Chapter 18 With My Eyes, I See My Way
It was because he saw the words on his right eye that he felt strange, so he went to the left eye to take a look and summoned the two of them.
The three of them studied the words on both sides and decided that the words on both eyeballs should be the same.
Because the wear and tear on both sides are not exactly the same, the three of them pieced together and guessed to form the following paragraph:
"Coming here to meet the requirements of my secret realm, this is the first test left by the poor Dao for you, do you know which of my eyes can see all things in the world? It will lead you into my Dao. β
"Which eye can see? Could it be that the legendary Laoshan Daoist is actually half-blind?" Xia Zhiqiu looked at it for a long time and only came to this conclusion.
"No, as far as I know, the Laoshan Dao people have no other hidden diseases except that their faces are like children, and the words here...... More likely a hint from a trap. Jiang Muling felt that there must be other hints to continue looking.
But they searched for a long time, but they didn't find any more words, except for getting mud again, there was nothing else to gain.
"There shouldn't be any words anywhere else, what should I do?" Xia Zhiqiu sat on the eyelashes of the stone statue and dangled his legs, looking extremely bored.
"If you want me to say, this Laoshan Taoist is really narcissistic, the first time I have seen a stone statue that wants to carve out eyelashes, and it is so long. β
"The nose and mouth are the same, I don't believe this person looks like this!" Xia Zhiqiu couldn't complain to the real person, so he could only use the stone statue to vent his anger.
Jiang Muling, who was sitting next to him, heard this, and his heart moved, as if there were fragmentary clues that were automatically spliced together, and they were connected into a complete picture in his mind.
"I ...... It seems that I have thought of a way!" Hearing Jiang Muling say that, the other two came over to listen to what their only brain had in mind.
"People have five senses, and those with five senses are said to be "hearing officials", two are called eyebrows are "longevity officials", three are called "supervision officials", four are noses are "judges", and five mouths are "cashiers". β
"The five senses are connected, and they will affect each other. Sometimes they weaken each other, for example, if I close off my sense of smell, I lose part of my sense of taste, and sometimes it increases, for example, because I don't have eyes, so my other senses become sharper. β
"To put it simply, whichever eye can see the five senses, it can see the world. β
Qi Bing and Xia Zhiqiu suddenly realized, "Xiao Qiuqiu, you and Mu Ling are the same age, right?
"Naturally, I'm not as good as Mu Ling, do I still need you to say?" If another person compares with him, Xia Zhiqiu may still resist, but Jiang Muling, he is completely convinced, after all, he really can't force himself to cultivate and study like Jiang Muling, it's too boring, and Jiang Muling, a person who is ruthless to himself, can persevere.
The two of them brought Jiang Muling to the left eye, he put his hand on the stone statue's eyes, and transmitted his spiritual power, and in an instant, Jiang Muling's blue spiritual power also appeared on his other facial features.
"How is it??" Jiang Muling asked the two.
"Except for the mouth, there is no spiritual power to emerge, everything else. β
They came to the right eye again, and this time, all their facial features appeared with blue spiritual power.
"Found it! This is the eye that sees everything!" The entire stone statue emitted an elegant blue light, giving the originally lifeless stone a hint of immortal energy.
"And then, what should I do?" Xia Zhiqiu knocked on Shi Yan, "Hey, open the door!"
"Who will open it for you inside?" Qi Bing also touched the stone statue in confusion, it stands to reason that they found the correct answer to the first level, why is there no change or a door for them to enter?
Qi Bing carefully read the words on the stone eyes a few more times, and finally found the key place, "Qualified Taoist ......"
"Mu Ling, to enter the Laoshan map, in addition to having to be a single spirit root under the age of ten, are there any other requirements?"
"Must ...... At least three people?" Jiang Muling had these three conditions firmly in mind for a long time, so when Qi Bing asked, he answered them almost immediately.
"That means we need the spiritual power of the three of us? Come on, come on, hurry up!"
Compared with the kind of Yang Bing and Jiang Muling who had to think twice before acting, Xia Zhiqiu was a man of action, and directly pressed the hands of the three of them on the stone eyes, and took the lead in releasing his spiritual power.
The other two thought about it and felt that there would be no danger, and immediately released their spiritual power.
The blue, green, and red spiritual powers floated around the stone statue, and suddenly the stone statue vibrated violently, and it lasted for a long time, shaking off all the mud and moss on the stone statue, and falling on the top of the three people's heads in clusters.
The three of them didn't hide, and it was not easy to make a little movement, how could they let go, grabbing the branch next to them and pressing it on the stone wall.
They also didn't expect that after the stone statue shook off the dirt and dust, the part of the eyes turned out to be carved from jade, and when the vibration stopped, the jade of the right eye could move right and open like a door.
The dust that had been sealed inside for a long time spread, and the three of them stood aside and waited for the dust to clear, and then looked inside.
There was no way forward, only a passage leading straight down, and it was pitch black, and I had no idea what was down there, and I couldn't hear any movement.
The three of them stood for a moment before deciding to go down.
"I was the first to go down, and Zhiqiu followed with a torch, behind the ice pad. Jiang Muling lined up the order, and the three of them went down with their swords.
After the ice also entered, the jade wall slowly closed and closed, making a heavy sound, like a dull sigh for a long time.
The torches are still bright enough to barely illuminate three people, but in a closed and oppressive environment, people will have fearful emotions for no reason.
"Mu Ling, when I came in, the outside door was closed. Qi Bing reported to Jiang Muling softly.
Even if Jiang Muling couldn't see it, he could feel that they had entered a cave, and the lower it was, the higher the temperature, although this change was not significant, but his other five senses were already keen, so it was obvious to feel it.
"Got it, let's go down slowly. β
Because they didn't dare to rush forward, the three of them didn't fall quickly, and after half an hour, the darkness under their feet still looked like a bottomless pit.
It's been so long, and Bing Bing is a little tired, and she doesn't know what other levels are behind, she has already consumed too much now.
She also knew that Xia Zhiqiu was about to reach her limit, so she just gritted her teeth and insisted on it in order not to slow down the progress.
"It's almost there, everyone, be careful!" Jiang Muling suddenly felt that the airflow under his feet had changed direction at this time, and it seemed that there was a flat place below, which should be the next level.
The three of them immediately became alert, and after a while, they fell to the ground.
There was a lot of space, and because there was only one torch, they moved slowly against the wall, lighting the oil lamps hanging on the wall.
Now the eyes became clear, and they also saw the original appearance of this secret room, and the goosebumps on the whole body of Qi Bing and Xia Zhiqiu rose.
Eyes, countless pairs of eyes densely gathered together, were looking at them.
There are a lot of small stone statues, carved not the appearance of Laoshan Dao people, but a legendary beast, Vermilion Bird.
The expressions and movements of these rosefinch statues are different, but one thing is the sameβthe eyes are extraordinarily realistic, and the eyes dyed red seem to breathe fire, making the two of them feel as if someone is really watching them from a corner in the dark.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Muling didn't say anything when he heard the two of them, as if he had seen something terrifying.
"Vermilion Bird stone statues, there are a lot, it's like you want to store grain for the winter, it's too crazy!"
"Do you think it's getting hotter and hotter?" Qi Bing originally thought it was her own delusion, and she was sweating because she was too nervous, but now she was wearing light summer clothes, but her back was sweating, obviously because the temperature had risen.
"It seems to be a little," Xia Zhiqiu walked a few steps through the secret room with a torch, "Look! there seems to be something in the middle of those stone statues!"
After Xia Zhiqiu shouted, he stepped on the gap between the stone statues and walked to the middle of the countless stone statues.
It was a huge stone chair, dyed red by something unknown, that red was so vivid, like viscous blood burning in a raging fire, almost as soon as he got closer, Xia Zhiqiu felt that the temperature of this secret room was raised by this stone chair.
Lu Bing led Jiang Muling slowly through the stone statue barrier, not daring to rampage and knock down one, for fear that it would trigger some mechanism.
"Does this chair do any purpose?" Finally, after the creepy stone statue, she also crouched in front of the stone chair to check.
"This red color is so uncomfortable to look at, and it's so hot. Qi Bing wanted to touch it a little to see if the blood-like liquid hadn't dried up, but in the end he didn't act rashly.
Jiang Muling said: "Then let me sit down for a while, since this stone chair is placed here, there must be some purpose." β
"No, I'll sit down!" Qi Bing shook his head resolutely, "You are our highest cultivation, I don't know what other levels are in the future, I can't let you face danger right now." β
"Moreover, I still have the talisman spirit jade given by my uncle, don't be afraid!"
Jiang Muling pondered for a moment, acquiesced, and drew his light sword to stand beside him, ready to face the battle at any time.
He took a big step forward, took a few deep breaths, and sat down abruptly like a strong man dying, waiting for the change to happen.
Xia Zhiqiu and Jiang Muling stood on both sides for a long time, a long time, a long time...... There was no movement.
"Is it just an ordinary chair?" Yu Bing didn't give up, and jumped a few more times, fumbling around, trying to open some mechanism, but still found nothing.
"What other conditions should be met," Jiang Muling put away the spirit sword, "Tell me what else is in this secret room." β
So Qi Bing took Jiang Muling out through a pile of stone statues to find clues, leaving Xia Zhiqiu to continue tinkering with the chair.
Xia Zhiqiu circled around the stone chair several times, the more he looked at the red, the more uncomfortable it became, he simply turned around and sat down, he used too much spiritual power before, he wanted to take a break, anyway, this stone chair was no problem to sit on.
Qi Bing and Jiang Muling wanted to find some hints on the wall to see if there were any words like the first level to stay.
"Lu Bing, did you hear anything?" Jiang Muling put his ear to the wall and listened intently.
Hearing this, Qi Bing also stopped searching, and stood up for a while, "Really, but it doesn't seem to be there just now?"
The sound was not a continuous piece of music or words, but a muffled drum, beating in fits and starts, each at about the same interval, about a second, in this silent and inactive chamber, each sound seemed to ring in their chests.
It's simply ...... It's just ......
"The sound of a heartbeat. β
"Heartbeat?" "Heartbeat?" Qi Bing reacted, they came down from the eyes before, although the speed of descent was comparative, but it had dropped for more than half an hour, if you want to say where they are in the stone statue of Laoshan Daoren now, it should be the heart, right?
"Xiao Qiuqiu, come here, we've found out!" beckoned to the stone chair.
But it's very strange, in normal times, even if Xia Zhiqiu didn't come over right away, at least he would reply "I know", but now, only the echo of Qi Bing himself echoed in the secret room.
Nothing will happen, right?!
Qi Bing and Jiang Muling hurriedly ran back to the stone chair, looking from behind the stone chair, they could see the corners of Xia Zhiqiu's red clothes and the arms hanging outside the armrests, and the bad premonition in Yang Bing's heart became stronger and stronger.
Xia Zhiqiu collapsed on the stone chair and lost consciousness, no matter how much he slapped him in the face, he couldn't wake up, and no matter how much he pulled, he couldn't hold Xia Zhiqiu off the stone chair.
Those red things that seemed to be liquid seemed to flow, crawling onto Xia Zhiqiu's clothes, climbing onto Xia Zhiqiu's fair skin, and tightly wrapping around.
Qi Bing was frightened by this scene and took a step back, because the picture was too shocking, the viscous blood dripped down his fingers and fell to the ground, slowly spreading, the expression on Xia Zhiqiu's face was calm and serene, except for the blood on his face, he was like a beautiful boy who had fallen asleep.
It's like ...... He died quietly in a dream.
Qi Bing usually likes to open his mind and be wild, but at this moment, he hates his associative ability.
Thousands of years ago, perhaps a trialist came in, but they all died on this stone chair, becoming the nourishment of the entire secret room, waiting for the next trialist to come, and kept bewitching.
Qi Bing was taken aback by his thoughts, but he still couldn't help but continue to think about it.
What if they can't save Xia Zhi......qiu? Will you die here?
Die.
Qi Bing's heart trembled.
Don't, absolutely not!
"I know how to get through this. Jiang Muling gently grabbed her wrist and held her hand.
"Don't worry, we'll go out together. β