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I asked the Yellow Emperor, "What kind of river is this?"

It was truly strange, but what was even more strange was that since the Yellow Emperor already knew of the location, why didn't he go find the treasure himself? The Yellow Emperor seemed to notice my doubts and said to me, "I've been there before, but I can't even reach the river. The river is clear and it doesn't reach my waist. The horses will immediately sink once they enter, and it's a good thing that Cang Jie pulled me and struggled back onto the shore, so it was safer to ask heavenly officer to go with us. "

To say that what is nice is to search for treasure together, or to say that what is hard to listen to is to pull us as a scapegoat. Forget it, I won't bother with you. Although I was muttering in my heart, I said, "Alright, we definitely won't refuse."

When we got back to the house after dinner, we began to talk about the treasure. I thought about that nine-headed monster. If we have to fight, can we do it? No matter what, I do not want anything to happen to you. As long as you are safe, it is fine.

After making up my mind, I said to everyone, "Tomorrow when we meet the Nine-Headed Monster, everyone must be careful. At worst, we can just finish the quest and be safe. Do you understand?"

Everyone was stunned for a moment before nodding in agreement. Everyone went to bed early to have a meeting with Mr Zhou.

At dawn the next day, everyone woke up and began to wash up. By the time the Yellow Emperor sent for us, we were all ready. I mounted my horse and followed the Yellow Emperor out of the tribe. Although it wasn't fast, it wasn't slow either. It took me more than three hours to reach the river. I dismounted and stood by the river. As expected, the river was crystal clear. The Yellow Emperor ordered two soldiers to ride across the river with ropes tied around their waists. Just as the Yellow Emperor had said, the moment the horses entered the river, they began to sink. "How strange, after a while the water turned and swallowed the horses, and after a while the water was clear again." "Fallen Horse River …" Falling Horse River... A bold idea suddenly popped up in my mind. I told Wei Wu to hold my hand while I dived into the river with my right foot … He stepped on it and didn't sink down. I put my left foot in the river again... I signaled Wei Wu to let go. Wei Wu hesitated to let go of my hands, but his hands didn't leave my left and right side. I knew he was protecting me. I took two careful steps forward... It's fine! I walked all the way to the other side of the river. The Yellow Emperor and the soldiers on the other side of the river were staring at me with wide eyes. I'm not a gorilla, so why are you looking at me like that?

The Yellow Emperor led his soldiers down the horse and crossed the river. Li Shuai stood beside me and asked, "Brother Long, how did you dare come over?"

I laughed and said, "As the name implies, 'Fallen Horse River' naturally won't fall! "It's the same as getting off the horse and crossing the river, hehe …"

Watching the others give me a thumbs-up, I floated up, no horses can only walk. Before entering the forest, he found a big tree stump with words engraved on it: "Go west to east; Go south to north; Go east to west; Go north to south." Since he didn't understand the situation, the others didn't either. Forget it, let's go in first. This forest is only about four to five hundred meters wide, so it's easy to walk on. But wanting to go in is not like that. I suddenly felt depressed. I led everyone forward, but after walking for a long time, I still haven't left the forest. Everyone was tired, so they sat down to rest. As I ate the jerky, I wondered what was going on. Why can't I go out?

"Brother Long, this forest is very strange. Could it be related to what was said on the tree stump?" Li Shuai asked me.

Ah!" "I had forgotten." "Go west to east; go south to north; go east to west; go north to south." Do you have to go south to go west? That must be it. We can't get out of the forest until we go east.

"Everyone, get up and come with me." I made up my mind to tell them.

Sure enough, after walking westward for a while, they finally walked out of the forest. Everyone cheered, but I was unable to cheer. What kind of quest was this? It was purely a game of intelligence. I took the map and led everyone deeper into the canyon... After walking through the rugged path to the deepest part of the canyon, we were all dumbfounded. The walls of the canyon were covered with thorny vines, each of them as big as me. There was no door at all with legs as thick as his legs! I reached the end of the path and touched the vine with my hand. The map in my hand lit up, and I threw it away with a start. The burning map landed on the vine and a miracle happened... When the Thorny Vine touched the flames, it immediately scattered and revealed a gigantic stone door. "Hua!" So big! At least five or six meters tall, the nine of us stood side by side in front of the door. I held the key in my hand and looked up at the stone door. Look at the keys, look at the stone door. Oh my god! It was like comparing a sesame seed to a watermelon. The Yellow Emperor also looked at the keys and then at the stone door. I reckon that his thoughts were similar to mine. Even if I opened the lock, it wouldn't budge, so I tried to find the keyhole.

After searching for a long time, I finally found a small hole. Just as I was about to insert the key into the hole, another strange thing happened. The key was sucked into the hole in the stone door. We looked at each other and said nothing. I bravely led the way in. The moment I stepped into the cave, the huge stone lamps on both sides of the cave automatically lit up, but the fire was strangely blue. There was nothing inside but a stone lamp, and in the middle was a staircase leading down. I carefully walked down. It was a very long passageway. Every time he walked forward, the small stone lamp on the wall would automatically light up. The flame was still a pale blue.

After walking about two to three hundred meters, they finally reached the end of the passage. When the last pair of stone lamps were lit up, the stone door at the end of the passage also slowly rose up. We were used to no longer being surprised, but there was one thing that surprised us. The stone room was a semicircle in shape and there were nine sets of stone door s lined up evenly on the stone wall. The flames were emitted from the lamps on the stone door s. There was another pool in the center of the chamber, and when I went closer to take a look, I saw that the water was black and bubbling.

I turned around and shrugged. "It's Heishui …"

As soon as I finished my sentence, I heard something behind me … I looked back and... It scared me so much that I fart. I sat on the floor. Luckily, I woke up quickly and immediately ran back to the Yellow Emperor's side. Only when I was far away could I clearly see this colossal creature that had suddenly appeared — a pitch-black snake with nine heads! The snake's body was covered by the pool, and only a very small part of its body could be seen. Half of the room was occupied by its nine heads and neck.

How could such a large snake fight with it? It would probably end up as its snack. Just as we had no idea what to do with it, one of the heads of the serpent came up to us, and I saw that it was the only one with a gold crown on its head.

I looked at the Yellow Emperor, who shook his head at me and signaled for me to talk to the serpent.

I said to the big snake, "We have found the Three Treasures and have come here. We have no intention of offending Your Majesty. Please forgive us."

The big snake seemed to enjoy hearing me call it 'Your Majesty'. It seems like flattery is really good. It laughed and said, "You call me Your Majesty, not bad, not bad. I am the master here, it is only right for you to call me Your Majesty. I have nine doors here, and nine puzzles in those nine doors. You have to pass through these nine doors before you can obtain the treasure. I will give you the first door, and when you complete the puzzle, the next door will automatically open. "Well, good luck." The serpent withdrew into the pool.

The first thing we do when we see the snake go back is to wipe the cold sweat from our foreheads.

"Ka!" "Rumble …" When we saw the stone door rising up in the middle of the room, we couldn't wait to walk in and see what exactly was the mystery behind the door. When he went in, he saw a floor covered in gold. The golden light was so dazzling that people couldn't even open their eyes. The moment the Yellow Emperor's four followers saw the gold, they immediately threw themselves at it and desperately stuffed it into their clothes. The gold that was stuffed inside their clothes suddenly turned into scorpions … From this, one could imagine how miserable the deaths of these four people were … The scorpion fell to the ground and became gold again. None of us dared to touch anything for the tragedy to come again. But after a while, he didn't see anything special, so where was the riddle?

Luo Xiangfei suddenly called out to me: "Brother Long, look. There seems to be a problem with this gold plate."

I walked over to look at the gold board that Luo Xiangfei was pointing at. There was indeed something wrong. This gold plate was inlaid into the wall, and it didn't seem to be complete. We rummaged for a while and found six gold plates of different shapes, but none of us dared to take them out in case they turned into scorpions. I think as long as there is no greed in my heart? Eliminating all distracting thoughts, he hardened his heart and picked up a piece. Haha! It's fine, the golden board or the golden board did not change into a scorpion. When I was a kid, I used to play jigsaw puzzles in class that I didn't like. I didn't expect to use them now, they were child's play in my eyes. We searched again but still couldn't find it. Just as we were disappointed, Meng Yu shouted, "Look, it's up there!"

We looked up and saw that it was stuck to the ceiling. It was really high. Even a ladder wouldn't be able to reach us!

Just then, the Yellow Emperor took off the robe Lei Zu had made for him and said, "I'm going up. The golden brick protruding from the wall just happens to allow me to climb up."

I really didn't expect the Yellow Emperor to be in danger alone. Seeing him slowly climb up, our hearts couldn't help but feel nervous. Finally, the Yellow Emperor obtained that piece of gold plate … Oh no, it's a golden ball. When he came down and placed the gold ball in the middle of the board, he saw that the gold ball suddenly glowed and the light moved along the seams of the board for a while before disappearing. At this moment, a few words appeared on the board. I read to everyone, "Congratulations on passing the Golden Gate Pass. This is a test of people. If you can see this gold as dirt, then you will definitely find the board and complete the jigsaw puzzle. The door to the next stage has already been opened. Warriors, the next eight stages will be harder and harder than the previous stage.

It seems that this is the simplest barrier, but if we were all as greedy as those four lackeys, we would have already gone to see Hades. As we stepped out of the gate, we found that the flames on the door were no longer a pale blue but a golden color. The flames on the door would probably change color the moment we closed it.

The second door on the left had already opened, and when we entered, we found ourselves in the wilderness. There were huge trees everywhere, and in front of the tree was a stone tablet. Walk around the stele... There was no road ahead. It was a bottomless cliff with a few axes on the edge. The cliff was only about three meters away from the other side, and there was a green bead on the stone table opposite. But how were we going to get there? Yellow Emperor suggested putting down a tree to build a bridge. I looked at these trees, they are all more than a few hundred years old, they are already very hard to see in reality. I rejected the Yellow Emperor's idea. It was a pity to cut down a single tree with such grandeur. Think of another way, go back to the woods and look for something you can use. After looking for a while, he found that the branches of the trees were connected to each other, and the trees on the other side of the cliff were also connected to each other.

I said to the group, "You see, climb up from the tree at the gate and walk along it so that we can reach the other side."

At this time, Luo Xiangfei said, "I'll go, I've participated in the Balance Tree Competition before, so I guess it's okay."

He watched as Luo Xiangfei walked from tree to tree. As expected of a balanced expert, he soon arrived at the other side of the river. Holding the green bead in his hand, he followed the same path as before. When he placed the bead in the small round hole of the stone monument, a line of words appeared on the stone tablet, "Congratulations for not chopping down trees. If chopping down trees and bridging them would cause an earthquake, then don't even think about passing!" The next door has been opened.

Looks like this is a test for protecting one's natural awareness. What's the next test?" When we came out and saw that the first door on the right had been opened, we couldn't wait to go in and see what was here. "AHH!" It was a huge pond, with a lot of rubbish floating on it. There was a blue bead on the sand on the other side, which was probably used to get through, but we couldn't find anything with a round hole.

I gave up searching and said to everyone, "Look, all the fish in the pond are about to die. We might as well clean up the rubbish in the water first. It really makes us feel uncomfortable looking at it."

Everyone nodded in agreement, so they all started using the items on the shore like hooks to clean up the trash. It was strange to say that once the trash was salvaged. The water disappeared, and we cleaned up very quickly. After about half an hour, the pond was very clean, and the fish in the water also began to move.

Hao Bing said as he undressed himself, "I'll swim over and get the pearl."

When Hao Bing was in the water preparing to swim, the surface of the water suddenly raised a huge wave and slapped him onto the shore. I immediately ran over to support him, and he ignored me and just stared straight ahead. A huge carp head appeared on the surface of the water. If its body were to appear, it would probably be able to squeeze its way out of the pond. The giant carp glanced at us and then turned its head to open its mouth and the blue bead flew into its mouth. I was shocked. Unexpectedly, that carp said to us: "Thank you for helping me clean up the pond. You have successfully passed through this hurdle. Keep up the good work!"

It was only after watching the carp slowly sink into the water that we realized we had passed the test. It's that simple? The first test also said that it would become more and more difficult from now on, but in my opinion, it would only get simpler and simpler.

Walking out of the door, I was satisfied to see that the blue flames on the door had turned into a beautiful blue color. Eh? Why isn't there a door open? Did the carp lie to us? We knocked on the door one by one, trying to find the mechanism. Suddenly, we heard Wei Wu yell: "Ouch!"