Chapter 45: Approaching the Shrine
Before Liang Ruoyi finished speaking, the cloth bag monk beside him jumped out lightly with his feet on his feet, and after a few ups and downs, he rushed in the direction of Nanpan Divine Palace.
Liang Ruoyi hesitated, but still didn't catch up.
"The master probably just went over to take a look, and he should be back soon." I frowned slightly, not knowing what the old monk was thinking about it.
"Hmm......" Liang Ruoyi responded, but there was a worried look on his face.
"Sit down and rest, beauty." I turned to look at the pig's head, which was already sleeping, and sat down on the side, leaning against the boulder: "You haven't said yet, how hot the teeth are!" ”
Liang Ruoyi sighed lightly and turned to sit beside me: "I'm not sure, but this is mostly an ancient beast with millions of years of history, and when the gas similar to methane in the body is spewed out, it can turn into a blazing flame in an instant after passing through the ultra-high temperature teeth. To be honest, I've never seen a real one, but from some previous books, the temperature of this flame is far beyond people's imagination, and we have felt a heat wave from afar. ”
"No wonder, that monster in red cloth is so afraid." I nodded and said, "With such a high temperature, it is estimated that it can be burned to ashes in the blink of an eye." ”
"It's the same with burning you." Liang Ruoyi gave me a blank look and stopped talking.
It was almost ten o'clock in the evening, and the darkness around me, coupled with the faint mist that lingered in mid-air, made the visibility barely three feet, and this was still with a campfire. The stone pillars on one side and the Nanpan Shrine on the other side were all submerged in darkness at the moment, and no outline could be seen.
The seventh master and the second uncle should still be in the stone pillar group, but these two people should be the people who know the most about these miscellaneous arts among us, why are they still trapped in the stone pillar group and can't get out?
The flame of Nador never appeared again, and they should not have met......
I still have a vague worry in my heart, but I am powerless.
After waiting for nearly an hour, the cloth bag monk came back quietly, didn't say anything, and sat cross-legged to the side to rest. Liang Ruoyi was tired for a day, so she closed her eyes and took a nap.
Listening to the snoring of the pig's head, the tiredness in my body came to me, tossing and turning, but I couldn't sleep.
A year ago, I was involved in this operation that I don't know when it will come to an end, and in just one year of practice, too many things have happened: the death of people around me, the departure of loved ones, the unpredictable "companions", and countless heart-wrenching things. I was originally just an ordinary person who had just graduated, but this year, I have completely transformed.
I began to become confused, I didn't know why I wanted to go on, the kind of stable and peaceful life I had worked so hard to get might never be obtained, was it a blessing or a curse? There are many people and many things, I don't know if it's right or wrong, I just follow the footsteps of the people around me mechanically and go far away, but I lose my destination early - and turning back is a delusional thing.
The surroundings were quiet, so quiet that only the snoring of a pig's head could be heard. For more than a year, my body was covered with all kinds of scars, and at this time, I felt a heart-piercing pain. I couldn't sleep physically and mentally, and with a sigh, I reached out and took out my phone from my backpack and opened it gently.
Because there is no signal, and it has not been charged for days, the phone has long since become a waste. I turned on my phone, the bright light of the screen was a little dazzling, and the photo of the screensaver was a group photo of Xiaoxiao holding a strong dog, which was taken during the Chinese New Year.
Xiaoxiao in the photo has a smile on her face, the kind of happiness that comes from the heart, but we have been separated for several months...... I suddenly felt that the experience of more than a year has changed my heart a lot, and I no longer feel that a certain thing will have too much impact on me, and it seems that no matter how big the thing is, it will not easily make waves in my heart......
"Hum—"
I was staring at Xiaoxiao's photo on the phone screen, but the phone vibrated suddenly, which scared me and almost threw the phone out!
"Who! Isn't there no signal?! I frowned and cursed secretly, and when I looked at it, it turned out to be a text message from Chu Ying.
When did this girl send the message? I hurriedly clicked on it and saw that it had been sent the night before, and at that time, we were already in the mountains.
"Gu Rui, I've been very bad lately, I've always had nightmares, and my life and work are not going very well, if you have time, come back and help me take a look, I know, you will have some magic skills."
After reading the information, my brows furrowed even deeper: With Chu Ying's character, she usually doesn't cry to people, and she didn't ask me to help her with these things before, it seems that she is really in trouble these days.
Not long ago, she may have had nightmares because of the teeth of the mountain spider that Asako gave me, and I told her not to carry them with her, but to put them in a place where the sun was common, and since then, she has never said that she has nightmares...... Could it be because of what the toad had done to her?
I couldn't figure it out after thinking about it, so I simply replied to a message, but the signal was interrupted again, and I didn't know when Chu Ying would receive it......
I had hardly slept all night, and when I opened my eyes in a daze the next day, it was already dark, and a few warm beams of sunlight shone in through the faint mist, making me feel a little warm.
Liang Ruoyi sat opposite the Budai monk not far away, talking about something while making breakfast. The pig's head seemed to be tired, but the snoring was still there.
I stroked the wound on my chest, it was crispy and sore.
"Second Uncle and Seventh Master, still no news?" I stood up, stretched in pain, and asked Liang Ruoyi.
"Nope." Liang Ruoyi turned his head to look at me and waved his hand: "Let's enter the Nanpan Divine Palace after breakfast, the second uncle and the seventh master, there shouldn't be any problems, if they are still in the stone pillar group, with the four of us, the possibility of finding them is too small; The master and I both felt that the two of them should have come out of the other exit a long time ago, and perhaps they had already entered the Nanpan Shrine. ”
I nodded, and it seemed like there was only one way to do it. He hastily washed his face, kicked the pig's head up, and ate breakfast, it was already more than seven o'clock in the morning.
After tidying up a little, the four of us walked towards the Nanpan Shrine.
"Last night I took advantage of the darkness to touch the bottom of the line." The seventh master and the second uncle were not there, and the Budai monk became the leader of the four of us, and he said softly as he walked: "The entire Nanpan Shrine is built on this hill, the hill is almost 100 meters high, and the Nanpan Shrine is arranged in order from bottom to top, roughly divided, there are seven floors. The huge palace at the top should be the center of the Divine Palace, and it is also the territory of the high-level of their Gupan clan, or rather, that palace is the real Nanpan Divine Palace, and the rest are all prepared for those ordinary slave owners, and I also saw some stone tools similar to hook locks in the rooms at the bottom, which should be used to control slaves. ”
The old monk hadn't said so much for a long time, at least now we know better that if there is a so-called treasure in this Nanpan Divine Palace, it should be in the palace on the top floor.
"Last night, the master didn't encounter an evil thing?" I asked, opening my mouth.
After the Budai monk finished speaking, he immediately changed back to his original appearance, just shook his head, and didn't even say a word.
I smiled bitterly and shrugged at Liang Ruoyi, the pig's head on one side had not had time to observe the Nanpan Shrine, and at this time, the fat skull looked left and right, looking full of interest.
Soon, we came to the first floor.
"Yesterday, Gu Rui and I also went into a few rooms, and there was nothing on this floor." Liang Ruoyi pointed to the nearest triangular stone houses and said.
"Hey, I've found a problem!" The pig's head suddenly said, "There is no road on this hill!" How can a palace of this scale be built, but there is not even a road? ”
Everyone frowned when they heard this, not to mention, we didn't pay attention to what the pig head said before, the whole hill was bare, there was nothing else except the stone house palace, the stone house palace was arranged in a soothing "S" shape, and there was indeed no road.
"Why is that?" Liang Ruoyi muttered: "It really shouldn't be, although this hillside is very smooth, but a palace of this scale, there should indeed be a road!" ”
I looked at Budai Monk: "Master, you went up the hillside last night?" ”
The old monk nodded: "Yes, I also ignored the fact that there is no road." ”
"Whatever!" I stretched out my foot and stomped on the hillside: "Anyway, now that I know that the top palace is the main one, let's just go up directly!" ”
Liang Ruoyi looked at the cloth bag monk, and when he saw the old monk nodding, he had no objections, and the four of them paced up.
After walking a few meters, I immediately felt that the whole body had to lower its center of gravity and lean forward as much as possible to maintain its balance.
"Good ...... There's no way here, it's really hard to walk! I took a deep breath and looked up at them with a wry smile.
These three people are all practitioners, and their body skills are good, and they are much easier than me.
"Hey!" The pig's head looked at me with disdain: "Wouldn't it be much easier for you to go to the stone house over there and walk in the direction that follows the stone house!" ”
I glanced at the pig's head, snorted coldly, and crawled towards the nearest stone house with my hands and feet, until I came to the flat ground, then I breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to speak, but the back of my head was cold, so frightened that I hurriedly stuck to the stone house behind me, and made a silent gesture to Liang Ruoyi.