The wind blows through the ears, like a ghost weeping.
Xia Zhaoyi's face was pale, and there was a bit of gray in the corners of her eyes. If her eyes weren't still bright after she concentrated her soul, Shen Lie would even worry that she would faint in the next moment.
Xia Zhaoyi calmed down, shook his head and said, "It's nothing, it's not important. Let's go find Shen Xu."
"It's important," Shen Lie said solemnly, "do you know how bad your complexion is?"
"Is it bad?" Xia Zhaoyi murmured again, paused, turned around, and said as he walked, "Let's go, find Shen Xu first."
Although this trip was not for Shen Shu, it was also because of Shen Shu. Only when Shen Shu's matter was settled, could she have the extra thought to go back to the stone room and take a good look.
All the trances were caused by the stone chamber. Her mental energy was seriously consumed by the stone chamber.
"Ah Li!" Shen Lie called her.
Xia Zhaoyi returns.
Shen Lie looked at her, thought for a while, stepped forward, and knelt down in front of the girl: "I'll carry you on my back. Don't let your mind wander, even if you sleep, I will protect you." "
Xia Zhaoyi was slightly stunned, looking at the boy's broad and straight back, not knowing what to say for a moment.
After a while, Xia Zhaoyi said: "No need, just get up."
She stepped forward and reached out to hold Shen Lie's arm.
"I would be a coward if I asked you to carry me," Xia Zhaoyi said. "I wanted to help you, but I ended up causing you trouble. Wouldn't I be a joke?"
Shen Lie frowned: "Who would laugh at you?"
"Don't worry, I'm really fine. It's not that I'm not feeling well and I'm trying to be brave. When Shen Shu understands those things, I'll talk to you about my concerns. Let's go find him first." Xia Zhaoyi said.
Her voice was very soft, gentle, and slightly hoarse like a sick person. Looking at her pale face Shen Lie felt even more worried in her heart.
But as if to comfort her little brother, she raised her hand and patted his shoulder, then passed by him.
All the way forward, the lights were bright, and although there was a torrent of water in the distance, the fog did not dissipate. The corridor was dry and exuded a musty smell, which was related to the special construction of this place.
They have already searched this area, and basically found all the mechanisms they could find, so they can go back without fear.
The mark left by Shen Xu was very obvious, but when they followed the mark to find an intersection, the mark was confused and appeared on both sides.
"Shen Shu's marks are difficult for others to imitate in a short period of time," Shen Lie said. "I confirm that both marks were left by him or Rougu, but he would never leave such a mark with both marks. ."
"Both roads are open?"
"Then he will only leave one."
Xia Zhaoyi nodded, looked around, and took out the map from his sleeve.
"Perhaps the agency involved in the agency room we found is here." Xia Zhaoyi said while looking at the map.
"Will the corridor move?" Shen Lie asked.
"Yeah." Xia Zhaoyi nodded.
There were several loud noises when they were searching for the road first, and with the one that came down, there were three loud noises in front and back.
The empty space full of rats was the first loud noise. It rang out about five times and was the most violent of the three loud noises.
The second place is in the direction of the big water tanker. I can’t remember how many times it went off. The sound was dull, like firecrackers in a pot.
The third place was equally dull, but wider in area. There were less than three times in total. When the sound suddenly occurred, they were looking for a way out. They followed the loud sound and discovered a large mechanism in an underground stone room.
The mechanism is so involved that it is difficult to see everything at a glance with the torch in your hand. The gears, large and small, are covered with rust and are turning slowly with a dull sound.
"It's really a big deal," Xia Zhaoyi looked at the map and said, "In this Qianqiu Palace, why do I feel that alchemy is secondary?"
"It's like a slaughterhouse," Shen Lie said, "Human life here is too insignificant, like an ant."
"Want to vomit."
"Are you feeling unwell?" Shen Lie asked hurriedly.
Xia Zhaoyi paused, turned to look at him, and curled his lips into a smile.
"No," Xia Zhaoyi said, "I was just mumbling, I just don't like it here."
Shen Lie looked solemn and nodded. In the orange light, his handsome features were gloomy.
Xia Zhaoyi put away the map, looked to the right, and said, "It should be this road, let's go."
"Okay." Shen Lie said.
After stuffing the folded map back into the sleeves of two pieces of clothing, Xia Zhaoyi frowned slightly, and the nameless feeling that he had been suppressing came to his heart again.
She looked up and looked ahead, the fire was still bright.
The darkness outside the map that she has not yet reached seems like countless shadowy and lonely souls wandering around.
She didn't believe in ghosts and gods, she really didn't, but she couldn't even explain why she was still alive.
Why can she be reborn, and why is she in the body of this girl named A Li?
Xia Zhaoyi suddenly recalled that day, when Lin Youqing handed the ashes of "Miss Xia" into her hands. For a moment, she was chilled to the bone, and she was instantly placed in the world of heaven and earth, outside the four directions of the universe. The water swallowed her up, and it was impossible for her to resist. She was like a mantis.
Now, she underestimated this place too much. When she came, she didn't expect it to be so weird and weird, and it even seemed to have some connection with her.
However, the more this happened, the more she felt that she had come to the right place.
Secretly taking a deep breath, Xia Zhaoyi suppressed the emotions in her heart again, not allowing them to interfere with her anymore.
Going forward on this road, there are several more intersections. At these places, you can find the marks left by Shen Shu and others, proving that you are not going wrong.
About a quarter of an hour later, they found a large open space where wooden cages were hung. There were seven horizontal and eight vertical chains hanging in the air, and more than a dozen wooden cages hanging down. There were bones in the wooden cages.
Further ahead is a vast and empty stone staircase. The terrace is very long. There is a large towering platform at the end of the sight under the stone steps. There are three large alchemy furnaces on the platform.
The main hall here is not like a main hall, nor is it an open space. The space is very vast, and all the lamp holders are lit, but the light is still dim.
Xia Zhaoyi and Shen Lie went down to the big stone platform. There were many snake corpses on the ground. In the mouth of a big snake corpse in the distance, there was still half a human body left outside.
Judging from the corpse's clothes, it was a familiar person.
There were a lot of pills and residues scattered near the alchemy furnace. Xia Zhaoyi picked them up with a kerchief and heard a deep sound, and a road was found behind the stone platform.
"It smells so good..." Xia Zhaoyi stood at the door of the steps, sniffed with her little nose, and said, "But I can't tell what the smell is."
It's very familiar, but when you smell it again, it feels strange, and it becomes a different smell.
Her nose seemed to be malfunctioning due to illness.
And there was a name in her throat that she couldn't say.
"Moonlight peony seeds." Shen Lie said.
"...Yes," Xia Zhaoyi nodded, "It's Yuexia Shao."
The last time she smelled the fragrance of flowers was half a year ago in the Longhu Hall and in the courtyard of the bandit's son.
"This is from the Qiao family," Xia Zhaoyi frowned, "The Yuexia peony root that is unique to the Qiao family, why is it here?"
