Chapter 179 Stone Gate

At night, a cold moon hangs high in the sky. Qi Yu and his party finally decided to go to the east of the State of Qi to see what the void had become. According to Liu Mu, it was better not to bring the Yuanmo, but Qi Yu did not know that the Yuanmo suddenly died when they left.

After a month's long journey, when Qi Yu and others came to the easternmost part of the State of Qi, they did not see any void at all.

"Why not?" Qi Yu stared at the blue sky. The blue sea was connected to the sky, which was very beautiful. "No way, there is no void. Why?" Yi Chen also felt incredible: "What's going on? What's the matter?"

"Let's not float in the sky and find an open space." Qi Yu said, "Is it possible to fly here all the time?"

Finally, they decided to return, because no matter how they looked at it, the void did not exist. Despite doubts, they could only go back. Just before going back, they decided to find a place to eat first. As the saying goes, food is the first necessity of the people.

"Welcome!"

When Qi Yu and others passed through the old stone gate, they sighed that this inn was really different from others, but it was better than Yuanmo's. Xiao Er, who was cleaning at the door, suddenly saw the guests and ran out in panic: "Are you here to stay in the hotel? How many? Or eat?"

Qi Yu said, "Yes... We are here for dinner, so we don't need to stay in the hotel."

"Haha, we haven't had any guests here for a long time. You are not locals, are you?" Xiao Er smiled.

"Why do you say that?" Yi Chen asked.

"I don't know." Xiao Er said, "I'm both the boss here and the Xiao Er here. Alas, I don't know what's going on. The business of this inn is just not good."

"Isn't your food too bad?" Qi Yu said with a smile, "That's why there are no guests."

The child smiled mischievously, took the reins from the stubborn hill, and then looked up at the fierce-looking beast with fear.

"There used to be a guest in the hotel here, who died and was eaten by the demon. So no one dares to come, hehe, this is really unlucky. Xiao Er said helplessly, "Otherwise, it won't be like this, don't you think so?"

"Have you been attacked by demons? When did it happen?" Qi Yu asked.

"When it snowed heavily, the black tentacles were very strange." The child said, "Now I'm the only one who dares to be here. Alas, the locals dare not come at all."

Xiao Er's tone lacks emotional color. Maybe it's just because there is nothing we can do about such a situation. He exhaled as if he wanted to forget everything and looked up at Qi Yu.

"Don't worry, we won't stay in your store because of such a thing, ah, no. We're just here for dinner, so we don't need to stay in the hotel.

"Can I stay?" Xiao Er looked at Qi Yu pitifully.

"Let's stay for one night. Do you have a room?" Unexpectedly, Qi Yu said so.

"Oh, yes, of course." Xiao Er immediately blossomed and said, "Thank you, sir. Xiao Er smiled happily and took the luggage from the stubborn Qiu's hand.

"Hey, it's agreed in advance that you don't need such a good room, just sleep. I don't have much money on me. Don't be a black shop. Qi Yu said.

"I know." Xiao Er said.

"We want to eat and prepare some meals first." Qi Ming said, "Also, clean it up. I don't want to be late for cockroaches and mice or something."

Xiao Er said with a smile, "You are joking."

"--Wait a minute!!" Lenglian also said, "I like to be clean, so the room should be cleaner."

"What the hell are you doing here?" Qi Yu said, "Women are in trouble even if they live in a store.

"I should ask you this. What are idiots like you doing here? Lost or in the wrong place? There is no emptiness, cut, psychopathy at all. Leng Lian is not willing to show weakness.

"Is there a demon appearing? No, it should be a black tentacle. I know. Qi Yu, I always feel a little weird when you say that those black tentacles will appear again when we sleep. Yi Chen said, "It's better for us to be careful."

"Why don't you go and have a look first?" Xiao Er said with a smile, "It's not good, I don't need money."

So everyone followed the children to the second floor.

When Qi Yu and his party reached the second floor, they found that the whole space had changed and became abnormally distorted. Qi Yu and others passed through the corridor. Leng Lian blinked and observed that the surroundings had changed several times. Changes do not come from the building itself. It comes from the image. The soft light surrounds everything.

But it is not light, but something unknown surrounds it, which is so beautiful that it is difficult to recognize, and it also contains things such as weak light. Qi Yu and others thought it was very strange.

"What happened?" Yi Chen asked, "I don't think it's good, as if I'm being stared at by something."

"Speaking of which, we'd better be careful and subtle." Qi Ming also felt something wrong. Qi Yu, did you come here because you found that this store was strange from the beginning?

Qi Yu turned around and said, "No, what's strange? I just chose a random store, nothing special.

"No, I thought you had a special reason, so I chose this store." Qi Ming said, "Where on earth is this staircase going? I can't finish it?"

Lian Sheng said, "I think there is a very familiar question here."

"Eh? What's the familiar taste?" Qi Yu asked, "Why didn't I smell it?"

"It's a very familiar smell, like the smell of lotus." Lian Sheng said, "When I was very young, I liked the taste of lotus, so I was very familiar with its taste. There is a smell of lotus here, really.

Qi Yu tried to smell it and said, "Huh? Liansheng suddenly began to doubt whether you were a unicorn or not. Why is your nose born in the year of a dog? I haven't smelled it for a long time.

Yi Chen said, "I didn't smell it either." Because he was originally a killer, Yi Chen was extremely ** to smell, but at this moment he didn't smell any lotus, but since Lian Sheng said it, it would not be groundless, so there must be something strange.

"It really smells like lotus." Leng Lian said, "I smell it too."

Qi Ming asked, "Huh? Why did you even smell it?"

"It does smell like lotus." Lenglian said, "But it doesn't seem to be the smell of ordinary lotus, but a kind of fire lotus blooming in the deep sea."

"Fire lotus in the deep sea?" Qi Yu said, "Is there a flower that can bloom in the sea, or a fire lotus?"

"What's so strange about this? The fire lotus is already in the sea, and she will die when she leaves the water." Lenglian said, "And only the territory of the mermaid clan has fire lotus, but you are not a mermaid clan. How can you know the taste of this lotus?"

Lian Sheng shook his head and said, "I don't know. It seems that memory has this taste."

"Liansheng, are you a mermaid?" Qi Yu asked.

Xiaoben, who had never spoken, suddenly said, "Qi Yu, are you an idiot?"

Qi Yu wondered, "You haven't said anything for a long time. Why is the first sentence scolding me?"

"How can Liansheng be a mermaid? You would be an idiot if you think so." Xiao Ben said, "But the fire lotus is indeed only available in the territory of the mermaid clan."

After walking along the long passage for a long time, I came to a huge door with a lotus pattern engraved on the stone door.

"At first, heaven and earth were water, and lotus flowers came out of the water." Qi Yu didn't know why he remembered these two words in his previous life, "Brother, why do you think it's a lotus pattern?"

"I don't know." Qi Ming said, "Will it have anything to do with the fire lotus that Liansheng and Lenglian just said?"

As soon as the words were finished, Leng Lian said, "This pattern is indeed the fire lotus of the mermaid clan, but why is it here? Is it..."

"What?" Qi Ming asked.

"Is this the territory of the mermaids?" Leng Lian said, "This pattern only appears in the territory of the mermaids, that is to say, this is the deep sea."

"What?" Everyone was shocked by Leng Lian's words. Is it true that they are now in the deep sea? How is this possible?

"It should be right." Leng Lian said, "This must be the deep sea, because I have smelled the sea."

"Please, we are not in the water now." Qi Yu said, "And what's behind that door? Is it said that there are countless jewels in it?

"Qi Yu, can you be a little innovative? Why is it jewelry?" Yi Chen asked, "You are so new and old-fashioned."

Qi Yu said depressedly, "What do you think is behind the door?" Let me listen to a newer statement.

Yi Chen thought for a moment and said, "I don't think there will be jewelry or anything behind this door. It should be some kind of martial arts secret book or something. Well, it must be so. Maybe there will be some other master who want to teach us peerless martial arts. Yes, it must be like this.

"You, you, you..." Qi Yu said, "Have you read too many novels? The secret of martial arts, a master outside the world?"

"Leng Lian, what's behind this stone gate?" Qi Ming asked.

"I don't know." Leng Lian said.

"Eh? I don't know what's behind this?" Qi Ming asked again, "Isn't this the territory of the mermaid clan?"

"That's right, you said it was the territory of the mermaids. How could you not know what's behind it?" Qi Yu asked, "You didn't mean to play us, did you?"

"Who has time to play with you?" Qi Lenglian said, "I really don't know what's behind this stone gate. The back of each door is different. Qi Ming, maybe you don't know that the mermaids do not live in groups, but live separately. Therefore, I don't know what will be behind this stone gate at all."

Yi Chen asked, "What will it be?" You will know."

"I don't know." Leng Lian said, "Once I opened the stone door that did not belong to me, and I found that it was full of jewelry..."

"And then?" Qi Yu asked.

"What and then?"

"What did you do after seeing the jewelry?" Qi Yu asked, "Have you taken those jewelry with you?"

"No." Leng Lian said, "You can't take things that don't belong to you."

"According to what you said, it must be jewelry." Qi Yu said, "Haha, that's exactly what I said, right? Behind this is jewelry, hey hey."

Leng Lian said, "I remember another time, three snakes appeared in it..."

"Huh? Will there be snakes in the sea? Qi Yu said.

"Forget it if you don't believe it." Leng Lian said, "Maybe there will be something strange behind this door, but you won't know what it is until you open it."

Yi Chen said, "How can I open it? It seems to be very heavy.

"It's very simple, as long as you recite the spell of the mermaid clan." Leng Lian said.

"Then why are you still here? Why don't you recite the spell quickly?" Qi Yu said.

"I don't know the spell." Leng Lian said

"Eh? You don't know the spell, aren't you from the mermaid clan? Qi Yu said, "Did you just say that you can open it as long as you read the spell of the mermaid clan?"

"Yes, I mean that as long as you read the spell of the mermaid, you can open it, and I'm also a mermaid, but I didn't say that I can recite spells. The spells of each stone gate are different." Leng Lian said, "I can only try my luck."

After that, Leng Lian recited many spells, but the stone gate still did not open.

"Ah, are we destined not to go in?" With that, Qi Yu walked to the stone gate and pushed it hard. Unexpectedly, he was pushed away. A black fog slowly gushed out, Qi Yu subconsciously covered his nose, and everyone also took a few steps back. Especially Liansheng, he remembered the black tentacles at that time and looked frightened. Only Xiao Ben doesn't seem to care about those black fog at all.

Slowly, the stone door was as lively as it was. It slowly opened by itself. The black fog surrounded the stone door, and everyone could only stand at the door in a daze, because they were not sure what would be inside, especially Qi Yu, Liansheng and Yi Chen, who had experienced black tentacles. I dare not take it lightly.

"Has there ever been a black fog?" Qi Ming asked.

"No." Leng Lian said, "I don't know what this is."

"Little Ben, do you know?" Qi Yu asked, "Why aren't you afraid at all?"

"This is resentment, it doesn't matter." Xiao Ben said, "However, if it's more serious, it's those black tentacles."

"Hm?" Qi Yu asked, "What is serious is a black tentacle?"

"Those black tentacles are melted by resentment, and these black fogs are also resentment, but not too serious. It's just that if it's more serious, it's a black tentacle. Xiaoben said, "There is nothing wrong with these grievances for me, but I can't do it evenly. After all, he is a unicorn symbolizing compassion, and it's not good to be in contact with him for a long time."

"Is there any way to get rid of this fog?" Qi Yu asked, "Hey, Xiao Ben, there must be a way to know so well, right?"

"I can't help it." Xiao Ben said.

"Hm?" Qi Yu asked, "How can there be nothing you can do if you know so well?"

"Understanding does not necessarily mean that there is a way." Xiaoben said, "Although I'm a fierce beast, it doesn't mean that I have a way. Qi Yu, what kind of logic is this? And if I inhale too much resentment, although the strength will increase, it will also become magical.

"Magic?" Qi Yu said, "That's better. I don't look like you demonized. It must be terrible. Ah, isn't there anything like a vacuum cleaner?

Yi Chen said depressedly, "Where did the vacuum cleaner come from? It's better to have a flashlight now. At least you can see what's in it."

"What about your flashlight? Alas." Qi Yu said, "Forget it, or I'll go in first. If anything happens later, you can drag my body out."

Qi Ming stopped: "Don't be reckless."

"Well, I don't want to be reckless." Qi Yu said, "But we can't just stand here. Although we don't know what's in it, we still want to go in and have a look."

With that, Qi Yu walked in, and Xiao Ben also followed.

Walking into the darkness, Qi Yu felt that it was cool around, and Xiao Ben followed without saying a word. Qi Yu said, "Little Ben, you can also talk, otherwise it will be terrible here."

"Well, what do you want me to say?" Xiao Ben said, "And I think it's more horrible to talk."

"No, we have to talk, otherwise we won't know if something happens." Qi Yu said, "Xiao Ben, why don't you sing the song?"

"I can't sing." Xiao Ben said.

"Idiot, I can't even sing." Qi Yu said, "In that case, let me sing a song for you."

Just as Qi Yu was about to sing, Xiao Ben suddenly said, "Wait."

"What's wrong?" Qi Yu asked.

"You don't sing badly, do you?" Xiao Ben asked.

"Don't worry, I sing very well."

"Oh, you can sing."

"My sister, you are the bow..."

"Wait..." Xiaoben immediately said, "Don't sing such a bad song. It's simply torture, torture, and say that you sing well."

"Is it hard to sing?" Qi Yu said, "Isn't it because you don't have the ability to appreciate it?"

"It's really unpleasant." Xiaoben said, "Can you change it to something else?"

"Okay, you are really demanding." Qi Yu said, "Then I'll change it."

"Yeah, change it, it's better."

"I'll send you away thousands of miles away..."

"Wait..." Xiaoben said, "Your song is so strange. Forget it, you'd better stop singing."

"You don't sing when you ask me to sing, and now you think I sing hard. Don't be too picky." Qi Yu said.

"I didn't let you sing." Xiao Ben said, "It's scary."

"Aren't I afraid of the initial danger? By the way, how long have we been gone? Why can't we go out? Should I go back?" Qi Yu asked, "Also, why do I feel that this fog is getting colder and colder?"

"Because the resentment is getting heavier and heavier." Xiaoben said, "After all, it's resentment."

"It seems that resentment is really a terrible thing." Qi Yu said.