Chapter 196 Does this girl have a third eye?
Midnight.
The Imperial Palace, the north wall of the Cold Palace, next to the dry well behind the rockery.
The night wind was cold and biting, blowing up the dead leaves on the ground and making a rustling sound.
Xiao Yu stood in a black armor with his hands behind his back. Behind him, twenty black armor guards stood quietly like a sculpture.
Yun Shen was holding an ancient compass the size of a palm, his brows tightly furrowed.
"Your Highness," Yun Shen said in a serious tone, "the aura from this underground place is very strange."
"How is it so strange?" Xiao Yu asked.
"It... it's very complex." Yun Shen tried to find an accurate description. "There's the lingering echo of the dragon energy of the previous dynasty, the majesty of the suppression of this dynasty's national destiny, and the spiritual power interwoven by countless formations... But, in the gaps between these auras, an extremely sinister and strange power permeates."
He raised his head and looked at Xiao Yu.
"It's the 'ghostly energy' you mentioned earlier, Your Highness. It's like ink dropped into clear water. Although it's still very light now, it is constantly eroding and polluting everything underground."
"Can you find the source?"
"It's difficult." Yun Shen shook his head. "This tunnel is interconnected, and the aura is diffused. However... the deeper we go, the stronger the aura becomes. We can only follow this direction and search all the way."
Xiao Yu nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
He looked at Emperor Jingming and warned him one last time: "Royal brother, remember this for one hour."
"I...I understand." Emperor Jingming's face turned pale, but he nodded seriously, "Yu'er, you must come back safely!"
Xiao Yu nodded and made a simple gesture to the Xuanjia Guards behind him.
"Set off."
As soon as he finished speaking, he was the first to bend down and walk into the bottomless darkness.
Twenty Xuanyi Guards and Yun Shen followed closely behind and disappeared at the tunnel entrance in an instant.
National Master’s Mansion, Observatory.
The top floor of the attic was empty and quiet.
The huge crystal dome draws down the starlight, illuminating the entire room as bright as day.
In the very center of the room, an intricate calming formation was painted in cinnabar.
Ajiu sat cross-legged in the center of the formation.
Her face was a little pale, and a layer of fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.
Chu Xuanyi stood outside the formation in a white robe, his expression more focused and nervous than ever before.
He pinched the magic formula in his hands and continuously injected his spiritual power into the formation to help Jiu calm his mind and resist the chaotic sounds coming from all directions.
"grown ups……"
Ajiu's lips moved slightly, and his voice was as thin as a mosquito.
"I...I saw them..."
"Don't be impatient, tell me slowly." Chu Xuanyi guided softly, "What did you see?"
"I saw... a ball of very bright light..." Ah Jiu's brows furrowed even tighter. "It was Brother Xiong Xiong's light... It was golden and domineering... Next to it, there were many small black dots of light..."
Chu Xuanyi nodded.
It seems that this girl can really "see" the prince and others through some mysterious sense.
Xiao Yu carries the royal dragon energy and is a veteran on the battlefield, his murderous aura is overwhelming.
The two auras intertwined together, and in the eyes of Ah Jiu, who had natural clairvoyance, they appeared as an overbearing golden light, which was normal.
The Xuanjia Guards have been practicing the art of concealing their breath for many years, and they have murderous aura within them, so in her eyes, they are just dark spots of light.
"They are moving forward... very quickly..."
"What does the tunnel look like? Is there any danger?" Chu Xuanyi asked.
"The tunnel... is so dark... so damp..." Ah Jiu's voice was filled with a hint of disgust. "It seems like there are... a lot of slippery things growing on the wall... Eh? Wait!"
"In front... in front, there's a disgusting thing!"
"What is it?" Chu Xuanyi's heart was lifted.
"It's black... sticky... like snot... and like mud..." Jiu tried hard to describe it, "It's crawling on the wall! It's crawling so slowly... But the 'sounds' around it are so unpleasant and harsh!"
Chu Xuanyi's expression changed instantly!
The evil condenses and becomes real!
This is the "yin evil moss" that can only be formed in extremely yin and evil places!
This thing itself isn't particularly aggressive, but it emits a miasma that pollutes the soul! If an ordinary person inhales too much, they could suffer hallucinations and go insane, or even become idiots if it's too severe!
"Your Majesty!"
He immediately picked up a communication jade talisman that he had prepared long ago and injected spiritual power into it!
At the same time, in the underground secret passage.
Xiao Yu and his group were moving forward quickly and silently.
The tunnel was deeper than they had imagined.
The damp smell of earth and mold in the air became stronger and stronger.
"stop."
Xiao Yu, who was walking in front, suddenly raised his hand.
The team behind him instantly stopped in place without any delay.
"Your Highness, what's wrong?" Yun Shen asked in a low voice.
Xiao Yu did not answer, his eyes were fixed on a wall ten feet ahead.
The darkness there seemed to be a little thicker than elsewhere.
Yun Shen followed his gaze and his pupils suddenly shrank.
I saw that the wall was covered with a layer of black sticky substance that was slowly wriggling like a living thing.
They are silent, but emit a strange aura that makes people uneasy.
"It's Yinsha Moss!" Yun Shen cried out in disbelief, "Your Highness, be careful! This thing will emit a mind-destroying miasma!"
At this moment, a jade talisman in Xiao Yu's arms suddenly felt slightly warm, and Chu Xuanyi's anxious voice came.
"Your Highness! Ah Jiu said there's 'Evil Moss' ahead of you! Remember, hold your breath and burn it with your magical tools. Never touch it with weapons!"
A hint of surprise flashed in Xiao Yu's eyes.
Chu Xuanyi's message and his discovery happened almost at the same time.
And judging from Chu Xuanyi's tone, this news was actually "seen" by Ajiu?
This girl... could it be that she really has opened her third eye?
"Xuan San."
"exist!"
"Use the 'Fire Separation Talisman' to burn it."
"yes!"
Xuan San took out a piece of talisman paper with red runes drawn on it from his arms, muttered something, and then snapped his fingers!
The talisman paper turned into a beam of fire and shot towards the wriggling black!
“Sizzle!”
There was a sharp sound like hot oil poured on ice, and it suddenly exploded!
Under the burning of the flames, the Yinsha moss twisted and rolled violently, emitting bursts of silent screams.
A foul-smelling black smoke a hundred times stronger than before came out!
Everyone was prepared and immediately covered their mouths and noses with cloths soaked in special medicine.
In just a moment, the evil moss that had been lingering on the wall for who knows how many years was burned into a pool of charcoal.
"Walk."
Xiao Yu waved his hand and the team continued to move forward.
They walked forward for about an incense stick's time.
The tunnel ahead suddenly opened up and a fork in the road appeared.
The road on the left is wide and flat, and even the walls are paved with smooth bluestone slabs.
You can vaguely see a faint light coming from the depths, as if tempting people to go in.
The road on the right was narrow and rugged, so dark that you couldn't see your hand in front of you. Gusts of cold wind blew out from it, making people's hair stand on end.
No matter how you look at it, you should choose the left side.
“Your Highness, this…” Yun Shen looked at the compass. The needle on the compass was swinging back and forth wildly, making it impossible to determine the direction. “The aura of these two roads is… very wrong.”
"The path on the left looks safe, but the light is deceptive, like some kind of illusion trap."
"And the road on the right..." He swallowed, "The evil energy on the road on the right is almost condensed into substance! There must be something extremely dangerous in there!"
This is a dilemma.
One is a seemingly safe, sweet trap.
One is obvious, it is a dangerous place.
Just as Xiao Yu's eyes changed and he was about to make a decision, the jade talisman in his arms became hot again.
This time, it wasn't just Chu Xuanyi's voice that came.
There was also the anxious cry of a girl with a crying voice.
"Brother Xiong Xiong! Brother Xiong Xiong! We can't walk on that shiny road!!"
"That's a lie! It's fake! There's a big bad creature in there, pretending to be good! It wants to trick you all in and eat you!"
"Go down that dark road!!"
Ajiu's voice was a little distorted due to excitement and fear.
"Even though that road is so dark and scary... and it stinks so bad inside... but... but... that road is the way to survival!!"
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