"Senior brother, what is the master asking us to stay here and watch these children?"

"How do I know what the master thinks in his heart. ”

In the magnificent building complex, in a remote corner sits an inconspicuous stone hall, outside the stone hall at this time are standing two young figures, holding long swords, wearing the same light blue clothes, looking young, sixteen or seventeen years old, at this time the two are sitting leisurely on the steps outside the stone hall, chatting idly.

"Senior brother, I heard that these children in the stone hall behind you are dedicated to the pavilion master, I don't know if it's true?"

Sitting up straight, the young disciple on the left looked around, then turned his head, deliberately lowered his voice, and said to the senior brother who was slightly older than him on the other side, and asked with a little doubt in his words.

"I've also heard that it seems that the pavilion master is practicing some kind of exercises, and he needs the blood of boys and girls as a guide, so now our entire sect is secretly looking for it. ”

Hearing the sound of doubt coming from the other side, the senior brother leaned out, leaned forward, and spoke.

"I heard from the master that the strength of the pavilion master is not inferior to the elders of those major sects in the outside world, and even surpasses it, is it true?"

After a pause, the younger disciple spoke up again, and asked with a little excitement in his eyes.

"Well, I've also heard the master mention that the strength of the pavilion master is involved in the cultivation, and none of the pavilion masters and patriarchs of a small sect like ours is one of them. ”

Hearing the words with a bit of excitement coming from the other side, this senior brother's face also flashed with excitement, the stronger the pavilion master's strength, the sect they are in will naturally rise, and they will feel more face-saving when they go out.

"In that case, why does the pavilion master still want to live in a single place, instead of choosing a good treasure place to start a sect?"

Then, the young disciple spoke again, his brow furrowed, and a look of doubt flashed across his face.

"How would I know, these are all things that the master and their big men need to consider, let's just be a disciple in An'an. ”

Stretching his waist, the senior brother opened his mouth and yawned, glared at the junior brother opposite, then stood up straight and spoke in a deep voice. As he said, these things are not something that they can consider as disciples, the pavilion master and the master naturally have their considerations, and they should do what a disciple should do.

"Liu Shan, Wang Shi, you two should be in good spirits, don't look like you haven't woken up all day long. ”

At this moment, a figure not far away walked slowly, wearing a purple robe, walking in a dragon and tiger step, ordinary appearance, slightly wide figure, square face, a head of hair looked quite capable, looking about forty years old.

Immediately, seeing his figure appear in front of the two disciples in a flash, his eyes swept back and forth over the two of them, glared at the younger disciple, and said to the two of them like this.

"Follow the Master's teachings. ”

Looking at the purple-clothed middle-aged man who suddenly appeared in front of him, the two disciples staggered, hurriedly stood up, nodded again and again, looked at the former with a look of fear in his eyes, and hurriedly said yes.

"You are here to keep watch, and no one is to be let in. ”

His eyes swept over the two disciples in front of him, the purple-clothed middle-aged man had solemn eyes, looked around, and spoke in a deep voice to the two, with a gloomy look in his eyes. Then, a light and shadow flashed, and the middle-aged figure disappeared without a trace, disappearing into the dark courtyard of the stone hall.

"How's it going?"

Behind a rockery outside the stone hall, two figures hid their figures, leaned out, and looked at the two people standing outside the stone hall. Jiang Xiaoqi spoke softly and said to the little Taoist priest on the side.

"Most of the strength of the disciples and elders here is ordinary, but the aura hidden in the stone hall is a little unpredictable. ”

Listening to Jiang Xiaoqi's question beside him, Xiaodao raised his eyebrows and spoke flatly, not hearing too many emotional fluctuations from his words.

"I feel that the whole sect is revealing a strange feeling, and it seems to be a little unreal. ”

Jiang Xiaoqi also agreed with Xiao Dao Chang's words, since they stepped into this valley, they felt an indescribable weirdness, and everything in front of him made him feel an unreal feeling.

"Go in and have a look. ”

After a deep sigh, Jiang Xiaoqi took advantage of the rockery to hide his figure, and said this to the Taoist chief beside him. With that, the figure quietly retreated, and then, the two figures flashed out almost at the same time, and only a faint afterimage could be seen passing by. The next moment, the two of them had arrived outside the door of the stone hall, and the spiritual light flashed in their palms, just like that, before the two figures outside the door of the stone hall could react, they were already unconscious, and were dragged to the grass by Jiang Xiaoqi and the others and hidden.

Then, the two glanced at each other, their eyes swept around, and after finding that there was nothing abnormal, they flashed into the dark courtyard of the stone hall and disappeared.

"Alas, curiosity kills cats, but it's not as easy as you think. ”

At the same time as Jiang Xiaoqi and the others stepped into the stone hall, the old donkey outside the valley opened his mouth quietly, his bloated body was lying on the grass, with a dog's tail grass in his mouth, and his two big round eyes looked at the continuous valley in front of him, his pupils flashed with inexplicable colors, and he didn't know what kind of meaning was expressed in his words.

In the stone hall

Here are bluestone paved steps, and behind the doorway is an endless corridor, with no end in sight, only the flickering jade stones on both sides of the passage are emitting a faint light, adding a bit of light to the dim corridor.

At this time, Jiang Xiaoqi and the others were curiously looking at the endless corridor in front of them, moving lightly and cautiously. For an unfamiliar environment, it's better not to act rashly.

"This promenade seems to be downward. ”

After walking along the stone steps of the corridor for a long time, Jiang Xiaoqi stopped his steps, looked at the narrower passage, frowned, and said to the small road chief beside him.

"Well, it's estimated that we've been about a kilometer down since we came in. ”

Hearing the surprised voice from Jiang Xiaoqi beside him, Xiaodao Chang's face was flat, and he spoke calmly, his eyes also looked at the narrower and narrower passage, and his deep eyes flashed with a faint golden light.

"What the hell are these people doing to build such a corridor that leads to the underground. ”

Frowning slightly, Jiang Xiaoqi muttered in a low voice, thinking in his heart, everything here seemed to be revealing weirdness.

"Tick Tick"

The sound of water dripping, colliding on the hard stone slab, splashing a little splash, looking closely at the past, you can find that the droplets of water dripping and falling to the ground reveal a faint touch of red, and you can faintly smell a faint smell of blood when you sniff the past.

Here, it is an open square, the size of two football fields, in the perennial underground that does not see the light of day, surrounded by uneven mountain walls, inlaid with crystal jade, exuding green light, reflected in this wide square, adding a bit of weirdness to the dim space.

Around the dim square, there are countless tall stone statues, standing in two rows, some with snake heads and snake bodies, and some with tiger bodies and wolf heads, with strange appearances. However, most of these statues are broken, and the fallen limbs are scattered around the statues, and the stones are piled up in a mess, which looks a little messy.

In the center of the square, there is a magnificent altar, which is square in shape, five meters high, and it is almost impossible to see it from below.

Around the altar, nine stone steps were neatly arranged, dappled with bloodstains, but they had all dried up, showing a dark color, which looked a little shocking.

In the center of the upper part of the altar, there is a large tripod, three legs and two ears, made of bronze, there is more than one person high, and the round tripod body is estimated to take three people to surround it. However, this is a bit petite on an altar that covers an area of nearly 100 square meters.

Looking from top to bottom, the bronze poured tripod is bubbling at this time, and the water is sealed, making a sizzling sound. Sniffing through the nose, you can smell a pungent smell of blood.

Looking at the dark green light around him, the boiling blood in the bronze tripod turned out to be blood, the red color made people's hearts shocked, and the pungent taste made people have the urge to retch. Looking through the red but somewhat transparent color, I saw two naked child figures lying in them, one male and one female, with their eyes closed and a painful look on their immature cheeks.

The child's body is covered with blood marks, one by one clearly visible, and what is even more strange is that the immature child who died in the dingzhong is also engraved with a strange pattern, carved by blood, squirming under the boiling blood water in the ding, as if alive.

The two immature children were each engraved with bright red lines, but the lines were different in comparison, but what was the same was that the blood-red lines were also lifelike, wriggling on the two of them, and the appearance looked terrifying.

And under the bronze tripod, there is a dark deep hole, reaching the center of the earth, the dark hole seems to be able to swallow the light, and you can't see what is hidden in it at all. But then, a dark black flame spread out from the hole under the ding, wrapped in a cold aura, scorching, permeating the bottom of the bronze tripod, scorching the boiling blood in the tripod.

"Congratulations to the Pavilion Master on the coming to. ”

At this time, a happy word sounded in the empty square, and when I looked at the voice, I saw a figure lying in front of the stone steps under the altar, bowing his head and speaking happily, this figure was not an outsider, it was the purple-clothed middle-aged man Jiang Xiaoqi had seen outside the stone hall before.

But at this time, he didn't have the arrogant demeanor he had before, but instead groveled on the ground, his hands stretched forward trembled, and his words trembled a little.

"Roar"

The next moment, a dark black light slowly appeared, like a cloud of black gas, slowly condensing above the altar, and finally turned into a figure standing next to the bronze tripod of the altar, looking down at the purple-clothed figure under the altar from top to bottom.

Judging from the current situation, the black-clothed figure standing on the altar is the so-called mysterious pavilion master. At this time, the black qi around the pavilion master gradually converged, revealing his true face, the thin figure was wrapped under the wide black robe, and he couldn't see the figure at all, he could only vaguely see through the dim light, a pair of dark eyes under the black robe surrounded by black aura, the pavilion master's figure was floating in the air as a whole, and he couldn't see his feet, and that appearance revealed an indescribable weirdness.

"There's a guest coming, you go and entertain it. ”

A hoarse voice came from the black robe, and the pavilion master's thin figure looked at the narrow passage at the back of the square, and said to the purple-clothed figure kneeling under the altar.

"Yes. ”

Not daring to have the slightest disobedience, the purple-clothed figure slowly stood up and stepped back, looking at the dim corridor behind him, a flash of gloom flashed in his eyes. He wanted to see who was so bold as to trespass on this place, and since there were people who insisted on seeking death, let them have no return.

"Boom"

Jiang Xiaoqi and the others, who were in the dim corridor, were walking slowly, cautiously and vigilantly looking around the passage, at this time, nearly an hour had passed since they entered this place, but the passage still had no end in sight, which showed how deep this underground square was located.

Suddenly, a roar exploded from the ears of the two of them, and then, Jiang Xiaoqi saw that a gap suddenly appeared in the wall of the passage beside him, and a terrifying suction burst out under the dark green light, and before they could react, Jiang Xiaoqi and the others were already engulfed by the inexplicable eruption of suction.

"Buzz"

After the dark green light erupted, Jiang Xiaoqi's figure flashed, and they were engulfed in, and the next moment, the two of them had appeared in a closed space surrounded by rock walls on all sides, there was darkness around them, there was no light, and there was a cold breath in the air, blowing on the two of them.

Unleash your soul power to probe everything around you, trying to figure out what kind of environment you are in at the moment. But when he released his soul power, he suddenly found that his soul power was suppressed to an extremely low level, and he could only detect a three-meter radius around his body, such a scene couldn't help but make him frown and be vigilant in his heart.

"Hmph, the two rats came here without knowing whether they were alive or dead, since you like it, then I will send you a favor and let you stay here forever. ”

Just as Jiang Xiaoqi and the others were groping their surroundings, a sneer suddenly sounded in their ears, with sarcasm in their words, and he did not hide his killing intent.

"Boom"

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Xiaoqi suddenly found that there seemed to be something more out of thin air in this claustrophobic space, and a cold aura came from his face, blowing on his face, and the next moment, Jiang Xiaoqi felt a cold wind hit in front of him, accompanied by the whistling wind, and a cold light blade appeared within the shroud of his soul power.

Drawing the knife to block, sparks flew everywhere, everything was in an instant, and the next moment, Jiang Xiaoqi was shocked out by the huge force, and slammed into the rock wall behind him, and suddenly felt a sweet throat, and a bloody breath spread from his nose.

However, he didn't dare to stop for the slightest, and forced himself to dodge, because the figure in the darkness had already attacked, and the cold light knife shadow came quickly within the reach of his soul power, and a slash slashed at the rock wall he had hit before, bringing a series of sparks.

"It's so strong. ”

Another brutal collision, Jiang Xiaoqi's figure flew out upside down again, the long knife in his hand was stuck horizontally into the ground, and a series of sparks were drawn, only then did he stop his backward figure, a solemnity flashed in his eyes, feeling the flickering figure surging in the darkness, and said in a low voice.

Turning his head, Jiang Xiaoqi looked at the golden figure not far away, and his pupils couldn't help but shrink.

There, the little path chief also fought with the creatures that flashed in the dark, but compared to the embarrassment on his side, the little path chief was much calmer, and more than one figure swept around him, attacking him fiercely, but no matter how those figures slashed, it was difficult to get close to the small path chief's body, and the golden light around him was like an iron wall, which wrapped him in water, giving people a sense of leisure in the battle.

At the same time, Jiang Xiaoqi looked at the golden light that permeated the little Taoist priest's body, and saw the figure flickering in the darkness, and immediately, his pupils couldn't help but shrink.

Those figures are not living creatures, but people who have been dead for a long time, the flesh and blood on their bodies are all shriveled, only the shriveled skin is left wrapped around the craggy skeleton, waving the cold light ice blade in their hands, and they are not afraid of death and rush towards the golden light of the little road chief, that appearance makes Jiang Xiaoqi can't help but think of the Yin soldiers he once saw with the old donkey, but these thin figures do not have that unique cold aura.

"Sting"

The moment Jiang Xiaoqi's eyes lost his mind, the black shadow in front of him attacked again, and the sword shadow with cold light slashed down on him, threatening to split him in half.

"Bang"

Jiang Xiaoqi dodged, avoiding the powerful attack of the figure, swept to the side, and the long knife suddenly slashed on the solid ground, bringing up a string of sparks. Putting the knife into the sheath, Jiang Xiaoqi's figure stood indifferently, and his eyes flashed with excitement as he looked at the figure in the darkness.

"Try it, it should work. ”

The words whispered, Jiang Xiaoqi's eyes jumped, and he dodged back and forth in the claustrophobic space under the chase of the figure in the darkness, as silky as a loach, no matter how the cold light in the darkness chopped, it was difficult to touch the corners of his clothes.

Suddenly, Jiang Xiaoqi's escaping figure suddenly stopped, the corners of his mouth lifted slightly, and a rune glowing with spiritual light appeared in his palm, flashing with azure light and beating, with complex patterns drawn on it, which looked quite exquisite.

"Fixed"

The next moment, the figure that was running quickly in the darkness swung a knife and slashed at Jiang Xiaoqi's head, but then, the fierce knife shadow stopped abruptly, and the long knife suddenly stopped when it was still an inch away from Jiang Xiaoqi's head, and it could no longer fall for half a minute.

At this time, at the head of the figure in the dark, a blue spiritual light rune slowly flickered, exuding a crystal luster, and was accurately pressed by Jiang Xiaoqi's precise palm, and at that moment, the swift figure stopped abruptly, without the slightest movement in his hand, and fell straight down in Jiang Xiaoqi's gaze.

"Bang"

After the figure in the darkness fell, Jiang Xiaoqi flicked his fingertips, his eyes looked at the figure on the ground with some satisfaction, and the corners of his mouth hooked up with a smile.

"I didn't expect it to be the first time. ”

Murmuring like this in his heart, Jiang Xiaoqi was quite satisfied with the results obtained from casting the spirit rune for the first time. Ever since he got the inheritance of the spirit rune master, Jiang Xiaoqi has been studying and understanding the subtleties of the spirit rune master's lineage.

From the records of the inheritance, Jiang Xiaoqi gradually learned that the spirit rune master is not simply arranging the formation to kill the enemy, and the things included in this vein are extremely complicated, whether it is the trend of mountains and rivers, the luck of the dragon vein, or the method of resisting beasts and corpses, this vein is all included, and even includes burial, the cultivation and health of warriors, this vein is involved. And what he just performed was the corpse control method in the spirit rune master's lineage, that is, he was extremely skilled in chasing corpses since he was a child.

Although this is the first time that a corpse has been manipulated in the form of a spirit rune, the results achieved are still good. For a while, Jiang Xiaoqi's heart became more yearning for the spirit rune master.

The most essential difference between this method of using spirit runes to capture corpses and the way he used to do so is in the depiction of spirit runes, where he used to use objects such as cinnabar or duck blood to carve runes on human corpses and drive them away with spiritual power.

In the spirit rune master line, it is very particular about karma, and the fixed number in the underworld will be involved with some unnecessary things, which is also the reason for many rumors about the curse of the spirit rune master.

"Up"

Putting away the thoughts about the spirit rune master in his heart, Jiang Xiaoqi's fingertips moved lightly, the soul power in his mind was cleansed, and with the obscure incantation in his mouth, the corpse that fell in the darkness stood up stiffly, the spirit rune at the center of his eyebrows flashed with luster, and under Jiang Xiaoqi's control, he went straight to the black shadow surrounded by the trail chief not far away.

"Huh? ”

The sudden addition of the figure made Xiao Dao Chang's face stunned, and there was a bit of strangeness in his plain eyes, looking at the spirit rune that flashed in front of the figure's forehead, and said with some surprise. He never thought that Jiang Xiaoqi was still a hidden spirit rune master.

"Impossible, how can this guy erase my soul power and control those puppets. ”

At the same time, in a corner of the square, the purple-clothed figure looked at the puppet controlled by Jiang Xiaoqi through a light curtain, and couldn't help but roar, a trace of hideousness passed over his face, and there was some hysteria in his words.

"Fixed"

With the sound of the obscure spell in Jiang Xiaoqi's mouth, three azure spirit runes shot out at the same time, and under the restriction of the golden light that permeated Xiaodao's body, they were accurately attached to their foreheads, and suddenly, the three figures stopped abruptly, and the long knife in his hand also stopped at this moment, without movement.

For a spirit rune master, this way of predicting the direction and looking for an opportunity to make a move is undoubtedly a bit simple, but for Jiang Xiaoqi, who is new to the spirit rune master, it is already very good to be able to condense three spirit runes at the same time, and then control these corpse puppets.

"I didn't expect Brother Jiang to be a spirit rune master. ”

Looking at the four puppets around him, the little Taoist priest's eyes looked back and forth in front of their foreheads, and finally his eyes fell on Jiang Xiaoqi, who was walking slowly, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said like this.

"I just scratch the surface. ”

Jiang Xiaoqi didn't care about the words of the little road chief, and waved his hand and said so.

"I think I should find the gap to get out. ”

After a pause, Jiang Xiaoqi looked at the little Taoist in front of him and said with a smile.

"Boom"

However, before Jiang Xiaoqi finished speaking, he was a little embarrassed to see that the golden light flashed around the path chief beside him, and a condensed big hand slammed into the stone wall not far away, and suddenly, he saw a dark green light shining in and reflecting on the faces of the two of them.

Looking through the dark green light, there was a wide square, and in the corner, a middle-aged man in purple was looking at the two little Taoist priests who jumped out with a gloomy face, and his pupils were filled with a strong killing intent.