Mountains and rivers are waiting for you to return

Chapter 74 Pool
Pei Nai finally arrived just as the wall was about to press down on his arms.

Gu Jinheng was following her and turned slightly to the side at the last moment before coming over.

It's too dangerous.

Pei Nai covered his chest and took a few breaths, "What did the people who built this underground palace want?"

No one knew the answer. The door that was folded against the corridor wall returned to its original position and moved along the corridor again.

Gu Jinheng looked at her and suddenly squatted down, "Come up."

Pei Nai looked at him in confusion, then realized that he was going to carry her on his back.

"No need." Pei Nai did not help him up. He slowed down and continued to walk forward.

When Gu Jinheng stood up, his eyes were obviously lowered a little, but Pei Nai, who was walking in front of him, did not see it.

After a while, they reached the next dark room, which was empty, and they decided to take a short break there.

"Do I have to press the correct wall grid to get out?" Pei Nai leaned his back against the wall, feeling a little powerless.

Gu Jinheng nodded, "Yes, that's possible."

Sixty-four grids
After only five presses, they were already exhausted. Without water and food, she doubted whether she could hold on until she could get out.

After all, the road ahead is always unknown, and the design of the underground palace is so vicious that it seems to exist just to massacre intruders.

Who knows what else is waiting ahead?

It seems that getting out alive depends entirely on luck.

"Who's going to press it this time?" Pei Nai asked.

"It's better for you to come. You don't have to feel burdened." Gu Jinheng answered her.

After a while, Pei Nai spoke again: "Have you guys rested well?"

Gu Jinheng and Zhang Ming both nodded.

Pei Nai pressed the box in the fifth row of the first vertical column, and another corridor opened up.

They walked in and saw a very long corridor in front of them, but Pei Nai had a bad feeling for no reason.

After turning many corners, the door at the end finally opened.

What appeared in front of them was a huge puddle, with a black cloth floating not far above the water.

After a careful inspection, they recognized it as a black garment, which should belong to the assassin. There was also a bright yellow brocade floating near the black garment.

Zhang Ming used his sword to fish out the bright yellow brocade cloth, picked it up, shook it dry, and took a look at it. He said, "It is the lost imperial edict of succession."

He handed it to Gu Jinheng with both hands.

Pei Nai glanced at it from the side. She had seen this edict before, but it seemed to have been cut along the edge, and only a thin layer was left.
The wall behind me will soon be pressing down on me.

Time was limited, so Gu Jinheng took a look at the edict and put it away into his sleeve.

The three men still did not dare to go into the water easily, as they had not forgotten what was floating along with the imperial edict.

It is certain that the assassin died here.

There must be something underwater!

As I was hesitating, small waves appeared in more than ten places on the water surface.

Gu Jinheng quickly stretched out his hand and pulled Pei Nai, who was standing beside him, back a few steps.

Then something emerged from the water and gradually approached them.

The skin is as pitted as that of a crocodile, deformed and ugly.

The monsters only showed a small part of their bodies, so they couldn't confirm their size. Perhaps it was because their noises just now were a little loud and startled the monsters.

The wall was closing in behind him, and Pei Nai tried hard to suppress his impatience.

But these monsters seemed unable to get out of the water and did not make any sound.

"They can't see anything and can only identify things through sound," said Gu Jinheng.

"How do you know?" Pei Nai asked doubtfully.

Gu Jinheng took off the jade pendant on his waist and explained, "Any creature will eliminate organs that are useless to them after generations of reproduction."

And here, there is no light, so their eyes may have completely degenerated.

Although Gu Jinheng didn't explain it completely, Pei Nai understood.

He was about to throw the jade pendant against the left wall when Pei Nai stopped him. She knew that it was the only thing on him that could make a sound when hit, but it was too expensive. After running all the way, her hair was a little messy, so she simply took off all the head ornaments in her hair.

The waist-length black hair suddenly fell down like a black waterfall.

She forcefully removed all the pendants from her hairpin, leaving her hands full of various beads.

She picked up a few and threw them towards the wall far to the left. The beads hit the wall with a crisp sound.

They didn't dare to say anything at this moment.

In the silence, the voice was particularly abrupt and echoed in the enclosed space.

The monster under the water trembled and turned to swim to their left.

This cleared the way ahead of them.

Pei Nai handed half of the hair accessories to Gu Jinheng, and then made a gesture.

Let him swim to the entrance of another corridor, Zhang Ming went to the rightmost side of the puddle and pressed the wall grid, while she was responsible for using the beads in her hand to continuously hit the wall to make a sound to attract the attention of the monsters.

When the corridor opened, Gu Jinheng continued her task at the opposite corridor entrance using the other half of the hair accessories and beads. At this time, she went into the water again to meet them.

No one is absolutely safe, but this is the only viable solution now.

Gu Jinheng thought for a moment and nodded in response to her.

The two of them slowly went into the water.

Pei Nai kept smashing the things in his hands while keeping an eye on the movements underwater.

Gu Jinheng and Zhang Ming were faster than she thought, and did not alarm the underwater monster. It was just that the sound of the door to the opposite corridor opening was a bit loud.

Pei Nai hurriedly threw out all the hair accessories and jade beads in his hand to suppress the sound of the mechanism being activated.

After Gu Jinheng arrived, she took over her task. She slowly went into the water and swam forward, and Zhang Ming also slowly approached from the right.

Everything went according to plan, but suddenly, Gu Jinheng seemed to sense something.

He broke the "silence" at the moment and shouted: "Zhang Ming, behind me!!"

Pei Nai also saw the ripples on the water.

But it was still a step too late.

Zhang Ming screamed in pain in front of her right, and then his whole body sank into the water.

He flipped up again, but before he could even show his head, he was completely dragged under the water.

Pei Nai was swimming in the middle of the water.

She was shocked, but knew she was powerless to help him.

All the monsters were attracted by the smell of blood and the sound and rushed over like mad.

There was a loud "bang" sound all around, and Pei Nai could clearly feel his body sinking, and the air became blurry.

Gu Jinheng screamed: "Nell, hurry up!!!"

She knew that it was Gu Jinheng who had taken action, and her movements became slow, but the power that was enough to split rocks did not cause any harm to her.

Instead, she understood that all the monsters were moving slower and Gu Jinheng was buying time for her.

Pei Nai swam desperately towards the corridor and Gu Jinheng.

If it were an ordinary creature, its body might have exploded under Gu Jinheng's divine energy and Yin power, but now the monster in the water was still slowly approaching her.

These monsters are more terrifying than they imagined!
Pei Nai swam forward with all his strength, looking at the shore getting closer and closer, thinking anxiously: We're almost there, we're almost there.

Gu Jinheng leaned out from the shore and picked her up when she approached.

After coming out of the water, the feeling of her clothes being soaked made it almost hard for her to breathe.

She turned her head and saw that the monsters under the water were gathering around her.

If Gu Jinheng had not picked her up just now, she would have been in their stomachs by now.

She looked in Zhang Ming's direction again, but there was no sign of anyone there.

Pei Nai frowned, "He's wearing armor."

The implication is that Zhang Ming may still have a glimmer of hope of survival.

As soon as he finished speaking, something floated up and Gu Jinheng covered Pei Nai's eyes with his hands.

(End of this chapter)