After passing through a courtyard composed of rockery, walking through a bamboo forest, and crossing a wind and rain bridge, one person and two ghosts arrived at the destination of the hidden plot, the legendary place where Qingle Lake is haunted by supernatural beings - Qingle Tan.
Of course, because the three of them entered a mysterious place after setting aside the lake water, or it can be said that the space where the three of them are now is not in the same time and space as the original space. This kind of world is based on the copy world.
The source, but not completely belonging to the magical space of the copy world, for some reason, gave Li Yi an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
Is it an illusion? Just as he was thinking about where this sense of familiarity came from, Sheng Chengcai's voice interrupted his thoughts.
"Here we are, right here."
Looking back, I saw a place hidden under the lake, but there was a lake under my feet. The location of the three of them was exactly the center of the lake at the bottom of the lake - Qingle Pool.
"Actually, many people have gone in the wrong direction." Sheng Chengcai glanced at the slightly trembling lake above his head, "Most people want to find the true location of Qingle Lake, and some even try to empty Qingle Lake. But in fact, if there is no bloodline,
If you use someone as the key, no one can find this place."
"So you are the key, right?" Li Yi took a few steps forward, paused, casually dipped into the pool, and then frowned.
The water in the pool was black, like ink. This was not a dimly lit place. He had been doubting it since just now. Logically speaking, the water in the deep pool should be very clear.
How could it not be seen clearly at all? The only explanation is that the water in this pool is originally black.
However, when he put his hand in a bowl and tried to scoop up some water from the pool, after observing it for a while, his expression immediately changed and he suddenly raised his head to look at Sheng Chengcai.
"You are right, this should be the place where the warlord performed human sacrifices."
Hearing what he said, Li Xu quickly ran over, lay down by the pool and looked at it for a while, then took a deep breath and wondered: "Why is there no smell? I only smell the fishy smell of water."
Before Sheng Chengcai could speak, Li Yi explained: "This is actually easy to understand. Blood does melt easily in water, but this place has been here for a long time. Let's not say whether the supernatural power will cover up the smell of blood. If not,
Then there is only one explanation that makes sense."
"This pool leads to other places below!"
"Yes, Mr. Xiao Li is right. I thought about this for a long time before I figured it out. This is probably the reason why Governor Sheng chose to sacrifice living people here. He believed that as long as there are living people
By building a bridge of flesh and blood, he can reach the other side smoothly and realize his dream of immortality."
"The idea is good, but I don't understand one thing. How did he know that this place will definitely lead to the other side?" Li Yi followed the other person's words and raised the question again, while looking at Sheng Chengcai, staring at the other person intently.
Faintly, he had some premonitions.
Something may happen later!
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock.
I don't know when, this secret underground pool suddenly began to drop water from above. The decorative ceiling of the lake above seemed to have been punctured by something, and water began to seep down.
In just a short time, the top of the lake, which was just seeping water at first, was already falling like rain.
A long sigh sounded, and at some point, Sheng Chengcai suddenly stood by the Qingle Pool.
Looking at the deep pool, I ignored the falling water.
"You have been doubting me from the beginning, right?"
"You can't blame me, you have too many flaws." Li Yi stood next to Sheng Chengcai, as if two old friends were having a conversation. If you didn't pay attention to their conversation, you wouldn't have thought of the relationship between the two.
The relationship is not as intimate as it seems on the surface.
"Maybe it's a bad habit from the past. I always only set the general direction and never care about the details." Sheng Chengcai muttered to himself, thinking he was explaining.
"But I'm still curious, when did you start doubting me?"
"I felt that there was something wrong with you from the first time we met. Yes, it was when we were on the forty-fourth floor."
"The reason is very simple. Before you revealed your identity as a century-old ghost, I became suspicious, because no female high school student would have such a calm expression, let alone a female high school student who died after being wronged.
"
"But didn't I accidentally reveal my identity later? Isn't this normal?"
"Haha, maybe you think it's natural, but in my opinion, it's really awkward, including many of your subsequent performances. You clearly have a desire to express yourself, but you insist on acting like a lonely old man, and you don't know what to do.
Pretending to be indifferent, you must know that what can maintain a spiritual body for a long time is not calmness, but resentment. From that moment on, I concluded that you are not a century-old ghost at all, but a kind of ghost.
People are not like humans, and ghosts are not like ghosts, because if you want to maintain this state, you must first not be a person, and then if you can continue to exist after dissipating your resentment, you must not be a ghost."
Having said this, he glanced at Li Xu, who was beside him with wide eyes and confusion.
"Of course, there are exceptions."
"You are indeed very smart, and you are worthy of me taking you out of the forty-fourth floor." As soon as these words came out, Li Xu was shocked.
"What? You said you brought us out?"
"What else?" Sheng Chengcai smiled half-heartedly, "You don't really think you have the ability to lead everyone out of trouble, do you? Even your so-called premonition was implanted by me in advance."
As soon as these words came out, Li Yi immediately slapped his thigh: "I just said something is strange, it is indeed you!"
"I admit that I really didn't understand it at the time, but you have one biggest flaw, which you probably didn't even think of and took it for granted."
"Teleport?"
"You thought of it!"
"Thanks to you, my mind has become clear." At this moment, Sheng Chengcai had an unprecedented smile on his face, seeming very satisfied with the scene in front of him.
"So the so-called supernatural phenomena are actually caused by every time you use teleportation? The blood and water in Qingle Pool is actually your spiritual power container?"
"It seems that you have thought of it a long time ago, and I don't need to explain so much anymore." Sheng Chengcai nodded with satisfaction.
"But what I don't understand is that you clearly knew that I was coming here to solve this mystery, but why didn't you stop me? Or do you have great confidence in the trap you set?"
Seeing that the other party was about to sink into the pool as long as he took one step forward, Li Yi secretly thought something bad, but he still tried to stop the other party with his words. His hands were already on his waist, and he could hold the long sword with just a slight twitch.
in hand.
thump.
However, his intention was seen through by Sheng Chengcai. The other party did not give him this chance at all and jumped in directly, sinking his whole body into the pool.