Liu Wen asked the old man in front of him, "Why didn't the seniors embarrass the juniors?" Just because the junior doesn't seem to be the second elder's subordinate? ”

The old man shook his head: "The old man is just watching from the sidelines, what didn't embarrass you was this jade spirit array laid by the jade master thousands of years ago!" ”

Liu Wen was puzzled. The old man continued: "It's been thousands of years, and it stands to reason that the magic circle has dissipated, but this one here has not dissipated. In the past、、、 this circle was designed to keep everyone out of the tomb, including us grave keepers! Hahaha、、、 later, later the Great Khitan has disappeared, and somehow, the magic circle is no longer rejecting us the remaining grave keepers. Even a princess who had escaped from the war fled in and joined the ranks of the tomb keepers, and my ancestors secretly grazed on the nearby meadows、、、 and hid here during the war, and the ruins you see outside the entrance to the tomb were once inhabited by hundreds of Khitan remnants at the most! ”

Liu Wen was stunned and listened to the old man tell the past like a folk legend, and he didn't know how to interface for a while.

"Later, some of the clansmen left, but here are the distant ancestors of our Khitans. The legend of the White Horse Green Bull 、、、 everyone will keep this secret tight! Many of those people still have the dream of reviving the Khitan、、、 alas、、、 they have all disappeared into the years like a stone in the sea、、、、、、 now! There is only one old man left, my wife is gone, my son is gone、、、、、、 old man is tired, and the old man is disheartened when his wife just left, so he simply moved out the bone burner that was originally enshrined and sealed here! And put it outside the door of the burial chamber, and whoever likes it will take it. Just don't come in and disturb the peace of the old man's ancestors! ”

"Huh? The bone incinerator turned out to be an old-timer, you put it out? Liu Wen was surprised.

The old man nodded and said, "It's true that the old man took it out, and the old man didn't want to live at that time!" My ancestors had wasted a lot of effort for this furnace, but no one could take the furnace out of this stone platform! Because this invisible and untouchable circle was originally arranged to seal this furnace! Hehe, the old man violated the ancestral precepts, thinking that before he died, he should take a good look at this stove that we have guarded for thousands of years, and then he climbed up! Who knew he wasn't dead! At that time, the second elder had been making trouble outside the tomb for many years, and the old man didn't want her to break in and disturb the peace of the old man's ancestors after he died, so he simply put the stove directly outside the tomb. Thinking that if she succeeds, she will leave! Who knew that she sent a disciple of the Qiaogong Sect wearing the token of the jade connoisseur to get in, and she also wanted to take the sea pearl! As a result, the old man watched from the sidelines, and they were almost wiped out. ”

Liu Wen listened quietly while thinking carefully about how much credibility the old man's words had. But after thinking about it, he didn't seem to be able to think of any special purpose for this old man to calculate himself, and the second elder was not something that he and Shen Yuan could resist at all. What do you want, just reach out and take it and kill it, there is no need to play any tricks, the old man claims to be the last Khitan tomb keeper. There is no need to dwell on this, because there is no stake in his own group. But under the mutual confirmation of what the old man said and what Long Jiushi said, Long Jiushi also brought the token spirit jade handed down by the jade connoisseur back then, why were their group killed by the magic circle laid by the jade connoisseur for thousands of years? And now I'm jumping here safe and sound?

The old man seemed to be a little tired, hammered his waist, smiled at Liu Wen, and said, "Girl! There's still plenty of time! The old man has climbed the cave for a long time, how about we sit down and chat? ”

Hearing this, Liu Wen hurriedly walked over, carried a backpack in his hand, took out two thick coats and spread them on the cold ground, and said: "The younger generation must be very scared to be alone in this kind of place, senior, don't take it to heart, you can bear with the faux pas!" ”

The old man waved his hand, but still bent over and sat on the ground on the paved clothes, gasped and said, "Nothing! The old man just came down to take a look and see what the second elder wanted to do. If she still wants to take Haizhu, if she can convince the old man、、、 the old man will simply give it to her! Of course, she had to come in and get it herself, and die in it, the old man didn't care! ”

Liu Wen sat opposite the old man and said, "Do you want to leave here?" ”

The old man shook his head: "No, don't go, the old man has already lived enough、、、 where can he go alone?" Tired of crooked、、、 who would have thought that it was indeed you who came in this time! Thinking that even if you have a token handed down by the jade connoisseur, it is estimated that you will have to die in that corridor, and the old man wanted to stop you, but who thought about it and let you in! Now that I heard you say this, the old man can figure it out, maybe the time has not yet come! The Jade Connoisseur's methods are unimaginable, and this 、、、、、、 may be the time when the magic circle fails? It seems that the jade connoisseur of a thousand years ago should have been born even if he had reached the bone incinerator and Dinghaizhu in this world, right? The jade connoisseur token on your body was given to you by this generation of jade connoisseurs? ”

Liu Wen nodded.

The old man smiled: "It seems that this is it! A token with the breath of a living jade connoisseur to make the circle dissipate、、、"

Liu Wen thought for a while and said, "But the juniors feel that this formation is still running!" ”

The old man said, "That's nature! Dissipation is also slowly dissipating, and I am afraid that it will not be silent for more than ten years, right? The second elder is still too cautious, if she had come to talk to the old man openly, it is estimated that the old man would have given her the beads a long time ago! Now it's time for the old man to run out of breath, what else is there to keep these things for? It's gone、、、、、、 "The old man has an indifferent look that sees through the world.

Liu Wen thought for a while and asked, "Senior、、、"

The old man said, "You can just call me Old Xiao Tou'er." ”

"Grandpa Xiao and the second elder are trying their best to enter the Heavenly Ghost Cave, what are they for?"

The old man lowered his head and thought for a while, and said: "People live for a lifetime, grass lives for an autumn, and those who live always want to change their way of life." If you really want to change, I'm afraid that in the end, you will want to go back to the past. Tenki Cave is not a good place! None of the people who went in came out alive since ancient times! No one knew what the second elder wanted, but the old man guessed that it was nothing more than for his own selfish desires. She probably wants to live well! After all, who wants to live like this all the time? You say, don't you? ”

Liu Wen nodded.

The old man continued, "Forget it! Don't think about it, since you're here, even if you have this fate here! If you want to leave, the old man can send you out quietly, leaving the second elder outside the cemetery、、、 old man may not be able to do it, but it should be okay to stop her and let you get out! ”

Liu Wen thought for a while and said: "I can't hide for a while, the second elder is determined to enter the Heavenly Ghost Cave, even if I go out, she will find the head of the jade connoisseur again, and she will also enter here again to take the sea pearl!" It's better to make a break now, so that she is always entangled、、、、、、 what do you say? ”

Liu Wen's words were knocking and beating, obviously refusing, but actually testing the old man's attitude.

The old man smiled and said, "You little girl! The old man said that he was disheartened and didn't want to care about the idle affairs outside, so he would definitely not care, this is the sleeping place of the old man's ancestors. This bead has also been hidden here for more than a thousand years, and the Khitan has long become a cloud of smoke that has dissipated, and now that fate has come to an end, what can she do if she takes it? If you want it, take it! With that、、、 old man took out something from his clothes!

Liu Wen squinted his eyes and looked at the bead that the old man took out casually like taking out a sweet potato! I saw that the old man took out something like a light blue pearl, without the slightest scattering of light, but at the moment when the bead was revealed! Liu Wen only felt that the dry and cold air around him seemed to be moistened! An invisible vapor seemed to linger around the two of them in an instant, and Liu Wen's body instantly felt much more comfortable because of the blood loss and overdraft just now!

The old man looked at the beads in his hand, and his eyes were like an ordinary old farmer looking through a sweet potato he had harvested in autumn, without the slightest nostalgia and fanaticism. said to Liu Wen: "Dinghaizhu!" It is the treasure that the Khitan ancestors got from the Bohai country, the Bohai people established the country by the sea, and mostly fished and boiled the sea to get salt for a living, and it is said that this pearl is the treasure of the Bohai people from the Dragon Palace. There is the ability to set the sea and level the waves! It's a pity that the old man has squatted in this ravine all his life and has never seen the sea! Hehe, or take it out to the sea to see if it has such a big effect! Hahaha、、、 After speaking, he casually handed the beads to Liu Wen with one hand.

Liu Wengong respectfully took it with both hands, and the moment the beads were in hand! Liu Wen felt a surging fluctuation spread out in his hand, and the injuries on his body seemed to have begun to improve! Most of the exhaustion has gone, and I can't help but look at the old man in front of me with a complicated expression.

When the beads left his body, the old man seemed to be instantly sluggish, but the look between his eyebrows and eyes became more and more calm. He said lightly to Liu Wen: "The beads are handed over to you, but the stone platform is the burial place of the Khitan ancestor, and the stone letter is also empty." There's nothing worth risking on, and while the magic circle left behind by the Jade Connoisseur won't hurt you, nearly half of the mechanisms under the stone slabs on the stone platform can hurt people! You take the beads and choose where you want to go! If you want to run away, run away, and if you don't want to run away, give the beads to the second elder and tell her not to come again. ”

Liu Wen nodded, stood up, and bowed deeply to the old man: "Grandpa Xiao, this friendship has been written down by the juniors, and I am afraid that few people in the world can do it." Younger generations admire! ”

Liu Wenquan stood at the door of the tomb with all his tails. Outside the stone gate, the second elder sat quietly next to the empty altar. Ava, who was standing respectfully behind him, was looking at Liu Wen, who was almost intact in front of the two of them, with a slight surprise.

Liu Wen walked in front of the second elder, squatted down, and took out the light blue Dinghai bead hidden in his arms and handed it to the second elder.

The second elder opened her eyes, Ding Haizhu exuded a refreshing fluctuation in front of her eyes, and the second elder seemed to like this feeling too, reached out to take Ding Haizhu and looked at it carefully, and said, "Not bad!" Just get it! Your mission is complete, now wait for the Jade Connoisseur to help me break another circle, and you'll all be free! Everything behind this seat is given to you, you can do whatever you want、、、 it is estimated that it is more than enough to leave this continent and buy a small island to stay and fly happily! ”

This second elder, who is not a ghost or a ghost, actually made a joke! It can be seen that the mood is really good now.

Liu Wen froze for a moment when he heard this, and said in a low voice: "The senior Xiao inside asked me to bring you a message, there is nothing worth thinking about in it, so you don't disturb the peace of the ancestors anymore!" 、、、Don't come again、、、、、、"

"Oh? That's what he told you? The corners of the Second Elder's mouth showed a sneer, as cold as ice in the Nine Hells.

"Yes."

"Do you believe him?" The second elder looked at Liu Wen playfully.

Liu Wen paused and lowered his head: "I don't believe it 、、、、、、." I'm just in charge of the conversation、、、、、、"

"Hahahahaha、、、!" The second elder raised his head and laughed! The laughter was loud、、、 laughter echoed through the huge catacombs! The giant earth dragon in the darkness deep in the deep stream writhed and writhed、、、、、、

Shen Yuan, who was in Mengtong City, received a phone call, which was from Ava. Inform Shen Yuan of the address where he went to the rendezvous, where the Second Elder would be waiting for him, and then complete the transaction in exchange for Liu Wen's freedom and his own safety!

Ava talked about the promises made by the Second Elder and Liu Wen on the phone、、、 as long as Shen Yuan cracked the Jade Spirit Array laid in the Heavenly Ghost Cave!" Everything that the second elder has belongs to him、、、、、、 Shen Yuan is just when she is farting、、、、、、 promise of the strong to the weak or promise? I'm afraid that's a joke!

Shen Budo ended his recuperation ahead of schedule and set off with Xiao Qi and Hu Jiu, and after contacting Shen Yuan, Shen Budo didn't want to miss this contest with the second elder of the Xuanyi family! As a result, when I was leaving, I found that Hu Xiaomei, that is, the fox fairy family, had disappeared again、、、 it was estimated that it was the same as the last raid on the Dahei Temple Dianjiangtai, and she was already hidden in the shadows, ready to charge a blow!

Far away in the snowy plateau, the Minzhu Linhou Temple is silent, and the Xuanmen Gate seems to have no other people in the world except for the revealed Dahei Temple and the second elder who has always been unable to see the routine. The remnants of the former Thirteen Sects 、、、、、、 the Formation Gate, the Cloud Hidden Gate, and the remnants of the old Thirteen Sects also seem to be standing by, and the secrets hidden inside the Heavenly Ghost Cave 、、、、、、 are like a whirlpool, attracting the two elders of the Great Black Temple Five Immortal Sect Shen Yuan, and these exposed forces are dancing, and now, it seems that it has come to the moment of the last scene!

Standing on the vast Gobi Desert again, Shen Yuan looked at the rolling hills in the distance, holding a burning cigarette in his hand. Shen Yuan's nostrils seemed to smell the stench of the living corpses in the Great Black Temple Commander's Terrace again, the hundredfold stronger stench emitted by the rotting corpses and weeds after they were ignited, and the smell of blood, the smell of gunpowder smoke after the explosion in the hall of the mountain, and the strange smell of dry human bones being shattered and burned!

Shen Yuan took another deep puff of his cigarette and put out the cigarette butt under his feet with the suffocation and slight pain in his lungs. He turned his head to look at the cuttlefish behind him and asked, "How far is the meeting point from here?" ”

The cuttlefish replied, "Brother Shen, there are still three hours to drive!" Knife boy, they should be in place now, and they will send the news back as soon as there is a result! ”

Shen Yuan looked at the small station called Ulanzhong not far away, and nodded: "Let's go!" Don't wait for the news, call the knife boy and they hide behind us! Don't wait for Shen Budo to show them up, and they won't move! ”

The cuttlefish nodded: "Okay! Brother Shen, I'll tell him! ”

The three carts drove away from the small settlement with a trail of smoke and dust, and drove to the meeting place where the Second Elder had asked them to meet.

At this time, Liu Wen and Ava were sitting around the stove of a yurt drinking milk tea, but the second elder had disappeared.

Mongolian milk tea is different from the modern milk tea popular in the south, which is a traditional drink made by mixing salt and milk ghee after the tea bricks are smashed. The steppe people, the plateau people, and the people of the Western Regions have been drinking for more than a thousand years, and the northern land and the plateau rarely produce fresh fruits and vegetables in ancient times. Especially in the long winter months, almost all people rely on brick tea to get enough vitamins and trace elements. Before the Han people invented tea, the Northland people and the plateau people seemed to have been unable to invade the Central Plains on a large scale! This is indeed inextricably linked to the variety of their diets and nutritional deficiencies. The Han people invented tea drinking, and sold tea to the grassland, Gobi and plateau through mutual markets! As a result、、、 nomads, who had strengthened their bodies and perfected their diet, took advantage of the health brought by tea to start a long history of invasion.

Throughout the military history of China since the Qin and Han dynasties, in addition to the never-ending civil wars, almost all of them are tragic histories against the northern cavalry and the plateau cavalry!

Tea, along with smelting techniques and cultures, has created a powerful neighborhood for the Han people. Since the pre-Qin era, the Inurong, Yidi, the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Khitan, Jurchen and 、、、、、、 countless peoples on horseback have continuously brought blows to the Central Plains culture again and again. I have to say that this is a bit ironic、、、

After drinking the milk tea, Liu Wen gently put the tea bowl on the small table next to the stove, gently rubbed his ankles, which were almost good, looked at Ava and asked, "Ava! When will the Second Elder come back? ”

Ava seemed to be a little unaccustomed to the slightest smell in the milk tea, frowned, swallowed a sip of tea, and replied: "I'm not coming back、、、 we'll wait here for the jade connoisseur, and when we arrive, we'll set off." ”

Liu Wenleng paused for a moment and asked, "Waiting for the jade master?" And then let's go to the Heavenly Ghost Cave? Did the Second Elder go there first? ”

Ava shook his head: "I don't know if the second elder went first, that's what she told me when she left, I just did it、、、、、、 and they seem to have arrived, you tell them not to do anything stupid." Second Elder、、、 it's not something they can resist now. ”

Liu Wen was shocked! Quickly and carefully perceived the surrounding movements.

The woman who had been busy outside the yurt didn't know when she stopped walking around and working, and the little boy who was chattering and playing with a horsewhip was also silent! Only the sound of the wind and sand blowing and the sound of the sheep walking and bleating in the sheepfold not far away.

"They're waiting for me to go out and check out, and then ambush me at the door." Ava said softly.

"Who?"

"Your friends should be the Jade Connoisseur's men!" Ava said.

Liu Wen frowned and looked at Ava: "I don't think we should be enemies, why do you have to serve the second elder?" Do you also have the curse of the Great Black Temple? Or is there something else? ”

Ava shook his head: "I'm fine, but I have to rely on the second elder to save my sister, I have no choice." ”

Liu Wen nodded with relief: "Why do you refuse to tell you this matter when I keep asking you about it?" It's okay, if it's someone who comes from the jade connoisseur, I'll come forward. We are not enemies, and I will not let them hurt you. ”

Ava still shook his head: "My sister hasn't been rescued yet, and no one can hurt me." ”

Liu Wen looked at Ava's silent face, this young man who liked silence, had the typical facial characteristics of those ethnic groups in the southern forest, and his name. A little bit of clues that have been faintly leaked in the past few days、、、

This information proves that this very skilled Ava comes from a minority in southern Yunnan, and the service for the second elder is, according to his own words, to save his sister! How can it be saved? What about his sister now? But he refused to reveal any more. No matter how much Liu Wen found an opportunity to ask him alone along the way, he refused to speak、、、、、、