Section 88 The Dusty Secret Passage
"Hmm," Lingchen replied. So, the two of them stayed in a farmhouse outside the city for two days, and then hurriedly followed the team of the Xuetian Sect to Zixiao Palace, and along the way, the two disguised themselves as the two most inconspicuous disciples of the Xuetian Sect, one was mute and the other was lame.
The mute apprentice dressed as Lingchen had to prepare food for the other disciples every day, while the lame apprentice helped 'him' prepare the ingredients and carry heavy loads on his back, looking at each other's funny appearances, the two of them sometimes endured more than laughter, but they had to forcibly endure it, in the eyes of others, these two inconspicuous ugly disciples seemed to have a much better relationship during this time, and they were no longer as unable to get along as before.
Tuoba Hongxuan and Situ Lingchen followed the Xuetian Sect for about eight days on foot and then entered the Cui Yu Luo where the Zixiao Palace was located, the entire Cui Yu Luo was composed of nine mountains of different shapes and patchwork, looking at the top of the Linglong Pagoda of the Zixiao Palace, the Cui Yu Luo was like emerald green wings, strange and abnormal, and from here on, it entered the scope of the Zixiao Palace. As soon as the Xuetian Sect and the others passed the first oncoming peak, they were stopped by the Zixiao Palace guards dressed in dark green. Seeing that these guards were dressed in dark green short suits, with a black belt tied around their waists, and a cyan wolf head tattooed on their backs, Tuoba Hongxuan quietly approached Lingchen's side, and said in a voice that only Lingchen could hear: "This is from the Zixiao Green Wolf Department, and their weapons are all in the iron bracers on the back of their hands."
Hearing this, Lingchen also quietly wrote in Hong Xuan's palm with his fingers: Will the Snow Heaven Sect suffer compared to them?
Hongxuan smiled slightly and nodded slightly. At this time, I only heard the guard of the wolf tribe say: "The Lord has an order, all sects that want to go to Zixiao Palace must leave your weapons here and not wear swords."
"What! How can that work! "Yes, if you have any evil intentions, then we will not become lambs to the slaughter?" ”…… Suddenly, the disciples of the Snow Heaven Sect boiled, and you didn't want to hand over your sword even if you said a word.
At this time, Liu Feng, the eldest disciple of the Xuetian Sect, stepped forward and said, "We were all invited by the Lord to come, and we have come far away, we are really not used to having a sword in our hands, can the little brother be accommodating."
Hearing this, the wolf guard said: "We are also acting on orders, the lord said, if you feel that it is not safe to have a sword in your hand, then the various factions can wait here, and then go to Zixiao Palace when everyone has gathered, so that there are many people in each faction, even if there is no sword in hand, you will not be worried."
Long Tianxiao smiled and asked, "Are there any other Jianghu sects left empty-handed before us?" ”
The guard replied, "The Divine Machine and the Heavenly Machine, both the Divine Machine, have led all the masters to the Zixiao Palace." As soon as these words came out, Long Tianxiao sighed deeply: "He is worthy of being a master of the Ghost Valley!" Then, Long Tianxiao instructed all the disciples to wait in place, set up tents, and planned to wait for the other sects to gather almost, and then go to Zixiao Palace, after all, compared with Guigu, the Beggar Gang and Zixiao Palace, the Xuetian Sect is just an inconspicuous small sect, but as the leader, he can't risk the lives of all his disciples, so he chooses to wait.
When Lingchen had to be busy preparing food again, Tuoba Hongxuan quietly pulled her aside and said softly: "Chen'er, waiting here like this, I don't know why, I always have an indescribable worry and anxiety ......."
Lingchen gently took his hand and said with a smile: "Big brother, we will go to Zixiao Palace tonight, no matter where you go, Lingchen will accompany you."
Lingchen's words relieved Tuoba Hongxuan a lot, holding her hand tightly, Tuoba Hongxuan smiled and nodded, and then played the role of a lame apprentice, busy helping everyone set up a tent.
About the third watch, Tuoba Hongxuan gently held the spirit dust in his arms, and lightly passed through the level guarded by the green wolf tribe with the superior internal strength that everyone could not detect, and ran all the way. Lingchen, who was hiding in Hongxuan's arms, was still flustered at first, worried about being discovered for a while, and his heartbeat intensified for a while due to shyness, but slowly, a warm and safe breath calmed Lingchen's heart, and drowsiness gradually hit. Looking at the sleeping person in his arms, Tuoba Hongxuan was also very pleased, I don't know why, at this time, he really wanted to just hold Lingchen and not let go, and keep running like this.
When the first golden rays of gold broke through the night in the east, Tuoba Hongxuan had already arrived at an ancient tomb at the foot of the main mountain of Zixiao Palace with Lingchen in his arms. As the sky was hazy, Tuoba Hongxuan began to count the third, seventh, and fifteenth flower-shaped carved bricks on the side of the circular tomb, and gently pressed the flower center, horse head, and bat on the portrait bricks. When Hong Xuan just pressed the bat pattern, the dusty ancient tomb actually opened a secret door from the back, and Hong Xuan carefully walked into the ancient tomb with Lingchen in his arms. When the ancient tomb was closed again, Lingchen slowly woke up because of the noise, looked around with wide eyes and exclaimed, "Where is this?" As he spoke, he involuntarily hugged Tuoba Hongxuan's neck.
Hong Xuan smiled slightly, stroked Lingchen's back and said, "Chen'er, don't be afraid, we have reached the bottom of Zixiao Palace, this is a secret passage, no one will know except the real palace master." Hearing this, Lingchen nodded, jumped lightly from Tuoba Hongxuan's arms, and looked around curiously. Tuoba Hongxuan chuckled, stepped forward to hold Lingchen's hand, and said, "Follow me", and with that, he walked in a direction on the right hand side with Lingchen.
Along the way, Lingchen saw beautiful murals, lifelike statues and some stone houses that looked like a study. Tuoba Hongxuan knew that Lingchen was also as curious as a child, so he slowed down his pace and explained softly to Lingchen: "This tomb belongs to the joint tomb of the founder of Zixiao Palace, the old man Ziyu and the lady Tie Ying, but in fact, these two ancestors are buried elsewhere, and this tomb is just an underground palace, so that future generations can take refuge in times of danger or practice during retreat."
"Oh, what a beautiful dungeon!" Lingchen couldn't help but admire.
Tuoba Hongxuan let out a soft "um" and stopped speaking, at this time, his mind kept recalling that day that year, the entire Zixiao Palace was in chaos, he was taken by Aunt Wan'er to escape from this secret passage, he cried and shouted, and never saw his parents again. He only remembered that he and Aunt Wan'er escaped all the way out of Zixiao Palace, and were chased and killed all the way, and Aunt Wan'er was also seriously injured and fell off a cliff to her death, but she was rescued by a mysterious person, and since then, all her memories have been lost.
Thinking of this, Tuoba Hongxuan couldn't help but feel on fire in his heart, and smashed a stone wall beside him with a punch, so frightened that Lingchen, who was still looking forward, exclaimed, hurriedly ran to his side, and asked eagerly, "Big brother, what's wrong?" ”
"No, nothing, just thinking about some ...... past," Tuoba Hongxuan sighed.
Hearing this, Lingchen also sighed lightly and comforted: "Big brother, everything will be clear, don't worry, Lingchen believes that your parents have spirits in the sky, and they will definitely bless you to find out the truth and give you justice."
Looking at Lingchen's smart eyes and the true feelings of concern, Tuoba Hongxuan's angry heart gradually calmed down, and smiled warmly at Lingchen: "Well, Chen'er is right."
At this time, Tuoba Hongxuan and Lingchen saw that behind the shattered stone wall was actually another passage, and it had been sealed in dust for too long, and it had long been covered with thick dust. This made the two look at each other, and walked hand in hand into another passage. The layout of this passage is simple and powerful, and it is decorated with strange weapons from different periods and some strange statues. After a while, the two of them came to a place like a patio, surrounded by stone houses, and on the circular platform in the middle, they suddenly saw a person sitting in the middle, so frightened that Lingchen almost exclaimed.