Volume 1 A Hundred Years of Fortune in the Rivers and Lakes Chapter 176 The Fifth Passage
A few people spoke, and several more people came, from the seventh place onwards, they were:
No. 8 wooden card, Seven Star Sect, Han Fei.
No. 9 wooden plaque, Huaijiang Pavilion, Liang Jingcheng.
No. 10 wooden card, Huangsha Gang, Zhu Qian.
No. 11 wooden plaque, Huaijiang Pavilion, Qi Mingyu.
No. 12 wooden card, lotus picking sword faction, Cao Jing.
The Seven Sects of Jieshui are worthy of a long heritage, leaving the other martial artists who participated in the assessment far away.
Of course, not all non-sect martial artists have been thrown away, and in the first echelon led by the martial artists of the seven sects, there are two scattered cultivators who are close behind.
One of the warriors was only one step slower than Cao Jing, this man was a man with a feminine face, less than twenty years old, dressed in a green robe and a turquoise viper wrapped around his neck, giving people a chilling feeling.
Compared to this man who was intimidating at a glance, the other person made Meng Li more interested.
No. 14 wooden plaque, Xiao's martial arts hall, Xiao Zicong.
"Brother Xiao?"
Seeing Xiao Zicong, who had pocketed the No. 14 wooden card, Meng Li looked stunned.
Is there some misunderstanding in this?
As far as Meng Li knows, Xiao Zicong is not only a seven-forging martial artist, but also opened a martial arts gym in Bei'anfang, and he also took on several big tasks a few years ago, which can be described as infinitely beautiful.
He even opened the martial arts hall, why did he still come to join in the fun?
After Xiao Zicong saw Meng Li, he took the initiative to come over, gently closed the white jade elephant bone fan in his hand, and said with a smile: "Brother Meng, I didn't expect you to also participate in this martial arts assessment. ”
Meng Li smiled bitterly: "The person I didn't think of should be me, since Brother Xiao already has a martial arts order, why do you need to do more?"
"I have a military order?" Xiao Zicong said with a puzzled face: "Why don't I know?"
Well?
Meng Li frowned and asked, "Didn't Brother Xiao pass on the martial order, then how did your Xiao Clan Martial Arts Hall open?"
"Oh, you mean this!" Xiao Zicong suddenly realized, raised his forehead and smiled bitterly: "Brother Meng, you misunderstood, the martial arts order that opened the martial arts hall has nothing to do with me, and Xiao is just managing it on his behalf." ”
Can the martial arts hall still be opened like this?
If you open a martial arts hall, I'll take care of it. Meng Li, who heard this kind of operation for the first time, was amazed.
Xiao Zicong looked at Meng Li, and suddenly remembered some recent news, and his expression changed slightly: "I heard that Brother Meng has been very close to the Liu family recently?"
Meng Li said: "It's okay! What advice does Brother Xiao have?"
Xiao Zicong laughed and said, "I can't talk about advice." I'm still very happy to see that my brother can turn a war with Liu Jiahua into a jade silk. ”
"Then thank you brother for your concern. ”
Xiao Zicong smiled: "Okay, I won't bother you." ”
After Xiao Zicong left, Bu Yu frowned and said thoughtfully: "This surnamed Xiao, I don't think he's a good thing?"
"Why do you say that?" Meng Li looked at Miss Bu with a look of surprise. On the contrary, he felt that this Xiao Zicong was not bad.
Bu Yu said lightly: "Intuition!"
Meng Li couldn't help but laugh and said: "Unreasonable intuition. ”
Miss Bu snorted coldly, and said with displeasure in her eyes: "You don't believe me anymore?"
Meng Li hurriedly denied: "No, absolutely not!"
As the personnel arrived one after another, when the last wooden card was taken away, Shiro suddenly shouted.
"Everyone!"
Hearing the shout of the person in charge of the assessment, everyone turned their eyes.
Bai also raised his hand and said: "Anyone who obtains the license plate is deemed to have passed the first level of assessment." In the next second level, you will enter the underground palace of Nancheng. ”
The crowd was unusually quiet, they looked at Bai Ye, waiting for the next assessment content, those who have experience in the assessment know that the next trial content is the most important thing.
Bai was also very satisfied with everyone's reaction, nodded and said: "As we all know, there is also a green leaf secret realm in this Nancheng underground palace, and this assessment is to let everyone enter the green leaf secret realm and retrieve a token from it." ”
Sure enough, I want to pick up something!
Meng Li said darkly.
I heard someone in the crowd ask, "What token do you take?"
Bai also said bluntly: "A few days ago, Lord Cheng Shou got a recipe for a hundred fruit brew, and he wanted to make koji by slotting, but he still needs forty green vine fruits, and those who retrieve this fruit can advance to the next stage." ”
Forty green vine fruits, doesn't that mean that only forty people can enter the next assessment!
The crowd erupted into a riot.
Shiro also waved his hand and suppressed the chatter.
"Now, open the entrance to the underground palace, please enter in an orderly manner according to the number plate. ”
With Bai Ye's order, the entrance of the Nancheng Underground Palace was slowly opened, and soon, a straight passage appeared in the eyes of everyone.
"Number one!"
In front of the entrance of the underground palace, a staff member of the Jianjing Mansion began to call the number.
Hearing the shouting, Du Mu said to the other four: "Everyone, I'll go first." ”
Ming Xuan said: "Don't move after entering, wait for us." ”
"Okay!" Du Mu nodded, and the words fell, and he had disappeared on the other side of the dungeon.
At the same time that Du Mu stepped into the underground palace, in a building located in the depths of the underground palace, a sleeping behemoth opened its eyes.
"After waiting for so many years, this palace has finally been opened again, Qingming Xiaoer, now that a full twenty years have passed, your words and spirit lock can no longer trap my white-eyed ancestor, ancestor I am finally going to see the light of day again this time. ”
At the entrance of the dungeon, continue to call.
The staff timed accurately, and every half of the time when the incense was burned, a number would be called.
Meng Li calculated, at this rate, when all a hundred people entered the underground palace, it would be enough for half a day to pass. It can also be seen from this that people with advanced numbers have an advantage.
Following Du Mu, Zhou Wei, Ming Xuan, and Bu Yu also entered the underground palace.
At this time, Han Fei walked straight from the side, stared at Meng Li coldly, and said, "Don't think that you can sit back and relax if you take the Cloud Sword Sect and the Harmony Annihilation Valley, just wait! This time, I must not let you die well!"
Meng Li seemed to smell a breath.
Intense murderous aura!
But that innate warrior heart made him extremely calm.
"In you, I feel a strong hostility that makes me a little curious. ”
Meng Li looked at Han Fei, his eyes were not only a little excited, but also doubtful.
"And, that bounty, I haven't ...... yet"
The young man looked at Han Fei, and wanted to take this opportunity to say the question that was pressing in his heart, but as soon as he said this, he was suddenly startled, and his face showed an incredible look of shock!
After looking at it carefully, this Han Fei actually gave him a sense of déjà vu!
This face seems to be ......
"What is the relationship between you and Guo Si?" Meng Li stared at Han Fei, his brows gradually furrowed.
No way!
One of them has the surname Guo and the other has the surname Han, how can it be that kind of relationship?
"Did you finally find out?"
Who knows, Han Fei actually admitted it, and said in a shocking voice: "That's right, Guo Si is my eldest brother, if you kill him, I will naturally not let you go." ”
"No wonder!"
Meng was suddenly aware that the doubts he had been in for a long time had finally been answered.
Why did he take the bounty! Why was he so hostile to himself!
"I see, you took the bounty to lure me out. But do you really dare to kill me in front of everyone? Don't forget, we don't have a military order right now. ”
Han Fei laughed and sneered: "It seems that you don't know yet, there is a death quota in the Chuanwu Assessment, and you are not guilty of killing people here!"
"What a murder is not guilty!" Meng Li sneered: "If you want to take revenge, you can come over at any time, Meng is waiting in the underground palace." ”
In the distance, the voice of the staff was heard again.
This time it's Meng Li's No. 5 wooden card.
The young man smiled, said again, I will wait for you, and then walked into the underground palace.
The dungeon, synonymous with damp and gloomy.
However, the underground palace in Nancheng is different from the general underground palace.
In this underground palace, there are good ventilation conditions, and there is no damp and rotten smell at all.
The huge underground palace, except for the dim light, the other conditions are not bad.
"This is the Nancheng Underground Palace. ”
Meng Li's pupils contracted, trying his best to adapt to the darkness in front of him. In the empty hall, only one oil lamp emitted a dim firelight, and in front of the firelight, four figures were quietly watching him.
Ming Xuan raised the oil lamp and said with a smile: "That's right, this is the famous Nancheng Underground Palace in Jieshui City, but it is only the front hall of the underground palace, and there are side halls and main halls behind it. And our goal is the entrance to the secret realm in the main hall. ”
Zhou Wei said: "The last time the Nancheng Underground Palace was opened, it should have been five years ago, and only those who had the martial arts order could enter this underground palace, in other words, none of the people in this group had ever entered. Everyone is on the same starting line, and although we entered the dungeon one step ahead, we can't let our guard down. ”
Ming Xuan carried the oil lamp and came to the end of the front hall, where there were five narrow corridors.
"It seems that the rumors are correct, this underground palace really has five passages. ”
Du Mu said: "Uncle told me before that the five passages in the underground palace are like the five fingers of the left hand, except for the first passage, which will pass through two side halls, the other four passages are all three side halls. ”
Miss Bu said: "In that case, let's go the first one!"
In her opinion, it is naturally a good thing to be able to go to one less side hall.
Who knows, Du Mu shook his head.
"No, we're not going to go through the first one!"
Bu Yu pursed his lips and glared at Du Mu angrily, this stupid wood, how could he always oppose her.
Hearing Du Mu's answer, not only Bu Yu was dissatisfied, but several other people also had doubts.
The eldest young man of the Ming family smiled bitterly and said, "Since you have exclusive news, cousin, you might as well tell it and let everyone hear it." ”
Du Mu said: "Actually, it's not exclusive news, when I was in Jianjing Mansion before, I heard my uncle privately mention that now of the five passages in the underground palace of Nancheng, only the last one still has some value, and the other four are not only not beneficial to the cultivation of martial artists, but also full of organs, full of dangers." ”
Ming Xuan raised his eyebrows and looked at the last passage representing the little finger.
"What does my cousin mean that this passage can help us cultivate?"
Du Mu led everyone to the front of the passage and said: "When this passage was originally built, a large number of condensation stones were used, and passing through here, although it will suffer some hardships, it is of great benefit to the condensation of the body. ”
"The sixty-third condensate stone in the world?"
Hearing that he could condense his physique, Meng Li's eyes flashed.
You know, what he craves most now is his physical strength. If the body is strong enough, it is not impossible to exert the true qi to turn around.
"That's right. Du Mu looked at everyone, and his expressionless face made people feel a trace of solemnity.
"The Nancheng Underground Palace only opens once in a few years, and it is not a place where we can get close to it. I hope you don't miss this opportunity. ”
Meng Li said: "I have no opinion!"
Ming Xuan and Zhou Wei also nodded.
Everyone looked at Bu Yu.
Miss Bu said with a cold face: "What do you see me doing?
"Since there are no opinions, then let's go in!"
Next, Du Mu led everyone into the passage, and before leaving, he seemed to think of something, and suddenly said, "Wait a minute!"
What's wrong with it?
Everyone looked at him suspiciously, only to see him take out a piece of yellow rune paper and paste it on the edge of the passage with great skill.
The light and shadow changed, and in an instant the passage disappeared.
The Cloud Sword Sect is not only proficient in swordsmanship, but also knows a little bit about the fur of the talisman, like this folding talisman, which is the proud work of the Cloud Sword Sect.
Du Mu pasted the talisman, regardless of the surprise in everyone's eyes, said okay, and then led everyone forward.
Just when Du Mu and the others had just left the main hall, Qi Heng, who was holding the No. 6 wooden card, finally walked in.
Seeing the four passages at the end of the main hall, Qi Heng instinctively walked towards the passage directly in front of him, but just as he was about to enter the passage, he suddenly stopped.
"Strange, I heard Master once say that this Nancheng Underground Palace, there are obviously five days of passages, why are there only four left now?"
Qi Heng turned around, and when he walked to the front of the hidden passage, he suddenly smiled.
"The Cloud Sword Sect's Shadow Talisman, this little wood, has even learned to play tricks!"
In Qi Heng's opinion, Du Mu and Bai also have a lot of relationship, before the assessment, he must have heard a lot of inside information from the mouth of the messenger, and now he uses the folding charm to hide the passage, it is strange that there is no problem.
"Is there anything special about this passage?"
In front of me is a flat stone wall.
Qi Heng stretched out his hand and touched the stone wall in front of him, and his entire arm passed through the stone wall, as if he was integrated with the stone wall.
"Sure enough!" the corners of Qi Heng's mouth rose, and he stepped out after smiling lightly, and the next moment, he disappeared.
Clotted stone, as one of the 100 stones in the world, can produce a very special heavy pressure magnetic field, which is very valuable.
Even princes and generals did not have the luxury to dare to build palaces entirely out of condensate stones.
The owner of the Nancheng underground palace was once a vassal king of Northern Liang. In order to build this underground palace, he also exhausted his efforts, so he pulled some condensate stones from the mines in the far north.
Among them, most of them are paved on the stone steps of the side hall.
Meng Li and the five of them walked up the stone steps, and when they stepped into the first step, they already felt the tremendous pressure brought by the condensation stone.
The body is about to be sucked into the ground!
"This is the Clotting Stone!"
Meng Li lowered his head and looked at the small particles embedded in the stone steps, his expression extremely shocked.
Nature's creations are truly amazing.
Zhou Wei seemed to know a lot about the condensation stone, and reminded everyone in a deep voice: "Calm down and adjust your breathing, the farther we go on this road, the greater the benefits." ”
Everyone nodded silently, and their expressions were all solemn.
Meng Li looked at Bu Yu and was worried about her: "No problem, right?"
Miss Bu snorted and said, "Worry about yourself first, don't forget, you are also a Five Forging Realm." ”
Meng Li touched his nose and said with a wry smile: "Who am I trying to provoke?"
Ming Xuan laughed, walked in front of Meng Li, tilted his head sideways and whispered, "You didn't provoke anyone, you just provoked women!"
Meng Li nodded, looked at Bu Yu's puffing face, and expressed his deep agreement.
Woman, indeed, is a terrifying creature!
After a fight, everyone's mood also relaxed, and this state is also the best state to fight against the condensation stone.
Moving forward along the stone steps, everyone gave up their true qi and used the strength of their bodies to resist the condensation. Enjoy the tiredness and pleasure that stress brings to your body.
Whew......
Meng Li gasped for breath, and with every step, he would mobilize the strength of his whole body,
By the time he came to the door of the third side hall, he was already sweating profusely.
Bu Yu on the side was also out of breath, Meng Li glanced at her, this time she was obedient and didn't say anything.
Ming Xuan looked at the palace gate in front of him, then at the exhausted Bu Yu, and said, "Miss Bu, I think you can take a break?"
"What do you mean, look down on me?"
Bu Yu gasped violently, and every word she said seemed to exhaust her strength. Sweat dripped down her cheeks and, unconsciously, joined under her feet.
Looking at this stubborn girl, Ming Xuan's eyes were full of admiration.
"You know, that's not what I meant! You're good enough to do this. ”
Ming Xuan's sincere eyes made Bu Yu let go of the last stubbornness in her heart, and when this thought was put down, her body could no longer support it, and she staggered to the ground.
Ming Xuan stretched out a hand, hurriedly stopped Bu Yu, and said worriedly: "You're okay!"
Looking at Ming Xuan's face close at hand, Bu Yu's face suddenly turned red.
"You, let me go!"
Du Mu's eyes moved upward, and he said lightly: "Cousin, men and women don't kiss each other." ”
Mingxuan, who realized what was happening, hurriedly put Bu Yu on the ground and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Miss Bu, I was just afraid that you would be injured just now." ”
"Who, who made you explain!" Bu Yu's face turned even redder, and his voice was slightly nymphy.
Meng Li's eyes widened when he saw this scene, is this still the prickly Miss Bu?
The brain won't hurt!
Du Mu's gaze continued to rise, and he said lightly: "Cousin, the explanation is to cover up!"
Ming Xuan couldn't help but laugh and said, "Cousin, do you think you must have itchy skin, do you need me to help you?"
Du Mu said: "I'm sorry cousin, I was wrong. ”
Meng Li helped Bu Yu aside to rest, and when he came back, he happened to see the picture of Du Mu seconding, and said speechlessly: "What a big husband!"
Big husband, able to bend and stretch.
Asking the string song to know the elegance, Du Mu naturally heard the sound of Meng Li's words, but he didn't care. Instead, he asked Meng Li, "How is Miss Bu?"
Meng Li said: "She's fine, she's just a little out of strength, I just fed her some water, as long as she rests for a while, she can recover." ”
Ming Xuan said worriedly: "Let her go down with her true qi on the next road!"
Meng Li nodded and said, "I think so too." ”
Du Mu clapped his hands, attracted everyone's attention, and said, "The opportunity to condense the forging body is rare, I want to stay here for a while, do you have anyone together?"
Meng Li immediately said: "The condensation stone has helped me a lot, and I also want to stay for a while." If you're in a hurry, you can leave first. ”
"Out of the way. Ming Xuan smiled and said, "Our advantage is obvious, we don't care about this moment." ”
Du Mu said: "Then stay a little longer, I can also take this opportunity to break through the Seven Forgings." ”
There is one thing that everyone doesn't know, Du Mu's realm has reached the peak of six forging a long time ago, and now he is only a kick in the door from seven forging, and this is one of the reasons why he dared to participate in this assessment.
Hearing this, everyone suddenly realized.
It's no wonder that Du Mu deliberately left a folding talisman before entering the passage, which turned out to be so that he would not be disturbed when he was cultivating.
At the same time, Qi Heng's voice sounded from behind everyone. "So that's why you left the Shadow Talisman!"
Suddenly, when they heard a strange sound, everyone looked behind them, and when they saw Qi Heng wearing an iron sword in Tsing Yi, they immediately showed a look of shock.
Ming Xuan sighed lightly and said, "It seems that my cousin's shadow talisman still failed to escape Brother Qi's eyes in the end. ”
Qi Heng laughed and said, "Brother Mingxuan praised it, the little wood's refraction talisman is very good, and I was lucky to see the problem." ”
At this point, Qi Heng was not modest, if he hadn't learned about the situation in the underground palace from the elders of the sect before, it would have been impossible to find that the passage was abnormal.
Du Mu said with a solemn expression: "Boss Qi, since you can see through my talisman and find here, it means that you have a deep fate with us, why don't we form a team and go to the Qingye Secret Realm together." ”
Fate of bullshit!
Qi Heng looked at Du Mu and said with a dumb smile: "You kid, you look serious, but you have the most eyes, I think you want to find a free thug." ”
"You can't say that. Du Mu hurriedly corrected: "With Zhuang Er's here, your trip will definitely not be easy." As the saying goes, if there are more lice and you are not afraid of biting, why not follow us?"
Qi Heng suddenly said: "It turns out that you are eyeing Zhuang Yu." ”
Du Mu was noncommittal and said, "Although I can't beat Zhuang Er, if I can beat him hard through your hand, it will be a good thing." Besides, there is still a behemoth entrenched in the main hall, and it is better for Boss Qi to join forces with us than to fight alone. ”
Hearing that there was a behemoth in the main hall, Qi Heng's expression changed, and he frowned: "You mean the white-eyed ancestor?"
"I didn't think you also knew about the White Eyebrow Ancestor?"
"How could I not know!"
Qi Heng showed a wry smile, the Qingying Sword Ancestor who suppressed the White Eyebrow Ancestor here at the beginning was the first head of their Qingshan Branch. If it weren't for the fact that the Sword Ancestor was buried here and lost a very important classic, their Qingshan branch might not only be on the scale it is now, comparable to the main lineage, and it is not impossible.
"Forget it! Qi's free practice is still not with you. ”
Qi Heng thought about it, and finally rejected Du Mu's proposal, and after saying goodbye to everyone, he walked towards the third side hall.
Everyone looked at his back and didn't say anything to save him, even Du Mu didn't have any regrets, as if he had already expected this result.