It's a world of seclusion and darkness.

The strange and craggy rocks, the dark river that only disappears from the sound, the slippery bryophytes, and the unknown spirits make the journey of Chenguang and the others thrilling and fulfilling.

The huge cave is sometimes like a gorgeous palace, the dome of Tianlu is dozens of zhang high, and the oval pattern is gorgeously decorated on it, and hundreds of huge stalagmites stand upside down on the sky dome, like a dense arrow array ready to be fired, which makes people feel that they may be pierced by ten thousand arrows at any time.

Huge caverns, sometimes winding like sheep's intestines, even have to crawl to barely pass. The various colored crystal particles embedded in the rock reflect a colorful halo and are fascinating to the eye.

More often than not, the group climbs over the endless rubble, swimming in the icy undercurrent. Even if Chenguang was carrying the levitation technique, he had nowhere to use it, so he could only bend down.

By this time, fifteen or six days had passed since the Battle of Fort Wick.

After the battle of Fort Wick, Chenguang and others stayed in Fort Wick for seven days, assisting the soldiers and civilians of Belém to clean up the battlefield like purgatory, but the blood of the dead was deeply integrated into the Belém desert, and this desert turned into yellow sand mixed with dark brown.

Niu Er spent the next three days walking around Fort Wick, comforting the war-torn people of Belém. Jackto, on the other hand, left with the army of Middle-earth the day after the battle.

When Jacktu left, Niu Er also tried his best to keep it, but he boldly announced to everyone that he would immediately begin to pacify Middle-earth, and may even dominate Namchanaburi in the future, so that Niu Er would not be merciful on the battlefield at that time.

Watching Jacktu lead the exhausted Middle-earth army away, Chenguang understood that he was not an easy place to place an army of tens of thousands of people in order not to cause trouble to the people of Niu Er and Belen.

Thanks to the departure of Jaktu, the armies of Westland and North Shisland also departed after a day of recuperation. Nearly 10,000 Belén soldiers and thousands of civilians remained in Fort Wick.

Although it was a bit difficult for these people to clean up the battlefield by hand, the food and medicine were very sufficient, and it just took some more time.

On the third day after the war, the eldest prince of Belém, Anrose, did not survive the catastrophe and was laid to rest in Fort Wick with his father and brothers. Although Niu Er does not have much intersection with these half-brothers, he is still sad and sad when his closest relatives leave.

On the seventh day, Chenguang and the others saw that the aftermath of the battlefield had been largely completed, and they were worried that the third senior brother and others would be waiting hard in Kanchanaburi, so they prepared to continue to advance north.

Niu Er was also ready to follow everyone to the north, but unexpectedly, many generals in Belen heard that Niu Er was leaving, and they all blocked the road, and elected Niu Er to temporarily act as the king. Niu Er was terrified and pushed him in every possible way, but he was still pressed on the throne by the generals for many reasons such as awakening the mountain giants to save Belen and calming the hearts of the people with the only royal blood of Wickburg.

Niu Er originally wanted to shirk it, but many of the people in Belen heard that the prince was leaving them, and they also came together, looking at the people who were looking forward to it, Niu Er finally agreed to stay, so he could no longer walk with everyone.

At this time, Amytis even offered to stay in Belém.

Chenguang was shocked and hurriedly asked her why. Amytis didn't answer his words, but lowered her head and said silently: "I'm tired of traveling thousands of miles, and I want to take a break." Then he turned and went back to Fort Wick.

Watching her figure gradually disappear into the dark gates of Fort Wick, Chenguang felt as if something in his heart had fallen over, and wanted to keep it, but he only felt empty, after all, he didn't even have the courage to reach out and call her, but just watched her shadow disappear into the shadows of Fort Wick.

Before leaving, Niu Er's reconnaissance team came with the news that after Mitarion retreated to the Golden Corridor, several checkpoints were set up in the Golden Corridor, and thousands of people were arranged to garrison each level.

Speaking of which, when the battlefield was cleared, Belém lost nearly 20,000 men, and with the losses of later reinforcements, the total was less than 30,000. According to Mitarion's prisoners, Mitarion sent a total of 100,000 troops this time, and there were few cavalry for the siege of the city. Later, because of the strong resistance of Prince Anross, in order to deal with Prince Anrose's cavalry, Mitarion added 10,000 elite guards knights and 1,000 thousand knights, a total of 110,000 horses. And the number of Mitarion's casualties under Fort Wick exceeded 70,000, and with a small number of prisoners, it can be said that there were seven or eight out of ten, and the losses were heavy.

This is also thanks to the fact that the commander of the opposing party is Princess Cecily of Mytarion. This princess is said to have been born with a beautiful body, but she is a man with a heart, who does not like red clothes and loves arms, and has loved to practice martial arts and march since she was a child. This time, Mitarion did not want to start a war on Namchanaburi so early, but this princess was eager to make a meritorious contribution and encouraged her father to send troops to the battle, and she also took command herself.

I never thought that this princess had been pampered since she was a child, although she had also studied with others, but she was a princess, and who would dare to take her seriously? Therefore, it can be said that there was no experience in commanding the battle at all, which caused the slow march of the Mitarion army, and although it was strategic, it lacked changes when attacking the city, resulting in a lack of success, and heavy losses, and it was no longer able to attack Nanchanaburi in the short term.

Fortunately, Master Yu Tuo and his apprentice knew the secret way to pass through the Golden Corridor, otherwise everyone would not have been able to pass through the Golden Corridor.

According to Yu Tuo, when their master and apprentice came to Nchanaburi, because of the bad weather in the Golden Corridor, they had been hiding under a cliff on the side of the Golden Corridor in Kanchanaburi, and they could not move forward for ten days.

Later, the storm caused a landslide, and in the midst of the crisis, it was Tuoshido who took Yutuo and jumped into the sea to escape the catastrophe, but he also found the passage hidden in the sea.

The entrance to the secret passage is indeed very difficult to find, even though Master Yu Tuo and his apprentice have walked through it once, it still took a long time to find the entrance to the cave on the edge of a cliff. Chenguang looked up at the hole hanging on the cliff wall, and wondered: "You masters and apprentices can't resist the wind, and it's really not easy to walk the cave halfway up the mountain." ”

Guo Xinzhu looked at him and asked Yu Tuo with a smile: "Master, was it night when your master and apprentice came out of the cave?"

Yu Tuo nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

Guo Xinzhu smiled and said to Chenguang: "The tide in the sea rises and falls at night, and the master and apprentice come out of the cave at night, and it is the high tide, and the cave entrance is soaked in water, so it is not very difficult at all. At this moment, the sun is in the middle of the day, the tide is the lowest, and of course the entrance of the cave runs halfway up the mountain. ”

Chenguang suddenly said: "I see, the Bamboo King is really insightful, admire and admire." ”

Refuge smiled on the side: "The Bamboo King is at sea all the year round, and of course he knows all about these tides and the like, so you have to be closer to her more often." ”

Guo Xinzhu glanced at him and was so frightened that he shuddered. But Guo Xinzhu smiled at him, neither blamed him as usual, nor spoke again, and took the lead towards the entrance of the cave.

When I entered the secret passage, I first had a long ramp that sloped downward, and the ramp was covered with mud and sand, but when I stepped on it, I found that there were pebbles under the mud and sand, and if I didn't pay attention to it, I would slip.

The end of the ramp went straight into the water, and the morning light took out the pearl to clear the water and explored the way in front of his head.

Fortunately, the ramp was not far after it was submerged in the water, and after about ten feet, it meandered upwards again, and soon resurfaced. The morning light immediately turned back and led everyone forward.

Swimming through this waterway, there are still winding caves ahead. The walls of the cave are slippery and there is a lot of moss growing on it, apparently caused by long-term immersion in water.

The cave has nine bends and eighteen bends, and the further back it goes, the darker it becomes, and after walking hundreds of zhang, it is already out of sight. The morning light was still opening the way in front of him, he took the golden stick in his hand, and ran the Dao rhyme, the golden Dao rhyme on the golden stick sensed up, circling around the stick body, and it could illuminate the five feet in front of him, and he could barely grope his way forward.

Chenguang asked Yu Tuo, who was walking behind him, "Master, is this the case when you came here before?"

Yu Tuo said: "When I walked to this last section with my apprentices, most of them were diving in the water, and they all relied on groping to advance, and I couldn't remember the terrain at all. ”

When Chenguang heard this, he stopped making a sound.

After walking for a while, the cave suddenly became very narrow, and the morning light carefully identified it, it turned out to be a boulder sticking out of the cave wall on one side, sealing most of the cave, fortunately, it can still be passed through with a half-squatting body.

Everyone cautiously squeezed through the gap in the boulder, and Chenguang held a golden stick to illuminate everyone next to the boulder, but heard an exclamation from Xinzhu, who had passed first, and Chenguang hurriedly ran over.

It turned out that the place where the boulder came out was only a few feet away from the end of the cave, and after turning three or two times, a dazzling white light pierced into the eyes at the end of the cave.

Chenguang walked to the entrance of the cave with half-squinted eyes, and Guo Xinzhu was standing here, looking at everything in front of him intently.

At the end of the cave was a completely different world.

It's like a huge circular crater. Looking up, the pit gradually narrowed, forming an oval-shaped hole hanging directly above the entire pit hundreds of feet above the head. Bai Huang's eyes shined through the hole, right towards the entrance of the hole they were in, so they also felt that the light was dazzling in the hole.

Looking down further, there is also an abyss of hundreds of zhang below, and the further down the pit becomes, the bigger the hole, looking at the dense forest below, the morning light estimates that this pit is at least a thousand zhang square.

The whole pit was like a large bell that was clasped upside down in the ground, and the cave they passed through was right at the waist of the bell.

The people behind also arrived here one after another, marveling at the wonders of this place and lingering. Only Yu Tuo's master and apprentice didn't realize it. Tuo Shiduo was still expressionless, as light as still water, as if all the things in the world had nothing to do with him, but Yu Tuo said to everyone: "Everything in the world is so strange. If you have already appreciated it, it is important to hurry, the road ahead is not easy to walk. ”

Guo Xinzhu said: "This place is not close to the sky, it is not grounded, it is suspended in mid-air, and it is not known to outsiders, it is really a secret realm of hanging heaven, it is better to name this place Xuantian Secret Realm." ”

Chenguang listened to what she said, and suddenly remembered Wei Xue again, and couldn't help but worry about her safety, and hurriedly said: "This name is good, but we should still listen to the master, and it is important to hurry as soon as possible." ”

Guo Xinzhu looked at him and said, "We can't fly, the hole above is too high to climb." ”

Yu Tuo said: "The road ahead is not above, but below." ”

Everyone looked at the bottom of the wide cave below, completely covered with dense greenery, where was the shadow of the road?

Yu Tuo saw everyone's worries, and pointed to the bottom of the cave and said: "Lao Wei remembers that when he swam here, he came up from a wide hole below, and it was still full of seawater at that time, and the water has receded at this moment, and the plants are so lush that they should be covered by plants, and they have to bother the young man of the morning light to go and find them." ”

Chenguang nodded and said, "I'll look for it first, be careful when you come down, if it's really difficult, wait for me to come back." After saying that, he went to find a way out.

The people here took out the ropes and went down in turn. All the cultivators did not find it difficult, and Master Yu Tuo's apprentice had been trekking outside all the year round, and he went down easily, but he took refuge and stood at the edge of the cave entrance, trembling and not daring to go down, until the morning light returned, and then he was taken over.

Chenguang turned around below, but couldn't find the passage, so he had to come back first to help everyone go down to the bottom of the cave, and everyone looked for the passage together.

Looking at it from above, the bottom of the cave is green, and it seems to be relatively flat, but when you really go down to the bottom of the cave, you find that there are thorns, the terrain is steep, and there are many poisonous insects, which is very difficult to walk.

In addition, Xinzhu walked in the mud for a while, her body was splashed with a lot of sludge, and she was bitten by poisonous insects with several red sores, so annoyed that she got angry, and she raised the jade sword, and Hulala flew to cut down a large area of woods in front of her, startling countless birds and beasts, snakes, insects, rats and ants.

Seeing that the jade sword was about to open a path at the bottom of the cave, suddenly a water arrow shot out from the woods next to it, and actually knocked the jade sword to the side.

Before Xinzhu's jade sword was started, two figures had already shot out from both sides, heading straight to the place where the water arrow was shot, and it turned out that Xu Xun and Peng Mu had made a move.

I saw the long sword path rhyme in Xu Xun's hand, and the two sword lights attacked left and right, while Peng Mu jumped into the air and attacked from top to bottom.

Xu Xun's two sword lights brushed over, and in a flash, he disappeared into the forest, but there was no sound. Peng Mu, who pounced, retreated faster than he went and flew back upside down.