The scene in front of me reminds me of the underground palace under the old villa in the East China Sea, just like that time, at this time, directly above my head, it is also a narrow hole, and the place where Li Huaishan and I are now is a long and narrow tunnel surrounded by darkness.

The light shone into the darkness on both sides of the tunnel, and as the distance stretched, the beam began to diverge, becoming wider and lighter, and at the end of the beam, there was still only a large area of darkness.

The tunnel was longer than expected, and light could not reach its end.

Li Huaishan asked me on the side, "In which direction?" ”

I didn't respond to him, just closed my eyes and waited for the voice to come again.

Ever since I entered this tunnel, I have always had a strange feeling in my heart, and I don't know how to describe it, it is...... I felt as if I had been here, or rather, this place had come to my mind, and I didn't know what this tunnel should look like when it was out of the darkness, but I felt very familiar with every speck of earth on the ground, or the smell of baking in the air.

A familiar, yes, that's what it feels like.

It's as if I've been alone in this place for a long time, maybe months, a year, a few years, maybe even a hundred years, and then I've left, and I haven't been back for so long that I have almost forgotten about it.

At the same time, I could sense that something was going to happen next, but I couldn't be sure what would happen, the only thing I could confirm was that the voice that had appeared in my dream would soon reappear.

Probably seeing that my face was not quite right, Li Huaishan held a lantern to illuminate my face, and asked with some worry, "Are you okay?" ”

I waved my hand and motioned for him to stop talking.

I don't know how long it took, the lantern in Li Huaishan's hand has been slowly shaking, dyeing the earth wall in the tunnel into a shadowy yellow, and faintly, I saw a white flash in front of me, it appeared without warning, and it was fleeting, leaving only a trace of afterimage in my mind that was difficult to capture.

And after that, the voice finally appeared.

Bang Bang Bang ......

On the left side of the tunnel, the sound of water hitting the iron plate was heard, which was extremely clear.

I shot the light in that direction, and at the end of the light, it was still bottomless darkness.

Li Huaishan pointed in the direction of the beam extension: "Go that way?" ”

I nodded, and he walked towards the darkness on the left side of the tunnel, holding the lantern, and I quickly followed him and asked, "Do you see the flash?" ”

Li Huaishan looked puzzled: "What flash?" ”

I waved my hand, "It's fine." ”

I'm afraid that Li Huaishan not only didn't see the flash, but also couldn't hear the "popping" sound of the water hitting the iron plate, these things only appeared in my mind.

At first, I turned on the flashlight and lit up the road ahead with Li Huaishan, but after a while, the flashlight was obviously dimmed, obviously the power was urgent, I put away the flashlight, and the lantern in Li Huaishan's hand became the only light source in the darkness.

As he walked, the lantern swayed, and the dim glow of the fire cast on the earth walls on both sides of the tunnel, making the pitted patches of the earth walls very conspicuous, and beyond this mottled was a large dark black.

As I got deeper, the temperature gradually became muggy, and I estimated that the temperature in the tunnel was now above 30 degrees.

Li Huaishan tugged at his neckline and muttered impatiently: "Special mother, why is it so hot!" ”

I immediately made a silent gesture towards him: "Silently recite the mantra that the second master taught you." ”

We're right below the canyon, which should be cooler than outside, and the humidity should be heavier than in the canyon.

But it was not only hot and humid, but also very dry, and there were many small cracks around the mottled earth walls.

After walking for about 100 meters, the temperature is estimated to be close to 40 degrees, Li Huaishan obviously couldn't bear it, and touched the water bottle several times to drink water, and his forehead flashed greasy sweat.

Since eating Shi Huayin's Ice Silkworm Gu, my perception of temperature has become more sensitive than in the past, but both the ability to withstand cold and heat is much stronger than before. Now that the temperature has risen sharply, I am only slightly unwell and barely sweating.

When the temperature reached about 40 degrees, it did not change again, but the smell of roasting in the air was mixed with a trace of the unique fragrance of antiquities.

The flavors of several dynasties are mixed together, the earliest comes from the Five Dynasties, and the latest comes from the late Qing Dynasty, but the earthy flavor in the tunnel has always been from around the Five Dynasties.

I looked around and saw some hay scattered on the ground, from which the peculiar smell of antiquities emanated.

"Ergou, wait a minute."

I pulled Li Huaishan's arm, and when he stopped, he turned his head with deep doubts on his face.

I didn't explain much to him, I just squatted down, picked up a small handful of grass dust from the ground, put it in front of my nose and smelled it.

In addition to the unique fragrance of the age, the grass also exudes an imperceptible fragrance.

Li Huaishan came to me, deliberately raised the lantern, and shone my hand: "What is this?" ”

I threw away the grass powder and clapped my hands: "It's the grass powder of wormwood, this thing has a certain inhibitory effect on the nerves, I suspect that someone may have arranged a maze array in the Yin Village, we have to be careful." ”

Li Huaishan patted his chest: "I have a glass egg, the second master said, this thing can drive away yin and ward off evil, and the general ecstasy array can't do anything to me, you better be careful yourself." ”

And hard mouth!

I sighed in my heart, and repeatedly told him not to forget to recite the mantra silently, Li Huaishan waved his hand at me with a big grin, so that I didn't have to be so nervous, and said that he himself was not nervous at all anyway.

He wasn't nervous to have a ghost, and his tongue chattered a little when he spoke.

As for why Li Huaishan is nervous, I can't say clearly, now I have become different from before, some things that can make him feel scared are nothing to me, and some dangers that he can feel, I can't feel either.

But I didn't say anything, I'm afraid that if I take his words again, he will babble endlessly, in this kind of place where the fire field is silted, often speaking, it is very likely to lead to evil qi entering the body, after all, he is not like me, he has the evil qi of the old family to protect himself.

Continuing deeper along the tunnel, the grass on the ground became more and more dense and dense, and they were connected together in large areas, and even Li Huaishan could smell the smell in the air abnormally.

When Li Huaishan and I came out of the tunnel and entered a wide space supported by a large number of stone pillars, the grass had completely covered the ground, and the touch from the soles of our feet was a little weak as we walked on it.

Bang Bang ......

The sound of the water hitting the iron plate suddenly became very clear, and I looked in the direction from which the sound came, and my eyes swept over the three stone pillars directly opposite, but I could only see a large black shadow.

Li Huaishan took two steps forward with the lantern, and when he saw that I didn't move, he turned around and shook his arm in front of my eyes: "What do you think?" ”

I said, "Do you think we've been here before?" ”

Li Huaishan blinked: "Are you stupid? Ever since I met you, I've been in the ghost skewers, and I've never been out at all! ”

I looked at Li Huaishan and didn't say a word for a long time.

When I first entered the tunnel, I only felt as if I had been here, but after seeing a few stone pillars in front of me, I always had the picture of Li Huaishan walking between the pillars in my mind, which was very unclear and came and went, but I was still sure that the person in the picture was Li Huaishan.

It's also strange, my mind is obviously very clear, but these inexplicable feelings and images always appear in my mind.

It wasn't an illusion, it was more like a long-sealed memory that had been turned over again under the stimulus of some force.

Li Huaishan waved his hand at me again: "What's wrong with you?" ”

I shook my head, and then I walked around Li Huaishan and towards the depths of darkness.

As I walked, I remembered what Zhuang Youxue said to me eight months ago: "Don't you know your identity until now?" ”

Identity? What identity?

Did he mean to say that I didn't know that I was the one who was about to take charge of the Nether Treasure, or something else?

Li Huaishan followed me step by step and patted me on the shoulder from behind: "If you are not good, are you really okay, why do I think you are ...... from just now?" Weird? ”

"It's really fine," I said, "Li Ergou, I suddenly feel now that it may be fate that I can meet you." ”

Li Huaishan trembled his shoulders on the spot: "Don't you!" Damn, why is that so disgusting? solemnly declare, I only treat you as a brother, but I don't plan to develop in the direction of the relationship with you, I am a straight man, and I would rather die than bend. ”

When he said this, my eyelids twitched: "I'll strangle!" You're so dirty, I found out that what kind of situation, what kind of mess, made me goosebumps. Forget it, you better stop talking and recite your mantra silently! ”

After speaking, I quickened my pace and walked forward, Li Huaishan was silent for a while, and then asked me: "If you are not, I will ask you, are you a straight man?" ”

I gave him a blank look: "Nonsense! I have a girlfriend. ”

Li Huaishan stared at me with wide eyes: "You have a girlfriend like a bird, I'm so handsome and single, how can you have a girlfriend?" ”

"Shut up!"

After a few nonsense words with me, Li Huaishan was not as nervous as he was just now, and when he said the last few words, his tongue no longer trembled.

However, this ease did not last long, and soon, the claustrophobic in the darkness and the increasingly heavy sense of vanity under the feet made the oppressive aura in the air a little heavier.

Not to mention Li Huaishan, I feel suffocated, as if I can't breathe.

(End of chapter)