Chapter 25 Chapter 25 Emei Adventure
The second trail led the crowd into a more fork in the trail.Yu Shao still proceeded methodically according to his own pathfinding system.Gradually, there are more and more side roads ahead, which are more and more complicated.At the beginning, the demons could take turns making marks every twenty steps, but as they walked, anxiety, confusion, worry and tension made them just concentrate on rushing, and no longer cared about any marks.At the new fork, some self-righteous demons began to part ways with Yu Shao, Tang Dou and the others, and rushed towards the path they had chosen.The number of demons following behind Yu Shao and the others became less and less, gradually decreasing from a few hundred to less than two hundred. A crisp sound of running water came from the front.Yu Shao listened attentively, then suddenly stretched out his body, and ran towards the direction where the sound of running water sounded.Tang Dou, Feng Luoyang and Zu Jing followed behind her, and they also urged their body skills together to run away.Seeing their excitement, the demons following behind saw new hope, soared into the air ecstatically, and followed. They finally left the mountainous and unpredictable stone forest behind, and what appeared before people was an underground river with sparkling phosphorescent lights.Under the guidance of Yu Shao, everyone went down this shallow underground river, heading for the depths of the ground. The channel of this underground river became wider and wider as it went underground, but the water flow gradually became thinner. At the end, the last stream was hidden in the crevices of the rocks, leaving only an endless stretch of dry channel towards the river. Extend ahead.Everyone raised Huo Yizi and looked forward. The river was so long that it couldn't be seen at a glance. "At the end of the water flow, there must be a paradise." Yu Shao looked forward and said. "I hope so." Tang Dou said with emotion.At this point, everyone has been walking in this mysterious cave for nearly a day. Although everyone has profound skills and knows no hunger or cold, the mental exhaustion is still quite severe. Everyone, including him, hopes that this expedition will end as soon as possible . Everyone walked forward in silence for half an hour, and suddenly a strange phosphorescent light appeared in front of them.Everyone jogged forward for a while, and when they came to the vicinity of the phosphorescent light, they took a closer look, and couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts.On the wide riverbed of the underground river, there are a large pile of strange skeletons that glow with phosphorous fire, some belong to the lynx jackals on Mount Emei, some belong to bats and birds, and there are some huge and strange skeletons that look like Herring fish bones, but people have never seen such a fat and huge herring. Passing through this chilling animal cemetery, the wide river in front of it suddenly narrowed, the air was suddenly filled with moist water vapor, and a blue light rose suddenly in the distance.Tang Dou and Feng Luoyang glanced at each other, each raised their swords, took a few steps forward, and took the lead towards the blue light.The people following behind also felt the approaching crisis, and everyone clenched their weapons. The first thing that catches people's eyes is two brightest blue lights, shooting directly from the front, just like a pair of ghost eyes of Emei Mandrill, which is frightening.Under the ghost's eyes is a feast of brilliant phosphorescence, thousands of firefly-like cyan fluorescence struggling to shine through the darkness of the cave.These firefly-like brilliance converged in one place, faintly forming the outline of a colossal monster. "What is this!?" Tang Dou raised Huo Yizi in his hand, and rushed to the center of the phosphorus fire to watch carefully. "Be careful!" The demons behind said worriedly.The will-o'-the-wisp in front of them was really shocking. These demons believed that this place was a place of fascination, and they all felt extremely nervous when they first saw such a terrifying monster's fire. Tang Dou raised his hand, signaling that he would be careful.He moved the Huo Yizi in his hand closer to the phosphorous fire, and couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise: "Hey, what a big fish!" "Fish?" Everyone felt a burst of curiosity and moved to his side to watch.What he saw standing in front of his eyes was a big fish as thick and thin as an elephant's body.The wide and thick fish skull got stuck in the gradually narrowing river channel, tightly blocking the way ahead.Its mouth was wide open, revealing hundreds of bluish-white sharp teeth inside, like a fierce shark in the blue sea.But its head is much larger than that of a shark, and the proportion of its mouth to its head is several times larger than that of a shark.Those phosphorescent fires densely packed like a swarm of fireflies came out from the mouth of this big fish.The two mandrill-like phosphorescent spots that terrified everyone the most came from the dark eyes of this big fish.Unlike other fish, the eyes of this big fish are very close to the tip of the mouth, which looks like an animal face. "Looking at the fish noodles of this big fish, can you see any difference?" Tang Dou asked tremblingly. "I can see it!" The leading demon swallowed and said, "This fish looks like a fish, but it has the face of a beast. It's half fish and half beast, it's... a monster!" "Wrong, it's not a monster." Yu Shao came to Tang Dou's side and carefully looked up and down the head of this big fish, "This is a pig dragon, transformed from a deep pool god fish. The rudimentary form of a dragon." "Pig dragon?! Could it be that this is really a fairy cave?" "Sure enough, the heavens paid off, we finally found it." The demons said excitedly. "Don't get too excited, this is just the conclusion of my preliminary observation. I still need to check the cause of this pig dragon's death, and check whether the feng shui of this cave has undergone unprecedented catastrophe." Yu Shao said.Hearing her words, all the demons had to shut up obediently. When it comes to exploring Fengshui, there is no one with more experience than the Jianghu Fengshui, and among the Fengshuis, naturally the leader of Fengshui is the most popular, and Chengfeng will be the master of Yushao. Under the eyes of everyone, Yu Shao walked up to the pig dragon's head, lowered his head, got into the dragon's head, and walked through the pig dragon's broad bones.Everyone saw that she was so courageous as a woman, even though they still felt frightened in their hearts, they still mustered up the courage to follow behind her, and filed into the mouth of this pig-dragon skeleton.The physique of this pig dragon was really majestic and slender, and everyone walked for a while among its uneven bones before finally finding the exit.The entire pig-dragon skeleton was filled with flickering blue light, with will-o'-the-wisps overflowing, the wind blowing against the face, and the fishy smell was pungent.Although it was only a moment to walk inside the skeleton of this monster, people felt as if they had spent a whole lifetime, and their entire backs were drenched in cold sweat. Yu Shao, who was the first to walk out of the pig keel, squatted down to inspect the bones of the pig dragon's tail, bowed his head and muttered silently. "Master Yu, I don't know what you think? Has this fairy cave become a den of evil?" the leading demon asked cautiously. "First of all, I can be sure that this must be the fairy cave we are looking for." Yu Shao raised his head and said in a deep voice, "According to my opinion, this place should have a strong sense of immortality and excellent feng shui, enough to make the god fish in the deep pool Absorb the essence of heaven and earth, and practice Jackie Chan. But I guess hundreds of years ago, there must have been a flood near Emei, which caused the water level in the deep pool to rise unprecedentedly, and the mountain road collapsed. This pig dragon was sent into this place by the soaring flood. The head of an underground river that had already dried up was stuck in the narrow channel. After the flood receded, it could not move forward or backward. Or die of thirst." "Haha, it really is a pig dragon, and he died so uselessly. As a descendant of the dragon family, it is embarrassing." Tang Dou suddenly laughed. "Young Master really has no sympathy." Yu Shao rolled his eyes at him, "Thanks to this dead pig dragon, the feng shui in this immortal cave has turned bad, and it is no longer a resort for cultivation. I think the immortal who practiced here originally Already left." "What, did we find the wrong place?" Tang Dou and all the devils said in surprise. "No, I believe we are in the right place. Although this place has become a fierce place, it has also become a good place to store sacred relics of the immortal sect. The fierceness of this place can just fight poison with poison, and keep evil people with malicious intentions out of the gate. And those who are determined to become disciples will be determined to move forward regardless of their own safety. According to this, the difference between immortals and ordinary people can be distinguished." Yu Shao stood up slowly, and said in a deep voice. "Master Yu is indeed extremely intelligent, and he can deduce so many mysteries from the dead bones of pigs and dragons." The leading demon said with a smile on his face, "In your opinion, we should move on?" "It's still the same sentence. At the end of the river, there must be a fairy cave. This pig dragon came from under the deep pool, so this underground river must lead to this deep pool. Since the water in this pool can make the god fish Hualong is naturally a place where immortal energy gathers. We should move on." Yu Shao said in a deep voice. "Haha, I didn't expect it!" The leading demon couldn't help but cheered, and was about to run forward.When he was about to pass Tang Dou, Tang Dou suddenly coughed hard.Hearing his cough, the leader demon stopped his pace abruptly, stood cautiously behind Tang Dou's side, and showed him a flattering smile. "Hmm..." Tang Dou nodded triumphantly, opened his fan, stood up and walked to Yu Shao, and walked forward side by side with her. Ever since Yu Shao deduced the location of the fairy cave from the pig keel, the doubts, fears and worries that had been suppressed in everyone's hearts disappeared for a while.People talked and laughed all the way in a relaxed mood, as if they had only walked for a while before they heard the sound of rumbling water ahead. "Sure enough, there is a deep pool!" The demons couldn't hold back the desire in their hearts any longer, and they all stretched their bodies and rushed forward.Yu Shao, Tang Dou and the others also felt a trace of strong anticipation, and performed lightness kung fu to leap forward one after another.A group of masters of the rivers and lakes ran at full speed, and they came to a deep blue pool almost instantly.The rocky ground around the cave was completely submerged by the vast pond water, and there was a vast expanse of water in front of it, cutting off all the roads ahead. A stone bridge with a peculiar structure stands high above the pool.One end of the stone bridge is connected to the stone ground where everyone is, but the other end is strangely connected to a stone wall opposite the pool.If people walk from the bridge to the opposite side, they can only bump into the stone wall that is blocked by this road.The shape of the stone bridge is also quite different from ordinary arch bridges.The place where the stone bridge is close to the stone ground where everyone is standing has an extremely steep slope, forming an abrupt arch. People almost need to jump up to stand on the top of the arch bridge.But the stone bridge to the opposite stone wall has an extremely gentle slope, like a gentle slope of a mountain range.At the place where the stone bridge is closer to the stone ground, stands a stone tablet with two lines of huge seal characters engraved on it. "What's written here?" Tang Dou turned to look at Feng Luoyang. "Believers will cross, doubters will turn back. Once you enter the bridge of darkness, life and death are up to you." Feng Luoyang said in a deep voice. "Young Master, since you are determined to seek immortality, you are naturally a believer?" Yu Shao looked at Tang Dou's pale cheek and asked softly. "Of course, okay, let me take the lead and see what weird things these immortals are doing." Tang Dou strode to the bridge and carefully looked at the stone slabs on the bridge.It was found that these slabs looked extremely smooth, and were covered with water droplets due to the infiltration of water vapor. "Young master, be careful, this stone bridge looks slippery, so you must hold your foot firmly." Feng Luoyang also saw the characteristics of the stone bridge deck, and quickly reminded him. "Don't worry, with my lightness kung fu of the Tang Sect, can a stone bridge still stump me?" Tang Dou chuckled, thrust the fan in his hand into his neck, waved his hands, stretched his body, and jumped up lightly. On the vault of the stone bridge, you can use your strength under your feet to stand firmly. "Haha, easy and easy..." Tang Dou grabbed the folding fan from behind his neck, waved it by his side, and said with a smile.
At this moment, a clear and crisp machine buzzer suddenly came from the stone bridge.The entire arched stone bridge suddenly hung down from the opposite stone wall, like a collapsed stone beam, and fell heavily into the deep pool.The arch on the bridge surface suddenly shrank, and the stone slabs were laid down one by one, and the entire bridge surface was stretched into a straight slope.The stone slab under Tang Dou's feet moved suddenly, causing him to lose his center of gravity, and fell on his back to the bridge.The extremely smooth bridge deck gave him no chance to struggle at all, and his whole body was like a cannonball "boom" straight into the deep pool, bringing white blisters all the way, and sank straight into the deep blue. In the dark pool of water, he lost his direction in an instant. "Young master!" Feng Luoyang, Zu Jing and Yu Shao exclaimed in unison, but everything happened too fast.In the blink of an eye, Tang Dou had already disappeared.Only the scholar hat he was wearing remained floating up from the bottom of the pool.The stone bridge that buried Tang Dou bounced up from the bottom of the pool after a creaking sound, and regained its strange arched shape. "What the hell happened!" Seeing Wushuang Tang Dou disappearing without even splashing a single flower, as if being swallowed by a boundless pool of water, all the demons in the river were terrified. "Is this a trap? A fairy's trap?" the leader Demon asked tremblingly. "Impossible, Tang Dou is very good at water, even if he is tricked into the pool, he can still step on the water, how could he be silent?!" Feng Luoyang rushed to the edge of the water, anxiously scanning the flowing water in the deep pool. "Under this stone bridge, there may be a vortex hidden under the water surface. Once people are thrown into the water, they will be swept away by the vortex." Yu Shao said palely. "Whirlpool? What should we do?!" Feng Luoyang asked anxiously. "Old Feng, don't worry. This stone sign says believers must cross, and doubters will turn back. I guess, it means to tell us that no matter what happens to us on the stone bridge, we must let nature take its course, Go with the situation, don't stand up and resist. Since Ah Shao said that there is a vortex under the pool, maybe this vortex will take us to the place where the immortals guide us. Maybe this is the reason why Ah Dou is unwilling to surface." Zu Jing joined Going to Feng Luoyang's side, holding his shoulder, said softly. "That's right, that's true." Feng Luoyang turned around, grabbed her hand, and let out a long breath, "I must have been too nervous just now. Young Master is extremely witty, and must have figured out the key to it. " "Then what are we waiting for? Hurry up and follow him to see what's going on underwater." Yu Shao said eagerly. "Okay, let me go first!" Feng Luoyang stood up. Zu Jing pressed his hand: "Come together, advance together and retreat together." Feng Luoyang turned his head and smiled at her, nodded and said, "Very good." The two jumped onto the stone bridge side by side.The stone bridge fell and deformed in the same way, and sent the two of them straight into the clear water.Yu Shao rushed up to the stone bridge after the two of them, and let the stone bridge send her into the water again. The deep pool water was filled with a fresh fishy smell. As soon as Yu Shao entered the water, his body was immediately swept away by the strong vortex.She closed her eyes and relaxed her figure, like a swimming fish rolling forward towards the unknown front driven by the current.After floating around for an unknown amount of time, the swirling water gradually slowed down. Yu Shao straightened his waist and eyes, his legs undulating water patterns like fish tails, his body rose up from the bottom of the water like a flag flower rocket, and rushed out of the water with a bang. In front of her eyes was an open-air cave projecting a little bit of skylight.The high cave roof extends upwards, as if the entire Emei Peak has been hollowed out to make this narrow and towering cave.She looked around and saw that Tang Dou, Feng Luoyang and Zu Jing had all floated out of the water, and everyone was panting violently. "Ah Shao, you're here too!? Oh, I'm so afraid that I'm the only one who understands the immortal's guidance. Since you're here too, why don't you help me with the details? How should I find the immortal's clues next?" Tang Douma She scowled and said excitedly. As soon as his words fell, a series of Bobobo voices sounded, and the heads of a large group of demons emerged from the water one after another. "Ah Ye, it's so weird that you can come in too?!" Tang Dou asked with his eyes wide open in surprise. "Hey, young master, fortunately Master Yu gave us some guidance, we followed this path, and actually found this magical cave." The leader Demon said excitedly. "Ah Shao, are you too enthusiastic?" Tang Dou spread his hands helplessly. "What's the matter, young and old, don't you want to become a fairy with all your devil friends? How can I bear to leave him alone." Yu Shao suddenly laughed. "Master Yu, since we have reached this point, I don't know how to explore next?" the leader Moren asked sincerely. “升仙之径自然是往高处行走,我们攀岩而上,在洞顶天光处,自然有分晓。”鱼韶指着神秘洞府顶端几处阳光透射处,朗声说道。 “好嘞!”首领魔人此刻再也不做谦让,身子从水中拔地而起,灵活地攀上石壁,宛如灵猿一般攀爬而上。 “好小子,想抢先,先问过你家大少我!”唐斗咬住扇子,跟在这首领魔人身后,手脚并用也开始攀爬而上。其他的魔人你争我夺,纷纷从水中窜起,就在这山壁之上展开了一场攀爬比赛。 就在这时,洞顶忽然响起一声清峻阴冷的声音:“大少,风公子,鱼当家,祖姑娘,四位果然不愧是武林翘楚,居然带着这帮废物找到了此地。” 众人抬头一看,只见一个浑身青衣的身影高高站立在洞顶天光处,手里拿着一枚黑漆漆的盒子,正居高临下地向下望来。 “废物?!”首领魔人听到这熟悉的声音顿时一阵勃然大怒,“柳青原,你果然是在利用我们。你根本没有和我们一起成仙得道的意思,是也不是?!” “哼。仙府再大,也不应收废物。你们本是江湖中郁郁不得志的蠢材,饮得神药才有今日成就,早就应该谢天谢地,心满意足。谁知你们人心不足,居然妄想成仙得道。试问若是你等浊物都有升仙的资格,却让古今升仙的前辈情何以堪。我师兄岳环当日已经说得清楚,配升仙得道者,只有我柳青原一个。”柳青原说到这里,已经掩饰不住自己的得意之情。 “喂,柳青原,那我的那一份呢?”唐斗仰头叫道。 “大少,岳环师兄早有训示,你虽绝顶聪明,但不是信人,还是打消你那份痴心妄想吧。”柳青原冷笑道。 “你个得志的小人,我唐斗和你拼了!”唐斗此时目眦尽裂,双眼血红,忍不住嘶声吼道。 “哈哈。”看到唐斗终于被自己压在了脚下,柳青原得意忘形地仰天大笑。 “柳青原,把仙人指引留下!”一个霹雳般的大喝声突然从石壁上响起。一道刺目的雪白剑光瞬间穿过数丈的空间,自下而上刺向柳青原的小腹。却原来是风洛阳趁着柳青原和众魔人、唐斗唇枪舌剑之时,手脚加劲,偷偷爬到了柳青原的附近,拔剑邀战。 “风洛阳!”看到这位此生的夙敌突然出现,柳青原浑身一热,耸身拔剑,金龙龙纹一般的松纹剑光骄若灵蛇,凶猛而妖异地卷入了风洛阳的剑光。 风洛阳看到柳青原仍然使用了最简单有效的疾风十三刺迎面打来,立刻将新领悟的剑法使将出来,青锋剑以一个倾斜的角度拍在柳青原的剑身上,先让他的攒刺偏离了一个小小的角度,接着运剑一推,依靠剑身和剑柄的力量,将柳青原的松纹剑转了个圈子,重新送了回去。这一剑混合着风洛阳自己和柳青原两个人的力道倒卷而来,柳青原虽然魔功精进,但是也感到膀子一麻。 “移花接木再加沾衣十八跌,借力打力?风洛阳啊风洛阳,你也技穷于此了。”柳青原知道风洛阳使了世间唯一能够正面硬抗天魔大法的绝世剑法,也同时放弃了自己三分剑法的优势,这种攻势犹如双刃剑,稍一失手,必遭重创。但是他柳青原就算失手,仍有魔功护体,毫无损伤,而风洛阳则是把自己的脖子放到了绞架上。 思及于此,柳青原仰天长笑,松纹剑毫不示弱地同样一圈一转将风洛阳送上来的力道一五一十地还了回去,还加上了一份自己的力道,一声压抑苍凉的剑鸣在青锋剑和松纹剑上同时响起,预示着两位剑客即将到来的生死血战。 风洛阳的剑仍然以一个微小的角度切入柳青原的长剑,以浑圆通透的柔和力道将松纹剑再次送回柳青原的前胸。此刻青锋剑和松纹剑已经如两块磁铁一般紧紧吸附在一起,两剑上蕴含的力道越来越大,越来越纠缠不清,而两把剑的剑鸣声也风雷涌动,隆隆不绝。 柳青原感到手腕一阵阵酸麻,风洛阳送过来的力道越来越让他难以控制。他咬紧牙关,毫不示弱地再次将松纹剑一旋一转,依样送回。风洛阳脸色一青,张口喷出一彪鲜血,手一挺,青锋剑划出一个参差不齐的圆圈,再将松纹剑卷了回来。 “再来一次,他就要垮了!”看到风洛阳的惨状,柳青原信心大增,气势更胜,断喝一声,长剑风车般一旋,加风带雨,滚滚而来。 “开!”风洛阳感到两剑上涌动的力道已经宛如洪水暴发,长剑猛地一翻,内旋之力化为外旋的扯力,青锋剑和松纹剑同时冒出耀目的剑芒,火花四射,精光乱舞,剑鸣声声震耳欲聋。他手上的长剑仓啷一声脱手飞出,打着旋在空中风车一般扑簌簌飞转。 “中!”柳青原长啸一声,手中的松纹剑发出奇异的呜咽鸣响,狠狠刺入风洛阳的胸口。 “老风!”“洛阳哥!”唐斗、祖菁和鱼韶同时惨叫起来。 “风洛阳!今日叫你死在我的手中!”柳青原精神抖擞地厉声道。 “柳青原……”风洛阳吐出一口鲜血,摇头苦笑,“你的剑法……生疏了。”说完这句话,他头一仰,抬手接住凌空落下的青锋剑,身子悠悠飞起,沉重地落入了洞下深潭之中。 “我的剑法……?”柳青原收回松纹剑,定睛一看,不禁大惊失色:这把一向被他爱如性命的随身长剑剑身此刻已经被激荡的剑气震得灰飞湮灭,化为满空飞舞的金属粉末,只剩下一柄光秃秃的剑柄。刚才他以为自己的长剑直没入风洛阳的胸口,却不知那不过是一个空虚的幻像。 “难道说……”柳青原恨恨不已地看着风洛阳入水的浪花,心中愤懑难平,“难道我的剑法,真的已经生疏了?”他拼命想要否认这个残酷的事实,但是令他心如刀绞的是:以前的柳青原从来没有让对手打碎过自己的长剑。更不会连长剑断裂都不自知。今日通晓天魔大法的柳青原,早已经不是当初诗剑风流的超海公子。不顾一切地向着自己心目中的剑道挺进,却距离自己的梦想越来越遥远。这样的人生,何其残忍。 “风洛阳,我们会再见的!”柳青原冲到天光照进来的洞口,长啸一声,纵身跳了下去。 “追上他啊!”魔人们纷纷攀爬到这个洞口朝下看去。只见洞口之下是深达数百丈的深潭瀑布。柳青原高高坠落的身影在水中卷起了一篇淡淡的水花,然后平复无痕。过了片刻,他的身子旗花火箭般从水中窜起,踩着碧绿色的潭水,扬起一行乳白色水线,扬长而去。