Pseudo master, she just wants to live

"That's the main peak of Tianqi Mountain."

Fan Chen glanced in the dark direction, and called everyone to pack up their things.

A total of nearly 200 people came down. Seeing that these people were about to follow, Fan Chen suddenly ordered a dozen or so people, pointed to the second young master, and said, "You guys stay here."

The second young master followed Fang Yao with a bundle of hemp rope, he was taken aback when he heard the words, and then blurted out: "Why?"

The other people who were named also stood there nervously.

Fang Yao turned around and patted the second young master's shoulder, saying: "The altar is very important here, if the rope ladder is broken by those troublesome monsters, then there will be big trouble!"

When everyone heard it, they thought it made sense.

It's just that the second young master wanted to stay by Fang Yao's side, so he quickly said, "Master Fang, why do you have to ask me to stay, can't you change someone..."

As he spoke, he glanced at the crowd unconsciously, and the servant of the Ministry of Rites frowned slightly, and hurriedly dodged into the crowd.

Fang Yao sighed, and then her expression froze: "Second young master, some people who behave strangely need to be more careful. Compared with others, you can be regarded as an experienced person..."

Her words made the second young master pause, and the latter's mind was agitated, and his eyes widened instantly.

"You, you mean?"

"That's right, it's exactly what you think..."

Fang Yao took out a red rope from her neck with a small red and green porcelain whistle hanging from it, and handed it to the second young master, "You stay here and guard the rope ladder, and don't approach the pillars at will. If there is trouble, blow this immediately."

"Then, I know!"

After explaining this, she was relieved and called everyone to leave.

The unusual dark cave is not too far away, only a mile or two, and it takes about a cup of tea to walk.

The iron chains at the stone steps were still hanging there scatteredly, but the stone locks on them all disappeared.

Without the lock, Fang Yao pulled it casually, and the iron chain like a spider web collapsed and fell to the ground with a clatter.

The people behind hurried forward, and hurriedly pulled the iron chain away from the road and threw it on both sides of the stone steps.

The light below the altar was even darker, the four sides of the cave were uneven, and the ground was even more potholed. Even if the torches were very close, it was difficult to see the ground. Everyone walked forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and soon came to the one foot wide. near the river.

The underground river flows from Tianqi Mountain, and the dark cave in the north is the upstream direction of the river.

The river was wet and cold, and Ah Wu, who was walking in front, held a torch and walked a few steps towards the river, and then quickly retreated with a pale face.

"There is blood in this river..."

Fang Yao frowned and looked, the river water was free from impurities and silt, and strands of dark red blood were clearly seen flowing downstream from the upper reaches.

She instructed softly: "Don't get too close to the shore, be careful."

Holding the torch, Fan Chen took a few steps forward and protected her inside.

It's just that the farther you go north, the land on the shore gradually narrows, and everyone is inevitably getting closer and closer to the dark river, and the smell of blood becomes stronger.

"You won't be going to the river later, will you?"

Someone was very worried, and their voices were trembling, "Small, small ones can't swim."

Fang Yao stared at the front intently, and her ears paid attention to the movement inside, and there was one less.

She turned her head slightly, and said softly: "The terrain ahead is rising, and the water level of the underground river is not high, so it is hidden underground."

Everyone looked at the front of Heigulongdong, and no one dared to say anything. When they got to the dark cave, everyone realized that it was really as Fang Yao said.

The entrance of the dark cave is relatively high, and there is a stone slope about a foot high from the river surface. Under the stone slope, there are several small springs. The water of the dark river gushes out from these fist-sized holes.

Also gushed out was dark red blood.

It seemed to flow endlessly, gurgling and bubbling out, making people's scalp numb.

There are a few timid ones whose legs are already weak.

"Let's go."

Fan Chen frowned, and carried Fang Yao across the stone slope with ease, jumped to the entrance of the dark cave above, stuck the torch in the crack of the stone outside the cave entrance, and called everyone to come up.

The entrance of the cave was not too big, and it was very dark inside. Ah Wu and the others who came up first held torches to explore the way.

The space in the cave is not small, but it is much lower than the outside, and there are many stalactites connected up and down on the ground and the top of the cave. At a glance, it is almost all dense stone forests, and the line of sight is extremely obstructed, like a maze.

The stone pillars with strange postures in the cave, under the light of the torches with unclear light and shade, reveal the shadows of claws and claws, which look like ghosts.

The dark cave was dripping wet, there were shallow puddles everywhere, and there were even wet blood stains on the stone walls!
"This, this place is so scary..."

Fang Yao has studied geography, so she naturally knows that tiankengs, caves, stone forests and underground rivers are all typical karst landforms.

However, the strong stench in the cave and the strange and disappearing heartbeat really look like some kind of monster's lair!

Looking at the faint black mist rising in the stone forest ahead, she felt uneasy, and frowned, "Bring the rope, there is that kind of strange mist that deceives the eyes, and everyone will easily get separated."

Ah Wu and the others understood Fang Yao's meaning, and tied several hemp ropes into a long strip, and then each of them grabbed the ropes in turn, and followed the person in front to move forward cautiously.

Fang Yao and Fan Chen walked in the front.

One of them was wearing a mask, holding a dagger, and carved marks along the way; the other was holding a torch and a long sword, and looked around.

"look……"

Fan Chen lowered his voice and pointed to the front. Fang Yao had just finished carving the character "three" on the stone pillar. Hearing this, he looked in the direction pointed by the former's long sword.

It's a few white leg bones!
"This, this is..."

"Don't be afraid, it's a beef leg bone."

Fan Chen comforted him softly.

Fang Yao was not appeased, how could there be a cow in this kind of dark underground cave? ?

After walking a few more steps, just around a stone pillar, there are two long, curved and sharp black horns in front of me!
"Fear not, this is a goat's horn."

Fan Chen continued to comfort him.

However, the next moment, even his breathing suddenly became heavy.

Under the withered sheep's head was a pile of skeletons and white bones. These people and animals had obviously been dead for a long time.

Fang Yao gently picked up a few white bones with her sword, then twitched the corners of her mouth: "They are all sacrifices."

Fan Chen's complexion changed slightly, and after a while he asked softly, "How do you know?"

Fang Yao put away Shang Fang's sword, and tightly held the rope in her hand: "There are rust spots on the ground and bones. Before these people died, they should be tied with iron chains."

This time, Fan Chen didn't speak for a long time, the two walked forward side by side, the further they walked, the more bones were scattered on the ground.

From behind, there were a few low screams from time to time.

Suddenly, she stopped.

Fan Chen, who had been silent all this time, also stopped, raised the sword in his hand, and asked in a very low voice, "What's wrong."

Ah Wu and the others who followed closely also quickly picked up their long knives, bows and crossbows.

"Gone."

"what?"

Fang Yao's face was a little ugly: "I can't hear the heartbeats of those epidemic monsters."

At the same time, the dark wind with a stench stirred the black mist to flow slightly.