I have fully realized the nature of the shadow that can interfere with my behavior, if it wants to kill me, it must kill itself, if it wants to replace me, it must first kill me by someone else! I began to motivate myself to constantly strengthen my psychological defenses, so that my magnetic field continued to increase, and only in this way could the shadow return to its original state: a shadow in the two-dimensional space, obeying the ontology!

The battle with the Shadow is considered to be a victory, and after that, I plan to continue on the road, and my ultimate goal is to go to the Millennium Ice Cave and put the Ghost Mirror there, so as to end the curse of the Ghost Mirror on the Shadow!

……

The tomb road continued to stretch forward, I took advantage of the trend, I had eliminated the threat of the shadow to me, I wanted to go back to find Xinyi and continue to move forward with her, but I didn't know anything about the thousand-year-old ice cave, which is a legendary place of the coldest and most icy place, maybe it would be full of more unknown dangers, and the road was far away, so I dismissed this idea again, and I simply walked to the end alone, and came back to see her after I had completed all this, if I could come back alive!

The road ahead alone is inevitably a little lonely, but whenever I think that it is now eighty-one difficult to break through eighty, this last hurdle I gritted my teeth and had to finish, and there is Xinyi waiting for me to go back, I suddenly feel that my whole body is full of inexhaustible energy, and I stride forward with confidence!

……

After a few hours, the trend of the tomb road finally changed, no longer meandering forward, but spiraling down, spiraling down in a clockwise direction, looking at this trend, it seems to lead to the depths of the earth's core, could it be that the thousand-year-old ice cave is not far from me?

Without much delay, I continued down the graveyard. The further down I went, the slope of the tomb gradually became steeper and steeper, and at the same time stone steps began to appear on the ground, and as soon as I stepped on the first step of the stone steps, I suddenly felt a chill coming up from below, and the cold air hit my face, and I suddenly felt my whole body shiver! I shuddered and immediately took a step back.

The cold air seems to be bounded by this first step of the stone steps, and the temperature difference between the top and bottom of the stone steps is at least about 20 degrees. Since this is the only way to the thousand-year-old ice cave, it is natural to say that the cold is pressing. I couldn't help but take out my military coat from my bag, wrap it around my body, and start to step on the stone steps slowly.

Although the temperature in the tomb is very low, fortunately, the temperature has always remained at the same level all the way, and I have become accustomed to it after a long time, the temperature at this moment should be around zero degrees, and the white fog I exhaled out under the candlelight is clearly visible.

Half an hour later, I estimated that I had walked vertically for about 100 meters, and three candles had been burned, and I didn't know when I would be able to walk to the end.

Just as I was worried that there might not be enough candles, suddenly, I seemed to hear something coming from under the tomb...... Syllable...... Syllable...... Syllable......

A series of slow, heavy slapping sounds came down the grave road, and when I thought about it, it was a series of footsteps! Suddenly I became a little nervous, and the footsteps became heavier and heavier...... Coming up?

For the sake of safety, I immediately blew out the candle, before I identified the other party, I didn't want him to find me first, I stayed where I was and quietly listened to the footsteps gradually approaching, holding a long sword, and at the same time took out a gun, and suddenly felt my heart beat faster and faster!

Ten minutes later, heavy footsteps approached, and suddenly, I saw a bend in the grave below...... There was a dim light and shadow! As the light and shadow gradually brightened, a withered hand holding a lit candle stretched out, accompanied by footsteps, and then a rickety figure...... Popped up!

Suddenly I felt my heart rise to my throat, and although I realized that it must be a living person approaching me, I still couldn't restrain the nervousness in my heart, I never dared to make any sound, and the dark shadow never realized my existence. I saw him holding a candle in one hand and holding the wall in the other, burying his head and limping slowly up the stone steps.

"Who are you?"

My sudden question startled the man in front of me, and his body trembled violently, and he almost fell down the stone steps! At the same time, he jerked his head up at me.

At this moment when I looked at him, I couldn't help but gasp, and a wrinkled and withered face appeared in front of my eyes under the candlelight, this face was extremely terrifying, and I recognized it at a glance, he was ...... Wu Laohan!

"Wu Laohan, is that you?"

Wu Laohan immediately calmed down, he poked the candle forward, and looked me up and down with those eyes that had sunk into his bones.

"What a little bunny, are you hiding here to scare the old man?"

Wu Laohan immediately recognized me, since the farewell of Kunlun Mountain, now I haven't seen me for almost two years, I was worried that he couldn't remember me just now, and secretly speculated in my heart, how could he appear here?

I was overjoyed: "The old man has good eyesight!" Good memory! As he spoke, he greeted the old man and helped him. Wu Laohan's white hair is not much left, the handful of beard at the corner of his mouth looks whiter and longer, and the wrinkles on his face are deeper and deeper, much older than two years ago.

When I got closer, I found that the old man had been injured on his leg, and the blood had stained his trouser leg red.

"How did you end up here? How did you get the injury on your leg? I immediately helped Wu Laohan sit down and briefly bandaged his wounds.

"Don't get in the way, this injury won't kill my old man!" The old man speaks with confidence, and it seems that there is indeed no big problem!

"Old man, you are seventy or eighty years old, and you can't imagine that your body is still so strong! It's just that I can't understand, you live in Kunlun Mountain, how could you come to this Changbai Mountain from thousands of miles away, and the meeting just now really scared me! ”

The old man didn't reply to me immediately, and I couldn't see any change in expression on his wrinkled face, except for a faint twitch at the corner of his mouth, and I guessed he was laughing.

"Then why are you here?"

The old man avoided answering and came to ask me, which surprised me a little, and casually prevaricated: "This matter is a long story, after all, it is not for the ghost mirror!" ”

The old man let out a long breath and stroked his snow-white beard again: "The package I sent you must have received it!" ”

I was stunned when I heard the old man's words, and my head couldn't help but chuckle: "What package?" ”

"It's a box of videotapes, three photos, and on the back of one of them there's a quote I wrote to you!"

Wu Laohan's words suddenly blinded me! Could it be that he was referring to the package that Team Cai mentioned to me when I was in Korla in the Western Regions? Who can be paid to the package...... Bearded!

The old man turned his head to look at me, his eyes were so deep that I didn't know how to answer his words for a moment.

"You should have already thought that I, Wu Laohan, am Professor Hu of the archaeological team 30 years ago, known as the bearded! That's what I sent you! The old man stroked his beard again.

It dawned on me: "You're a bearded man!" I said, how come you're always so mysterious! Although I had doubted his identity before, I was still shocked to hear him admit it in person at this moment: "But before in Kunlun Mountain, you told me that you were my father's deceased and the descendant of General Faqiu Zhonglang!" ”

"That's true, but that was before I entered the archaeological institute! Years later, in order to track down the whereabouts of the ghost mirror, I entered the archaeological institute, grew a beard, and my appearance changed drastically, and when I met your father again, he no longer recognized me! 30 years ago, I successfully introduced your father to the archaeological team, so I had the opportunity to cooperate with him again to find the ghost mirror, thanks to the wolf master, who deduced the dragon vein of Jiaolong going to sea based on the places where the ghost realm had appeared in history, thus leading us on the right path to find the ghost mirror! ”

Hearing the old man mention the dragon vein of Jiaolong going to sea, I unconsciously silently recited the six place names in my heart according to their starting order, Changbai Glacier - Inner Mongolia Ghost Tower - Western Regions Loulan - South China Sea Cloud Island - Kunlun Labyrinth - Tomb Wang Ding, then I suddenly remembered a conclusion that we discussed with Monkey, Dongzi and Heizi in Korla, so I asked the old man: "I guess, as early as 30 years ago, your group has found the ghost mirror, and I dare to conclude that the original place where the ghost mirror was originally located was either in Changbai Mountain, Either that's in Inner Mongolia! ”

After hearing this, the old man's face twitched involuntarily: "Yes, you are very smart!" I'd like to hear your reasoning though. ”

I have already sorted out this line of thought, and immediately said: "The reason is very simple, the ghost mirror is the key to open the sinkhole in the Loulan Desert!" When you first went to Changbai Mountain, then Inner Mongolia, and then to Loulan in the Western Regions, you were able to open the giant pit in the desert, which means that the ghost mirror was on you at that time, so I infer that you have found the ghost mirror when you were in Changbai Mountain or Inner Mongolia. ”

After hearing this, the old man nodded again and again: "Your inference is good!" 30 years ago, when our group first came to this Changbai Glacier, someone got the ghost mirror, but he deceived everyone, including me, and he carried the ghost mirror and followed everyone on the road as if nothing happened. ”

Hearing the old man say this, I couldn't help but be stunned: "Isn't this person you...... Bearded? ”

"Of course it's not me, it's your father, Lord Wolf!"

I was taken aback: "My father? How can it be! If he had gotten the ghost mirror in the first place, he should have left with the ghost mirror directly, so why pretend he didn't know anything and go to great lengths to continue on the road with you? What's even more paradoxical is that if the ghost mirror is on him, why did he lead us to find the ghost mirror when he incarnated as Lao Zhao? ”

The old man sighed, with a bit of helplessness in his tone: "This matter is a long story, let him tell you in person!" The old man couldn't help but look at his leg as he spoke: "This time I was lucky, I was just hit in the leg by a gun, and I can come back alive and meet you here!" ”

I drank some water for the old man, and I couldn't help but be shocked when I heard him say that it was a gunshot wound: "So, you have already fought with that secret force below?" ”

The old man took a few sips of it, then turned his head to look at me: "Since you know who hurt me, you should already know the secret of the ghost mirror!" ”

I nodded: "I do already know the secret of the ghost mirror, and I am here to take the ghost mirror to the ice cave land and end all this!" ”

Wu Laohan pondered for a moment and asked, "Why did you come alone?" ”

Regarding the death of Team Cai and the parting of ways with the monkey, I didn't know how to talk to the old man for a while, and besides, this was not something that could be explained in one or two sentences, so I had to prevaricate first: "I am separated from them!" I'm going to end it all alone before I go back and join them! ”

After hearing this, the old man laughed: "The little rabbit cub is still a kind, but he didn't embarrass your father wolf!" ”