[Xianjian + Ancient Sword Colleague] Being a master is also a kind of practice

There was a black spot sunken on the ice wall, which was incomparably brighter than the surrounding crystal light, as if a bloody mouth had grown out of the mountain wall, devouring all the reflected sword light.

Curious in Shen Bailing's heart, Yu Jian slowly flew towards him, only then did he see clearly that it turned out to be a small rock cave, and the inside of the cave was so dark that it was hard to distinguish the depth, and the solid ice spread from the entrance of the cave all the way into the darkness .

"...help me...help me..."

Suddenly, an extremely weak sound came from the depths of the cave.The voice was male and female, yin and yang, ethereal, ghostly, indescribably strange.

After walking under the abyss of the East China Sea for a long time, it was the first time for Shen Bailing to hear a human voice. Although the voice was not loud, it was like a thunderclap when it fell into his ears.Shocked, he hurriedly stopped the fairy sword, stood at the entrance of the cave and asked aloud: "Who is in there? Are you injured?"

As soon as this question was uttered, Shen Bailing frowned, sensing something was wrong.His questioning voice was not low, it stands to reason that if there should be a slight echo in the cave, unexpectedly, after the voice was heard, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and it was silent, as if the darkness in the cave could not only block people's sight, but also swallow up the sound generally.Not only that, even the cries for help in the cave suddenly stopped.

To enter, or not to enter?

Shen Bailing stood in front of the cave door, the faint blue light from the fairy sword shone on his face, revealing the trace of hesitation between his brows.Just at this moment, there was another low and inaudible sound from the cave. It was still the ghostly voice, and he said carefully: "...the cloud seal is too empty, the beginning of the catastrophe. It is floating around, sinking or floating. ..." Shen Bailing listened intently, and found that what he was chanting seemed to be some kind of verse, and the tone was quite familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before, "... wandering in five directions, more than ten feet away. Nine Heavens Profound Spirit, An Pen is a book ..."

He listened for a while, and suddenly his heart trembled: Ah, this...isn't this the Xuanyun Divine Curse of the Qionghua Sect!Now that I think of it, I can't help but move my lips, and continued in a murmur: "...it is obvious, but there is nothing in the dark. The ailment can heal itself, and the dust can help you. The ghost will depend on it. You can ascend to the capital of immortals. ” Sure enough, the words were not bad, it was the mantra that he had recited many times in the Qionghua Sect 400 years ago.

Xuanyun God Mantra, Xuanyun God Mantra... When he first started, Master Taiqing taught him to recite this mantra word by word. The mantra was taught to them, as well as Xuanxiao, Tianqing, Suyu...the voices and smiles of the past were vivid in his memory, but they finally disappeared before his eyes, leaving only this cold and strange cave.

Shen Bailing only felt a slight astringency in his eyes, and he calmed down after a while.At this moment, he no longer hesitated, secretly said: No matter what is causing the trouble, since it has something to do with the Qionghua Sect, he must go in and find out.Thinking about it, he jumped down, held the fairy sword in his hand, and walked into the cave.

As soon as he stepped into the cave, a rancid and unpleasant smell hit his face first.Shen Bailing only took one breath, and felt dizzy for a while, quickly covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve, and walked forward quickly.Strange to say, just now when he was outside the cave, the voice inside the cave chanted several times intermittently, but when he really walked into the cave, the strange voice seemed to disappear instantly, never to be heard again. It never sounded, as if the owner of the sound had only one purpose, which was to lead Shen Bailing into the cave.

There is no fork in the stone cave, it goes straight forward, and the cave is not wide. Under the blue sword light, you can even vaguely see the stone walls on both sides and above the head.It’s just that in the silence, I can only hear my slight footsteps, and the road under my feet is getting longer and longer, and I haven’t reached the end after walking for a long time, as if this cave is going to lead into the depths of the stone wall. The ice in the center was thick, cold, and there was nothing else, and the increasingly strong rancid smell came from nowhere, but it was always lingering around. The strangeness made Shen Bailing feel hairy all over, and his heart shuddered.

Could it be that the people in this cave are not living people, but ghosts?The thought flashed through his mind, and he couldn't help laughing.I have been through the ghost world before, so what ghosts are I afraid of?Whether it's a living person or a dead ghost, if you find out, I, Shen Bailing, am ashamed even if I live, but I'm not ashamed of you pretenders, so why should I be afraid?Thinking about it, I couldn't help becoming more courageous, and strode forward.

Suddenly there was a "click", as if something crunchy and hard had been stepped on the sole of the foot.Shen Bailing was slightly taken aback, and hurriedly lowered his head to look at the ground. He was stunned when he saw this, and saw that what he was stepping on was not a wooden branch or branch, but a white object. He stared carefully, Then there was great shock, just because I followed the bone to look into the shadow against the stone wall, and bumped into a pair of dark and deep eye sockets, that...it was a skull, and he accidentally stepped on it just now Yes, it was a dead man's leg bone!

"……laugh……"

A chuckle came from nowhere, something suddenly lit up in the eye sockets of the skull, and then a ball of green light flew out of it, rushing into the depths of the cave uneasily.

Shen Bailing's eyes were wide open, and he looked at the direction in which the light left in disbelief. Although it was only for a moment, the moment the light passed him by, he clearly felt a trace... a trace of soul breath!

Could it be that this person is also a heaven-defying person who was banned here?Shen Bailing turned around and bowed towards the skeleton.It stands to reason that the cold air in the cave is so severe that ordinary bones should be immortal for a hundred years, but the corpse in front of me has not even a single bit of flesh and blood left, and even the clothes have been turned into ashes, leaving only a pile of white bones, and a A soul that has no place to live.

Suddenly something flickered in the shadows, just under the skeleton, Shen Bailing pursed his lips, said softly "offended" to the skeleton, and then gently moved it aside, only to see the skeleton under the skeleton There was still a long sword lying there, but the sword body was broken long ago, and there was a lot of dirt on the sword, which vaguely looked like coagulated blood.

Perhaps the owner of this sword experienced a very chaotic fight before he died.Shen Bailing secretly sighed in his heart, tidied up the pile of bones, Yunli inserted the broken sword in front of the bones as a tombstone, cupped his hands and wanted to move forward, but at this moment, the light of the fairy sword suddenly shone behind the bones Shen Bailing couldn't help staring at the stone wall, and could tell that there seemed to be something strange there.

When he found this skeleton, the skeleton was still leaning against the stone wall and sitting down. Afterwards, the stone wall was tightly covered, and after that he was busy packing up the bones and had no time to pay attention to him. Only now did he notice the hidden danger on the stone wall. eccentric.Shen Bailing stepped forward to observe, and noticed that the ice on the stone wall here was much thinner than that in other places, as if someone had scraped off a layer of it.He knew something was wrong, so he raised his long sword to scrape off the thin layer of ice, and he saw that there was something different under the ice, and when he looked closely, there were many writings engraved on it.

The handwriting was messy, as if it was carved in a hurry, and it seemed that the person who carved the words had great resentment in his heart.Shen Bailing looked one by one, and saw words written on the stone wall, such as "My faction wronged me for the rest of my life", "I can't get out of this", "I fight against the same room", "I hate all kinds of things" and so on. Living in this cave, I don't know why I can't take a step out of the cave, so I have to live in the cave for a long time, but there is no water and food in this cave, and the hunger and cold are unbearable, but they have not died for decades or 100 years. After a long period of confinement, someone finally went mad. Not only did he draw his sword to self-mutilate, but he even wounded many fellow members. He was seriously injured, managed to escape here and finally was dying, and left this message before dying.

Seeing this, how could Shen Bailing not be able to guess that this person is the Qionghua disciples who were banned by the Nine Heavens Profound Girl and sent here to think about it together with Xuan Xiao, Suyao and others when the Qionghua Sect ascended to heaven? one of the.At that time, Xuan Xiao and Su Yao disregarded the sentient beings in the mountains for their long-cherished wish of flying, and the disciples who were slightly sane all abandoned their sect one after another. It is also inevitable, but it is unexpected that after these people were thrown into the whirlpool of the East China Sea, they still did not think about their own mistakes, but became more and more crazy in the detention, and they did not hesitate to fight with their brothers.Although the scene was invisible at that time, it was also very thrilling to imagine.Shen Bailing sighed with emotion, and thought: No matter what, I will always be with them, so I should collect their corpses... It's a pity that they have me to collect the corpses today. who?

He sighed lightly, and walked forward.Sure enough, the farther we went, the more bones there were along the way, and the stone walls were full of words of resentment and indignation.Finally, the stone cave came to the end and reached a large open space. The stone path is very narrow, but here it is very wide.But no matter how big the space is, confinement for thousands of years is still torture. It is no wonder that some disciples finally couldn't bear the loneliness and misery and went crazy.Shen Bailing sighed while tidying up the bones on the ground. Most of the dozens of bones were scattered in one place, and no one could tell who was which. Many bones were frozen together with the ground, so he had to dig out one by one. Pile them together, and put together the many lost fairy swords and bones.

After tidying up, Shen Bailing stood in front of the pile of bones and knelt deeply, praying a few words in his mouth.Just when he stood up after saluting, there was a sudden scream of ghosts in the cave, and the bones suddenly lit up, and then he saw a green light from the pile of bones, flying around the bones and the fairy sword for a circle, green and glistening. The dim light became brighter and brighter, and finally rushed towards the other side of the stone road with endless resentment.

Shen Bailing was taken aback, and suddenly realized that the reason why this green light was full of soul aura was because it gathered the souls of these brothers and sisters from the same sect. Although the corpses had decayed, the souls were still alive. These people were full of resentment and fear before they died. Therefore, after death, his soul is also full of resentment, and he might have had bad intentions in bringing himself here, but he escaped by teaching him to collect the corpses of his fellow disciples by mistake.It's just that these souls can't escape from the cave when they are alive, so why do they still linger here after death?Could it be that the restriction imposed by the Xuannv of the Nine Heavens is still imprisoning them to this day?

Thinking about it, he couldn't help but chased after him. The stone path was narrow and low, unable to control the sword, so he could only move forward by footsteps.Fortunately, as the ball of green light flew forward, its speed gradually slowed down, and it faltered and lost its previous momentum of rushing forward, so it taught him to catch up.The green light came to the entrance of the cave, and the radiance was so strong that it rushed towards the outside of the cave with crying and screaming. At this moment, a bright golden light suddenly appeared at the entrance of the cave, like an iron wall, blocking the green light back.

Shen Bailing was stunned for a moment, but there was no time to slow down, and he also slammed into it after the green light, but he seemed to be thrown into the air when he hit it, and ran out staggeringly without being restrained at all.The ground was cold and slippery. He slid a few feet before he stabilized his body. Looking back, the golden light was still well sealed at the entrance of the cave.

The ghosts in the cave cried even more terribly, the green light seemed desperate to leave the abominable cave that had imprisoned them for hundreds of years, and bumped back up again regardless.The restriction on the cave door was filled with golden light and never broke, but the green light gradually shrunk into a small ball as it collided with it.

Shen Bailing frowned even more, and couldn't help persuading: "Know your mistakes and repent, there is nothing good about it. Back then, the Qionghua faction disregarded the people at the foot of the mountain, and arbitrarily promoted the faction to ascend, and finally caused a catastrophe. How can you know that it was not because of greed and delusions? You guys Being punished here, not thinking about your own faults, but fighting with the same room, disregarding the friendship of the past, isn’t it an extra fault? Nine Heavens Xuannv once said that you should think about it for a thousand years. I think this restriction is to keep you in the cave and stay until Thousands of years later, you will naturally disappear and let you enter reincarnation, and you must be imprisoned until your soul is gone, so why fight against the law of heaven at this time?"

As soon as the words fell, the green light suddenly stopped.The light on it flickered on and off, as if hesitating, drifted for a while at the entrance of the cave, and finally flew towards the cave, the ghost cry gradually went away, and disappeared into the darkness.When the green light disappeared, the golden light at the cave door gradually dispersed into the air.