After the hero goes crazy

While the two were talking, the secret room of the tunnel trembled, and the murals in the stone room seemed to start to dissipate.

Under the light, countless dusty purple-golden lusters are flying, and these murals are slowly melting.

This mutation surprised the two of them.

"Let's get out of here first." Lu Zhi turned his head and looked around, squeezed Yao Shouning's hand tightly, and said.

The two of them gained a lot tonight, and the questions they had been looking for for a long time were answered, so it is not appropriate to stay here any longer.

When the two of them returned to the place where they saw the 'A Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers Picture' on the stone wall, they should have followed the direction they came from and returned to Jingqing's residence.

But just as the two were about to embark on their return journey, Yao Shouning paused and held Lu Zhi's hand:

"Wait a minute."

She suddenly made a sound, and Lu Zhi asked:

"Where do you want to go?"

She didn't say much, with just one look, Shizi had already guessed what was going on in her heart.

"I want to verify a guess in my heart."

Because just when the two were about to set foot on their way home, a scene emerged in Yao Shouning's mind: when she and Lu Zhi explored the underground palace of the king, she was huddled in the underground cave. In the illusion, there was a boulder blocking the passage under Dai Wang's underground palace, and a slender hand drew a talisman on the boulder, blocking Lu Zhi's tricks in advance.

Yao Shouning had a premonition that there might be a road hidden in this labyrinth of underground dragon veins, where Chen Taiwei's other secrets were hidden.

"Okay." Shizi nodded without hesitation and asked her:

"Where do you want to go?"

"This way!" She stretched out her hand and pointed forward.

The two came from the direction of the secret room, and they were standing in the direction of a long and secret passage that traversed the ground and seemed to have no end in sight.

On the side of the two of them was the retreat route on the left, but she chose another direction that she did not choose when she came.

Without further ado, Lu Zhi pulled her forward.

When the two of them took this step, it seemed that they had broken some kind of restriction.

The residual power of the technique rippled out, and when I looked back, there was no longer the secret path with the prostrate dragon relief behind me, but another dark, brand-new maze!

This place is completely different from the previous labyrinth. The surrounding stone walls and ground are also neat, but there are no traces of artificial masonry.

Lu Zhi's pupils shrank, he grabbed Yao Shouning with one hand, touched the stone wall beside him with the other, and said:

"Like someone..."

"The underground labyrinth that was cut out with great force."

Before he could finish speaking, Yao Shouning spoke immediately.

In front of her, the young Taoist priest who had 'seen' once in the stone room where Taizu died forever reappeared.

He walked in the shadows, and lightly waved the Fuchen in his hand, the hard and thick rocks in the ground that blocked him were split open, quickly opening up a path for people to move forward.

Full of vigor.

Where the Taoist priest walked, a path was chopped off. He seemed to be strolling in a courtyard, passing through Yao Shouning's body step by step, until he went forward and disappeared into the shadows.

The figure was tall and tyrannical, and finally merged with the darkness.

In the darkness, the existence of 'Chen Taiwei' is like an insurmountable peak, which makes people daunted.

Yao Shouning paused, took a deep breath, and grabbed Lu Zhi:

"Let's look ahead."

Lu Zhi remained silent and followed her.

This man-made road is extremely narrow and long.

In the darkness, time passed very slowly. After walking for an unknown amount of time, the torch in Yao Shouning's hand flashed twice, and when the light gradually dimmed, the two finally saw the end of the road.

I saw a huge stone blocking the way a few feet ahead.

Lu Zhi couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and subconsciously tugged at the collar of his clothes.

Although the tunnel is long, it is not impenetrable.

But the two of them had been wandering in the tunnel for too long tonight, even if Shi Zi was kind and forbearing, he couldn't help but feel depressed at this moment.

"What you're looking for is this stone?"

Lu Zhi turned his head to look at Yao Shouning, seeing that her eyes were bright, she didn't seem to be disappointed.

He remembered that Yao Shouning said that he was going in this direction, and judging by her expression, he must have found the answer.

"Ok!"

Yao Shouning nodded, and pulled Shi Zi forward quickly:

"My lord, come and see."

In the darkness, the big rock looked ordinary, simply blocking the way to the group, from the outside, there was nothing unusual about it.

But since Yao Shouning came here, he should have discovered something.

After the two approached, Lu Zhi found that the stone was more than ten feet high. Yao Shouning held up a torch whose light was much weaker to shine on it, and observed it carefully from top to bottom.

There was nothing unusual in the upper part. When she bent down, she quickly discovered something was wrong:
"My lord, look."

Yao Shouning pointed and called out to Lu Zhi.

Lu Zhi also leaned over to look in the direction of her finger, and saw a tiny crack where her fingertip touched.

The crack was in the shape of a spider web, about the size of a baby's fist, and seemed to be caused by someone hitting it with an extremely small object.

But the strange thing is that since it was hammered, it is reasonable to say that there should be gravel falling off the big rock.

But the crack was very complete, and not even a tiny bit of stone chips flew out.

"This……"

Seeing this scene, Lu Zhi was puzzled, and subconsciously wanted to reach out to touch the crack, but before his fingers touched the 'Shimen', he was grabbed by Yao Shouning:
"Don't touch."

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw a vision protruding from the stone slab.

The originally gray surface of the 'Shimen' suddenly appeared red lights, and then a talisman seemed to sense that someone was about to touch this place, and appeared out of thin air, wrapping all the traces of the broken stone slab in the red glow of the talisman!
'The road only ends here! '

Big characters with red light appeared in midair, blocking the way of the two of them.

"This is a talisman!"

Lu Zhi finally understood the strangeness of the stone slab.

At the same moment, I saw a faint purple-gold light flashing from the cracks in the red light package, and the sharpness of sword energy remained in that breath, which was vaguely familiar.

Shizi blurted out:

"Sword Qi! "Purple Sun Secret Technique"!"

With both the blessing of sword energy and the remnants of "Ziyang Secret Art", he finally remembered a scene in his memory, and said in a surprised voice:
"The Underground Palace of the King!"

"Not bad!"

Yao Shouning nodded, and met Lu Zhi's surprised eyes:
"We are under the underground palace of Daiwang, at the entrance of the cave you found."

"..." Chen Taiwei!

Lu Zhi recalled that day when he and Yao Shouning returned to Dai Wang's Underground Palace and wanted to enter through the entrance to investigate, but found that the entrance of the cave was sealed.

At that time Yao Shouning sighed: The door is sealed.

At that time, he was confident that his strength was extraordinary, and he didn't believe that ordinary doors could stop him.

After suffering a big loss, he retreated in embarrassment.

Now it seems that the door is indeed sealed, but it is not an ordinary boulder blocking the way, but someone blessed the stone with a talisman, deliberately blocking the two people from entering.

The reason...

"Is it so that we don't find out where the dragon veins are?"

He turned his head and glanced at Yao Shouning, guessing.

"It's possible." Yao Shouning said, "Besides, I suspect that these cemeteries polluted by evil spirits may all be connected by such a passage."

Lu Zhi suddenly understood the meaning of her words, and then thought of the defilement of Taizu's body and the loss of "Purple Sun Secret Art" on the interior mural of the dragon vein stone, Lu Zhi frowned:
"These royal family members who are possessed by evil spirits may have awakened the "Purple Sun Secret Art" during their lifetime."

A thought came to Yao Shouning's mind:
"These evil spirits may be trying to destroy the "Purple Sun Secret Technique"."

After the mural disappeared, Lu Zhi forgot the technique he had practiced, which can prove this point.

"Purple Sun Secret Art" was given by the gods in a dream. Although it is only half a volume, it is designed to subdue evil spirits.

The enchantment was loose, and the Sky Demon clan had been out of trouble for many years, but they have been standing still, because they are afraid of this magical technique.

If these evil spirits have the ambition to dominate the world again, then they must first destroy the "Purple Sun Secret Technique" that stands in front of them—soiling the Taizu's body is probably only the first step in the plan.

Both felt that the speculation was close to the truth.

There are already enough inquiries tonight, and there is a talisman in front of the boulder, so Lu Zhi is not going to force his way.

After all, the two of them had escaped from the enveloping range of the dragon veins, and if they touched the talisman, they would disturb the restraint and attract Chen Taiwei.

The two held hands and went back the same way, and returned to the secret path where the dragon vein was located.

This time, the two of them went back along the way they came, and finally returned to the stone steps leading directly to Jingqing's residence before the torch in Yao Shouning's hand was completely extinguished.

The two walked up the stone steps, and Lu Zhi reached out and knocked on the stone wall above.

Not long after, there was a "click" sound when the heavy giant turned, and the stone statue pressing on it was removed, and what leaked into the secret passage along the light was the cold air mixed with the fragrance of medicine.

Granny Ji Lan held a lamp and looked at the two in surprise:

"You are finally back!"

As soon as the voice fell, I suddenly heard the sound of thunder coming from mid-air—"Boom! '

Lightning flashed across the sky, shaking the whole house.

The pouring rain poured straight down outside the house, hitting the roof hard, as if it was about to knock off the tiles.

"Is it raining?" Yao Shouning asked while still below, but he heard the noise outside.

Lu Zhi didn't come out in a hurry, but supported her waist, lifted her out first, and then stretched out his hands to support the ground, and jumped up.

Ji Lan's mother-in-law hastily put down the lamp, and was going to get some hot water. Upon hearing this, she replied:

"Down."

She said:
"After you entered, I have been guarding here, not daring to leave, but about two hours ago, there was a sudden thunder and lightning, and the formation was astonishing."

After finishing speaking, she asked curiously:

"Didn't you hear the noise below?"

'Two hours ago? '

When Yao Shouning heard about this time, he secretly glanced at Shizi, only to find that Lu Zhi seemed to be turning his head to look at her too.

For some reason, she vaguely felt a little awkward, her cheeks were slightly hot, and she looked away as if guilty of guilt.

Immediately, he remembered Grandma Ji Lan's question again, and said:
"No, no."

Not to mention the extremely deep ground, and it may be blocked by dragon veins, all movement and movement outside is completely isolated, and it cannot be sensed at all.

Calculating the time, two hours ago, she and Shizi should have entered the secret passage and discovered the 'A Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers Picture' on the stone wall.

'Borrowing' the memory on the stone wall, the two dreamed back to 350 years, and saw that terrible natural disaster and man-made disaster, which happened to be the time when the son made a great vow to appease the people's grievances.

In other words, this thunderstorm may have been caused by the actions of the two of them.

Thinking of this, Yao Shouning couldn't help feeling guilty, and quickly asked Granny Ji Lan:

"Mother-in-law, are you okay? Are you scared?"

"It's okay, it's okay." Grandma Ji Lan waved her hands quickly.

Lu Zhi remained silent, took the hot water in her hand, and poured it into the basin very naturally.

He never did these things in the past, but it may be that he returned to more than 300 years ago, saw too much suffering among the people, and was in the fate of the country, which made many of his ideas change.

Grandma Ji Lan was taken aback for a moment, her face showing apprehension, but she was quickly attracted by Yao Shouning's stretched hand, and replied:
"At my age, I have already lived enough, Princess..." When she said this, she stretched out her hand and slapped herself on the mouth:

"After Jingqing is gone, I will live alone. Why should I be afraid of thunder and lightning? I have never done anything wrong. What I should be afraid of are those who do evil!"

After she finished speaking, she quickly yelled at Lu Zhi:

"My son, put it down quickly, I will do all the rough work."

Lu Zhi didn't agree, but just poured hot water, motioned Yao Shouning to come over and wipe his face quickly, and then looked outside.

"This year is really evil. In previous years, at this time of year, it has already snowed..."

Grandma Ji Lan sighed and read:

"And this year not only did there not fall snow, but there were many thunderstorms and lightning, and there were several torrential rains. If this continues, I am afraid it will be a disaster..."

Yao Shouning also felt worried.

She and Lu Zhi had been out for a long time, and the sky was slightly bright at this time.

Grandma Ji Lan didn't ask what happened to the two of them underground, but watched the two of them finish wiping their faces and hands, and said:
"There are coir raincoats and bamboo hats in the corner of the room, and I have them all ready."

Yao Shouning glanced hesitantly at the room, where the body of Master Jingqing was parked.

Her expression fell into the eyes of Grandma Ji Lan, making her eye circles slightly red, but she showed a gentle expression:

"Don't bother with the real person's funeral, it's best not to have anything to do with you here."

Grandma Ji Lan didn't know what the two of them found underground, but since Master Jingqing has been guarding here for many years, and the giant Buddha guarding the entrance was prepared by the late emperor himself, the secret underground must be very important , the news should not be leaked.

She could see that Yao Shouning was soft-hearted and kind, so she added another sentence to prevent her conscience from being disturbed:
"The real person likes to be quiet and doesn't like crowds. Funeral arrangements have already been made. Whether you come or not, what does it matter if you see or not?"

Grandma Ji Lan sighed:

"It's much more important to have a heart than to have no heart." She meant something, looked in one direction, and then didn't say any more.

Lu Zhi knew that she was looking at the place where Prince Jian's mansion was located. Obviously, what he said was implying that Prince Jian's grandson was not filial.

He secretly decided in his heart: King Jian is really shameless. He dared to covet Yao Shouning that day. It would just cause trouble in his house. It would be too cheap for them to beat up a few descendants and family slaves. Think of a way later and deal with them again. G.

The sky was about to brighten, and it was not appropriate for the two of them to stay any longer, so they both went into the house to pay their respects to Jingqing's body, and only then took advantage of the storm to leave the quiet courtyard.

It was extremely windy and windy outside, if Lu Zhi hadn't been half in his arms, Yao Shouning's body might not even be able to stand firmly in the wind.

There were no pedestrians on the road, and the rainwater formed a curtain, as if someone had caught the water and poured it down from mid-air.

Even with the coir raincoat and bamboo hat, when Yao Shouning was sent back to Yao's house by Lu Zhi, he was still drowned.

"You have a good rest, I'm going home first."

The gatehouse of Yao's house had obviously been ordered to keep the door closed. Lu Zhi sent someone to see her push the door open, and then he yelled loudly.

In the "rumbling" thunder, he was a little muffled, and he couldn't hear clearly in the rainstorm.

Although he shouted to go home, Shizi didn't move.

For some reason, he didn't want to leave.

The girl, who was wet from head to toe, stood in front of him, wrapped in a ridiculous coir raincoat, and her whole head was covered by a huge bamboo hat. The rain kept falling, and she helped up pitifully.

The coir raincoat that had absorbed water was extremely heavy, and she was exhausted after running around all night, and she was a little unsteady standing under the weight of her body.

When Lu Zhi spoke, she staggered two steps, and Shi Zi quickly stepped forward to support her.

He thoughtfully lifted the bamboo hat on Yao Shouning's head, revealing a small face drenched in rain.

The face that used to be smiling like a flower was now pale, her cheeks were soaked in water, and drops of water hung from her eyelashes and the tip of her nose, dripping down her chin.

"I am leaving."

Lu Zhi said.

At the same time, he subconsciously stretched out his hand to wipe off the drops of water on her cheeks.

The two of them have gotten very close recently, and they have worked together through difficulties several times, and have shared weal and woe. In times of crisis, they have done this kind of intimacy countless times.

Under the tunnel, Yao Shouning dared to hug and coax Yao Shouning when he was sad, scared, or injured.

But at this time, the sky was slightly bright, and the two were in Yao's house.

Those secular etiquettes that Lu Zhi didn't pay attention to in the past suddenly entered his mind.

Before his fingertips touched Yao Shouning, he stopped.

The girl's eyes were clear and innocent, without any trace of defensiveness.

"Okay, take your time." Yao Shouning didn't notice Shi Zi's entanglement at this moment. Hearing that he was going to leave, he quickly sniffed and nodded.

"..." She didn't keep him at all, and she wasn't reluctant at all.

The apprehension and hesitation in Lu Zhi's heart suddenly turned into a lot of disappointment. The outstretched hand held four fingers, leaving only the index finger to point at her:

"Bad thing!" After saying that, he turned and left.

Yao Shouning stared blankly at Shizi and turned away without saying a word. He didn't know why he lost his temper. When he reacted and wanted to chase him out to have a look, his figure had already slipped into the heavy rain.

"Elder——Elder—heh——"

She yelled a few times, Shizi's figure gradually disappeared into the rain, and she murmured back:
"...I'm not bad." Unfortunately, Shizi couldn't hear it anymore.

The wind and rain hit her face, causing her to stagger back, and it was not suitable to chase Lu Zhi at this time.

Yao Shouning shook his head, leaning on the door frame and talking to himself:

"Forget it, let's talk to Shizi next time." She opened the door and entered the room. After locking the door, her heart that had been raised all night finally returned to its original place.

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