() Jingzhou is located in the northwest of Qianlong County, more than 30 miles north of the city is Baixue Village, about five miles north of Baixue Village, you can see a huge lake Yanzhu Lake, which is also the destination of the Seven Flying Talents in the Air.

A young man with long hair in a shawl and a handsome face said: "Fellow Daoists, I don't know what difficult tests are waiting for us in the Beidou Shuiling Cave, should we choose a leader and obey his command at a critical moment?" This young man's name is Shangguan Piao, and he is a master of the late Mahayana stage of the Yeli Sect.

"Okay, I'll be the leader, you all listen to me. Fang Wan Liudao.

Everyone was silent, and Fang Wanliu's character was too unreliable.

"Everyone, how?" Shangguan Piao asked again.

"I agree, but I don't agree with letting Old Man Fang be the leader. Liu Yinyin, who was tied in a ponytail, smiled, revealing two sweet dimples on her face.

Fang Wanliu snorted dissatisfiedly: "Liu girl, you always do things against me." Then I don't agree with Liu Yatou as the leader. ”

Liu Yinyin grinned: "It doesn't matter, I didn't want to be the leader." I think Yi Daoyou is highly respected, steady, pivotal, and far-reaching, and can be up to this task. What do you guys say?"

Yi Liuchen said lightly: "Liu Daoyou praised it. ”

Shangguan Piao nodded and said, "I approve of Yi Daoyou being the leader." ”

"Liu Daoyou's four 'heavy' are out, how can I be unconvinced?" said an elegant middle-aged man. He is a master of the late Mahayana period of the Ethereal Sect, Wen Tingying.

"I'm okay with that. "Flying on the right side of Wen Tingying's imperial sword is a woman with a delicate face but an indifferent expression, named Murong Qiu, who is a master of the late Mahayana stage of the Leng Yue Sect.

On the right side of Murong Qiu is a more cold man, with a high forehead, small eyes, a pointed nose, and thin lips, coupled with his thin face and unsmiling expression, giving people a solemn and cold look, as his name suggests: Yin Menghan, a member of the Fengling Sect, is also in the late Mahayana period. He said coldly, "No comment." The simple answer caused Murong Qiu next to him to turn his head and glance at him.

Liu Yinyin said: "In that case, Yi Daoyou ......"

Fang Wanliu suddenly interrupted: "Hey, wait, I haven't said I agree yet!"

Liu Yinyin glanced at him obliquely: "What's the matter, Old Man Fang, do you have a different opinion?"

"Not really, no. Okay, Xiao Yi, it's you!" Fang Wanliu said, and also controlled the fairy sword to fly to Yi Liuchen's side and patted him on the shoulder.

Yi Liuchen's long blue and green hair fluttered wildly in the wind, and he said solemnly: "Okay, thanks to you for looking up to Yi, I have no choice but to take it seriously." However, I have one request. Fellow Daoists come from all major sects, and I hope that you will first let go of the grievances between the sects, and only by working together can you tide over the difficulties. It's you, Fang Daoyou, don't take care of yourself and listen to the command at a critical moment. ”

"Haha, no problem. Fang Wanliu's hippie smile answer is always not very reassuring.

In the following journey, the six people were harassed by Fang Wanliu, and he was like a child with excess energy, controlling the fairy sword to go around between the six people, gossiping with this and chatting with that nonsense, there was no stop for a moment.

Murong Qiu and Yin Menghan were always expressionless, Yi Liuchen and Wen Tingying kept laughing and silent, only Shangguan Piao and Liu Yinyin exchanged a few words with Fang Wanliu from time to time.

Two days later, everyone finally arrived at the shore of Yanzhu Lake. It's late autumn, and the ice on the lake is already thick, so only a few people are fishing for shellfish before winter comes.

Yanzhu Lake is very large, close to the center of the lake can no longer see the human figure, everyone followed Liu Yinyin, like a harrier swallowing a fish, one after another into the water, diving to the bottom of the lake. The pale blue water of the lake is very clear, and the boulder that marks the entrance to the Shuiling Cave abruptly crosses everyone's field of vision.

After Fang Wanliu saw the boulder, he swam over quickly, clapping his hands on the boulder, and he was in it.

There was a faint vibration at the bottom of the lake, and the sand covered with the boulder fell one after another in a slight shock, revealing the original gray-cyan color, and the blue light on the surface of the boulder shone, forming the Big Dipper map above and the four lines of poetry below:

"It's hard to be discouraged in all things,

Move forward with one heart and never regret it.

The road is full of ups and downs without fear,

It is in response to the northern non-decant water. ”

The final payment: "Huanglong Gongsun Ji".

Yi Liuchen pointed to a hole not far away and motioned for everyone to enter.

The bottom of Yanzhu Lake is flat, this one-zhang wide cave is slightly to the north, the cave suddenly drops, and a group of mermaids enter, all seven of them are in the Mahayana realm, and they have successfully passed the ban without suppressing their skills.

The strange thing is that there is no water in the cave, and everyone has steamed their robes with spiritual power.

Fang Wanliu breathed a sigh of relief: "Great, if you can't speak all the time, it will be too boring." Tsk, I finally saw the handwriting of the Yellow Dragon Sword Immortal, the first sword immortal in the Qinglong Continent. He kept smacking his lips in admiration.

Liu Yinyin teased him: "Old man Fang, do you want to give you a piece of cloth to stretch it down?"

Fang Wanliu pursed his lips, changed his expression of disdain, and shook his head again and again: "I haven't finished talking yet, Huanglong Sword Immortal's handwriting is not very good." I'm better at writing than he is!" he said, he also held his right hand in the shape of a pinched brush, and scribbled something out of thin air.

Liu Yinyin pursed her lips and smiled: "Pure blind blowing." ”

After about half a mile of diagonal downward walking, the direction of the cave gradually flattened. The cave was pitch black, and you could only see a few feet ahead. The seven of them cautiously followed the passage.

There was no light in the cave, but it was unusually cold. The crowd walked day and night for days, and the long passage seemed to never end. Yi Liuchen roughly estimated that he had traveled about a distance of nearly 1,000 miles to the north.

"If we continue like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to endure this biting cold. Yi Liuchen said.

"Hey, I almost forgot. I have a hot pill here, and everyone eats one for each person, which can not only resist the cold, but also restore spiritual power. Fang Wanliu took out a vial, poured out a handful of red pills, and flicked his thumbs to deliver the pills to the others.

"Old man Fang, you have finally done something useful. After taking Redan, Liu Yinyin said with a smile.

Fang Wanliu said proudly: "I don't make a move, and I am a key person when I make a move." How about it, you didn't choose me as the leader, you regret it, right? Hahaha!"

"Just blow it. Liu Yinyin shook her head.

After Shangguan Piao laughed, he said worriedly: "But why is this Shuiling Cave so deep, if we go further north, even if there is Redan, we won't be able to survive." ”

"Don't worry, look there. Wen Tingying pointed ahead, and a light blue point of light appeared in the dark distance.

The crowd picked up speed and headed towards the point of light. The point of light grew larger and larger, and when everyone got closer, they realized that the direction of the hole here was steeply upward, and the blue light shone down from the corner.

After turning the corner and walking up for a while, they came to a large and wide cave. A stone tablet stands next to the cave wall not far away, with three big characters written on it: "Shuiling Cave". There is also a row of handwriting on the cave wall: "Those who have a map of the Big Dipper can bring six people in." Seven people can enter the cave only if they hold it together. The cave is dangerous, or it can be fatal. The brave are fearless, and the cowardly can return. ”

The faint blue light was emitted by the words on the cave wall and the stone tablet, and it was also the handwriting of the Yellow Dragon Sword Immortal Gongsun Ji.

"It's ridiculous, the places that I finally got are here, how can anyone go back?" Fang Wanliu put his hands behind his back and circled around the stone stele.

"Guys, it's a little weird. Liu Yinyin, who had been smiling, frowned, "Everyone has been to the Nandou Huoyun Cave before, do you still remember the situation at that time?" Brother Miao and Brother Jiang also described to me the situation in the Dongdou Konoye Cave, there are such stone tablets in those two caves, and there are similar handwriting on the cave walls, but there are no four sentences in the back, 'Danger in the cave'. ”

"Yes, I remember too. The words on the wall of the cave in the Huoyun Cave end when it comes to 'you can enter the cave'. Wen Tingying twisted his beard and recalled.

Shangguan Piao said: "This is the bureau of the Yellow Dragon Sword Immortal Gongsun Ji Bu, and there is the No. 1 Immortal Sword Xuanyuan in the cave, there must be something different, right?"

Liu Yinyin said: "I won't hide it from you, in fact, there is not a single fairy sword in the Wudou Cave. ”

Everyone looked at Liu Yinyin together. Yi Liuchen asked, "Liu Daoyou, how do you say this?"

"The Five Dou Star Cave is a test left by the five sword immortals, and the reward after passing the level is not the peerless fairy sword, but the key to obtaining the peerless fairy sword, the Five Elements Spirit Bead. With the Five Elements Spirit Bead, one is qualified to go to another mysterious place, where the Five Peerless Immortal Swords are located. Liu Yinyin explained.

"I see, no wonder there were no immortal swords in the first few star caves. How many Five Elements Spirit Beads are there, and where is the mysterious place?" Wen Tingying asked.

"The number of the Five Elements Spirit Beads is based on the number of five stars, there are three, four, five, six, and seven respectively. The mysterious place is called 'Shuzogu Palace', but I don't know exactly where it is. ”

"How many people have obtained the Five Elements Spirit Bead?" asked Yin Menghan, who had never spoken.

"So far, the spirit beads of the other four bucket caves have been obtained. Liu Yinyin said, "I don't quite understand this, why is it so coincidental, although it is not one person, but all eighteen spirit beads, none of them missed." Maybe it's the arrangement of the sword immortals. ”

Yin Menghan nodded.

The reason why Liu Yinyin frankly revealed the secret of the Five Elements Spirit Bead was exactly what Lu Hailong ordered. There is no master of the Tribulation Realm among the seven people in this line, and Liu Yinyin is the lowest cultivation in the middle of the Mahayana realm, although the people who go to the other four caves will suppress their skills in the Mahayana realm, but that is already the peak of Mahayana, and although the skills are reduced, the swordsmanship and body technique are still there. In the face of the harsh test in the Five Dou Star Cave, it is necessary to unite as one, in order to avoid the seven people from all sides from being suspicious of each other, Lu Hailong asked Liu Yinyin to simply say the matter of the Five Elements Spirit Bead. Another point is that the immortal cultivators in the Tribulation Realm have all left the sect, and the ultimate purpose of entering the Five Dipper Star Cave is to improve their possibility of successfully surviving the Heavenly Tribulation, and the people in the Mahayana realm still have the pursuit of strengthening the strength of their own sect and lineage. "People want faces, trees want bark", the six people representing their respective sects and lineages, even if they don't get the water spirit bead in the end, it is estimated that they will not be insidious enough to spread the secret of the five elements spirit bead everywhere.

"Then this time it is estimated that the seven water spirit beads will not fail, right?" Shangguan Piao said happily.

Liu Yinyin said: "The strange place is here. No one will die in the test of other sword immortals, but this time it is different. There is a danger to your life in the Shui Ling Cave, are you advancing or retreating?"

"I'll go in. Yin Menghan was the first to answer.

"I'm in too. Murong Qiu also said.

Wen Tingying said: "I finally came here, it's a pity not to enter." ”

Shangguan Piao smiled and said, "I'll go in and have a look." ”

"I'm going in too. Fang Wanliu said, "Liu girl, what about you?"

"I'm ......" Liu Yinyin hesitated a little, "Okay, I'll go in too." ”

Fang Wanliu said with satisfaction: "That's right." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, I won't go in, please forgive me. Yi Liuchen retreated.

The crowd looked at him in amazement.

Yi Liuchen explained: "I am different from you. You represent the six major sects, and I am just a casual cultivator. Moreover, there is no Xuanyuan Sword in the cave, even if I get the Water Spirit Bead, I don't have the confidence to compete with the Peerless Immortal Sword with the masters of the Tribulation Realm who have been to the other four caves. I already have the Dingguang Immortal Sword, and it's not worth fighting for the Water Spirit Bead. ”

Combined with Yi Liuchen's position, he was right.

"Good luck to everyone, Yi said goodbye first. After saying goodbye to everyone, Yi Liuchen embarked on the return journey alone.

After everyone watched Yi Liuchen leave, Murong Qiu suddenly realized a problem: "'Seven people can enter the cave only if they hold it together.'" 'Now that we're one less person, can we still get in?'

This remark caused concern among everyone.

"Give it a try, it's a big deal to be banned and bounced. Liu Yinyin took out the Big Dipper Seven Star Silk, held it together, and walked forward.

After the stele, nothing happened.

"Looks like it can go in. Shangguan Piao said excitedly.

"Alas" Fang Wanliu suddenly slapped his thigh in frustration and sighed.

"What, Old Man Fang, do you regret it? It's not too late to quit now, you are still alive and well. Liu Yinyin quipped.

"I don't regret it, I just suddenly thought that we are a little worthless. Fang Wan sighed repeatedly.

Liu Yinyin was so curious: "What's not worth it?"

Fang Wanliu glanced at it coldly: "Not including you." I mean a few of us, I originally thought that the Xuanyuan Sword was in the Shuiling Cave, but I didn't expect that there were only a few broken beads, and it was possible to die, not to mention, if we survived, we would have to go to the 'monsters' of the Tribulation Realm

They compete for the fairy sword. You say, for such a quota for entering the cave, we have worked hard for a hundred days, and we have given so many good things to the Taiqing Sect for nothing, is it not worth it?"

Liu Yinyin couldn't cry or laugh, Fang Wanliu sighed again and again, it was actually for this kind of thing.

Even the cold Murong Qiu pursed his lips and smiled.

Shangguan Piao said: "You old man, you really slam the door." Who would have known that the Shuiling Cave was dangerous before I came? I don't care about those things anyway, they are nothing compared to the precious places to enter the cave. ”

"Fang Daoyou, how do you call the masters of the Tribulation Period 'monsters'? Don't forget, you yourself are also in the late stage of Mahayana, maybe you will break through to the Tribulation Realm in the Shuiling Cave. Will we call you an 'old monster' in the future?" Wen Tingying joked solemnly.

"Uh......" Fang Wanliu was speechless for a while, "Anyway, I don't think it's worth it." You all think it's worth it, okay, in order to compensate me, you have to choose me as the leader!"

Liu Yinyin laughed: "It's a big circle, it turns out that you are here for this." No, no, you are such a small family, how can you look like a leader? Let's vote, I think Wen Daoyou is more suitable. ”

"I'm in favor. Shangguan Piaodao.

"I'm okay with that. Murong Qiu said.

"No comment. Yin Menghan's answer was still as simple as that.

Fang Wanliu was dissatisfied: "How is it exactly the same as the last time." ”

Not long after everyone walked in the Shui Ling Cave, the surrounding scene suddenly changed. The cold cave walls disappeared, and everyone was on the turquoise grassland. The cold is gone, replaced by a warm ocean. The sun hung in the sky, white clouds bloomed, and soft sunlight sprinkled the earth.

Not far away was a house, standing alone in the middle of the boundless grassland, with its doors and windows closed. When they came to the room, they opened the door, and it was dark and out of place with the sun outside.

"Ho, why is it so dark?" Fang Wanliu stepped in, and in an instant, the candlelight in the room was bright.

The room was spacious, but empty, with no furnishings, and a narrow corridor with no end in sight facing the door. On the walls on either side of the entrance to the corridor hangs a couplet, the upper one on the right reads:

"Bitterness, bad suffering, impermanence suffering, all kinds of suffering. ”

The lower line on the left reads:

"Heavenly happiness, Zen music, nirvana, a lifetime of happiness. ”

Horizontal batch of "bitter and sweet".

The crowd recited the couplet silently, pondering its meaning.

"Look, there's still writing over there. Fang Wanliu suddenly shouted loudly.

Following what Fang Wanliu pointed to, everyone saw a row of handwriting on the wall on one side, writing: "There is endless pain ahead, the brave are not afraid, and the cowardly stop." ”

"Another warning. What do you guys say?" Shangguan Piao asked.

"I didn't say that I would die this time, but I came in, wouldn't it be a pity to stay here?" Liu Yinyin said.

Wen Tingying said: "There shouldn't be anyone who wants to stay here, let's go." With that, he entered the hallway first.

Fang Wanliu, Shangguan Piao, Murong Qiu, and Yin Menghan walked in one after another, Liu Yinyin took one last look at the couplet on both sides, and thought, "If I die here, can Chong Yin withstand it?" She took a deep breath and dived into the darkness.

The corridor was so long that it didn't come to an end for a long time.

"Strangely, from the outside, this house is not very big. With such a long distance, we should have walked out a long time ago, why are we still in the corridor?" Shangguan Piao wondered.

"Phantom array plus maze. Fang Wanliu didn't care.

"There's light ahead. Wen Tingying, who was at the front, quickened his pace.

When everyone came to the light, they couldn't help but be a little disappointed, it turned out that the light was just a wall candle lamp on the walls on both sides. The light stretched endlessly ahead, and there was still no end in sight.

The six of them continued to walk forward, and after some time, the wall candle lamp suddenly disappeared, and the corridor returned to darkness where they could not see their fingers.

"This Yellow Dragon Sword Immortal is too picky, isn't it?If you want a lamp, you should have it, why only illuminate that part of it, what does it mean?" Fang Wanliu complained.

"In that corridor just now, the wall candle lights are bright and dense, if they are more scattered, won't they be able to illuminate a longer distance? I think the Yellow Dragon Sword Immortal must have his intention to lay it out like this. Murong Qiu said.

After a long time, everyone saw a light again, which was also a wall candle lamp.

In this way, the corridor stretches straight forward, with no end and no turn, alternating between light and dark. The six of them walked for a whole day, Fang Wanliu's patience had reached its limit, and he kept counting why the Yellow Dragon Sword Immortal had laid out such a monotonous and boring formation to torture people.

In Fang Wanliu's complaint, Wen Tingying suddenly said: "Don't be impatient, there is something different ahead." ”

Everyone looked forward, and in the distance, there seemed to be a faint door.

"It's finally over!" Fang Wanliu shouted and ran forward.

The group stepped out of the corridor and into a circular hall. There are a total of seven gates on the hall wall, which are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue, and purple rainbow colors, and what you see in the distance is the green gate facing the exit of the corridor. There is a plaque on the lintel of each gate, and the red gate has two big characters written on it: "Greedy wolf". The remaining six plaques are written "Giant Gate", "Lucun", "Wenqu", "Lian Zhen", "Wuqu", and "Broken Army", which are the names of the seven star monarchs of the Big Dipper.

"It looks like we're going to part ways, good luck to everyone. Wen Tingying pushed open the red door, and after he entered, the hidden door slowly disappeared.

"Good luck, everyone. Yin Menghan entered the orange gate.

Shangguan Piao arched his hand at the remaining three and said, "Old man Fang, I hope to see you again." The two girls are careful. With that, he walked through the yellow door.

"I'll be one step ahead, two, and we'll see you later. Murong Qiu also left, she picked the purple gate.

Fang Wanliu asked, "Girl Liu, which door do you enter?" I want to enter the blue one. ”

"The willow leaves are green, then I'll go into the green ones. Liu Yinyin said.

"Don't die, or Xiao Shi will be heartbroken. Fang Wanliu turned around and said a word before entering the door.

"Don't worry, I'm definitely bigger than you. Liu Yinyin smiled and pushed open the green door, and suddenly, a dazzling white light enveloped her figure.