It was also a long passage, similar to the one they had entered the underground river from the outside, and after walking for a while, the five of them felt that the surroundings were getting colder and colder, and at this time there was a slight light in front of them, and then they finally walked out of the passage and entered the second layer of the cold pool.

The second layer is not as dark as when they just entered the first layer of the cold pool, what they see in front of them is a long and not wide cave, the light is naturally formed on the stone wall of the cave but like a piece of stone embedded in the stone wall, not dense, up and down are disorderly, along the cave all the way to the depths, the yellow or white light can generally make people see in the cave, Qian Chao also carefully looked at this kind of stone, it is some ordinary minerals that can fluoresce, and it is not of great use.

This cave seems to be craggy, it seems that you can still hear the sound of water droplets splashing in the depths of the cave, by the light in the cave, five people look at it, sure enough, in the depths of the cave you can see a forked hole, you can see more than a dozen, want to continue walking, such a hole will be more, this is in the deep underground, there is no reference that can distinguish the direction, so many forks will definitely make it easy for people to get lost.

After the five people came here, they first looked around carefully, and Tang Ping couldn't help but ask after looking at it for a while:

"Okay, boy Qian, we're here, what's next? Is there a route to the third floor on the map of Chu Yuan? ”

"Of course there is," Qian Chao said and took out the map drawn by Chu Yuan, "but he doesn't know much about this second layer, in the past, he knew how to find the entrance to the third layer from here, and that's all, how all the caves on the entire second layer are distributed, he is not in the mood or heart to figure it out, so the map of the second layer he drew is actually not complete, however, Senior Brother Chu Yuan said that on the second layer, as long as you follow the red light, you can safely find the entrance to the third layer." ”

Tang Ping was holding the map and looking at it with Yan Xuan, it was indeed not completely drawn, there was only one path, there were so many forked holes here, which made the path on the map a little useless, and it was still more difficult to find, but after listening to Qian Chao's words, Tang Ping looked around, and then said:

"Where is the red light? Those stones emit either yellow or white light? ”

Li Jian looked for it in the cave in front of him after listening to Qian Chao's words, obviously he found the red light that Qian Chao said, and after listening to Tang Ping's words, Li Jian raised his hand and pointed and said:

"Yes, Miss Tang, look at the ground of this cave."

Several people looked in the direction that Li Jian pointed, and sure enough, they found a faint red light under the stone wall of this cave or in the stone crevices.

It should be a kind of mushroom that grows here, very small, the height is not as long as an index finger of Qian Chao, several plants are crowded together, the small umbrella cover is less than the size of a copper coin, the so-called red light is emitted from the umbrella cover of this mushroom, it is not bright, and the umbrella handle under the umbrella cover is not luminous. In the light of the glowing stones on the cave walls, this little red light is inconspicuous and can easily be missed.

Lu Pingchuan smiled when he saw it and said:

"Hehe, there's really a red light, Brother Qian, are we going to rely on this all the way over?"

Lu Pingchuan said and approached the nearest bush of mushrooms to see, he was tall, and after the light emitted by the cave wall was blocked by his figure, the red light was more eye-catching.

"Not bad."

Yan Xuan was also very curious about these mushrooms, it was indeed rare that they could emit red light, but she couldn't recognize what kind of spirit grass this mushroom in front of her was, so she also took a closer look.

Seeing that Yan Xuan also came over to take a look, Lu Pingchuan also asked:

"Sister Yan, is this mushroom also some kind of spirit grass?"

Yan Xuan shook her head, and said helplessly that she didn't know, originally she still wanted to pick it, but thinking that this kind of mushroom is used for road signs, it is better to wait until you go out to pick it now, so she will stop for the time being.

If this kind of mushroom is carefully searched, a few bushes can be found along the direction of this cave, but it is a bit eye-catching, Tang Ping reluctantly returned the map in his hand to Qian Chao and said:

"Alas, Chu Yuan's map is not complete, it seems that I can only follow this kind of mushroom, Qian boy, are you sure that the red light that Chu Yuan said is the mushroom on the ground?"

"Exactly, Senior Brother Chu Yuan said that the people in this cold pool call this kind of mushroom 'red umbrella cover', and it must be safe to walk along it, or go out or in."

"Okay then, but to be on the safe side, we'll have to leave a mark where we've walked to be more reassured."

"Well, I'll do this." Lu Pingchuan said.

"Well, let's go, then."

……

The second layer was obviously much damper than the first layer, and the five of them walked forward cautiously while looking for the red umbrella cover that glowed red on the ground, and the speed was naturally not fast, and at the same time, Lu Pingchuan grabbed a handful of the stone wall from time to time in the back, and grabbed a hole out, which was counted as a mark left after they walked through.

There are too many bifurcated holes along the way, and you will find one if you don't go far, and even after walking through, you will find that there is a hole hidden behind you, and there is light in each hole, look at the terrain, see the light and shadow are similar to the cave they are in, if you enter for the first time and don't know how to go, you won't know how to go down if you can't go far here, and you will be completely lost in it.

Whenever a new hole appeared in the five of them, they would widen their eyes to find out if there was a kind of mushroom with a red umbrella cover nearby, Li Jian's eyes were the sharpest, and he often pointed with his hand, and then the rest of them followed the direction to find the faint red light on the ground or in the stone crack, so as to confirm the next walking direction, so that the speed of walking was naturally not fast.

This second layer is indeed as Qian Chao said, it is a powerful barrier to protect those scattered cultivators and the rest of the year meeting hidden in the next layer, and after the five of them went a little deeper into these caves, they found that this place was different from the previous layer.

On the upper layer, the five of them only felt a little heavier because of the influence of the chaotic spirit veins here, and here, at first, there was nothing else but the heavier feeling, but as they went deeper into the cave, that heaviness would sometimes disappear inexplicably, and be replaced by a forward thrust from behind or an invisible force on the side of the body from time to time. Even the five people walked as if they had hit a wall with full resilience, and when they first encountered this situation, the five people were all startled, and at first they thought that they had encountered some opponent who was secretly attacking them, but Li Jian said that there were no living creatures near them at all, let alone any opponents, so needless to say, this kind of strength must be caused by the unpredictable spiritual veins here, and after experiencing many times, they gradually got used to it.

If you elaborate on that feeling, it's like the five of them are five small iron nails placed on the tabletop, someone holds a big magnet attached to the table and rotates it frequently at will, under the influence of the magnetic force, the five iron nails keep moving around and bumping on the table.

In fact, there is no pattern to follow in that force, it is uncertain, it will appear next to them at any time, as if an invisible opponent has been teasing them. And although the strength is not strong, but it is extremely strong, the most disadvantaged thing is that Qian Chao warned a few people in advance that they can't use their own aura here, so the five of them can't stabilize their bodies at all.

Tang Ping and Yan Xuan, who were walking together arm in arm, were swayed back and forth by the impact, and their sideburns were a little scattered, if they were both a little petite, then even if they were as strong and burly as Lu Pingchuan, they would stumble a few steps to stand firm under this strange strength, but it was Li Jian, who was walking in the front and always looking for the red umbrella cover, whenever that strange force hit, he just shook his body slightly, and he could vaguely sense the attack of that strange force in advance with his own senses, Then, while reminding his companions, he changed his body shape at the same time to remove that force. Qian Chao's performance was naturally very unbearable, and it was Lu Pingchuan who stretched out his hand to pull it a few times so that Qian Chao did not hit his head on the wall of the cave.

"No wonder," Tang Ping was a little annoyed by the strange force that appeared here, "No wonder those elite disciples of the Five Spirits suffered a big loss here, in this case, not to mention chasing those loose cultivators to fight, even if you run a few steps, you may be knocked into other caves by this kind of force, the multiple paths here are extremely complicated, and you will definitely get lost after a few rounds." ”

As soon as Tang Ping's words were finished, a force rushed out from the side, Li Jian's body stabilized as soon as he shook, Lu Pingchuan grabbed two steps and stood firm, Tang Ping and Yan Xuan supported each other, although they were a little embarrassed, they both stood firmly, but Qian Chao, when he was listening to Tang Ping, he didn't pay attention to the whole person and rushed into a hole on the opposite cave wall by that force.

Well, this time the money tide fell into a rut, and it rolled for a long distance before it stopped.

"Money boy!" Tang Ping shouted anxiously, saying that she was going to pull him back.

"Don't come here......" Qian Chao said from the entrance of the cave.

Yan Xuan was surprised:

"Is it dangerous?"

Li Jian shook his head.

The voice of Qian Chao came from the mouth of the cave again:

"It's not dangerous, it's just ...... Alas...... There are a few Five Spirit disciples who have fallen here before, and the jade pendants of the sect are all here, and the identity should not be wrong, but it looks very bad, so don't come in, wait until I collect their bodies and take them out for burial. ”

After Qian Chao got up inside, he did find a few remains, and he identified them with the jade pendants on their bodies, after so long, these people had already died, and they were naturally very ugly, so he didn't let Tang Ping or Yan Xuan, the two women, come in, and prepared to put the bodies of these people in storage bags.

Hearing that it was not any danger, Tang Ping just breathed a sigh of relief, and at this moment, another strange force struck, and the money tide inside suffered another loss without warning, as if it had hit something and let out an exclamation, Tang Ping immediately let go of Yan Xuan's hand and was about to enter the hole after his body stabilized, but was stopped by Lu Pingchuan.

"I'll go."

After Lu Pingchuan strode in, I heard him say inside:

"Eh! So many people? ”

"Alas, yes, I just saw it, almost all the disciples of the five sects in the sect have it, and I don't know how long I've been here, eh, Brother Lu, don't move their jade pendants, they still stay on them, otherwise they won't be able to distinguish their identities after they are brought out."

"Well, alas, it's bad enough to die in this hellish place!"

After a while, Lu Pingchuan walked out of the cave with Qian Chao.

"Eight people, there are men and women," Lu Pingchuan said as soon as he came out, "It's a pity that they died in this place in vain, well, Brother Qian has a good heart to take them out for burial." ”

Qian Chao said:

"It's impossible for us to deliberately go to the Five Spirits disciples who fell here back then, but since we have encountered them, it is better to take them out, and it is very likely that some of those people have a teacher's inheritance, and if they find it, bring the bones back to their master, and it can be regarded as a final conclusion."