Chapter 562: A Narrow Road Encounter
The man's dart was lightning fast, almost touching the cheeks of the two girls and flying into the woods behind them, even cutting off a few tall blades of grass. On one side, there was a crisp sound of "ding" in the forest, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps, and someone was trying to escape!
The man had no intention of pursuing, and three darts appeared again between his right fingers. This time his movements were bigger, and his arm-waving posture looked both powerful and graceful. After the three darts flew out, it seemed that two darts hit the trunk of the tree, he did not stop, and three darts also showed out in his left hand, followed by his right hand, left hand, and right hand, the darts were like meteors catching the moon, drawing a silver track, accompanied by a pleasant whistling sound, and the grass and blades in the woods flew wildly.
Ruan Jingsha was stunned, and Ye Linglong was secretly counting the number of darts. Finally, after shooting the fourteenth dart, that is, forty-two darts, the man raised his hands together, holding a dart between his fingers, and used these eight darts to close the curtain on this magnificent performance.
A full fifty darts. Ye Linglong looked sideways at the woods, a large area of weeds had been cut down by a large margin, and even several trees had been broken. In the middle of the broken wood, there was a corpse lying on its stomach, and it had been pierced into a hedgehog by a dart on its back.
At this moment, the man also dragged a corpse out of the woods on the other side and threw it in the clearing. There were only three darts on the corpse, which meant that the man's first-hand darts hit all of them. One in the chest, one in the throat, and the last one in the middle of the hilum of the brain.
"These two men are not good people, and have been hiding in the dark for a long time. If I hadn't shown up, I'm afraid they would have secretly attacked you. The man dragged the "hedgehog" to the body of his accomplice, took the torch from Ye Linglong's hand and threw it at the corpse.
"I'm afraid you've been hiding in the dark for a long time, aren't you?" Ye Linglong sneered, "Not only didn't even the two of us find out, but even the two on the ground didn't notice it. ”
The man smiled brightly again: "The girl is right. If you dare to light a bonfire, I want to see who is so bold. But I am different from them, they have bad intentions, but I have merit in saving people. How about I can go with the two of you?"
Ye Linglong and Ruan Jingsha glanced at each other. According to Ye Linglong's thoughts, people in the demon eradication battlefield are unpredictable, even if the man kills two people, how can he be sure that he is telling the truth? Now that the two corpses have died, there is no proof of whether they are good or evil, and it is not all up to the man's mouth? However, Ye Linglong also has insight into Ruan Jingsha's thoughts, and the girl is afraid that she has already been emotional to him since the moment she provoked the man's hat. For the sake of Ruan Jingsha, Ye Linglong still decided to take a risk: "I have two requirements. If you agree, we will go together, but if you will not, it is better for you to disappear before us as soon as possible. ”
"Girl, please. ”
"First, our strength is limited, and we only operate in the outer areas of the battlefield, and we never go deeper. ”
"Yes, I don't dare to go into the depths easily, I've heard that there are many unfathomable old monsters in the basin!" the man grinned.
"Second, we came to the battlefield mainly to find people, and once we found them, we would leave. ”
The man still agreed without hesitation: "Okay." Until you find someone, we will look after one another. ”
"Well, I'm not surprised if you're hesitant. But you answered so happily, I have to wonder, what are you trying to do?" Ye Linglong said.
"The two of them are outstanding. The man did not hide his admiration for the beauty of the two girls at all, "It is a blessing to be able to walk with two beauties." In this dangerous place, the heartstrings have been tight, and there are pleasant things to relieve it, and I naturally don't want to miss this opportunity. ”
Ruan Jingsha joked: "Then you are not afraid that walking with the two beauties will be too conspicuous, and even attract jealousy?"
"Haha, who gave me the privilege to meet the two? ”
The two girls looked at each other and smiled.
The man bowed respectfully: "In Xia Tang Lingjun, I haven't asked the two girls for their names. ”
"My name is Ruan Qinsha, Zhuqing is 'Jing', and Caosha is 'Sha'. Her name is Ye Linglong. Ruan Jingsha has not been deeply involved in the world, and she doesn't know when her joy and anger are invisible, and her excitement is beyond words. But with her true temperament, I'm afraid she doesn't know what it is to be reserved.
"It turned out to be Miss Ruan and Miss Ye. In my opinion, the fire has probably attracted a lot of people to gather here, and it is not advisable to stay here for a long time, so it is better to talk while walking. Tang Lingjun proposed.
That night, the three of them went all the way south and talked for a long time. According to Tang Lingjun, he is a demon clan from a far south, and darts are his natal weapon. To say that among the demon clan, there are not many people who use long-range weapons, and most of them are mainly bows and crossbows. After all, using ranged weapons faces a difficult problem to solve - the number of arrows. Therefore, the demon clan masters who use long-range weapons either don't make a move, and as soon as they make a move, they must achieve results. Generally speaking, the arrows of demon bows and crossbows will not be prepared too much, because casting natal weapons requires the consumption of demon power, and the result of pursuit should be less and finer. And Tang Lingjun can really be called an outlier, because of its lightness and concealment characteristics, darts are used as auxiliary hidden weapons in most cases, not to mention that after being selected as a natal weapon, it should only be better to win by surprise at critical moments. Fifty darts in one shot like he had done before was a waste. In this regard, Tang Lingjun seemed quite unimpressed, from the fact that he didn't even pick up the darts scattered in the woods, it could be seen that he didn't cherish those darts created by consuming demon power very much.
Regarding his past experience and the purpose of coming to the Heroic Soul Battlefield, Tang Lingjun didn't say a word, even if Ye Linglong asked, he was vague and smiled. About two
Except for the girl's name, he didn't inquire about anything else, but Ruan Jingsha kept "babbling" endlessly.
Compared with the two girls who had just entered the battlefield area, Tang Lingjun was more familiar with the terrain on the periphery. Where there are turbulent rivers and deep pools, where there are craggy mountains, and even where there are masters in that area, he knows it clearly. It can be seen that he has been in the battlefield for a long time, so in the next few days, Tang Lingjun has been leading the way in front.
On this day, the three of them walked down the hillside, and suddenly a hot wind rushed to their faces. Ye Linglong and Ruan Jingsha were quite surprised, it was obviously winter, where did this heat wave come from?
Tang Lingjun pointed to the sky: "More than two hundred miles ahead, there is a deep stream. The hot air rises from the bottom of the stream. By this point, the humidity is not so heavy. ”
"Why is there a hot wind in the deep stream?" asked Ruan Jingsha.
"The stream is so deep that it is said that there is not water but magma flowing underneath. But after all, no one can go down to the deep stream, so it is still unknown whether the rumors are true or not. ”
Ruan Jingsha was puzzled: "Why is this?
Tang Lingjun pretended to smile mysteriously: "You'll know when you get there." ”
As the distance from the deep stream gets closer, the heat wave becomes more and more obvious. Within thirty miles, the heat rising from the ground had already made the three of them feel like a warm spring.
Ruan Jingsha stretched her waist and sighed, "It's really comfortable here!" Walking in the mountains for days made her feel tired, and she even wanted to sleep beautifully with this warm feeling.
Ye Linglong said: "There are already few trees here, and I am afraid that it will become a barren land in the future." I finally know why no one can go down that deep stream, it must be the scorching heat in the stream, no one can resist the terrible heat of magma, Tang Gongzi, am I right?"
"No, no. Tang Lingjun was still selling Guanzi, "In fact, within thirty miles of the deep stream, the degree of heat is about the same. So I guess that the magma is extremely deep and wide. The area around the deep stream is hotter than here, but it is not at all 'scorching', let alone the two of you, even if you are a junior cultivator, you won't feel any discomfort. ”
I walked another thirty miles with curiosity, but the imaginary moat was still nowhere to be seen. Just as Ye Linglong wanted to ask again, Tang Lingjun, who was walking in front, raised his hand: "We have arrived!"
"Where?" Ruan Jingsha opened her eyes and looked around, as far as her eyes could see, there were only bare gray mountain rocks, where was there any deep stream?
"It's right under the rock in front of you. ”
Following Tang Lingjun's direction, they walked to the edge of the rock. There is a difference of about two zhang here, but there is still a mountain rock below.
"Haha, it's not easy to find if you don't look carefully, huh!" Tang Lingjun pointed to the gap between the upper and lower layers of rocks.
The two girls were dumbfounded, the crack in the rock was only about a palm's width, and this could also be called a "deep stream"?
"No wonder no one can go down! If they can, they can't be thin into pieces of paper?" Ruan Jingsha smiled and bent over.
Tang Lingjun's expression was very solemn: "However, there are really two people who have gone down." ”
"Oh?"
"First, it is one of the Holy Ancestors of the Feather Division, the Fire Phoenix. ”
"Phoenix Holy Ancestor once descended this deep stream?" Ye Linglong couldn't believe it.
"There is indeed a legend," Tang Lingjun said, "It is said that the Phoenix Holy Ancestor used to cultivate in this stream back then, and the magma below was all burned by the blazing heat inspired by his cultivation, and it has been going on for thousands of years, and it still exudes a rolling heat wave to this day." ”
"Who's the second person to go down?"
"It's an old man I know. In order to follow in the footsteps of the Phoenix Holy Ancestor, he also went down. ”
Ruan Jingsha walked back and forth along the rock crevice: "But, how can this go?"
"It's not hard. However, it still needs the help of two people. Tang Lingjun said.
Ruan Jingsha looked at him in surprise: "You want to go down?"
"You deliberately led us here, I'm afraid you planned to let us help us from the beginning, right?" Ye Linglong was a little unhappy.
Tang Lingjun admitted calmly: "Yes." But that was our first meeting, and I can't tell you the truth. Otherwise, with your vigilance, you will not agree. ”
Ruan Jingsha suddenly remembered something: "By the way, didn't you say that there are treasures hidden in this battlefield?
Tang Lingjun didn't believe it at all: "That rumor should be made out of nothing, presumably the purpose is to attract masters from all sides to come to the battlefield." ”
"Then why do you want to go down?" Ye Linglong concluded that Tang Lingjun must have an important purpose.
"My old man also practiced in the deep stream for a long time, and it is very likely that he left something in the stream, and I came to pick up that kind of thing. ”
"What's that?"
"A treasure. ”
"Isn't this still a treasure!" Ruan Jingsha said.
"Contrary to the rumors, no one knows the whereabouts of this treasure. Tang Lingjun said, "The old man is gone, as a person in the know, I can't let his hard work be buried like this." If you can help me get this thing, I will repay you well and do my best to help you find someone. How?"
"Miss Ye, what do you say?" Ruan Jingsha actually meant that she had agreed.
Ye Linglong had to agree: "Okay." How do you think we can help? Heh, if you want us to split the rock crevices, there's nothing you can do. ”
"It's not difficult. The stream was so narrow that I had to climb down, and I had a rope tied to it, the upper end of which was fixed to the rock. All you have to do is watch for me
Ropes on the line. Tang Lingjun said.
"Hey, it turned out that I was worried about being made bad...... Ruan Jingsha smiled, "Okay, this matter is easy!"
"Don't play any tricks, if I find out, I'll chop the rope with a knife!" Ye Linglong was half warning and half threatening.
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" Tang Lingjun laughed, untied the half-shoulder silk wrapping on his body, and after tearing off a few live buckles, he actually dismantled it into a rope. Then he took apart the three strands that were twisted into the rope, so that if the head and tail were to be connected, the rope could triple in size. But that wasn't all, he split each strand of a rope separately, then joined it together and connected it to a second strand.
Looking at the hair-thin thread, it was impossible to associate it with the word "rope", and it felt as if it would break after a few grinds on the edge of the rock. But Tang Lingjun actually planned to hang himself with such a thin thread.
"It's wonderful to weave the silk into a wrapper!" Ruan Jingsha clapped her hands and praised.
"It's obvious that a storage magic weapon can solve it, so why bother?" Ye Linglong's attitude was completely different.
Tang Lingjun said: "Before entering the Heroic Soul Battlefield, I also thought that the deep stream was vast, and I knew that it was so narrow until now. Dismantling the clothes and connecting the lines into ropes is also a helpless move in a hurry. He tied the filament around his waist and tied another piece seven or eight times around the corner of a large prismatic stone, tying it into a dead knot. The two women watched his every move curiously, as they saw how he got into the crevice. After Tang Lingjun tied the rope, he walked to the end of the rock crevice and bowed down to stand under a rock. The rock is located in the upper layer of the crevice, and the size of the exposed ground is about a foot square, and it protrudes outwards about three feet above the crevice, just enough to carry it on your shoulder. Tang Lingjun rolled up his sleeves, revealing the thin arm armor on his forearm, he faced the rock, his shoulders were resisted, he steadily tied the horse, raised his arms, and shouted: "Get up!"
The rock was lifted from the soil, and it turned out that there was still a part hidden under the soil, Tang Lingjun was so red that his face was red, his green tendons were bulging, and he rose up and lifted the rocks one by one in one fell swoop. Without the rocks, the crack at the edge of the pit has become much wider enough for a person to get into. Tang Lingjun finally checked the thin rope: "Then it's bothering the two, and in case of trouble, it is called to pull the rope three times in a hurry." With that, he propped his hands and feet on both sides of the rock wall and descended into the steaming crack in the ground.
The silk cord is long and strong, but it is not yet time to rely on it to bear the weight. It could be seen from the slight trembling of the rope that Tang Lingjun had been marching deeper.
Ruan Jingsha was a little uneasy, and kept standing on the edge of the rock crevice and looking down, but the stream was too dark and slightly tilted, and she couldn't see anything. She sighed: "He is so bold, in other words, I don't dare to go down, in case the rock walls on both sides are closed, won't it be sandwiched into a meatloaf?"
Ye Linglong, who was meditating on the side, said: "Even if it is a spacious crater, it takes some courage to go down, not to mention such a narrow place, if you are stuck, you can't go up, you can't get down, and it will be hard to even breathe." In addition, if the magma is baked like this, it will be hot when it becomes a meatloaf, heh. So I wondered what treasures his friend had left behind that was worth the risk he had. ”
"I'll know when he comes up. Alas, I hope he is safe and sound. He is up to him in what is below, but we are up in the things of the earth. I hope there won't be any moths. Ruan Jingsha jumped onto the upper rock and began to meditate, and the two of them stood on both sides of the rock crevice.
Things tend to come at what they are afraid of.
Ruan Jingsha said that she was meditating, but in her heart, she kept thinking about the situation in the deep stream. Every once in a while she opened her eyes to look at the cord, and sometimes she got up and went to the prism to check if it was loose.
The sun fades and night falls. Do the math, Tang Lingjun has been down for seven or eight hours, but the thin rope is still shaking slightly.
The sun rises and the moon falls, and the dawn breaks in the east. Tang Lingjun still didn't come out.
Ye Linglong suddenly opened her eyes, and a figure appeared on the hillside.
"Hahaha, the two of you are really easy for me to find. A bald man walked over with two sacks on his shoulder.
Ye Linglong's heart sank, the person who came was the bald dignitary who killed people in Qingming City!
"Who are you?" asked Ruan Jingsha.
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