The dry wind blows the restless greed and lust, and the Lakshen tribe in the eastern steppe is engaged in a torn debate.

"Hatur, this is our chance!" A stout man with a beard whispered with some urgency.

Hatur is the leader of the Lakshin tribe, with traces of more than thirty years of vicissitudes in the corners of his eyes, and his eyes reveal unwillingness and hesitation.

Hatur raised his hand to interrupt and said in a deep voice: "Rida, let me think again"

Rida is the leader of the Laksin tribe, who made great achievements in the attack on Nanling Pass, and is now forty years old, and his sword is not old, and his slightly angry tone hides longing.

Rida sighed, turned around anxiously next to Hatur a few times, looked up at Hatur with a frown, and began: "We can't succumb to the south forever. It's all the iron bones of the grassland, but we have to bow down to the south. Don't you want to start a Laksin dynasty! ”

Hatur shook his head: "Gerry's kid is by no means an idle person, and he will repay him. If we succeed, we don't say anything, if we fail, we have no chance of surviving at his hands, or even the whole of Lakshin..."

Dida didn't say anything more, looking to the other side, Hatur picked up the letter on the table, handed it to the oil lamp, and burned it down.

The letter was faintly visible in the firelight.

Wei Sheng.

"We can't gamble the whole Lakshin." Hatur threw away the ashes from his body, "But we won't obediently listen to Gri's hairy boy, watch the fire from the other side, there is always a chance for us." The gloomy words added a chill to the night.

The three of them finally came to the main palace after eighteen hells, the water was flowing down, the wetland on the ground reflected the white light, and the wet and cold air came to their faces. Su Qing shuddered, and the white breath he exhaled instantly turned into frost and hung on his face. Feeling the temperature coming from behind him, it was Gerry who took off his mask and draped it on Su Qing's body.

The space is too quiet, there are no oil lamps on the walls everywhere, and walking through the wetland is a large disc of more than 100 square meters, which should be the final place of sacrifice. Around the disc are the eighteen Arhats, the stone statues have been crossed with bronze powder, and their expressions are also depicted vividly, looking hideous and terrifying in the faint light of fire. Above the disc is a groove with complex veins, and the inner side is waterlogged and the direction is unknown.

The three of them stepped on the wet ground, and the jagged footsteps seemed to echo in the empty dungeon, which made Su Qing's steps a little heavy, and Gerry sensed Su Qing's emotions, held her hand, and handed the warmth from his fingertips. Su Qing looked at Gerry in the dark, warm and warm.

"What does the groove on this disc do?" Su Qing asked.

Gerry replied, "Probably something to do with the final sacrifice." ”

Chongyu looked at Su Qing: "It is not written on the drawings how to live in the end?" ”

Su Qing shook his head slowly, "On the drawings, only the method of entering the underground palace is very detailed, and the later Eighteen Hells and this main palace are not available. I don't want future generations to know. ”

Chongyu nodded lightly, and Gerry thought and whispered, "It seems that this sacrifice will be very costly in the end"

"Let's find out if there are any other mechanisms," Gerry said.

"Hmm"

Gerry walked over to the Eighteen Arhats and carefully observed the stone statue. I found that each stone statue had a small hole in its body, but its body could not turn around, could this small hole emit something? Gerry thought to himself.

Chongyu squatted down and took the fire fold to shine on the groove, this groove has a strange trend, and he can't see the whole picture clearly in the dark night, and he doesn't know what the function is.

Click!

The vision in the main palace suddenly lit up, and the two of them looked up suddenly, it was the lantern on the stone wall above their heads, and it was too dark to see it just now. Turning his head to look at Su Qing under the disc, Su Qing held up the fire fold, "I found a stone pillar here, and there is something similar to an oil thread on it, but I didn't expect that it was connected to the lantern above." ”

Gerry smiled softly at her, and Su Qing walked towards Gerry embarrassedly.

Chongyu gave her a thumbs up and continued to look down. Gerry also walked over to the disc to study the grooves in the ground.

"The pattern of this groove is a little familiar," Su Qing said softly.

"Totem," said Gerry.

Juyu played with the extinguished fire and said, "But it's not" and stood up and walked around the disc.

The three of them looked at the groove and were silent for a moment.

Su Qing seemed to think of something and looked towards Gerry, but she didn't expect Gerry to look at her and smile and nodded. Su Qing smiled at the corner of his mouth: "Mirror? ”

"Hmm," Gerry replied.

Chongyu looked at them with some confusion: "What? ”

"This groove pattern is also a mirror drawing like a totem, and I probably know what it means," Gerry explained as he looked at the pattern.

Chongyu leaned closer and said, "What do you mean?" ”

Gerry frowned, and it took a long time before he said: "Gu Nan tart language, the blood of all frontiers"

Su Qing opened his mouth and didn't speak again. Chongyu knew it in his heart, pouted and shook his head slowly.

There was a long silence in the space.

"The hollow in the Eighteen Arhats is supposed to be used for bloodletting," Gerry said as he broke the silence.

Chongyu glanced back at the stone statue and said, "This blood should be filled with grooves," paused and raised his head and asked, "What about after that?" What will happen? ”

Gerry kept his mouth tight, staring at the disc and not speaking.

Su Qing looked at the two of them, then turned his head to look at the dark place that was not illuminated by the lantern, and said, "Maybe it is." The blood of all frontiers destroys the land of all frontiers. The lives of tens of millions of people are exchanged for one person...", after a pause, as if he didn't know what words to use, "... Let's live a long life."

There was an eerie silence again, and only the sound of ticking water staggered in the space.

“... Falling rocks... If you restart, the southern tart will be in danger..."Chongyu muttered, his eyes becoming clearer: "It is all showing that the sacred mountain will fall!" ”

Gerry on the side had not spoken since just now, but his jaw tightened and his eyes narrowed revealed his anger, and he understood everything when he saw the meaning of the groove, this century-old conspiracy.

"So it's not a longevity palace at all," Su Qing's face turned pale, "Back then, there was no Taoist who deceived King Kuntu and built an underground palace that would collapse the sacred mountain. It was later discovered, but it was too late, and the dungeon had already been built. "Nan Tart has been guarding a time bomb for so many years.

Chongyu said in a gloomy tone: "But the southern tart is located in the northern plains, and there is nowhere to escape, so I simply closed the underground palace, and then called this mountain a sacred mountain, and I can't approach it on weekdays." In order to completely eradicate the southern tart, this Central Plains is really... At great pains. ”

Gerry said in a dumb voice: "I made up such a ridiculous lie just to cover up Kuntu's stupidity!" Anything that doesn't want to live forever and harms the people is bullshit! ”

Su Qing seemed to hear the clenched gabbling of his fists, and when he saw Gerry's gloomy expression that seemed to be smiling or not, his hairs stood up.

"There's a stupid guy who wants to trade the lives of his whole clan for fucking immortality!" For the first time, Su Qing saw Gerry's undisguised anger, his hands trembled a little, and his neck tightened.

Chongyu on the side was expressionless now, quietly looking at the groove in a daze.

Su Qing regretted coming to this dungeon a little.

......

After leaving the underground palace, Gerry sent Su Qing back to Nantar.

"Let's go in, it's too late today, I still have something to do, I'll take you to eat tomorrow," Gerry said while holding Su Qing's hand.

Su Qing nodded, and turned around to go back to the tent. Gerry pulled Su Qing's hand and didn't let go, dragged her back in front of him, gently stroked Su Qing's face with his hand, and said softly: "You were scared just now?" ”

"No" Su Qing shook his head slightly, "I'm just a little worried" Looking at Gerry's eyes, Su Qing didn't dare to tell the truth. Between lovers, it is always strange to be afraid of this emotion.

Gerry looked at Su Qing's eyes, as if discerning and cherishing: "Go back to sleep, don't bother you"

"Well, you go to bed early, it's already late" Su Qing raised his hand and lightly grabbed the hand that Gerry put on his face.

In the layers of cocooning, the seemingly bright truth is actually the key closer to the abyss.

"What now?" Chongyu and Gerry sat in the council room, the room was filled with warm light and surrounded by incense.

Gerry tapped his fingers rhythmically on the wooden table and said, "Wait for the rabbit and catch the turtle in the urn."

Chongyu pondered: "I'm afraid that this turtle won't enter the urn"

"Then bring it in"

Chongyu looked up at Gerry, waiting for his next step.

After a moment of silence, Gerry spoke: "Spread the king's royal drive to conquer the Yellow Dragon."

"Actually, I am staying on the sacred mountain, please enter the urn," Chongyu said clearly.

Gerry nodded and said, "Only among the bureaucrats, only that this operation is kept secret and not passed on to the people." ”

"Well, understood"

"Aris and Shuanghu went to Hirakawa," Gerry continued.

Chongyu was a little surprised: "It seems that you already knew what was going on before entering the underground palace"

Gerry said amusedly, "How is that possible?" It's just a few conjectures. So it had to be planned in advance. ”

"Then I, a useless military advisor, have to wish the king in advance to unify the Central Plains," Chongyu said with a smile.