Qixuan

The moment the two of them stepped into Beiyan Mountain, they felt something was wrong, because the surrounding area was too quiet, and the quietness was weird, not even a bit of insects and birds chirping.

Ji Chen took out an ever-burning lamp from the ring, and after injecting real energy into it, the ever-burning lamp automatically floated in front of them to illuminate the two of them. He rubbed his hands on his clothes uncomfortably, "The place your uncle said where?"

Yan Heng took Ji Chen's wrist, "There are two places. We are going to a cave not far away. The uncle said that there is a remnant of devil energy in it. The uncle has already gone to another place."

The cave looks black from a distance, like a monster's mouth wide open, ready to swallow any food that passes by inadvertently.

Ji Chen just glanced around, his palms were densely covered with a thin layer of sweat.

Ji Chen is a little afraid of the dark. Before walking at night, he always ran to his destination in one breath, or he didn't come out after dark. Unless he had to, he usually didn't go out at night. The surrounding lights were bright, but like now, only the front A long light, still walking slowly here, is simply challenging Ji Chen's ability to bear.

Ji Chen was afraid that something would jump out suddenly and startle him, so that his three souls would be lost to seven souls, which would not only scare him, but also make him lose face in front of the little beauty.

In fact, the darkness is not terrible, what is terrible is the unknown hidden in the darkness, because I don't know, so I feel afraid.

Often when Ji Chen had nothing to do, he happened to be surrounded by darkness, and all kinds of thoughts popped up uncontrollably. He felt that he could take advantage of the opportunity later.

"Are you afraid of the dark?"

The sudden sound startled Ji Chen, his scalp went numb, and a layer of goosebumps appeared on his skin exposed to the air at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Ah?!" Ji Chen came back to his senses, looked at Yan Heng dully, and said with a sneer, "I... yeah, I'm a little afraid of the dark, just a little bit, Beiyan Mountain is a little quiet."

Ji Chen scratched his hair a little ashamedly, "Because I was skinny when I was a child, my father threw me into the gap of time for a while, and I was a little afraid of the dark after I came out."

Yan Heng said warmly: "Look this way."

Ji Chen looked over, Yan Heng opened his palms, and blew lightly, the unknown object spread out, and some green star dots lit up all around in an instant, like fireflies.

"Hey!" Ji Chen's gaze was attracted to him, "Your method is absolutely sure to hook up with a little girl, little beauty, you're not a good learner."

Yan Heng chuckled lightly, "No, I figured it out by accident when nothing happened before."

"It's better to check that cave quickly." Ji Chen pushed Yan Heng with a smile, "I can still bear this bit of darkness."

The grass not far away suddenly trembled a few times, Ji Chen wailed, took the opportunity to wrap his arms around Yan Heng's neck and hang his legs neatly around Yan Heng's waist, with a coherent set of movements , without any pause, as if he was really frightened, Ji Chen pretended to be frightened and said: "Over there, there is something over there."

Yan Heng stretched out his hand to support Ji Chen's waist to prevent him from falling, he looked over Ji Chen's shoulder to the grass, "I'll go over and have a look."

Ji Chen stretched out his hand and turned Yan Heng's head, "Don't worry, I'll do it." After speaking, he took out a hidden knife from his waist and threw it out. The hidden knife fell to the ground without warning, as if Ji Chen was dazzled just now.

"Strange." Ji Chen held the chain and took the hidden knife back, the surface of the knife was clean without any trace, "Could it be that I was dazzled just now?"

Ji Chen took the hidden knife back, and just as he raised his head, there was a humming sound, his scalp felt numb, Ji Chen patted Yan Heng's shoulder, "Back, little beauty, back!"

A female ghost holding a folding fan was standing five steps away from the two of them. Seeing Ji Chen turn his head, she showed a sweet smile. Her beautiful facial features seemed to respond, and blood flowed out one by one. come out.

Yan Heng turned around and threw a talisman back, the female ghost let out a shrill cry and disappeared in place.

"Could it be that Beiyan Mountain has become a ghost mountain? So it's so quiet, or does it mean that the two of us have entered an inexplicable magic circle?" Ji Chen hung on Yan Heng's body with peace of mind, as if he was treating him on someone else's body I forgot.

Yan Heng patted Ji Chen's back, "You come down first, it's too dangerous."

"It's coming again!" Ji Chen threw out the hidden knife in his hand, pretending not to hear that sentence.

The hidden knife passed through the female ghost and fell to the ground, Ji Chen frowned, he jumped off Yan Heng's body, and grabbed the female ghost with his bare hands, Yan Heng stretched out his hand to grab Ji Chen, wrong He directly pasted a talisman on the female ghost's forehead.

"Could it really become a ghost mountain?" Ji Chen rubbed his chin, looked around and found nothing abnormal.

Yan Heng shook his head, "Not necessarily, let's go to the cave to have a look first."

Ji Chen nodded and walked towards the cave together with Yan Heng.

The moonlight cast down, reflecting the shadows on the ground, like ghost shadows.

Ji Chen glanced back, he pulled Yan Heng, "Wait, wait, go back a few steps first." After speaking, Ji Chen pulled Yan Heng back five steps.

"What's the matter, did you find anything?"

Ji Chen looked back again, and the surrounding trees seemed to be the same, "I didn't turn the corner just now, did I?"

Yan Heng nodded.

Ji Chen opened his hand to show Yan Heng the chain in his hand, the hidden knife was fastened to a tree not far from them, and the silver chain was fastened to two trees back and forth.

"Isn't it strange?" Ji Chen shrugged helplessly, and took the hidden knife back forcefully.

Yan Heng walked up to the tree, touched the trace left by Yin Dao on it, "Does it look like a moving formation?"

"I knew I would fly near that cave in one breath." Although Ji Chen complained, he was calculating the direction in his heart, "If the formation can move, then the eight gates can also move."

Ji Chen calculated absently for a while, he looked up and looked up at the sky, he didn't know what he hit, and there was a bang, Ji Chen thumped a few times in the process of falling, fortunately he caught a branch halfway, It didn't fall too badly.

"I'm going, what is this?" Ji Chen raised his head to look at the night sky, it was no different from usual, but there was an invisible barrier about three feet away, and he abruptly took pictures of Ji Chen.

Yan Heng pushed aside Ji Chen's forehead hair, and gently rubbed the blushed forehead, "Don't be so reckless next time."

Ji Chen laughed a few times, "It's a small matter, it's just a bump." He was about to swell with satisfaction.

"Maybe it's not just as simple as the eight gates, but also some other things." Yan Heng held Ji Chen's wrist and led him to take a few steps forward.

Yan Heng randomly selected five trees, and engraved five-element summoning runes on them, the light shot up into the sky, and the trees backed away one after another, revealing the original path.

"It's that simple?" Ji Chen pointed to the surroundings in surprise, "Your method of breaking the formation is simply unheard of."

Yan Heng shook his head, "It's not broken, it's only temporary, so we need to get out quickly." After speaking, he grabbed Ji Chen and jumped up into the air, and ran towards the cave.

The tree under his feet seemed to be fine, and the long branches kept chasing after him. Yan Heng made a sword art, and the sky thunder passed by in a flash, and slashed straight at the chasing branch.

After the two landed on the ground, Ji Chen stretched out his hand to support the stone wall of the cave, and there was a sticky feeling, as if there were still something like fish scales stuck to it.

"What's on this wall?" Ji Chen twisted his fingers, and stretched out his hand to call the lamp to shine on the wall. Ji Chen had the urge to chop off his hand.

On the indigo-colored stone wall, some transparent liquid was stained, and some bloody scales were wrapped inside, and there was a tendency to drip down, and there was a slight stench when you smelled it closely.

Yan Heng took out a handkerchief, and carefully wiped the things on Ji Chen's hands.

"There won't be any monsters in this cave." Ji Chen manipulated the long light to look around, "It is said that where there are huge monsters, there will be rare treasures." Thinking of this, the disheveled look on Ji Chen's face reduced.

"For example?" Yan Heng wiped Ji Chen's hands clean, and threw the handkerchief aside casually.

Ji Chen walked a few steps into the cave to ensure that he could see the whole cave clearly, and said casually: "For example, I picked up a little beauty in the Wind and Snow Valley, and there are many monsters in it."

Yan Heng smiled helplessly, "Let's take a look inside."

Ji Chen walked a few steps forward, and he found that the cave was really bigger than he imagined, and he hadn't seen the whole picture until now, "What I said is the truth, could it be that the little beauty wanted to refute me a few words? "

Before waiting for Yan Heng's reply, Ji Chen himself was startled in place, two lantern-like eyes rose from the corners of his eyes, Ji Chen slapped the ever-bright lantern, and an object as thick as a bucket was thrown out, hitting Ji Chen The weight on Chen's back was as heavy as a thousand catties, and Ji Chen felt that his internal organs had been knocked out of place.

Ji Chen used his strength to hold Yan Heng in his arms, and rolled out of the cave.

Yan Heng threw the talisman onto the stone wall, blocking the unidentified objects rushing out.

Ji Chen stood up grinning, "No wonder it smells so bad, isn't it Gongsun Yuebai's giant snake?"

Yan Heng stretched out his hand and pressed Ji Chen's back, "The bones are fine, they may be bruised with blood now."

"It's okay, it will disappear on its own after a while." Ji Chen got up and rubbed his left shoulder, and was swung by the giant snake's tail. For a while, Ji Chen felt that his entire left arm could not move.

"You said that if I kill this snake now, and then cut it into pieces, what will Gongsun Yuebai's expression be when he comes back?" Halfway through the words, Ji Chen's hand was already on the talisman .

Before Yan Heng could make a move to stop it, Ji Chen had already tore off the talisman, and the giant snake roared out of the cave.

Ji Chen threw out the hidden knife and stabbed it firmly into the giant snake's body. With a flick of the giant snake's long body, Ji Chen used his strength to jump onto the giant snake's back, and the long chain wrapped around the giant snake's huge body. lap.

Yan Heng made seals with both hands, and the dense net covered the giant snake, "Dangerous, you come down first."

Ji Chen raised his head and glanced at Yan Heng, and jumped off the back of the giant snake. Yan Heng recited a formula silently, and the body of the giant snake trembled slightly.

With a bang, the giant snake's whole body convulsed, its scales turned outward, and blood gurgled out from them.

Ji Chen stretched out his hand and pulled the chain, and the giant snake fell down in response. He stepped forward and plucked the scales of the giant snake, and said, "Finally it fell into my hands. I wonder if you still remember chasing me before?" Days to run?"

Yan Heng frowned and said, "The days when you were chased?"

Rolling up his sleeves, Ji Chen planned to cut the giant snake into pieces. While thinking about where to start, he said, "I've had a relationship with Gongsun Yuebai since I was a child. She can't understand me, I can't understand her, and I don't like it either." I know when she is going crazy, and when she goes crazy, she will let the snake bite me."

Yan Heng: "Nobody cares? Your father..."

"The children in our family are all free-range, and all of them are heartless." Ji Chen took off the hidden knife, and he decided to peel off the whole snake skin from the tail, "My father has been without a snake all day long." Ying, my second uncle hides from the world, he doesn't care about anything, even his own daughter, just get used to it, after so many years, I still haven't been killed by her, this is the so-called scourge , the Palace of the King of Hades will not accept me."

Yan Heng pursed his lips, and when he lowered his eyes, he hid all his thoughts in it, "There is really no need to keep it." After speaking, he clenched his hands, and the net that wrapped the giant snake tightened in vain .

The body of the giant snake was strangled and deformed, blood gushed out all of a sudden, the body of the giant snake wriggled continuously, and after a while the silk thread sank into the body of the giant snake.

Before Ji Chen could react, the giant snake's huge body was twisted into a pile of flesh in front of him.

"I can go back and report to my uncle." Yan Heng retracted the silk thread, and the expression on his face returned to normal.

Ji Chen clapped his hands indifferently, why not have someone solve his troubles for him?

Ji Chen stepped forward and flipped Yan Heng's sleeves, "That was cold silk just now, right? Every roll of cold silk has something attached to it, little beauty, is your cold silk attached to lightning?"

"No, I don't have anything on this roll of cold silk." Yan Heng flicked the cold silk out of his wristband, and the silk thread broke a book as thick as a bowl, and the flame burned at the break, and after a while Burn the living trees to ashes.

"Awesome, so you can attach it at will?" Ji Chen admired.

"Actually, it should be like this." Yan Heng untied the wristband and handed it to Ji Chen. The white wristband was hemmed with silver thread. The embroidered patterns of floating clouds were quite delicate, and there was a roll of cold silk curled up inside. Just enough to press on the inside of the wrist.

Cold silk is from ancient times. Some people used minerals from various prefectures and tempered them by attracting thunder and fire. There are no more than five volumes in the whole of Kyushu. Each volume has different things attached to it. Ji Chen once thought of imitating a volume. Play, often fall short in the last step.

After reading it, Ji Chen tied the wristbands for Yan Heng, "It's better not to take out such things lightly, especially don't let people know where they are hidden."

Yan Heng smiled and said, "Like your hidden knife?"

"That's right!" Ji Chen nodded, "This belt looks ordinary, but it actually has a cutout at the end, so you can put the blade in it, and there is a special stop inside to prevent the blade from falling out."

Ji Chen stretched his waist, "It's almost dawn, little beauty, don't you want to have breakfast, it doesn't matter if you go back later."

"Okay." Yan Heng said warmly, "What do you want to eat?"

Ji Chen thought for a while, and suggested: "How about going to drink tofu nao? I know that there is a tofu nao restaurant that tastes really good. How about adding chili oil and eating a few steamed buns with crab roe?"

"it is good."

The aftermath of the Lantern Festival last night seems to have not dissipated. The early blankets in the streets and alleys of Beiyan City have already been set up with gongs and drums. of.

Ji Chen led Yan Heng to a stall, and ordered two bowls of tofu and three drawers of crab roe steamed buns.

"His chili peppers are very strong, often adding a drop is enough. If you don't like spicy food, you can add some sesame oil and vinegar to appetize!" Ji Chen took the chopsticks and added a few steamed buns to Yan Heng's plate, "While it's hot, It won't taste good when it's cold."

Ji Chen stuffed a small steamed bun into his mouth, and just as Yan Heng took a bite, he heard Ji Chen say: "Hey, isn't this the butler of the Qin Mansion, and he also likes the breakfast here?"

Mo Zhi saluted and said, "Young Master Ji, it's really early."

"The housekeeper is not too late."

After saying hello, Ji Chen lowered his head and whispered to Yan Heng: "Little beauty, did your uncle see...huh when he came to Beiyan City?"

Ji Chen looked at the steamed bun that was suddenly stuffed into his mouth, and protested silently.

"Eat first, then ask after eating." Yan Heng glanced at Mo Zhi calmly, and stuffed the whole steamed bun into Ji Chen's mouth with chopsticks.

Ji Chen chewed the steamed buns in his mouth, and felt that he was negligent just now. They were the butlers of the Qin Mansion, and no matter how softly they spoke, they would still be heard. Thinking of this, Ji Chen was a little annoyed, and he shook his head. Keep eating breakfast.

"Eat slowly, if you don't have enough, you can order more." Yan Heng took out a piece of silver and gave it to the shopkeeper.

"Enough, enough." Ji Chen looked up and swallowed the food in his mouth, "I'm curious where your money comes from? Qixuan Mountain will give you monthly silver regularly?"

"Of course not." Yan Heng took out his wallet, and it was rather pathetic that it was half empty, "This is the reward money accumulated every time I go down the mountain to reveal the list and eliminate demons and ghosts."

Ji Chen poked at the money bag, and commented: "It's really a shame. Come, follow me and have some meat to eat."

"I don't need much left or right." Yan Heng stretched out his hand to take the money handed back by the shopkeeper, and thanked the shopkeeper, "I don't need too much money."

Ji Chen took out a small golden bead from his pocket and tossed it in the air for a few times, "How can I go out without money?"

"The money should not be exposed, it's better to put it away." Yan Heng wiped the corner of his mouth, "Have you eaten yet?"

Ji Chen nodded and returned the wallet to Yan Heng, and slipped the golden bead into it.

Yan Heng took the wallet back without saying anything.

The two left the breakfast stall side by side. Ji Chen looked back at Mo Zhi who was still in the stall, and asked Yan Heng, "Did you meet Qin Yanming when you came to Beiyan City?"

Yan Heng shook his head, "No."

"Then do you know what he is doing in private? You may not have thought of it." Ji Chen moved closer to Yan Heng, pretending to be mysterious and said: "Have you heard of the picture of spring with a dead tree? I don't know how to count it on your side. This is a forbidden technique in Qiyun Mountain, as the name suggests, a dead tree has a spring, but it needs the blood of many people in the spring."

"Mr. Qin used this kind of picture to refine weapons in private? He also had a share in the people who died in Beiyan City?" Yan Heng stretched out his hand to give Ji Chen a hand, and a carriage galloped to the distance by sticking to Ji Chen's hair. "Then why did he send the letter to Qixuan Mountain?"

"Is it a suspicion of a thief calling for a thief?" Ji Chen didn't care about the carriage, but winked at Yan Heng, and said with a smile, "Do you want to guess?"

Yan Heng looked at Ji Chen for a while, then suddenly laughed, "Do you think the person who delivered the letter to Qixuan Mountain might not be Duke Qin?"

Ji Chen blinked, "Maybe he has some gap with Gongsun Yuebai and wants to bite back."

"It's not impossible."

Ji Chen stretched his waist, "Little beauty, this is all my guess, please don't tell your uncle, if you guess wrong, or if I fall into Duke Qin's tricks, in the end, I will let you know." A charge of sowing dissension would be more harm than good."

"will not."

"Master Yan Heng!" A young disciple with a sword on his back ran towards Yan Heng, "Master Uncle, why are you here? Master Uncle is looking for you."

"Looking for you?" Ji Chen pushed Yan Heng and urged: "Go back quickly, don't make your uncle wait in a hurry."

Yan Heng glanced back at Ji Chen, and said with some reluctance: "Go back and have a good rest."

"Oh, I see, I see."

The little disciple looked at Ji Chen and then at Yan Heng. Seeing that Yan Heng had gone far away, he hurriedly saluted Ji Chen and turned around in a hurry to chase after Yan Heng.