Han Ye no longer sighed, and began to look for precious light in this obscurity, he searched aimlessly with the light of white jade, and suddenly a crimson thunderbolt flashed in his mind, and he opened his eyes wide in surprise to look to the left, as if there was an inexplicable force attracting him to the past.

To go, or not to go? Han Ye made a decision, because this was the only hope in the darkness, and if he went, he might die, and he might get a glimmer of life.

Han Ye carefully approached the mysterious power, walked about twenty or thirty steps, and under the searchlight of the white light, Han Ye found a very strange thing, which was inserted in the ground and exposed half of it, and its whole body was black, faintly revealing amazing ferocity and treachery! Han Ye boldly approached the black object, and in the silent darkness, a violent wind suddenly blew, and Han Ye took a few steps back in horror.

However, Han Ye did not stop, he made up his mind, quietly leaned towards the black object, and only a few steps away from it, he finally saw the whole picture of the black thing: this is a black sword without any luster, only the exposed part of the ground is three feet long, the sword is five or six inches wide, and the sword should be a broad-bladed sword about five feet long.

The black sword was very strange, and the closer Han Ye got to it, the more excited it became, and Han Ye could even feel the black sword buzzing in the dark, as if beckoning to him.

Han Ye walked towards the black sword, and a voice echoed repeatedly in his head: "Pick it up...... Pick it up...... Pick it up ......"

Han Ye was still hesitating, but his hand had lightly touched the hilt of the sword, this touch, a change occurred, all the blood stains on Han Ye's body were greedily sucked away by this sword, as if encouraged, the black sword became active, it shook violently and made a sharp sword roar like a divine eagle, Han Ye subconsciously wanted to withdraw his hand holding the sword, but the black sword did not agree, and actually released a cage woven of spiritual power, firmly locked Han Ye inside.

The black sword shook wantonly, not knowing whether it was smug or grateful, Han Ye only felt that the blood in his body was drawn out of the pores and injected into the black sword. The paler the person's face, the stronger the sword's blood light became, and while absorbing the blood, the black sword seemed to have sucked up all the remnants of the essence of all the creatures in this cave, and only when Han Ye's face was bloodless did the sword stop!

The dazzling blood light of the black sword illuminated the entire dark cave, and Han Ye sat on the ground weakly, finally able to see everything clearly. He and the black sword were in the middle of the bone mountain at the moment, looking up, but they saw colorful and various swords hanging on the top of the cave, and I don't know who did this kind of thing, but they actually locked thousands of rare swords with iron chains and hung them on the top of the cave, and those swords were like a group of imprisoned heroic spirits, who could only sleep with the black sword in endless darkness.

The black sword was red, rising, rising to a height of ten zhang, the blood enveloped the sword and the person, and when it was young, the hanging sword was attracted by the black sword, and they pulled it towards the center, and the iron chain that locked the sword was pulled by the invisible force. Finally, with a click, the giant sword took the lead in breaking the iron chain, flying towards the black sword, flying around the sword, and then the "Titicaca" cracking sound was everywhere, the sound became more frequent and grander, and countless swords broke free from the iron rope and threw themselves directly into the black sword. It was like the stars holding the moon, like a hundred birds facing the phoenix, and thousands of swords flew and circled around the black sword quickly, suddenly bringing out the supreme majesty of the black sword!

Han Ye was stunned by the scene in front of him, but he didn't notice that the dragon spring on his waist was also shaking violently, and suddenly, this sword also unsheathed itself and flew towards the black sword, joining the grand occasion!

"Longquan!" By the time Han Ye reacted, he couldn't catch the sword for a long time, so he could only watch Long Quan and the other swords raise the "Thousand Swords Event"!

Han Ye never dreamed of such a strange situation, where was the mysterious black sword?

Han Ye was still puzzled, but the next moment he regretted it. But seeing all the swords flying around the black sword, flying faster and faster, the sword body began to heat up and turn red, and it didn't take long for all the swords to enter a red-hot state, drawing a gorgeous arc of light in the hole. The arc of light of the thousand swords became more and more dense, and finally formed a huge circle of red light, and the black sword in the center deflected rapidly in the air, and after a while, all the swords emitted red beams of light to shoot at the black sword, which was extremely spectacular!

The red light is not an ordinary light, each beam of light is the essence of a sword, and the spirit of a thousand swords is all focused on the black sword, making the sword slowly change its appearance, the black gradually turns into dark red, and the sword body also faintly shows strange spells and lines. By the time all the beams were gone, thousands of swords had been reduced to dust, leaving the Scarlet Sword still suspended in the air.

Thinking that this sword inexplicably absorbed the master's relics, Han Ye was quite anxious, he mustered up the courage to approach the strange sword, and after the strange sword calmed down for a moment, it suddenly cast the aura contained in his body!

With a roar, like a huge wave, a strong wind burst out from the dark red sword, blowing the dead branches and leaves flying to all sides of the cave wall, Han Ye raised his hand to protect the door, desperately resisting the strange spiritual power that continued to attack, barely stabilizing his body. But the strange sword didn't stop there, it burst out with red light that was a hundred times more powerful than before, and the entire cave was engulfed in a sea of red light, shooting Han Ye's eyes almost blind.

Just as babies are born to cry, the crimson sword also roars to its heart's content, and under the impact of the sword's spiritual power, the entire cavern looks so weak.

A little hole in the ground, is it a place for me to stay!

With a "boom", the cave could no longer withstand such an evil force, and the roof of the cave was blasted through by a blood-colored pillar of light! At this time, it was nightfall, but I saw that the clearing in the dense forest suddenly exploded, the sand and gravel were thrown out of the clouds, and the broken forest soil collapsed inch by inch, and finally, a majestic red light hundreds of zhang thick went straight into the sky, and even if you were thousands of miles away, you could see the vision of the red light rushing to the sky! The red light hit the clouds, the wind and clouds suddenly changed, the sky and the earth lost color, the dark night clouds gathered into a whirlpool that kept rotating, the earth was trembling, the sky was amazed, nine days and ten earths, a shock!

But he said that Han Ye was suppressed by the strong light, and he didn't know what was going on outside, but he thought of protecting Xue Yan for the first time, so he ran to Xue Yan's side desperately in the groping, and when he used his body to protect Xue Yan, the red light just completely blasted open the roof of the cave, and kept expanding the shelter! How small a person is in front of this power, a loud sound sounded, Han Ye only felt a violent tearing sensation coming from his back, and then his whole body was hot and hot, and his consciousness became more and more blurred......

"Ah~~~!"

In the early morning of the next day, a sharp and panicked voice resounded through the dense forest, Xue Yan, whose cheeks were crimson, pushed away Han Ye on her body, thinking back to last night, looking at her ragged self, the more she thought about it, the more annoying and chaotic she became, she clenched her pink fist, closed her beautiful eyes and screamed again, hoping to stabilize her troubled beating heart.

"Hmm...... Do? Han Ye sat up from the ground depressedly and said unhappily: "What are you crazy about yelling?" ”

Xue Yan stared at Han Ye, gritting her teeth, with tears in her eyes and righteous indignation on her face.

Han Ye was stared at by her very uncomfortably, and asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

"How can you ......" Xue Yan shouted at him resentfully: "How can you bully me!" I'm trying my best to save you! ”

Han Ye was puzzled and hurriedly asked, "When did I bully you again?" ”

Xue Yan saw that this guy was cheap and behaved, and scolded Han Ye angrily with a red face: "The surname is Han!" You're so shameless, aren't you? You did that to me last night, and you're still playing stupid! ”

Han Ye was stunned for a moment, but he smiled and said, "Yan'er, you completely misunderstood......" Then, Han Ye told Xue Yan everything that happened last night, and only then did he pat the dust on his body and scan the surrounding environment with his eyes.

Xue Yan listened to Han Ye's words, gradually calmed down, glanced at the man standing in the wind, and felt a little grateful in her heart.

However, the two had been talking, not paying attention to the environment, and when the two of them looked around, they were stunned by the surrounding scene: at this moment the two were in a huge pit in the shape of a pot, the huge pit was twenty or thirty zhang deep, and the radius was ten miles, and the sun shone in, casting a dim shadow, and the breeze blew, setting off a huge cloud of dust.

Xue Yan was stunned, but Han Ye was searching in all directions, one was trying to find a way to get up from the giant pit, and the other was looking for the strange sword that showed off his might last night, and soon he found the sword ten steps away, the sword was lying quietly on the ground, the whole body was dark red, full of incantations, but the arrogance was much more restrained.

Last night was a naughty baby, this morning it was a sleeping child, the change before and after made Han Ye slightly surprised, he gently approached the sword, and carefully lifted it.

A strange sword is a strange sword, such a big sword, absorbing the essence of a thousand swords, Han Ye grabbed it in his hand but felt that it was just right, and it was a little intimate in peace, which made Han Ye's heart move.

Han Ye thought to himself: "Blame the sword, don't blame me for being greedy." Since my dragon spring has become a part of you, I can't explain it to the master when I get to the underworld, so why don't you follow me instead of it, if it falls into the hands of people with unscrupulous intentions, the world will be in chaos. Han Ye gently stroked the strange lines on the sword, and was surprised that it was actually a blunt sword, and the blades on both sides lacked the sharpness of ordinary swords, and after thinking for a long time, Han Ye found a rope from his body, tied the sword body, and tied it diagonally behind his back.

Xue Yan was in a daze, but when she saw Han Ye walking back with a strange sword on her back, she asked, "Hey, silly melon, where did you get this sword?" It's weird. ”

Han Ye said: "I'll explain to you when I have time, let's go up from this giant pit first." ”

Although the giant pit is twenty or thirty zhang deep, with the light skills of Han and Xue, it is not difficult to climb such a place. Crawling out of the giant pit, he was greeted by a gust of cold wind, Han Ye, who was thinly dressed, subconsciously urged his true qi to resist the spring cold, but this luck frightened him again, it turned out that this true qi had become the color of vermilion orange, and in the past few days, Han Ye unconsciously refined his true qi to the seventh realm.

When Han Ye was worried, Xue Yan beside him bumped him with his elbow and said, "Hey, don't you want clothes?" ”

Han Ye turned his head to look, but saw that Xue Yan was still wearing his dark blue coat, and the girl's face was slightly red, so she pretended to look at the ground nonchalantly, and said, "Don't say that this girl is quite unreasonable, I will sacrifice my life and death to accompany you, and it is natural for you to take care of me, so I won't say thank you." With that, he took off his clothes and handed them back to Han Ye.

Han Ye took the clothes and said solemnly: "Well, it's rare that Yan'er can afford me Han Ye, so don't say thank you if you don't say it." ”

Xue Yan raised her eyebrows, and said happily in her heart: "This big fool! ”

Han Ye put on his coat cleanly, and then looked at the scene outside the pit, but he was shocked again. It turned out that outside the huge pit caused by the strange sword, the surrounding trees were all poured outward with the pit as the center, as if they had experienced a storm disaster, and in the fallen layers of trees, three or two black-clothed people could be faintly seen lying there motionless, afraid that they had already seen the king of Hades. Han Ye thought about it carefully and knew that these people who came to him and Xue Yan last night inadvertently bumped into the Strange Sword Change, so they were dead here.

The people in the center of the red light were unharmed, but the people ten miles away suffered a lot, which made Han Ye a little surprised, he touched the sword behind him, and said in his heart: "Strange sword, strange sword, your ability is far beyond mine, I will not be controlled by you in the future and become a murderous demon, right?" ”

It's a blessing or a curse, and it's a disaster that can't be avoided. Anyway, he had already brought it, and Han Ye didn't think much about these problems, so he and Xue Yan continued to set off for Yangzhou......

After walking for more than an hour, the surrounding trees finally became normal, and Xue Yan also felt very hungry, so she asked Han Ye: "Hey, silly melon, you said that you know the way to Yangzhou, at least tell me when you can get there, right?" ”

Han Ye told the truth: "Yan'er, I won't tell you, I originally remembered the road, but there were so many changes yesterday and the landscape changed greatly, and I don't know how to get out." ”

Xue Yan heard what she didn't want to hear, and asked anxiously, "You mean, maybe we'll have to stay in this broken forest forever?" ”

"Not really." Han Ye said: "But I won't be able to get out in a day or two." ”

"Alas~! When you said that I was a little excited when I went to Yangzhou! Actually, I want to go too~! Xue Yan frowned and said, "In that case, stupid melon, let's eat something first, shall we?" ”

Han Ye sighed and said to Xue Yan, "Okay, you go first......"

"Okay, you go and catch two pheasants for this girl first, catch them for you, kill them for you, and leave the rest to me." Xue Yan was clever and said the words in front of Han Ye, which suddenly made Han Ye stunned.

Xue Yan saw Han Ye's questioning face, so she raised her eyebrows and said, "What are you looking at?" Why don't you go soon? ”

Han Ye was very curious about Xue Yan's craftsmanship, so he listened to Xue Yan's words, grabbed two pheasants, plucked and disemboweled, and when he saw that there was no water everywhere, he washed another one with a drunken immortal drink, and when everything was done, Xue Yan had already prepared the grill and fire.

Han Ye skewered the chicken on the branch and asked Xue Yan, "Chef Xue, I can do all these trivial things together, so why do you have to do it at two ends?" ”

"That's why I called you stupid!" Xue Yan used a fire stick to stir the fire, and said eloquently: "There is a special way to make a fire, firewood should be picked up, fragrant wood is the best, if there is no oven wall, make a fire to avoid the wind, and adjust the fire from time to time to ensure that the flame is uniform and vigorous." Originally, the two of us were hungry, let you do these things, shouldn't this woman starve to death? Stupid melon~! Xue Yan said slowly, seeing that the flames were gradually stabilizing, she threw the fire stick aside, and said to Han Ye: "Okay, bring those two chickens to this girl!" ”

Han Ye handed the chicken over, Xue Yan casually put the chicken on the shelf and roasted it until golden brown, then took out a knife from his waist, cut the chicken layer by layer with the knife, put it back on the shelf, and raised his hand towards Han Ye and said, "You come." Then, she squatted down to watch Han Ye's roast chicken, her eyes reflecting the light of the bonfire.

After a while, the chicken has a faint aroma and a winey smell, and fat drips from the chicken and falls into the flames, igniting a bewitching flame. Xue Yan had already prepared for the next step, she took out a few small bags from her body, opened them, and saw that they were full of cooking spices!

"Slow down, Ben Ding is about to start to taste."

Xue Yan hummed a song briskly, grabbed a handful of salt and sprinkled it back and forth on the chicken, and then grabbed a handful of cumin (1), spread it on it carefully, and asked Han Ye, "Silly melon, like spicy?" ”

Han Ye didn't care about this, nodded slightly, but saw that the girl magically took out a bag of peppercorn powder and sprinkled it on the chicken. At this point, Han Ye can be regarded as throwing herself to this girl, thinking that it was rare for Zhang Kuo to walk the rivers and lakes and bring some salt, but this girl couldn't wait to even move the stove over, isn't she the goddaughter of the king of the stove?

After working hard for a long time, the roast chicken was finally completed, Xue Yan handed the roast chicken to Han Ye, and said with a smile: "It's hard work for our Han Daxia, try it first." ”

Han Ye looked at the roast chicken, and saw that the chicken skin was crispy, the chicken was golden, and from time to time it exuded a strong meat fragrance. Han Ye swallowed lightly, and when he bit the chicken, his teeth touched the chicken skin, which was crispy, and when his teeth bit into the chicken, it was soft. Crispy but not burnt, loose but not light, from the inside to the outside, cooked to the right, chicken fragrant entrance, around the tongue for three weeks, accompanied by the special delicacy of cumin and peppercorns, so that Han Ye is very open-minded!

Xue Yan sat aside with her hands on her cheeks, smiled and showed a pear vortex, and said, "How is it?" It's not unpalatable, is it? ”

"No, Yan'er really made me insightful, the pheasant originally had a fishy smell, but you used cumin and peppercorns, and the taste almost faded, amazing!" Han Ye took a bite of the fragrant chicken, and drank the fairy brew heartily, the fragrant chicken with the wine, what do you ask for?

"Actually, when I was a child, I liked to cook very much, and Master always praised me for my ingenuity." Xue Yan sighed sadly: "After the master left, he had no support, so he could only cook often to pass the time, of course, walking the rivers and lakes also learned a lot from others. ”

Han Ye said while eating: "Now the food is not a problem, but what about the water?" ”

Xue Yan raised her eyebrows and said, "Don't give me wine!" I won't drink the wine you've drunk, and I won't drink it if you kill me! ”

When Han Ye was in a dilemma, he looked at the roast chicken, saw the flowing jade ring on his finger along the tree, and finally patted his forehead and said, "That's right!" It seems that this thing has clear water when you touch it, but I forgot! ”

Exegesis:

(1) "cumin" - also known as "horse celery", "dry tea", often used in our country in lamb skewers and other barbecue meat, can have the flavor of the western regions, deeply loved by the people of northern China, important food condiments, as edible spices have a history of more than 1,500 years, is a very popular seasoning taste. In addition, it is recorded in the "Tang Materia Medica" that the cumin is fried and ground into powder, and then taken with vinegar, which also has the effect of treating angina pectoris and insomnia.