Chapter 40: White Jade Bell (VI)
"Heh..." On the other side of the river, Hong Si Niang let out a long sigh and wiped her forehead. She didn't know when she was already covered in cold sweat.
Jiang Xian's Adam's apple moved, he retracted his gaze, and then immediately looked up. He nudged Ling Xiaozi next to him with his elbow: "Did you notice?"
"Of course." Ling Xiaozi stared upwards. From the moment the mechanism sounded, the entire cave seemed to have changed from peaceful and tranquil to the sea before a storm. He licked his lips and said, "As the rope swings, the mechanism sound becomes smaller and smaller. That pulley is a mechanism...but what the hell is this mechanism?"
As the rope stopped swinging completely, the sound of the mechanism also stopped completely. The entire cave seemed as if nothing had happened. However, no one would relax.
"It's a rotating wheel mechanism." After a few seconds, Jiang Xian replied with a serious face: "It's a very ancient mechanism. As the pulley rotates more and more, the mechanism starts more and more frequently...Have you ever played with clockwork toys when you were a child? Keep winding it up, and when it reaches a critical point, the toy will move on its own."
Ling Xiaozi swallowed hard and said, "Then... after the mechanism here is wound up... what will happen?"
Jiang Xian looked around coldly and said, "Who knows? It's not important. What's important is... we probably don't have many wheels left."
Hong Si Niang and Ling Xiao Zi both frowned. For a moment, they did not understand what this sentence meant. But two seconds later, their pupils shrank at the same time, and they exclaimed in unison: "Chongxu Sect!"
That’s right, the Chongxu Sect has also been here!
However, there were no signs of damage at the scene, nor were there any obvious signs of the mechanism being triggered - and there had been ropes left on the pulley, indicating that the other party had used the same method as them. This method would also "wind up" the mechanism, but the other party did not trigger it.
"They have survived...? They haven't reached the critical point? It's very likely... that they will be counted on us?" Ling Xiaozi's voice changed, and he looked around: "Master Dao can't be so unlucky, right?!"
Jiang Xian said slowly: "It is also possible that the spring has slowly loosened over time. After all, this happened decades ago... Ling Xiaozi, it's your turn."
Ling Xiaozi moved his lips, then patted the other person's shoulder hard and grabbed the next rope.
The moment he grabbed the rope, indescribable pressure surged from all directions. He only felt the muscles in his arms tense instantly, he gritted his teeth, moved his feet, but stopped involuntarily.
He turned his head and looked deeply at Jiang Xian. The last person to leave had to face the most number of turns. The spring might have been stretched to the limit! He moved his lips several times, and finally said in a deep voice: "Be careful."
"Don't worry." Jiang Xian grinned, and his military boots stopped on the man's vest: "Dad is very lucky, he won't die."
Ling Xiaozi instinctively howled in his hoarse voice: "Who cares whether you live or die?! I only care about when my money will arrive after you die! We still have a great fate to fulfill..."
"Go." Without waiting for him to finish his beep, Jiang Xian exerted force on his feet, and all the remaining words of Ling Xiaozi were swallowed into his throat, turning into a long scream, just like the Tarzan in the cartoon when he was a child, the high-pitched decibel carried the shaking rope and rushed straight to the ground.
"Ah ...
The flowers in the water did not disperse. Thousands of mutated lampreys swam unwillingly near the hidden weapon, forming a huge colorful flower. On this flower, every petal was trembling slightly, which made people's scalps numb. The rope was so fast that in a blink of an eye, Ling Xiaozi had already flown above the river!
"Grandpa Li, the Supreme Three Pure Ones..." He simply closed his eyes, and his back immediately felt cold. His face was stuck to the rope, and it would not come apart even after the marks were left. Finally, he simply closed his eyes.
“Jiang, you’re going to die a horrible death! I didn’t say I wouldn’t jump! Are you kicking a chicken and broccoli?! One day I’ll have a sword in my hand and kill everyone in the world…Ahhhh——!!”
The rope swung back just in time, and a high-pitched scream was heard, then it disappeared immediately.
At the same time, the sound of the mechanism that was so oppressive that it made people's breathing stagnate sounded again, and his heart felt like it was suddenly grasped by a big hand. He held the rope tightly and tried his best to control his balance. This small space was his only support now.
"The first time, the second time, the third time..." After three times, Ling Xiaozi finally opened his eyes and looked forward with full concentration.
"the last time!"
"I'm not as heavy as the Eight-Armed Arhat, so my potential energy isn't that great. This time I won't swing more than four meters. This height... is enough!"
At this moment, a slight "click" sound suddenly rang out throughout the cave.
It was very light, however... On the command podium, Jiang Xian and Hong Si Niang raised their heads at the same time and stared at the top of their heads.
The pulley...is loose.
No... maybe it's not loose, but... the spring has reached its limit, and the pulley... popped out downwards.
It bounced out a full meter, and it was this one meter that caused Ling Xiaozi's body to suddenly drop down one meter! Less than three meters from the river surface! And... the two forces in completely different directions added together, and the swing of the rope only swung forward seven or eight meters before slowly falling back.
At this moment, Ling Xiaozi's mind was almost blank. He raised his head almost dully, looked up, and then looked at his position.
In the blink of an eye, the rope had already swung back towards the stands, but the swing was much weaker! Next time... it might not be able to swing across the river!
Limit distance - I'm probably still two or three meters away from the other side of the river!
No one spoke.
Next to the guardrail, Jiang Xian and Hong Si Niang's eyes were red. Their fingers were almost pressed into the stone guardrail. But no one dared to say a word. At this moment, any extra words would be a burden. The only thing they could trust was Ling Xiaozi's own judgment.
Getting closer and closer... fifty meters, thirty meters, twenty meters!
Ling Xiaozi bit his lips so hard that they bled. The clear river water and the flowers of the god of death below were reflected in his pupils.
Ten meters...eight meters...six meters!
The lampreys below seemed to sense something, and each of their "petals" raised its body at an angle, with countless round mouthparts and rows of sharp teeth inside, all pointed upwards.
bring it on……
Come down...
Blending in with the many corpses here.
one meter!
Swish - his figure crossed the river surface, and at the same time, Ling Xiaozi closed his eyes, sat in oblivion, and took a long breath.
He only went in but not out, and his face quickly turned red. The camouflage on his body fluttered, as if an invisible wave was moving under the camouflage uniform. Then it disappeared immediately. Then, he suddenly pounced out. His toes touched the rope. He opened his eyes and looked at the eight-armed arhat on the other side of the river, who looked anxious but did not dare to speak.
There seemed to be thousands of words in his eyes, but he was holding his breath and dared not say them out.
At this moment, he was still three meters away from the other side of the river.
Below, the edge of the Sea of Lampreys.
His body suddenly rose up by one foot. Then he fell down at a speed a little slower than a normal person, but it was still not enough for him to jump over the river. However, after falling from this height, he had already left the sea of lampreys.
But... this is river water.
Once it falls, there will be a huge sound of falling into the water, and the lampreys gathered together will definitely not let it go. The distance from the place where it falls into the water to the river bank... is a natural chasm!
The eight-armed arhat also looked at Ling Xiaozi, and time seemed to freeze. At this moment, she suddenly had an idea. She raised her hands suddenly, and at this moment, she seemed to have grown eight arms, waving them almost at the same time. In an instant, a meter-square dark hidden weapon was swung out without cost!
Almost without any particular order, a brilliant black rain of flowers formed in front of her.
At this moment, Ling Xiaozi's eyes relaxed visibly. But his body still kept its instincts and stepped towards the hidden weapon.
With incredible precision, he stepped right on a plum blossom dart. With this little bit of force, his body actually jumped up half a meter again!
Finally, he stepped firmly into the knee-deep river water.
Crash! ! Behind him, countless lampreys, like sharks smelling blood, the entire river water was boiling. They rushed towards him frantically.
Without any hesitation, Ling Xiaozi rushed forward with eyes wide open, and rushed to the other side frantically. Even when he reached the shore, he could not stop running, and continued to run for five meters before falling to the ground. His body rose and fell like a cow, panting.
"Fuck ..." On the command platform, Jiang Xian felt his legs go weak and shuddered when Ling Xiaozi rushed to the shore. It was not until he fell to the ground that he closed his eyes and breathed a long sigh of relief.
"Capturing dragons and soaring cranes...riding horses and stepping on flying swallows...you have such great skills." Hong Si Niang, a master of light and hard skills , couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of her heart: "You are worthy of being a core member of Tongtian Mansion...I can't do better than him..."
"This is not the time to talk about this..." Jiang Xian combed his hair fiercely, looking up with red eyes: "Let's go."
"Leave now!"
"This mechanism... will probably be fully activated within the next ten minutes!"
Hong Si Niang didn't say anything.
After a few seconds, he seemed to have made up his mind and said, "You first."
"My Qinggong is better than all of you. I can still hold on for a while..." "Just go when I tell you to! Who is the leader?"
Before he could finish, Jiang Xian immediately shouted, "Don't waste time! Are you planning to let me die here?"
