Wu Lian plucked up her courage and interjected on the side: "No matter what your name is, Ai Nuxia has won, you should take us to the West Courtyard." ”

Zhan Feipeng ignored him and said to Ai Li: "I only promised to take you there." ”

Wu Lian was shocked, "Ai Nuxia, you can't leave me alone!"

"Shut up, do you want to wake up the people of the temple?" Zhan Feipeng shouted in a low voice, raising his knife and approaching him.

Seeing his menacing momentum, Wulian covered her mouth in fright and hid behind Ai Li.

Ai took a step forward, stood in front of him, and faced Zhan Feipeng, "I brought him here, I must bring him back, he must follow me." ”

Zhan Feipeng glanced at Wulian, and when he saw that his eyes were trembling with tears, he couldn't help but be very disdainful, "You must go with you, don't regret it if you die." ”

Wu Lian panicked and looked at Ai Li with a blank eye. Ai Li said: "You don't have to worry about this, I will protect him well." ”

Zhan Feipeng snorted and turned to lead the way.

The three of them came to the corner gate of the west courtyard. Zhan Feipeng took out the key and opened the door.

Ai Li and Wu Lian were about to follow, when four figures suddenly appeared in the darkness and stopped in front of them.

One of them shouted at Zhan Feipeng, "Yun Python, what are you going to do?"

Ai Li was shocked: This temple is really not simple. Looking at these four people, although they are inferior to Zhan Feipeng, at least they are all second-rate masters. She was silent and watched what Zhan Feipeng did.

Zhan Feipeng's face sank, and he said to the four people: "I have the final say here, and you all go back for me." If something happens, I will ask the abbot and the old monk for guilt. ”

Seeing that he was resolute, the four men looked at each other, saluted him, and quietly withdrew.

Ai Li and Wu Lian enter the West Courtyard. Zhan Feipeng locked the corner door again.

In the west courtyard, there was silence. In the cold moonlight, several houses are scattered and unremarkable.

Zhan Feipeng led the two to a corner of the courtyard. He stooped down and lifted several stone slabs, revealing a well underground. Ai Li looked at the well, and it was pitch black, as if it was bottomless.

Zhan Feipeng crawled down the wall of the well, and waved his hand, signaling the two to follow.

Ai was very surprised, leaning in to follow. There are two neat rows of small holes in the wall of the well, which extend downwards and allow people to climb with their hands and feet.

Wulian hesitated at the well for a moment, gritted her teeth, and entered the well as well.

Ai Li's eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness, and with the help of the faint moonlight, there seemed to be water flashing in the depths of the well.

The two followed Zhan Feipeng all the way down. When he approached the water, he did not stop. His body was sinking into the water, and the well water was already overflowing the base of his thighs.

Suddenly, he pushed the wall of the well with his hand, and the man shrank to the bottom of the water and disappeared.

Ai Li was slightly stunned. However, she did not stop and continued to descend. Listening to what Zhan Feipeng said just now, this place is under his jurisdiction, and he will not kill himself if he thinks about it.

Just as the well water flooded her waist, her feet were empty, as if she had stepped on a large circular hole. As soon as her mind moved, she took a deep breath, learned what Feipeng had just done, pushed the wall of the well with her hand, and the whole person fell into the water hole.

Gliding quickly into the darkness, Ai Li suddenly felt a light on the top of her head, and she was able to put her head out of the water.

A fire lit not far away, and it was Zhan Feipeng who lit the torch.

Ai Li looked around by the light of the fire, and Rao was still taken aback by the fact that she had seen people.

It was a huge cavern, and she was in the middle of an underground river. The dark river meanders into the depths of the cavern. The cave is about a person tall enough to walk upright, and the walls are lined with neat stone bricks.

She couldn't help but wonder: this cave was neat and orderly, and it was actually built along the dark river. Who built it, and why?

Don't let her think about it, Zhan Feipeng is waiting for her on the shore. She leapt up and walked over to him.

There was a sound of water, and Wulian also came out of the water. He was equally stunned when he saw the cave. Ai Li reached out and pulled him ashore.

At this moment, Ai Li suddenly felt something different, and a heavy breathing sound came from in front of him. She looked up, but saw Zhan Feipeng staring at her worriedly, a pair of eyes like breathing fire.

Ai Li glared at him fiercely. Zhan Feipeng's face turned red, and he turned around uncomfortably, and walked along the coast towards the depths of the cave. Ai Li followed behind him, secretly using his internal strength to dry his clothes.

Because of this embarrassment, Zhan Feipeng held a torch in front of him and walked without looking back. Ai Li didn't want to ask him, and checked on his own as he walked.

The dark river in the cave is not wide, about a foot long. On one side of the bluestone wall, there is a stone bank of a foot wide. Although the rocky shore can only be passed by one person, it is not easy to build underground. Ai Li became more and more sure that this Zhenguo Temple fruit was said by Cangshi to be strange.

She noticed that there was not much musty smell in the cave, and that the river had been flowing, and she couldn't help but think that this water might also lead to the river outside the city.

Suddenly, Wulian, who was silently following behind her, let out a miserable scream of "ah". In this cave, it is especially terrifying.

Zhan Feipeng and Ai Li turned their heads to look at each other at the same time, only to see that his face was pale, and he trembled and pointed into the water.

Ai Li looked in the direction of his finger, and there was a white mass three feet underwater. On closer inspection, it turned out to be a corpse!

The man must have been dead for a long time, his clothes in tatters, revealing a swollen body. He didn't know what was at the bottom of the water, and he rose and fell with the current, and at first glance he would only think it was the belly of a big fish.

Zhan Feipeng glanced at Wulian and said abruptly, "What's so strange about this. If you want to see, there are many more ahead. ”

Wu Lian's face turned blue when she heard this, and her body trembled more and more.

"If you are afraid, you may as well wait here. After Zhan Feipeng frightened him, he strode forward.

Wu Lian was stunned on the spot, and a mist appeared in her eyes. As he hesitated, he suddenly felt a gentle grip on his shoulder.

"Don't be afraid, just look down at your feet. Ai Li patted him soothingly, took his hand, and caught up with Zhan Feipeng.

Wulian was held by her, and her heart was much more settled. As she said, she only looked down at the stone path under her feet, and stopped looking around. Her palm was not wide, but there was a steady stream of warmth, which made him feel at ease.

Intently staring at her feet, she didn't know how long she walked, but she found that the water was getting thinner and thinner, and finally she was all led underground. The ground is full of smooth bluestone brick roads.

"Keep up. Zhan Feipeng suddenly said solemnly, "This place is full of organs, don't touch it at will!"

Wu Lian trembled, but felt Ai Li shake his hand. When she looked up, she smiled encouragingly at him and motioned for him to follow her.

All three of them were silent, except for the "crackling" of torches burning in the dark hole.

After walking for a long time, turning a corner, Zhan Feipeng said: "This is the last passage of the mechanism, and you can walk with confidence after passing here." ”

Wulian breathed a sigh of relief, she was too nervous just now, this relaxation, her feet were weak, and she couldn't help but hold on to the wall with her hand.

There were a few soft sounds, and several hidden weapons flew towards him. At the last moment, Ai Li turned around abruptly and drew his knife to shoot down the hidden weapon.

"It's really going to cause trouble, let's go!" Zhan Feipeng shouted angrily and galloped. Seeing this, Ai Li immediately pulled up Wulian's arm and followed closely behind.

Wu Lian Danjue saw countless white lights in front of him, and the sound of "clanging" in his ears was endless. His right arm was tightly grasped by Ai Li, and his body was almost off the ground, and he could only follow him with his toes.

Suddenly, Ai Li, who was in front of him, suddenly sank down. Wulian was pulled by her and stumbled. I only heard Ai Li shout in a deep voice: "Catch!" Then, his body suddenly left the ground and flew forward quickly.

Wu Lian couldn't help but close her eyes and exclaimed. The next moment he was caught and rudely placed on the ground. Zhan Feipeng's extremely impatient voice came from his ears, "What kind of noise, if you quarrel again, I will kill you!"

Wu Lian opened her eyes in horror, only to see a large hole in the ground not far away, but Ai Li was nowhere to be seen. When they were running, they stepped on the hole together. As he fell, Ai Li threw him at Zhan Feipeng in front of him.

"Ai Nuxia!" Wu Lian cried.

"Follow me. Zhan Feipeng yelled at him, knocking the hidden weapon and walking towards the hole. He kept looking into the hole, his face full of concern.

"I'm fine. With a flash of red light, Ai Li jumped out of the hole and blocked the flying hidden weapon.

But it turned out that at the moment of falling, she used the red flame to separate the knife on the top of the hole, and after shrinking to avoid the attack of the mechanism, she turned over.

Wu Lian glanced into the cave, only to see that the bottom was full of dead corpses, all kinds of deaths, miserable.

When Zhan Feipeng saw her coming up, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and laugh, "I knew you weren't so easy to die." I'm still thinking about trying my hand at you. ”

"That's what I want. Ai Li pulled the hidden device and smiled happily. Her perception of Zhan Feipeng has changed greatly: although this person behaves rudely, he can return to help, and he should also be a person with a temperament, but it is worth befriending.

The two of them protected Wulian, and in the rain of arrows, they laughed and moved forward.

Listening to the laughter of the two, Wulian suddenly felt that her courage had increased, and her steps were no longer weak. He opened his eyes wide and looked at the flickering knife light around him, and felt that this knife light was not as terrifying as he imagined.

Sometimes, pride is like a torch that illuminates those around you.

Out of the last trap passage, the hole in front of it becomes low and narrow. Ai Li and Wu Lian can only walk with their heads down, and they need to bend over when they are as tall as Zhan Feipeng.

As he walked, a smooth jade wall blocked the way.

Ai Li looked up and saw that the jade wall was made of a whole piece of white marble, with a circular pattern in the middle, and a vermilion bird with wings ready to fly was engraved on it, dwelling in the fire. The carving of the pattern is simple and concise, and the movements of the Suzaku are carved vividly with just a few knives.

She couldn't help but secretly say: Looking at the fire ornament in this group, there is a vermilion bird, which should be an ancient totem. There is Suzaku in the south and Xuanwu in the north, and Suzaku is the guardian god of the south. The south belongs to fire, so the Vermilion Bird is also known as the fire phoenix. Suzaku appears here, I don't know what it is protecting?

Just as she was thinking, Zhan Feipeng handed the torch into her hand.

I saw him steadied his horse, let out a low shout, and the muscles of his whole body bulged violently. Under his brute force, the jade wall was slowly lifted. He put the jade wall on his shoulder, shook his head and motioned for Ai to leave.

Ai Li held on to the torch and drilled sideways. Wu Lian followed closely behind, and also drilled under the jade wall. After the two passed, Zhan Feipeng was about to bow his head and drill through.

There was a loud "boom" that shook the cave. Listen to its voice, it is coming from the direction of the entrance!

Zhan Feipeng's face changed, and he hurriedly said to the two: "I'll go and see! With that, he turned and galloped away.

As soon as he let go, the jade wall fell back to its original place, and Ai Li and Wulian were separated in the cave.

Ai Li raised the torch and shone it around.

The caves here are very different from the outer caves. The outer cave is paved with neat cyan stone bricks, but here it is completely unadorned, and it still retains the appearance of the earth and stone when it was excavated. Moreover, the chisel surface of the cave here is very uneven, which should be caused by the backward digging tools. It can be judged that the cave here was excavated quite a long time, and the outer cave was continued to be excavated on this basis.

The two waited for a long time, and the light of the torch gradually dimmed until it was extinguished, but Zhan Feipeng never returned.

"Ai Woman, Ai Woman!" was plunged into darkness all around, and Wu Lian couldn't help but shout nervously.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here. A little fire slowly lit up, and Ai Li took out a fire breaker from his arms and shook it.

Wu Lian looked at Yubi with a pale face, and almost cried, "Ai Nuxia, is Zhan Feipeng not coming back?

"Take it. Ai Li handed him the fire fold. Then she was like a flying peng, and she went to push the jade wall.

The jade wall shook slightly because of its strength. She gritted her teeth and continued to exert her strength. The jade wall finally slowly rose from the ground. It's a pity that Yubi only rose two inches, and she had already exhausted her strength in one breath. As soon as the hand was released, the jade wall fell back to its original place.

Ai Li took a breath and couldn't help but feel a little distressed: Yubi could lift up to three inches with his own strength. From this point of view, Zhan Feipeng's strength is indeed amazing.

She looked at Wu Lian and thought to herself: if she did her best to lift the jade wall, she might be able to force him to crawl to the outer cave. But even Zhan Feipeng is gone, and sending this crybaby over is undoubtedly going to die.

Since there is no way back, let's move on.

"Keep up. Ai Li said a faint word of advice and walked towards the depths of the cave.

Wu Lian looked panicked, but seeing that she was moving forward firmly, she had to follow.

Suppressing the fear in his heart, he looked down and only looked at his feet. As we walked inside, the narrow cavern grew wider. After walking for a while, the light of the fire fold suddenly dimmed a lot, and it turned out that the two of them had come to a relatively spacious place.

Ai Li stopped here.

Wu Lian raised her head, and was about to ask, and then he also saw it: there were eight holes side by side in front of her!

He swallowed hard, "Ai Nuxia, where should I go now?"

Ai Liwei hesitated and walked towards the hole on the far left.

Wu Lian's eyes lit up, as if she saw hope, "Ai Nuxia, have you been here before?"

Ai Li said, "I haven't been here." ”

"And how do you know the direction?"

"I don't know. ”

"Why did you choose this cave if you don't know?"

Ai Li replied indifferently: "When you don't know how to choose, but you have to make a choice, choosing one of them is not a bad way." ”

Wu Lian's eyes dimmed, and she hung her head without saying a word.

I don't know how long he walked, but out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a seated figure reflected on the cave wall.

Someone!

He almost screamed. But Ai Li in front of him walked calmly past the man without making any stops.

Wu Lian was extremely strange, and when he looked closely, he was so frightened that he almost fell to the ground.

There was a skeleton sitting around the corner of the cave!

I saw it sit cross-legged, Sensen's white bones pulling out a distorted shadow in the flickering firelight. A few strands of long, dry hair drooped from the top of its head. The place where it was supposed to be two eyes has dried up into two large round holes. It's pitch black, but it's not scary.

"It's okay, it's just a dead man. Ai Li looked back and said.

"What does it mean to be just a dead man. Wulian screamed in shock, "Aren't you afraid?"

Seeing him like this, Ai Li quipped: "It's better than meeting a living person." ”

"Why is it better to meet the dead than the living?" said Wu Lian.

"If anyone meets in this place, if not an explorer, then a guard. If you encounter an explorer, you will return because the road ahead is impassable. If you encounter guards, you are afraid that you will not let people pass. Who do you feel more comfortable meeting against?"

Wulian thought about it and felt that there was some truth. His fear subsided slightly, but he became worried, "What if there is really no way ahead?"

"I can't tell you how young you are, but you have a lot of troubles. Ai Li laughed, "All roads are made by people step by step. How do you know if there is a road ahead without a walk? Believe me, even if there is really no way out, I can still find a way. ”

Wu Lian was suddenly courageous by her, and showed her first smile since entering the cave.

The two of them walked all the way forward, and finally found an exit.

Wulian couldn't help but be excited.

However, when they walked out of the cave, the two of them actually returned to the original entrance of the eighth cave. It's just that they came out of the fourth hole from the left.

"It looks like this place is a labyrinth. We know at least that holes 1 and 4 are not feasible, and we can skip one hole. After Ai Li finished speaking, he walked towards the second hole on the left.

Wu Lian was discouraged, and when she said this, she regained her spirits.

There is not much difference between the second cave and the first cave, the same earth and stone cave wall, the same long and boundless. This time they entered from the second hole and walked out from the seventh hole.

Without hesitation, Wulian followed Ai Li towards the third cave. If this is a labyrinth, if you walk through all these holes, you will find the exit.

After the third hole came out, the two returned to the starting point, which connected with the eighth hole.

Although Wu Lian was tired, she still walked with Ai Li to the five caves. Now there are only five and six holes that have not been walked, and one of them must be an exit.

However, not long after the two entered the fifth cave, the fire fold that Ai Li brought with them burned to ashes.

It was pitch black all around, and Wu Lian couldn't help but panic again.

"Where are you?"

"I'm right next to you. ”

Ai Li's voice came from the darkness, and a warm hand held him steadily, "Don't panic, keep walking!"

Wulian stabilized her mind and seemed to have found a support.

Her hands are actually a little rough. However, it was this hand that was not smooth to the touch that gave him a sense of reassurance. On this day, he was in danger repeatedly. But no matter how weak and useless he was, the master of this hand never gave up on him.

So, she should be trustworthy, right?

Wulian followed step by step, and her steps became more and more brisk. He even felt that as long as she didn't let go, he could accompany her to the ends of the earth.

Ai Li stopped suddenly.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"Nothing, let's go again. Ai Li said lightly.

"Let's go again, are we back to the starting point!" "Wu Lian panicked suddenly, "Did we come out of the sixth hole?

Remembering the skeleton he saw, he suddenly became desperate, "That Zhan Feipeng is not a good person at first glance, he shouldn't want to trap the two of us here, right?"