Judge of the Lamp

At dawn the next day, Xu Zhiqiong set off again with a heavy bag on his back.

As if nothing happened last night, Qiongqi stepped forward to help Xu Zhiqiong with his backpack.

Hearing the rattle in the backpack, Qiongqi asked in surprise, "Why are you carrying so much water?"

Xu Zhiqiong said: "I don't know if there is any water source here."

Qiongqi asked: "Do you still need to drink water?"

In fact, Xu Zhiqiong still needs to drink water. It is best to drink it once a month. If there are special circumstances, it is okay to not drink water for a year.

If you encounter an extremely special situation, it's like Long Xiulian is trapped in the Xingxiu Corridor, and you can't die without drinking water for several years.

But Qianniang couldn't run out of water, her cultivation was still a little fuzzy, she could barely tell her grade, it seemed to be around the sixth grade.

Under the fourth rank, there are still many restrictions on the human body, water must be drunk, and food must be eaten.

At noon, Xu Zhiqiong caught some fish, sprinkled some seasonings, roasted them directly with Yin Yang techniques, and had a full meal.

Chaos ate half a stick, which didn't seem to suit his appetite.

Qiongqi also ate a fish, which surprised Xu Zhiqiong, Yuanshen could still eat.

Seeing that Xu Zhiqiong ate a whole five, he was puzzled: "Do you still need more food?"

Xu Zhiqiong smiled but did not answer.

This is his habit, and he has to eat some smoky food every day.

Qiongqi saw another clue.

All the eating, drinking, and troubles along the way are all for this woman.

Why did Xu Zhiqiong have to take this woman with him?
In the afternoon, everyone came to a cave. There were quite a few caves like this along the way. Xu Zhiqiong didn't pay attention at first, but Qiongqi suddenly said, "Since you are here to investigate, you should go to this place."

Xu Zhiqiong was startled, and turned to look at Chaos.

Chaos remained silent, his gaze remained on Qiongqi.

Seeing that Xu Zhiqiong was suspicious, Qiongqi smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't lie to you about this kind of thing. I will accompany you into this cave. If there is an accident, I won't be able to escape."

Xu Zhiqiong ignored Qiongqi and wanted to continue on his way.

Qiongqi looked at Qianniang, pointed to the entrance of the cave and said, "What do you think is that?"

While speaking, Qiongqi rubbed out a ball of flames in his hands and threw them into the cave.

Looking along the flames, there seems to be sculptures deep in the cave.

Qianniang's pupils shrank, these sculptures seemed very important.

Xu Zhiqiong stared at the sculptures carefully for a moment, and found that these sculptures really existed, not an illusion created by Qiongqi.

Chaos said aside: "There are indeed a lot of things here."

Xu Zhiqiong took out a copper coin, and made a divination, four yangs and two yins, the hexagrams are acceptable.

After weighing again and again, Xu Zhiqiong took Qianniang into the cave, followed by Qiongqi and Chaos.

The cave was very wet and slippery, just after taking two steps, Qianniang staggered and nearly fell down.

Xu Zhiqiong stepped forward to support him, looking at the backs of the two, Qiongqi confirmed one thing.

For the four of them on this trip, Qianniang is really a burden, no matter in terms of cultivation or skill, she is several levels behind the others in strength.

There must be a special reason for Xu Zhiqiong to keep her with him.

She was sure that the silver bell was on Qianniang's body.

You can get away with the silver bell. As for Chaos, don't worry about it. He hasn't made a move all this time. It must be restricted by Xu Zhiqiong.

Qianniang walked in the cave with one deep step and one shallow step, and soon saw the first statue.

It was a middle-aged man, dressed in a long robe, wearing a scarf on his head, holding a square stone in his left hand.

Looking at the size, the statue is four to five feet tall, twice as tall as ordinary people.

Judging by his expression, the man was smiling with a hint of sarcasm, and his lips were slightly parted, as if he had something to say.

The statue was old and was mottled and broken in many places, but Xu Zhiqiong did not find any common things on this piece of land.

barnacles.

There are no barnacles growing on this statue.

According to Xu Zhiqiong's previous speculation, this entire piece of land was once submerged in the sea, but now because of the awakening of the Chaos clone, it drilled from the bottom of the sea to the surface of the sea.

It stands to reason that this cave must have been soaked in the seabed for many years, and there should also be barnacles growing on this statue.

Not only is there no barnacles on this statue, but there are also no barnacles on the surrounding rock walls and ground.

Looking in the direction of the cave entrance, Xu Zhiqiong found that the barnacles growing everywhere stopped abruptly at the cave entrance, as if some force prevented them from swimming and growing into the cave.

It is conceivable that when the entire continent was still under the sea, this cave was isolated from the sea.

"This is a star official!" Qianniang said happily.

"Which Taoist star official?" Xu Zhiqiong asked casually.

Qianniang didn't make a sound, just looked at Xu Zhiqiong silently.

"You dare not say it?" Qiongqi smiled, "Do you want me to say it for you?"

"Senior..." Qianniang wanted to stop Qiongqi, but she didn't know how to speak.

"Oh, it's my fault for talking too much," Qiongqi smiled, "In this place, it doesn't matter if you don't mention him, let's see if your husband can guess it."

With a blushing face, Qianniang continued to walk forward. Along the way, she saw sixteen statues one after another.

The statues have different expressions and behaviors, but the only thing that remains the same is that they all have slightly parted lips, as if they are all talking.

Every time she passed a statue, Qianniang always stopped for a long time. She looked at Xu Zhiqiong happily, but she didn't dare to reveal the mystery.

Xu Zhiqiong didn't ask questions, but just watched silently.

He looked at Qianniang, and also at Qiongqi from time to time.

This is the old soil of Dagan, and these statues obviously belong to the remains of Dagan.

Since Qiongqi wanted to enter this cave, it was definitely not to help Qianniang search for the ruins, she must have her own purpose.

Her purpose is to escape.

There should be something hidden in this cave. The thing that can help Qiongqi escape may be a certain object or a certain existence.

The crowd continued to move forward. According to Xu Zhiqiong's estimation, they had walked for at least two hours since they saw the No. 16 statue.

During this section of the journey, there are neither statues nor other things in the cave, only smooth and slippery rock walls and endless darkness.

Xu Zhiqiong held the guiding lantern and helped Qianniang to move forward carefully.

When she saw the No.17 statue, Qianniang quickly stepped forward and saluted respectfully.

"This is the constellation!"

Qianniang only said four words, her voice trembling violently.

Xu Zhiqiong looked at the statue carefully.

The statue is five feet tall, resembling an old man in his sixties, with a solemn face and a majestic expression.

Unlike other standing statues, this old man is riding on a steed, holding the rein in his left hand and stroking the mane of the steed with his right hand.

Perhaps because of the different materials used, this statue is not mottled or damaged, and there is no trace of time.

And the statue has color changes.

The old man's skin is fair, and the wrinkles are slightly dark. Between the beard and hair, and on the robe, the color changes with the light and shadow, soft and smooth.

The most vivid color is the horse under his crotch, which is a snow-white horse.

"This is the constellation!" Qianniang repeated excitedly.

Although he didn't say it clearly, Xu Zhiqiong had already guessed the identity of this star.

Xu Zhiqiong stepped forward and bowed deeply.

He should do this ritual, he has learned the techniques of this sect, he is considered a half disciple of this sect.

While saluting, Xu Zhiqiong seemed to hear someone whispering in his ear:

"Horses are born, so they are born."

"White ones, so fate is color."

"It is not life that is life and shape, so it is said that a white horse is not a horse."

No wonder Qianniang insisted on boarding this land.

Ever since she landed on this land, Qianniang has been very excited, because she felt the calling, the calling from her Taoist patriarch.

Qianniang's body has always had traces of her cultivation, it was not obvious when she first met her, but when she was in the palace, she could see the messy clouds and mist.

Now you can already see the vague rank, which proves one thing, the famous patriarch is slowly recovering.

The whispers in the ear became more and more intense, and became more and more blurred, and after a while, there was only a hazy humming sound.

Qianniang looked excited, and she was still praying devoutly. Seeing her lips trembling, she seemed to say the word Patriarch.

She has always avoided mentioning the Patriarch, and even dared not mention the Daoist sect.

When she came to this land, she told clumsy lies, made low-level mistakes, and a series of abnormal behaviors, all in order to hint to Xu Zhiqiong that she had found her Taoist patriarch.

When she saw the statue of the Patriarch, Qianniang couldn't restrain herself anymore and mentioned things that shouldn't be mentioned.

This is a very serious mistake, which could have very serious consequences.

As the humming sound kept approaching, Xu Zhiqiong suddenly hugged Qianniang.

Qianniang said with a blank expression, "Patriarch, the Patriarch has come."

"Don't move around!" Xu Zhiqiong tightly protected Qianniang.

Before the words were finished, a gust of wind suddenly rose, Xu Zhiqiong's feet were lifted off the ground, and he and Qianniang were blown into the air.

Although the cave was spacious, under such a strong wind, if it was blown onto the rock wall, it would definitely be smashed to pieces.

Xu Zhiqiong was not worried. With his cultivation and strength, he was able to maintain his balance in the gust of wind and skillfully avoid the surrounding rocks.

The Chaos Clone was even more relaxed, his body was as usual, standing in place, except for the swaying of his hair and skirt in the wind, the strong wind didn't seem to have any effect on him.

Only Qiongqi exaggerated a bit, his body floated in the cave, sometimes lying flat, sometimes standing upside down, like a dead leaf in the wind, swaying up and down.

Xu Zhiqiong hugged Qianniang, and was about to go to a corner to take shelter from the wind, when he suddenly had a thought that a gravel was about to fall from the top of his head.

Xu Zhiqiong kicked the rock wall, dodged hastily, and gravel the size of his fist rained down.

In the crevice of the gravel, Xu Zhiqiong hugged Qianniang to avoid it deftly.

Chaos still stood there, letting the gravel fall.

All the gravel that fell on his body turned into snowflakes, and Chaos brushed it off without any harm.

This guy is too strong.

This is just an avatar.

Qiongqi was really in a mess, there were gravels falling on his body from time to time, blood spattered all over, and he wailed again and again.

Is she acting?

Acting doesn't need to cost so much!
Xu Zhiqiong was thinking about Qiongqi's intentions, when the thought came to him again, a huge boulder was about to fall from the top of his head.

He hurriedly dodged and looked up again, but there was no boulder in the sky.

Is it an illusion?
not good!

Xu Zhiqiong suddenly lowered his head and saw that Qiongqi had come to him.

Qiongqi smiled ferociously, Xu Zhiqiong's thoughts suddenly became confused, he didn't know whether to defend or counterattack.

Qiongqi took the opportunity to snatch Qianniang from Xu Zhiqiong's arms.

Xu Zhiqiong was shocked, and hurriedly grabbed Qiongqi.

Qiongqi adjusted his figure, took advantage of the wind, and quickly went away.

Just now there was no boulder falling, it was Qiongqi who injected an evil thought into Xu Zhiqiong's mind.

When Xu Zhiqiong came back to his senses, he fell into Qiongqi's distraction skill again.

Qiongqi flew farther and farther with Qianniang in his arms, Xu Zhiqiong desperately chased after him, but Qiongqi was more familiar with the terrain and wind, so he quickly got rid of Xu Zhiqiong.

"Little pump girl, tell me where is the silver bell?"

Lin Qianniang was still confused, she murmured: "Patriarch, the patriarch of my Taoism."

Qiongqi smiled and said, "If you don't tell me, I will find it myself."

She gathered her energy and was about to search Qianniang when she suddenly saw Chaos appearing in front of her eyes.

What is he here for?

He shouldn't have come to kill me, otherwise he would have done it on the way.

"You have an agreement with Xu Zhiqiong, you can't kill me." Qiongqi was very firm in his judgment.

"Five hundred steps, now I can kill you." Chaos raised his head, showing a crooked smile.