It's been two months since the last time I bought a hairpin and met a strange person, and Xiao Lingran also made an appointment with Wanqing to go out from time to time.

Today is the third and final round of selection, and I heard that there are three rounds in total, but it is certainly not something that can be completed in one day today.

At first glance, it looks like a palace, but it is not so resplendent as it is, but it is built of ordinary wood, and I don't know how long ago it was built, and it has fallen a lot of dust, cobwebs are everywhere, and the doors and windows of the "mansion" are squeaky when the wind blows......

The emperor and his many concubines sat on a platform set up on the side, and Bai Ci and Tu Ye were chatting with the royal family when Xiao Lingran passed. I don't know what Tu Ye said, it made those concubines laugh and tremble.

Bai Ci's mother is a noble concubine, noble but not like luxury, surrounded by a hundred flowers, but she is plain, but she is different. At this moment, I saw that she was holding Bai Ci's hand, and she didn't know what she was asking.

Seeing that they were chatting so happily, Xiao Lingran didn't want to go up to greet them, so he silently squeezed into the crowd.

When someone rang the bell, everyone's voices stopped abruptly. Fengyun, as the senior brother of Qingye Sect, deserves to stand here again and preside over this final competition.

"This is the first link, 100 people entered the palace behind me at the same time, acting independently as individuals. Look for clues inside and follow the hints to find the only exit, and if you can come out again, you will be considered victorious, and the time will be one day, until you hear the bell ring. ”

After Senior Brother Fengyun announced it above, the people below also began to discuss, some girls thought this room was weird and gloomy just outside, and some people had nothing to do, so they spread rumors of ghosts there. Of course, there are some smart people who don't waste time and have already begun to secretly look for allies......

Seeing that the time was almost up, Senior Brother Fengyun announced the start of the game, and everyone came to the palace, but the door could not be opened, until someone reached out and touched it, and half of his hand merged into the palace, and the big guys understood the principle and entered through the wall one after another.

It wasn't until everyone was inside that they knew what a real "independent action" was, and the room was very large, and a hundred people were divided into different places, so even if they wanted allies, they had to know where the other side was.

Xiao Lingran was assigned to a place that resembled the "Imperial Dining Room", and there were many pastries on the table that she had never seen before.

"You really know my heart—" Xiao Lingran couldn't help laughing, looking at the food in front of him, he could only forget about the game first.

When she approached her, and was about to stretch out her little black hand, the pastry in front of her suddenly lost its sweet smell and delicate appearance, and instead turned into a plate of rotten food, emitting a foul smell and flies on it......

Seeing this scene in front of him, Xiao Lingran was a little sick to his stomach, and even goosebumps rose, so he had to pinch his nose to keep breathing and sober.

Now that you're here, let's search for any clues. Xiao Lingran thought so, so she rummaged through the cabinets, and finally found the mystery under a plate containing "food", only the bottom of this plate was painted with a Tai Chi symbol.

Xiao Lingran didn't understand the meaning of this clue, so he walked out of the room to find out. It just so happened that behind the "Imperial Dining Room" was the "Imperial Garden", and Xiao Lingran went there.

The ground is paved with cobblestones, and Xiao Lingran can't appreciate this kind of decoration, but feels awkward. Flowers of different colors are planted on both sides, but the most conspicuous ones are not these colorful flowers, but they are not the flowers that grow in one season. Rather, there was a white statue not far in front of him, which was very strange, an old woman holding a cat in her arms. Completely inconsistent with the theme of this garden, Xiao Lingran looked at the sculpture, only felt creepy, and continued to walk forward.

The path was also separated by some distance from the plants on both sides, but as she walked along the way, she was scratched by the leaves for a while, and felt something hook her clothes, and sometimes she heard a small "laughter". Xiao Lingran was very annoyed, no matter what it was doing, he picked up the lackeys and cut off those flowers and plants three or two times, without pity, it was simply a representative of the spicy hand destroying flowers.

However, after her actions, the road is much smoother, and it is no longer obstructed, which seems to be useful. Xiao Lingran came to the strange statue and saw the black and white stones, paved with a Tai Chi appearance, thinking of the previous clues, it must have a great connection here.

I looked around the statue, but I didn't find anything, but I felt that the atmosphere was very depressing, and I always felt that there was a pair of eyes looking at me behind my back, but when I quickly turned back, there was nothing.

"It's weird." Xiao Lingran muttered, and stood away to look at the sculpture from a distance.

"Ah, there's a monster—" An adult man's voice came, but it wasn't near Xiao Lingran, it was supposed to be an echo from inside the palace.

But after saying this, Xiao Lingran was also a little scared in her heart, and with the strange atmosphere around her, she herself looked a little like she wanted to retreat.

I don't know when, the sky darkened, no, the time was wrong, why did it get dark so quickly? Xiao Ling was puzzled, and at this moment, the statue made a "click" sound.

Looking up, the eyes of the old woman and the cat in her arms lit up on the statue, and the base was shaking. After a while, a layer of white shells fell down, and a huge clay figure reappeared, which should be the old woman just now.

Xiao Ling swallowed, what is the situation? I saw that the clay man put the black cat in his hand on the ground, and as soon as he landed, the cat jumped out from Xiao Lingran's side, the cat was as big as a tiger, the speed was the same as flying, and there was a ...... around his neck A tip?

Instinctively, there was a clue in the bag, so she had to catch up with the cat and get what she wanted from its neck!

Seeing that the cat was about to run away, Xiao Lingran had to chase after it quickly, the cat was very sensitive, and kept running around the entire garden, Xiao Lingran couldn't catch up with it at all.

In the end, I was so tired and out of breath that I had to sit on the stone pier in the garden to rest.

"This guy is running too fast......" Xiao Lingran sat there, complaining, and couldn't help but pull out the flowers and plants behind him. Inadvertently plucked a few dog's tail grasses, Xiao Lingran raised his eyebrows, as if he had thought of something.

"zuozuozuo~Fun dog tail grass~" Xiao Lingran was shaking the grass there, pretending to be excited.

"Kittens love to play~"

A figure sprang out from the surroundings, and I saw the big black cat sitting a few meters away from Xiao Lingran, its tail wrapped around its front paws.

Xiao Lingran's lips were slightly raised, so he increased his efforts to attract it, holding the dog's tail grass in both hands, raising it above his head and shaking it. Seeing the shaking of the grass tail, a certain one couldn't bear it anymore, and quietly stepped forward.

Seeing this, she threw a few dog's tail grass to the cat, only to see it "meow" lying on the ground and playing. Xiao Lingran took advantage of its playfulness and cautiously ran to its side and took off the bag.

There are a few lotus flowers embroidered on this bag, and there are small fish playing under the lotus. When she opened the bag, it contained two pieces, like puzzles, and she probably had to find all the pieces.

Looking at the above pattern, Xiao Lingran thought that on the way to come just now, he saw the pavilion opposite, so he walked through the garden and went to another place called "Lotus Bay".

From the chairs in the gazebo, she could clearly see that there were many white water lilies in the surrounding lake, and she looked at them carefully, wondering if the fragments would be hidden inside.

At this time, I saw a bright light coming into my eyelids, and it turned out to be a lotus lantern floating over, and Xiao Lingran leaned out half of his body before he fished it up.

I saw a small note hidden in the lamp, and when I opened it, it turned out to be a lantern riddle, which read "Carp intestines are broken and the book is absolutely unique". There was also a pen, presumably for her to guess a riddle.

Xiao Lingran likes to guess lantern riddles the most, she read it again, thought for a while, and then knew the answer. So he took a pen and put it on the back of the note, wrote down the two words "envelope", and then stuffed the note back, and put the lamp back into the water.

As soon as the lamp touched the water, it floated up on its own, and when it floated to the middle of the lake, it sank. It wasn't until some time later that I saw a magical scene, gold and red koi swimming towards Xiao Lingran, dragging an envelope in their mouths, and Xiao Lingran wasted a lot of strength to reach it. It is also filled with fast fragments, which can be leveled into a Tai Chi shape with the previous two pieces. Inside the envelope was also written, "Gazebo, sunrise, 326 steps." ”

Xiao Lingran took the envelope and fragments, and walked towards the east step by step, at first she was a little suspicious, thinking that she was making a fool, but then she thought about it, since she was gone, she would simply go to the end.

After walking 326 steps, facing her was a huge cherry blossom tree, like a fairy tree, but the petals fell, which was really beautiful.

There were a few dents on the trunk, and Xiao Lingran took out the pieces, which were exactly the same size as the notches, and placed them in order.

Suddenly, the wind rose, the cherry blossoms flew one by one, a whirlpool appeared in the trunk of the tree, and Xiao Lingran's whole person was sucked in. When she opened her eyes again, she was already out of the palace.

"Whew...... It's finally out. Xiao Lingran looked around and found that he was the first.