Qin Qi had thought that all the underground passages were dirt paths supported by wooden frames, or rugged stone paths carved out of rock crevices, but when Bethlito lit the staff, the sight in front of him made him completely change this idea.

It is a spacious avenue made of gold, and it is more of an underground palace than a tunnel. The tunnel is five meters wide, one meter eight can not touch the top, the feet are neatly paved with a square gold floor tile one meter wide, the wall and the top are based on gold bricks, the seam is inlaid with many red and green gems, there are egg-shaped, there is also a whole piece of fluid, the whole tunnel can be said to be a vault.

Qin Qi clenched his long sword and looked around him with a serious expression, his gaze only lightly skimmed over the gold and precious stones, and the ** without any thirst ignited in his heart. On the contrary, he felt that his mood was somewhat depressed, and some bloody scenes of slaughter gradually appeared before his eyes, and he saw that blood was splattered on the golden walls, and a young man with a short sword in his hand and a staff on his back fell on the underground passage, staring blankly at where he stood, empty eyes.

Berlito found Qin Qi stunned in place, looking ahead with shortness of breath, he immediately pressed his staff against the back of Qin Qi's head, and the gem on the staff inspired a dazzling light. The illusion in front of Qin Qi's eyes disappeared in an instant, there was no blood, no young people, only clean walls and empty tunnels.

"Burlito," Qin Qi turned around, "I feel like I've come to this place." ”

Bertto heard Qin Qi's words, but he deliberately made a casual appearance, and simply said a few perfunctory words, "People have a familiar feeling when they see gold, this is the norm. ”

Hearing Burlito's slightly sarcastic answer, Qin Qi felt that it was not interesting to continue, but he firmly believed that there would be no such real feeling without being there.

"Is this a treasure?" Qin Qi took out his long sword and poked at the gold bricks on the wall, "Why do you use gold to build such a spacious underground passage?" ”

Berlito lowered his head and said "um", picked up a small piece of gold on the ground, and held it up in front of Qin Qi's eyes.

"To you and me, this gold is a treasure. But for those ancient creatures of darkness, gold was a deadly poison, and they could not bear this shining light alone. ”

Qin Qi used his hand to pick up the gold piece in Bertto's hand and found that the other side of the gold was replaced by black.

"What's the deal with this black?"

"Look at these."

Bethleto threw away the gold and secretly enhanced the light of the staff, so that the light could reach the walls everywhere, and it could be seen that there were many identical black stains left on the walls, Qin Qi approached and took a closer look, only to find that this was not a simple stain, but a variety of strange-shaped beast marks, with complete heads and limbs, and the size was not small.

"Those are the traces of dark creatures. At that time, hunters dealing with these creatures would crush them against the gold, which would absorb them until they were all black marks. ”

"Who invented this method?"

"Once upon a time, the people of Long Lake were helpless against the creatures of darkness and could only be left to their own devices. It wasn't until a mage from the Blackstone Staff came here and told them to use gold against them that the underground passage was what it is today. ”

Will the Blackstone Staff? Although Qin Qi did not have a specific understanding of the Black Stone Staff Society, in his impression, he remembered that the Black Stone Staff Society that Bethlito had told him was not a good group, but a fanatic organization dedicated to dividing people into high and inferior ranks.

"Didn't you say that the Blackstone Staff would treat the Spirit People as an inferior race?" Qin Qi showed a puzzled expression. "Why are there still people from the Blackstone Staff Society helping the spirits?"

A smile appeared on Bethlito's face, and he looked at Qin Qi with considerable interest, like a teacher teaching his own students.

"Kid, even in a dark environment, there will still be a glimmer of light. The Blackstone Staff gradually became a symbol of the mage nobility after the defeat of the Bard New Rebellion, and many nobles joined it, and they did not really participate in it for the radical idea of the Blackstone Staff. ”

"I see," Qin Qi nodded, "Do you know this such a generous path cultivator?" ”

When Burlito heard this, he stopped, raised his head and chest, and looked solemn, as if he was mourning some great hero.

"Of course I did, but when I was younger. He was Nordland's father. ”

The two of them passed the time in the tunnel, one by one. With his training in the army, Qin Qi made a rough estimate and walked a few hundred meters away. Although the road is not long, the golden avenue of several hundred meters is indeed a bit exaggerated. There were weapons and bones scattered along the way, and Bethlito told him that twenty years ago the passage had been used as a stronghold for the spirit army to defend against invasions from Dokdo. Because of this stronghold, the news of the Golden Avenue spread, and Changhu Town has since become a place where idle people from all walks of life gather, and robbers often visit Changhu Town, or people who pretend to be business tourists come here to secretly find the Golden Tunnel.

"Anyway, since the end of the war, the town of Long Lake has become lively."

Baillito described the enthusiasm for the Golden Mile in one simple sentence.

Qin Qi felt flattered, this golden avenue that no one had set foot in for twenty years, today he walked in with a swagger, although Qin Qi's interest in gold was not high, but this kind of treatment was indeed a bit advanced. Qin Qi felt light with every step he took, as if it was not gold but cotton underneath.

But soon he thought of the robbers in the government building, and he wondered if the robbers' purpose was to find the golden tunnel.

At this time, Bethlito's thick voice sounded in Qin Qi's ears.

"We're here."

Qin Qi looked in the direction pointed by Bethlito, and there was a slightly bright white hole not far away. The long dark process made Qin Qi's depressed mood increase unabated, and the moment he saw the exit, Qin Qi felt that a stone hanging in his heart had finally landed.

Seeing this, Bethlito said to Qin Qi: "Very good, I'll be here, the rest is up to you, remember, after you go in, as long as you find out the situation inside, you don't need to save anyone, and then go to the stone wall immediately to meet us, don't act rashly." ”

"Understood, don't worry. I'm not going to do stupid things. Qin Qi twisted his body and walked forward.

Berlito suddenly grabbed Qin Qi, Qin Qi turned his head with a puzzled look on his face, "What's the matter?" ”

Perito barely managed to squeeze out a smile, "When you come back from the tunnel, if something is wrong, don't worry about anything, just move on." ”

"Oh, I see."

After saying that, Qin Qi held the long sword and hurried all the way towards the exit, and after watching Qin Qi disappear at the exit, Berlito sighed lightly and extinguished the light of the staff. At this time, the tunnel fell into darkness, and after a while, a faint green light floated everywhere in the tunnel, and a figure appeared on each green light, they were wearing spiritual ** clothes, and the expression on their faces was forever fixed at the moment of death and pain, twisted and hideous, and faintly suspended in this tunnel.

Walking out of the tunnel, Qin Qicai realized that the exit turned out to be a stove vent in the basement, no wonder no one found the tunnel, after all, no one would have the idea of going to the basement to heat up. At this time, the flame of the oil lamp on the basement wall was faint, the kerosene was close to running out, Qin Qi's vision was blocked, he didn't take a closer look at the basement, but opened a door and walked out.

Unbeknownst to him, in some dark corner of the basement, there stood a man in a black cloak, with reddened eyes staring at him through the mask.

The government building has a total of six floors, and Qin Qi only knows that the headquarters of the border guards is on the top floor, and he does not know anything about the specific structure and function of the other floors. After leaving the basement, Qin Qi cautiously went upstairs to investigate, and as soon as he came out of the staircase, he saw two fierce muscular men guarding the door of a room on the first floor, and Qin Qi hurriedly hid back.

Obviously, there must be something behind this door that Qin Qi wanted to know. The two muscular men at the door looked serious, and their faces were also covered with scars, looking at the sturdy bodies and thick arms, they knew that they had experienced a hundred battles and were not easy to mess with. However, Qin Qi felt that he still had a good chance of winning against these two people, but the sound of the fight was afraid that it would disturb the others, so he still decided to use other methods to enter the room.

Qin Qi observed the environment outside the door with the corner of his eye. When he looked upwards, he noticed that there was a row of neat and wide windows about three meters above the ground on the first floor, and the windows were half-hidden, and the width of the window edge was barely enough to stand. So he came up with a good idea.

He picked up an abandoned mahogany cane on the ground and threw it in the direction of the basement, the sound of the cane colliding immediately attracted the attention of the two muscular men, they left the door and walked to the basement, Qin Qi hid in the dark corner, and after the two walked into the basement, he stood on tiptoe to the corridor next to the door, took advantage of the short distance between the two walls, stepped on the left and right with both feet, and jumped into the air at once, and then grabbed the window edge with both hands, and stood on the window edge with both arms. The movements are coherent and clean, quiet and steady.

Qin Qi held his breath and slowly turned his body around, through the glass window, he saw a group of aristocratic officials in gorgeous costumes sitting cross-legged in the open space in the middle of the house, General Radic seemed to be a little injured and lying on the ground, and Tans was bandaging his wounds. Around the crowd stood men in border guard uniforms, and every once in a short time, someone was ushered into a small room in the innermost part. Several long rows of chairs were stacked in front of the gate, apparently to defend against a forced attack from outside.

After scanning everyone's appearance, Qin Qi couldn't help but wonder, he found that there was a familiar face missing from it, Ling Yue. Why isn't Lingyue in it? Could it be that those robbers ・・・・・・ Qin Qi immediately stopped himself with this bad idea, he felt that if Lingyue was as smart as Bethlito said, then he should have found a place to hide.

"There are not so many misfortunes in this world," Qin Qi comforted himself in his heart.

After a while, he noticed a flag shaking a little in the corner of the wall at the same height, and consciously told him that someone was hiding behind.

Qin Qi opened the window and walked in lightly. He grabbed the roof beam with his hand and pushed forward like an athlete holding a single bar. When he reached the corner, he stepped on the protruding bricks by the side of the wall, steadied himself, and after making sure it was safe to face down, he put his head behind the flag.

As expected, the girl Lingyue was standing on the wooden board erected in the corner of the wall and looking into the small room through a thick glass, Qin Qi once again admired her spring-like eyes, which flashed with soft warmth, and forgot for a moment that she was in danger.

When Lingyue noticed that there were eyes peeking at her, she was so frightened that she lost her balance and almost fell, but fortunately Qin Qi grabbed her, and fortunately, Qin Qi's strength was big enough, the movement of this fall was not big, the movement was small, and no one noticed it.

Qin Qi made a questioning expression, he was eager to know what was going on here. Ling Yue didn't answer him, she just put a finger to her little pink lips, signaling Qin Qi to be quiet, and then pointed inside the glass.

Qin Qi turned his head to look into the glass. In the middle of the house sat a large iron chair in the style of a king, on which a bald old man in light armor and with a bone whip in his hand sat with his chin in his left hand on his face. At this time, it happened that his subordinates brought a bloated, fat-headed, big-eared person in, and Ling Yue whispered in Qin Qi's ear: "This is Viscount Demaying, the president of the Changhu Town Civic Association. ”

When the viscount saw the bald old man, his knee touched the ground with a "poof". He raised his hands and begged the bald old man for mercy with a crying voice: "Please let me go, you can do whatever you want." ”

The bald head put down his left hand and smiled coldly: "Lord Demaying, I can let you go, but you hand over an important treasure." ”

The viscount didn't want to reply immediately: "Do you mean the golden authenticity?" I know where this place is, I can tell you. ”

"No, Lord Demaying," the bald head rose from his chair and leaned towards the Viscount, "something more important, the sergeant's sword." ”

"Sergeant sword?" Viscount Demaying avoided the bald eyes, lowered his head and thought left and right, but couldn't find a suitable answer, "There is no sergeant sword here, are you in the wrong place?" ”

"No, no, no, Lord Demaying," the bald head straightened up, putting his hands behind his back, "As far as I know, this sergeant's sword must be in Changhu Town." ”

Viscount Demayin did not seem to know where the sergeant's sword was, and a look of trepidation appeared on his face, for he felt that he had nothing to exchange for.

The bald head ignored Viscount de Mayin and circled around him on his own.

"When the lord of Xincheng led his army to Dokdo from here, the sergeant's sword was not on him, and he handed it over to Changhu Town for safekeeping. It stands to reason that such an important thing must have been handed over to the people of the committee, and your father was the chairman of the committee in Changhu Town at the time, how could you not know the whereabouts of the sergeant's sword? ”

Viscount Demaying raised his head and saw the bald head looking at him with vicious eyes, and immediately trembled with fright, and he immediately threw out various explanations for his life.

"My father didn't tell me about this, he left the town of Long Lake since the war twenty years ago, and there is no news at all, most likely he took the sergeant's sword. Besides, there were also Captain Ulantu and Bethitor priests in the committee at that time, and these people should know where the sword went・・・・・・"

"Stop!" The bald head was clearly not interested in Viscount de Maren's explanation. He turned around and put his hand into his waist, this action instantly resonated with Qin Qi, who thought that the bald head would take out a pistol. As a result, a silvery-white dagger appeared in the hands of the bald head.

"This dagger!" Qin Qi couldn't help but make a sound, Ling Yue was startled by his sudden words, and it was too late to stop it.

Qin Qi couldn't hold back because this dagger was exactly the same as the dagger held by Liang Juncai on the ship, and it was also engraved with runes.

Surprise to surprise, Qin Qi's words were too loud, alarming the bald men in the room, and they soon gathered under the corner, all holding bright scimitars in their hands, looking up vigilantly, waiting for Qin Qi and Lingyue's reaction.

Ling Yue opened a small corner and looked down, and when she saw the group of people under the wall, she immediately pouted and made a reproachful expression towards Qin Qi.

Qin Qi also saw the situation below, he smiled lightly, and said to Ling Yue: "Don't worry, you stay here, I'll go down for a while, and I'll pick you up below in five minutes." After speaking, Qin Qi tore down the flag and threw it at the faces of the people below, jumped forward, and jumped to the back of the crowd.

Facing the bald-headed six subordinates, Qin Qi unhurriedly drew his long sword, pointed the blade forward, and looked at them with disdain.

"Tell me, do you want to go it alone or go together."

The six men looked at each other for a moment, nodded, agreed, raised their scimitars, turned their heads, and rushed forward together.

Thus began a duel.