In the firelight, it can be clearly seen that the bare rock canine teeth have been mistaken, apparently carefully piled up, and the cracks are filled with mud, and it is not easy to detect after a long time crawling with moss.

Gu Shengchao put down Ding Ying, found a few thick branches, smeared them with the grease in the blackbird's body, and used them as torches to climb up. The mud between the rocks at the entrance of the cave was loose, and with a gentle push, it poured inward, revealing a deep tunnel. The tunnel is more than one person high, and two people can walk side by side. Gu Shengchao was cautious, holding the torch in one hand and the dagger in the other, he walked more than ten steps inside, the flames on the torch shook a few times and suddenly went out, he also felt difficult to breathe, a little dizzy and nauseous.

Not good!

Gu Shengchao hurriedly retreated to the entrance of the cave, poked his head out and gasped.

Ding Ying anxiously stood by the fire on crutches, carrying a soft whip in one hand and said, "How is it, is there any danger inside?" ”

Gu Shengchao waved his hand: "There is miasma inside, you can't go in now." He threw away the torch and climbed down the same path with his head and feet, explaining: "There must be no other passage inside, and this is the miasma." Now the entrance to the cave is open, and tomorrow when the miasma clears, I'll go up and check it out. ”

Ding Ying was finally relieved, and Gu Shengchao helped her sit by the fire. After resting for a while, Gu Shengchao was ready to climb out of the cave below and observe the movement outside. He cleared the grass, knowing that it was afternoon, but it was pitch black, and flocks of blackbirds obscured the entire sky. The fast-flying blackbirds were too dense to change direction from time to time, and they crashed straight into the cliff wall and rolled down from above.

Gu Shengchao had no choice but to return and tell Ding Ying about the situation outside, and the two had to sit around the fire and talk about homely things out of boredom. With nothing to do, Gu Shengchao picked out clean and fluffy branches and laid out a mattress for Ding Ying to lie on. Ding Ying was grateful, and also helped to lay a mattress for Gu Shengchao, she was unable to move easily, and she couldn't pick and choose as carefully as Gu Shengchao, but she also laid it flat, and she always had to be strong and hard rocks.

The two fell asleep one after the other. When Gu Shengchao woke up, the cave was pitch black again, the fire had burned out, and only a few sparks brought a little glimmer of light. Gu Shengchao got up and found a broken wooden cover, and blew lightly, and the green smoke rose from the flames and jumped again. The light of the fire woke up the goat, which was lying nearby, and retreated into a corner to hide.

Ding Ying also woke up when she heard the movement, and asked Gu Shengchao what time it was. Gu Shengchao climbed out, but the outside of the cave was still dark, and the chirping of the blackbird when it flew was endless, resounding through the valley.

Both of them were helpless, and they warmed up around the fire when they couldn't sleep. After a long time, the ewe tentatively went out, bleating and calling the lamb to follow.

The ancient saint was overjoyed, "It looks like we can go out." ”

He crawled out slowly, and sure enough, it was already dawn, and the number of blackbirds gathered more than yesterday, but at this time most of them were hovering in the air, and did not swoop down. Gu Shengchao dragged Ding Ying out and rested at the entrance of the cave, the two roasted the blackbird meat to satisfy their hunger, and Gu Shengchao piled up a lot of dry firewood into the cave, picked up many dead blackbirds and threw them into the cave. When he went to the stream to fetch water, he found some vines, so he pulled some vines and came back. Gu Shengchao wanted to weave rattan into ropes, but his clumsiness always failed.

Ding Ying smiled: "Give it to me, our Seven Star Cliff is full of cliffs, and we need a lot of ropes, and we have been braiding them since we were children." ”

The ancient saint was overjoyed and hurriedly handed it over to Ding Ying. Ding Ying was really skillful, the rattan twisted around in her palm, and a strong rope slowly extended. When she was about to finish weaving a rope, it was dark, and the ewe, who was grazing not far away, seemed to have a premonition of something, and led the lamb into the burrow and never came out.

The two wondered, it was still early at noon, how could it change. Looking up, many blackbirds crowded together, as if they had received some kind of instruction, and the spiral continued to decrease in height, as if the bottom of the pitch-black pot was pressed down. Countless vortices formed on the empty surface and rolled upward, raising sand and dust to hit the face, causing pain.

Gu Shengchao didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly dragged Ding Ying into the cave.

"Alas, the hour of the gathering of the blackbirds is getting earlier and earlier." Gu Shengchao sighed.

Ding Ying sat by the fire and continued to weave the unfinished weaving in her hand, "I heard Master say in the Seven Star Cliff that the blackbird in Raven Bay does not see the moon all day at most, and it is no different from a rainy day in the middle of the night. I think it's a storyteller, and after experiencing it myself, I realized that it was even more terrifying than what Master told. According to Master's experience, the day after tomorrow may be the climax, and in the next three to five days, it will all be gone. ”

Gu Shengchao was not idle, he made a torch and looked at the hole above and said, "I'll go up and take a look." ”

Ding Ying advised: "Don't be reckless, come down quickly if you find something wrong." ”

Gu Shengchao nodded, climbed up and walked into the tunnel with a torch. He didn't dare to move forward carelessly and slowly, and after walking about twenty steps, the front suddenly opened up, and a hall four or five zhang square appeared in front of him.

The innermost near the cliff was a high platform, and he stepped forward cautiously, and in the middle of the platform was a coffin without a lid, in which lay a white skeleton, and the coffin lid was tilted to the side. Gu Shengchao was frightened, the torch in his hand almost fell off, and he pulled out the dagger to protect himself, lest he be in danger. He turned around, and the hall was empty except for these, and he was a little relieved.

There are words on the cliff wall, and there are also carved graphics, which are clearly the moves and cultivation methods for practicing the exercises.

Gu Shengchao was interested, and he carefully identified it from the beginning, and it was the four big characters of "Phoenix Dance Swordsmanship" at the beginning. He looked at it and was excited, you must know that the phoenix dance sword technique is recognized by the world as the top martial arts, and it is rumored that it will be invincible in the world, who will not be excited when he sees it?

After that, there are moves and formulas, and finally explain the origin of this set of swordsmanship.

It turns out that this white bone is called Gongsun Ran, it is the twentieth generation of Fengwu swordsmanship, this place is called Fengming Mountain, and there are palaces and ancestral halls built on the mountain, called Fengming Villa. At first, the villa was prosperous and prosperous, but then it gradually declined and spread to Gongsun Ran, leaving only a few old servants guarding the empty sect. In the process of extinguishing the fire, Gongsun Ran and several old servants were strangely injured, as if they were hit by the broken purlin beam of the roof, and it seemed that someone took advantage of the chaos to deliberately throw it down, and finally even the Fengwu sword was lost. Gongsun Ran survived young, and the old servants died in fright and fright. Gongsun Ran was alone and had no heirs, he was disheartened, closed himself in this cave, carved the phoenix dance sword moves, lay in the coffin and waited for death, only begging the people who came here to help him cover the coffin lid and let him feel at ease.

Gu Shengchao knelt in front of the platform and bowed a few times, "The junior Gu Shengchao disturbed the seniors, if you are offended, please do a lot of Haihan, this will help you cover the coffin." The lid of the coffin looked heavy, and Gu Shengchao turned into powder with a touch of his hand, and it had long been decayed. He bowed his hand and said, "Please forgive me, the juniors have already tried their best, and they can't do it." ”

He carefully discerned, and slowly lucked according to the picture shown on the map, and the dantian stirred violently, so painful that he almost fainted, and had to give up the cultivation of true qi. He remembered that Ding Ying was a formal sect disciple and should be well-informed, unlike him who wandered around and learned only half of the kung fu, so he returned to tell Ding Ying the truth.

Both of them are martial arts practitioners, so they are naturally obsessed with kung fu, Ding Ying couldn't wait to go up when she heard it, but her ankle bone fracture had not healed, and she couldn't climb independently. Gu Shengchao put a woven rope on her and pulled her up, Ding Ying was on crutches, Gu Shengchao was beside him, and the two walked slowly to the grotto.

Ding Ying couldn't use a torch to light her on crutches, Gu Shengchao helped her sit aside, and he returned below and picked up a large amount of firewood to light it.

Gu Shengchao was not idle, he picked a straight branch as a sword, and practiced it according to the moves on the cliff wall. Although the moves are not as shocking as imagined, they are also extremely subtle, and many of them are unprecedented before. The more he practiced, the more interested he became, and he slowly comprehended the mystery. Gu Shengchao's right shoulder was injured by a blackbird two days ago, and the wound was a little painful when he moved a little bigger, so he had to change to his left hand to make a gesture. He practiced it with his left hand and found that every move was still smooth, and he didn't feel awkward. Obviously, the character depicted on the cliff wall is also holding a sword in his right hand, and his left hand makes the sword unobstructed, and the ancient saint is secretly surprised.

Ding Ying couldn't practice the moves, she silently recited the mantra and slowly let the true qi run in the meridians, and about an hour later, the true qi flowed in the meridians for a cycle and returned to the dantian, only then did she take a breath and feel the changes in her body.

"How? Is there anything special about this set of exercises? Gu Shengchao was curious and couldn't wait to ask.

Ding Ying shook her head slowly and said: "Maybe I'm sluggish and haven't comprehended the true meaning, except that the dantian is a little hot, and I don't feel anything unusual." Anyway, I can't get out outside, so it's better to think about it here carefully, and maybe I can gain something. ”

Gu Shengchao nodded in agreement: "That's right, if it's really exquisite kung fu, how can it be easy for ordinary people like me to understand it." The phoenix dance sword technique is known as the first in the world, and it must have its uniqueness, and we are here to carefully figure it out. ”

Neither of them spoke, and was engrossed in pondering the tricks and formulas engraved on the cliff wall, and all the mantras marked on them were also firmly memorized in their hearts, for fear of missing any details. There was no day in the cave, and they didn't know the time at all, so when they were hungry, they roasted some blackbird meat to satisfy their hunger, and when they were hungry, they had a small sip of water, and when they were tired, they lay down on a mat laid with branches. I don't know how long it took, both of them were able to recite the mantra fluently, there were a total of fifteen strokes in swordsmanship, and the moves were handy from beginning to end, so they were willing to relax and exchange experiences with each other.

The moves are relatively easy to understand, but it is much more difficult to understand the mantra and mental method, Ding Ying still has no clue, she shook her head and sighed: "I'm really stupid, I can only wait until I return to the Seven Star Cliff Mountain and ask the master." ”

Gu Shengchao was envious: "It's still blessed that your sect disciples are blessed, and it's good that the master takes care of it." ”

Ding Ying picked up the water bladder and wanted to drink saliva, but she couldn't shake a drop of water even if she shook it hard, Gu Shengchao took the water bladder and said, "I'll go to the canal to get some water, and by the way, take a look at the situation outside." ”