Chapter 147: Golden-Eyed Spirit Beast
No! If it's a pig demon, why should it run back from the pit in a panic!
Just for a moment, Li Tianqi had already denied Fang Cai's own thoughts.
"Brother Apocalypse, has that wild boar really become a demon?" Murong Xiaoyue's voice trembled a little.
"Shhhhh Li Tianqi said in a low voice. He saw a mysterious aura coming from the depths of the dark tunnel.
It was surprising that the boar floated in without saying a word.
He pulled Murong Xiaoyue and cautiously retreated to the edge of the quagmire, wanting to look in from that crack, but at this time, the crack revealed a hot water vapor, and he couldn't get close at all.
Li Tianqi couldn't help but take a look at the slide they had rolled down by the light from the gap, there were faint traces of digging and chiseling on it, and there were some stone steps, but each stone step was five or six feet apart, and they were quickly sliding from above, and they had no time to pay attention in a hurry.
The quagmire on the edge of the slide was about three feet high, and if he hadn't lost his internal strength, he could have easily jumped up, but now he was helpless.
He pointed to the edge of the slide at Murong Xiaoyue, Murong Xiaoyue shook her head, obviously she couldn't jump up.
......The sound of water waves sounded like something was shaking on the other side, the sound of the water was fading, the translucent light on the mountain wall had disappeared, and the edge of the quagmire was suddenly completely plunged into darkness.
Li Tianqi tested the temperature of the crack, the edge was still a little hot, but there was no hot air gushing out, he approached the crack, looked inside, and could faintly see that there was a pool of water with a radius of dozens of zhang, and there were ripples on the surface of the pool, reflecting several torches with shadows.
So what's in the water?
Murong Xiaoyue also approached the crack at this time, but she didn't see anything.
"Is there anything inside?" Murong Xiaoyue asked softly.
Li Tianqi said: "It shouldn't be a good thing. But this place is obviously still on Wudang Mountain, have you ever been here?"
Murong Xiaoyue shook her head and said: "Wudang Mountain has seventy-two peaks, thirty-six rocks, twenty-four streams, and eleven caves, and there are several main peaks alone, although I haven't been anywhere, but I really haven't been to this cave." ”
Li Tianqi said: "That's strange...... It seems that we have to venture inside. ”
He pointed to the dark tunnel.
Murong Xiaoyue nodded, "I'll follow Brother Tianqi wherever he goes." ”
"Let's go, follow Brother Apocalypse. Li Tianqi tiptoed to the front in the dark.
After walking inside for a while, both of them smelled the aroma of roast pig, and they couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
"Roast pig?" Li Tianqi closed his mouth, but did not make a sound.
Murong Xiaoyue nodded knowingly.
Just as they widened their eyes and walked a few steps further, looking for the roast pig, they found that the mountain wall on the left that blocked their view was already at the end, and without the obstruction of this mountain wall, their vision suddenly opened up, and what appeared in front of them was a black pool.
The white vapor on the surface of the waterhole here was exactly what they saw through the cracks in the mountain wall.
The fire was bright on the edge of the waterhole, and they saw several large black locks fixed to the side, each with a chain made of dark iron, which sank into the water, and the place where the chain came into contact with the water made a swishing sound, and puffs of white smoke rose from it.
At this time, they had also walked to the end of the tunnel, but they did not find a roast pig, only a rock wall, and there was no road here.
Where they stood, the top of the cliff was seven or eight feet high, and it was impossible to jump out at all, but on the shore of the opposite pool, there were dozens of stone steps extending upwards, and on the stone steps was a platform, and the platform was the top of the cliff where they were at this time.
If they want to get out, they can only swim across the water surface of dozens of feet and go to the opposite side to go up the stone steps.
But there must be something terrible underneath this pool, otherwise where would this huge boar go, leaving only the smell of being roasted?
Murong Xiaoyue didn't know that there was such a frightening thing hidden in Wudang Mountain.
"Xiaoyue, it seems that we can only swim over, there is no other way. Li Tianqi said softly, he saw Murong Xiaoyue's frightened eyes, and couldn't help but say again: "Either wait for me to swim over, and then find someone else to help, you wait here, how about it?"
Murong Xiaoyue said at this time: "Brother Apocalypse, what if...... What if the monsters under this pool come out?"
"Do you know water?" asked Li Tianqi.
Murong Xiaoyue nodded and said, "Yes." ”
They are now in a dilemma, retreat, they can't jump into the quagmire behind them, they are entering, but they are risking the unknown, they don't know what is under the pool, if it is really a monster, in that pool, they have nowhere to escape.
For Li Tianqi, he was willing to take this risk if he went to explore the path first, but he was not unwilling to leave Murong Xiaoyue here, because he didn't know if he could swim to the opposite side without being discovered by the monster under the pool, if he was unfortunately eaten by that monster, Murong Xiaoyue would not be able to get out. But if you swim with Murong Xiaoyue, it is also extremely risky, and the monster finds that both of them will be finished.
Contradictory indeed.
After thinking about it for a while, the two decided to swim over together.
If he was really discovered by the monster under this pool, he could only protect Murong Xiaoyue from escaping from here. Li Tianqi has made up his mind, for some reason, although he has such a plan in his heart, he feels a panic that he has never felt before, maybe this is the horror brought about by people's fear of the unknown.
"Xiaoyue, follow Brother Apocalypse. No matter what happens later, just swim forward and leave me alone!" Li Tianqi said righteously.
"Brother Apocalypse......" Murong Xiaoyue's nose was sour, and she wanted to cry again.
"Silly girl, it's okay for Brother Tianqi to fall from the cliff of Gao Wanren, this is nothing, don't worry. Li Tianqi said.
Murong Xiaoyue had no choice but to nod and say, "Then you have to protect yourself." ”
"Hmm. Li Tianqi grabbed a few Heavenly Master Talismans and came out, originally wanting to burn this Heavenly Master Talisman and lead the monster from the bottom of the pool to the side, but he was afraid that it would be detrimental to himself and Murong Xiaoyue, so it would be better to sneak over cautiously first. He slipped the runes back into his sleeve pocket.
"Let's go. Li Tianqi took off his shoes and slowly stretched his feet into the water, the water temperature was a little hot, but it was bearable, "The water is a little hot, but it is bearable." With that, he slipped into the water.
Murong Xiaoyue took off her shoes and slid into the water after him.
The two of them swam cautiously.
The four feet stepped softly into the water, and the four hands secretly exerted their strength into the water, eager to swim to the other shore as quickly as possible, and a sense of fear rose in their hearts, for fear that at some point something would stretch out from the bottom of the water that wrapped around their feet.
Li Tianqi felt a powerful wave slapping against his feet.
He couldn't help but take a deep breath and dive into the water, where he saw two golden lights shining in the middle of the turquoise light around them, the two lights were the size of lanterns, very bright, and there were countless fluttering hairs around the lamp.
What is this?
Although he was suspicious, he didn't dare to slack off, and swam forward desperately, and Murong Xiaoyue firmly remembered his words, and at this moment, he was only ten zhang away from the other side.
Li Tianqi couldn't hold it back, surfaced and changed his breath, and saw that Murong Xiaoyue was approaching the shore, and couldn't help but feel relieved. He dived into the water again.
He dived into the water, and when he opened his eyes, he found that the behemoth had rushed towards him from the bottom of the pool with blue eyes!
"Boom!" A huge wave rose into the sky, and Li Tianqi was arched by this giant monster that emitted heat all over his body, and rushed to a place five or six feet high on the surface of the pool.
"Brother Apocalypse!" At this time, Murong Xiaoyue's hand was already on the edge of the pool opposite, and when she heard the sound of water, she turned around and saw the amazing scene.
With her hands strained, she had already risen into the air, and in two or three jumps she had flipped and landed on the platform above the dozens of steps. She wanted to rise into the air, catch Li Tianqi, and bring him back, but she didn't want the giant beast to have caught Li Tianqi in mid-air.
This giant beast is ten zhang long, its body is huge and looks like a unicorn, its whole body is red, the lion's head and dragon's mouth is covered with fish scales, it has an oxtail and limbs but tiger legs and claws, a pair of antlers stand on the head, and its whole body exudes a hot breath, and a fiery red tongue that is about several zhang long and narrow spit out from its giant mouth, and it rolls straight to Li Tianqi.
Li Tianqi turned his head and saw Murong Xiaoyue who had climbed onto the platform, a hint of comfort appeared in the corner of his eyes, before he could figure out a way, he was caught by the long tongue of the giant beast and was falling into the water.
"Come on, save people!" Murong Xiaoyue shouted.
"What people!" suddenly jumped into the three men in Taoist robes, and saw the huge waves splashing in the pool. Murong Xiaoyue's shouting voice drew them in.
"Little magpie, why are you here?" shouted all three of them in surprise at the same time.
"Senior brother, save him quickly. Murong Xiaoyue cried, "Don't let that monster eat it!"
The three of them didn't hesitate any longer, and suddenly dispersed and floated to the three golden drums on the platform, picked up the two drumsticks and struck them, and chanted the words in their mouths, "Blue eyes, golden eyes, golden eyes, Amitayus Buddha, Supreme Being, return to tranquility, return to tranquility!"
Three red rays of light shot straight into the bottom of the pool, the drumming stopped, and the pool returned to calm, only the vertical and horizontal ripples swayed back and forth.
"Brother Apocalypse!" Murong Xiaoyue shouted as she stood on the edge of the platform, looking at the black waterhole.
Three men in Taoist robes stood beside her, looking at the waterhole with solemn expressions.
Murong Xiaoyue asked sadly, "Senior brothers, what's in this pool?"
"Blue-eyed beast. The three of them replied slowly.
There was no movement in the waterhole, and it was clear that the boy who had been dragged into the water had ......
Murong Xiaoyue suddenly weakened her knees and knelt on the ground.