The leader of the mask looked at the stele carefully, and it seemed that it was a little difficult to identify it, so he had to ask his subordinates to rub the inscription down.

When his subordinates were busy, they only saw the head of the mask raised his hand and threw out two cyan light clusters, each of which fell on a burly overseer, and it disappeared into the body in the blink of an eye, the two overseers were stunned at first, their eyes lost their minds and they didn't move, and after a while, their eyes moved, and they came alive again, Zheng Yan saw clearly in the back, it was a ghost adopted by the head of the mask, and he already had some Taoism, if he was possessed by the mine slave, the mine slave would definitely not be able to support it for a long time and would be drained of essence.

Probably to let the ghost adapt to the body, after a while, the mask leader pinched his fingers and chanted, and the two overseers who were possessed by the ghost walked stiffly to the stele, holding the stele on the left and right at the same time, the green tendons on the body collapsed, and soon the stele moved, and someone exclaimed, it was a mining slave, Zheng Yan also hurriedly agreed, and at the same time the dagger slipped into his hand, pretending to be curious and followed everyone forward, closer, four feet, three feet, two feet, enough, with this dagger, he can definitely kill him, as for the original god, it is easy to solve, and the rest of the people are not a problem.

"Go get a few torches, and the rope", the mask leader suddenly turned to Zheng Yan and said coldly,

Zheng Yan reacted extremely quickly, first fearful and then obedient, there was no panic at all, and then turned around and walked out, whether it was breathing, heartbeat, or mental fluctuations, there was not much change.

Very early on, the grandfather said that you have to think about doing things and think about them, and you have to think of all kinds of possibilities, especially the one you don't want to accept the most, just now Zheng Yan not only thought about several possibilities, but also predicted the response to possible situations by the way, plus his reaction is really fast, so there is no danger to resolve the change, it seems that people with divergent spirits are more flexible, just need to be fast enough, this Zheng Yan is absolutely confident, after all, in order to exercise this ability, he did not suffer less when he was a child.

There are spare torches in the main mine road, Zheng Yan took eight and returned to the stone room, and then was assigned to go down to investigate, it turned out that the stone tablet was pulled out and a hole was exposed, and there was a cold wind blowing out of the hole, and there was some moisture, and the underground was pitch black and there was no bottom.

There were six people who went down, one masked man, two demon-possessed overseers, and three mine slaves.

It must be the mine slave who went first, but the other two were a little hesitant, Zheng Yan slandered in his heart, you have all been taken away by others and have been a mine slave for so long, and I think you are used to obedience, it seems that the desire to survive can really overwhelm everything. Under the persecuted gaze of the overseer, Zheng Yan took the torch and was the first to climb the rope and fall.

The hole is vertically downward, not deep, about more than a zhang of appearance, below is a horizontal passage, just the height of one person, very narrow, barely allowing one person to pass, there is also the sound of water flowing, Zheng Yan called the others down, and began to carefully look at the stone walls on both sides, there are many painted paintings that have long been diluted by water vapor, and there are some stone carvings that have barely been preserved, all of which are some scenes that describe the sacrificial activities and the lives of the ancestors, simple and long-lasting, especially striking is that many people are holding weapons to besiege a big turtle with snakes wrapped around its body, and finally the big turtle is subdued to help people rain。

These murals and the stele on it do indicate that it comes from the Xuanwu Temple, but the content is that people subdue and use Xuanwu, which is very different from Xuanwu worship, I remember that the right sacrificial wine once said, the human race from the initial nature worship to the later humanistic worship, many early revered gods and spirits finally became human servant tools, were knocked down to the dust, especially the road to ascension opened, and the immortals began to dominate the three realms and six paths, which makes sense from the time.

From fear to worship in order to keep the gods at peace, from seeking others to seeking oneself, and then seeking long-term peace and stability.

Therefore, the early totem worship was gradually abandoned by people, such as the Xuanwu Vermilion Bird and the White Tiger and the Green Dragon, and the so-called sacrosanctity is only people's own right to live. It's just that human aggression has become the most common situation, probably from the beginning.

After all six people came down, the masked man walked around a few times with a red lacquer compass, and quickly determined that the passage where several people were located was north-south, and said to the leader above, because the Xuanwu Temple that was discovered these days was in the north, so several people also went north, and Zheng Yan went first. As the sound of water became clearer and clearer, Zheng Yan finally remembered the doubts he had when he first came down, since there was water, why did he still use paint to paint? The wisdom of the ancestors is hard to say, but they should not make such a mistake.

After walking for about a stick of incense, he felt that the sound of water was almost in front of him, the torch reflected a pile of broken stones, and the passage came to an end, Zheng Yan glanced at the angular broken stone and roughly concluded that it was a broken stone door, which made sense. Beyond the stone pile, the foothold is a small platform, the torch can be covered by the light, five feet square, there is a stone railing on the edge of the platform, outside the railing is an underground lake, there are waterfalls on both sides of the stone platform not far into the lake, the lake can not see how big it is.

The masked man took a torch from the hand of an overseer, threw it diagonally into the darkness, and as the torch crossed, Zheng Yan saw the size of the lake with his eyesight, about twenty zhang, not big, the top of the cave was like an inverted cauldron, more than ten zhang away from the lake, and he could vaguely see some traces of artificial carving on the top of the cave and the surrounding stone walls.

Several people were a little unclear So, the masked man went back to call the leader, Zheng Yan saw a bulge in the corner of the platform out of the corner of his eye, and walked over to see that it was actually a black-backed turtle the size of a palm, still alive.

The little turtle seemed to be a little photophobic, its eyes were tightly closed, and its mouth was still moving, as if it was holding something, Zheng Yan stuck its cheeks and saw what was in its mouth clearly, a little frightened, and quietly took the little turtle into his arms.

After a while, the mask leader appeared on the platform, first looked around, pinched and chanted the spell again, and a seven-inch small figure emitting pure blue light appeared above his head, and three cyan flames flew around the little man, silently flying to the surrounding stone walls and began to check.

Zheng Yan, who had already been pushed back to the passage by the two overseers, was a little helpless, he thought it was a casual cultivation who had just entered the ground level, but he didn't expect it to be a real authentic realm, and the Yuan Shen should be three grades, even if it can damage his body, this Yuan Shen is still a little tricky, and he is really not sure.

I don't know how long it took, the Qingguang villain returned to his place, and the mask leader suddenly laughed, "Sure enough, it's Xuanwu Pool, the sky doesn't live up to me, the sky doesn't live up to me",

The masked man next to him shouted "Congratulations to the master for getting what he wanted", the mask leader laughed and began to think, Zheng Yan in the passage quietly stuffed the little turtle in his arms into the stone pile, and he would definitely be assigned to go down to catch things in a while.

Speaking of which, in the early Middle Ages, when the totem worship was declining, some people really tried it, when the world of cultivation had just opened, the world was in a violent turbulent change, and many people dared to think and do anything, so some people built the "Xuanwu Pool".

The secret file in the palace records that the Xuanwu Pool did not cultivate the real Xuanwu, but only cultivated some spirit turtles and water snakes that are easy to open the spiritual wisdom, after all, the manpower and material resources consumed to build a pool are not to mention, the key is the spiritual treasure that supports the operation of the formation, and the water spirit beads used for breeding, all of which cost a lot.

At that time, the water spirit beads may still be very ordinary, but now every spirit bead is a rare treasure, what people can see is only a man-made pseudo spirit bead, the spirit bead that is truly gathered and condensed by the vitality is either collected in the hands of the big forces, or hidden in the depths of the realm, or it has been guarded by the masters only to mature, no one will use it to do this kind of meaningless thing, this guy may really make a fortune, but I don't know how many spirit treasures are left after being banned here for so long, but you can also make a fortune if you can catch some spirit turtles and snakes.

After thinking about it, the mask leader turned to look at the entrance of the passage, raised his hand to Zheng Yan, and signaled to come out, Zheng Yan knew what to do, and he had to pretend to be ignorant,

"Take off your clothes, go down, catch up all the strange things, do a good job and not only survive, but also learn my skills like him", the mask leader pointed to the masked man beside him,

Zheng Yanmu nodded, took off his clothes and carefully went down into the water, the water was not deep, he could only reach his knees, the bottom of the water seemed to have been polished, flat and with some lines, similar to what was recorded. Zheng Yan was furious in his heart, a little afraid, not afraid of raising a Xuanwu, but afraid of water snakes, when he was a child, he went to play in the pond in the field and fell into the shadows.

And the "Xuanwu Pond" is only the first step, and when the turtle and snake grow to a certain age, they will move to another place to breed in another way, and it is impossible to cultivate here, and it may be able to generate spiritual wisdom, but it cannot become a refinement, because of the lack of the most critical yin and yang.

Zheng Yan bent down and picked it up, a water spirit bead, isn't it? There really is a water spirit bead! After so many years, you guys don't know how to eat it? Do you have to leave it to others?

Zheng Yan was full of helplessness, walked back to the platform and handed the beads to the mask leader, the mask leader took the dark and shiny beads and looked at them, and after a while, he looked ecstatic, and motioned for the two overseers who were still possessed by demons to go down as well, and after a while, he called down a few mine slaves from above.

Finally someone was bitten, the heart that Zheng Yan had been hanging hung higher, the person who was bitten was the first overseer to come down, and soon another overseer was also bitten, Zheng Yan watched the ghost attached to them break free violently, and after a few convulsions in the air, it turned into a point of light, and gradually disappeared into the darkness, and the mask leader on the platform seemed to be in pain, and fell to the ground unconsciously.

Can you kill souls?!

No, why weren't the others bitten? Zheng Yan never believed in karma in the dark, everything should be traced.

It should be attracted by the pure yin thing, thinking of this, Zheng Yan took a deep breath, slightly released some of the qi that was sealed by the star frost, and a waterline twisted and swam away quickly at his feet, sure enough.

The two bitten overseers fell into dementia, not a symptom of poisoning, but a dissipation of their souls, and they were quickly carried out, and the head of the mask coldly reminded the people in the water not to hide what they had picked up, otherwise they would end up like the two dead.

Zheng Yan deliberately avoided the middle of the pond, and gradually walked to the farthest place opposite the stone platform, there was also the same platform here, there were some things that had long been rotten on the platform, and they turned into ashes and drifted away at a slight touch, Zheng Yan hurriedly dodged and looked around, feeling that something was staring at him, and looked carefully and finally saw two pairs of bright eyes under the platform, very spiritual, as if with emotions,

"Will you spare us? please",

A voice appeared in the bottom of his heart, Zheng Yan was a little surprised, did he really have a spiritual sense? stepped forward and grabbed two little guys who were entangled, a turtle and a snake.

The two little guys were full of fear, or rather, their eyebrows were low, their heads were shrugged, and they looked like they were about to be killed, Zheng Yan quietly looked at the mask leader who was counting the harvest on the opposite platform, and threw the two little guys into the passage not far away. Let's not talk about whether you can take it out, even if you take it out, you can't afford to raise it, and you can't cheapen this group of unknown people.

A "thank you" sounded in his heart again, Zheng Yan had already turned around and left, according to the time recorded on the stone tablet, although he didn't know much about the calendar at that time, he could roughly guess that it should be the remains of the early to middle Middle Ages, how many years ago was the early Middle Ages? Some people say that the middle of the Middle Ages started from the Sui Dynasty, and then went through the Yu Dynasty, the Hao Dynasty, the Xia Dynasty, and the Yin Dynasty, and there are only 10,000 years after the Hao Dynasty.

Zheng Yan couldn't figure it out, and he couldn't figure out why he still couldn't find the water outlet, this was unreasonable, the middle of the pool was slightly concave downward, it should be the location of the array eye, there must be a heavy treasure there, otherwise the water spirit beads found should have lost their aura a long time ago, and it is impossible to survive until now, and those living creatures are real living creatures, not spirit bodies.

In the end, everyone gathered in the middle of the pool, Zheng Yan saw Lu Yuntao quietly pulling him to the back, there must be a gathering of Xuan snakes that had already given birth to spiritual wisdom in the array, it was best not to force them to hurry. One of the overseers was eager to go down first, and gradually the water reached his thighs, and the people fell silent.

The overseer seemed to have touched something, slowly squatted down, and the whole person was submerged in the water, a masked man walked over and took a torch to shine on the water, and after a while, the overseer stood up and shouted happily, "There is a white jade plate the size of a basin, and there are words engraved on it, and the small one will be taken out by the adult", and then sank down,

Suddenly, a small whirlpool appeared where the overseer sank, the whirlpool gradually became larger, and the nearest masked man fell down suddenly before he had time to react, pretending to dance and catching the shadow, and soon everyone felt that the water under their feet was converging in the middle, Zheng Yan shouted and ran, pulling Lu Yuntao to run to the platform on the other side, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw that there were rags and broken flesh floating.

Everyone ran out desperately, the masked leader on the platform was indifferent, and the four masked people around him stood quietly, like dead people. Zheng Yan pulled Lu Yuntao to hide on the opposite platform, thought about it and retreated into the passage, looked at the shadow of the two little things on the ground, let Lu Yuntao guard the door, walked in for a while, and hid the two torches that he took with him, leaving only one to burn.

Zheng Yan returned to the door again, saw that Lu Yuntao couldn't stop trembling, stepped forward and covered his mouth and pulled into the passage, a massacre had already started outside, and the overseer miners and miners quickly all fell under the sharp blades, and a cloud of gray light and shadow was ingested into a plate in the hand of the mask leader, and the pool water mixed with blood water converged into the low-lying place in the middle, and disappeared, it turned out that the drainage outlet was there.

A masked man shook off the blood stains on the blade and reported that "master, there are two less mine slaves, and they should be hiding in the other three passages",

The mask leader nodded and jumped off the platform, the three masked people walked towards the other three passages, Zheng Yan finally saw the mask leader go to the middle and pick up a white jade plate, and hurriedly pulled Lu Yuntao to escape.

This passage is basically the same as the one when I came, there is also a hole that goes straight up and down after walking a long way, but it is sealed, Zheng Yan and Lu Yuntao can only continue to run forward, it should be due north, Lu Yuntao said in a low voice and trembling, "Why the my legs are so weak?

Zheng Yan observed the place where the torch could shine, and at the same time thought that with the luck of the guy next to him, the two of them could survive in a desperate situation, in fact, it was okay to solve the masked man who caught up, but he was afraid that he would attract that leader, and he would definitely die in this kind of place.

I don't know how long I walked, the two finally came to the end of the passage, in front of them is a wide underground river, it should flow from west to east, this kind of dark river extends in all directions, it is difficult to judge the location of the exit, even if it follows the water, who knows how long it will take, not to mention that there is not much place to attach on both sides of the dark river, if you want to continue to escape, you can only jump into the water, remember that Lu Yuntao is a landlubber, well, you can only desperately, make up your mind to turn around and prepare to solve the pursuers.

Returning along the passage, I didn't see the pursuer along the way, extinguished the torch and cautiously returned to the door, and found that the original "Xuanwu Pool" was already pitch black, Zheng Yan extended his perception and carefully searched and found no trace of the living, and lit the torch with a dagger, and the two of them went down to the pool one by one, the corpses were still scattered everywhere, and the two waterfalls were still flowing, but all of them flowed into the middle outlet.

Lu Yuntao was finally relieved to learn that those masked people had left, and when Zheng Yan was inspecting the hall, he chattered and chattered, not stopping for a moment, Zheng Yan could understand, a teenager who grew up in the village saw this kind of scene, it was already very good that he was not insane, in fact, he was not much better, his stomach was churning so badly, he couldn't wait to find a masked man to fight for life and death.

There was nothing left in the hall, except for a corpse, Zheng Yan jumped on the stone platform and found the little turtle that had been hidden before in the pile of rubble, his head, feet and tail were all shrunk in the shell and he couldn't come out, thinking that he was frightened by the noise just now. Stopped Lu Yuntao's chatter and pointed to the passage, Lu Yuntao took a deep breath and nodded, and finally retched the next moment.

The two walked to the vertical hole where they originally came down, and found that the entrance of the cave had been sealed, Zheng Yan handed the torch to Lu Yuntao and just kicked a few times and propped it on the edge of the hole, and listened to the movement outside.

Mix your breath evenly, put the dagger in your mouth, grasp a point of force with one hand, and push it out with one palm against the stone tablet at the entrance of the cave, and at the same time the body quickly slid out, holding the dagger and stabbing at the masked man who rushed over.