Chapter 345 Death Palace
As soon as Xie Zhan finished speaking, with a loud bang, the two palace gates behind Xiao Nanyue slammed shut like the sharp teeth of a giant beast.
Poisonous smoke with a pungent smell rushed towards them. Xiao Nanyue, Chu Jin and Helian Feng quickly covered their mouths and noses.
Xie Zhan's voice seeped in from the skylight above his head, carrying a cold mockery:
"Chu Jin, you may be known as the Poison King, but this Heart-Eating Smoke is the secret poison of Nan Zhao. Even if you cover your mouth and nose, it can penetrate your meridians through your pores. Even if you have antidote pills, you won't last more than two incense sticks before the air runs out!"
"mean!"
Chu Jin's roar was cut off by the sound of Xie Zhan closing the skylight.
Purple smoke billowed in the underground palace, distorting the figures of the three people.
Chu Jin hurriedly took out the detoxification pill from his arms, threw one to Helian Feng, and swallowed it himself.
Xiao Nanyan had already taken the Hundred Herbs Detoxification Pill given by Fu Yunqing, but he still felt stinging pain in his eyes and ringing in his ears.
Xie Zhan was right. What was more deadly than poison gas was the rapid consumption of air in a confined space.
The three of them no longer cared about killing each other. They immediately sat cross-legged in meditation, regulating their internal energy, and no one spoke anymore.
Because, at this moment, every breath will involve the wound and inhale the poisonous smoke into the lungs.
Xiao Nanyue stared at the tight stone door, feeling a pang of pain in his heart.
This poisonous smoke can penetrate every corner. Presumably, Xiyan has already been transferred out from other secret doors. Emperor Nan Zhao will never let his own daughter take any risk.
It seems that this time when I enter the palace, let alone taking Xiyan away, even seeing her will be extremely difficult.
He would not be willing to die without seeing Xi Yan. If he wanted to see her again, he had to leave this Shuyu Underground Palace alive.
He knew that all those who set up the formation, even if they had set up a smallpox formation, set it up according to the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, and all of them left a way out in the formation to avoid being attacked back.
So, where is the exit in this sealed underground palace?
Xiao Nanyan calmed his mind, lowered his eyes and held his breath, silently drawing the Luoshu Nine Palaces on his palm with his fingertips:
The dome is paved with gold and stone, the golden top is the dry part, the skylight is closed at the dry part, which is the dead door;
Flowers and plants represent wood, and the wood position is Xun, which contains hidden poison and obstacles, and is the door of death;
The ram-horn palace lantern, the lamp represents fire, and inside it is a pear blossom needle, which represents the door of death;
The glazed brick surface is hidden in the soil, and there are many flaps hidden underneath, which is a dead door;
Xiao Nanyue suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze fixed on Anxi like a hawk.
The water there formed a vortex due to the depression in the stone wall, and the fluorescent stones floating on the water seemed to be arranged in the shape of the fire symbol of the Li hexagram.
Fire on water is a bad omen, but it fits the principle of "water and fire are in harmony".
He suddenly remembered the fragment of the Nine Palaces: Kan water is the lead, heaven produces one water, and earth makes up six... His scarlet eyes suddenly lit up.
Only when living water comes from the source, the water will flow continuously, representing vitality. Since it is a flowing water source, it will inevitably be able to connect to springs outside.
Xiao Nanyan stood up suddenly.
"Heaven gives birth to wood with three, and earth gives birth to eight..." He calculated the direction and paced forward. When he counted to the southeast, the water flow suddenly accelerated, causing a hibiscus branch on the shore to sway violently.
The flower likes shade and humidity, but it grows in the direction of fire, which is clearly a sign of artificial transplantation.
There is geothermal energy under the Kan water, which is exactly the center of the formation!
Xiao Nanyue no longer hesitated and jumped into the waist-deep stream.
The cold water washed over his wound, but it made his mind clearer.
He suddenly raised the Jinghong Sword and stabbed it into the gap below the stone wall where the basalt pattern was carved.
In an instant, the water flow suddenly accelerated, and a five-foot-high secret door appeared under the stone wall. The surging spring water gushed out with splashes like broken jade.
Without thinking, Xiao Nanyue leaned forward and rushed into the stone gate, and the water swept him away like a giant python.
Helian Feng and Chu Jin knew that Xiao Nanyan's traps and ambushes were one step ahead of theirs, so they kept a close eye on his every move.
At this moment, seeing him walking along the waterway, the two of them looked at each other, and before the secret door was closed, one in front and one behind, they flew into the waterway.
The icy water swept the three of them out of the underground palace. They didn't know how long it churned before they were thrown onto the moss-covered river bank.
When Xiao Nanyue climbed up the shore coughing, his black clothes had been soaked in the stream water and became as heavy as iron.
At this moment, he was already exhausted and collapsed on the wet grass, looking at the dense treetops above his head, with the roar of flowing water still echoing in his ears.
Not far away, Chu Jin and Helian Feng also climbed ashore in a panic, their bodies covered in mud. Neither of them had the strength to lift their weapons. They both collapsed on the grass, their lips frozen purple, and they couldn't make a sound.
At this moment, dawn gradually broke, and the morning breeze blew, carrying the scent of grass, trees and wet soil, but making people feel cold all over.
The three people formed a triangle, each occupying one corner, lying horizontally on the ground.
Looking at each other's pale faces, they reached a strange calm for the first time in the dead silence.
At least, they all rushed out of the death palace alive!
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