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In the candlelight, everyone bent over, lowered their necks and heads, hunched their shoulders, and moved forward awkwardly in the low dark passage.
Jiang Jingyuan also lowered his head slightly and bent over, without holding a candle, and walked forward in the orange light all around him.
"What on earth was the person who designed this secret passage thinking..." she said to Xu Qinglin, "Or don't design a secret passage at all. If there is a secret passage, why design it like this?"
Xu Qinglin was silent for a moment, then said, "This is a mausoleum, and it's not meant for people to walk into..."
"I'm walking here." Jiang Jingyuan said.
Xu Qinglin: “???”
Xu Qinglin's face was instantly filled with shock. He looked at her several times, unable to believe that these were the words she could say. He opened his mouth slightly, too stunned and confused to speak.
"Jiang Jingyuan, are you crazy?" Xu Qinglin asked in shock, "Do you want to listen carefully to what you are saying?"
She murmured:
"Even if the one in Dongling really had such great powers and predicted this catastrophe hundreds of years ago, there's no reason for him to leave a way out for you..."
Jiang Jingyuan said nothing.
Jiang Jingyuan walked with restrained hands and feet, feeling awkward and uncomfortable. He listened to Xu Qinglin's voice to divert his attention, but did not respond.
There was no expression on Jiang Jingyuan's face, but there was a hint of deep thought between his eyebrows, and he was a little distracted.
She seems to be getting more and more...
How to say it?
She felt that everything her five senses could perceive was so... contradictory?
Misfortune and luck can exist at the same time.
This weirdness is a blessing or a curse. It is often favored but seems more chaotic than others.
If it is chaos, why can it follow? If it can follow, why is it always chaotic?
It's as if intelligence and cleverness and stupidity and confusion exist at the same time.
The contradiction is so great that it almost makes one doubt whether the perception is false.
Jiang Jingyuan could not see completeness and perfection, she could not express it, and she remained silent.
My heart was beating as if urging me to do something. The blood in my limbs was rushing so fast that it almost made me cry.
She couldn't tell whether it was sadness or joy.
Should and should not exist at the same time, want and don't want, she... her whole self seemed to have bound two completely opposite forces together in her flesh and blood body.
I can’t laugh completely. I can’t feel the pain completely.
Jiang Jingyuan desperately wanted to walk faster, faster and faster, as it seemed to be getting closer and closer to her.
Faster, faster, and she could—
The black shadow in front suddenly disappeared.
Jiang Jingyuan suddenly raised his head, and his vision was dim and wide.
She can then...what?
Jiang Jingyuan stood in the open space, his body trembling slightly as the chaos covered his eyes and ears.
Anxious, anxious...
I tried to take a step back and take it again, tried to do this thing over and over again, but I could no longer grasp that feeling.
Only anxiety and depression remain.
Jiang Jingyuan stood there motionless for a long time, until everyone turned around to look at her in shock. Only then did she suppress her annoyance and walk forward.
Suddenly, a bright light appeared before my eyes.
The hearts of the people in front tightened and they turned back suddenly.
There were sudden exclamations and gasps from the crowd.
Jiang Jingyuan lowered his head and squinted his eyes, collected his thoughts, and looked up again.
Beneath the mud-stained white jade steps, candlelight flickered all around, and fragments of gilded light flickered, creating a magnificent and golden scene.
At first glance, I was amazed. Looking again... I was about to go blind!
My eyes hurt... The same thought flashed through everyone's mind, and they all closed their eyes to relieve the pain.
Jiang Jingyuan silently took out a piece of white gauze and covered her eyes.
Behind her, a group of maids did as they were told.
Everyone in Longyin Pavilion looked at them in shock. After a moment, they all looked at Jiang Yi standing aside.
Jiang Yi was silent for a moment, then took out the pill and handed it to them.
Everyone took a look at it. It was just an ordinary healing pill...? They looked up blankly and looked at him again.
Jiang Yi said expressionlessly: "If you are blind, just eat it."
Don't think about those flashy things...
His unfinished words seemed to ring in the ears of everyone in Longyin Pavilion, their eyes were filled with tears, and their hands were clenched around the bottle.
On the other side, Jiang Jingyuan had already begun to carefully examine the scene ahead.
There are layers of paintings on the gold and jade inlaid walls. Amidst the golden light, people and horses in various golden costumes are arranged sparsely and densely on the ground.
Amidst the neatness, there are several cats, dogs, elks and other animals with different expressions running around in a lively and playful manner.
There were golden birds and bird cages hanging in the sky, and on the ground, slightly larger water birds spread their wings and cried, or turned their necks to preen their feathers on their backs.
distance.
The distant place is obscured by layers of buildings, with only a corner of it faintly visible.
The sound of water gurgling, the lotus flowers stretching out, and finally the white jade blank space that can relax the eyes is faintly visible.
Farther away, behind the layers, a huge carved gate stands steadily.
"Employer." Jiang Yi looked over and asked, "How about we go directly to that gate?"
Jiang Jingyuan said, "Hmm," and said, "Let's go."
When the employer made his announcement, everyone immediately put aside their thoughts and one person said with a smile:
"I'll do it, I'm good at fighting, I'll go explore the way first!"
Jiang Yi glanced at him, did not refuse, and said:
"Stop showing off and be careful!"
The man straightened his back and frowned instantly, "Yes!" He lowered his head to take the magic weapon from the storage space.
"Ah!" However, the next moment, his expression suddenly changed, and he suddenly raised his head to look at them, "I, I... I don't have spiritual power, I can't open it!"
The expressions of everyone in Longyin Pavilion suddenly became serious, and they immediately tried to perform it.
Suddenly, panic and anxiety appeared on everyone's faces, and they began to cry out—
"What's going on? Why isn't it working?!"
"My, mine too..."
In an instant, the shock and excitement brought by the magnificent scene ahead suddenly disappeared, and everyone felt heavy in their hearts.
In the back, the maids also had a little worry on their faces, but it only took a moment before they smiled again.
They smiled, but their bodies were obviously tense. They leaned closer to Jiang Jingyuan, their eyes alertly looking around.
Jiang Yi pondered for a while, tried again, and then slowly said:
"It's not that I can't use it, it's that the spiritual power is sucked away by something as soon as it is used."
Everyone was stunned, then tried it carefully again, and immediately nodded repeatedly: "That's it."
"What should we do then?" One of them said with a worried look on his face. He raised his hand and pointed at the large golden figure in front of him. "Should we follow the path laid out by these things?"
Jiang Yi frowned instantly, "Do you want to be trapped and die here?!"
After all, it was because of the difference in professionalism that he didn't back down at this time... Jiang Jingyuan was satisfied.
The presence or absence of this spiritual energy made no difference to her. She had just checked and the "Teng Snake" mark was fine, as were many...
Xu Qinglin!!!
Jiang Jingyuan suddenly remembered something and asked in his mind: "Xu Qinglin? Are you still there?"
"Xu Qinglin?"
"Squeak."
"exist……"
Xu Qinglin replied weakly.
Jiang Jingyuan said "Oh" and said nothing more. He looked up at Jiang Yi in front of him, waiting for him to come up with a solution.
After all, she was the employer, so naturally they would come up with the solution, and she would make the decision... Jiang Yi could only say hesitantly:
"It's too difficult to find the source of spiritual power right now. If I continue to waste time, I wonder if there will be more problems and troubles."
He paused and said, "Why don't we follow the wall towards the gate and get out of here as quickly as possible?"
Jiang Jingyuan thought for a moment and said, "Hmm," "Let's go."
Everyone in Longyin Pavilion was stunned. Although Jiang Yi's proposal seemed to be the most feasible at the moment, wasn't this employer agreeing too quickly?!
Is he easy to talk to, or has he simply not thought about it? Everyone was stunned, wondering, could this employer really trust them that much?
"Aren't you leaving yet?"
Jiang Jingyuan glanced at them and said.
Everyone hurriedly came to their senses, "Let's go! Let's go now!" They were the first to walk down the jade steps and along the cold wall.
Several maids followed lightly, Jiang Jingyuan walked in the middle, and a group of maids protected him at the back.
Everyone in Longyin Pavilion placed one hand on the cold wall, their minds becoming distracted unconsciously. Gradually, they stared at the wall with fiery eyes.
Swallowing hard, they forced themselves to look away with a look of heartache, straightened their faces, and walked forward.
Jiang Jingyuan also walked while holding onto the wall, her face showing no reaction as usual. Only upon closer inspection could one notice that her dark eyes were sometimes dazed and absent-minded, and sometimes suddenly clear-headed.
Suddenly, in the blank and trance state, it seemed as if the chaotic thoughts touched a certain real foothold again, and Jiang Jingyuan suddenly came back to his senses.
There was a faint chill all around.
She looked at the golden figure beside her, then at the dark figure in front of her, leaned against the wall where the bright light was flowing, and pursed her lips.
"It's not a good thing to be distracted at this time..."
Jiang Jingyuan thought with a little annoyance.
In the corner of my eye, a dark shadow from the edge of a skirt flew past.
In the blink of an eye, Jiang Jingyuan seemed to be tripped by something and pushed from behind, and his hands instinctively grasped the wall.
In an instant, she slammed into the blinding gold and jade wall.
"Crack—squeak—"
A corner of the wall slowly caved in, and then "Swish!" the wall suddenly flipped violently, and the figure in white disappeared in an instant.
“Your Highness!!!”
The maid behind him screamed and rushed forward.
“Boom!”
The flipped wall is completely closed.
Several maids were lying on the wall, their faces pale, slapping and banging the wall, but the wall didn't move at all.
"Your Highness..."
"Your Highness! Your Highness!"
They shouted at the wall.
A gust of wind blew across his face, Jiang Jingyuan's eyes blurred, his head felt dizzy, and he was thrown out with great force.
She felt a cold sensation at the back of her head and back. She closed her eyes, then opened them again and fell to the ground in a daze for a long time.
"Where is this..."
In the deathly silence, darkness obscured the vision and a chilling atmosphere filled the surroundings.
Jiang Jingyuan climbed up from the ground bit by bit, full of resentment.
She raised her hand to rub the back of her head, closed her eyes, and the white veil covering her eyes slowly brightened.
Jiang Jingyuan opened his eyes, turned around, and was caught off guard and almost bumped into someone's back.
She suddenly stopped and took two steps back silently, her eyes fixed on the dark shadow in front of her.
With his back to her, he was squatting on the ground, almost hunched over.
Just stay there quietly.
"Isn't there a door behind you..."
This question flashed through Jiang Jingyuan's mind, and his heart sank instantly.
She lost her original sense of direction...
Jiang Jingyuan raised his eyes and saw the curled up figure in front of him was still motionless.
Jiang Jingyuan paused and took a slight step back.
"despair."
Suddenly, there was a ethereal and crisp sound in the dead silence. Jiang Jingyuan's foot bumped, and he turned around suddenly with a heartache.
Her gaze pierced into the darkness behind her, ten steps away from her...
A vague figure hidden in the darkness squatted on the ground with his back to her.
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