Chapter 36: Lei Yan Grotto
Away from the dust, a weedy shrub stretched out to the surroundings. A lonely figure shuttled through the forest, and the jade man on his back was full of sadness, as if he was enduring great pain.
Only this not very broad shoulder can give him warmth and security, he should be very tired, why is he still insisting?
The injured Ji Yan relied on his strong physique and abundant vitality to carry the injured Yu Shiji on his back, galloping in the chaotic forest, stopping from time to time, under the guidance of Xiao Huang, he chose a direction and continued to run, every time he landed, his body would slowly sink to resist that part of the aftershocks, so that the injured Senior Sister Yu would be slightly more comfortable.
He didn't dare to stop, and he no longer had the strength to fly with Edgeworth, but his instinct told him: those wicked people will not let us go, run, use all your strength, run!
Sure enough, a gust of wind blew from behind, mixed with the sound of the flying weapon breaking through the sky.
Ji Yan didn't stop, and he didn't look back, he whispered, "Offended, senior sister." He grabbed Yu Shiji's thigh hard, a little faster than before.
A pair of jade hands gripped the black placket tightly, perhaps the sudden acceleration caused the body to lose balance, or it could be struggling to make a decision.
"Senior Brother Ji, if those wicked people chase after you, let me go and run for your life with your sword, I'm not worth ......"
Yu Shiji suddenly lay on Ji Yan's ear and said weakly, waiting for Ji Yan's answer.
The wait was always very long, and the man in front of him didn't say a word, just desperately moving forward. Maybe his words hurt him, or maybe he didn't hear it at all?
"Senior sister, when I was eleven years old, I witnessed the destruction of the village that adopted me by those wicked people, and I was powerless to resist at that time, and even had to hide under the bamboo basket to survive. ”
Ji Yan finally opened her mouth to speak and shared the pain with Yu Shiji.
"Now that I have the strength to resist, I will never let you be killed in front of my eyes!"
When Ji Yan said this, he made a loud noise, as if he had promised with his life. Yu Shiji didn't speak, her eyes were slightly red, looking at Ji Yan's back, to remember it with eternal life.
Finally, Ji Yan's escape came to fruition, under Xiao Huang's guidance, after passing through the dense jungle shrubs, his eyes suddenly opened up, and the light suddenly pierced into his eyes, and he was caught off guard.
A grotto comes into view, and countless exotic flowers and plants grow on both sides of the door, fragrant and delicate. The brown and yellow stone wall is crawling with thick and turquoise vines, telling the old and lonely, the three relief characters of "Lei Yan Cave" are engraved above the entrance of the cave, showing teeth and claws, and the fierce face is revealed.
Looking at the sinister handwriting, the cave in front of him was bottomless and pitch black, and even Xiao Huang was just wandering at the entrance of the cave, not daring to take a half step closer. Ji Yan's throat moved slightly, and when he looked around, there were mountains and rocks and cliffs, blocking the way, and just when he hesitated, he suddenly heard a cruel laugh from behind:
"Finally let me catch up, you surrender obediently, I can make you die more comfortably, otherwise you ......"
Two bloody rays of light stared at Ji Yan and Yu Shiji, as if a cat was teasing the mouse with no way out, full of banter.
Ji Yan faced the comer, and saw that there was a word "魉" written on his ghost face, and there was no one behind him, so he moved to the cave behind him step by step. Ji Yan smiled miserably, took a deep breath, untied the copper beast jade buckle around his waist, gently and forcefully wrapped the two of them, and whispered to the people behind him:
"Senior sister, we are likely to be buried here today, I won't let him touch you in the slightest, but after I die, if you can't escape, it's best to cut yourself off and avoid his torture. ”
Yu Shiji had already understood when Ji Yan moved, and when she saw Ji Yan say with concern, she clenched her fists and looked at Wei, not daring to say the shyness in her heart: With you after death, there are no regrets in this life!
Suddenly, a dark red crescent moon appeared from the back of the ghost, and he was caught off guard. Still in the panic of the smiling spirit, he wrapped the chain of the meteor hammer around his body, and with a bang, he was thrown out, rolled a few times, and stopped. He got up in embarrassment, fortunately, this "Ghost Flame Meteor Hammer" was a magic weapon that was both offensive and defensive, blocking this ruthless sword move, otherwise he would have been seriously injured. Cleaning up the psychology of fooling, Wei looked at the two of them solemnly, they still have the strength to fight, which should not be underestimated.
A skull-sized copper hammer flew by, and the cold ghost fire directly wrapped the copper hammer along the chain, and the fallen leaves it touched instantly withered and burned, heading straight for Ji Yan's door. Seeing the situation, Ji Yan erected the bamboo sword and stood in front of his face. When he didn't want the copper hammer to be a foot away from him, he suddenly twisted it, wrapped the chain around Ji Yan's back, and smashed it through the space on the right side of Ji Yan's cheek.
Seeing the ferocity but to no avail, when Ji Yan was about to use the bamboo sword to resist, Yu Shiji behind him used the scabbard of the Taiyi Divine Sword against the chain and pushed it back, but it changed the trajectory of the copper hammer. Ji Yan took advantage of the momentary time and flashed out with Yu Shiji. Without giving the opponent a free reaction, several waves were stacked, and the momentum of the infinite sword intent erupted, but Ji Yan was strong and the power of the sword intent was less than half of that of usual.
Wei hurriedly tightened the chains, set up a defense on his chest, and forcibly took the sword move, but the wave of power that was higher than the wave finally accumulated and released in his chest, and with a "bang", it directly shook it away, breaking several thick tree trunks, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.
Ji Yanzhu sword crutches on the ground, supporting the weight of the two people, gasping for breath, the sword that he fought hard just now seemed to have an effect, and he glanced back at Yu Shiji, looking at each other, but he didn't expect that she was also looking at herself, and her eyes were full of concern. Yu Shiji's breath is disordered at the moment, and her vitality is raging in her body, and she used Taiyi to resist the chain just now to exhaust the last of her strength, and now the situation is bad, and the sweat continues to roll, soaking Ji Yan's back.
Suddenly, there was a restlessness in the forest, the trees were thrown away by the roots, and a ghost appeared, with a huge body, like an ancient beast, like a jackal, lying on all fours, and the head was still like a ghost, but at this moment the fangs were full of fangs, and the blood was exposed, staring at the prey in front of him.
Ji Yan knew that he had completely angered Wei, and he actually used the method of "ghost king possession" that he had seen in Wujia Village that year, and it seemed that he couldn't resist it. He pulled out the Qingping sword, faced the ghostly spirit, and suddenly shouted:
"Do it, Yellow!"
I saw Xiao Huang suddenly attack from the back of the dragon, and the sharp claws grabbed directly on the back of the dragon, and the sharp beak kept pecking at the head of the dragon, distracting him. Although Xiao Huang couldn't resist the ten ancient beasts, he still had an immediate effect on dealing with such monsters, only to see the blood behind the back and the door of his brain like a pillar, flowing endlessly.
A dark and cold sword light came towards him, the grass and trees withered, and the ground was covered with a layer of black ice crystals, devouring all the ghost qi and knocking the monster away. Ji Yan didn't expect that his sword with little vitality would be so powerful, and he still underestimated this Qingping.
A few roars came, and Xiao Huang was knocked away. Ji Yan took Xiao Huang and found that it had suffered a heavy blow, was weak, and its body was covered with black ice crystals, which turned out to be affected by Fang Cai's sword, and he felt remorse. Looking into the distance at this moment, that sword seemed to have the effect of a soul devouring bead, absorbing all the ghost energy emitted by the ghost, and the monster in front of him was extremely terrifying. Covered in blood, Senbai's bones are growing outside, but there is bright red flesh and blood inside the bones, and occasionally thick blood veins can be seen, and the face has long been festering, leaving only a broken eyeball, staring at Ji Yan bloodthirstily, with a roar, and rushing towards them.
Ji Yan sat down on the ground, remembered the master's teachings, straightened up, and tenaciously greeted the arrival of death. Suddenly, a jade hand gently stroked his palm, and when he turned to look, that beautiful face bloomed for him for the first time. Even if it is a Shura ghost way, accompanied by a beautiful woman in the world, what more can the husband ask for! The two looked at each other like this and smiled.
Just as Wei was about to pounce the two of them into his claws, a blazing flame with lightning shot out of the cave, piercing through Wei Wei's heart and knocking it away.
"Humble and wicked, how dare you be so rampant!" a stern shout came from the cave.
Without waiting for Ji Yan and Yu Shiji to react, a faint white light shone at the door of the cave, as if it would be extinguished by the breeze outside.
"Come in and talk. That voice seemed to be a little weaker, not as fierce and domineering as before, inviting Ji Yan and Yu Shiji into the cave.
Ji Yan hesitated slightly, considering that the Soul Devouring Hall might still chase after him, so he untied his belt and helped Yu Shiji into the cave and followed the white light forward. But behind them, two undetectable figures, as if covered by treasures, followed them and disappeared into the endless darkness.
With the guidance of white light, it seems to be going deeper into the ground step by step, and the temperature around it is constantly rising, and there is a feeling of scorching heat that is difficult to breathe. Suddenly, the field of vision in front of me was open and bright, and I saw that at the exit of the black hole, there were many stone pillars, and countless yellow paper and red stripes of talismans were pasted all over the stone pillars, and the stone pillars were very tall, implying the direction of ** gossip, and a large open space was circled. This open space occupies a huge area, and it can be compared to the Taihe Dojo, there is a thick chain on each stone pillar, which is also densely covered with runes, gathering in one place. In the center, looking from afar, there were two people in a trance.
Ji Yan and Yu Shiji, looking at each other, stepped on the stone ladder, through the ground full of molten churning, there were flames erupting, the whole underground seemed to be floating on the sea of fire, the molten slowly drifted towards an abyss, which made people fearful, and they walked towards the isolated island in the center step by step.
Landing on the isolated island, the two finally approached the figure, and they were both shocked. It turned out that the peerless woman she saw on the periphery of the Demon Sealing Forbidden Land was standing aside at this moment. And what was even more shocking was the man with the hair in front of him, under the wide robe, there was a bloodstain, and several chains were pierced from the ribs, arms, and ankles with flesh and blood, and connected to the stone pillar, the man's face was pale, but he still had a handsome and evil smile on his face, melting everyone's heart, but the shaking body could not hide his weakness at this time.
The woman in white had slightly red eyes, stepped forward cautiously, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and fed him a sip of fairy dew.
"The younger generations thank the seniors for saving their lives, and if there is a need, they will do their best. Ji Yan didn't know why, when he saw the picture in front of him, his heart was like a knife, and he saw the pair of men and women on the bridge in a trance, and said to the man without thinking about it. Even Yu Shiji looked at Ji Yan in amazement, how could she say such reckless words.
"Oh? ahem...... Just because I saved your life just now?" The man looked at Ji Yan who was bent over, looked up and down, and his eyes seemed to be about to penetrate everything about Ji Yan, and asked with a slight joke. "Aren't you afraid that I am a person who is the most evil person in the world, and after I am released, I will bring disaster to the world?"
Looking at each other, Ji Yan also seemed to see through the man in front of him, without giving in, feeling the majestic and unruly gaze, his heart was clear, there was no falsehood, and he said:
"My heart tells me that the person who can say this is definitely not a demon!"
The man looked at the young man standing proudly in front of him, speaking casually, only his reflection was left in his eyeballs, and even the molten slurry full of holes lost its luster, thinking of himself back then.
"It's good to be young!" the man muttered to himself, as if to the beautiful woman beside him.
"Even I have forgotten whether I am good or evil......"
As if speaking was extremely draining, the man was silent for a while, and then slowly said to Ji Yan and Yu Shiji:
"Sit down, young man, and I'll tell you a story about demons. ”