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Chapter 598 The Strange Shadow

"It does exist, this is the Laoshan defense map drawn by the old man."

Qiao Beiming nodded, quickly took out a roll of parchment from his body, spread it flat on the tea table in front of Zuo Yang, and said with a wry smile, "But the old man has seen this defense map more than a hundred times, because Laoshan Mountain is surrounded by cliffs on three sides, and there is only one mountain road that can go up the mountain, so the old man chose this place as the base camp. No matter how many helpers Zhang Danfeng summons, he will definitely suffer heavy losses if he wants to attack the terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. This old man can only take this opportunity to invite him to fight with this old man to decide who wins or loses... Now it seems that this old man has dug his own grave."

"..."

Zuo Yang didn't respond, but looked at the defense map very carefully.

Indeed, as Qiao Beiming said, Laoshan is divided into two peaks, the main peak and the auxiliary peak. The main peak is in the north and the auxiliary peak is in the south.

And if you want to reach the main peak, the side peaks with relatively open terrain are the only way to go. As long as you set up some ambushes along the mountain road, and deploy heavy guards on the side peaks, so that you don't have to worry about being attacked by the enemy, you can definitely give the decent The people of the evil faction caused great losses... and even if the secondary peak is finally broken, it is only the outer city, and the evil faction can still retreat to the main peak.

But it is precisely because of this that if the decent camp does not attack after suffering a loss, Laoshan Mountain, which has only one mountain road to pass through, will become a prison again, and any person from the evil camp who wants to go down the mountain will become very angry. Difficulties... As long as this situation develops, this "battle between good and evil" will become a battle of attrition for endurance and tenacity, and no one can do anything to the other in a short period of time. Whether it was out of chivalrous spirit or personal reputation, Zhang Danfeng had no choice but to accept the proposal to decide whether to win or lose.

and so.

Zuo Yang looked at this defense map for a long time. If it wasn't for the defense map but a thumbnail map, he even wished to find out the situation of every tree and every stone on Laoshan. Even so, he still didn't see any Useful information... The cliffs around Laoshan Mountain are too high, especially the main peak where they are located. The lowest point is as high as 1300 meters. At such a height, no light work will be effective, and anyone who jumps will only have a dead end.

"See what?"

Seeing that Zuo Yang's eyes finally moved after looking at it for a long time, Qiao Beiming asked subconsciously.

"No……"

Zuo Yang took a breath and rubbed his temples vigorously.

At this moment, his eyes suddenly fixed on the two rows of wing rooms on the main peak.

The entrance to the Laoshan secret road is in one of the wing rooms, and Qiao Beiming will naturally not mark it on this kind of defense map, otherwise, if someone gets the defense map, this secret road will be exposed immediately. Not a wise move.

But Zuo Yang is different. Since he has entered the secret passage, he already knows where the entrance of the secret passage is... Then, can this secret passage that few people know can make some articles?

"Senior, you should have discovered this secret road on Laoshan a long time ago, so you should be very familiar with this secret road. Please recall carefully, is there any other secret road in this secret road that can lead to Laoshan? way out?"

Zuo Yang didn't reach out to point out the entrance of the secret passage, because until now he still suspects that someone is watching their every move, but they can't find each other, and they can't find any clues... So in order to prevent In case, Zuo Yang feels that these small details should be paid special attention to, otherwise even if he has any new discoveries and plans, he is very likely to be targeted again.

"This... the old man has discovered the secret path for more than 30 years. I have checked every corner of the secret path, and I really haven't found any other way out."

Qiao Beiming recalled it and gave a very positive answer.

"Ah."

Zuo Yang nodded, but his mind was still recalling everything he had seen in the secret path. After a long time, he suddenly realized something, and asked quickly, "Then what about that waterfall?"

"Fall?"

Qiao Beiming was startled.

"Isn't there a small waterfall like a water curtain hole outside the stone room where senior retreated and practiced?"

Zuo Yang continued to ask, "The water output of the waterfall does not seem to be small, but the younger generation did not find any pools in the secret road of Laoshan Mountain. The water that flows out can never disappear out of thin air. Does the senior know where the water eventually went? "

"This……"

After being reminded by Zuo Yang, Qiao Beiming finally remembered that the bottom of the waterfall was a bottomless pit with a small diameter, and all the water left on the waterfall was poured into the bottomless pit, as if it would never be full... What's even more strange is that there are no rivers within a radius of tens of miles of Laoshan Mountain, and no one can tell where the water has gone, so it is impossible to determine where the bottomless pit leads.

Although Qiao Beiming has discovered this secret passage for more than 30 years, he has never considered this issue.

After all, he has other ways to go, and the water volume of this waterfall is not small. It is impossible for anyone to go upstream through this bottomless pit and enter the secret passage. There is really no need to pay attention to this bottomless pit, and he will never risk jumping into it. Isn't it good to live in a bottomless pit that doesn't know where it leads?
"It seems that Qiao Beiming doesn't know either."

Through Qiao Beiming's expression, Zuo Yang had already got the answer to the question, so he stopped asking, and was still thinking about this question in his heart.

However, right now he has checked the map of Laoshan again and again, thought of all the ways to leave Laoshan, and then ruled out all these methods one by one, because the results of these methods are the same, or he will definitely be coveted by Qiao Beiming's body Besieged by people, or they can only jump off some cliffs and fall to their deaths.

So I thought about it.

Zuo Yang still felt that the only thing that could succeed was the bottomless pit under the Midao Waterfall in Laoshan. No one knew where it led, but people walked to high places, and water flowed to low places, and the water did not gather. It must have flowed to a certain place, and this place must not be closed, otherwise the water that flows out continuously can disappear out of thin air?

Zuo Yang looked at the world map again.

Laoshan is located on the east side of this martial arts world. Although it is still some distance from the coastline, it is not too far away. This bottomless pit may not necessarily lead directly to the sea. Looking at Qiao Beiming's "corpse", it may be possible to avoid everyone's eyes and ears to complete this "golden cicada's shell" plan...

Of course, the environment in the bottomless pit is hard to say now. If there are stalagmites and obstacles everywhere, it is very possible for him and Qiao Beiming to jump down rashly and end up dead without a place to die. This choice will undoubtedly require a lot of risk. big risk.

and so……

"Why don't I go and try it alone while I still have time?"

Zuo Yang thought this way, after all, as a player, he can be resurrected if he dies, but if Qiao Beiming enters this kind of place rashly and encounters any accidents, he will really die with [Sura Yin Sha Gong].

Just as he was thinking so.

"I really don't know where this bottomless pit leads, but there was a martial arts sect on the Laoshan Mountain. This sect was called the Laoshan Sect, and the Shangqing Palace was also built by the Laoshan Sect back then. There is some understanding, just wondering if these things can help."

Qiao Beiming tried to speak.

At this moment, the face of this big devil turned slightly red, he is also a good-looking guy, the question just now obviously made him a little embarrassed, so he wanted to tell all the things he knew, Even if it can play a little role, it's good, otherwise wouldn't it appear that you are too useless?
"Oh? Senior, please explain in detail."

Zuo Yang raised his head, cupped his hands and said.

"Cough cough..."

Qiao Beiming cleared his throat, and said seriously, "As far as I know, this Laoshan Sect originated from Quanzhen Sect and is a branch of Quanzhen Sect. Sun Xuanqing, who later became immortal Wang Chongyang, who guarded his tomb for three years, went all the way east to Laoshan Mountain. Later, he saw that Laoshan Mountain was a treasure land, so he settled down here, recruited disciples and established a school, and finally formed a certain scale , This is the origin of the Laoshan School.”

"It is said that Sun Xuanqing, the founder of the Laoshan School, has some accomplishments in swordsmanship and boxing. In contrast, the most exquisite exercise of the Laoshan School is a kind of 'Qigong' that also evolved from the internal exercises of the Quanzhen Sect. The name of the exercise is very simple, it is called [Laoshan Qigong], but its power cannot be underestimated. watch for."

"It's a pity that the situation in the Central Plains was turbulent later. The Jin, Song, and Mongolian forces fought for years. The Laoshan faction was struggling in the war. At the same time, the Laoshan faction also attracted the attention of these three forces. On the one hand, they sent envoys to try to summon the Laoshan faction For his own use, on the one hand, he was worried that other forces would gain the support of the Laoshan faction... In such a situation, the situation of the Laoshan faction was even more difficult. Later, without knowing what happened, they completely lost the news, leaving only an empty building. Shangqing Palace."

"Some say they fled overseas together, others say they chose to self-destruct."

"The history of the Laoshan School is probably like this."

"Uh……"

After listening to Qiao Beiming's words, Zuo Yang still didn't get any really helpful information, but after playing the game for so long, Zuo Yang still has some understanding of some rules in the game.

Under normal circumstances, most of the guiding language spoken from the NPC's mouth is not groundless, but providing some very crucial clues for the player.

For example, Qiao Beiming just mentioned a kung fu called [Laoshan Qigong], which means that there is a very high possibility that such a kung fu exists in Laoshan, but how to get it, or whether it can be obtained, depends on It depends on the player's ability and luck...

So he still kept all what Qiao Beiming said in his heart, and chewed it carefully, and then said: "Thank you senior for telling me this, this junior will keep it in mind."

"So what's next, do you have any idea?"

Qiao Beiming asked again.

Zuo Yang shook his head: "Not yet, but there is still some time right now, the junior plans to go to the secret road to investigate again, maybe we may find some clues."

"The old man will go with you."

Qiao Beiming expressed his opinion immediately.

"No need."

Zuo Yang said, "Senior's plan has been targeted many times. Although the specific reason has not been found yet, in order to prevent similar things from happening again, it is best for the senior to stand still this time and let the junior investigate secretly. I will come back as soon as possible to inform the seniors."

"It's... so good, be more careful."

Qiao Beiming thought about it, and agreed to Zuo Yang's proposal.

"Senior farewell."

……

It is night now.

After coming out of the secret room in the Shangqing Palace, Zuo Yang did not immediately enter the wing room with the entrance to the secret passage hidden not far away, but swaggered towards the vice peak.

In this way, Zuo Yang walked into a hut where many people from the evil faction were temporarily placed, and then suddenly used the "shadow escape technique" to sneak into the shadows, and then climbed out from behind the hut, all the way along the road beside the mountain. The shadow quickly turned back to the Qing Palace...

This feeling of fighting wits with an invisible enemy is not very good, even Zuo Yang is not sure whether such an enemy exists, maybe he is just fighting wits with the air, but it is always right to be more careful After all, he has no other way right now, only the bottomless cave under the waterfall in the secret road of Laoshan may still be able to take a risky attempt. Missed.

And not long after Zuo Yang left.

Under the moonlight, a solitary shadow appeared on the bluestone ground not far away, no one could be seen at all, only a shadow slanting on the ground.

The shadow moved little by little, and came to the hut quietly.

"Squeak--!"

The shadow's arm was gradually raised, and the door of the hut slowly opened, and the shadow immediately flashed into the shadows on one side.

After being so quiet for a while, after making sure that there was no movement.

The shadow finally floated out of the shadows again, and came to the place facing the door of the hut.

At this moment, there was naturally no one in the hut.

"what?"

A surprised voice followed.

……

Not long after, Zuo Yang had returned to the main peak where the Shangqing Palace was located. He quickly sneaked into the wing room with the entrance to the secret passage, and then jumped in.

However, in view of the history of the Laoshan School that Qiao Beiming told him before, Zuo Yang did not go to that waterfall immediately, but planned to use the [Crystal Mirror] to search carefully in this secret path to see if he could find it. More things... Anyway, it is still early before the start of the war between good and evil, and I am not in a hurry for this moment.

(End of this chapter)