Watching Nalan send Xiaolu and my body away with a teleportation technique, there was an inexplicable panic. Maybe it's because I'm about to enter the temple and I don't know anything about what's going on inside. Nalan asked me to get as close to him as possible, and it was the first time I had kept such a close distance from him that I could smell a faint smell of him, like a faint scent of grass.

He circled the house three times, and finally stopped in front of a wall, but I didn't notice anything unusual. At this time, Nalan took out a jade pendant from his arms, and when I got closer, it was a carving of a deer, which was not ...... He then gently lowered the deer on the wall, and the wall, which had been rigid and without any loopholes, began to sink inward, deeper and deeper, gradually forming a door, pitch black, very deep.

Nalan motioned for me to follow him closely, and I didn't dare to slack off, let alone go too far from him, and we walked together into the depths of darkness. The light behind us gradually faded away, and the darkness was like water in a river, and with each step we took, everything behind us was drowned, and in the end, we were left in the darkness. Later, there was no light around me at all, and it was pitch black in front of my eyes, and I couldn't even see Nalan's location clearly. I didn't dare to make a sound, I only dared to stretch out my hand slightly to investigate everything around me, fortunately, I was very close to Nalan, and as soon as I stretched out my hand, I touched him, and the warm body temperature emanated from him, my hand shook involuntarily, I didn't want Nalan to seem to feel my uneasiness, but directly grabbed my hand, held it tightly, my face was slightly hot, and then I was sure that I did touch Nalan's hand.

Originally, I thought that Nalan was just to reassure me, but he didn't let go of my hand at all, and vaguely remembered that many years ago, the young man who tied the ring for me had told me that mortals have an ancient saying: "Hold the hand of the son, grow old with the son." I was suddenly at a loss and tried to pull my hand out, but the thought was eventually overwhelmed by the darkness around me.

"Nalan ......" I whispered to him, I was indeed frightened by this endless darkness, there was a feeling of emptiness, as if I had left the world in an instant, all the space was full of unknowns, and I didn't know what was hidden in this darkness.

"Shh......h

I shut my mouth in recognition, but then an ethereal voice resounded through the darkness, and I was startled, trying to find out where the sound came from, but I found that it was simply cast into every inch of darkness, boundless, coming from all directions.

"Whoever goes out of this temple will be the Lord. Those who do not know the trade-off will be trapped here forever. The theory of experience is determined by life and death. There is no advance or retreat, and the temple is boundless—"

The voice is vigorous and powerful, thick **, but after the aftermath is over, it makes people feel as if they have never heard it, as if everything is an illusion, but there is an indescribable fear and panic in my heart, I understand, I don't seem to understand.

"What do you mean?"

"The experience of the Lord of the Forest is to see if he can leave the temple, only those who go out can be elected, if he can't get out, he can only be trapped here forever. ”

"But it's pitch black, and I don't know where the exit is. What's more—the voice said, 'The temple is boundless,' maybe there is no exit from this temple at all, is it?"

"Yinluo, are you scared, do you regret coming in with me?" Nalan subconsciously squeezed my hand, making my already anxious heart even more uneasy.

"No, no. With your strength, you will definitely be able to get out. ”

"Hmm. As long as you're here, I'll be able to get out. Although it was a calm tone, it was more firm, and I somehow felt warm in my heart, and I somehow felt a little calm.

Just as I was distracted, a light suddenly passed through the darkness, just between me and Nalan, the light was very strong, even a little dazzling, but the strange thing was that this light seemed to be limited by something, the only thing that could illuminate was Nalan's face opposite, and it was still dark an inch more.

As soon as I looked up, I just met Nalan's eyes, he was also looking at me directly, I looked down, I was startled, I originally set up a hidden realm for myself, but now I am exposed to this light, is it not in this temple, the hidden realm does not work?

Eyeing up to Nalan only made me more flustered, and I hurriedly withdrew my hand from his hand, after all, there was a glimmer of light now, as if there was no need to grope for his position. He sensed my movements, and there was a hint of surprise in his eyes, but he quickly regained his composure.

"It's ......"

I looked in the direction where the light was coming from, and it seemed far away, but it seemed very close. At the end of the light there was a faint flickering pattern, like a word, but this "word" I had never seen in the Lush Forest or in the mortal world.

"Look over there!"

I followed Nalan's voice and looked at the other side of the light, which was also a pattern like a word, but it was not the same as what I saw just now.

"What does that mean? Is that a word?"

"Yinluo, have you heard of the Silk of Destiny?"

"The Silk of Destiny is the Book of Heaven that controls the life and death of all living beings in the Lush Forest?"

"Hmm. Nalan nodded, "The temple has a close connection with the Silk of Destiny, and the end of this light will be the words on the Silk of Destiny?"

I have some associations, but I still don't have a complete idea.

"Yinluo, look at that word again, can you guess what it means?"

I looked at the end of the light: "The knife is across the tree, the fire is surrounded on all sides, there seems to be no room for survival, take the life and incinerate, and eventually turn to ashes, but unfortunately, this tree that cannot be walked or moved, there is no chance of escape." ”

I looked at the other side, and the pattern here seemed to be related to the picture I had just seen, but the picture was completely different: "The trees are sprouting, and there is a stream flowing through them, and they are all small trees...... I don't know how long it will take to grow into greenery, but it's always good to have hope. ”

"There seems to be a sentence recorded on the silk of the Mandate of Heaven: 'Destroy yourself and save him, choose death and give life.'" 'Do you think this painting has anything to do with this?'

"Destroy yourself and save him, choose death and give life...... The big tree incinerates itself, leaving nutrients and water for the small tree, as if that is what it means. But what do we do?"

I had some clues, but I wasn't sure.

"Could it be that this prophecy must be fulfilled before this mechanism can be broken?"

"Destroy yourself...... Save him...... The end of this light should be these words, perhaps, we have to make a choice. The light is limited by these two words, and only by removing the restriction at one end can the light shine wider, and perhaps, the exit is on the other side of the light?"

"Hmm. To make a choice in the darkness and choose a clear direction is also one of the experiences. Then, according to the prophecy, we can only get rid of the 'self-destruction' end?"

I nodded, but somehow, I was a little relieved by these words.

Nalan began to try to move towards the glowing end, but strangely, he had already taken a step, but he was quickly back on the opposite side of me, and the darkness around him seemed to move with him, never changing positions, and looking at the pattern, it still seemed far away.

Nalan was also at a loss, he tried several more times, but to no avail.

"Take a look at it with the Aerial Technique. ”

As expected, nothing changes, and the endless darkness overwhelms everything and moves with it, and no matter how you change your position, you are always in the same place deep in the darkness.

"No, you can't move in the dark. ”

"What about in the light?"

Nalan was inspired, he urged his spiritual power, and a silver spear appeared in the light in front of him, suspended in the only place that was not overwhelmed by darkness, and with his urging, the silver spear slowly moved back and forth. Indeed, in the midst of light, it is possible not to be controlled by darkness.

He looked at the pattern at the end of the light, his eyes changed suddenly, and a fierce murderous aura instantly condensed, and the silver spear seemed to respond to his call, "swishing", and was ready to move in that light, like an unstoppable arrow on the string.

"Don't!" my voice was drowned out by the "whoosh" sound of the silver spear that was fired in an instant.

With a muffled sound, the silver spear collided with the pattern and made a tearing sound, and then the light between us suddenly brightened a thousand, ten thousand times, as if it had exploded, and pierced my eyes. When I felt that the changes in the light around me were less drastic, I dared to lift my eyelids slightly. The darkness was gone, the light was gone, the surroundings were bright, empty, and there was no one else, just ......

Originally, I thought something was wrong, but I still didn't have time to stop it. Nalan half-crouched on the ground, and at some point the silver spear returned to his hand, supporting his body. His expression was a little distorted and he cried bitterly, and I suddenly realized that he was injured!

"Nalan!" I exclaimed, stepping forward to help him up.

But before I could touch him, he stood up with his silver spear, wiped the blood from the corners of his mouth, and barely smiled at me.

"I'm fine. ”