We dived into the water, deep in a cavern that was just enough to avoid the lava and falling ice picks, but it was unpleasant underwater, half cold and half hot.

Fortunately, this cave is not long, and when we swim out from the other end, we find that the water temperature has become normal, and when we float to the surface of the sea, we just run out of breath, and everyone gasps for breath, and only looks around when it calms down.

The current here is relatively slow, but there is a thick layer of fog on the surface of the sea, and I guess it is related to the icebergs of the Sea of Fire, and the evaporated fog has been gathering on the surface of the sea all the time.

I have never seen such a strange sight, and I can still see the topography of this place, the sea here is flowing from the sea channel we came before, and the magnificent and thrilling sea of fire and icebergs are really like an impassable curtain of heaven, separating the previous sea channel from here.

The fog was so thick that we couldn't see what was going on around us, and the farther away from the icebergs of the sea of fire, the quieter the sea became, and we swam aimlessly, and gradually I saw plants in the water, and schools of fish swimming peacefully on the surface.

A peaceful scene, shrouded in mist, was like a fairyland, and the icebergs of the previous sea of fire were like a gate to the fairyland, blocking mortals from entering.

"Have you noticed that in the currents along the way, we have not seen the corpses of Lei Yingwei and Wakou." The palace lord said seriously. "How did they escape the iceberg?"

"When the Jieshi Palace was built, I shouldn't have expected that there would be these two mountains." I say.

"Why?" Tian Ji asked.

The reason is very simple, we found a ship on the shore, after coming down from the stone road on the top of the mountain, according to the original design of the Jieshi Palace, it should be a shipwreck flowing down the coast, if the sea of fire and icebergs have long existed, then putting a wooden boat would not let Emperor Qin die.

The iceberg of the Sea of Fire should have been formed later with the eruption of an undersea volcano, but it also invisibly constituted a barrier, guarding the secret of the Jieshi Palace by mistake.

"By the way, why did Xie Tianhui want to save you?" Gong Jue asked.

"I don't know, we met him in Pingshui, it stands to reason that he will never care about my life or death, but since entering the Jieshi Palace, he has saved me several times." I shook my head and sighed heavily. "I don't know exactly why."

"Xie Tianhui did everything possible to find the Jieshi Palace, just for the treasure inside, what this person was thinking in his head, he really couldn't figure it out, he was obviously a greedy person, how could he sacrifice his life to save people." Tian Ji said suspiciously. "I don't know why, I always feel like this person doesn't die so easily......" I sighed, feeling a strange feeling.

I looked around, there were only five or six people left around me, and there were no leaders in the group, and these people couldn't be Akai Yoshitaka's opponents at all.

I don't know what lies ahead, and even if we can find the Golden Palace, I'm afraid we'll end up dying at the bottom of the ocean like Radiant.

"Akai Yoshitaka has ill intentions, and we can't count on the person who interprets Tianhui." I lowered my voice and said to Tian Ji. "Capture the thief and capture the king first, you pay attention to the Dongying people, in case they have any changes, control Akai Yoshitaka first."

Tian Ji nodded, and suddenly looked at me with a serious face: "We are brothers, if there is something in the future, everyone will carry it together, and if you make a claim alone, I will really turn my face." ”

"What Tian Ji said is that you are a tomb robber, and it is not your turn to be a hero." The palace lord glared at me and said. "Let's go out together."

"If you really have three longs and two shorts, we can't escape alone." Ling Zhihan pursed her lips, her tone a little heavy.

"At that time, someone had to stay." I said with a smile.

"How can you decide who should stay?" Tian Ji said.

"Don't forget, I'm the shopkeeper now, you also have to understand some rules, the shopkeeper has spoken, you have to listen."

"You are the shopkeeper of the Sifang Pawnshop, and we are not from the Sifang Pawnshop." The palace lord gave me a blank look. "Don't talk about that."

"Look, there's a fire over there!" Ling Zhihan pointed to the distance and shouted.

We looked over, and saw a faint flickering light in the thick fog, and we swam slowly towards it, for fear of encountering another sudden danger such as a sea of fire and icebergs, and we were moving very slowly.

The closer we got to the light, the shallower the water, as if we had reached the shore of the shoal, and when we got up from the water, I bent down to pick up a handful of sea sand and rubbed it very really, and the beach was also shrouded in fog, and I couldn't see what lay ahead.

Suddenly, we felt the calm sea behind us suddenly rolling, with a strong air current blowing towards us, the fog around us was blown away in the wind, and everything around us became clear.

It's an island, no different from any other island, with rolling hills and lush trees, but it's so quiet that we can't even hear the sound of the waves, and the royal road stretches deep into the island.

Looking at this island from a distance, it is very familiar, as if I have seen it somewhere, I immediately asked Tian Ji to take out the silk cloth left by Ji Lin, on the silk cloth painted with Jieshi Golden Palace, the landscape depicted is exactly the same as in front of us, Jieshi Golden Palace was originally built here.

There are two parts of this island deep under the sea, low in front and high in the back, and in the middle is a natural stone bridge, which can only accommodate two people to pass, and when I walk up to the lower summit, the stone bridge is right in front of me, standing on the edge of the cliff and looking down, a hot air flow is coming.

A meandering stream of magma separates the two islands, and looking down from above, like a slowly cruising dragon, these magma should have erupted from an undersea volcano, and from time to time there were violent shocks from the ground after we passed the current, and the interval was getting shorter and shorter.

The stone bridge on the opposite side was in the shock, and there were loose stones falling in many places, this is the only passage connecting the opposite island, I wondered, in order to prevent anyone from entering the Jieshi Palace, Lei Yingwei blew up the entrance to the submarine well wall and the wooden bridge and the stone road down the mountain, why this stone bridge with such a critical terrain position was preserved.

"Don't rub it off, the vibration is getting bigger and bigger, if it goes on like this, this stone bridge is estimated to fall apart, let's go over first." Gong Jue said sternly beside him. "The terrain here can't set up a mechanism, so you can go there boldly."

Gong Jue's words, it is estimated that Akai Yoshitaka listened to it really, once the stone bridge is broken, we will have no way forward, we will be trapped alive at the bottom of the sea, I saw Akai Yoshitaka nodding to the Dongying people, and they immediately set off to cross the stone bridge quickly.

"These grandsons don't pretend to be good in their hearts, in case we get to the other side and come to cross the river and tear down the bridge, we can't cry." Tian Ji hurriedly beckoned us to hurry up and follow.

I walked at the end, and didn't take a few steps up to the stone bridge, the legs of the field chicken in front of me began to tremble, there were no guardrails on both sides of the stone bridge, and below was the abyss and the molten lava that was constantly tumbling and boiling, he had a fear of heights, where could he withstand such a toss.

Fortunately, Gong Jue stepped forward to support Tian Ji, Ling Zhihan and I stayed behind, and when we arrived at the center of the bridge, the mountain suddenly shook, as if the mountain collapsed and the ground cracked, and the violent shock came from the mountain, and the stone bridge under my feet also came with the sound of cracking.

The two of Xie Tianhui's subordinates fell from the bridge with a shake of their bodies, and the exclamations pulled out a long audio track, until they were annihilated in the magma below, and I was shocked, the stone bridge was crumbling in the shock and couldn't hold on for long.

I shouted for the people in front of me to run, and as soon as the words fell, I heard the sound of the stone bridge behind me beginning to shatter, and there was no chance of survival if I fell from this place, but fortunately, the island on the opposite side was close at hand.

As soon as I ran a few steps, I suddenly felt that my feet were falling, and my body was sinking downward, I chuckled in my heart, knowing that the broken stone bridge could no longer bear our weight, and at the last moment, I pushed Ling Zhihan in front of me out suddenly.

Rumble!

The rocks under my feet were torn apart and shattered, and my body also fell, but fortunately, my eyes were quick, and I grabbed the edge of the broken rock with one hand, and tried to climb up, but the other one didn't dare to use force at all, so I could only let the strength of five fingers support my whole body.

Gong Jue and Tian Ji had arrived safely on the opposite side, and when they turned around and saw that half of my body was hanging in the air, their faces changed instantly, and they wanted to turn back to save me.

"Go back!" I shouted.

The stone bridge could collapse at any moment, and they couldn't save me when they came up, and they would be implicated by me.

But my scolding is useless, the two of them want to come back without hesitation, what kind of virtue are they who have known them for so long, I know in my heart that life and death will accompany each other all the way, and we will not abandon each other at any time.

They don't know the consequences of coming back, but as long as there is still the slightest hope, they will not give up, even if they gamble their lives.

I know I can't stop them, if it's me, and it will be the same, I'm glad to have such a group of stupid friends around me, I cherish being able to go so far with them, although no matter what I say, it is impossible to change their decision, but I absolutely can't, let them risk their lives for me.

The corners of his mouth drew an arc, and he smiled very gratifyingly, at the moment when they rushed onto the stone bridge, I let go of my hand on the side of the hanging wall, and the moment my body fell down, if I could still do something for them, I think I have done it now, no regrets, no regrets, no regrets, no regrets.

Suddenly I felt my body being pulled and suspended in the abyss, rippling back and forth, and when I looked up, I saw Ling Zhihan holding my hand tightly, and half of her body was hanging by the crumbling stone bridge.

I had just pushed her away, but I didn't expect her to come back again, and there was another violent shock at the bottom of the sea.

"Why haven't you gone yet!" I looked up and was anxious.

"Don't move, grab you, I can pull you up." Ling Zhihan's voice was struggling.

In my impression, Ling Zhihan has always been very weak, but now she is holding me very tightly, but her strength can't save me at all, but her body is pulled by me, hanging out of the abyss little by little.

"You let it go, we're both going to die if we go on like this." I hurried and scolded.

"Let's ...... Let's go together. Ling Zhihan replied with difficulty.

These words warmed my heart, but I saw that Gongjue and Tian Ji were about to step on the stone bridge, and if this continued, the four of us might be doomed.

"Who the wants you to save it, let it go!" I struggled desperately, trying to break free from Ling Zhihan's hand, and my fingertips slowly fell off, but Ling Zhihan would rather be dragged down by me, and there was no intention of letting go. "I have a life, I will exchange the lives of the three of you, not to mention that it may not be exchanged, your brain is in water."

"You are wearing the bracelet of the sect master of the Ling family, and I will share life and death with you." Ling Zhihan didn't mind me scolding her like this, gritting her teeth with a firm expression.

I was stunned for a moment, and looked at the bracelet on my wrist, I had never cared about it before, and I never took it off, because I considered Ling Zhihan's feelings, not that I didn't like her, but I took it seriously at all.

Ye Zhiqiu saw me wearing this bracelet at that time, and he was indignant and wanted to stop talking, but finally accepted it helplessly, it turned out that this bracelet had such a great meaning to Ling Zhihan.

Rumble!

With a violent roar, the stone bridge shattered and completely collapsed, and the palace lord and Tian Ji were blocked on the opposite island, leaving only the cliff in front of me, but it would collapse at any time.

"You don't have to scold me now, I won't be able to get by anyway." Ling Zhihan actually smiled with relief.

"Why are you doing this......" I sighed apologetically.

"If it was me who fell, would you do it?" Ling Zhihan grabbed me tightly and asked with difficulty.

"I would never leave a friend behind."

"Then why are you scolding me?"

"......" I smiled wordlessly, I had never looked at her like this, although her beautiful cheeks were covered with ashes, she was still beautiful and moving, and there was an inexplicable throbbing in my heart, a wonderful feeling, which I had never experienced.

"Hold on, we'll find a way to save you." Tian Ji stood opposite and shouted loudly.

Although the stone bridge was broken, we were not far from the opposite side, Gong Jue took out the rope and fixed it on the rock, and then threw the rope to the man, Xie Tianhui's people were still righteous, and also came to help, only Dongying and Akai Yoshitaka were indifferent.

Our life and death have no meaning in their eyes, they don't move, Tian Ji doesn't move, holding the Tai'a sword, standing in front of Dongying and the rope with full attention, don't look at Tian Ji usually like an elm pimple, his heart is very transparent at the critical moment, he is worried that when he saves us, Akai Yoshitaka will draw money from the bottom of the kettle to play yin.

Ling Zhihan received the rope and handed it to me from above, I wrapped it in my hand, seeing her smile, there was a sense of relief, I was just about to let her tie the rope to her body, boom, the stone bridge supporting Ling Zhihan's body completely collapsed, she didn't hold the rope in her hand because she wanted to save me.

She fell down with the broken rocks, fortunately I was quick with my eyes and hands, grabbed her, and was swung along the rope to the rock wall, I was worried that Ling Zhihan would be injured, so I held her in my arms, and my back hit the stone firmly, and the severe pain almost made me not grasp the rope.

Ling Zhihan buried her head in front of my chest, pursed her lips and closed her eyes, she should have been scared when she looked at her, she had hugged her before, but it was all to save people, and she didn't think about anything else at all, but now looking at her frightened appearance in her arms, she suddenly felt a little touching.

Her breath passed through my clothes, warm and numb as if the heartstrings were being plucked, and a faint fragrance came from her body, and the palace lord pulled the rope with others on it, and I came back to my senses, after being rescued, my heartbeat accelerated inexplicably, and I couldn't tell if it was because my life was hanging by a thread or Ling Zhihan was too tight.

"Let go!" Gong Jue patted me on the back, and there was a sharp pain in the place where I was bruised, and I reacted and released Ling Zhihan from my arms.

Maybe she also had a strange feeling, pursed her mouth and bowed her head silently, I was embarrassed and overwhelmed, and hurriedly avoided her gaze, twisted her shoulders and grinned in pain, turned around and said to the palace lord angrily: "You can't be light." ”

"Why are you so red?" I almost died just now, and now I can't see the worry on the palace lord's face, and he looks at me aggressively.

...... "I was stunned, scratching my head at a loss." Scared, you go and try, what it's like to be hung on a cliff. ”

"Yes, I've never seen you scared like this, and your face turned red with fright." Tian Ji walked over with a concerned expression.

"Listen to him, people who dare not want their lives will be scared red?" The palace lord glared at me and smiled coldly.

"You talk like that, I just took a turn before the ghost gate closed, and I came back." I avoided the palace lord's gaze with some weakness, and quickly diverted the topic. "Show me, the back injury is not serious."

"Gu Chaoge, you can do it, shake it a few times below, and your spring heart will ripple." Gong Jue said in a strange manner.

"What do you say, I almost killed myself."

"You're addicted to this bracelet, when are you going to take it off?" Gong Jue didn't listen to the explanation at all, and lowered his voice and asked coldly in my ear.

"Yo, you don't want to take it." Tian Ji grinned.

"Get out of the way, my master's back is about to fall apart." I glanced at Tian Ji, but I found that Gong Jue's eyes were like electricity, and I saw Ling Zhihan sitting in the distance resting, and sighed and whispered. "I must take it, but I have to pick the time, people saved my life, I can't embarrass Zhihan, and when there is a suitable opportunity, I will return it to her."

"Don't be sloppy, tell me a specific time." The palace lord asked seriously.

"My business, why are you bothering?" I smiled helplessly.

As soon as the words came out, Gong Jue's face was immediately gloomy, his appearance instantly reminded me of Ye Zhiqiu, Gong Jue pulled up Tian Ji and turned around: "Did you hear it, we don't have to worry about his affairs in the future, don't leave your face here." ”

"Master, you are all masters." I grabbed them both and smiled helplessly. "If I have the life to get out of here alive, I'll return the bracelet, but it's done."

"You're Master Gu, don't forget what you say." The palace lord smiled contentedly.