Chapter 16: The Underground Labyrinth
The fire had been completely extinguished, and although Zhou Yuan had been walking along the way in, he still didn't see any light, perhaps the entrance had been closed.
Walking along the way you came until you get back to the ground is the best and only way. There are still two big guys sitting on the ground, as long as they walk on the ground, there is nothing to be afraid of, Zhou Yuan kept comforting himself with this sentence in his heart, although he had gradually realized that the distance he had walked back had far exceeded the distance he had come.
The dull footsteps loomed, sometimes near and far away, this was really a bit torturous, making Zhou Yuan's heart hang and put down, let go and hang again, just refuse to come to a knife.
"I'm tired, just do what I have to do, don't run. Zhou Yuan leaned against the wall and muttered to himself. It was pitch black all around, and you couldn't see your fingers, as if the endless night was locked in this narrow corridor with a length and width of two meters.
The dull footsteps approached again, and the footsteps were mixed with the friction sound of the iron chain dragging on the ground, this seemed to be a person wearing an anklet, and the person wearing an anklet was slowly approaching Zhou Yuan. Zhou Yuan didn't want to run anymore this time, so this footstep was getting closer and closer now, and it felt like it was only three or four meters away from Zhou Yuan.
Zhou Yuan supported the ground with his hand, waiting for the change to happen, and his breathing gradually conformed to a certain rhythm - the Hidden Sword Flow Breathing Method, which was also the only thing he relied on at present. Although he didn't even break through the sea of dantian qi, when he ran this breathing method, his five senses could still be partially improved.
He was half-squatting on the ground, and in a position that was most convenient for him to exert his strength, his right hand had quietly grasped a dagger, which was one of the few luggage he had carried from Chang'an. This dagger is very sharp, as Zhou Yuan's most precious personal belonging, it has its own name, called Zhan Lu, and a famous sword in the Spring and Autumn Period has the same name, or it is Zhou Yuan borrowed the name of the ancient sword.
The Zhan is bright, the Lu is pitch black, and the pitch-black blade that exudes a bright luster, this dagger deserves the name. This is Su Changfa's gift to himself when he received his apprentices, and as the teacher gradually showed his profound strength, Zhou Yuan also valued this dagger Yu Fa, maybe this is the original.
The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and they didn't hurry or slow. Zhou Yuan stabilized his mind and slowly closed his eyes, not even breathing in the slightest.
He had something to rely on when the black cat was there, and there was someone to vent his nervousness and fear. Now the black cat has suddenly disappeared, leaving him alone, and his potential has been stimulated.
In such dark conditions, the eye has lost its role, and it is wise to temporarily allocate more energy to hearing and smell. Adjust your whole body to the best state, prepare for the attack, and strike with all your might. In or not, you will inevitably run away, and then you will be able to adapt to the situation depending on the situation.
But if ...... I can't be someone else's enemy at all, or will I die under a blow?
Zhou Yuan couldn't help but think of this, stemming from his judgment of his own strength, these were indeed things that would happen with a greater probability.
Don't worry about things that can't be changed, if I die here, it just means that I am a person of this level. Mr. Su...... In the future, I will definitely be famous all over the world, as the only disciple of Teacher Su, I still have to have this awareness, otherwise I will always be a third-rate commodity who can't get on the stage.
The knife in Zhou Yuan's hand was very stable, and he had already thought it out very clearly - he liked this river and lake, liked the way of martial arts beyond the limits of the human body, and even had some bloody and happy yearning for the bloody fight on the knife edge.
If you expect surprises, you have to take them for the unexpected. If you want to be a master, you have to be willing to work hard. Life and death are fateful, and things are man-made. Since he left Chang'an with Teacher Su, and left the same boring and repetitive but very safe days, he can no longer use the cultivation of a swineherd to restrain himself. His current identity is the left protector of the hidden sword flow, after all, our sect is not a joke!
The footsteps stopped two meters away from the front of him, and he could only wait for the other party to make a move first and then listen to the wind to identify the position, the darkest moment before dawn, even if he made his official debut, if he didn't do it, it would become a unilateral execution.
Two meters away...... That's not right, it's a wall two meters away!
Zhou Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, just in time to see the first light spilling out of the crack in the wall.
The light grew louder and louder, gradually illuminating the entire area, and the secret door on the wall was pushed open by a hand, revealing an unkempt and dirty man.
The dirty man was dressed in tattered clothes, with chains on his feet and hands, and his clothes and hair on his body could be seen to have not been washed for months, and he had accumulated dirt all over his body. He was thin, with rib contours on his tattered bare skin, and bloodshot eyes with puffy sockets, apparently not getting enough rest for a long time. He pushed open the stone door and was obviously stunned when he saw Zhou Yuan, and he didn't care about closing the stone door, picked up the anklet, held it in his hand, turned around and fled back in a hurry.
Zhou Yuan smiled dumbly, and suddenly figured out the trick.
The reason why Shicai's heavy footsteps were so far away from him was that they were not chasing him, but avoiding him. This corridor is a long, narrow and confined space, and any sound will expand and form an echo in this environment. The dirty man deliberately avoided himself based on the sound of his footsteps. Until he stayed here motionless, the dirty man couldn't determine his position, and by coincidence, he had the effect of waiting for the rabbit.
Who was that dirty man just now, let's not say for a moment, why was he in this place? Since he deliberately avoided himself, could it be that someone was arresting him? If there were other people in this underground tunnel, why didn't he meet him?
At this time, it was difficult to sort out, Zhou Yuan guessed that this corridor was probably a closed loop corridor, and there was nothing to do if he continued to stay here, so it was better to catch up with the dirty man and ask clearly, at the moment, the two of them were also on the same front.
Zhou Yuan entered through the half-open stone door and carefully closed the stone door. He was now in a completely enclosed underground dark room, and the dirty man who had just appeared was gone, and there must have been other exits here, and the dirty man had escaped from the other exits.
Zhou Yuan looked at the empty secret room, trying to find out what kind of secret compartment led to other places. There was only one table in the middle of this house, and Zhou Yuan first made a check on the table.
The table is made of iron, so it fits seamlessly into the floor. There was a candle on the table, and the candle kept burning, but no wax oil was coming out. Zhou Yuan took a closer look and found that this candle was actually made of glass, and the candle made of glass could actually burn, which was really weird.
Zhou Yuan tried to turn the candle, but the candle didn't move at all, it seemed that the mechanism was not here. Although this candle is rare, there is no time to ponder these strange things now, and the first priority is to find a way to get out of here first and find the dirty man in shackles, he must know more about this underground world than he does.
So Zhou Yuan left the table and began to bang on the walls around him. Since there was no mechanism on the table, it must be that there was a secret door on the wall leading to other places, and Zhou Yuan carefully groped on the wall, for fear of missing the gap between the secret door and the wall.
Anyway, I've been down for so long, Mr. Su should have found that he was missing, right? The entrance on the ground is not difficult to find, have they also come down to this underground labyrinth? I'm going all the way around, what if they can't find me?
Zhou Yuan was trying to find the secret door on the wall while thinking about his thoughts, which was also what made him feel twisted, and when he changed, he twisted - this place did not give him much oppression.
Originally, when he first saw the strange face on the wall, especially when the face slowly moved his eyes to look at him, he was really frightened.
If there is an owner in this underground world, then he has been exposed at that time, and it stands to reason that his next situation will definitely be hunted down and killed.
But this was not the case at all, and no one paid any attention to him after he ran away.
If this underground labyrinth is completely empty, and there is no one else except for himself and the dirty man he has encountered by chance, this speculation does not contradict the situation he has encountered so far.
But how does the black cat explain it? Why is it suddenly only a layer of skin? Is it dead? Or is it some kind of cover-up?
The position of the black cat is also a mystery, and indeed everyone only knew each other last night, could it be that it deliberately led me into this maze, or was it just a victim?
Zhou Yuan took out the skin left by the black cat and looked at it for a long time, because he couldn't see it, so he came and sniffed it under his nose.
This is indeed the skin of a black cat, which has its own special body odor, a ...... Cat flavor.
Could it be that there is something imperceptible in this labyrinth, or that human face, which has the ability to devour a creature from the inside out?
Could it be that this is also one of the black cat's abilities? It takes off its fur like a garment and runs away on its own? So what is it trying to do?
If the black cat is on the same side as itself, it will have to say hello even if it runs away, right? If the black cat really has a plot against them, then it can attack me after entering the corridor, and I can't beat it anyway.
Could it be that the tiger is diverted from the mountain, no, it is obvious that the two outside are the tigers. Then you should control yourself first......
Zhou Yuan shook his head fiercely, not thinking about these haves and not, a series of assumptions made his head bigger. Take it one step at a time, and find a way to get out of this empty house for now.