A small village chief actually dares to disobey the existence of the king of Western Xinjiang, and most of the Zhenjiang army protects Lord Li Jiangyao? The magistrate of Yanqi Kingdom was frightened and sweated on the spot, and hurriedly kicked the old village chief's ass.

Say it wrong, repeat!

Li Jiangyao hurriedly drank him, and then asked the village chief with a smile: "Old man, don't be afraid, tell me, why can't you go?" ”

As the leader of the tribe, the village chief is one of the few people in the village who have been to the outside world and are accustomed to seeing the world, so he also knows that in front of him, these are great big people, and even His Royal Highness the king can't afford to provoke him, let alone his small mountain village, so he replied on the spot in a tone similar to begging for mercy: "My lord, that place ...... It's evil. ”

After listening to the guide's translation, Li Jiangyao said curiously: "Evil spirits? What does that mean, exactly? Monsters? ”

The village chief nodded in horror: "I can't say it clearly." Before, there were a few young men in our village, who specialized in digging silkworms, and then carrying them out of the mountains to sell, and sometimes they caught up with the merchants from the western continent, and they could really give good prices. But just six years ago, that is, when the Western Xinjiang was just in turmoil, strange things happened frequently in the mines. ”

Xiahou Ninghan asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"At first, some people saw a strange light in the mine," the village chief replied, "and then there were a series of deaths, all of them went into the cave to dig silkworms, and two of them were lucky enough not to die, but they were also seriously injured, and they were so frightened that they went crazy and talked nonsense." So after that, no one dared to go in. ”

"So...... The mine has been sealed for six years? Dong Tianxing also asked.

The old village chief nodded: "More than five years, almost six years." In addition, there are wars outside the mountains every day, and the merchants from all over the country are also extinct. ”

Li Jiangyao asked the key question: "How did those people die?" Do you have wounds on your body? And what were the injuries of those two people who were seriously injured? Where is it now? ”

The village chief replied without thinking about it: "There are no obvious injuries, including the two who survived, when they crawled out of the hole, they kept spitting blood, but they could not see the damage to the flesh and skin. ”

"Internal injuries?" Xiahou Ninghan wondered.

Li Jiangyao nodded noncommittally, and asked again: "What about the strange light, what kind of light is it?" ”

"Don't hide it from your lord," said the village chief, "that light...... I haven't seen it with my own eyes, but it's not new. ”

Dong Tianxing was very curious: "Old man, do you mean to say that there have been such strange things before?" ”

The village chief nodded: "Almost every few decades, there will be a strange thing in the mine." When I was young, there was a time when my grandfather was the patriarch here. The commotion was going on for a while, and then it slowly stopped. I remember my grandfather saying that he had something similar to him when he was a kid. ”

Li Jiangyao suddenly heard the doorway: the mine is strange, and there is an obvious periodicity.

If there's really an entrance to another world, it's time for the window to open!

Thinking of this, he was about to speak, but he didn't expect Lian Ji to speak first: "Could it be because the toxin of the silkworm suddenly broke out?" ”

"It's very likely." Amunta nodded: "Poison, like everything in the world, has its own rhythm of rise and fall, just like a tree grows and changes, repeating itself. For decades, the toxins in the mine condensed, and suddenly broke out like this, and when it was released, it would change back to its original state. ”

Xiahou Ninghan, as a person of this era, naturally recognized his statement more, and bowed slightly: "It has been nearly six years since the strange incident happened, and the danger there must not be as serious as before." Most of the protectors, do you want to explore? ”

Of course, Li Jiangyao wanted to go and find out, but he was also a little worried: "What if there are still residual toxins in the cave?" ”

Wu Rong said: "Why don't we go to explore the road first?" Miao Jiang and Nanzhao are good at poisoning, firstly, they have their own ways to defend themselves, and secondly, their physique is more resistant to poison than ordinary people. ”

Dong Tianxing nodded, and said to Li Jiangyao: "Dadu Protector, Wu Rong's words make sense, you might as well ask the masters of Miaojiang Yunnan to help us fight first." ”

Li Jiangyao pondered for a moment and agreed: "Okay, there are senior Lao Wurong and senior Amunta. Pick a few of your good men and take a look at the mines. If there is no major problem, let's go in together; If the situation inside is not good, don't hesitate to withdraw immediately. ”

Wu Rong agreed, summed up with Amunta, and then each took two capable men, carried torches, and entered the mine.

Seeing that they insisted on doing so, the old village chief wanted to persuade but didn't dare to persuade them, and he didn't dare to help if he wanted to help, so he could only sigh helplessly.

Seeing that Wu Rong and the others had been in for a short time, but there had been no movement, Li Jiangyao and the others couldn't tell what was going on in the cave, and couldn't help but be secretly worried.

Just as Li Jiangyao was hesitating whether to send some more people in to see if Wu Rong and the others were in any danger, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps in the cave. Immediately afterwards, several people in charge of caving ran out of it in a hurry.

"It's weird indeed!" Before Wu Rongren could stand firmly, he shouted urgently.

Dong Tianxing took a step forward: "What's wrong?" What do you see? ”

Amunta, who was following Wu Rong, panted and said, "Light! I saw the light. ”

Wu Rong explained to everyone: "There is no poisonous gas or poison in the cave, and there is no problem with normal breathing. The reserves of silkworms are also quite large, and the more you go inside, the more you go, and the color is still very good. ”

"Who asked you this," Dong Tianxing said hurriedly: "What's the matter with that light?" ”

Wu Rong nodded: "I was about to say this." In the deeper place, there is a corner fork in the road, from which the light comes from. With the flickering and the vibration, Brother Tusi and I didn't dare to be careless, so we didn't look closely and came out, so let's report to Dadu Guardian first and see what to do next. ”

Hearing him say that there was no threat of poisonous gas or poison in the cave, Li Jiangyao waved his hand: "Go in and take a look!" ”

Xiahou Ninghan grabbed him: "General, there can't be too many people going in, otherwise it will not be conducive to action." ”

Li Jiangyao agreed, and ordered: "You come with me, plus Wu Rong and Amunta, it's enough." The guards are all left, what danger is really encountered, with the martial arts of me and the Xiahou Sect Master, there is no need for additional protection, there are many people but cumbersome. ”

"Let me go too." Lian Ji and Dong Tianxing said in unison.

Li Jiangyao was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Xiahou Ninghan, as if asking for her opinion, Xiahou Ninghan glanced at Lian Ji and nodded: "Lian Ji's kung fu is okay, you can go together, but Master Dong ......"

Dong Tianxing hurriedly said: "Although the old man doesn't know martial arts, he has skimmed so many books, and he has some knowledge, so he may be able to help a little." ”

Li Jiangyao said in his heart: This is really true, although Dong Tianxing is not a big official, but the old man is full of poetry and books, and he is rich in five cars, I don't know what is in the strange mine, maybe he will really be able to use him then.

So he promised: "Okay, old man Dong, I will protect you if you have something." ”

After the arrangement was completed, Wu Rong led the way first, and several people entered the lead mine again.

For the sake of insurance, Amunta also specially handed Li Jiangyao a light yellow pill for each of them, so that they could hold it in their mouths in advance, which could effectively resist the invasion of poison.

By the light of the torches, the crowd groped their way forward. The cave appears to have been formed naturally, and there are few signs of man-made tunnels other than the traces of an axe and hammer left by the digging of the lead.

The first part of the tunnel is relatively flat, and it doesn't go far before it clearly extends downward, and although the slope is not too steep, it is getting farther and farther from the surface due to its depth and length.

In the process of exploring downwards, several forks in the road also appeared from time to time. Because the openings of those forks in the road were very narrow, Li Jiangyao and the others did not pay much attention to it, and only walked along the main mine road.

After about a meal, everyone walked out two or three miles, and Wu Rong, who was at the front, suddenly stopped, raised his hand and pointed to a slightly wider fork on the left, and said, "That's it!" ”

Li Jiangyao looked closely, and a blue light loomed in the depths of the fork in the road, and it was really as the village chief said, very strange.

He dragged Dong Tianxing behind him, strode forward a few steps, and asked as he observed, "What is that light emitted by something?" Which of you has seen it? ”

Everyone in the back shook their heads, and they couldn't say it clearly.

Li Jiangyao turned his heart sideways, and was about to walk into the fork in the road to see what was going on, when Xiahou Ninghan suddenly said: "That blue light seems to have a strong energy, which makes my innate Gang Qi sense, the general must be careful." ”

Energy? Li Jiangyao was slightly stunned, and immediately pulled out the Xingluo knife and carefully touched it inside.

Xiahou Ninghan, Lian Ji, Wu Rong, Dong Tianxing and others followed closely behind him and also walked into the fork in the road in turn.

After about two or three hundred paces forward, the crowd stopped at the end of the fork in the road with a look of great surprise.

The mountain wall in front of them was not black rock, but like blue water, sparkling and flowing.

Behind the fluid-type mountain wall, there seems to be an extremely large space, but because of the light barrier, it is not really visible.

Wu Rong was stunned, and couldn't help but try to reach out and touch the Guangbo mountain wall, but he didn't expect to hear a muffled bang, and a huge force was transmitted from the mountain wall to Wu Rong's arm, shaking him out and stumbling down.

Amunta was startled and stepped forward to support Wu Rong and take a closer look at his injuries.

Wu Rong clutched his chest and trembled, "I may have suffered internal injuries." Before he finished speaking, a small mouthful of blood spurted out.

Seeing this, Xiahou Ninghan hurriedly raised his handprint on Wu Rong's vest, and while inputting innate Gang Qi to treat internal injuries to him, he frowned and said: "The Streamer Mountain Wall does have a strong power, it should not be a mechanism, but a pure aura barrier." ”

Li Jiangyao nodded, then held a torch to shine around, and was suddenly startled: "That village chief lied just now!" Hurry up and get him! ”