My Xiuxian painting style is not right

Chapter 165: Secret Passage Maze (Page 13)

The secret passage was pitch black. Chen Yu shone a flashlight inside. There was only a narrow winding road in front of him. He had no idea where it led to.

"It's quite cool underground." Chen Yu took a breath. Compared with the sultry weather outside, the underground was like heaven and earth. No wonder emperors in the past liked to build palaces underground. It was warm in winter and cool in summer, and there was no need to pay electricity bills. The only thing was that it was inconvenient to go to the toilet, and someone had to be specially sent to empty the toilet. Thinking of the smell, Chen Yu couldn't help shivering.

"Be careful and don't talk nonsense." Shangguan Wan'er followed behind Chen Yu. The secret passage was eerie and she always felt that there was something hidden in the dark, which made people feel creepy.

"What are you afraid of? Except for me, everyone in our team is a master. Even if there are monsters, they won't be enough for us to fight."

Chen Yu said nonchalantly, as he took out a bag of potato chips from the cloth bag and started eating them with a crunch.

"Could you please stop making any noise? It's creepy."

Liu Ruyan followed at the back. She was most afraid of such eerie and scary places. She always felt a chill on her back, as if something was staring at her.

"Okay, okay, can't I just not eat it?" Chen Yu put the potato chips away helplessly. These days, people are not even allowed to eat potato chips. This shows how morals are going downhill!

They continued walking forward, and after about an incense stick's time, a fork in the road suddenly appeared in front of them. The two roads were exactly the same, and they didn't know which one to take.

"How do I get here?" Chen Yu shone his flashlight on both roads, but they were both pitch black and he couldn't see anything.

"How about we go our separate ways?" Lin Qingxue suggested. After all, they all had system maps, so even if they got separated, they could still find each other.

"No, it's too dangerous." Shangguan Wan'er objected immediately. It was so dangerous underground. If they encountered any danger, it would be too late to help if they went their separate ways.

"Then what do you think we should do?" Lin Qingxue asked.

Shangguan Wan'er thought for a moment and said, "How about this? Let's mark this place first, and then each of us will choose a path to follow. If we find anything, we can come back here and reunite."

"Okay, let's do it." Chen Yu nodded. He took out a bottle of Coke from his cloth bag, took a sip, and then put the bottle at the fork in the road.

"You use a Coke bottle as a mark? Aren't you too casual?" Liu Ruyan was speechless. This Chen Yu really took out everything. If you didn't know, you would think he was carrying a treasure chest.

"This is called recycling, understand?" Chen Yu rolled his eyes at Liu Ruyan, then said, "Alright, stop talking nonsense and choose your path."

Lin Qingxue chose the road on the left, Liu Ruyan chose the road on the right, and Chen Yu and Shangguan Wan'er stayed where they were and waited.

Lin Qingxue walked along the road on the left. Not long after, she saw a light ahead.

She quickened her pace, came to the light, and found a spacious stone chamber in front of her.

In the center of the stone chamber, there is a huge night-shining pearl, which emits a soft light and illuminates the entire stone chamber.

"This is..." Lin Qingxue walked into the stone chamber and found that the walls of the stone chamber were covered with densely packed words.

"I seem to have seen these words somewhere..." Lin Qingxue recalled carefully, and suddenly, she remembered that these words were exactly the same as the symbols she had seen before at the bottom of the sarcophagus, the bottom of the wooden box, the cuffs of clothes and under the night pearl!

"Could it be that these symbols are the key to unlocking the secrets of this tomb?"

Lin Qingxue's heart moved. She took out her cell phone and took a few photos of the words on the wall.

Just then, she suddenly heard footsteps behind her.

"Who?" Lin Qingxue turned around suddenly, and the ice-blue jade pendant in her hand emitted a cold light.

A figure wearing a black cloak and a black mask appeared at the door of the stone chamber.

"Who are you?" Lin Qingxue asked vigilantly. This figure gave her a very dangerous feeling.

"Hey, little beauty, you don't need to know who I am. You just need to know that you can't escape from my grasp today!"

The black shadow let out a sinister laugh and then pounced towards Lin Qingxue.

Lin Qingxue snorted coldly, and the jade pendant in her hand shone brightly. An ice wall rose from the ground, blocking the attack of the black shadow.

The black shadow hit the ice wall, groaned, and took a few steps back.

"You're quite capable, no wonder you dare to break in here." The black shadow said in a hoarse voice, with a hint of surprise in his tone.

"Who are you? Why are you attacking me?" Lin Qingxue did not let her guard down. The figure was quite powerful and had bad intentions.

"Hehe, it's okay to tell you, I'm the one who's here to take your life."

As the black shadow spoke, he pounced on Lin Qingxue again. This time, his speed was faster and his attack was more fierce.

Lin Qingxue did not dare to be careless. She kept waving the jade pendant in her hand, and ice blades flew out, fighting with the black shadow.

For a moment, the stone chamber was filled with freezing cold and ice chips flew everywhere.

On the other side, Liu Ruyan walked along the road on the right. Not long after walking, she smelled a faint fragrance.

She walked forward curiously and came to a corner. She saw a small room in front of her. An oil lamp was lit in the room. An old man in a green robe and a goatee was sitting at the table, drinking tea leisurely.

Liu Ruyan was puzzled. How could there be someone underground? She walked forward and asked, "Old man, who are you?

Why are you in a place like this?"

The old man heard the voice, raised his head, saw Liu Ruyan, smiled slightly, and said, "Miss, how are you?"

Liu Ruyan was stunned. She looked at the old man carefully and felt as if she had seen him somewhere, but she couldn't remember where.

"Old man, have we met somewhere before?" Liu Ruyan asked tentatively.

The old man put down his teacup and said with a smile, "Young lady, you are a noble person and forgetful. How could I, a mere old tea seller, catch your eye?"

Liu Ruyan became even more confused. Why did this old man speak in such a literary way? He didn't sound like a tea seller at all.

"Old man, don't be ridiculous. This place is underground. How can you sell tea here?"

Liu Ruyan asked.

"Haha, you're joking, young lady. I'm not here to sell tea. I'm here to wait for you."

As the old man spoke, he stood up and walked in front of Liu Ruyan.

Liu Ruyan subconsciously took a step back. This old man looked kind, but why did he feel weird?

"Why are you waiting for me?" Liu Ruyan asked. She had a bad feeling in her heart.

The old man smiled and said, "Of course I'm giving you a big gift!"

As soon as the old man finished speaking, he suddenly attacked and slapped Liu Ruyan's chest.

Liu Ruyan was horrified and wanted to dodge, but it was too late.

"boom!"

With a dull thud, Liu Ruyan was hit by the old man's palm and flew backwards, falling heavily to the ground, with a trace of blood flowing from the corner of her mouth.

"You..." Liu Ruyan covered her chest and looked at the old man in horror. She never thought that this seemingly harmless old man would actually kill her.

"Hey, little girl, you are too naive. You can't trust anyone easily in this world."

The old man said with a sinister smile, approaching Liu Ruyan step by step.

Liu Ruyan struggled to stand up, but the old man's palm had already injured her heart meridian, and she was now unable to move at all.

"You... who are you? Why do you want to kill me?" Liu Ruyan asked. She still didn't know who she had offended.

"Hehe, if you want to know who I am, wait for the next life!" said the old man, raising his hand again, ready to give Liu Ruyan a fatal blow.

Liu Ruyan's vision went dark, and she nearly fainted. She closed her eyes in despair, waiting for death to come.

At this moment, a crisp sword sound was heard, and a sharp sword energy cut through the air and hit the old man's palm.

The old man groaned, withdrew his hand, and looked at the newcomer with a sinister look.

Shangguan Wan'er was seen standing in front of Liu Ruyan, holding a long sword, looking at the old man coldly.

"Who are you? Why do you want to hurt her?" Shangguan Wan'er asked sternly.

"Little girl, why are you meddling in other people's business!" the old man said angrily. He didn't expect that someone would suddenly appear and ruin his good thing.

"I don't care who you are. If you dare to hurt my friends, I will never let you off!"

Shangguan Wan'er said this and swung her sword at the old man.

The old man snorted coldly, dodged Shangguan Wan'er's attack with a flash of his body.

His figure was erratic, like a ghost, making it difficult to grasp his presence.

Shangguan Wan'er did not dare to be careless and used all her skills to fight with the old man.

Elsewhere, Lin Qingxue was engaged in a fierce battle with the man in black. The man in black was powerful, and his moves were deadly. Although Lin Qingxue had considerable cultivation, it was difficult for her to defeat him for a while.

The man in black held a black dagger in his hand, which emitted a cold aura that made people shudder.

His movements were strange and swift, like a black lightning, constantly attacking Lin Qingxue.

The jade pendant in Lin Qingxue's hand flashed with light, and ice blades flew out, colliding with the dagger of the man in black, making a sound of metal clashing.

"My little beauty, you are quite powerful, but unfortunately, you are destined to die here today!"

The man in black said with a sinister smile.

"Hmph, it's still uncertain who will win!" Lin Qingxue snorted coldly, and the jade pendant in her hand shone brightly. A huge ice wall rose from the ground, trapping the man in black inside.

The man in black was trapped in the ice wall, unable to escape for a moment. He roared and stabbed the ice wall with the dagger in his hand, and a crack appeared on the ice wall.

Seeing this, Lin Qingxue did not dare to be careless. She formed seals with her hands and muttered something. Ice cones fell from the sky and shot towards the man in black.

The man in black waved his dagger and smashed the ice cones one by one, but he was also knocked back repeatedly by the impact of the ice cones.

At this moment, Chen Yu and Luo Li arrived. Chen Yu saw Lin Qingxue being besieged by men in black and was immediately furious.

"You dare to bully my wife? You're looking for death!" Chen Yu roared, took out an AK47 from his cloth bag, and fired a volley of bullets at the man in black.

chug chu...

The sound of AK47 gunfire resounded throughout the stone chamber. The man in black was caught off guard and was riddled with bullets. He fell to the ground and died.

Lin Qingxue was delighted to see Chen Yu appear. She put away the jade pendant, ran to Chen Yu, and asked with concern, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine. How about you? Are you hurt?" Chen Yu asked.

"I'm fine." Lin Qingxue shook her head.

"That's good." Chen Yu nodded, then looked at Luo Li and asked, "Luo Li, are you okay?"

Luo Li shook her head and said nothing.

Seeing this, Chen Yu didn't ask any more questions. He turned his head to look at the body of the man in black on the ground, frowning slightly.

"Who is this man in black? Why is he attacking us?"

Chen Yu was confused.

"No matter who he is, if he dares to provoke us, he will pay the price!"

Lin Qingxue said coldly.

"That's right." Chen Yu nodded, then said, "Let's leave here first. It's too dangerous here."

Lin Qingxue nodded, and then left the stone chamber with Chen Yu.

They retraced their steps and came to a fork in the road.