Dream Maker [Rebirth]

Ji Yuanchen didn't seem to be surprised at all, turned around and fetched a candlestick, and walked into the secret passage without hesitation.

Lu Ci and Ji Wuzhou followed closely behind, Nanqiao and Jiang He also rushed to follow, Misang Yaoyue ordered a few disciples to stay and guard the palace people, and then followed with the rest of the disciples holding candlesticks .

The secret passage was pitch black, except for the candles in everyone's hands, there was no light at all. Everyone could clearly feel that there was a downward slope under their feet, and there were hard rocks on both sides.

After walking for a while, the rocks on both sides began to become slippery, and water droplets began to fall from the top of the head. From time to time, the dripping caused a chill on everyone's necks, or the dripping of candlesticks made the fire light tremble continuously.

Thinking about the huge Silver Curtain Jade Waterfall not far behind the main hall, everyone immediately understood that their position was probably underwater, and the secret path was still leading to the front, as if they were going to go through the waterfall and go deep into the water. Bottom of the hill.

The deeper you go, the more humid the rock walls on both sides are, the dripping water on the top of the head is quite dense, and the ticking sound is endless, and puddles of water begin to appear under the feet.

After walking for a while, the inclination of the slope gradually becomes gentle until the slope disappears completely, and the front suddenly becomes open.

This place seems to be a karst cave. The ground in the cave is no longer full of potholes and accumulated water, but a continuous pool of water.

Weird rock pillars of different thicknesses connect the roof of the cave to the bottom of the water, and the high and low rocks protruding from the water surface meander like mountains, splitting the pool into countless "lakes" of different sizes.

Ji Yuanchen stopped and stood quietly for a moment, as if he was continuing to distinguish some kind of noise, then he stepped to the right, stepping on the gravel on the edge of the pool.

In fact, until now, everyone still didn't know what Ji Yuanchen heard, but seeing that he could always find the direction accurately, they followed him quietly and did not dare to disturb him.

Just walking in silence like this, everyone has already adapted to the darkness in the cave without knowing it, but not long after, a faint fire suddenly appeared in front of them!

Everyone was stunned, but couldn't tell what was going on there because of the numerous rock pillars blocking them, so they couldn't help but quicken their pace, and after hurriedly bypassing the rock pillars that blocked their line of sight, they finally saw the source of the fire——

It was a deep cold pool. In the middle of the cold pool there was a circular rock platform protruding from the water. There were tables and couches on the platform. candlelight!

Everyone continued to approach, only to find that there were still two thick and long iron chains hanging from the ceiling above the "bedroom".

The man's hands and wrists were bound by an iron chain, and he was lying on the couch with his back facing them, he didn't know whether he was dead or alive.

Everyone stopped in unison, feeling strange and inexplicable for a while, but what was even more strange was that when they stopped in place and there was no sound of footsteps in the cave, they suddenly heard a low voice singing!

The singing is light and slow, like a ghost whispering in this dark cave, accompanied by the sound of dripping water reverberating in the sky, it makes people shudder and shudder!

After being dazed for a while, Lu Ci, who was staring at the back of the person on the couch, suddenly widened his eyes in disbelief, and exclaimed, "Master?!"

Yes, even though the pale hair of the person on the couch is no longer as gray as before, and even the thin figure is no longer as tall and straight as before, the little song he hummed was very familiar to Lu Ci, which made him feel instantly Make sure that person is Que Jinxian who has been missing for ten years!

Before he finished speaking, Lu Ci had already bypassed Ji Yuanchen and rushed out to the edge of the pool. However, just as he was about to step onto the ledge leading to the round platform, someone grabbed his arm firmly. "Plop!" There was a sound of water, and the black mass was kicked back into the water by Ji Wuzhou who followed closely!

Lu Ci immediately lowered his head to look, only to realize that there were black giant crocodiles stalking the rocks leading to the round platform without exception. The scaled shadows shuttled up and down in the surrounding pool water, each one was huge like a lurking beast!

They seem to be the guards of this cold pool. After being disturbed by the two of Lu Ci, their heads emerged from the water one after another. Their fierce eyes stared at the shore, and their sharp teeth revealed a chill, as if at any time. ready!

The rest of the people behind have also followed up, and they all gasped when they saw the situation in the clear pool, but Ji Wuzhou's eyes were fixed on the round platform at this time, and he frowned slightly and said: "That's not right."

"What?" Deer said.

Ji Wuzhou raised his chin towards the round platform: "Why didn't Master respond?"

After he reminded him like this, Lu Ci realized that Que Jinxian on the stage hadn't responded to his previous shout and the chaotic footsteps of the crowd, and was still humming the little song to himself .

This matter is indeed strange, but the only way to go to the round platform to find out is to go through the giant crocodile in front of you. Lu Ci was about to speak when he suddenly felt his left index finger tighten. Put it back on his hand.

"You come." Ji Wuzhou said.

This is a token that has already been presented, but Lu Ci also knew that this is not the time to give in. After all, he is the only one who can accurately play Fu Ling, so he nodded and directly raised his hand to put the finger flute to his mouth, and blew a passage quietly. The voice of controlling the spirit.

With the sound of the flute, the giant crocodile floating on the water shrank its head slightly as if frightened, then backed up again and again, and then rushed into the water like a sharp arrow, and the rampage caused the pool to splash everywhere, scrambling to be the first Swimming far away, he disappeared completely in a short while.

Many Illusory Gu Immortal Palace disciples behind them couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, but Que Jinxian on the stage still didn't respond at all, as if such a big movement couldn't attract his attention.

Lu Ci didn't pay any attention to it anymore, and jumped onto the rock as soon as the pool water returned to calm, taking three steps and two steps towards the round platform.

As soon as he jumped onto the round platform, Lu Ci immediately noticed something strange - all the sounds behind him suddenly disappeared at this moment, as if he had entered another world in an instant!

He hurriedly turned his head to look, and it was only when he saw it that he suddenly understood.

It turns out that there is an invisible barrier around the round platform, like a half-moon ice castle that cannot peek into the inside from the outside, and inside the round platform, you can't hear or see the outside at all!

At this moment, Lu Ci had jumped into the barrier, and Que Jinxian finally noticed the footsteps behind him, stopped humming abruptly, and turned around very slowly.

His appearance is much older than ten years ago. After seeing Lu Ci's strange face belonging to Song Zhong, he was slightly taken aback, and then his eyes lit up as if suddenly, and then he curved his mouth to reveal a smile. Smiling very happily: "Xiao Ah Ci?"

This extremely intimate and familiar address and smile made Lu Ci's eyes instantly red, and he immediately rushed forward and lay down on the side of the couch and said, "Master! Why are you here?"

Before Que Jinxian could answer, the people behind Lu Ci stepped into the barrier one after another.

Seeing the figures appearing one after another in front of him, Que Jinxian couldn't help being surprised and said: "Oh, there are so many people here."

Ji Wuzhou followed Luci to the side of the couch and squatted down, Misang Yaoyue also rushed to the couch with big strides: "Master!"

Seeing this situation, all the disciples of Illusory Gu Immortal Palace hurriedly saluted and said: "Greetings, master!"

Que Jinxian seemed to have not seen such a lively scene for a long time. His slightly searching eyes swept over their faces one by one. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Ji Yuanchen who was the last one who had stepped into the barrier. After being dazed for a while, he suddenly raised his eyebrows and said: "Oh——no wonder they found this place, so there is you."

There was an inexplicable sense of ridicule in this tone, Ji Yuanchen looked him up and down noncommittally, turned his head away and said, "No thanks."

Que Jinxian smiled: "Tch, don't be too affectionate, I didn't intend to thank you."

This old acquaintance's rush made Luci and the others confused, Misang Yaoyue thought for a while, then looked back at the barrier, and said to the disciples: "You can't see the outside here, you go to the shore and guard. Report any changes in time.”

All the disciples took the order to leave, Jiang He and Nan Qiao saw the scene where the master and disciples met each other, and seemed to feel that there was a bit more to stay, so they turned around and walked out of the barrier in silence.

Lu Ci pulled Que Jinxian's hands to look at the iron chain tied to his wrist, and borrowed a hairpin from Misang Yaoyue to smash it away, and then stared at the two places on his wrist to see that it took years and months to form. With deep strangulation marks, he asked, "How long has Master been locked up here? Did Ji Shiyan do it?"

Que Jinxian nodded: "Well, it's been a long time..."

Que Jinxian was not ignorant of the outbreak of the secret voodoo back then, and he quickly sensed the existence of the voodoo after wearing the phantom voodoo gauze, but there was nothing he could do.

Chunmian's fading and his growing white hair are like a signal, reminding him that the time limit of 8000 years is approaching from the moment Lu Ci arrives on the continent.

It was also from then on that all the spiritual power endowed to him by Fu Ling, the token that symbolized the identity of the guardian, began to decline. When the Gu disease broke out, the spiritual power was already extremely weak. A protection can still make him protect himself, nothing else.

Therefore, in the face of all kinds of tragedies in the secret realm, Que Jinxian at that time was helpless. He could only watch his disciples die one by one, and finally turned into bones. Seeing the end of 8000 years, the seal of the mirror pool collapsed , the evil spirit spewed out.

At the same time as the seal collapsed, the mist that surrounded the hidden spirits to keep it secret finally dissipated, and Xihezhou was no longer a land that the world could not reach, but an ordinary island on the East China Sea.

It was at that time that Ji Shiyan returned to the secret realm.

He had no secrets about what he was doing, and he was well aware of the declining spiritual power of the magpie, so he forced him to tell the location of the Sifang spirit weapon and asked him to give the spirit weapon to himself.

Of course Que Jinxian didn't do so, but Ji Shiyan also seemed indifferent, claiming that one day he would be able to speak, and he was escorted back to the human continent and imprisoned.

That's why Ji Wuzhou failed to find Que Jinxian when he arrived at the secret realm - because Ji Shiyan had already gone to the secret realm before him, and brought Que Jinxian out of Xihe Continent in advance.

After hearing this past incident, the three of Lu Ci were all shocked.

The secret realm was destroyed ten years ago, Que Jinxian has been imprisoned since then, that is to say, he has been imprisoned for ten years? !

Shocked, the three of them couldn't help turning their heads to look around the round platform—it was dark and humid, with no sunlight, bound by iron chains, blocked by barriers, surrounded by countless giant crocodiles...

Que Jinxian spent ten years in such an isolated underground prison? !

At the same time, a huge question came to mind, and Lu Ci couldn't help asking: "How did Ji Shiyan know about the spiritual weapon?"

Although there were many rumors about spiritual artifacts in the world back then, Quejinxian never disclosed the existence of spiritual artifacts in the secret realm, and even claimed that they were just fabricated by idlers.It stands to reason that all the disciples in the secret realm have no reason to be so sure that the spirit weapon really exists.

Que Jinxian didn't answer directly when he heard the words, but looked at Ji Wuzhou: "Do you still remember the story I told you back then?"

The few people present except Misang Yaoyue knew exactly what he was referring to, and they suddenly realized what he was referring to. Lu Ci said: "There was a noise outside the door that day... Is it him?"

Que Jinxian nodded: "It was at that time that he confirmed the existence of the spirit weapon, and he also knew your identity. He knew that I would hand over the spirit weapon to you when you left the continent, so he rushed to you before you left the continent. Let’s attack the secret realm.”

Misang Yaoyue still doesn't know about the spirit guardian, so it's hard to avoid being confused at this time, but the rest of them quickly cleared up their thoughts, Ji Wuzhou couldn't help but wondered: "He said this all by himself. ?”

Que Jinxian nodded again, then smiled self-deprecatingly, and said, "I've been a teacher for ten years, but I'm not lonely at all. That kid comes to me every now and then for 'heart-to-heart talks', and he comes to talk to me about all kinds of messes." Speaking of which, I can be regarded as a scholar who knows everything in the world without going out."

Que Jinxian said it lightly, but he knew how bad Ji Shiyan's actions were. While imprisoning him, he often appeared in front of him like a normal person, relying on him not being able to escape, making himself unknown to outsiders. The darkness is revealed to the fullest, it is shameless to the extreme.

"This bastard!" Misang Yaoyue already hated Ji Shiyan to the bone, and now she gritted her teeth in resentment.

Que Jinxian looked at her for a moment, then sighed softly, raised his hand and patted the top of her head lightly, saying, "You... silly boy."

Misang Yaoyue was startled at first, but then quickly realized that Ji Shiyan must have told Quejinxian that Zhong Wangyou was his son, and at this time Quejinxian did it out of the elder's love for the younger generation. The sigh really pierced her heart, making her nose sore and her throat uncontrollably choked.

At this moment, Ji Yuanchen, who had stood silently watching for a long time, suddenly said thoughtfully:

"Is he a merchant?"