His sword was like a flying dragon, blood splattered all over the place, and the bandits and horse corpses rolled into a ball on the ground.
Hu San was watching the battle from above. Seeing something was not right, he shouted angrily, "I told you to shoot arrows and surround me! What's wrong with you?"
The little bandit next to him said with a bitter face: "Third Master, I don't know!"
At this time, a black-faced bandit ran over and said, "Third Master, something terrible has happened!"
But in a moment, the bandits standing at the gate of the stronghold were rushed up by a light cavalry. The bandit holding the trombone had no time to dodge, and saw a flash of a knife, and his body and head were separated.
Hu San's eyelids twitched. "What's the big deal?"
"The lady ran off with the boy she had imprisoned earlier!"
After hearing this, Hu San's face twitched for a moment, and his brows were also colored with anger. On his wedding night, first the village was attacked by the army, and then his wife ran away with someone. He shouted sternly: "Why don't you chase them!"
Meanwhile, Gu Yanyue took advantage of the chaos in the village and changed into more comfortable clothes to release Yuwen Ran from his captivity. Yuwen Ran was injured and Hu San had given him cartilage powder, making it difficult for him to move.
Gu Yanyue carried Yuwen Ran on her shoulders and walked out of another door of the stronghold with great effort. The news leaked out from somewhere, and just as Gu Yanyue and Yuwen Ran walked out of the stronghold gate, Hu San and the bandits caught up with them.
Hu San and his men were riding on horses, and Gu Yanyue, carrying the disabled Yuwen Ran, would definitely not be able to outrun Hu San's horse. Du Yuhou led his men to break through from the front in order to buy time for her and Yuwen Ran to escape from the mountain stronghold. At the moment, Gu Yanyue had no choice but to take Yuwen Ran out by herself.
Yu Wenran coughed violently a few times, raised his hand with great effort, and pointed in a direction to Gu Yanyue: "Go...that way."
Gu Yanyue didn't hesitate and led Yuwen Ran in the direction he pointed. Hu San looked in the direction of Gu Yanyue and Yuwen Ran and frowned. The bandits on horseback behind him lagged behind Hu San by half a step and asked, "Third Master, they have entered the psychedelic forest... should we still chase them?"
Hu San kicked the bandit and knocked him off his horse. "They don't want to live anymore. Do I have to die with them?"
The bandit took a mild kick from him, but there was no resentment on his face. He immediately half-knelt on the ground and reported: "The brothers in front of the Third Master are almost unable to hold on."
Hu San turned his horse and said, "Pass the order down. Whoever kills the most soldiers tonight will be promoted to second in command!"
Since the establishment of the stronghold, there has always been only Hu San as the boss. Now Hu San has announced that he wants to appoint a second-in-command. You can imagine how important this is.
Meanwhile, Gu Yanyue and Yuwen Ran stumbled into the legendary psychedelic forest. As soon as they entered, Gu Yanyue's body tensed for some reason. She couldn't explain the mystery of the forest, but she felt an instinctive sense of crisis. She clutched Yuwen Ran's arm tightly, hoping to gain some sense of security.
The forest was dark, with tall, straight trees blocking most of the sunlight, leaving only sparse, patchy light filtering through the branches and leaves. This made the forest seem particularly mysterious and eerie, and the air was filled with erratic mist.
Gu Yanyue took Yu Wenran into the depths of the forest, making marks along the way.
Seeing this, Yuwen Ran looked around at the familiar scene and said, "I feel like we've been standing still."
Gu Yanyue nodded and pointed to a tree trunk not far away. "Yeah, look at that tree over there. There are three bars. I just made three marks, each time drawing a bar on a tree. It's too late to make the fourth one, but the first three times appeared on the same tree, which means we haven't walked into the forest."
"It seems we have hit a wall."
"I'm afraid it's more than that..." Gu Yanyue's grip on Yuwen Ran suddenly tightened, and then they both lowered their heads at the same time, only to feel that the ground beneath their feet seemed to be shaking, and a "buzzing" sound came from somewhere. The next moment, a huge force suddenly rushed up from the ground, and it seemed that the earth was about to crack, and the earth shook. Gu Yanyue hurriedly took Yuwen Ran and rolled to the side.
Then, their bodies suddenly became empty and they fell to the ground. In a split second, Yu Wenran only had time to hold Gu Yanyue in his arms. It was pitch black all around, and the place where they stepped on seemed to be alive and quietly closed up by itself.
Fortunately, the cave was not high and they soon reached the bottom. Yu Wenran landed on his back and let go of Gu Yanyue. Fortunately, before escaping, Gu Yanyue took a night pearl from Hu San in order to see better at night. Although it was only a little light, it was enough for her to see.
Yu Wenran whispered from below: "Ayue, are you hurt?"
Gu Yanyue shook her head and then helped Yuwen Ran up from the ground. Gu Yanyue looked him up and down with the Night Pearl and found that Yuwen Ran was not in a good condition at the moment. She had to find a way to take him back as soon as possible.
Shine the night pearl around the cave, Gu Yanyue discovered that it was a small, very narrow passage with a door in front. She supported Yu Wenran and stood at the door.
She reached out and pushed the door, but it wouldn't budge. She leaned over and saw that the lock on this door didn't match any other locks from this era. This door must have a secret! Gu Yanyue helped Yu Wenran sit on a stone nearby, then leaned over to study the mechanism. She discovered that the mechanism on this door was similar to those used in modern escape rooms.
This was definitely a true expert. After cooking, Gu Yanyue's favorite thing in modern times was escaping rooms. Whenever she had time on holidays, she would get together with a few friends to play in a newly opened escape room, and she was the one who always made it out.
Gu Yanyue searched for clues in the cave according to the idea of playing an escape room. She soon found it in a hidden small hole. Then she unlocked the door in no time.
There was a "click" sound in the air, and she pushed open the small door with great caution. The door hinges made a "creaking" sound, and dust fell. Gu Yanyue's whole body tensed up, but nothing happened.
She raised the night pearl in her hand and looked over. It was a small stone chamber covered with dust. It seemed to be another new secret chamber.
Gu Yanyue had the experience with the previous one, so it didn't take her long to solve this one. She then led Yu Wenran out of the secret room without any obstruction.
They didn't know how many times they had walked around, but they finally walked out of the secret room. Unexpectedly, they entered a forest just after leaving the secret room.
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