Ninth Tier Thunder Pool

It's windy and rainy outside, but the lights inside are bright.

After deliberation, Baili Miyin agreed with Taoist Li Tang's suggestion and decided to go to the tomb.Firstly, he thought that if Baili Nan knew that someone had entered the ninth-level Thunder Pool Formation, he would be impatient and take the risk to show up; secondly, he was able to check whether his previous route to the tomb had been damaged, and he broke into which level before he retreated.Two days ago, she handed "The Chronicle of the Baili Clan" to Daoist Li Tang, who is familiar with coffin texts. The Taoist said that the ninth-level thunder pool is full of dangers, and she asked him to keep in mind the route of the underground palace, hidden traps, poisonous insects and beasts, etc., so as to prevent accidental escape. Scattering is not enough to run around with black eyes.

It was a matter of confidentiality, and it was impossible for Baili Miyinduan to summon his subordinates to accompany him. He only wanted to fight side by side with Daoist Li Tang, but he could not rest assured that he would entrust Hu Wan to others, and let her accompany him and protect him personally.As a result, Wei Feng entangled everyone like a dog's skin plaster and couldn't get rid of it.When he was looking for Huwan last time, he was stopped by Baili Miyin, and although he was unwilling, he didn't dare to follow in, this time An Neng missed it.

"How to arrange for Bu Dan?" Wei Feng saw that Hu Wan was busy grinding antidote and trauma medicine, Li Tang was busy tracing the map of the underground palace, and Baili Miyin was busy mixing cinnabar to dye arrow feathers, and each was busy preparing for the next tomb. He was the only one who had nothing to do and stood aside, especially without a sense of existence, and could not help but squeak to attract the attention of others.

"You almost forgot him if you didn't say it." Daoist Li Tang raised his head from the annals, looked at Wei Feng, then at Baili Miyin, and asked, "Leave him in Pancaotang to recuperate?"

"It may take a few days for the four of us to leave. It's not for Pan Caotang to be the master of the house. Prescribe a few medicines and let him clean up and roll away." Baili Miyin was still busy with the work at hand without raising his head. , Sen Leng's diamond-shaped arrow was bright, but it was far less sharp than the sharpness in her eyes. "Brother Lao Wei will see you off."

"Uh...no, no, I'm not the owner of the Pancao Hall, it would be rude for me to drive him away." Wei Feng looked distressed, unexpectedly dug a hole for himself to jump into.

"It's true that there are some impoliteness, but if Brother Wei stayed in Pancao Tang to accompany Bu Dan, we wouldn't have to feel embarrassed about it."

"Go ahead, I'll go and prescribe a medicine for Bu Dan first." Wei Feng rolled his eyes and curled his mouth, and said in a low voice.Although she knew that Baili Miyin would not really abandon him because of this, her unsmiling expression carried an irresistible force, making people have to obey.The Bunun people probably also have this sense of oppression, so they will bow down to her.

Seeing that Wei Feng had left the door, Hu Wan chuckled, and said, "A Yin is arrogant and domineering, everyone knows that when he was restricted by etiquette and felt troubled and embarrassed, he was just playing with people again."

Baili Miyin couldn't deny it.

"There are more than a dozen kinds of witchcraft recorded in the annals. I think one of them is similar to the tomb in Miasma Forest. Could it be the needle Gu raised by Baili Nan?" Daoist Li Tang gently closed the annals and looked at the table in a daze. , with lingering fear in his heart, he said: "If this is the case, this needle Gu is no better than the golden leech Gu."

Hearing this, Baili Miyin frowned, then glanced at Daoist Li Tang, intending to signal him to keep quiet, but he was lost in thought and didn't notice her reminder.Instead, the tense expression fell into Hu Wan's clear eyes, and Hu Wan thought about it, knowing that Baili Miyin had something to hide, he couldn't help but feel a little lonely.The great secret in the ancient tomb has never been concealed, so Hu Wan wants to see what she is hiding from herself.Then he put down the medicinal materials and sat down beside Daoist Li Tang calmly, and asked: "What is acupuncture Gu, please tell me carefully."

"There are many kinds of Gu. Medicinal Gu can be used for healing. You may have heard of it. Witch Gu is a combination of witchcraft and Gu art. It is mysterious and terrifying. It is usually used for persecution. The golden leech Gu I came into contact with before is Witch Gu. One of them, acupuncture Gu, is the same, the difference is the refining method, the form of the Gu, the degree of persecution, etc." Li Tang paused, his brows were deeply locked and he stood up to help the case, and said seriously: "The first two days, Xiao Baili suspected Baili Nan raises Gu in the miasma forest, I don't think so, but after thinking about it carefully, the pungent stench, abnormal earthen mounds, and the death of the young are all in harmony with the acupuncture Gu recorded in the general annals. What you and I saw in the miasma forest The small hill in the mountain is actually a tomb made of carrion, no doubt it was used to cultivate Needle Gu. This is the source of the stench, and it is also the cause of the little brother's death, except for Baili Nan, no one else did it."

After experiencing the fear brought by the golden leech Gu, everyone's expressions changed when they talked about the Gu.Hu Wan immediately turned pale and didn't say a word, as if she would be contaminated with these filthy things just by mentioning them.

"Needle Gu is better than golden leech Gu because it can be cured by drinking the blood of a phoenix, but I don't know if the phoenix exists... the ghost knows if there is a phoenix in this world. I have survived most of my life, but I have never seen it." Tang Taoist Li flicked his sleeves sullenly He said: "Bailinan, an evil villain, what is the purpose of refining the needle Gu? Back then we were so close to the cultivation tomb, so we should not get caught in the Gu."

"Don't be alarmist, Daoist, how can we survive until now if we are poisoned." Hu Wan immediately dispelled Daoist Li Tang's worries when he thought that the little brother was killed on the spot.

"If there are no wounds on his body, even if he is buried in a grave, he doesn't need to worry about being hit by the Gu. The needle Gu rejoices when he sees blood. He didn't die instantly after being hit by the Gu. The reason why he snapped his fingers that day was because of the many wounds on his body. On the tomb, it must have provoked the Gu mother to do this." After Baili Miyin finished speaking, he turned to Hu Wan and asked, "Did you have any wounds on your body that day?"

Hu Wan shook her head, then her face darkened, remembering that day Baili Miyin was the closest to the Gu Tomb, and her back had a longitudinal gap.Thinking of this, her heart was pounding in her chest, Hu Wan grabbed her and tremblingly said: "But you..."

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

"How do you know you're fine? You hid the matter of the needle Gu from me, and that alone is enough to worry me." Hu Wan became more and more worried as she thought about it, and asked anxiously, "Are you...you... ...There's always a reason why you don't tell me..."

After listening to Hu Wan's words, Taoist Li Tang suddenly realized that he had made a slip of the tongue and revealed the matter of acupuncture.But seeing that Huwan and Baili Miyin were not looking at each other, he felt uncomfortable, and he went out of the house while muttering in a low voice that no one cares about the lonely old man.

Taking advantage of Huwan's unpreparedness, Baili Miyin bit his finger, and the dark red blood dripped down the palm of his hand.

"What are you doing?" Hu Wan exclaimed.

"Look, my blood is still red, which means I haven't been hit by the Gu, so don't worry." Baili Miyin spread out his palm and clenched it tightly for a moment, and said, "Although I have been hit by the Needle Gu, there is no chance of life in a short period of time." Worry, but the blood will gradually change from red to green, dark green, dark green, and finally die when it reaches black green."

"Really?" Hu Wan doubted what Baili Miyin said. "Then why are you hiding it from me? Don't think I didn't see you winking with Daoist Li Tang."

"The carrion used in the Gu Tomb is piled up like a mountain...Has Wan'er ever thought about its source?"

He didn't consciously think about this question before, but suddenly Baili Miyin threw it out, and Hu Wan couldn't help but recall what he had seen and heard in Miasma Forest.When a pool full of mottled and criss-crossed dead bones appeared in front of her eyes, Hu Wan's pupils widened, her face paled in shock, and she almost couldn't stand still.The Gu mound is not far from the corpse pit. If Baili Nan needs carrion to refine Gu, it is very likely to use local materials. The mountain of carrion must be scraped from hundreds of corpses. Fearing that Hu Wan would be distressed, he concealed the matter.

"Devil!" Hu Wan gritted her teeth, furious. "He's a devil!"

Baili Miyin stroked the hair sticking to her lips, and when her fingers landed on her shoulders, she realized that her body was trembling unceasingly, and her words were choked in her throat and she was already pale and weak.

The four packed their bags and entered the shooting range overnight under the hazy moonlight.Wei Feng was young and strong, and he didn't feel tired when carrying the burden of four people on his back. He was brisk and excited all the way, but he didn't dare to talk to avoid people's eyes and ears, so he hurried on the road silently.Baili Miyin walked at the end silently like a ghost, and Hu Wan turned her head several times, for fear that she would fall behind, and it would be hard to feel at ease if she didn't confirm it.

"Always watch what I do, watch the road." Baili Miyin led the transfer Wan, and walked with her.

"Yeah." Hu Wan responded softly.The cold touch of Baili Miyin's palm is an indispensable reassurance for Hu Wan. "Ayin, wait for us to come out from the ninth step and go to the cliff to collect Shura fruit together."

"Okay, speaking of it, it's a token of love between you and me." Baili Miyin whispered in Hu Wan's ear.

Hu Wan blushed, but fortunately she was not embarrassed by the moonlight.

"What are you two talking about?" Wei Feng turned around and urged, "Hurry up, we'll be there soon."

As soon as he saw the obsidian rough stone, Wei Feng strode over and walked around it, amazed.Last time he was forced by Baili Miyin's Red Feather Arrow not to get close, so he could only watch from a distance, but now he can observe closely, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.Baili Miyin let go of Huwan, tapped his toes and leaped onto the stone platform, facing east.Wei Feng was startled, but seeing her draw out her feathered arrow and put it on the bow, she hastily retreated to the side of Daoist Li Tang.

"Dongqinglongjiao, Beixuanwudou, Xibaihukui, and South Zhuquejing, these four stars are the eyes of the ninth-level thunder pool formation, and they are also the keyholes that open the secret door." After Li Tang said, he suddenly heard Yu Arrows whizzed past his head, followed by the crisp sound of metal colliding from all directions.

Baili Miyin shot the arrow extremely fast, as if he didn't need to aim at the bull's-eye at all, just drew the bow and released it.Hu Wan remembered that the bull's-eye was studded with copper coins, and the four dings were enough to tell that her arrow hit the coin's eye.Seeing Baili Miyin reaching out to her, Hu Wan walked towards her, but hearing the muffled noise from the stone platform, she couldn't help speeding up her pace, grabbed her hand, and was dragged up to the stone platform by her.On the stone platform there is a hexagram of the Taiji Pisces Pisces, which is actually a straight-falling passage leading to the eighth-level Thunder Pond Formation. Hu Wan came out from here before, and it seems familiar to enter from here.

Daoist Li Tang and Wei Feng climbed up after them, the four of them just stood still, and suddenly felt that the stone platform was slowly sinking.Except for the faint moonlight above the head falling on the feet, the darkness that devours people is everywhere, like a huge beast staring at the small prey.

"It's amazing. What a huge scale mechanism this is to be able to carry such a heavy spar. The wisdom of the ancestors is simply incalculable. The Baili clan must have strong financial resources. Look at this sophisticated mechanism, too ...Unbelievable." Wei Feng was full of praise. "Today is an eye-opener for me, and I will die without regret."

"I don't think you are dumb if you don't talk. How can a big man be so noisy? My eardrums are going to be perforated by his chatter." Tang Taoist Li grabbed his bag, took out a fire bag, and pulled out the gun With a blow of force, he took the lead in getting off the Tai Chi Pisces stone platform.

There is a suanni candlestick not far from the tomb passage. Taoist Li Tang lit it all the way, and the long tomb passage seemed to have no end.Hu Wan looked around, but saw that the tomb passages criss-crossed and extended in all directions, each leading to 28 tomb chambers. If you are not familiar with the arrangement of the 28 constellations, An Neng will not get lost here.Hu Wan is no stranger to the tomb that he is going to now. Baili Miyin once said that the tomb is the only passage leading to the seventh level.

"Why do you have to walk for so long? I feel like I've already walked out of Minnow Mountain." Wei Feng was not very interested in the similar tomb passages, so he complained a few words.

"On the contrary, we are going deep into Minnow Mountain." Daoist Li Tang said, "Actually, the ancient tomb is located on the upper side of the mountain, and the nine-step thunder pool array is built step by step from the foot of the mountain. It is built inside the mountain, not deep into the ground. "

"According to what you said, isn't the whole minnow mountain hollowed out? If that's the case, why did Baili Nan bother to break through the ninth step? Wouldn't it be easier to dig a robbery hole on the mountainside and go straight to the ancient tomb?" Hu Wan asked puzzled. .

"That's right, and if the inner space of Minnow Mountain is extremely easy to collapse, right?" Wei Feng added.

Taoist Li Tang put away the fire folder, took three torches from the tomb wall and lit them, handed them to Wei Feng and Baili Miyin, and held one to himself.Boarding the stairs leading to the tomb, Master Li Tang turned around and asked with great interest: "If the ninth step is going down, then we should take the stairs that extend down. Have you ever seen the stairs that go down this way? Before you The stairs under our feet are also going upwards, visually, this height is obviously higher than the corridor under the stone platform, and according to this calculation, don’t we have already returned to the ground at this moment?”

Wei Feng nodded, the only explanation was that they were already inside the mountain.

The vault structure of the ancient tomb has a large force-bearing surface, which is easy to disperse the load and bear the pressure firmly, so the possibility of collapse is extremely small.The flat layer of the vault is filled with flint and quicksand, and once squeezed by an external force, the mechanism will be triggered, causing the flint to ignite and the quicksand to pour out.Once the vault suddenly released the flint and quicksand to form a hollow arch, it was like removing the neck beam, and eventually caused the mountain to collapse.The continuous danger that will be caused by digging the robbery hole will not only make the bamboo basket empty, but may even cost one's life. Bai Linan had to focus on the ninth-level thunder pool formation.

Daoist Li Tang stood in front of the stone coffin and waved to Wei Feng, and the two of them pushed open the coffin lid together.A black coffin was placed inside the outer coffin, and the lid of the coffin had been lifted, so it was easy to know that it was Bai Linan who did it.There was a faint smell of rotting wood inside the coffin, and the bottom of the coffin was engraved with uncolored circular dragon patterns, but there was nothing else.Daoist Li Tang jumped in, holding the torch in one hand, and groping for the bottom of the coffin with the other.After a while, the bottom of the coffin was slowly pulled away from both sides, revealing a dark hole, which seemed to allow only one person to pass through.

"Little Baili, are you going to lead the way on the seventh step?" Daoist Li Tang pressed down the torch and ironed the opening of the hole, looking at Baili Miyin, he wondered, "I don't know what to do if I'm lost in the dark."

"Hahaha... Isn't the Taoist priest afraid of the dark?" Wei Feng raised the torch in his hand and said with a smile, "Isn't there a fire?"

"You're laughing!" Daoist Li slapped Wei Feng's forehead with a palm, and scolded: "I know how to laugh, come here, idiot, I will show you the way."

Baili Miyin jumped into the coffin, threw the torch casually, pulled Hu Wan up, and said: "The entrance of the cave is not high, I'll go down first, you jump after me, and I will catch you."

Hu Wan nodded, only with her presence could she gain some courage.When her figure disappeared at the entrance of the cave, Hu Wan pricked up his ears but couldn't hear the sound of his feet landing on the ground. He was hesitating whether to jump or not, when he heard her voice from below. "Wan'er..."

The moment she fell into her embrace, all she could see was the invisible darkness, and Hu Wan thought she hadn't opened her eyes in a trance.Touching Baili Miyin's cheek by feeling, she couldn't see any outline when she took a closer look, Hu Wan suddenly became flustered, thinking she was blind.

"Daoist Li Tang, hurry up and light the torch, I... I seem to be blind, really, I can't see anything." Wei Feng said what Hu Wan was about to say to Baili Miyin, and listened His anxious tone was far more flustered than Hu Wan's.No matter how dark the night outside is, even with a little adaptation, you won’t lose sight of the silhouette. I’ve never encountered such indelible darkness.

"Don't panic, the seventh level is the black mist confusion. The black mist that permeates the entire underground palace is thick and dense and opaque, so you can't see things. Just leave here." Baili Miyin put down Huwan, and put her Putting his hands on his shoulders, he said quietly: "The hanging ladder in the black mist has no rails and no support. It is long and narrow. The dead bodies under the hanging ladder are as big as a palm. They haven't eaten for hundreds of years. I think I'm hungry. If I stumble If you fall, there will be no bones left..."

"Corp... Corpse lame..." Hearing Baili Miyin's words, Wei Feng suddenly felt his scalp tighten, and when he thought of the densely packed corpses under his feet waiting to be fed, he wished he could faint on the spot.

"Hey, can't you laugh now? I think you are more afraid of the dark than I am." Daoist Li Tang groped and put his hands on Hu Wan's shoulders, not forgetting to mock Wei Feng, and said contemptuously: "If you don't want to die, hurry up and put your Put two pig's hooves on my shoulders, and Xiao Baili will take us out."

Baili Miyin calmly stepped on the winding ladder, but had to slow down to take care of the people behind him. The four of them moved on the ladder like old and clumsy centipedes.After walking for a while, I gradually felt that the hanging ladder had a slope, and the slanting upward direction just verified what Li Tang said.Hu Wan climbed up to Baili Miyin, but felt that her shoulders were stable, her steps were firm and decisive, there was no trace of temptation or hesitation, and she didn't seem invisible.Although Hu Wan was puzzled, she also knew that now was not the time to be curious, so she pressed the button for now.

"Why don't you light a torch for light?" Wei Feng asked.

"Why are you blind and deaf as soon as you enter the seventh level? Didn't Xiao Baili say that the black mist is thick, fragrant and opaque, and even if you light a candle, it will be swallowed by it into a ball that is weaker than a firefly?" Light, you still count on lighting?" Taoist Li Tang explained impatiently.

"Then how did Baili Nan pass..." Wei Fengben refuted casually, but suddenly thought of Baili Miyin, and asked, "How does the priest distinguish the direction of the hanging ladder in the dark?" Yes, don’t you measure your pace according to the road map?”

"Naturally, you need to memorize the route map." Baili Miyin looked at the traces of dragging on the hanging ladder all the way, and said casually: "My uncle must be crawling on the hanging ladder, crawling up the ladder by touching the edge of the ladder, and it's hard work for him. Embarrassed. I'm different, I can see."