Chapter 64

Shen Qiao stood still, and the other party didn't take a step forward. The two faced each other, forming a strange atmosphere.

Shen Qiao had already seen these green eyes on the ape just now, and it is not too surprising to see such a pair of eyes again at this time, but it is a little strange, why such ancient city ruins, which have been closed and barren for many years, appeared So many apes?

Can they survive here for hundreds of years without eating or drinking?

Seeing that Shen Qiao was standing still and didn't show the slightest impatience, those eyes couldn't hold back, they flashed in the darkness, the green disappeared, everything returned to darkness, and the smell of blood soon faded away.

gone so easily?

The stairs are very long, and Shen Qiao found out that there are more or less patterned carvings on the walls on both sides of the stairs. It can be seen that this place was once a prosperous city. After Ruoqiang was annexed by Loulan, it disappeared from the history books. Above, even those subjects and people and countless gold and silver treasures, don't know whether they were plundered by Loulan or just disappeared.

He walked down step by step with Yan Wushi on his back. In the darkness of the empty space, his steps were magnified infinitely. Yan Wushi's unsurprising breath was slightly heavy because of the injury. There was also the sound of the mountains and rivers falling on the ground to explore the path with the sad sword. These details gave Shen Qiao an illusion: this road seemed to never end.

Since you can't finish walking, why not stop and take a break?

No matter how far you go, you can't get out anyway.

There was a burst of coldness on the back of the neck, and Yan Wushi's hand suddenly touched, causing Shen Qiao to shiver involuntarily.

The breath here is closed all the year round, people will inevitably feel suffocated after staying for a long time, the brain will become dull, and it is easy to become drowsy.

Just now, Shen Qiao had been thinking about the ape, but he was not paying attention for a while, and almost got caught.

"Thank you," he said.

Yan Wushi didn't answer.

Shen Qiao was also used to it. This person's infuriating qi is disordered in his body now, and he can't control himself. He often switches between several temperaments. Right now, this kind of person must not be very fond of talking.

The two walked for a while, and suddenly, Shen Qiao felt that the stairs under his feet had disappeared, replaced by a flat ground, and the walls on both sides were gone, but this situation was even more uncomfortable, because no one knew the end of this open space. How big is it, will a trap appear suddenly under your feet?

A sword was handed to Shen Qiao's face, silently, and the sword body that was as cold as Qiushui didn't show any luster in the darkness.

But Shen Qiao had been in the dark for a long time, he was used to listening to everything with his ears, his ears were very sharp, the tip of the sword was still an inch away from his eyes, he had already jumped up, swept back, and shot out the sword. With a loud bang, the opponent's menacing approach was instantly turned invisible.

"Where is the evildoer! Sign up!"

Shen Qiao hadn't spoken yet, but the other party questioned first.

He laughed and laughed: "Who is your Excellency?"

The other party could hear his voice: "Shen Daochang?"

Shen Qiao: "Who are you?"

The other party: "I'm Chu Ping, I came with the lord."

There were about a dozen people who followed Chen Gong. Except for Murong Qin, who had known each other from the beginning, the others had almost no communication with Shen Qiao.

Shen Qiao hummed: "Where's Chen Gong?"

Chu Ping: "My lord and the others are in front, and just now a monster like a monkey took away our two companions. I thought you were too... I'm sorry, please come with me, Taoist Master Shen!"

His voice was terrified, and his words were still panting. It could be seen that he had also gone through a fierce battle just now.

Shen Qiao: "Is there a trap here?"

Chu Ping: "No, this should be a terrace, but there will be a corner in front of it, and the lord and the others are behind the corner."

Shen Qiao judged the direction based on Chu Ping's footsteps, followed him all the way, and after walking for a while, he heard someone say, "Who?"

Chu Ping: "It's me, Patriarch Murong, who found Daochang Shen and the others."

Murong Qin's voice was a little tense: "Come here!"

Chu Ping also became nervous: "What's the matter, is the monkey here again?"

Murong Qin didn't speak, and then there was a slam in the darkness, and there was a fire in his hand.

By the light of the fire, Shen Qiao saw that there were other people standing beside Murong Qin, but the number was obviously less than when he came in.

Chen Gong saw Shen Qiao and the others with a relieved expression on his face: "Fortunately, you are all right."

Shen Qiao: "What's going on?"

Chen Gong: "The strong wind blew away the deep pit that was originally covered with fine sand, and the ancient city of Ruoqiang was connected below, so we fell down, but the head here is very big, and our orientations were not the same when we fell, so we were separated for a while."

Shen Qiao: "Where should we go now?"

Chen Gong answered any questions: "I just checked it out, if I guessed correctly, this should be the original city entrance, the chalcedony grows in the ground, we have to find the passage from the city to the underground, and continue to go down. ."

Shen Qiao: "This city has been submerged under the wind and sand for hundreds of years. Even if there is a passage, it would have been blocked long ago. Even if the dry food is exhausted, it may not be able to be found."

Chen Gong: "Don't worry, I have seen the rough terrain of Ruoqiang's city before I came here. I don't know where the passage is. The Ruoqiang people built an altar in the north of the king's city, and the passage should be under the altar. , now we just need to find the altar to the north."

"There are some monsters here. You should have met them just now. They should be apes and monkeys that live here all year round. They are sensitive to the eyes and ears, and they are used to the dark environment. Mistakes."

These words were not only for Shen Qiao, but also for the subordinates of the peers. Presumably just now, a few people were lost for some reason. Everyone immediately responded in unison, and Murong Qin led the way and followed the fire.

When there are more people, everyone seems to have some support for each other, and they feel a lot more relieved, especially Shen Qiao. Allocated to the level of first-class masters.

At this time, not many people knew about Kunxie's death. When the news spreads, I am afraid that no one will dare to look down on Shen Qiao with the eyes of the past.

Jianghu is such a reality. Hidden in pride and ambition, under the sword of three feet, it is also a big wave to rush for gold, and the strong are respected.

Those apes who were hiding in the dark seemed to be afraid to come out because they were afraid of their large number of people. Where to go, this distance is enough for them to walk from the south of the city to the north.

But although everyone had doubts, because of their different identities, they did not dare to ask Chen Gong easily, only Shen Qiao said, "How long do we have to go?"

Chen Gong was also a little unsure. After all, what he saw in the palace of Qi State was the incomplete topographic map left over from the Han Dynasty: "It should be coming soon."

However, not long after these words were spoken, someone in the group suddenly shouted in a low voice: "Rokuro is gone!"

Then there was another exclamation: "What is this!"

In order to save the fire box, only Murong Qin ordered one in the group. Before Murong Qin greeted the fire box, some people were already in a hurry to find one from their arms and wanted to light it, but because they were too nervous, their hands were shaking. The fire box fell directly to the ground.

Murong Qin walked over quickly, and the fire lit up on the ground, but saw that there was a hairy spider on top of the Huozhe that had just fallen, its body was gray and black, not counting the upper legs, it was the size of a grown man's palm, and in the There are three white marks on its carapace, it looks like a person with closed eyes, when the spider starts to crawl, the "eyes" will open again, like blinking.

Everyone had seen such a bizarre situation before, and they couldn't say they were afraid, but they only felt that the roots of the cold hair were standing upright, and they were unspeakably sick and uncomfortable.

Someone couldn't help but swung his sword over, and cut the spider in half with one sword, but in an instant, more small spiders poured out of its belly and crawled towards everyone's feet.

"Rokuro! That's Rokuro!"

Someone else lit the fire, and the fire swayed far away, and they saw a corpse lying there, still wearing their familiar clothes, but the whole person was shriveled, and the skin was directly attached to the bone, which was quite interesting. terror.

"Don't let these things get close!" Murong Qin said sharply.

As soon as he spoke, his sword was already unsheathed, and as soon as a few sword lights passed, all the spiders that tried to climb towards him and Chen Gong were killed on the spot.

But other people are not so lucky. The little spider crawls extremely fast. It climbs up the legs of the trousers, and when it sees a gap, it drills in. Once it touches the warm skin, it will inject venom, causing people to produce felt paralyzed, so was completely absorbed in the blood and didn't even notice it, and didn't even make a sound.

In the blink of an eye, two or three more people fell. These people only knew how to do their fists and kicks. They ran around Chen Gong and they were like servant boys. At this time, it was too late to resist, and they were as silent as that Rokuro. fall down.

The others were horrified when they saw it, and they all dared to be careless, and they all showed their weapons to kill the spiders, but the spiders were too small, and some of them kept pouring out from nowhere. , chopped a few big ones, and inevitably another small one climbed out, which was inexhaustible and hard to guard against.

Only on Shen Qiao's side, under the sword curtain of the mountains and rivers and the sad sword, there was no spider that could get close. He protected Yan Wushi behind him, and the sword qi surrounded both of them so that no water leaked, and the darkness was like a white waterfall. , dazzling, it is impossible to take your eyes off.

The spider bullied the soft and was afraid of the hard. Seeing that he couldn't get close to Shen Qiao's body, he turned around and rushed towards others.

Chen Gong was angry and reprimanded his subordinates: "Who asked you to stab it in the stomach, set fire directly, and set it on fire!"

He himself was not idle either, holding a sword in one hand and swinging the huo zhezi to the ground in the other. The spiders were afraid of the fire, so they dared not go forward. Undoubtedly, several people on Chen Gong's side had already died, so he had to command everyone: "Run forward!"

But the house leak happened to be raining overnight. At this time, everyone felt a cool breeze behind them. Before they could react, someone else screamed and fell forward.

"It's the demon monkeys! Those demon monkeys are here again!" Someone shouted in shock.

There was a tiger behind the wolf, and they couldn't run even if they wanted to. In fear, everyone subconsciously gathered towards Murong Qin and Shen Qiao, because they were the strongest in the team, and they still managed to do it without any damage.

But Shen Qiao himself was not easy. Two apes rushed towards him at the same time. He had to deal with the spiders in front of him, and he also had to deal with the two apes and protect Yan Wushi. .

Those apes, as Chen Gong said, have been in the dark for a long time, and have developed the ability of night vision. They are like cunning hunters in the dark, watching everyone turn around under the siege of spiders, waiting for the best time to shoot, Make sure you hit it.

The clanging sound of the sword resounded endlessly, but many people found that a sword pierced through the chest of the ape, but it was either not blocked by the hard skin like iron under the fur, or the ape often They can always escape at the last moment. After a few rounds, they have to worry about those blood-sucking spiders, and they have to deal with the apes with endless energy.

The ape's fingernails also seemed to have some kind of toxin, and the wounds they scratched immediately began to feel hot and painful.

"These apes and spiders are natural enemies. As soon as they appear, the spiders all retreat."

Yan Wushi suddenly said, his voice was dull and weak, without the arrogance that he used to control everything, but when he spoke, there was always a power that made people involuntarily concentrate and listen.

Everyone who heard this sentence was stunned for a moment. In the gap between the fight with the apes, many people looked to the ground, and sure enough, they saw that the spiders that were discolored were all gone.

Without the constraints of the spider, it seemed as if the heart was relieved, and everyone's spirits were instantly lifted.

But the good times didn't last long. With the sudden sound of a long neigh in the dark, like a woman crying, the ape's attack became fierce again. There is a stance of immortality.

Shen Qiao said to Yan Wushi: "This must be because the ape leader is in command, he must be captured to be peaceful, you hide with Murong Qin, I'll go look for the leader, maybe I won't care about you for a while. ."

Yan Wushi hummed, and there was no extra sentence.

But the two of them are not friends at all, and of course they can't talk about enemies at present. In terms of their current temperament, they are different from the deity, but they are equally cool. If they say something like "be careful", Shen Qiao will To be surprised.

He saw that Yan Wushi was hiding against the wall and hiding into the protruding crevices. He would not be discovered by the monkeys for a while, so he jumped up on the wall, and used the protruding cracks as a foothold, rising and falling for a few rounds. He jumped towards the source of Fang Cai's cry and quickly disappeared into the darkness.

Shen Qiao's Taoist robe flutters, there is no dust under his feet, and he holds a sword in one hand. If it is changed to the environment in broad daylight, I am afraid that he has the demeanor of an immortal, and it will definitely attract countless attention. It is a pity that here, everyone is still too busy to take care of themselves, only Yan Wushichao His disappearing figure took a deep look, and then he did not take shelter from Chen Gong and Murong Qin as Shen Qiao had explained, but bypassed the crowd and walked deeper into the darkness.

No one noticed his disappearance, and Shen Qiao didn't even know it. He closed his eyes and turned his ears to search for the existence of the ape leader, but the other party had been silent since the call, so he could only rely on his impression to search forward.

The sound of the short arms handover from below was getting farther and farther away, Shen Qiao held her breath, integrated herself with the ruins behind her, and felt the boundless silence and unknown brought by the darkness.

Suddenly, the cry sounded again!

The mourning was long, and then sharp, like a horn and a signal, causing the apes below to attack Chen Gong and the others frantically again.

It's now!

-!

The phoenix is ​​clear, and the mountains and rivers come out of the sheath with the sorrowful sword!

Shen Yan was a little bit, and the whole person jumped into darkness.

There is no relying in the darkness, but he can walk through the air. This sword is not fancy, but it is extremely fast. When you come to the east, the shot is here!

By the time, the sword light was flourishing, and the ape monkey was not a dead thing, and naturally noticed the danger, but as the leader of a monkey, he was the king side in this ancient city site. The reaction was not turned to escape, but was rushed towards Shen Yan.

Under the shining of Jianguang, Shen Yan discovered that the ape monkey was actually the first monkey body. Unlike other apes, even more weird, a pair of green eyes had a pair of green eyes on the furry people, staring at Shen Shen resentful. Alas, a pair of sharp claws holding blood and a strange smell of unknown the road, ignoring Shen Yan's sword light at all, Taishan pressed down the top!

Shen Yan suddenly remembered what the strange smell was. It was the taste of the spiders who died. These apes and monkeys were under the ground for so long, and there were no other food sources. The spider's natural enemy, so as soon as they appeared, the spiders would run away.

But now there are so many people, and in the eyes of the apes, there is a bunch of food. They are naturally attracted and chased.

The ape monkey did not know that the sword light was powerful, thinking that he was comparable to the copper wall and iron wall. He was fearless. He patted it with a palm of his palm.

The two met in the narrow road, wrapped the sword light, and directly broke the fur skin of the ape monkey's chest.

The ape monkey leader was shocked and angry, and immediately screamed sharply. The ape monkeys who didn't let go around Chen Gong and others abandoned Chen Gong and jumped on the four weeks of walls. The goal pointed directly at Shen Yan!

These apes not only have strong attack power, their body is keen, and the fur is as hard as iron. The ordinary weapons cannot be broken at all. Rao is a mountain and rivers and a sorrowful sword. Fear of fear, but if dozens of them rushed up together, I am afraid that Master Xue Ting and other masters such as Master Xue Ting would not be able to eat it.

He retired after receiving the sword at the moment, but the ape monkey leader was injured by him.

When Murong Qin saw that the apes were led by Shen Yan, they said to Chen Gong: "Lord, let's go!"

Chen Gong said: "No, help him!"

Murong Qin was a little surprised: "Lord?"

Chen Gong frowned: "We are now the people on the same boat. Shen Yan has a lot of help.

He said that he first jumped his sword and jumped up.

Murong Qin and others couldn't, and had to grit their teeth to keep up.

But the ape monkey leader hated Shen Yan and injured himself, and wanted to tear him into fragments. The other apes had no intention to fight with Chen Gong and others under the pressure of the leader. The addition of Chen Gong and others made them more crazy and irritable, and they were not afraid of death. Even Chen Gong was not paying attention, and his arms were opened with a deep -visible bone.

Murong Qin said in a hurry: "Lord!"

He was busy taking medicine for Chen Gong, and others retreated when he saw it.

Shen Yanben had no feathers with them. Even if he was trapped before he captured the king, it just relieved their crisis.

Murong Qin whispered to Chen Gong: "The protagonist, it is not too late. When these monkeys kill Shen Yan, they will go back to deal with us, so hurry up!"

Chen Gong was silent for a moment, and finally stopped hesitating: "Withdraw!"

Before leaving, he turned his head up and glanced up. In the scream of the ape monkey crazy, although a few sword light seemed to be a little isolated, he didn't know how long it would be supported.

Chen Gong looked back and went away with Murong Qin, and left without returning.

Shen Yan killed two apes, and he gradually felt that his strength was incapable.

After all, his skill has not been recovered, not to mention that these apes are as crazy, regardless of whether they care about it. For a long mouth, the blood of the other party splashed on his face, and his smell came to his face. It was vomiting. Rao was Shen Yan, and he couldn't help but pause slightly.

While the other apes were attacking Shen Qiao, the ape leader kept his troops still, waiting for the opportunity, and managed to spot the gap.

Shen Qiao was directly hugged by it, unable to break free, the whole person fell backwards involuntarily, stepped on the air, and fell into a deep pit.

At this moment, the ape leader took advantage of the situation to let go of him, and when the other apes grabbed his tail, he pushed Shen Qiao into the deep pit, and then screamed loudly, as if to celebrate the victory!

The mountains and rivers and the sword of sadness carried Shen Qiao's weight, and almost drew a spark on the wall of the pit, but Shen Qiao still couldn't stop the trend of falling, it seemed like a real abyss, and I didn't know when it would end, Shen Qiao's arms were sore and numb , Every wound on his body was hurting. It was hurt when he was fighting with the apes just now. At this time, he only felt hot and uncomfortable.

Shen Qiao looked down, there was a faint red light below, and he didn't know what it was.

His arm has completely lost feeling, and if he doesn't notice, the mountains and rivers and the sword of sorrow fell on the narrow wall, and the whole person fell down!

But this feeling of falling has just happened, and his other arm was firmly grasped!

Shen Qiao raised his head, but saw that Yan Wushi appeared out of nowhere. In order to catch Shen Qiao, his upper body was stretched out.

"Hurry up!" he said sharply to Shen Qiao.