, and open the three doors, then the remaining layers should be able to go anywhere.
"Oops!" Yan Huo'er wanted to suddenly beat his chest here and scream badly, if this is really the case, then wouldn't Lin Zi be injured and Du Liangmen when he left? But don't go to Dumen! Yan Huo'er could only secretly pray that Leng Yuan and Lin Zi would not enter the two gates of Du and Death, once these two gates entered, they would only die and have no life!
But Yan Huo'er has no way to save at this time, the three of them have been down for a long time, and they have no time to convey the news, the current situation here is too dangerous, if it weren't for the fact that the three of them have gone down, Yan Huo'er would definitely order a retreat, but there is no way, the sword has been unsheathed, and the blood has stopped, so now he can only go down hard.
Yan Huo'er arranged for 500 of his subordinates on the first floor to follow him, and warned his later subordinates to let Beichuan and Meishan wait on the first floor, and after arranging the task, they continued to walk in the direction of Shengmen 112.
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Late at night, in Motosu Lake, more than ten big boats slowly drove on the calm lake, this was the fifteenth round trip, and there were only the last 5,000 people left in Huoli Town at this time.
Yuki Miyama stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the calm lake with his eyes, the shore of the lake in the distance was a forest of cherry blossoms, although it was cold in the middle of the night, there were still a few birds and beasts roaring from time to time, Yuki Miyama listened to the whispered sound of nature in the middle of the night, and at this time I couldn't help but reverie.
It would be great if he could live in seclusion here with the Heavenly Demon Maiden from now on!
Soon, more than ten big boats are about to cross Lake Motosu and enter Shojin Lake, just when more than ten boats are arranged in a long snake shape into the mouth of the lake, in the cherry blossom groves on the shore of the lake, but suddenly there is a scream, a red fireworks soar into the sky, everyone on the boat only heard a "boom" a cannon, through the faint light of the fireworks, but saw a group of black soldiers running out of the cherry blossom woods, it was the five thousand Iga soldiers left by the Iga Flying Bear to guard the town of Huoli.
Yuki Miyama had already come to his senses at this time, and when he saw an enemy ambush suddenly appearing on the shore of the lake, he immediately ordered the ship to dock and prepare to fight the group of soldiers. But the group of Iga troops did not give Miyama any chance at all, and they bent their bows and arrows, and one rocket after another shot at the boats lined up at the mouth of the lake.
"Squeak...... Squeak...... rockets shot up into the sky and shot down on the side of the ship, and the skyrocketing flames instantly burned the entire hull. Yuki Miyama saw the hull of the ship on fire at this time, and hurriedly shouted: "Put out the fire, put out the fire for me!" If the ship is destroyed, the Wander Lord, the Elder, and the other brothers will have no way out! ”
"Master Miyama, this ship was dropped by the boss of the ship, and the outside is wrapped with a layer of skin, and the inside is Hayai oil wood, oil wood!" One of Miyama's disciples who was familiar with wood work found that the boat had already been dropped, and he had carefully observed it when he bought it, and it was not caused by oil and wood.
"Oilwood? Oilwood! Meishan also panicked at this time, he understood that the oil wood produced in Zaojing Town would ignite when it met fire, and it would fuel it even more when it met water, and these more than ten big ships were obviously going to be scrapped.
"Brothers, jump ship with me! Kill those Iga brutes! "Miyama Yuki really has no choice but to abandon the ship and go ashore to fight this group of enemies.
"Plop...... ......"The disciples who were lucky enough to escape the fire all jumped into the lake, but the people on the shore did not give them a chance to fight at all. I heard another cannon fire on the shore, another rain of arrows shot over the lake, and the sound of wailing and screaming was endless, and the poor group of people were either burned to death or shot in the lake.
At this time, far away in Huoli Town, on the shore of Kawaguchi Lake, the remaining Huoyun Jia Jingliu disciples were all waiting a little impatiently.
In the distance, in the darkness, a dark shadow suddenly appeared, and one of the small leaders of Huoyun Jia Jingliu saw a person suddenly appearing here in the middle of the night, and hurriedly scolded loudly: "Which family are you?" Why don't you sleep in the middle of the night? It's not safe here, get back home! ”
"Huh...... You are impatient, I'm here to play with you......" In the darkness, the man did not stop moving forward at all, but approached the people on the shore more and more.
Soon, after the man finished saying this, he had already come to everyone, and everyone finally saw this person's face clearly by the faint light of the fire, about thirty years old, with a face as white as paper, hands like eagles, and a pair of inverted triangular fierce eyes, it was the president of Wada Shrine in Shizuoka Town, Hatoyama Naoto.
"Yo...... Isn't this Lord Hatoyama?,Why,You're the only one to play with us.,I'm afraid...... You're going to have to be played to death by us! "Huoyun Jia Jingliu, the little leader, recognized Hatoyama's identity.
"Hahaha...... I'm the only one, how can it be fun? I also brought Tsurumi-sama with me, why, aren't you welcome? As soon as Naota Hatoyama finished saying this, a large group of people walked out of the darkness in the distance, and the first person was the head of the Tsurumi family, Tsurumi Keita.
"Hahaha...... How's it going, is this fun? Hatoyama Naota laughed three times, drew his long knife with both hands, and slashed into the crowd with a strange scream.