Chapter 23 The Sword Shrine
received a letter from home early in the morning, which made Hu Man'er's originally bad mood much more relaxed.
When the sun just got up, he got up to practice boxing, and after a set of boxing techniques, he hastily washed his face, and he was even more refreshed. Then he trotted all the way to the ninth place of the palace guard, knocking on the wooden door. While knocking, he shouted: "Brother Gong, get up." Come with me to see the sword. ”
After a while, Gonggong Baojiu opened the door, stretched his waist and replied angrily: "Your kid is called Chun, and you don't let people sleep early in the morning." How much alcohol we drank last night, I'm still a little unwell. ”
"I don't remember exactly, but I was drunk. Whatever it is, let me ask when the sword will be ready. Hu Man'er grabbed Gong Baojiu's arm and pulled it out.
"Oops...... You slow down, I'll go myself. Gong Baojiu had no choice but to let him pull like this.
It seems that there is nothing between men that can't be solved by alcohol, and since last night when they got drunk with Kung Pao Jiu, the relationship between the two seems to have undergone some subtle changes.
The two of them had barely walked far when they heard a loud bang somewhere in the villa, and they even felt the earth tremble.
Gong Baojiu and Hu Man'er glanced at each other, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, and they quickly rushed towards the sound with their true qi.
In just a few moments, the two of them appeared at the source of the sound, a place where swords were forged in the backyard of the villa. At this time, this land was already broken and fragmented. A large crater appeared in the ground ahead, like a hollow that had been blasted alive. Two clouds of liquid-like light, one white and one white, were suspended above the depression. There were many places around the depression where fires were burning.
Hu Man'er grabbed a big man who was busy putting out the fire and asked, "Brother Tai, what happened, how could this happen here?"
The man replied in a panic, "We...... We also ...... I don't know very well, but it's fine. ”
While he was talking, a person fell from the sky, and he was falling next to Gong Baojiu and Hu Man'er, it was the owner of the village, Han Jiangying.
At this time, Han Jiangying's face was solemn, his brows were slightly furrowed, and he looked at the two lights and shadows opposite.
Hu Man'er was confused, and only felt that the golden light was somewhat familiar, but he had never seen this thing in his life.
I only heard Han Jiangying shouting: "Hmph, just two sword spirits, they dare to break my century-old furnace, it's really bold." ”
Then his hands suddenly poked out, and with a grasp of the void, the surging true qi in his body formed two huge translucent palms in the air, and quickly shook towards the two light clusters.
The two light clusters were like frightened wild horses, rushing to escape, but the difference in size was too great. There was nowhere to hide, just grabbed in an instant, and then slapped on the ground.
Han Jiangying slowly walked over and trampled the light ball under his feet, no matter how he struggled, it was useless, and after a while, the group gradually shrunk, turning into two grape-sized balls of light, which were bent down and pinched in his hand by Han Jiangying.
Hu Man'er stepped forward to look at the two balls of light, and stretched out his finger to poke them. Suddenly, the two balls trembled violently.
"What is this?" asked Hu Man'er by taking a step back.
"This is the sword spirit of the pair of swords you brought, the sword was destroyed, but the sword spirit still has a trace of consciousness, just now my subordinates threw two weapons into the furnace to stimulate the consciousness of the two sword spirits. And what was originally a mutual restraint is now forcibly smelted, causing the two to compete again, which has caused the current situation, but it is a pity that I am in this century-old furnace. Han Jiangying took out a delicate square box from his waist, put two balls of light into it and handed them to Hu Man'er.
"Nephew Hu Xian, it seems that this sword can't be repaired by my name Sword Villa, and the old man is ashamed of you. You put away this sword spirit first, and it may be useful in the future. Since you're here, the old man can't let you go home empty-handed. The old man allowed you to enter the Sword Mountain for trial in the name of the head of the family, you think it's good. As soon as Han Jiangying spoke, he regretted it a little.
When Hu Man'er heard that the sword really couldn't be repaired, he immediately panicked, and hurriedly grabbed the sleeve of Hanjiang Ying and said: "Master Hanzhuang, I won't go to Sword Mountain, do you see if there is any other way, as long as the sword can be repaired well, even if you go to Sword Mountain, you are willing to do it under the sea of fire." When Han Jiangying heard that this Hu Man'er was not going, she was overjoyed, and she was about to say a few words.
At this time, Gong Baojiu slapped Hu Man'er on the top of his head and scolded: "Are you stupid, do you know how many people in this Sword Mountain can't go if they want to, and now you don't want to give you a chance, this will spread out, and you have to laugh off your big teeth in the rivers and lakes." ”
Hu Man'er touched the beaten head, looked at Gong Baojiu, and then looked at Han Jiangying, with an innocent expression like a cute boy who had just opened his mind.
"Is there a mountain of gold and silver in this sword mountain? Or are there fairy beauties who have never been born? Why do everyone want to go? ”
Gong Bao Jiuyi heard the angry Qiqi smoke, raised his hand and wanted to fight again, but withdrew his hand again, sighed and said: "I don't blame you, you have been on the mountain since you entered the Tao, and you have seen and heard shallowly. In this sword mountain is the painstaking efforts of the owners of the famous sword villa, there are countless famous swords in it, just waiting for the destined person, and the noble master was also taken out of the blue water in it. And it only opens once every 100 years. Now that the owner of the cold village has opened the door for you once, you still haven't entered?"
"Ah, and such a good thing? Then I'll go in, I'll go in. When Hu Man'er heard such a beautiful thing, she almost refused, and she couldn't wait to give herself two slaps, so she hurriedly changed her words.
Han Jiangying saw that Hu Man'er agreed, and secretly glanced at Gong Baojiu. But since the words are spoken, a character like him naturally can't say that he regrets it.
"Then Hu Xian's nephew is ready to prepare, and tomorrow the old man will personally lead you into the mountain. With that, he jumped and disappeared in place.
In the early morning of the next day, Hu Man'er was called up early by Gong Baojiu to prepare. Looking at Gong Baojiu's excited appearance, it seems that it is not Hu Man'er who can enter the mountain, but he Gong Baojiu.
When the two found Han Jiangying, he had been waiting for a long time, but the hair of the Han Zhuang owner was a little messy, and it looked like he hadn't slept all night.
Gong Baojiu and Hu Man'er stepped forward to salute together.
Han Jiangying, who was sitting upright on the main seat with his eyes closed, twitched slightly at the corners of his eyes. Then he opened his eyes and said, "It's coming...... Let's go, then. The voice was somewhat hoarse.
As he spoke, he took the lead and led the two of them to the back mountain of the village.
After a short time, he led the two to the mountainside of the back mountain, and in front of the three of them at this time was a huge stone gate. The stone gate is carved with dense ancient runes. Hu Man'er observed for a moment and didn't understand what it meant, only knew the two big characters above the stone gate, the sword mound. Hu Man'er was a little puzzled, since it was a place where the sword was hidden, why was it called a sword mound.
Han Jiangying slowly walked to the stone gate, chanting words in his mouth, and some strange gestures in his hands. After a while, the stone gate came by itself with a rumbling sound, and behind the door was a dark stone corridor, and I don't know where it leads.
Han Jiangying took out a fire fold from his bosom and handed it to Hu Man'er, and said: "You go in, if you have a fate, you can take a sword out, if you don't have a chance, then I can't help it." There are torches next to the stone corridor, go get them yourself. After speaking, he didn't look at Hu Man'er anymore, turned around and went down the mountain alone.
Gong Baojiu glanced at Hu Man'er and couldn't help but be a little worried.
"Be careful. After speaking, he also left with Han Jiangying.
Hu Man'er looked at the dark stone corridor and suddenly felt a little stunned, then laughed at himself and strode towards the stone corridor......
In the dark, Hu Man'er opened the fire fold and lit the torch in his hand. This stone corridor seems to never reach the end, it has been walking for a long time, but there is still no end in sight.
"If you come, you will be safe. Hu Man'er muttered to herself.
After walking for about another pillar of incense, a glimmer of light finally appeared at the end of the stone corridor. Hu Man'er was secretly happy in her heart, so she sped up her pace. At the exit is a natural cave.
There were countless stalactites standing upside down on the roof of the cave, and Hu Man'er felt a little like he had entered the mouth of some beast with huge fangs.
At the foot is a ring-shaped cliff with hot lava tumbling at the bottom. The reason why we can see the light is because of the lava. Hu Man'er had never seen such a strange place, bent down and picked up a palm-sized stone and threw it down, suddenly a heat wave rushed in, Hu Man'er hurriedly retreated, stabilized his body, and then carefully observed the surrounding situation.
In the center of the annular cliff, there is a stone pillar, which is said to be a stone pillar, but in fact, the space above the flat roof of this stone pillar is large. The link between the stone pillar and the cliff is actually a giant iron chain, and it is not difficult to see that the handwriting of this iron chain is the same as the iron chain used to link the mountains in the Lingxiao Temple.
Hu Man'er didn't have time to sigh at this rare spectacle. He stepped on one of the chains with ease, and without the slightest fear, he stepped on the flat top of the stone pillar in a short time.