Twelve years ago

"Qi Lan, when are you going to sleep!" There was a commotion outside the door, and Qi Lan opened his eyes in a daze.

"Zila-" With a bang, the door opened, and Qing Yao, who looked unhappy, walked in from outside, looking at Qi Lan who was still lying on the bed, she stepped forward quickly and lifted his futon.

"Ah!!" Qi Lan screamed, "What are you doing, what are you doing." Come early in the morning and lift my quilt, what if I don't have any clothes on!"

Qing Yao threw the quilt to the ground and said, "It's still early in the morning, the sun is setting, do you know that the day after tomorrow will be a big competition between the sects, if you don't practice, you will still sleep here, be careful that even I can't beat it when the time comes." ”

Qi Lan got up suddenly, reached out and pinched Qing Yao's little nose, and said with a smile, "Just kidding, I can't beat you? ”

"You!" Qing Yao was annoyed, and raised her sword with both hands and slapped it on him.

"Ahh Qi Lan was in pain and hurriedly stopped, "Isn't this about to play, relax your mood, don't be so nervous all the time." ”

"Just your heart. Qing Yao said angrily.

"Hey, only those with a wide heart can live freely. Qi Lan said disapprerovingly, "Last time I found a fun place in the Yuzhu Forest, why don't you go around together?" ”

"Yes, yes, somewhere. Qing Yao suddenly became interested.

"My heart is wide...... Qi Lan sighed leisurely. Seeing Qing Yao's face change, he hurriedly changed his words, "It's a cave, a rather hidden cave." ”

"What. Qing Yao looked deflated, "What's so nice about a cave, it's still a cave in seclusion." ”

"You can't say that. "Qi Lan Mari got dressed, "What about the hidden cave, plus the looming Yuan Force fluctuations that are always around it?"

"Visible Yuan Force fluctuations?" Qing Yao exclaimed, "That's something that only rare treasures can have." ”

"So. Qi Lan shrugged and said, "Do you want to go and see." ”

"Okay, let's go. With that, Qing Yao took his hand and walked out the door.

When the two of them walked to the Zongmen Avenue

"Yo, my junior brother has to go out in this outfit. Don't be lazy if you are here. The group passed by and greeted Qi Lan.

"Senior brother" Qi Lan returned the salute: "I'm just going down the mountain to choose a weapon." ”

Passers-by said, "Well, your sword should indeed be replaced, do you want to have a spirit soldier here, senior brother?"

The corners of Qi Lan's mouth twitched a little and said, "No, let's go down the mountain and have a look, maybe there is a suitable one." ”

"Well, come back sooner. ”

Sending away the senior brother, the donkey chief pulled by Qi Lan's old face said, "Return the spirit soldiers, I have used the Xuanbing myself, and I am embarrassed to give this thing away." ”

Qing Yao shook her head, "That can't be complained about, you always take a cast iron sword yourself, and you don't feel cold, and the spirit soldier is good." ”

Qi Lan said, "What do you know, I don't use a sword, it's feelings." ”

Qing Yao covered her mouth and chuckled, "You can pull it down, you can't even beat me with this sword." ”

"Hmph" Qi Lan ignored it and walked straight down the mountain.

"Watch out, wait for me. Qing Yao hurried to catch up.

Jade Bamboo Forest ......

"How long has it been? Qing Yao looked at Qi Lan, who was looking around for a target in front of her, and complained.

"Don't make a noise, I remember it's here. Ah!" With a scream, Qing Yao hurriedly stepped forward, only to find that Qi Lan had fallen into a pit less than half a person high.

"Shame on you?" Qing Yao said jokingly.

"Throw someone away," Qi Lan stood up and patted the dirt on his body, "Look behind you." ”

Qing Yao turned around and was stunned when she saw a cave covered by countless shrubs and vines.

Qi Lan jumped out of the pit and said, "I dug this pit, what a good road sign, isn't my brother very powerful." ”

"Awesome," Qing Yao said with a smile, "Dig your own pit yourself, hahaha"

"Hmph" Qi Lan snorted lightly, waved his hand to sweep the plants in front of the cave, and said, "What are you laughing at, keep up." ”

The cave was dark and damp, as if such a cave opened in the middle of the mountain was naturally formed.

"Lan, do you think there will be any monsters in this cave?" Walking in the gloomy road, Qing Yao couldn't help but get closer to Qi Lan, and said a little timidly.

Qi Lan rolled her eyes and said, "It's you who is going to come in, why are you scared now, with me, let's go." ”

The first half of the sentence was complaining, and the second half was comforting, this way of speaking made Qing Yao feel both amused and relieved, as if she only had to follow the man in front of her to avoid evil.

Before she could reminisce, Qi Lan's voice came again, "I said Qingyao, what are you in a daze, there is a fork in the road ahead, which way shall we go?"

Qing Yaoqiao's face was slightly red, but fortunately, she couldn't see anything in the cave.

"Well, give. Qing Yao handed a sword forward.

"Yo, have you changed your equipment, did your master give it?" Qi Lan said as Qing Yao weighed the sword in his hand a few times.

"Of course, people are proud disciples. Qing Yao said, "Who is still like you, carrying an iron sword and shaking it around." ”

"Yo yo, the tail can be cocked in the sky. Why give me the sword, let you show the way. Qi Lan stretched out her hand and stabbed Qing Yao.

"Don't make trouble," Qing Yao knocked off Qi Lan's bad hand and said, "You go to the middle of the fork in the road, find a stone, put the sword on it, and keep your balance." '

Qi Lan did as she did, "What is this for, being a compass?"

Qing Yao snorted proudly and said, "Of course you elm head don't know what you're doing, I'm a Xuanbing, Xuanbing." It has been recorded in the Divine Weapon Scroll that there will be an inexplicable attraction between all weapons that are carefully forged and integrated into the painstaking effort. This kind of contact is not felt, and only there are subtle fluctuations between weapons. If there is no external force to deflect this Xuan soldier naturally, it proves that there is a weapon of similar or higher level in the direction of the deflection. ”

"I don't understand what I'm saying, but it makes sense. Qi Lan exclaimed.

"What does it mean to have some truth, you can see for yourself. Qing Yao pointed to the sword on the ground and said proudly.

Sure enough, on the fulcrum that Qi Lan had just assumed, the sword had already been slightly deflected, and the sword blade was pointing at the hole on the right. "The blade of the sword is facing to the right, let's go to the right. ”

Just as she was about to put away her sword, Qing Yao bent down and didn't pick it up. "Hey, what's going on?" Qi Lan also noticed that something was wrong and stepped forward to ask.

"The attraction is so strong," Qing Yao just muttered to herself, "If it's not very close, there is a treasure in front of you that far surpasses the level of the Xuan soldiers." With a little more effort, she picked up the sword.

Qi Lan looked at Qing Yao carefully, suddenly scraped her nose, picked up the saber and took her hand and said, "Okay, let's go." ”

Qing Yao was greeted by Qi Lan, wrinkled her upturned nose, and an indescribable trace of sweetness emerged in her heart.

"What's the matter, it's another fork in the road ahead," Qi Lan added as soon as he finished speaking, "Okay, I'll go find a stone." ”

Qing Yao smiled and didn't speak.

"Three forks in the road! ”

"Four forks in the road! ”

"As this went on, the hilt of the sword fell off. Qi Lan picked up her saber and walked forward.

Suddenly, Qing Yao said, "Lan, look!"

As soon as Qi Lan looked up, he suddenly found that the originally narrow passage was gone, replaced by a wide space in front of him, and at the end of the wide space was actually five forks in the road.

"Look at me this time, let's go to the middle one. Qi Lan said confidently.

"Why?" asked Qing Yao.

"Because the other four have a faint halo, the middle one doesn't, believe me, it must be a treasure. ”

Qing Yao said, "Forget it, who would write in this kind of place that there are no three hundred taels of silver here." Wait a minute. ”

Qing Yao pulled out her sword from Qi Lan's hand and threw it into the air. Muttering something in his mouth, in mid-air, a ray of light appeared on the edge of the sword.

"Go," Qing Yao whispered. As the order was given, the light broke away from the blade and began to fly towards the five holes.

At first, the light was evenly distributed next to the hole, but as time passed, the light from the second hole on the left gathered more and more, and it almost formed a green ball of light.

"What kind of skill is this, newly learned?" Qi Lan asked, looking at the spectacular scene in front of him.

"What a new learner," Qing Yao muttered angrily, "You didn't go to the library before, just know how to fiddle with your iron sword, this is called astrology echo technique." It's useless to tell you, follow me. “

As soon as he entered, Qi Lan knew why these caves glowed with sprouting light, because the rocks inside were inlaid with a night pearl every meter for lighting.

It's just that both of them are staring and alert to possible traps, and they don't have leisure time to experience a moment of warmth.

The fearful journey didn't last long, and in less than a minute they saw the end, a small grotto no more than two meters high and only a few square meters in size. The grotto is craggy at any time, and only in the middle and back of the cave is a one-meter-high stone platform.

Qi Lan couldn't help but look back and said, "According to this bridge section, after we go in, will a boulder fall behind us and block the road?" ”

After hearing this, Qing Yao raised her eyebrows, "I really want to hurt you, you would have died a long time ago." With that, he raised his foot and kicked Qi Lan in.

"Katakata-" Sure enough, after both of them stepped into the grotto, a sound sounded.

Qi Lan said with a bitter face, "Look, my brother's prophecy has come true." “

Qing Yao said angrily, "It's all your crow's mouth, hurry up and find it, no matter what it is, there will definitely be a mechanism." “

Neither of them is a novice, and they naturally know about this kind of thing, and they are beating up and down in circles in the grotto, carefully looking for places that are different from the surroundings.

Half an hour passed, and Qi Lan said weakly, "I knocked it all over, but I didn't find any mechanism, and I didn't have it." ”

Qing Yao was still leaning against the wall and looking carefully, "Don't complain, since this kind of place has an organ, there must be a mechanism, and we must have missed something." ”