Chapter 37: The Puzzle (Medium) Revised Edition
Originally, the plan was for me to break into the battle alone, but now it has become three people in the formation, and I am a little worried that if there is an accident, there will be a rhythm of annihilation.
Jiang Yuan stared intently at the scabbard standing next to the sword stand, and suddenly asked me, "Brother Fang Zi, can you understand what is written on it?" ”
I squatted down and looked at it for a while, and said, "This is the Huangquan ciphertext, and I can't understand much." ”
When the grasshopper heard the words "Huangquan Cipherland", his face immediately changed, and he also squatted next to me, gently brushed the words on the scabbard with his hand, and said: "The Huangquan Ciphertext is a script used by the high priest of the ancient Dian Kingdom and her tribesmen. ”
Jiang Yuan and I both looked at him in unison after hearing this, and I asked, "What do you mean?" How do you know this. ”
The gnats still stared at the scabbard intently, and it took more than ten seconds before he came back to his senses, he looked at me and Jiang Yuan, and his face was a sadness that he had never seen before.
"Did you think of something?" I asked tentatively.
"No, boss, this mechanism can't be moved, the gathering of the seven stars is the last line of defense in the entrance tomb, we took a shortcut by mistake, it seems lucky but it is actually very dangerous."
The words of the grasshopper made me feel a little frightened, what is called a mistake, what is called a shortcut, we were chased by the terracotta warriors and the green-haired scorpion all the way.
I was thinking about this in my heart, but my eyes couldn't help but look like Jiang Yuan, and I said in my heart, he was the initiator of this matter, didn't he know that this gathering of the seven stars was the last level in the entrance tomb? Doesn't he know that if we go backwards in this way, we dig our own graves? Or does he know at all, it is precisely because he knows that he will personally lead the team to this side, I inexplicably appeared in the underground cave after I fell unconscious, Li Laosi and Kangyan were not around, and now I am beginning to wonder what happened after I fell unconscious, is it really like Jiang Yuan said, they were trapped in the Hades Temple in order to save us, and they were ready to die together with the cobra?
Everything came to mind in an instant, but there was a voice in my heart that told me again, trust your teammates, he won't hurt you.
In the confusion of my thoughts, a bright light shot straight through, and I escaped with an instinctive backflip, which scared me awake.
Jiang Yuan and the gnats were obviously frightened by me, especially the gnats, who immediately rushed over to check my arms and legs, "Scared to death baby, boss, what are you thinking?" ”
I was a little embarrassed, "It's nothing, I'm distracted." ”
Jiang Yuan was delicate, he must have seen something about my performance just now, in fact, I hope he can ask me, so that I will have the opportunity to use the question to play and ask the question I want to ask.
But things always couldn't make me get my wish, Jiang Yuan didn't say anything, just stood in front of the first sword and said, "Brother Fang Zi, you haven't told me what the words on this scabbard mean?" ”
I let out an "oh" and said, "I only recognize two of the characters on it, the two characters in the middle, which translate into modern Chinese to mean Qingming." ”
"Qing Ming?" Jiang Yuan muttered to himself.
"That's right, I can't mistranslate those two words."
"Why are you so sure?" Jiang Yuan seemed to be nervous.
I showed him my finger and said, "Have you seen that although these two characters look similar in shape to the others, they are all like ghost drawings, but these two characters are not Huangquan ciphertext, they are small seals." It's just that someone dismantled these two words and then reassembled them, turning things upside down but deliberately leaving flaws, I think this benevolent brother must have been very contradictory at the time, on the one hand, he wanted future generations to know the origin of this sword, on the other hand, he may have been under some pressure, so that he had to give up this idea, when he was in a dilemma, he thought of such a perfect strategy, the so-called fate to know the king's face, and those who are destined can solve the deep meaning. ”
The gnats listened carefully on the side, and after I finished speaking, he immediately answered: "The Qingying Sword, the legend is that it is the first sword cast by the folk sword-casting master Ling Xizi in his life, and the sword came out to attract the disaster of blood and light, the Yellow River burst its banks, the capital was on fire, and tens of thousands of living beings"
He didn't continue, and we didn't have the heart to continue listening, for the sword rack that had been quiet before us began to sink downward.
"Be careful." Jiang Yuan pushed me away hard.
I staggered to the side, "Give me your hand." ”
The black water continued to rise, and the gnats were trapped in the black water circle, and the position where he stood was relatively high, and the black water had been gathering in the lower places around him.
The grasshopper threw his backpack at me, then pointed at Jiang Yuan and said, "Save him first, we won't die here with him." ”
I was already a little panicked at the time, but when I saw that the gnats were still able to keep a cool head when they were in danger, I suddenly felt that I was useless.
Jiang Yuan's position was already covered in black water, and his feet were already soaked in black liquid, and I remembered the black water pool I saw in Qingshan at that time, and immediately shouted: "Beware, the water is poisonous." ”
As soon as he finished saying this, Jiang Yuan staggered and was about to fall, but fortunately his hand held the sword frame that was slowly sinking, but the wooden sword frame has been preserved for thousands of years, although it is well preserved, but it can't support the weight of a big man, seeing that the sword frame is about to collapse, at the last moment, the gnats jumped up, grabbed Jiang Yuan's arm while stepping on the black water, and then pushed him to my side, and he himself was trapped in the black water circle again.
I caught Jiang Yuan, his face was black and blue, his hands and feet were already blue and purple, a fool can understand that this is highly poisoned, but what makes me happy is that the blue and purple have spread to his arms and waist, and he will no longer move forward, his breathing is stable, his vital signs are normal, and there is no danger to his life for the time being.
I jumped out of the sword formation with him on my back, and after settling down, I stood on top of a relatively large spar with a climbing rope, and at this time, the grasshopper's feet were already soaked in the black water, but he did not have the symptoms of fainting like Jiang Yuan, but had a more strange phenomenon.
The gnat's hair instantly turned white, and his eyes were also changing, the red eyes were like girls wearing contact lenses, and at first glance, this face really looked a bit like someone in the anime.
"Guo Shuming, go on."
I threw one end of the rope to him, but at this time, the gnats looked straight at me and said, "What are you doing trespassing on the Golden Scale Star Palace?" ”
I was stunned for a moment, blinked my eyes, and suddenly felt very funny, and pointed at the gnats and scolded: "Guo Shuming, you kid is crazy, don't be embarrassed in other people's tombs, come here." ”
The gnats still looked at me expressionlessly, his hand slowly raised the sword on the shelf, and the blade of the sword pointed directly at my front door, "Wait and leave quickly, don't disturb the undead in the temple." ”
The black water continued to gush out, and at the same time, the other six swords began to resonate, the blades automatically leaving the sword frame and levitating in the air, and the scabbard emitted a piercing sound, as if in response to something.
My palms began to break out in a cold sweat, and my heart began to panic, I had encountered all kinds of dangers when I was fighting before, but they were all things that could be seen and touched, but now I have encountered them, but they can't be seen or touched.
"Grasshopper, stop making trouble, come here, now is not the time to joke."
Before my words fell, I saw the grasshopper slowly floating upward, just like the picture of some masters in a costume mythological drama soaring into immortals.
I was dumbfounded, and my mind went blank.