After the light of the sword body was extinguished, the whole room was plunged into darkness.

A moment later, footsteps sounded in the silent space.

The footsteps were soft, like the whispers of ghosts, slowly approaching.

Listening to the footsteps, even Ji Que felt a touch of nervousness.

Because now their role is that of thieves, thieves who want to steal secrets, and they don't want to expose themselves immediately until they have enough information.

The four of them are all very professional, squatting next to the water tank, breathing from light to nothing, as if they don't need any time at all, this breath-holding kung fu, I'm afraid that the thousand-year-old turtle can't compare.

At this time, Ji Que had roughly adapted to the darkness here.

At the same time, the state of the Thousand Machine Sword in his hand, if the situation changes, he doesn't mind striking first.

Soon, a candle flame was lit outside.

The candle flame reflected a slender shadow on the white window paper, like a ghost.

Just by glancing at this shadow, Elder Xue was sure that this was Chen Hanshi.

The footsteps stopped, and it was conceivable that Chen Hanshi was standing in front of the only window, not knowing what he was doing.

The atmosphere in the room was extremely oppressive, because the two sides were only separated by a window, and they did not know if it was exposed.

At this time, the distant cry for help in the wind appeared again.

The things in these tanks seemed to sense the presence of Chen Hanshi, and they became more and more active, and the sound of big fish swimming was very obvious.

If this cry for help could convey something, they would have been exposed.

The window never opened, and then there was a small crackling sound, like someone scraping the scales with a kitchen knife.

In Ji Que's sight, the figure reflected in the window was distorted a lot, giving people a strange and sick feeling.

He couldn't help but think of the scene in that cave, in that slaughterhouse.

However, this strange phenomenon only lasted for about ten breaths before it disappeared, and the shadow on the window returned to normal.

Is this the end?

With a squeak, the window was pushed open at this time, and everyone's expressions were condensed, and the group fight was ready to start.

It didn't take long for the shadow to disappear from the window, the candle flame went out, and the footsteps faded away.

Let's go?

It wasn't until the footsteps completely disappeared for a while that Ji Que stood up.

This time, Elder Xue chose to use her little green lantern.

Ji Que is a ruler sword, and the target is too big.

The small green lantern emitted a cold glow, illuminating the surrounding situation a little bit.

Ji Que looked at the water tank in front of him and lifted the lid again.

This time, the strange face floated on the surface of the water, and its mouth kept making weird murmurs.

As soon as this voice came out, Ji Que gave birth to the illusion that the entire room had become a pool, and he had become one of the strange fish.

However, as the true qi in his body flowed, this strange feeling disappeared all at once.

At this time, Ji Que noticed that there was something on the inner wall of the wooden lid.

It was a bamboo slip embedded in the inside of the wooden lid, and he used his small sword to warn it out, and found that it was engraved with words.

The bamboo slip looks old, covered with mold-like spots, but I don't know what kind of bamboo it is made of, and it is very well preserved in this humid environment.

The font on the bamboo slip has been molded, but the meaning of it can still be read.

This records part of Chen Hanshi's life, a genius disciple of Yunxue Sect, who is valued by the sect master Gu Xin, and will inherit his mantle.

Could it be that the human skin covered with fish scales in this tank is Chen Hanshi's?

To be honest, it's a bit like the carp skin before, only more like people.

Could it be that after a skin is shed, it still does not die, and survives in this strange way?

At the end of this rough life, there is a sentence like this - "In the future, you will start your life as him, but you must know that you are Lone, the person at the beginning, and the real you in the jar at the end." ”。

At this moment, Ji Que and the four of them all got goosebumps.

Ji Que remembered the tablets in the corridor outside, almost every one of them had the name of "Gu Xin" written on them.

Could it be that in every jar is Gu Xin, the former sect master of the Yunxue Sect?

Ji Que couldn't help but shine with the sword light, and this time, he completely saw that there was indeed a skin under this face.

A humanoid skin, only covered with dull fish scales.

The human face opened its mouth and "called for help" again, Ji Que did not hesitate and put the wooden lid back on it.

Then, in order to confirm his suspicion, he opened several water tanks next to him and found that there were similar bamboo slips on the lids, recording the life of Gu Xin in various time periods.

And the kind of human skin that looks like fish and non-fish has come up one after another, and Elder Xue's scalp is numb, and he always feels that they are really a bit similar to the previous generation of Patriarch Gu Xin.

"My Iceberg Beauty Wife"

She hadn't seen Gu Xin, but she had seen the portrait of his ancestor.

After Elder Xue said this feeling, Ji Que hurriedly returned to the outermost three water tanks and read the bamboo slips on them.

The life recorded in these bamboo slips is related to Chen Hanshi.

In the three jars, two of them came out of the "human skin", I don't know if it was a psychological reason or what, Elder Xue and Old Man Luo always felt very similar to Chen Hanshi.

Because they had seen Chen Hanshi, Elder Xue had even dealt with him for a long time, and knew that the feeling of being thin was the same.

From here, the tanks are lined up like neatly arranged tombs.

No, they could even be said to be tombs, which correspond to the tablets outside.

Ji Que looked at part of Chen Hanshi's life on the bamboo slips of this water tank, and probably guessed one thing.

Where is there any Chen Hanshi in this world, what is alive outside is just Chen Hanshi's body.

What is really alive is Gu Xin.

Chen Hanshi's master, the ancestor of the previous generation of Yunxue Sect, Gu Xin.

According to Elder Xue, Patriarch Gu Xin lived for almost five hundred years, and it can be said that in the history of Yunxue Sect, except for the first patriarch Zhao Lianyue, he lived the longest and was the most amazing.

It is hard to imagine that Gu Xin, the previous patriarch of the Yunxue Sect, who was admired hundreds of years ago, would live in such a strange way to the present.

If Chen Hanshi is replaced by him, then with Chen Hanshi's 300-year lifespan, it will be 800 years.

He relied on molting and replacing Chen Hanshi to live for 800 years?

At this time, the dark water surface of the outermost water tank moved, and a face suddenly appeared.

The fish scales on this face are obviously much less, and it can be vaguely seen that he is a thin man.

Seeing this face, Elder Xue couldn't help but say, "Chen Hanshi. ”

This face is Chen Hanshi's!

The scar on the chin, in particular, is almost identical.

The face had a long mouth and spat out two words - "Help me." ”。

The voice is so smooth that it makes your scalp tingle.

Ji Que didn't hesitate and put the lid on......

Finally, he set his sights on the last water tank.

There, is where the last sentence of all bamboo slips points to.

That "original self".

This is Chen Hanshi's secret, to be precise, it is the secret of Gu Xin.

In the dark environment, the sound coming from the last jar is the most obvious, which makes people's hearts hairy.

If this was the biggest secret of the Yunxue Sect, Ji Que only felt that this secret was really terrifyingly dark.

He thought about it, glanced at Elder Xue and them, grabbed the lid of the last water tank, and lifted it.