Forced to take the love route by a scumbag villain

The two of them walked deeper into the cave for about half an hour. It was always dark along the way, and the cave became lower and narrower. Fortunately, it could still accommodate them to stand. Occasionally, there were a few drops of dew hanging from the top. There were drops of water falling on the stone wall, and no other dangers such as monsters and beasts were encountered.

This corridor leading deep into the mountain is very quiet, almost terrifyingly quiet. Darkness always gives people a bad association, and people can't help but suspect that there is some ferocious monster lurking in the darkness ahead.

However, the two of them kept holding each other tightly, and the body temperature from the palms of their hands dispelled the dark and silent depression.

After walking for another two hours, Meng Xing estimated that they had walked dozens of miles, but the winding road with many forks still didn't end. Meng Xing even wondered if they were trapped here. .

But fortunately, after half a stick of incense, he was finally able to escape from this low and cramped corridor.

It suddenly opened up before their eyes, but it was not a bright outside world where they could feel the direct sunlight. They were still inside the dark mountainside, in a huge hollow cave inside the mountainside.

This cave is as tall as a ten-story tower. If it occupies an area, Meng Xing can't even see the end of it.

I don’t know where this place is, and how come there is such an empty space in the middle of the mountain. Meng Xing murmured in his heart. He wanted to ask out loud, but because of Wen Rulan's previous words, he never dared to say anything.

Although he had walked so far, he should have gotten rid of the enemy long ago, but Meng Xing still asked for Wen Rulan's opinion first. He held Wen Rulan's palm and mouthed a question when the other party turned to look at him.

"Okay." Wen Rulan responded.

"What is this place?" Meng Xing finally asked.

Wen Rulan pondered without answering. He didn't know. After all, it was his first time to come to Longyuan Rift Valley.

However, he actually had a vague guess in his mind that this huge cave might be related to his purpose of coming here.

What is there in Longyuan Rift Valley? In addition to the sword intention left by the God of War, there is also the mutated giant scorpion whose cultivation has reached the stage of transcending tribulation.

Although the mutant giant scorpion had already died and became a corpse. The corpses of monster beasts have always been used as materials for human weapon refining. The higher the cultivation level, the more precious it is. Naturally, the corpse of the mutated giant scorpion was divided up by the monks thousands of years ago. Logically speaking, there should be no trace left at all.

But in fact, there is something else that should remain in the Longyuan Rift Valley, and that is the poisonous crystal secreted by this mutated giant scorpion.

The Dark Mace Venomous Scorpion has a habit of excreting unused venom from its body every year. Soon after leaving the body, its venom automatically condenses into solid crystals that can be preserved for thousands of years. .

This kind of poison crystal is highly toxic and can be used to refine poisons, but has almost no pharmacological effects. Therefore, the demand for this kind of poison crystal is very small, and few people make a special trip to look for it.

But Wen Rulan came here just to find this kind of poison crystal. It couldn't be the poison crystal of the ordinary secret weapon scorpion. What he was looking for was the poison crystal left behind by the mutated giant scorpion.

Only this kind of poison crystal is toxic enough to offset the cold poison in his body.

Although the extremely yin-to-cold demonic skill he practiced was powerful, it also had its disadvantages, that is, as his cultivation level further improved, the cold poison accumulated in his body became more and more serious.

Now, it has become a bottleneck for him to improve his cultivation level. He entered the Great Perfection state of the Mahayana period a hundred years ago, but in the next hundred years, his cultivation level has not made any progress.

Wen Rulan tried many methods and took many natural and earthly treasures in an attempt to break through, but all ended in failure. He realized that unless he completely eliminated this cold poison, he would never reach the Mahayana stage.

And this cold poison has already invaded his limbs and bones during hundreds of years of cultivation. Every inch of flesh and blood and every inch of meridians have traces of this poison. It is not easy to completely remove it.

But Wen Rulan was not willing to give in. He searched through ancient books to find a way to eliminate the poison. After failing countless times, he finally found a way to fight poison with poison.

The cold poison is yin. As long as you can find an equally powerful poison that is yang, you can offset the two poisons and detoxify them.

He has reached the Dzogchen stage of Mahayana cultivation, so the cold poison has naturally developed to be as strong as him. As for the Zhiyang poison that can reach this intensity, Wen Rulan searched all over the world and finally found this one that had died a thousand years ago. The mutated giant scorpion.

He was not sure whether this mutated giant scorpion really had poison crystals left behind, but according to his speculation, there should be.

Because this poisonous scorpion appeared almost out of thin air, suddenly one day, the nearby mountain people noticed this poisonous scorpion that suddenly appeared as huge as a mountain range.

But Wen Rulan felt that this should not be the case. This kind of mutation must not be achieved instantly. There must be a process of accumulation from the golden elixir stage to the tribulation stage.

It's just that during the accumulation process, this poisonous scorpion was probably hidden in a place that was difficult for ordinary people to reach, so no one noticed its mutation. This powerful monster has a spiritual intelligence equivalent to that of a human being. It must have been dormant enough to realize its strength. When it was enough, he left his hiding place and entered the eyes of outsiders.

And no one has found that hiding place for thousands of years, or in other words, no one wants to find it.

What good things can be found in a monster's lair? Leftover bones? Secreted poisonous crystals?

This thing that is useless to others is what Wen Rulan needs, so Wen Rulan came here this time to where the mutant giant scorpion was hiding.

The huge cave he saw in front of him perfectly met the requirements for the mutant giant scorpion to hide in the early stage in terms of privacy and space.

This is probably the hiding place of the giant scorpion he is looking for!

If the poison crystal left by the giant scorpion is found, and it can offset the cold poison in his body as the ancient books say, then his accumulated cultivation level for a hundred years can be broken through instantly, and those damaged meridians can also be broken through. was repaired at the same time, and Gu Feng, who understood the meaning of the God of War's sword, may no longer be his opponent, and the situation will be reversed.

Thinking of this, Wen Rulan stopped waiting. He took out a lamp-shaped magic weapon that could be used for lighting from his storage bag and prepared to search the cave alone.

As for Meng Xing, he also left a lamp and ordered: "Don't move around, stay where you are and wait for me."

He couldn't tell what dangers were hidden in the cave. It was enough for him to find it by himself. He didn't want Meng Xing to be involved in danger.

As a war scumbag, Meng Xing was very conscious of being obedient and not causing trouble to others, so he nodded in agreement.

Wen Rulan saw that he had agreed well, but she still felt uneasy. After thinking about it, she left another defensive weapon and said, "This is for your self-defense. If you encounter any situation, please inform me in time."

Meng Xing agreed again. When Wen Rulan left, he didn't pay much attention because his eyes were focused on the defensive weapon Wen Rulan had just given him.

His guess about Wen Rulan's financial resources was indeed correct. This guy had a lot of assets. The magic weapon he gave to him was actually a priceless heaven-level magic weapon. If he sold it, he could get at least a hundred. open!

Meng Xing happily held the magic weapon in his arms and wanted to exchange the opportunity to draw cards with the system. Although the system always only accepted money and not objects, he felt that because of the system's insistence on money, he wanted to give it a try. If you sell it to the system at a discount, the system will definitely ask for it.

However, the system was so persistent and upright in this regard, and it coldly rejected Meng Xing's proposal: "No."

Meng Xing did not give up: "Calculate the market value of this magic weapon. Can't I sell it to you at 20% off? Or 30% off?"

"No." The system still refused. Even though Meng Xing devalued himself all the way, from a 20% discount to a broken bone, the system remained firm and found the money.

Meng Xing was convinced. He even quoted a 10% discount, but the system refused to change it for him.

He gave up completely. While cursing the system's black heart and rigidity, he raised his head and looked for Wen Rulan.

Wen Rulan had already left him for some distance, and according to Meng Xing's eyesight, he should have been unable to see it. However, the lighting lamp in Wen Rulan's hand pointed out the direction for him in the darkness, and Meng Xing saw the shadowy light spot. , then you know where Wen Rulan is.

Similarly, Wen Rulan could also confirm Meng Xing's direction through the lamp in Meng Xing's hand. During the search, he would look back from time to time to confirm that Meng Xing was safe before continuing.

Meng Xing observed the place for a while. Seeing that Wen Rulan was still searching and seemed not ready to come back just yet, he turned to observe the surrounding environment.

In fact, he couldn't observe anything. The range of the lamp's illumination was limited, and the surrounding area was dark. All he could see was stone walls, and nothing else... Wait, what is that?

Meng Xing rubbed his eyes. He was a little unsure. He just seemed to see something surging deep in the darkness, where the light could not illuminate.

Maybe he didn't see it, because it was really difficult to tell whether there was anything surging in the integrated darkness. It was because he suddenly felt something at that moment.

It seemed like an illusion for a short time, but it made his whole body tense up unconsciously, because his intuition told him that it was not an illusion.

He stared at the darkness and raised the lamp in that direction, trying to see what was hidden in the darkness.

But it was a little far away, and he couldn't see clearly.

Meng Xing looked back at Wen Rulan and hesitated for a moment. Although he wanted to go take a look, he decided to abide by his previous agreement with Wen Rulan and stay where he was.

However, when he made this decision, the system issued a completely different instruction: "Go and have a look."

Meng Xing was stunned, because this was the first time the system actively asked him to do something other than the main task.

Meng Xing didn't want to follow the system's will. After all, the system always cheated him. But at this moment...he took a step forward. Not because of the system's instructions, but because there was an unfounded feeling in his heart that told him that he had to check it out.

Meng Xing walked toward the depths of darkness, the lamp lighting up his path. The warm light scattered around him, creating a square-inch circle full of security.

But when Meng Xing walked to a certain place, only half of the circular aperture was left, and the remaining half was swallowed up by the darkness in front of Meng Xing.

"What is this..." Meng Xing murmured, looking at something three steps away.

The darkness in front of him gathered into a thin bunch, hanging in the air, like an erect black eye without pupils, or like a crack in the barrier of nothingness. Light can illuminate everywhere else, but cannot illuminate the darkness in the cracks.

The darkness in the crack seemed to be alive, constantly expanding and contracting, swallowing up all the light or other things that came close to it.

The system did not respond to Meng Xing's doubts for a while. Meng Xing stared at the darkness and suddenly felt a little dizzy, as if he was bewitched. He involuntarily took a step towards the crack.

And when he took this step, the darkness that had been dormant in the crack suddenly surged outward, like countless pairs of slender tentacles, opening their arms to welcome his arrival.

He took another step, and most of his body had already disappeared into the darkness, and the halo of the lamp was completely swallowed up the moment it came into contact with it.

There is only one light source left in the cave.

Meng Xing was only one step away from the crack that led to nowhere.

Just when he was about to be completely swallowed up, a pair of hands suddenly stopped him.

Wen Rulan realized something was wrong the moment she noticed the lights went out, and immediately rushed to stop it. Fortunately, he came in time.

But after outsiders came, the darkness rushing outwards calmed down in an instant. It retracted into the crack, obediently as if it had never bared its teeth.

Meng Xing also woke up from his dazed state. He turned his head and saw Wen Rulan staring at the crack in front of him with a serious expression.

Wen Rulan held Meng Xing's wrist tightly and pulled him back several steps. Meng Xing waited for him to stop before he opened his mouth and asked, "What on earth is this?"

"This is..." Wen Rulan's tone was hesitant. He was actually not sure. He had only seen what he saw in ancient books.

But when he hesitated to speak, another voice gave Meng Xing the answer.

The sound of the system sounded in Meng Xing's mind, and the electronic mechanical sound was more serious than ever before.

"This is the rift in the Ember Horizon."

The author has something to say: because they share the same worldview. Therefore, this book will have some overlap with the other book in setting, such as the Ember Vision. Old readers will know it, but new readers will not know it. I will explain it as briefly as possible in the article!

感谢在2020052301:27:492020052323:57:43期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦

Thanks to the little angels who dropped shallow water bombs: 1 A-zhuang;

Thanks to the little angel who threw the grenade: Gu Nanshu 1;

Thanks to the little angels who threw the landmines: I teased 3 ghosts on the grave; Tomioka Giyuu and Lightning Velvet Cat 1;

感谢灌溉营养液的小天使：寒霜草50瓶；顾南苼10瓶；空间无界永在5瓶；富冈义勇4瓶；沐瑾、九和2瓶；demoのtest、支离笑此生1瓶；

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!