Chapter 49: The Ghost Cave is Changeable

As soon as he entered the Huangquan Cave, Qin Shou felt a cold aura rushing towards him, as if a cold current had penetrated into his body, and in an instant, Qin Shou seemed to have fallen into an ice cave, extremely cold, and his body was frozen stiff.

Qin Shou quickly ran the God of War Technique to dissolve this strange cold aura.

His god of war trick is the most domineering trick in the world, there is no one, the arrogant and domineering battle spirit is enough to suppress all, so that he will not invade the evil, and the ghost spirit is naturally not a problem.

Looking back at Ye Qiuling, I saw that her whole body was glowing with a faint white light, dispelling the ghost qi, and she couldn't get close to her at all.

Qin Shou said secretly, the Star God Recipe is worthy of being one of the thirty-six Divine Recipes, and in terms of magic, it is even more above his War God Recipe.

The cave was dark, and I couldn't see my fingers.

Li Yifan: "Brother Ye, Miss Qin, are you all right?"

Qin Shou: "It's okay, let's go, although we are walking at the back, don't fall too far behind." ”

Li Yifan: "Wait a minute, wait for me to take out the fire fold, this place is too dark." ”

Qin Shou immediately stopped him, "Slow down." ”

Li Yifan: "What's wrong?"

Qin Shou: "Brother Li, how many fire folds did you bring?"

Li Yifan: "Who will bring as many as this thing? I brought three. Why do you ask this?"

Qin Shou: "I didn't bring much, it's better to save some use." Now that the people in front of us have lit the torches, we will take advantage of their light to walk. ”

Li Yifan said disappreciatively: "Brother Ye, you are too cautious, even if the fire fold is used up, I can use the treasure technique to illuminate, there is no need to be so economical." ”

Qin Shou shook his head and said, "If that's the case, we're only afraid that we will be the fastest to die among this group." ”

Li Yifan was puzzled, "Brother Ye, where did you start with this?"

Qin Shou: "The ghost qi in the cave is too heavy, we just resist these ghost qi, the consumption is not small, if we are illuminating with treasure art, the consumption will be even greater, if this continues, the sea of qi in the body will definitely be consumed, if we encounter any accidents, wouldn't we definitely die?"

After hearing this, Li Yifan couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, and sighed: "Brother Ye is thoughtful, I was reckless." He immediately put away the fire fold in his hand and walked forward with the faint light coming from ahead.

Qin Shou: "We don't know how long we will stay in the Huangquan Cave, and we don't know when we will encounter danger, the cultivation of the three of us is the weakest of this group, so in order to deal with sudden danger at any time, we must reduce unnecessary consumption and keep ourselves in the strongest state at all times." ”

Li Yifan said with emotion: "I now understand a little, why so many people came in, but no one got out alive? In fact, from the moment we entered the Huangquan Cave, danger has been with us. ”

Qin Shou nodded and said, "That's right, the ghost aura here is too strong, even if there are no traps, it is a difficult thing to survive here for a long time." ”

"Oops!" Ye Qiuling suddenly let out a snort.

Li Yifan hurriedly said, "Miss Qin, are you okay?"

Qin Shou: "Ling'er, what's wrong with you?"

Ye Qiuling: "I seem to have tripped over something, and I almost fell." ”

Li Yifan: "It must be a stone, the cave is originally a strange rock, and the path is bumpy, Miss Qin should be more careful." ”

Ye Qiuling: "No, it's not a stone, the stone won't be so soft." ”

Li Yifan said curiously: "It's not a stone, what is it?"

Qin Shou suddenly smelled a faint smell of blood, his heart was shocked, and he hurriedly took out a fire fold, blew it gently, and the bright firelight instantly illuminated the surroundings, allowing the three of them to clearly see the mysterious thing that stumbled Ye Qiuling on the ground.

"Ahh

Ye Qiuling was startled, what she kicked was really not a stone, but a corpse!

This is the body of a man, his arms have been cut off, his clothes are stained red with blood, the body is lying on the road, there are still a few footprints on it, it seems that the person in front of him has also stepped on this corpse.

Qin Shou squatted down, and after a careful examination, he said: "The wound on both arms is not a fatal injury, the fatal injury is a sword wound in the throat, he was killed by someone who sealed his throat with a sword." ”

Li Yifan: "Can you tell when he died?"

Qin Shou shook his head slightly, "If it's under normal circumstances, it's no problem at all, but the ghost qi here is too heavy, it will accelerate the corrosion rate of the corpse, and it is difficult to deduce the true time of his death." One thing is certain, though, this person is certainly not one of the people we just came in. ”

Long before he came in, Qin Shou had already remembered their wave of people, and he clearly remembered every face, and this face was not in his memory.

Li Yifan groaned: "It's not our wave of people, it's the people in front." ”

The Huangquan Cave has been open for three days, and according to the frequency of opening every six hours, plus Qin Shou's group, there should be six groups of people entering the Huangquan Cave before and after.

The faces of all three were a little embarrassed.

As soon as I entered the Huangquan Cave, I encountered a corpse, which is not a good sign, is the Huangquan Cave really dangerous to this extent?

Qin Shou stared at the corpse and muttered, "Strange...... It's weird. ”

Li Yifan: "Brother Ye, is there anything wrong?"

Qin Shou: "It's really wrong, it's very wrong for this person to die here." ”

Li Yifan was puzzled, "Do dead people still have to choose a place?"

Qin Shou didn't answer and asked: "Dead people naturally don't need to choose a place, it's just ...... I ask you, how far did we go when we came in?"

Li Yifan: "We have just come in, how far can we go? At most, it is only twenty or thirty meters...... Halfway through the sentence, Li Yifan suddenly realized and said in surprise: "What has this person experienced? Why did he die here?"

Ye Qiuling was confused by the two of them, and couldn't help but ask, "What are you two talking about?"

Qin Shou sighed: "This place is too close to the entrance of the cave, the distance of twenty or thirty meters is almost equivalent to being at the entrance of the cave. In other words, he died almost as soon as he entered the Yellow Spring Cave, don't you think he died too quickly?"

Ye Qiuling thought for a while and said, "Maybe he stepped on some trap and died here unexpectedly." ”

Qin Shou: "He was killed by a sword sealing his throat, do you think the trap will be so accurate? Moreover, Haoran Mansion has been guarding the Huangquan Cave for so many years, and must have sent countless people into the cave to investigate, do you think they will not be able to find the trap at the entrance of the cave?"

Ye Qiuling hesitated: "If it's not a trap, then he was killed." Could it be that they found some kind of treasure, and they fought for the treasure and killed this person?"

Qin Shou: "He was indeed killed, but definitely not to fight for treasures. Again, this is almost at the entrance of the cave, Haoran Mansion has guarded the Huangquan Cave for so many years, if they can't even find the treasures at the entrance of the cave, then they are too idiots. ”

Li Yifan: "Is it possible to have a vendetta?"

Qin Shou shook his head, "If it's a vendetta, just solve it outside, since the other party can kill this person with a sword, the strength must be above this person, and it is easier to take revenge outside." Running to such a dangerous position to take revenge is likely to take your own life and not be able to do it. ”

Li Yifan: "It's not a fight for treasures, it's not a vendetta, I really can't think of any other reason to make a group of people turn their faces and kill the killer as soon as they enter the Huangquan Cave!?"

He wasn't the only one who couldn't figure it out, and Qin Shou also didn't understand, what was the reason for making people a killer?

It makes so much sense.

What's even more strange is that the fatal wound is clearly a sword to seal the throat, so why cut off this person's arms?

For a while, Qin Shou suddenly remembered the four floating corpses he picked up from the Lechuan River when he was looking for Huangquan Cave, one of the corpses was a disciple of the Iron Palm Gang, and the fatal injury was also a sword wound, but because he had cultivated the Iron Sand Palm, his palms were as strong as fine iron, and his arms were cut off after his death.

The deaths of the two are too similar!

Could it be that this person was also because of what palm technique he had cultivated, and his palms were the strongest killing moves, so his arms were cut off?

If this is the case, the murderer of the four people and this person is likely to be one person.

It's just, why did the other party do this? Kill someone, and take away the deceased's strongest thing, what does he want to do?

Li Yifan: "Brother Ye, let's put aside the matter of the corpse first, the people in front of us are far away, let's follow quickly." ”

Qin Shou slowly got up, extinguished the fire, and said, "That's all it takes." ”

The three of them quickened their pace, searched for the light source, and chased away.

The cave is spacious, half of it is water, half of it is a stone path, and the wind in the cave is gusting, accompanied by the smell of damp and musty, and it smells particularly bad.

The dark cave, like the entrance to hell, stretches forward, with no light and no end.

Walking in such a cave, as long as it is a person, it is inevitable that there will be some suppression and fear in the heart.

But if you talk about the most shocked person in your heart, there is no doubt that it is Qin Shou, because in front of his eyes, there are always seven or eight crimson ghosts dancing wildly in the dark, every time he takes a step forward, the red ghost shadows take a step back, always keeping the same distance from him, not getting close to half a minute.

"Why can't Ling'er and Li Yifan see the red ghost?Only I can see it?" Qin Shou couldn't figure it out, could it be because he had cultivated the God of War technique?

After thinking about it, Qin Shou decided to stop running the God of War Technique and instead use the Star God Technique in his body to resist the erosion of ghost qi.

Sure enough, as soon as the God of War trick stopped, the red ghost immediately disappeared, leaving only darkness.

"It seems that Huangquan Cave is really related to my God of War technique. "It had been just a guess before, but now Qin Shou can finally determine that it was indeed the White Bone Lady who brought him to this planet, and the reason is that he came to the right place in the Huangquan Cave.

As for whether the legendary Nether Ghost Fire has anything to do with him, it needs to be further verified.

Li Yifan: "Brother Ye, looking at the frowning look of your brows, could it be that you are still thinking about that corpse?"

Qin Shou: "No, I wonder when we will meet the next corpse?"

Li Yifan: "The next corpse? Could it be that Brother Ye thinks that someone may die?"

Qin Shou: "It's not possible, it's certain." ”

Li Yifan said curiously: "Why is Brother Ye so sure!?"

Qin Shou smiled but did not answer.

Li Yifan laughed at himself: "What I asked is simply nonsense, in such a dangerous place as Huangquan Cave, since people have begun to die, there must be more than one death." ”

As Qin Shou expected, the three of them walked for a quarter of an hour, and sure enough, they met another corpse.

This is a female corpse, who was smashed by someone with one palm, and the seven orifices bled to death.

"Liu Furong!" Li Yifan looked at the female corpse with a surprised expression.

Qin Shou: "Brother Li knows this person?"

Li Yifan said with a regretful face: "I naturally know." This woman is a disciple of the Yaochi Holy Land, known as the Hibiscus Fairy, a cultivator of the Xuan Realm, famous, a rare genius among the younger generation, pursued by many young talents, but I didn't expect her to die here. ”

After Qin Shou examined the corpse, he asked, "What kind of weapon did Liu Furong use?"

Li Yifan: "Weapon? She used a colorful cloud belt, which is a magic weapon made of colorful stones, and it has ...... Huh, where is her ribbon of rainbow clouds?"

Qin Shou: "You don't need to look for it, it has already been taken away." ”

Li Yifan: "Someone took it away? This is impossible, the colorful cloud belt is the unique magic weapon of the Yaochi Holy Land, and it can only be urged by using the unique practice of the Yaochi Holy Land 'Western Emperor Sutra', even if others take it, it is just an ordinary streamer, except for being a little better, it can't play any role." ”

Qin Shou's face sank like water, and he could now roughly determine that the murderer who killed the four people outside was definitely related to the murderer who killed Liu Furong and the corpse at the entrance of the cave. Even if it's not one person, they're certainly a group!

Invisibly, Qin Shou seemed to feel that there was a mastermind behind the scenes, silently promoting all this, planning a huge conspiracy, and playing everyone in the palm of his hand.

It's just that Qin Shou can't figure out why those four people died outside, and these people died inside?

Qin Shou: "Old flicker, can you feel anything in your consciousness?"

Taiqing Tianjun: "No, the ghost aura here is too strong, and my consciousness can't be dispersed at all." Stinky boy, it's the first time I've seen you so nervous, I think you weren't so nervous when you faced the pursuit of the Three Emperors, are you too nervous?"

Qin Shou: "In the face of the Three Emperors, I was actually very nervous, but I saw through their conspiracy at that time and did my best, so I was very calm, even if I lost, I did my best, and I have no regrets." But this time it was different, and there was no doubt that I had fallen into a trap now, but I didn't even know who my opponent was, what he wanted to do, what his purpose was, I didn't know anything, and this state of ignorance was the most terrifying. ”

Taiqing Tianjun: "You kid is so smart, you even said such a thing, it seems that you really met an opponent this time." ”

Qin Shou smiled bitterly: "I said that you think too highly of me, after all, I am also an ordinary person, not a god." ”

Taiqing Tianjun: "It's the first time I've heard you kid be so humble, let's say, do you already have any plans?"

Qin Shou smiled mysteriously and said, "The fish swims in the water, and will never know who the angler is?" If you want to know who the angler is, you can only bite his bait and let him take the initiative to fish me out of the water." ”

Taiqing Tianjun: "Be careful that the bait bites too deep and hooks yourself to death." ”

Qin Shou: "Don't worry, I have my own measure." ”

A group of people walked in the dark cave for three hours.

In these three hours, Qin Shou saw a total of more than a dozen corpses, and the result was the same, the strongest thing of the deceased, maybe a weapon, maybe a pair of hands, etc., was taken away.

Li Yifan gradually discovered something strange, and pondered: "Even if the weapon is gone, why should the limbs such as the arms be taken away? What is the use of the limbs of the dead?"

This is no longer a murderous treasure, the murderer must have a deeper purpose.

Qin Shou's face was calm.

Li Yifan: "Brother Ye, aren't you curious?"

Qin Shou: "Curious, but I'm more curious about how these people died?"

Li Yifan: "Judging from their injuries, they should have died of cannibalism, but they ......"

Qin Shou continued his words and said, "It's just that why do they want to kill each other?"

Li Yifan: "Is it possible to fight for treasures?" Without waiting for Qin Shou to answer, he himself had already shook his head and denied himself: "It can't be a fight for treasures, one or two people died to fight for treasures, and it can be said that it is in the past, but it is not normal to die so many people." ”

Qin Shou also said: "Life and treasures, which is more important, is obvious. When one's life is threatened, one will definitely choose to give up the treasure and save one's life. ”

Li Yifan: "That's right, most of the people here are from famous and decent families and have their own reputations, as long as the opponent gives up competing with them for treasures, they will not kill them all." ”

Qin Shou: "In other words, what other reasons do they have to kill each other?" ”

Li Yifan: "What is the reason for this? It can make them disregard their reputation and kill them so badly." ”

Qin Shou: "I think we'll find out soon." ”

Li Yifan was surprised: "Brother Ye, do you mean that we will follow in their footsteps?"

Qin Shou was about to speak, when there was a sudden agitation from the crowd walking in front, as if something important had happened, he stopped for a while, and made a noise there.

This surprised Qin Shou, the corpses along the way failed to make these people stop, what happened to make them stop.

Qin Shou and the three of them hurriedly stepped forward to investigate, only to see a group of people holding more than ten torches, illuminating this place very brightly, twenty or thirty people, or lying on the ground, or attached to the rock wall, carefully observed, it seemed that they were looking for something valuable?

Li Yifan found an acquaintance named Wang Xiong and asked, "Brother Wang, what's going on here?"

Wang Xiong: "Fairy Shen is missing!"

Li Yifan: "Fairy Shen? Brother Wang, are you talking about Shen Ningxue and Fairy Shen of Haoran Mansion?"

Wang Xiong: "That's right, it's Shen Ningxue Shen Fairy." ”

Qin Shou was startled, and hurriedly looked around, but sure enough, he didn't see Shen Ningxue's figure, and immediately asked, "Didn't you follow her closely, how did she disappear in front of your eyes?"

Wang Xiong glanced at Qin Shou and said disdainfully, "Who are you?"

Li Yifan hurriedly explained: "Brother Wang, this is my friend, Ye Shou, Brother Ye. ”

Seeing Li Yifan say this, Wang Xiong didn't say much, so he could only reply: "We have been following Fairy Shen, but you also know Fairy Shen's character, as cold as an iceberg, we don't dare to get too close, we can only be separated by a distance, not far, just ten meters." Fairy Shen was walking in front, and suddenly, she let out an exclamation, and the whole person disappeared in front of us inexplicably. ”

Qin Shou: "Did she disappear suddenly?"

Wang Xiong: "That's right, just for a moment, we were afraid of losing her, so we must stare at her, but in the blink of an eye, she disappeared." ”

Qin Shou: "Then where did the person stand when she disappeared?"

Wang Xiong took a few steps forward and said, "It's about where I'm standing." ”

Qin Shou walked to the place where Wang Xiong was standing, suddenly crawled on the ground, his left ear was close to the ground, his eyes were closed, and he listened carefully.

Li Yifan: "Brother Ye, what are you doing here?"

Qin Shou: "Shen Ningxue is just a true realm cultivator, there are still three true realm cultivators here, if they want to escape in an instant under their noses, Shen Ningxue can't have such a fast speed." Therefore, there must be a secret door or trap nearby, connecting to another space, allowing Shen Ningxue to rush in instantly, creating the illusion of an instant disappearance. ”

Wang Xiong glanced at Qin Shou in surprise and said, "I didn't expect you to be able to see through this, and the three True Realm cultivators also said the same, so we are here to carefully investigate and see if there is any mechanism that can open the secret door again and rescue Fairy Shen." ”

Qin Shou glanced at the people around him who were carefully searching, and suddenly sighed: "I'm afraid she doesn't need you to save her at all, what you want to save now is yourself." ”

Wang Xiong was stunned, "What do you mean by this?"

Qin Shou didn't answer, got up and stepped back a few meters, sat on a rock, and pondered.

Along the way, Li Yifan already knew something about Qin Shou and knew that he would not be targeted for no reason, since he dared to say such a thing, there must be his reasons.

Li Yifan asked, "Brother Ye, do you know something?"

Qin Shou sighed: "Thousands of calculations, I still miss this calculation, I underestimated her." ”

Li Yifan: "Could it be that she's referring to Shen Ningxue and Shen Fairy?"

Qin Shou: "Who else but her?" If I expected it to be true, she must be hiding in a safe place now, laughing at us in secret. ”

Li Yifan was surprised: "How could it be?" Didn't Fairy Shen fall into the trap?"

Qin Shou sneered: "Trap? How do you know that it is a trap? Not a safe path? How can you be sure that she fell into the trap and not escaped?"

Li Yifan was stunned when he heard this, he really couldn't prove it.

But he was not reconciled: "Even if I can't prove that it's a trap, you can't say it's not a trap, because you can't prove it either." ”

Qin Shou snorted coldly: "I don't need to prove it, as long as I'm not a fool, I can deduce that it's not a trap." ”

Li Yifan: "Then I want to listen to your reasoning." ”

Qin Shou: "It's very simple, let me ask you, since we entered the Huangquan Cave, we have walked for about three hours, has Shen Ningxue stopped once?

Li Yifan: "No, Fairy Shen has always been very decisive, but is there anything wrong with this? Haoran Mansion has been guarding Huangquan Cave for so many years, and as a disciple of Haoran Mansion, he has a deeper understanding of Huangquan Cave, so he naturally walks faster." ”

Qin Shou shook his head and said no more.

He had already said the crux of the problem, but the other party still didn't believe it, and he couldn't do anything.

Ye Qiuling: "Since she walked so fast, since she was so confident, how could she fall into the trap?"

Li Yifan hesitated: "Maybe Fairy Shen hasn't come here either, and he was careless for a while." ”

Ye Qiuling: "Are you lying to me? Or are you lying to yourself? In such a dangerous place, if it was a place you haven't walked, would you have walked so fast?"

Li Yifan was speechless for a while, and he didn't know how to answer?

This is indeed a contradiction.

said that she had never been here, and that she was walking too fast, and that there was no danger of walking, so she should have walked slowly, step by step.

But if she had been here, how could she have stepped on a trap? And this trap was so strange that it was only for her, and no matter how a group of people looked for it, they couldn't find it, let alone trigger it.

It's weird.

Li Yifan: "Even if what you said is right, you ignored one point. ”

Qin Shou: "Oh, what did I ignore?"

Li Yifan: "Fairy Shen is a disciple of Haoran Mansion, and she cultivates Haoran righteousness. And if you want to cultivate Haoran righteousness, you must have a frank and chivalrous heart, otherwise you will inevitably be eaten by Haoran righteousness. Think about it, how could a person with an open and chivalrous heart do such a despicable thing and harm others?"

Qin Shou was silent.

In fact, he did not ignore this, he had thought of this a long time ago, and this was also what he was puzzled about.

But what Shen Ningxue did was placed in front of him like iron, and he couldn't be allowed to believe it.

Believe it or not, it's full of contradictions!