National Division

Surrounded by darkness, Qi Jun propped up his body, feeling that his body was full of dead branches and fallen leaves, and the soil was soft. Although his whole body hurt from the fall, he stretched out his hands and feet without breaking any bones or tendons.

"Who's there?" Qi Jun called out in a low voice.There was a slight wind blowing across his face, it seemed that this place was not a simple pothole, but the surroundings were too dark, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't see where he was.

"Your Highness!"

"Your Highness!"

Immediately there was a response from two guards nearby, followed by the sound of Xisuo, apparently the two were groping towards Qi Jun.However, there was a third person's voice in this small voice, which was very soft, but because it was very close to Qi Jun, Qi Jun still heard it, but the voice was not approaching him, but was approaching him. go away.

"Zhibai!" Qi Jun stretched out his hand violently, only to feel that the corner of the clothes he was holding between his fingers was pulled forward quickly, and was about to be pulled out of his hand.However, Qi Jun is a person who has practiced bow, horse and boxing after all. He didn't grasp it with his right hand, but immediately stretched out his left hand, and he couldn't see clearly in the dark.He fit him and threw himself forward, crushing him to the ground, and said with a sneer, "Daoist Zhibai, where are you going? Do you want to slip away by yourself?"

Zhibai was pinned down by him and couldn't move, so he could only laugh dryly: "Your Highness, I, I just want to shine a light on you."

Several people were carrying fire pockets on their bodies, but when they rolled down just now, they didn't know where they scattered.Qi Jun grabbed Zhibai's hair with one hand, and groped around his body with the other, but he didn't find the fire pocket, but the dagger in the boot, and suddenly felt a murderous intent - this kid is slippery, and now he is When he was running for his life, he didn't have so much energy to watch him, but he cursed the queen at him, how could he let him slip away so easily?

Zhibai felt that Qi Jun's hand had slipped on his neck, and suddenly felt bad: "Your Highness, what is this place? Doesn't Your Highness want to see it?"

Qi Jun's hand that pulled out the dagger paused slightly.It's really too dark here, I don't know how far I rolled down just now, I just vaguely feel that the place where I fell should be extremely high.Tonight is the full moon, and there is no light at all here, even if it is dawn, there may not be light. In this way, if Zhibai is killed now, it may be extremely difficult to get out of this place.

"Do you have a fire pocket?" Qi Jun turned his body slightly, rolled over from Zhibai's body, but quickly drew out the dagger and put it on his neck, "Light on fire!"

A ray of white light lingered out, slightly dispelling the darkness in front of him.Qi Jun was so surprised that he didn't bother to check where he was, just looked down at Zhibai.I saw Zhibai lying on the ground, struggling to untie the opening of the "pocket" of his trousers, put one hand in, then pulled it out and raised it lightly, and saw another ray of white light swaying from his palm. , circling up like a snake, illuminating the cave.

The cave is surprisingly huge, with countless stalagmites hanging from the top of the cave, shining faintly in the white light, decorating the whole cave like a fairyland.The place where the person fell was extremely high. If the bottom of the cave was not covered with dead branches and fallen leaves, and the soil underneath, he would have fallen to pieces on the spot. However, although the person was not injured, it was difficult to climb up. cannot.Listening carefully, there seems to be the sound of water flowing deep in the cave. If there is water flowing, there is probably an exit.

Zhibai only took out two handfuls of white light, then tightened the belt on the mouth of the bag, hugged the deflated "bag" in his arms, and said with a flattering smile to Qi Jun: "Your Highness, there is running water in the depths of this cave. And when the breeze blows, there must be an exit.”

He looks really funny now.Ever since he was captured by the lake, the guards just threw a coarse singlet to cover his body. Now he took off his trousers to make a pocket, and there was only a pair of obscene trousers inside, revealing two bare legs , Just now when he was running for his life, he was scratched a few times by bushes and stones.He was originally fair-skinned, but now under the white light, his legs are even more like carvings of warm jade, and the horizontal and vertical red marks on his legs are very clear, which is really pitiful.One of the shoes was also missing, revealing the worn and red soles of the feet.

Qi Jun's eyebrows twitched slightly: "What is this white light?" Although he vaguely understood it, he couldn't believe it.

Sure enough, Zhibai opened his mouth and replied: "It's the moonlight that was put away in the valley just now. I need to save some use. I don't know how long the cave ahead is."

The two guards were stunned by the answer, and it took a long time before one of them stuttered: "Zhibai, Zhibai Daoist, unexpectedly, he is a real fairy, I don't know, I was really..." At last, thinking of Qi Jun's return Beside him, he abruptly swallowed the words "how offensive".

Zhibai laughed twice, squinting at Qi Jun's sharp dagger on his neck: "I don't dare to be a real immortal, this is just a small skill."

Can put away the moonlight in the sky at will, is this just a trick?The two guards looked at him with a little more awe, and at the same time they couldn't help but feel a little worried-although they didn't beat or scold him these few days, they didn't treat him well, so they shouldn't be resented by him, right?And His Highness, at this moment, is still holding a knife on the neck of the real fairy.

Qi Jun stared at Zhibai all the time, and suddenly asked: "Then you said before that I lost my mother when I was young, but is it true?" If Zhibai is really righteous, then this sentence is probably...

Sure enough, knowing that Bai's eyes were evasive and he didn't dare to look at Qi Jun, he said with a dry smile, "Is this..."

Qi Jun felt his heart sinking suddenly, and he asked with the last glimmer of hope: "Can you save me?"

Knowing the white face, there is a look of embarrassment: "This...going against the sky and changing one's fate is actually a useless thing. The way of heaven is like this. If this benefit is lost, the other will grow. If you force against the sky, you may be afraid of disasters later. You don't know."

In this long speech, Qi Jun only understood one meaning, that is, it is not impossible to change his fate against the sky, but he is just unwilling to do it.Thinking about it, he was going to execute Zhibai Lingchi, how could Zhibai be willing to change his life for the queen?

"If you think about it, you also know my identity. If I can save my mother, I will do my best to thank you!" Qi Jun slowly retracted the dagger, and pulled Zhibai up.

Zhibai still looked embarrassed, and after eating for a long time, he said: "Although your highness is filial, life and death are fate, and increasing the life of the queen will definitely damage your fortune—" He rolled his eyes secretly Looking at Qi Jun, "Besides, casting spells against the sky like this will also damage the poor cultivation..."

"As long as my mother is well, I'd rather lose my fortune and my life!" Qi Jun cut off Zhibai's words resolutely.Although Qi Jun has never believed in Buddhism and Taoism, but now that Zhibai's magic is in front of him, he can't help being moved.But he could understand that although Zhibai had a solution to this matter, he would lose his cultivation base. Seeing Zhibai's meaning, he was clearly unwilling, and he had to come up with compensation, "What do you want, just say That's right."

Zhibai rolled his eyes again, and sighed: "Your Highness is really at a loss when you say this. A practitioner in the poor way has nothing to seek from worldly wealth and honor. Even if Your Highness has the wealth in the world, he will be ashamed of the poor way." Practice is also useless..."

At this time, Qi Jun was sure that Bai was bargaining with him.To be honest, when doing business, you are afraid not to bid, not afraid to bid high, Qi Jun sat back, looked at Zhibai with a half-smile, and brushed his fingers lightly on the sharp edge of the dagger: "Dao The elder also said, my highness is rich in the world, so why can't I find something that is beneficial to the Taoist elder?" Suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and Qi Jun also sighed, "It seems that there is no such fate , It's a pity. Originally, the Taoist priest helped me find Xingtie, and my father respects Buddhism and Taoism, and also loves the art of cultivating immortals. The name is justified. It's a pity that the Taoist leader seems to be unwilling—"

At this moment, Qi Jun's mind was churning, and he had already turned a few thoughts.Zhibai worked so hard to get the star iron, this thing must be of great benefit to his practice; if he can be brought into the palace, he will not be comparable to a liar like Zhen Mingzi, and at that time, there will be no real ones in the palace. The place where Mingzi stood, at that time...

Sure enough, the expression on Zhibai's face changed, and he coughed twice before saying: "Speaking of which, there is some kind of fate between Pindao and Xingtie. Somewhat mysterious."

Qi Jun knew he had made the right bet.He was impatient to talk to Zhibai again and again, and raised his eyebrows: "If the Taoist priest is willing, you may as well come to Beijing with me. Since I still have some fate with the Taoist priest, maybe the star iron fell from the sky, and somewhere Is it to lead the Taoist priest to pray for the blessing and prolong the life of the mother?"

"Well..." Zhibai touched his bare chin, and smiled, "The way of heaven is mysterious, maybe His Highness is right, but I don't know." But although he was hooked by the big bait of star iron, he still didn't know it. I didn't forget that Qi Jun once wanted to kill him and seemed to want to kill him just now, turned his eyes to observe Qi Jun's expression, and said cautiously, "It's just that there are many rules in the palace, and poor people in the mountains are not used to restraint. If you offend something, I'm afraid you will be killed..."

Qi Jun knew exactly what he was talking about, smiled slightly, and said seriously: "In the past, I used to offend a lot in my words. There are too many bullies and thieves in the world, and I have some misunderstandings about the Taoist leader." He wisely didn't mention Zhibai once. He wanted to use him to block the snake, but attributed his intention to know that Bai Lingchi was executed as a verbal offense, "Now I know that the Taoist leader has the true way, and now I have something to ask, and Xing Tie is also in the Taoist leader. It's beneficial, so the combination will benefit both, what do you think of the little Taoist leader?"

Zhibai's eyeballs rolled again, as if he suddenly remembered something: "If I enter the palace, may I see the emperor?"

"Of course!" Qi Jun replied affirmatively, "I don't want to hide from the little Taoist priest, the national teacher in the palace is now using the alchemy technique to deceive the emperor father, if the little Taoist priest can expose his deception, I can recommend the young Taoist priest as the national teacher, and I will serve you for a long time." Enshrined at the side of the father."

Zhibai heard the word alchemy, he couldn't help but shook his head: "The inner alchemy of the Taoist school is formed by taking the essence of the five elements of heaven and earth, and now these Taoists are using the art of gold and stone to deceive the world, which is not only useless but harmful. It's a pity that the world admires the immortals a lot, but they don't know that cultivating immortals is to follow the trend, they only know to take the golden elixir forcibly, I'm afraid not only they will not succeed in seeking immortality, but they will also hurt themselves."

I don't know if it's because his technique of holding the moonlight is too shocking, although Zhibai still looks ridiculous with bare legs at the moment, Qi Jun feels that there is a bit of solemnity in his expression.The face that had been beaten into a pig's head had already subsided, so naturally it was black and white, but the handsome outline appeared again, especially the black and white eyes were shining brightly under the moonlight, and there was moonlight all over him Lingering, suddenly there is really a little bit of fairy wind.

"So, the little Daoist agreed?"

Zhibai giggled, and the fairy aura around him dissipated immediately, so fast that Qi Jun thought he had read it wrong: "Since His Highness is so sincere, it is better to obey orders than to be respectful."

Qi Jun also laughed, and the two of them looked at each other, and there was something ulterior motive in their eyes that they only understood. They smiled at each other, as if the previous bad luck had never happened at all...

Now that the deal has been agreed upon, everyone is cooperating. Qi Jun glanced at Zhibai's bare legs, then glanced at the guards next to him. The two guards immediately took off their outer pants and shoes, and handed them to Zhibai respectfully.After a few people tidied up their bodies, a guard led the way and followed the sound of water to the depths of the cave.

The depth of the cave was unexpected, and it gradually became narrower and narrower as we walked forward. I don't know how long I walked, but I felt that the stalagmites above the head and under the feet gradually connected together, as if the cave was squeezed into a narrow strip.Every time he walked for a certain distance, Zhibai took out a handful of moonlight to illuminate the cave until the cave was so narrow that only one person could bend down to pass through, and when the moonlight was about to run out, the sound of water in front could be clearly heard, and a little light came in. The guard who walked in the front and opened the way said happily: "Your Highness, it is time to reach the entrance of the cave!"

Qi Jun bent his body and squeezed out of the narrow passage, and it suddenly opened up in front of him, and there was another huge cave. With a ray of sunlight from the entrance of the cave, he could see a stream of clear water hanging down from the top of the cave, forming a small pool in the cave. , I don't know where the water flows out from, but the pool of water is as clear as jasper.There is no sunlight around the pool, but unknown flowers and plants are growing, which makes this damp and dark cave full of vitality.

Zhibai waved the last moonlight upwards, and the white light rose up, and he saw that the height of the cave was not inferior to the place where they fell down just now. The ceiling of the cave was densely packed, but there were thousands of bats hanging upside down, some of them were disturbed by the white light. Make a small squeak.These bats are different from ordinary bats, the color is red like fresh meat, and all these things are everywhere, Qi Jun couldn't help but feel his scalp tingling.

Zhibai looked up for a long time with a look of surprise, then bent down to the edge of the pool, scooped up a handful and took a sip, let out a long sigh, as if drinking some fine nectar, his face was full of aftertaste: "It really is a good place, there is such a spiritual spring!"

"Your Highness!" A guard turned his gaze around the cave, his expression suddenly changed.Several people looked in the direction of his finger, and saw some white things piled up on the side of the cave.The light in the cave was dim, and everyone didn't pay attention to it before. When they looked carefully at this moment, they couldn't help but change their expressions—it was actually a pile of snake sloughs, piled up like a hill, and the colors had been piled up for a long time, but they could still be seen. As thick as a ballet.

The two guards hurriedly guarded Qi Jun in the middle, and were about to turn back, but Qi Jun looked at the entrance of the cave, and saw that the cave was facing a mountain wall, which seemed to be very close, but the entrance of the cave was covered with dwarf trees, blocking the out of sight.But Qi Jun looked at it like this, but he felt that the scene was familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before, he thought about it carefully, and suddenly remembered: "Isn't this—the Valley of Rising Immortals?"

The two guards were startled, and one of them boldly went to the entrance of the cave to look out, and exclaimed in surprise: "Your Highness, it really is the Valley of Ascension to Immortals! This, this is the cave of the giant python!"

Unexpectedly, after going around in the mountains, he turned back to Shengxian Valley and entered the cave of the giant python.Zhibai looked at the pool of water, with a look of eagerness to put it in his pocket: "No wonder this evil obstacle can grow so huge, so it is because of such a spiritual spring."

Qi Jun glanced at him: "You can take away the moonlight, can't you take away this spiritual spring?"

"I can't..." Zhibai looked regretful, "Just as I can't take away the moon from the sky, I can't take this spring away either. This place is full of beauty, and the spiritual spring is formed by the spiritual energy in the veins of the earth. If the spring is removed, The aura is gone."

Qi Jun can't see any benefits of this spring water, as long as he thinks that the giant python is also drinking water from this pool, he feels a little sick, waved his hands and said: "Since you can't take it away, don't worry about it, hurry up!" It's business to leave here."

Although the cave is on a steep mountain wall, it is not difficult to climb due to the many trees. After burning incense, several people have reached the top of the valley.There the trees fell in disorder, the huge body of the giant python was lying on the ground, it had been dead for a long time, beside it lay the corpses of several black-clothed assassins, with one person still in their mouths, their legs were exposed, and the clothes on their bodies had been eaten away. Multiple holes.A guard searched the corpses and shook his head dejectedly—these corpses had obviously been checked, and nothing was left that could identify them.

Qi Jun looked down, pointed at the corpse in the dead python's mouth, and said, "Drag it out."

Two guards opened the mouth of the python, dragged out the corpse whose head and face had been corroded beyond recognition, rummaged through it enduring the stench, and actually tore off a leather rope from the neck of the corpse. It is tied with a small bronze medal, cast with a leaf, and three small characters on the reverse side: [-].It is thought that no one thought of dragging the corpse out of the python's mouth for inspection at that time, so this bronze medal was left behind.

Qi Jun held the bronze medal and smiled coldly. A hundred secrets will eventually have a sparseness. Maybe this bronze medal can't do anything now, but since the Ye family left a fox tail, one day the fox will be taken away. Show it too!