Yunwen and I were dragged forward by a big net. We were in a daze all the way. We lost our balance and rolled all over the ground. We were swaying in front of our eyes and had no fixed point. The key was that the net was quite strong. No matter how hard we pulled, it was difficult to tear it apart. It had a certain stability. In addition, it was difficult for me to maneuver inside it. As a result, I had to accept the situation and was trapped in it. There was no room for fightback.
I was dragged all the way, and I couldn't see clearly where the outside was, but I could feel that the sound of wind in my ears was getting smaller, which showed that we were being taken to an indoor area, not the square where we were going to cook Yunwen last time. Otherwise, the air should be flowing frequently now. Although I was suddenly wrapped up and dragged blindly just now, I could still feel the direction. I was being dragged towards the left hand side, so I should be dragged to the west.
On the west side, it was indoors again, which reminded me of the mysterious high priest. After all, when I was snooping at the door just now, I heard his slow and distant breathing at the door of the village. From this, I roughly guessed that this was the place where the high priest of the Wutu tribe was imprisoned, and he was still being taken away.
But at this moment I couldn't help but wonder, since he was wearing handcuffs and shackles, he should be a prisoner, but the centipede on the top of the mountain was raised by him, and now we were brought here by the Wutu tribe, it should be his order. This made me feel weird, how could a prisoner have such power?
But the time is almost here, and these puzzles will eventually have an explanation, so let's see what he is going to do.
Finally, those Wutu people stopped and dragged us into a dark and damp underground cave. There was a musty smell in the air, which was unpleasant. After leaving us here, they went out. When the footsteps could no longer be heard, the banging sound of the stone door moving was heard. It seemed that the entrance to the cave had been covered by a large stone. There was nothing here except pitch black. We could vaguely hear the sound of chains moving, and there was also a gloomy feeling that penetrated into the bones.
I slowly pulled myself up and sat up. Yunwen was feeling around on my body. It was obvious that she was extremely scared. She just wanted to make sure I was around. Her anxiety had already been expressed through her breathing.
"Zhou Bo, where are we?" Yunwen asked.
"I guess this is the place where the high priest is imprisoned. But I don't understand why they didn't cook us but sent us here. Also, who is this high priest and how could he survive in such a dark place for so long?" I said.
"Yes, there is no sun and the air is bad. This place is simply not a place for people to stay. Besides, the two of us were sent here. Doesn't it mean that Sanfu and Bailu might have been sent here before and experienced some terrible things? That's why they didn't show up." Yunwen said.
"Yes, if they were captured, their bodies might be here," I said.
The more we talked, the more scared we became, especially in the pitch-black environment without any light. This conversation simply intensified the eerie environment. We both couldn't help but become even more afraid. However, there was a way to reveal everything, it just tested my courage.
After all, the truth is often more terrifying than imagined!
I drew out the Golden Que Sword, thought for a while, and then lit it up. The warm golden light instantly illuminated the entire dark underground space. I saw that there were clearly quite a few candlesticks here, but they were useless. Except for a floor paved with stones, there was nothing else to see. Looking at the walls around, I was even more surprised. There was actually a sword on it, which was obviously a standard Ming Dynasty weapon.
The blade is straight, the tip is curved, and it looks like a goose feather. This is a goose feather knife, which was also the waist knife worn by many military personnel in the Ming Dynasty. The knife is hung respectfully on the wall, and it doesn't look like a decoration. It is too neat and clean, so clean that it makes people think about something else and it feels extremely abnormal.
Apart from the goose-feather knife, there is only a relatively small space here. Not far ahead, where the light has not yet reached, you can vaguely see a chain. It is a huge chain with iron rings connected to each other, right in front.
"Golden Sword..." A deep and hoarse voice came from the dark corner, like the sound of a ghost taking revenge on someone.
I was stunned. How could a high priest of the Wutu tribe speak our language so easily? Did I hear correctly? Or maybe he also used some high-frequency language of all things, otherwise how could I hear it so clearly and understand its meaning?
I turned to look at Yunwen, she understood what I meant, shook her head at me, and told me that this was not some special magical power, but came from the original sound of that guy.
"Ha, more than five hundred years have passed, and someone finally obtained this peerless sword. It was not easy, not easy." The other party seemed to be expressing his emotion.
"Who are you? How do you know the name of the Golden Que Sword? Are you a human or a monster? I heard that the Wutu tribe has a high priest. If you understand, please answer me, are you the high priest himself?" I asked.
A moment of silence made the already gloomy atmosphere even more turbulent, and I also protected Yunwen behind me. At this time, the sound of chains moved, and a man walked out of the darkness. His hair was disheveled, but he still tried to make his hair look like a bun and a top. His beard had traces of being cut, but it was already piled in front of him like weeds. His pupils revealed a fierce look, and his clothes were tattered and worn, and it was basically impossible to see the shape. It was better to say that it was a pile of rags.
He held his chest and actually crawled out, with his hands on the ground, and crawled out on the ground with his feet like a wild animal. His fangs were slightly long, and his lips were purple. He said, "Is it a monster or a human? I can't tell. As for the high priest? Hahaha, I don't know if I count as one, but those ugly weirdos are indeed my servants. They are willing to listen to me. It has been like this for hundreds of years, so it doesn't matter if they call me that."
Not to mention that he can't tell, I can't tell either, whether he is a human or a monster, or both!
Yunwen grabbed my clothes tightly, and I could feel the clothes creaking from the tension.
"You mean, you raised them? If you raised them, why are you being held here by them?" I asked.
At this point, the guy suddenly burst into wild laughter. His laughter made me feel that he would turn into a man-eating ghost at any time. Yunwen and I stepped back in fear, but at this moment, we found that there was a gap in the net that trapped us, so we quickly got out to avoid anything that would really happen and leave us with no room for resistance.
"Them? That bunch of dogs? Hahaha! They are worthy of imprisoning me? This is simply the funniest joke in the world. Let me tell you, they are just dogs raised by me, Fan Chong. Since they are dogs, at most they occupy a hill and become the dog king. How could they have the ability to control their master? How could such a thing happen in the world? I made this chain myself, and I locked it on myself. Do you know why? Yes, it is to trap myself, because when I go crazy, I will eat them all, no matter whether the other party is a human or a dog. At that time... it will cause a disaster." The guy's voice was high and low, like a mental patient.
I pulled Yunwen and quietly retreated, and said, "Will it cause a disaster?"
"Of course. Do you know why you came down? Because I'm hungry. If I'm hungry, I will tell them. When they know, they will send people here for me to enjoy. But if I go crazy and eat them all, then no one will send me food?" he said.
"It sounds like you are more of a dog, a vicious dog," I said.
Having said this, he fell silent again, and at this moment he rolled his eyes, his muscles began to tense, and his mouth began to make a huffing sound, as if he was restraining something with his will.
However, just when he was about to burst out and I was about to take Yunwen and run away for a while, Yunwen broke free from my hand, showed the jade halberd in her hand, and shouted: "Fan Chong, do you still recognize the Milong jade halberd?"
As Yunwen shouted, Fan Chong immediately covered his head with his hands and rolled on the ground for several weeks. Not only that, he kept banging his head against the floor for a full minute. No one knew what happened to his head, but after that he calmed down a lot and his rage was suppressed. He looked at the jade halberd in Yunwen's hand and was stunned for a long time.
I protected Yunwen a little, but Yunwen was not afraid and did not let me block her. At this time, Fan Chong suddenly knelt on the ground, made a Milong salute with both hands, and said, "Milong Camp Sentry Officer Fan Chong, I pay my respects to the Deputy Envoy."