The cave was like a staircase leading to the bottom, and every ten steps on both sides of the mountain wall, there was a bright fire spirit stone, staining the cave red. All the way down, quiet and lonely, only the sound of footsteps could be heard.

After walking down for half a stick of incense, Ye Qingcheng and the Dark Sun Ghost Jiao suddenly opened up, and a fresh and spacious underground garden appeared.

This underground garden is ten miles long, and there are ancient forests that exude a bright green cold light, the woods are lush and green, and there are many pools in the forest, and each pool has a salamander sculpture, which shoots out flames like water splashes, which is very gorgeous to look at.

"It's really unusual. Ye Qingcheng said in amazement: "This underground garden is very elegant. ”

In the underground garden, a main road of white stone leads straight to the depths, and the two sides of the main road are majestic and swaying, and the crisp chirping of birds echoes, making this space quiet but not lonely.

With trees, vines, flowers, grasses, and many dexterous critters, birds, and insects, it's a self-contained, chic little world.

"Listen to the eldest lady. The old servant walked before and said, "When she came, there was nothing here." This underground garden was created for her by the lord. ”

"According to your human understanding, this is the marriage room where the old lord married the eldest lady three hundred years ago. Dark Sun Ghost Jiao said.

As he spoke, a large circular stone field appeared in front of the main stone path, which was located in the center of the entire underground garden. The round stone floor was black, ten zhang in diameter, and a thin, old man, like a sculpture, sat cross-legged.

At the edge of the black stone field, there are five ancient lampstands, each of which has an orange-red flame swaying, rendering the surrounding green cold light space a warm red red.

The thin old man, dressed in a loose white robe, with his white hair scattered and his head bowed, sat quietly in the heart of the Black Rock Square.

His hands were like dry branches, naturally on his knees, and he didn't breathe, and he didn't see his chest rise or fall. The aura on his body was extremely weak, Ye Qingcheng didn't feel the slightest breath at first, he was like a corpse that had been dead for a long time.

It wasn't until he got closer that Ye Qingcheng barely noticed that there was a trace of extremely weak soul breath lingering on the old man's body.

His body was too old to die, like a depleted oil lamp, but his soul was not yet out of it. This phenomenon of adhesion has foreshadowed that the old lord has reached the last moment, but he is still living quietly and stubbornly, and it seems that there is still some unfulfilled wish that binds him, making him refuse to return.

There were still five steps away from the old man, the Dark Sun Ghost Jiao and Ye Qingcheng stopped, and the old servant stepped forward alone, walked to the old man's side, and said to him, "Lord, the person you are waiting for is here." ”

In the face of the old servant's report, the old lord, who was sitting cross-legged, did not move, which made people feel once again that he was no different from dead.

"Old lord?" Dark Sun Ghost Jiao arched his snake claws and greeted softly, "Nephew Jiao has come to see you." ”

"Hook-" The old lord took a deep breath like a corpse, made a rooster crow, and straightened his waist. It's like blowing up a corpse, like a drowning person just being revived, and like a sleeping person being awakened from a nightmare.

His sudden action startled Ye Qingcheng, and Xiao Wu hid in his arms, staring at him with a jealous and curious gaze.

As a result, the old lord of the dark sun straightened his waist, and after a while, he suddenly slackened and drooped, reappearing the silent and old appearance before, and he didn't move again.

Ye Qingcheng and the Dark Sun Ghost Jiao glanced at each other.

There was a hint of amazement and helplessness in the eyes of the dark sun ghost Jiao. The old lord is in such a state, saying that he is alive, but he is so old that he has no breath, that he is dead, and his soul is not out of the body. It's truly somewhere between life and death.

After waiting for a while, the old lord's withered fingers on his knees moved slightly.

The black-robed servant who was waiting beside him understood this subtle movement, he looked up at Ye Qingcheng, smiled slightly, and said, "The old lord asks Gongzi to take a step closer, he has something to say to you." ”

Ye Qingcheng hurriedly took a few steps forward, walked to the old lord's side, bowed his hand, and said, "Junior Ye Qingcheng, I have seen the old lord. ”

"Childe, please, take a step closer. The old servant said.

Ye Qingcheng had no choice but to take a step closer and gently tilt his ear to the old lord, waiting for him to speak.

After waiting for a while, he finally heard a voice, but it was not a word, but a throat sound of "hook, hook".

"What is the lord's order?" Ye Qingcheng raised his head and looked at the old servant with a puzzled expression. He didn't understand what the old lord was saying.

The old servant was also puzzled, and he muttered, "What the lord said is: Jade Powder Butterfly tastes good. ”

"Ugh. Ye Qingcheng was a little confused.

The old lord's body is a salamander, and insects such as butterflies, moths, and mosquitoes should be his favorite food when he was young. However, at this juncture, calling Ye Qingcheng over just wanted to tell him a kind of "food"?

However, Ye Qingcheng and the Dark Sun Ghost Jiao waited for a while, and when they saw that the old lord did not move again, they knew that he had no other orders.

"Let's go. The Dark Sun Ghost Jiao said to Ye Qingcheng.

............

Leaving the cave, Ye Qingcheng had an indescribable amazement in his heart.

He had seen the seventh-order Burning Sky Crocodile, even though the Burning Sky Crocodile had been lonely for thousands of years, it still had a majestic wind that was in awe of others. However, the old lord was as old as an ordinary, dying man, he had no deterrence or courage, he didn't even have the strength to speak, and he felt like half of his body was in a coffin.

"Time is terrible. The Dark Sun Ghost Jiao stood in front of the cave, looking at the vast lake in the cold mist, and said, "No matter how powerful a person is, under its destruction, he is as small as an ant. ”

The sky was overcast, the wind blew in the mist of the lake, and the flying lizards swept around the lake like water birds, looking for flying insects.

Ye Qingcheng was still thinking about the old lord's words.

"Except, he didn't participate in the Battle of the North Sea back then, and the old lord has no regrets in his life. Dark Sun Ghost Jiao sighed: "The reason why he refused to leave late is probably because he is worried that the swamp that he has guarded all his life will be ruined in the war. He regards every life here as his descendants, and he doesn't want to see a scene of devastation...... Since he dreamed of calamity, summoned you, and tested you, it is impossible for him to say a single nonsense to you. ”

Before, the old servant wanted to return it to Ye Qingcheng, but he was actually testing him.

Ye Qingcheng didn't accept the secret book he had been looking for, resisted the temptation to leave and flee for his life, and passed this little test. The old lord wanted to see Ye Qingcheng, and it was not difficult to guess what role he should want Ye Qingcheng to play in the upcoming catastrophe.

"Jade Powder Butterfly tastes good?" After thinking about it, Ye Qingcheng muttered, and it became elusive.