Chapter 64: The evening breeze of the Shrine "Whirring" blows coldly on the earth, and a black feather on the ground flashes with a strange luster, and on it, a drop of bright red blood has begun to coagulate.

Nightblade looked at Satsuki in front of him and was silent for a long time, he didn't know what to say, he never thought that this girl would win this competition.

"How did you do that?" Finally, Nightblade couldn't help but ask.

"Hehe, Brother Nightblade, you must have guessed if you are so smart. Satsuki stuck out her tongue mischievously.

Nightblade thought carefully when he heard this, but after half a sound, he still said helplessly: "I don't believe it's the problem with that little powder, and I was extremely cautious in the subsequent attack, and I didn't give you the slightest chance, I still can't figure it out." ”

"Hehe, did Brother Nightblade eat red ghost pepper at noon?" asked Satsuki with a grin.

"Red Oni Pepper?" Nightblade was stunned when he heard this.

Satsuki continued unhurriedly: "Red Oni Pepper is a kind of chili pepper that is special in the desert, named because it grows densely like the long hair of a demon, this kind of chili pepper has a moderate spiciness and fragrance, and it is a very famous ingredient in the desert, and it is widely collected and bought in various parts of the continent. ”

"But many people don't know that red ghost pepper contains trace amounts of toxins, although it is not harmful to the human body, but it will more or less speed up the circulation of blood. Speaking of this, Satsuki smiled slyly and said, "In other words, if you exercise vigorously, you may have a nosebleed." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present instantly understood that everything Satsuki did was to pave the way for the future routine.

"How do you know I ate a red chiller?" asked Nightblade again.

Xiao Yue said with a smile after hearing this: "You men, you just don't pay attention to your image, you don't know how to wash your face before you go out, look at the corners of your mouth, and there is a little red chili sauce." ”

"Oh, yes, just a little. The night fire instantly stepped forward and took a look.

"Roar!" At this moment, a low roar came out of the mouth of the Swift Dragon Shadow, it knew Xiao Yue's tricky tactics, and the unwillingness in his heart had rushed to the top.

"Quack!" the crow on the branch cried again, but this time the shadow of the dragon did not retreat, but slowly moved towards Satsuki step by step.

Nightblade's eyes were uncertain, and he didn't stop the dragon's movements, which made it even more unscrupulous.

"Nightblade. At this moment, Night Wind suddenly spoke: "If you lose, you lose, and there is no reason to regret it this time." ”

Nightblade's eyes flashed, and he heard Nightwind's words.

"How!" Nightwind's words reminded Nightblade, and Swiftdragon turned his head suddenly, gave Nightwind a vicious look, and then pounced on Satsuki!

"Whew!" Just as a pair of sharp claws were about to touch Satsuki's chest, the shadow of the swift dragon slowly faded, and with an unwilling howl, it completely disappeared into the air.

"I never thought I would lose, but the facts have proven everything, Yeyue, no matter what method you use, whether it is tricks or tricks, you have proven your strength, in nature, hunters themselves need to be improvised. Nightblade silently looked up at the shadows that had quietly dispersed and spoke.

"Come with me, tonight, I will show you a real understanding of Xia Lan, and some secrets should be shared with you, because it was just now that you really became one of us. Nightblade said, and slowly turned around under the expectant gaze of Satsuki.

Only at the back of the circular square stood a few stone pillars, and then in the middle of the stone pillars were relatively large, and as several people approached, the scene hidden in the shadows appeared in front of everyone.

It was a torii gate, row after row of torii gates to be exact, and they were arranged in an orderly manner until the final mountain road.

"The last road, at the end of which is the true face of Xia Lan. With that, Nightblade walked forward, followed by Night Wind and the others, and needless to say, Satsuki was the first to follow.

Shuttling through the close-knit torii gates, Satsuki felt like she had walked into an ancient tunnel, the end of which led to a mysterious area, where the torii gate was smeared with an unknown crimson dye, which had obviously been weathered for many years, but it had not lost half of its color, and on the pillars of the torii, the writing was densely covered with black dye, which is still clearly visible today.

Through the gap between the torii gates, Satsuki saw the misty Lingfeng, and at some point, she had reached the top of the Lingfeng, but she had never been here.

I don't know how long the passage made up of a large number of torii gates stretched, but Satsuki only felt as if she could reach the sky.

At this moment, Nightblade suddenly spoke: "Satsuki, do you know? The torii gates here are all made of more than 100 years of Kasumiran ironwood, and each torii gate takes 20 people day and night to spend a year to complete, and the red dye on this torii gate is the original pulp of the red dragon fruit, which has the miraculous effect of never fading, but this fruit only bears dozens of fruits a year on a tree, each fruit is only the size of a fist, and it is now extinct, and it was an extremely rare plant in the past. ”

"But it is said that the owner of the land at that time only wanted to, and within a month he built this endless miracle before your eyes. After Nightblade finished speaking, he ignored Satsuki, who looked surprised.

"It was done in a month, and the owner of this land has so much money. Satsuki was still thinking like this.

Finally, after passing a few turns, everyone finally reached the end of the passage.

And the scene that appeared in front of her was something that Satsuki would never have imagined.

This is a vast space, like the courtyard of the ancient emperors in the book, the wide land is paved with pebbles, more than a dozen antique buildings are located around, under the vigorous big tree is a well, the beautiful rockery is a winding stream, there is a small arch bridge above the stream, you can see a waterhole in the distance, there is a strange decoration in the pool, it is made of bamboo, the water upstream slowly flows into the hollow bamboo, and when it is full, it tilts down and makes a "bang" sound to return to the original state.

Everything looks so beautiful, but if you look closely, you can see that everything here is colorless, everything is gray and dark, except for a few buildings with a faint purple glow.

Satsuki looked around, and suddenly she saw a huge white platform in the depths of the courtyard, with steps leading up all sides, but there was nothing on the platform.

Feeling strange, suddenly, the purple light flashed, as if a huge pitch-black ancient city appeared on the high platform, and then the purple light flashed again, where else was the city, only the huge high platform was lonely sitting there.

"Ah......h

Suddenly, just as Xiao Yue was shocked, several black shadows came from the shadows, and surrounded several people in a few breaths, and after they stopped, Xiao Yue saw the appearance of several people clearly.

It was a man dressed in black, each dressed in a simple costume, with almost no ornamentation, and his head was tightly wrapped in a black turban, revealing only a pair of eyes.

"Your Excellency, you did not inform us of your arrival with the crowd. One of the leader-like figures stepped forward to speak.

"yes, I didn't expect to come, and I didn't expect it. Nightblade replied.

"Yes, Your Excellency, come with me, the priest is already waiting in the pavilion. The man bowed his head slightly, then turned to lead the way, and the rest of the men scattered, disappearing like shadows.

"Sister Night Feather, they are ......"

"Shhh Just when Xiao Yue asked curiously, Ye Yu hurriedly covered her mouth and didn't let her make a sound.

As he walked, the man leading the way in front of him suddenly asked without looking back, "Your Excellency, how is the situation in the village?"

"There's nothing wrong with that, what's wrong?, has anything been different lately?" Nightblade asked.

"Well, there have been many activities near Lingfeng recently, and I have never seen these people, it seems that they are mountain people who carry bamboo baskets to collect medicine, but in fact, these people obviously observe the surroundings purposefully, and continue to spread around, and a few times even came to the bottom of the shrine, fortunately blessed by the fog of trickery, they did not discover the existence of the shrine. ”

"I know, I'll arrange for someone to clean these people out in the near future, don't worry about the village, I rarely leave. Nightblade nodded in reply.

"Your Excellency, if it is Your Excellency's personal protection, we will also be relieved. As they spoke, several people had already walked to the door of a huge quaint building.

The wooden door was unpretentious, and there were two stone beasts on the left and right of the steps, wisps of green smoke wafting out of the stone beast's mouth, and a few crows stood on the black eaves, looking down at the few people below them with their dark pupils.

"Knock~Knock~" At this moment, the thick bell that I had heard before rang again, and with the bell, the wooden door in front of me was slowly opened.

Satsuki's eyes sparkled, and she ducked behind Ye Yu and craned her neck to look ahead.

The first to come out were two young girls, dressed in thick classical costumes, with long hair hanging down to their waists, each carrying a lantern with a black crow on one side and two ancient characters written with a brush on the other.

Xiao Yue narrowed her eyes, she knew those two words, which were the ancient words of Xia Lan, translated as the word "Imperial Dynasty".

At the same time, a tall figure appeared between two young girls, this is a mature woman, also wearing a classical court dress, with the help of the moonlight, you can see that the court dress is inlaid with countless brilliant gems, a pair of sacred birds hairpin like a living creature, as dazzling as a pearl in the moonlight.

Her hands were folded together, her long black hair almost hung down to her calves, her face covered by a black veil, and only a pair of smart eyes spoke of her beauty.

"No one has ever come here as a musician, from ancient times to the present, you are the first, the maiden of Xialan, what is your name?" a soft but majestic voice came from her mouth.

"Ah, yes, my name is Yeyue, please advise me when we meet for the first time. Xiao Yue was startled when she heard this, and quickly stood up and stammered, and then bowed deeply.

"Night Moon...... I remember, then, please also remember this place, the name of this place, because this is the origin of Xialan. ”

"Miyo Shrine. ”