Judge of the Lamp

The Star Iron Halberd danced around his waist, but Xu Zhiqiong didn't dare to pull it out.

It should be alive to some extent, just like the pair of jack turtles.

But the impact of this kind of life is a good direction?Or bad direction?
He made two assumptions.

Assuming that the star iron halberd transforms in a good direction, Xu Zhiqiong doesn't need to fight for the time being, and it's useless to pull it out.

Assuming that the star iron halberd transforms in a bad direction, if it is pulled out now, the result is likely to be disastrous.

Among all weapons, the star iron halberd has the highest personality. If it suddenly had its own consciousness, Xu Zhiqiong might not have the strength to control it.

Tao Huayuan rubbed her forehead, this time she really woke up a lot.

She stood up and looked around, in almost complete darkness, she couldn't even see Xu Zhiqiong beside her.

"Thief boy, I'm the one who hurt you."

Xu Zhiqiong said with a smile: "We don't care about this, what happened to your belt?"

Only then did Tao Huayuan think of her belt.

She wanted to untie the evil belt and throw it away, but just touched it, the belt suddenly tightened, and Tao Huayuan couldn't breathe.

"This disgusting thing," Tao Huayuan cursed, "If it wasn't because I can't use Yin Yang, I would have to burn this thing!"

Tao Huayuan has really recovered, she knows that she cannot use Yin Yang.

Xu Zhiqiong took a jack turtle, turned the mechanism, and wanted to use it to climb to the entrance of the cave.

The hook of the jack turtle was lifted up, looked at the far hole for a moment, and retracted into the turtle shell again.

It rejected Xu Zhiqiong's request, no matter how Xu Zhiqiong knocked on the mechanism, the iron hook could not be thrown out.

Climb up with Tao'er by yourself without the help of the jackal turtle?
Xu Zhiqiong touched the smooth wall again, and climbed up the nearly [-]-foot stone wall with Tao'er on his back, which was really too difficult.

Take Tao'er back to Zhonglangyuan?

Xu Zhiqiong touched Zhonglang's seal, but he didn't feel it.

This cave is so deep, shouldn't it be in the underworld?
What else can be done?
Xu Zhiqiong sighed: "It's all here, let's look around, maybe there are other exits."

If you want to look around, you must have light. There is not even a fire starter in this hole.

Xu Zhiqiong has a magic weapon that can illuminate, the guiding lantern.

He took the lantern out of his cuff, feeling a little hesitant.

This thing needs to be infused with yin and yang, and it is obviously unsafe to use yin and yang in this cave.

Try it, it's not safe to run around in the dark.

Xu Zhiqiong injected Yin and Yang Qi into the lantern, and the lantern lit up.

The light was as dim as usual, and it could only shine about five feet away, so there seemed to be nothing unusual.

Xu Zhiqiong injected another force of imagery into the lantern.

Tell me where the exit is, not the one overhead.

The halo on the ground slowly deformed, pointing to the left front.

Xu Zhiqiong took Tao Huayuan to the front left. After walking a dozen steps, he saw that there was really a cave above the rock wall.

This guide lantern is back to life!
Tao Huayuan said in surprise, "It's strange, why is your Yin-Yang technique still working?"

Xu Zhiqiong was also very curious. He took out the copper lotus and contacted Taibo again.

After waiting for a long time, there was no sound this time. …

Xu Zhiqiong can indeed use yin and yang techniques, but he cannot get in touch with the outside world.

"Tao'er, how about you teach me the Wind Riding Formation, and I'll take you directly to fly out."

Tao Huayuan sighed and said, "It's not that I'm not willing to teach you. If you want to learn the Wind Riding Formation, you must have at least the fifth rank of Yin-Yang. You can't learn it even if I teach it to you now."

"No way, let's go to this cave and try!"

Xu Zhiqiong tossed six copper coins, four yangs and two yins, which is a good guess.

Holding the lantern, he led Tao Huayuan into the cave one by one.

The cold wind blows in the cave, and the air is not dirty, which seems to prove Xu Zhiqiong's deduction that there may really be another exit here.

After walking along the cave for nearly a mile, the vision in front of him suddenly widened, and the coverage of the lights was limited. Although Xu Zhiqiong couldn't see the whole picture, he could clearly feel the changes in the space.

This is a hall, about the size of his marquis's mansion.

"Tao'er, walk slowly, follow me closely."

Holding the lantern, Xu Zhiqiong searched forward step by step.

After walking about a hundred or so steps, Xu Zhiqiong stopped suddenly.

Tao Huayuan was caught off guard and stumbled into Xu Zhiqiong.

Xu Zhiqiong frowned and said, "But I told you to walk slowly!"

Can not go forward, in front of a pool.

It looks very clear, and I don't know where the water comes from.

Xu Zhiqiong walked around the edge of the pool, Tao Huayuan followed behind.After walking dozens of steps, a branch almost touched Xu Zhiqiong's head.

Xu Zhiqiong took two steps back, held up the lantern to take a picture, and saw the whole picture of the tree.

What a hideous tree.

This tree is not tall, about ten feet at most, but it is thick and strong, with a trunk diameter of seven or eight feet.

The main trunk just left the ground and started to grow branches.

The branches are asymmetrical, not staggered, and without any rules. The short branches are as thick as fingers, and the thick branches are equivalent to the main trunk.

There was not a single leaf on the tree. It must have been an old tree that had been dead for many years.

But when you look closer, the bark is green.

Xu Zhiqiong's cheeks twitched, feeling that the tree was very strange, and after he walked around the big tree, he felt something was wrong again, so he hurriedly looked back.

The tree doesn't seem to have changed.

After taking two steps, Xu Zhiqiong felt movement, and looked back again.

The tree remained unchanged.

The position of the trunk seems to have shifted slightly, but it's not noticeable.

After walking dozens of steps, Xu Zhiqiong suddenly turned around and found that the big tree hadn't changed.

This is not right!
How could it not have changed?
The lantern can illuminate at most five feet away, so it stands to reason that the tree is no longer visible.

But the tree is still behind.

Tao Huayuan frowned and said, "What do you think, you're surprised?"

Xu Zhiqiong pointed to the big tree and said, "Didn't you see this tree following us?"

"What tree are you talking about?"

Xu Zhiqiong said in amazement: "Can't you see the tree next to the water pool?"

Tao Huayuan looked at Xu Zhiqiong inexplicably: "What pool are you talking about?"

"..."

Xu Zhiqiong didn't know what to say, it seemed that Tao Huayuan really couldn't see the pool.

"Did you fall into an illusion?" Tao Huayuan looked at Xu Zhiqiong with concern, "I saw you going around all the way, and thought you were looking for something."…

Illusion?

Xu Zhiqiong rubbed his eyes, the pool and the big tree were still clearly visible.

Is Tao Huayuan unable to see, or am I under an illusion?
After leaving the Vermilion Bird Palace on the hillside, Tao'er's mind became abnormal, and she didn't even remember that Vermilion Bird Palace.

However, is there another possibility?
In fact, Tao'er has always been normal, and the one who really lost her mind and went crazy is me?
Just now I felt that the tortoise was alive and the belt was alive.

I also saw a walking tree.

Judging from the symptoms... I'm more likely to be crazy.

But the wire of Qianjin Gui was stretched, and the belt almost strangled Tao'er.

While Xu Zhiqiong was thinking, the ground under his feet suddenly cracked.

Is this an illusion again?

No, not hallucinations.

Although Tao Huayuan couldn't see the ground cracking, her feet were moving unconsciously.

"What's going on here?" Tao Huayuan was just astonished when she suddenly stepped into the air.

She nearly fell into a crack in the ground.

Xu Zhiqiong grabbed her and led her to jump to an open space, but saw that the crack was getting bigger and bigger, turning into a half-moon-shaped deep pit.

Not just deep pits, there's water in them.

There is another pool here!
Tao Huayuan couldn't see the pool, but she didn't understand why she stepped on the ground.

"Thief boy, what did you see again?"

"I saw..." Xu Zhiqiong turned his head and found that the pool he saw first had disappeared.

Is this the Mohist technique, or the Yin-Yang Formation?
Xu Zhiqiong was worried that the ground under his feet would crack again, so he quickly injected the power of imagery into the lantern.

Where is the exit, take me there quickly!
The halo stretched towards the front, Xu Zhiqiong dragged Tao Huayuan forward, and after walking dozens of steps, Xu Zhiqiong turned his head and found that the big tree was still following him.

Just follow along, Xu Zhiqiong is not in the mood to pay attention to it now.

After walking a few dozen steps, the ground cracked again.Xu Zhiqiong staggered and almost fell into the crack with Tao Huayuan. The big tree suddenly stretched out a branch and stopped Xu Zhiqiong.

Xu Zhiqiong grabbed the branch and stood firm.

The big tree didn't move, and seemed harmless.

Another water pool appeared on the ground in front of him, Xu Zhiqiong followed the guidance of the lantern, and walked close to the edge of the water pool, with the big tree behind him, silently following him all the way.

Puddles appeared on the ground from time to time, and big trees stretched out their branches from time to time to protect Xu Zhiqiong.

When you get to the vicinity of the stone wall, there is no way ahead.

The lantern pointed to the left, Xu Zhiqiong walked dozens of steps to the left against the wall, and saw a section of stone stairs.

Xu Zhiqiong asked Tao Huayuan, "Can you see the stairs?"

Tao Huayuan shook her head. In her eyes, there was only a flat ground in front of her.

Xu Zhiqiong led Tao Huayuan up the stairs. Tao Huayuan felt that the height of her gaze had changed, and she was indeed going up.

But she still couldn't see the changes under her feet, as if she was still stepping on a flat ground.

Xu Zhiqiong walked a dozen steps along the stairs, turned his head, and took a look at the big tree.

The big tree disappeared, and I don't know where it went.

A person cannot be judged by his appearance, and the same is true for a tree. It is really harmless.

Xu Zhiqiong walked up dozens of steps, and at the end of the stairs was a stone wall.

There are mottled oil paints on the stone wall, like a painting.

The oil paint was covered with thick dust, Xu Zhiqiong gently wiped off the dust, and found that the oil paint under the dust was still bright.

Green, red, yellow and green, the oil paints interlaced irregularly, as if a big lump was painted, but it was impossible to tell what it was.

Xu Zhiqiong glanced back at Tao Huayuan, judging from her blank expression, she couldn't even see the painting.

There is no way ahead, but the halo on the ground still points forward.

Xu Zhiqiong searched inch by inch on the stone wall, trying to find an exit.

After searching for a long time, a crack slowly appeared on the oil paint.

Xu Zhiqiong took a step back and stared at the crack carefully.

After three breaths, he saw the whole picture of the crack.

That's an eye!
There is a white eye and a pupil, a very clear eye.

He thought of a statue.

He realized what was on the painting.

He thought about why there were pools of water on the ground in the hall.

He knew whose palace it was.