Chapter 23: He Zhengchu
has lived in the cave for twelve years, and He Miaomiao has long lost the amazement of the past. It was huge and empty at the beginning, but now it doesn't seem to occupy a lot of land.
The chamber is located in the mountain wall directly opposite the entrance of the cave, and the material of the stone door looks extraordinary, the color is similar to the natural stone wall around it, but it is obviously more advanced.
He Miaomiao didn't dare to get too close, in case He Yanxin left some means, it would be difficult to explain if she was unintentionally alarmed.
She observed the patterns on the black floor, which she had been looking at for twelve years, and as soon as she saw the difference, she immediately stopped and stepped on it with a different familiar pattern.
From the hall to the door, it took her half a pillar of incense. Suppressing the rapidly beating heart, He Miaomiao finally took the last step and went up to the steps one level higher.
She took a step to stand still, and immediately stopped moving, and after a few breaths found that there was no movement, and then she breathed a deep sigh of relief.
Facing the stone gate, she narrowed the scope of her divine sense, which had been able to sweep a radius of 100 meters, and cautiously leaned towards the stone gate.
Fortunately, the stone gate did not seem to have the effect of blocking the divine sense, and after she probed three inches, she was already able to "see" the general situation of the secret room.
Her consciousness was still too faint to be vaguely seen, and it was not as brilliant as she had imagined. The entire chamber was very dark, and only a few illuminating stones glowed at the top of the mountain wall, which made it even more eerie.
Little by little, she saw that there was a stone bed on the innermost side, with a cushion on it, which should be the place where He Yanxin meditated. Except for the stone bed, the chamber was empty, much to her disappointment.
Just as she was about to give up, a strange black shadow flashed at the edge of her consciousness, and she almost sent out a fire spell in fright. Fortunately, she immediately reacted that the black shadow was behind the secret room, not in front of her, and only then did she receive the spiritual power of the agitation.
The black shadow flashed and disappeared in the darkness, and it was difficult for He Miaomiao's divine sense to find out where he was. However, she saw that the upper part of the chamber could be illuminated, which meant that the dark shadow was mostly squatting or sitting so that she could not be noticed.
Sure that there was a big living person inside, He Miaomiao was even more nervous, what was He Yanxin doing to keep people in a closed place for so many years.
She was struggling with whether to ask whether to transmit the sound, and she heard that the other party was one step faster than her.
"You are He Miaomiao. The voice in the consciousness was like a pool of stagnant water, and his tone did not fluctuate, but it was very determined.
"Your name is Zhengchu?" He Miaomiao saw that he took the initiative to speak, so naturally he would not let go of this opportunity to ask, "Why are you locked up here?"
"How do you know?" He Zhengchu didn't answer directly, but wanted to get more information from her, "He Yanxin is out, when will he come back?"
He Miaomiao didn't want to be taken away by him. "You answer my question first, and I'll tell you. Why are you being locked up here?"
The voice sneered in the sea of knowledge, but it made He Miaomiao's body have pimples, she had never seen anyone laugh so weirdly, like a dead thing.
"Because I, like you, am the medicine guide for her to practice and heal her wounds. ”
He Miaomiao's mind was blank, and the medicine was introduced... Isn't that the function of spiritual grass and spiritual creatures? But she's human...
Seeing that she didn't speak, the voice sounded again, "When did she say she would be back?"
He Miaomiao was awakened by his one-on-one question, and said only then: "It may be tomorrow, or it may be six days later." ”
"Do you want to escape?" the voice finally got a hint of emotion, "I can help you." ”
He Miaomiao said in her heart, aren't you talking nonsense? Who knew that he was raised as a spirit grass, and he still wanted to stay here and not leave?
"You yourself are mud bodhisattvas crossing the river, where do you have the ability to help us?" Although she didn't believe it much, she couldn't help but hold on to a glimmer of hope.
"I know how to walk out of the forest, and I will never be trapped by the formation. ”
He Miaomiao's eyes lit up. "Really, how do you know, and why didn't you run away when you were caught?"
Zhihai sounded the seeping laughter again, and it took a while to hear him say:
"As I said, I'm just like you, and naturally I was brought back by the apprentices. When she let me out to look for opportunities, I learned a lot of things, including formations. Why don't you run away? I'm just in the early days of building the foundation, how can I escape from her?"
"I see..."He Miaomiao muttered to herself, and then asked in Zhihai: "You teach me the formation, what do I use in exchange?" ”
"Hehe, when did I say I wanted to teach you the formation?"
He Miaomiao was stunned for a moment, and said, "Then why are you talking so much?
"I taught you, are you willing to take the risk to pick me up?" He Zhengchu said for a while, his tone was a little like that of a living person, "If a monk goes out to practice, he will be injured somehow. I'll look for an opportunity to fight back while she's seriously injured, and I'll take you out of the battle when she's out of the secret room. ”
He Miaomiao didn't believe in his set, if he had this ability, would he have to wait until now to run?
He Zhengchu seemed to know what she was thinking, and before she could speak, he directly explained: "I can't do it alone, and I still need you to observe outside." When she's seriously injured, you have to poison her so I can be sure of it. ”
He Miaomiao was even more speechless, "I'm in the Qi refining period, not the Dan Formation stage!" She was seriously injured, and I didn't have the ability to poison her!"
"There is a kind of hidden line grass in the back mountain forest, the whole body is green, and when you look at it with your divine sense, there will be faint black lines between the leaves. This poison is of no great use to normal monks, and only burrows into the body when injured. As long as you have a high enough trust in her heart, you will naturally be able to find opportunities. ”
He Miaomiao thought about it carefully, and felt that although He Yanxin prevented herself from practicing martial arts and going out of the forest, she was still very willing to meet other requirements, and sometimes she could feel that He Yanxin was a little more patient with her than the other two.
Although this preference is limited, she feels that if she is careful enough, she may be able to succeed.
"I can promise you. But I have a request. ”
"You say. ”
"You can only take me and He Quanling away, and you must not take He Shuangling. Of course, it's also for your own good. ”
"I probably know everything about the outside, and I won't take him if you don't say it. He Zhengchu thought of himself at the beginning, and like He Shuangling, he had a heart of admiration for the high master, and then that heart was trampled on the soles of his feet and crushed into a blur of flesh and blood.
"How many years have you been locked up here?" He Miaomiao said in her heart, this person was not crazy, but he was a man.
"Twenty years. He Zhengchu's tone was flat, "Before you came, I had been imprisoned for eight years. ”
As soon as she finished speaking, He Miaomiao heard He Quanling transmitting to her outside, and immediately agreed to make an agreement. "That's it, the next time she goes out, I'll find a chance to come over. ”