Chapter 120: The Runaway Lock Demon Lake
I was amazed when I heard it, I didn't expect that there were such strange beasts in this world, but after thinking about it, which of the things I experienced before, such as the vamphire vine in Aji Village, such as zombies, such as the Hell Tree, was in line with common sense? It's not surprising to run into a faceless beast.
It's just that I'm a little puzzled by the fact that our escape just now seems to be a little too simple, and those Faceless Beasts didn't catch up at all except for the occasional tongue attack as we passed by, so what's going on?
Wang Dao Chang listened to my question, smiled, and said: "There is nothing strange, this is due to the habits of the faceless beast, although this kind of beast is huge, but because it lives in the cave rock crevices all the year round, it adapts to the darkness, and in the case of light, its body will not move, so it just stuck out its tongue to attack us, and did not catch up." ”
After listening to his explanation, I suddenly remembered that the map marked the cave with only circles and dotted lines, which was also in line with my previous speculation, the cave is dangerous, but it can be passed, and this danger should refer to the faceless beasts that inhabit the cave.
Although we were frightened, we finally had no danger, and after a short rest, the doctor called everyone up, and the group stopped staying and continued to move on.
After walking for a while, I finally saw a glimmer of light in front of the cave, faint, but it was definitely daylight, and it was finally over.
We are all a little excited, to be honest, we have been walking through the body of this huge mountain, our hearts always feel very depressed, for fear that the next second the mountain will collapse, burying us in it forever, of course, we also know that it is impossible, but the effect of psychology is powerful, this depression makes people very uncomfortable, at this time to see the exit is in front, everyone began to run towards the exit with full strength, and soon, we walked out of the cave.
Before that, I had thought that the other end of the cave would be a flat tidal flat, and the Taoist priest and the others who left before us would wait there in a boat, and then we all got on the boat smoothly, and then exited this nightmarish place along the safe route marked on the map.
It wasn't until I walked out of the cave that this beautiful illusion was shattered in an instant. I looked at the situation in front of me in shock and thought to myself, what is the situation? Is the end of the world coming?
I was not the only one who was also shocked by the scene in front of me, and I should say that all of us were stunned.
I saw that the end of the cave was not a flat tidal flat as I imagined, but a cliff about 20 meters high, and there was no way to go around, only the cave behind me was the only way to retreat.
In front of our eyes, there is a lake obscured by a thick fog, and the thick mist is like a pot of gruel that has been rolled up, tumbling and surging in one direction, forming a huge vortex of flowing air columns, which has swept the entire lake, and even the lake water that appears and disappears from time to time below the air column is also tumbling and rolling.
At this point in time, it is said that the sky should be early in the morning, but at this moment the sky is obscured by dark clouds, the whole lake is dark, and the yin wind is blowing around, which is ten times stronger than what we felt when we were in the shark lake.
"It's such a terrible yin wind, everyone quickly retreat to the cave!" Yang Shumou was the first to shout, but no one listened to him, not because we didn't want to go back, but because everyone had lost their ability to move and couldn't move at all.
I have a bad heart, I have experienced this kind of yin wind more than once, and I know that it is terrible, and only if I have Taoist true qi in my body or wear a magic weapon can I resist it.
In our group, only Wang and Yang are from the Xuanmen, and at this time they are indeed not affected by the Yin Wind, and even Sister Bailing has not been disturbed, I just remembered that she inherited the mantle of her grandmother, and she is also the descendant of the Wudao lineage, and it is normal that she is not affected.
The trio hurriedly moved us back to the cave, and soon our bodies regained consciousness without the wind blowing.
Several people's faces were very pale, among the four people who were recruited, I, the doctor, have all experienced that kind of yin wind, and have a deep understanding of the terrible yin wind, but Xiuling and Lin Qiaoer are different. Lin Qiao'er is still a little better, she has gained knowledge when she was in Fengyang, and Xiu Ling has really never been exposed to these weird and terrifying things before we came to Toast, and she was so frightened that she couldn't even speak.
The yin wind is howling, and it is not a way to consume it like this, and according to our previous experience, there must be an earth eye here, and now the yin wind is leaking, which means that the earth eye has been unsealed, and this place must not stay for a long time, we must find a way to meet with the Taoist priest and leave the lock demon lake immediately.
I told the others about the situation that I thought of, and they were also very anxious, especially the two Dao Masters Wang and Yang, who didn't know anything about the existence of the Earth Eye in the Lock Demon Lake before, and now when I heard me say that the Earth Eye is the node forbidden land, the faces of the two of them changed instantly.
Yang Laodao slapped his thigh, and said with a straight face: "What you said is right, you have to find a way to go down, the node erupts, this is not a trivial matter, if you don't make trouble, the entire Shenzhou will be affected!" ”
I looked at the resolute look on Yang Lao Dao's face, and suddenly sighed in my heart, secretly screaming that it was not good, this old Taoist priest should not plan to seal the node, right?
Thinking about it, I asked: "Wang Daochang, you see that our people are injured and disabled, do you want to seal the eyes of the earth?" ”
Yang Laodao glanced at me and was about to speak, when Wang Xiaoyi on the side spoke in advance: "The node outbreak is not a trivial matter, in the past hundred years, the two node outbreaks in Shenzhou, which one was not a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and the lives were devastated?" Although our ability is meager, we must not sit idly by. ”
"Senior brother is right, as a cultivator, we should support justice and relieve the common people, the node must be sealed, so let's wait for the little Taoist priest to reconcile, you go first, remember to send the news of the node outbreak back to Xuanmen, so that even if we fail, we can make Xuanmen prepare to deal with the robbery in advance."
Listening to the selfless words of the two Taoist masters, I suddenly felt a little ashamed, thinking that when I was in Suoming Ancient Town, Yuan Daohuan of the Maoshan Sect was also such a selfless duke, and in the end, in order to prevent the birth of the corpse king, he did not hesitate to become the most disgusted zombie in the life of a cultivator, and finally ended miserably.
Maoshan, Laoshan, and Zhengqian, these famous mountains and factions with a long heritage, really do not have their fame, and they are worthy of our worship and respect by virtue of their selfless sacrifice spirit.
The two Taoist masters made a choice, and the atmosphere in the cave suddenly became silent, Lin Qiao'er was cheerful by nature, not used to such a dull atmosphere, so she stood up at this time and said to everyone: "Oh, let's talk about it later, we can't even find the way out of the cave now, maybe we can't even leave here!" ”
As soon as we heard it, there was a cliff outside this cave, and there was no place to climb or any other way, so how could we get out?
The doctor pondered for a while and said, "Not necessarily, since the Taoist priests are not here, it means that they have left here, either they have returned the same way to find another way out, or there is a hidden route in this place." There is only one way to come, and we have not met them, so the first possibility has been ruled out, so the Taoist priests must have left from here, and if they look carefully, they may be able to find some clues. ”
The doctor's words made our eyes shine, but since we couldn't get out of the cave, the task of finding a way out was handed over to the two Dao Masters and Sister Bailing.
As the doctor guessed, there was a hole in the cliff outside the cave, and the way out was outside the cliff, but it was not an ordinary road.
The so-called road is actually just two iron chains that have been rusted to the surface, each of which is the thickness of my thigh, because the rust is so thick, I thought that the rock had been eroded by the rain into a column, and I did not think that it would be an iron chain.
Although the iron chain is rusty, it is still very strong, and Sister Bailing also found the words engraved by the Taoist priest on a stone near the iron chain: "Under the iron lock, we are below, apply shark oil, to avoid the wind, I left a bottle at the entrance of the cave." ”
After listening to the situation described by Sister Bailing, I couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly searched around the entrance of the cave, and really found a palm-sized small porcelain bottle for us.
I've smelled this smell before, it's really the smell of the merman burning, when I was in Shidao, the Taoist guy wanted to get the corpse of the merman, and then because he found Luo Yi and others, his plan didn't succeed, but I never expected this guy to get the shark oil in the end, and I didn't notice it at all, his milk-milk, I must ask him well after the meeting.
Although I think it's a little disgusting to apply merman oil on my body, after all, it's corpse oil, but now I have to do it if I want to leave, I can't help it, I can only resist the disgust and start rubbing merman oil on my body.
The Taoist priest's message did not make it clear whether the merman oil needed to be applied all over the body or only on the part exposed to the air, so we decided to apply it all over the body to be safe.
So, we stayed near the entrance of the cave, and the two girls went into the cave for a while, and when they were done, the doctor and I applied again.
Perhaps out of fear of the darkness and the Faceless Beast, the two girls didn't go far, and faintly, we could still hear them undressing, and of course, all we wanted was to get out of here quickly, and we didn't have that kind of charm at all.
After a while, the two girls were done, and it was my turn and the doctor. I knew that the doctor had a serious cleanliness habit, so I asked him to go first, and he did not refuse, but when he came back and I took the porcelain vase in his hand, I was dumbfounded.
It turned out that the porcelain bottle was not big, and the shark oil was limited, and after three people smeared it, the remaining shark oil had bottomed out.
The doctor smiled apologetically at me and said, "Save a little wipe, it should be enough!" ”
I......
Well, I really didn't want to curse, and after walking in a bit, I started to apply it carefully. Although I was prepared, I was very economical when I applied it, but in the end, I still couldn't take care of half of my foot.
"Alas, it seems that we can only wait for the meeting and ask for a little more, damn, the dead Taoist priest of the dog-day, can you die if you give one more bottle?" I scolded the Taoist priest in my heart for slamming the door, sighed and returned to the entrance of the cave.
Seeing that we were all done, the two Taoist leaders asked us to try it first, and it didn't work, and we didn't ink, so we immediately walked out of the hole.
As soon as we walked out, the howling yin wind suddenly wrapped us, and the biting cold before really disappeared, we were all happy, it seems that this mermaid oil is really useful.
Before I could be happy, my face changed, and my left foot was not smeared with shark oil, and I slowly began to feel cold in my body.
Seeing that my expression suddenly changed and I was unsteady on my feet, Sister Bailing hurriedly hugged me: "Xiaoyi, how are you?" ”
I sighed and told me about the lack of shark oil, and everyone immediately showed worried expressions. I waved my hand and told them not to worry, it was just one foot, it didn't have much impact, just go down quickly and join the Taoist priest, and then ask him for a little shark oil to make up for it.
Seeing that I said it easily, their nervous expressions were relaxed, and we no longer hesitated, and began to climb down by the chain.
Vertical climbing without any extra fulcrum is very difficult, but fortunately, the iron chain is thick enough, and the spacing between the two iron chains is very wide, we can borrow strength from both sides, and move down a little bit, although it is slow, but it is finally possible to go down.
In the process of climbing, because my left foot was not strong, all my weight was concentrated on the right chain, which ate the weight of seven people, and I kicked it around, constantly rubbing against the hard rock wall, and the rusty surface was rubbed off some of it, revealing some lines carved on the surface of the chain.
At first glance, I didn't feel anything, but as I went down, there were more and more rusty places on the iron lock, and I found that something was wrong, and the lines on the iron chain actually made me feel a little familiar, and when I looked closely, I was taken aback.
The pattern was not an ordinary decorative pattern, but a kind of text, a kind of incantation, and it was also the kind of very mysterious evil suppression spell that I had come into contact with before.
There are also black iron chains carved with evil spells carved here, and I suddenly remembered the previous few times I encountered evil evil spells.
The first time I saw this kind of evil spell was in the core of the Hell Tree under the Yeling Sinkhole, where countless glowing iron locks locked the evil eyes connected under the Hell Tree; The second time I saw it, it was on the bronze bell in Suoming Ancient Town and the bronze pillar on Tulou Square; The third time was on the eye of the earth where the old turtle was sealed.
Almost every place where the Eye of the Earth appears, there is a spell to suppress evil spirits, and I am even beginning to wonder if the Evil Suppression Spell is a kind of rune that exists specifically for the Eye of the Earth.
Thinking of this, my heart moved, according to previous experience, every earth eye will have a spare seal, since there are two iron chains engraved with evil spirit suppression runes here, will the spare seal be around here?