The other side of time

(Eight)

Xie Yi performed a water breathing spell the moment the water gushed out from the dome, but the water flow in the channel was too fast, and it was difficult to even stabilize his figure.At this time, someone suddenly grabbed his waist in the darkness, and a shining green light flashed, and a fleeting helmet was propped up in the water.

It was the seventh day of the lunar new year, and he teleported over at the same time as he entered the water, grabbed Xie Yi, opened the flashing hood, and did it in one go.Although the fleeting hood separated them from the current, the inertia was still there, and the two of them hit the wall at the turn before stopping.Xie Yi cast a small spell to get the water off the clothes of the two of them, and lit up a Yanjia lantern again.When the light came on, he gasped involuntarily. It turned out that the wall was covered with spikes. If it wasn't for the protection of the flashy helmet, they might have been seriously injured if they didn't die.

The two continued to walk along the passage. This place was mostly traps like ground thorns, nothing new, and there was no fork in the road, just a few turns.Xie Yi directly released a Yanjia scorpion to explore the way ahead, wielding the big pincers all the way, destroying all the traps that could be destroyed.It didn't take long for the channel to gradually become wider, and the water level gradually dropped, and finally flowed into the underground river along the ditches on both sides.When the dry masonry ground can be seen in the passage, there is also a faint light ahead.

After putting away the Shunhua helmet, Chu Qi suddenly felt a little weak in his footsteps.By the time the two of them walked out of the passage and entered a small room lit with an ever-burning lamp, he could not stand still and almost fell to his knees.

Xie Yi quickly supported him, and the two sat on the ground together: "What's wrong?"

"Probably because I was caught by a spike when I entered the water just now, because it didn't hurt, so I didn't care." Chu Qi pressed his waist, and when he looked at his palm, it was covered with dark red blood, and his clothes were already soaked in blood Wet flakes. "I'm fine, it's just... suddenly I can't use my strength."

Xie Yi recalled that after Chu Qi had embraced him, he had almost protected him in his arms. Could it be that he was stabbed a second before the Shunhua Helm was opened?He cast a healing spell and ripped Chu Qi's clothes.The wound wasn't that big, about two inches long, but the blood flowed non-stop, and the healing technique just now didn't work at all. "Could it be that...those spikes are poisonous?"

It should be a mechanism designed to release venom only when someone is stabbed, just like a snake's fangs.Otherwise, if the poison is directly quenched on the outside of the spikes, there will be no toxicity left when the water rushes over.

Ye Shi said that there is a kind of Gu poison that can paralyze people's pain, and make the wound bleed continuously, so that people will bleed to death without knowing it.Xie Yi hurriedly found a small bottle of powder from the medicine she gave, poured half on Chu Qi's wound, and asked him to take the rest.The medicine was quite effective, and soon the bleeding stopped, and Chu Qi also felt the sharp pain from the wound.But he still has no strength, it's really ironic, none of the targets that Shen Ye asked him to assassinate in the past hundred years can make him bleed so much, but now he is so embarrassed by a small ground thorn.He had to rely on Xie Yi, while the other party was digging through the things Ye Shi gave in a panic, and finally took out a small and exquisite wooden box.

This is it.At that time, Ye Shi called him aside alone, and gave him this small box.

She said, Brother Xie, I have already seen that Brother Chuqi is a living puppet.I have only seen records of the Gu technique used on him in ancient books, the Gu master who can do this must be a top person who is unique in a million.But the blood production ability of the living puppet's body is much worse than that of ordinary people. It is okay if it suffers from internal injuries. If it suffers from external injuries, the blood will flow too much, but it will endanger the natal Gu in his body. At that time, he may become numb and unable to move.You can use this Gu worm, if there is an emergency, you can give him some of your blood.

The method of using this Gu worm is to cut open the blood vessel and place the Gu worm, so that the wounds are facing each other and the skin is close to each other.

Xie Yi took out the Yanjia knife and cut their wrists, first put the Gu worm given by Ye Shi on his wound, and pulled Chu Qi's hand to interlock his fingers.Chu Qi twitched for a while but didn't take it out, frowned and said, "What are you... doing?"

"Of course I'm saving you. Miss Ye said that if you encounter this situation, you just need to give you some of my blood and you'll be fine." Xie Yi said confidently, making the wounds of the two people meet together, and the other hand held She wrapped her arms around Chu Qi's back and hugged him firmly.The Gu worm between their wrists quickly turned bright red, it was Xie Yi's blood, which flowed into Chu Qi's body through the Gu worm.

Although Chu Qi is weak in limbs, his mind is still very clear, and he always feels that this hug is really... outrageous, even worse than Xie Yi's unconscious hugs after he fell asleep.

The two of them were very close, and they could clearly feel that the frequency of the two chests rising and falling with the breathing, and the flow of the blood, were gradually unified without distinction.Chu Qi was in a trance for a moment, thinking that his heart was beating too, but soon realized that it was Xie Yi's heartbeat, not his.Through the skin and bones, one can still feel the beating full of vitality. Every time, fresh blood is transported into his body and melted into his blood vessels.

At that moment, they even shared their heartbeats together.

This kind of feeling actually makes Chu Qi nostalgic.Maybe people who have stayed in the darkness for a long time and assimilated with the darkness will yearn for warmth and light more than ordinary people, and will be attracted unconsciously.

But, what a sin.

He clearly knows his relationship with Xie Yi better than anyone else.

Back when Qi felt that he had almost recovered, he stood up as if he was running away.

"Huh? Is this all right?" Xie Yi's eyes looked bright with the light of the ever-burning lamp reflected in his eyes.

Chu Qi turned his head away from looking into his eyes, and said coldly: "If you continue, you will be dizzy due to ischemia and unable to stand still."

Xie Yi resentfully put away the Gu worms, always feeling that Chu Qi's sudden look of trying to distance himself made him a little frustrated.

Just as he was about to move forward, Chu Qi suddenly noticed the blood he had just shed on the ground. It looked a little strange. There was a small pool of blood sticking out a few thin lines on both sides.Upon closer inspection, those lines turned out to be blood absorbed by the floor tiles, forming a pattern of half a circle and a few lines.

"This is..." Xie Yi also leaned over to take a look, and pondered: "This pattern must be man-made, someone hid the pattern here, maybe they want to tell the people who come here something..."

He and Chu Qi glanced at each other, already thinking about it.

This pattern is probably left by the Yanshi who designed the royal tomb. It seems that some special things have been painted on the floor tiles, and the color will become darker when it absorbs water.Only people who come in from this channel will carry water on their bodies, and the mechanism of water flow will only be opened when they come in from the outside.The clothes of the two of them had already been dried by spells. If Chu Qi's blood hadn't just dripped on this spot, they probably wouldn't have discovered the mystery.

The two went back to the passage to get some water and sprinkled it on. After a while, the whole picture of the pattern really appeared on the floor tiles. It was about a foot wide, and it was composed of lines and irregular circles.

"It's not wrong, this should be the map of King Qijia's tomb." Chu Qi pointed to one of the circles and said, "And this circle is the small room we are in."

"If it's true, it looks like there's still a long way to go." Xie Yi found a strange pattern on it: "This is... the emblem of Yanshi? There is no mark on this map, draw the emblem here What means……"

"There is also one here, which is symmetrical." Chu Qi pondered, "Maybe...it is the place where those Yanshi secretly store their relics."

Sure enough, someone who designed the mechanism so that it can be opened outside the tomb-sealing stone will definitely leave important clues for future generations who enter the tomb.

The author has something to say:

Strategy 1: If the clothes get wet, you can only use the spell of Yushui to let the water leave the clothes. You can't use the spell of Yuhuo to bake them. It is easy to burn the clothes and make your equipment return to the [rags] level.It will also fill the Shun Hua Zhi Zhu with water vapor and turn it into a mobile sauna.

Strategy 2: After leaving the waterway, remember to investigate the ground of the small room, and you will get a [Royal Tomb Map], but it is not necessary for friends who are determined to complete the maze and achieve 100% map exploration rate.