Chapter 290 It doesn’t matter whether I should or shouldn’t, I must come!
Xiyan stared at his tense profile and saw a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, feeling a little sad in her heart.
She never thought that one day, the cold and lonely Xiao Nanyan would go through mountains of swords and seas of fire for her.
Presumably, it must have been extremely dangerous when he entered Feiyun Temple just now.
"Your Majesty..." She called him softly:
"You shouldn't have come..."
"It doesn't matter whether I should or shouldn't, I must come!"
As Xiao Nanyan spoke, his eyes quickly scanned the walls of the dark room like lightning.
On the gray-blue stone wall, there are reliefs of the Eighteen Arhats of Shaolin. The postures and movements of these Arhats are different: the Arhat who subdues the dragon glares and waves his arms, the Arhat who subdues the tiger frowns and presses his claws, and the Arhat who guards the gate leans on his Zen staff. The posture of each Arhat corresponds to a different direction.
He suddenly remembered the record in "Luo Shu": Western Region mechanical techniques often use Buddhist guardians as shells, with the eight trigrams of murderous intent hidden inside, which should be similar to the flying mural in the hall just now.
Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the Arhats' weapons were pointing towards the hidden universe:
The three arhats of the East hold swords, staffs, and Zen canes, with the tips of their weapons pointing to the "Gen" position, corresponding to the "mountain" in the Eight Diagrams. If touched, sharp knives will pierce the ground.
The three Arhats of the South hold a pagoda, raise an alms bowl, and make a flame seal. Their gestures are all facing the "Li" position, corresponding to "fire", and sulfurous smoke will be emitted from the cracks in the wall.
The Three Arhats of the West, Subduing the Dragon, Subduing the Tiger, and Laughing Lion, their claws point to the "Dui" position, corresponding to "Ze", and poisoned iron chains will fall from the roof;
The Three Arhats of the North, the Arhat sitting in meditation, the Arhat chanting scriptures, and the Arhat with their hands extended, have their hem patterns pointing towards the Kan position, corresponding to "water", and there is a secret river hidden under the floor tiles.
What's even more dangerous is that the sharp knife formation under Xiyan is the fatal point of the "Arhat Formation" - the eyes of the Eighteen Arhats are all focused on her hanging ankles, where the ground is slightly raised, which is the trigger point of the sharp knife formation.
Xiao Nanyan moved carefully, his feet moving slowly according to the direction.
He stepped over the blue bricks of the "Gate of Life" pointed by the streamers of the Dragon Subduing Arhat, and bypassed the "Gate of Death" locked by the claws of the Tiger Subduing Arhat. Each step he took landed precisely on the intersections pointed by the Arhats in the relief.
With every step he took, Xiyan's heart tightened.
She stared at his movements, watching him twist and turn in the shadow of the Eighteen Arhats relief, his black clothes sweeping across the murderous floor tile patterns, afraid that he would take a wrong step and be shattered to pieces.
When he accidentally stepped on the "Jingmen" mechanism in the northwest corner, the entire wall burst open, and poisonous needles poured down like a rainstorm with a fishy wind. Her nails almost dug into the flesh of her palm.
"Be careful!" Her cry was drowned out by the roar of the mechanism.
But then the tall figure spun around in the rain of arrows, and the Jinghong Sword emitted layers of silver light, blocking and shooting down the poisoned hidden weapons one after another.
The flying sparks illuminated his tense jawline, and a few strands of hair were stuck to his pale forehead by cold sweat. But those eyes, which had always been cold and hard, actually looked in her direction for the first time after he narrowly avoided the fatal blow.
At this moment, the harsh sound of the mechanism running seemed to become the background.
Xiyan suddenly felt a warmth she had never felt before in her heart.
Until, Xiao Nanyue finally broke through the numerous traps and came close to Xiyan.
He drew out his sword and pushed hard on the faintly raised green brick on the ground just below Xiyan. There was a slight crackling sound all around, and dozens of upside-down sharp knives rushed up like a forest. However, the moment they touched Xiyan's skirt, they collapsed with a loud bang because the center of the formation was broken. The blades scattered all over the ground, making a sharp sound of metal clashing.
"Yanyan, I will cut the rope for you now!"
Joy flashed in Xiao Nanyue's eyes. He drew out the Jinghong Sword, took a few steps back, jumped up, and was about to cut the rope on her wrist.
However, when the sword was about to touch the rope, a figure shot in from outside the door like lightning, and the long sword stabbed Xiyan's chest.
If Xiao Nanyue cut the rope, Xiyan would be pierced through.
He had no choice but to swing his sword to repel the attack of the man, but the man did not give him a chance to rescue him again and launched a series of fierce attacks.
The two men moved dodging and moving in the small dark room. Sparks from the clash of weapons splashed on the blue bricks, making the relief of the Eighteen Arhats flicker.
In a flash, he saw clearly who was coming, it was Xiao Beicheng.
Xiao Beicheng put away his sword and returned to defend himself, blocking Xiao Nanyan's attack and laughing loudly:
"Nan Yan, I really underestimated you. You were able to break the 'Flying Sky Formation' and 'Arhat Formation' that I painstakingly set up over many years! Looking around the world, apart from you and me, there won't be a third person who can break this formation!"
A hint of admiration flashed across his eyes, but was soon replaced by a sinister look.
"However, you also saw that girl Xiyan, so shouldn't you hand over the military token as well?"
Xiao Nanyan sneered:
"She hasn't even left the temple yet. If I give you the military token, how can she and I survive?"
"How dare you! If you don't hand it over, I'll let this girl be buried with you!"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
