Qingling Punishing Heart

Chapter 230 The Fourth Person
After the three of them pasted the "Earth Walking Talisman" on their backs, the hard earth and rocks spread out one foot away from their bodies, revealing an underground passage.

Sneaking into the underground passage, the three of them shuttled forward like gophers. After walking for an unknown amount of time, they were suddenly blocked by an invisible barrier.

Jiang Ling couldn't help frowning, and tried to dodge his feet, and the ground began to sink.

The three of them continued to explore deep underground, but no matter how deep they dived, the barrier in front of them still existed.

Niu Zhu raised the mountain axe high, swung an arc, and slashed at the barrier blocking the way!

With a loud bang, the underground cave shook violently, and the gravel on the cave wall fell one after another!

Jiang Ling suddenly felt dizzy in front of his eyes. He supported the cave wall and shouted, "Don't cut it! Are you trying to kill us again?"

Niu Zhu quickly put away the axe.

At the same time, the vibration in the cave gradually subsided.

Su Ji felt that the three people underground were like three earthworms trapped in a soil basin. No matter how hard they tried, they couldn't break through the barrier covering Kunlun Mountain.

As night fell quietly, the three of them fell asleep again, until they woke up when the cock crowed and found that they were sleeping on the stone floor outside Yuxu Palace.

Immediately afterwards, the same scene reappeared.

The clear sky was suddenly covered by a dark cloud, and rain fell; an old sheep staggered over, fell to the ground and twitched, and everything was exactly the same as what happened before.

The three of them looked at each other with embarrassment on their faces.Facing the phenomenon that goes back and forth, no one can figure it out.

Su Ji thought for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "It's not an option for us to wait here. Why don't we see if there are other people on the mountain. If we can find a fourth person besides us, we might be able to know something."

Jiang Ling said: "I came up with an idea. Although this day repeats itself, we will never forget what we experienced. Let's search the mountain separately!"

Su Ji said: "The battle is dangerous and unpredictable, we should not be too far apart."

Jiang Ling said: "But you can't get too close, otherwise, how long will it take to search such a big mountain? What do you think of searching the mountain at a distance of ten feet?"

"It's still fifty feet." Niu Zhu said suddenly.

Jiang Ling said: "Second brother, don't be brave! With your cultivation, I'm afraid you will die soon if you leave us."

Niu Zhu said: "You don't have to worry about me. As long as I sing loudly while walking, you can know that I'm fine from fifty feet away."

Su Ji said pleasantly, "Second senior brother, you have a good idea! Baihe's sound transmission can't transmit fifty feet away. Every time we walk a certain distance, we use our own voices to confirm each other's existence. Even if we find danger, we can know it immediately .”

Jiang Ling showed approval, and said, "Second brother, I never thought you could come up with such a way."

Niu Zhu scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "When I was young, I often went up to the mountains to play with my father. My father taught me."

After a while, Niuzhu's singing echoed in the mountains: "Guanguan Jujiu, go forward, seek a spouse in Hezhizhou, a fair lady does laundry, a gentleman likes to embroider, and my sister bows her head when she sees it." ..."

The singing voice was weird, like howling ghosts and wolves.

Su Ji had the urge to cover his ears several times. Even though he didn't know the rhythm, he knew that Niu Zhu was incomplete and out of tune.In just one song, Tiao'er has already run three rounds around the entire Kunlun Mountain.

Although Kunlun Mountain is very large, there are not many places where there are usually people.

The three of them searched almost all the places where there should be people, but found that there was no one, not even a single person.

As the sky was getting dark, the three of them walked and fell to the ground and fell asleep.

At dawn, the three of them were awakened by the crowing of the cock as before, and opened their eyes in the morning light.

There are only three of them outside Yuxu Palace, it seems that there are only three people left in the world.

After waking up, Jiang Ling complained: "Second brother, luckily I knew you were singing yesterday, otherwise I would have thought I had entered the duck pen."

Niu Zhu said: "Is my singing really that bad?"

Su Ji sighed: "Your high note makes me feel that there are a hundred wolves chasing you behind you."

Niu Zhu lowered his head dejectedly.

Su Ji comforted, "Don't be discouraged. As long as you practice to live a long life, you will still surpass many people in singing. At least 500 years later, you should have a small success."

Jiang Ling wondered, "Do you feel that yesterday seemed to pass faster than before..."

Su Ji and Niu Zhu nodded their heads.

Jiang Ling said, "Could it be related to the singing of the second child?"

Niu Zhu said: "Cave Master Riyao told us to 'eliminate phantom sounds', but we didn't hear any strange sounds."

Su Ji said: "There must be, think about it carefully...every day from morning to night, every sound I hear..."

Jiang Ling sighed: "No, I can't think of it."

Su Ji thought for a long time, and suddenly said: "Do you still remember? What wakes us up every morning?"

Niu Zhu exclaimed: "Chicken! The rooster crowing!"

Jiang Ling's eyes lit up, and he suddenly said: "The sound of the chicken crowing is very clear, as if it is by my side! There must be something strange about the sound of the chicken crowing!"

Su Ji said: "It seems that the cause of the daily cycle is not the copper plate, but the crowing of the rooster!"

Jiang Ling said: "But how can we prevent ourselves from hearing the rooster crowing? It didn't help if we blocked our ears when we were sleeping!"

Su Ji said: "Since plugging the ears is useless, then don't plug them. Since the crowing of the rooster makes us fall into an illusion, then we should use louder voices to cover it."

Jiang Ling said: "Second brother, as soon as you hear the rooster crow, start singing, the louder the better, try to cover the rooster's crow!"

Niu Zhu nodded, "That's for sure! When I sing loudly, I can't hear anything but my own voice!"

While talking, the cloudy sky suddenly cleared.

The three of them looked up, and this time it was not an old sheep but an old man walking in the distance.The old man was as thin as a stick, with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and an indescribably wretched expression.

The appearance of the fourth person made the three of them feel wary.

Su Ji thought that the disciples who were selected to guard the Lingtai were all young people, but he never thought that there were such old monks.But after thinking about it, he felt that the monks with high morals were young: Master Wuji Hefa had a childlike face, the master of Shuiyao Cave looked only 20 years old, and the master of Yueyao Cave was rejuvenated.It can be seen from this that a monk whose cultivation base is neither high nor low will look older on the contrary.

"Who are you?" Niu Zhu asked.

The old man replied: "I am a descendant of the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty. I have practiced in Kunlun Mountains for decades. My surname is Ji, and my single name is the character '尤', which is the '少' of 'Shen Monkey, Unitary Rooster' in the twelve zodiac signs. The position of the unitary rooster on the Twelve Spirit Terrace, fellow Taoists call me 'Old Chicken'."

The old man's voice was as shrill as a rooster's crowing, and Su Ji had never heard such an unpleasant voice.

Jiang Ling asked, "Then should we call you Ji You, or Ji Lao?"

"Whatever, as long as you don't let that little brother sing again." Ji Youpi smiled and said: "As expected of the three disciples of Master Chan, they only thought of a way to break the formation in three days. Three years ago General Lee was trapped in the first battle for a full 30 days."

Jiang Ling said: "Old Chicken! We have seen through your little tricks!"

Ji You complained: "I still have a way to keep you. The reason why I took the initiative to show up is because I don't have cotton to plug my ears! That little brother's singing really killed me, even the one I raised Fish can sing better than him!"

Jiang Ling understood the old man's feelings very well, because listening to Niu Zhu sing really required courage and perseverance.

Su Ji understood that it was no wonder that the day when Niu Zhu sang passed quickly. It turned out that Ji You didn't want Niu Zhu to continue singing, so he ended the day as soon as possible.

Ji You said: "At my age, I don't want to fight with you young people. As long as you are willing to chat with me, I will let you go."

Jiang Ling doubted: "Is it really that simple?"

Ji You smiled and nodded.

Su Ji closed his eyes slightly, and he could already see what Ji You was thinking.He remembered that when he dealt with Jiang Xuan before, he used the Qingling Nightmare Technique to drain the opponent's Xuanqing Qi.Su Ji is well versed in the way of illusion, and he can see that although this formation is different from the Qingling Nightmare technique, it is also the same way.

"Don't be fooled by him! This old man wants to delay time!" Su Ji exposed: "The longer we stay here, the more Xuanqing Qi in our body will be wasted!"

Ji You couldn't help shaking, realizing that something was wrong, turned around and wanted to flee.

"Want to run?" Jiang Lingxiu frowned, and the golden scale fan in his hand flew out!

Ji You flicked his sleeves and turned into a cloud of red smoke to escape!
An ethereal voice echoed in the mountains: "Although you have passed my test, it will not be so easy for you next time!"

After hearing these words, the three of them felt their heads slowly becoming heavy, their eyes were inexplicably sleepy, and their eyelids began to fight uncontrollably.

Su Ji couldn't help shaking his head, trying to wake himself up.

However, when he looked up, Ji You was no longer there, and the surrounding scenery shattered and fell off like broken pieces of porcelain, crackling and shattering into one place, replaced by another scene.The things in front of the three of them took on a new look!
(End of this chapter)