In the blink of an eye, almost a year has passed.

In the past year, Beihe fixed all his daily life in the cave, except for every half a month or so, he would go out to find a water source and bring some game for cooking, he barely left the cave half a step.

In the past half a year, all he can do is practice hard every day, and after persevering for so long, the true qi in his body has grown a little stronger, and at the same time, his martial arts have also improved a lot, which can be regarded as a significant improvement.

However, for Beihe, the best harvest is the news about Leng Wanwan and Jiang Qing.

Under the heavy money he spent, the spies of the State of Zhou brought him useful news. Three months ago, he went on a long trip to the Zhou Kingdom, and the spy bought a eunuch inside the Fengguo Imperial Court, and learned that Leng Wanwan and Jiang Qing were taken back to the palace by the Seventh Prince and placed under house arrest.

There is also good news that everyone in the Fengguo Palace knows that the Seventh Prince does not seem to be close to women, so Beihe will be greatly relieved. As long as the second daughter is safe for the time being, then he has a chance to rescue.

In addition, in the past nearly a year, he also spent some money to spread the news of the slaughter of the Lanshan Sect by the Seven Princes in the Zhou State, wanting to see the reaction of the Zhou State.

It's just that the news he spread doesn't seem to have set off any big waves.

First, the Lanshan Sect is located in a remote area, and it does not have a close relationship with the Zhou court on weekdays. The second is that the Seven Princes cleaned the battlefield extremely cleanly, and the matter was closed without conclusive evidence in the Zhou State.

In fact, in terms of overall national strength, Zhou is stronger than Fengguo, and he will not be afraid of Fengguo. It's just that if there is peace today, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, as long as there are no major contradictions and conflicts, no one wants to provoke a war between countries.

There are still two months, which is the time of the Zhou State Martial Arts Conference, and if you calculate it, Beihe can almost set off to the imperial capital of the Zhou State.

The ten-year martial arts conference of the Zhou State can be said to have attracted many heroes from all over the world. Not only the people of the Zhou Kingdom, but also the people of other capital dynasties, many of them also came here, wanting to obtain rankings and enter the royal family of the Zhou Kingdom.

At night, Beihe lay quietly on the stone bed and fell into a deep sleep.

"Woo......"

At this moment, a strange sound suddenly resounded in the stone chamber.

Hearing this, Beihe suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the stove that was blazing on one side.

"Here we go again!" Beihe's face sank.

For most of the past six months, he could hear this strange sound coming from the magma under the furnace every once in a while.

He thought it might be caused by the rolling of lava, but after a period of exploration, he found that this was not the case.

"Uhhhhhh

Just as his heart tightened, the strange sound became clearer and clearer. If you listen closely, it's a bit like the roar of some kind of beast.

Beihe rolled over and came to the stove with an iron rod in hand.

Under the light of the flames, you can see that at this time he is wearing a cloak of hair, his robe is tattered, and his body is even more filthy, except for a pair of bright eyes, he looks like a beggar.

In this cave. It's not easy to get alive. At first, Beihe would clean himself up, but after a long time, he let it go, and he wouldn't contact anyone else anyway.

Standing in front of the stove, Bei He's body leaned forward slightly, and his eyes looked at the bottom of the stove.

What caught my eye was a field of red flames, and if you looked closely, you could faintly see the tumbling magma below.

"Woo......"

When standing by the fire, the sound was already extremely distinct, and the North River was definitely coming from under the magma.

Hearing this, Bei He's brows furrowed, and his heartbeat accelerated a lot.

And under his gaze, only the sound of "grunting" was heard. At first, the sound was indistinct, but as time went on, it became so intense that the magma beneath the furnace began to tumble.

A blazing wave of fire rushed to his face and hit Beihe's body, making him subconsciously take half a step back before standing firm.

The magma below tumbled more and more violently, and a dazzling fire illuminated the stone chamber.

"Woo......"

The sound similar to the roar of a beast resounded directly in the stone chamber this time. It's clearer than ever.

And this situation has never happened before, which makes Beihe feel an inexplicable fear in his heart.

"Boom!"

The magma below suddenly exploded, and a mass of a large number of feet floated up from beneath the magma. The scene looks like an island floating from the bottom of the sea.

This thing, which is about the size of a zhang, is dark red as a whole, and has strange patterns on the surface, which looks a bit like scales.

The feeling of fear was especially clear at this moment, and it made Beihe's heart thump.

"Huh!"

Just as Beihe was contemplating it, two huge eyes suddenly opened from the "small island" in the magma.

This "island" is impressively a head.

The two eyes on the skull were blood-red, the size of a lantern, and there seemed to be two flames burning in the pupils.

"Buzz!"

At the same time, a coercion that overpowered Beihe was almost breathless, and a shuddering breath came from the head under the furnace and filled the entire stone room.

In just this moment, Beihe's heart was shaken, and his heart jumped to his throat.

He had never seen this scene before, especially the aura and coercion that made him tremble, as if he was facing a savage ancient beast that chose to devour people.

Beihe had a gut feeling that he was absolutely vulnerable to the beast in the magma below.

His reaction was not unpleasant, Huo Ran turned around and ran wildly in the direction of the exit.

Under the shroud of that coercion, Beihe's heart beat faster and faster, and he didn't even dare to look back.

I saw him rush out of the stone chamber and step on the stone steps. On the stone steps, there are small volcanic stones, and when you step on them, you will make a "click" sound.

These are all deliberately sprinkled by the North River in the passage, so if someone wants to get close to it secretly, there will inevitably be a movement.

Two hundred zhang away, Beihe rushed out of the cave in a moment, and then he finally dared to look back, but the dark cave was silent.

Even so, Beihe did not dare to stop, he continued to run towards the bottom of the low mountain, and did not dare to stop until he came to the next area of the mountain that he thought was safe.

At this moment, he was out of breath and frightened.

It can be said that since he followed Lu Hou, he has never had this kind of fear. Even if he was led by the Seventh Prince, he dared to face it calmly.

Encountering the unknown beast in the magma before, he finally felt fear. This fear comes from within, and it cannot be compensated for by courage. And the reason for all this is because the fierce beast he faced was a terrifying existence that was high up in him for him.

After a long time, the North River finally calmed down. He looked back in the direction of the low mountain, smiled wryly and shook his head.

Just now he was only concerned about escaping, and he didn't take all his belongings with him. Especially the package, in addition to the jade box that could not be opened, there was also the white robe and the strange cloth bag. Even his silver ticket was all in the package.

At this moment, if Beihe was to go back to his home and take out his belongings, he would definitely not have the guts.

As soon as he thought of this, the bitterness in Beihe's heart was even worse.

At this time, it was evening, and there was a crescent moon hanging above his head, and after a little thought, he chose the right direction and headed towards Zhou Guoxing.

This cave is known only to him, so those belongings can be retrieved at a later opportunity. Now he will rush directly to the imperial capital of Zhou State to participate in the martial arts conference.

As for entanglement, Bei He hoped to meet a few blind bandits on the road, with the strength of his current aura, killing these people was as simple as chopping melons and vegetables.

And just as Beihe was frightened and left this place, in the stone chamber of the cave, the huge lantern-like eyes in the magma revealed a touch of anthropomorphic mockery, and then the beast's eyes closed, and its head slowly sank into the tumbling magma.

At this point, the stone chamber returned to its usual calm.