"Do you think there is danger inside?" Bing Zhixie gently stroked its mane and said with a faint smile: "It is inevitable that there is danger, otherwise I would not be here. You can go back, you don't have to follow me anymore.
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Pegasus didn't want to leave and bit his clothes with her lips, trying to persuade him to leave.
Bing Zhixie touched its neck again, pushed it away, and turned around to walk towards the mountain path. The Pegasus kept neighing behind it, and it wasn't until Bing Zhixie disappeared into the mist that it reluctantly turned around and left.
Perhaps, as the deceased in the stone pavilion said, some people are destined to walk on the edge of death and danger. And he is such a person.
The long and narrow mountain road, the uneven bridge deck, whether the bridge is solid or suspended, the snake-eye lamp standing opposite indicates the direction of progress in the mist.
It's not peaceful here. The bugs in the mountains are noisy. Some scream loudly, and some have strange sounds that are annoying. Bing Zhixie walks in the middle of the road, taking every step carefully, and beware of traps that may appear at any time under your feet or on both sides.
Mechanisms, beware of any magical beasts that may suddenly fall from the sky.
Suddenly the sound of footsteps was heard, and Bing Zhixie stopped moving forward.
"Hey, you...are you in front?" Kun tried her best to suppress the sound that came through the wet and cold fog. She wanted to shout loudly, but she was afraid of disturbing anything.
"I'm here." Bing Zhixie replied in a low voice, because Kun was already very close. Kun, who was used to lurking and hunting in the dense forest, stepped on the ground with a pair of fleshy feet and made a very small sound.
Kun was startled when she heard the response. As soon as she stopped, she found that she was very close to Bing Zhixie and almost bumped into her. The night and the fog made it impossible for her to see very far even with a light. Compared to
Get up, the snake pupil lamp on the pillar is very penetrating.
"Why are you here?" Bing Zhixie asked.
Kun breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I saw Pegasus coming back, but I didn't see you, so I thought something happened to you." She added: "I'll go with you. I can help you if there is danger. This is our Qian
I can't just ignore the important matters of the Ling tribe."
Bing Zhixie did not refuse. This was indeed the Qianling tribe's own business. He came here to take care of this irrelevant matter, firstly by accident, secondly out of curiosity, and mostly because of the seduction of the black cat.
The long bridge in the gorge is actually not very long. It just took me a while to walk slowly and carefully. When I reached the end of the bridge, I didn't encounter anything risky. But because of this, Bing Zhixie
He felt more and more that this place was very dangerous. Pegasus' perception was always relatively sharp, and he himself felt an unknown atmosphere from the air. This was an intuition and a feeling gained from experience.
After crossing the Snake Lamp Bridge, the water vapor became much lighter. The light of the spar lamp could shine for about ten meters around. The terrain became open and the area seemed to be very large. Firelight floated on Bing Zhixie's palm, which was more useful in addition to lighting.
to dispel the moisture. Just as the fire in his palm ignited, he heard a strange sound.
The sound came from a very far away place, maybe hundreds of meters or even further. The sound was not loud and not obvious. It was a squeaking sound, like the sound of something rubbing together, or the sound of something screaming.
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"Did you hear it?" Kun obviously also heard the short sound coming from the distance.
Bing Zhixie asked her: "Can you hear what the sound is?"
Kun shook his head: "The sound was too short, I didn't hear it clearly."
Bing Zhixie said: "Could it be the sound made by a snake?"
Kun thought about it and wasn't sure.
There was a short section of stone steps ahead. Bing Zhixie strengthened the fire in his hands and walked down. The surroundings were empty and the ground was very flat sand.
Kun held the sword in his backhand and guarded it at his waist, ready to draw the blade at any time. His amber eyes stared at the left and right, always observing any movement around him.
Bing Zhixie divided the flames floating in the palm of his hand into two groups and shot them to the left and right. The fireworks flew a hundred meters and then exploded, flashing a strong light.
Kun took a breath: "This place is so big~!"
The flames that bloomed just now did not reach the boundary. Calculated based on the scale of the previous circular area, the scope here is not small by any means.
Bing Zhixie did not continue to fire the flames to test further, because just when the fireworks disappeared, the strange sound from before appeared again. This time, it was clearly audible because the sound came from many directions.
"The sound of a snake! It's the sound that a snake makes when it moves on the ground." Kun, who grew up here, is very good at distinguishing species by listening to sounds. She said in horror: "Oh my god, we are surrounded by snakes, they are all huge.
Snake! Is this a snake cave?"
There are many snakes in the Feiyun area, and the book records that Titanoboa, which is larger than an average house, also appears here from time to time.
"It is indeed a snake." Bingzhi said evilly.
Everything here indicates the existence of snakes, from the stone pavilion to the Snake Lantern Bridge, the danger here must be a terrible snake.
Seeing that she was a little scared, Bing Zhixie said to her: "Calm down, there are not many snakes. The sound just came from eight directions. If it was eight Titanoboa, don't worry too much." He was worried at first that there would be snakes here.
There was a giant earthly python, Jörmungandr. After hearing the sound, he felt more at ease. It was impossible for eight giant earthly pythons to exist here at the same time.
With further exploration, the surrounding outline gradually emerged. This is a rectangular space, surrounded by a huge artificially repaired wall. There are corridors and columns under the huge wall, and there are some door openings on the wall. These are like giants living there.
It's a huge building, and it's like a rectangular prison completely enclosed by high walls.
"No, it's not a prison, it's the atrium." This thought flashed through his mind, and Bing Zhixie's face became serious.
‘Snake of the Atrium’, this is another nickname of Jormungandr, the worldly python. The place is arranged in the form of an atrium, which seems to be deliberately foreshadowing something.
"Is it true that there are eight earthly giant pythons here?" Bing Zhixie did not believe his idea. He had seen the shape of earthly giant pythons. Although the space in this place was large, it was not enough to support eight earthly giant pythons.
Survive. He rejected this idea, thinking that no matter what was here, it must be a snake, and it was an extraordinary giant snake.
Kun said anxiously: "The snakes are still waking up. They must have been sleeping for a long time. What should we do now?" At this point, she had no idea. She could only hope that Bing Zhixie would make up her mind whether to retreat or stay.
You will definitely not retreat. You came here just to break the curse and solve the mystery here. If you leave at this time, the 'curse' of the Qianling tribe will still exist. Not to mention that you can leave if you want to?
The water mist that had become thinner after arriving here became thicker now, because he was in a cold mountain and the surrounding air was freezing. Bing Zhixie understood that the water mist here was caused by the awakening of the giant snake.
, including the fog under the bridge previously, it must be the vibration caused by the opening of the mechanism that disturbed the giant snake sleeping here.