If the ancient Xiongnu script was truly unrecognizable, how did Hei Yanjing arrive here and find the golden pagoda?
Branches that seemed to appear out of nowhere, volcanic eruptions that couldn't be avoided, illegible writing…
The deterioration of his eyesight was progressing too rapidly.
Outside, the city's volcanic eruptions continued intermittently, the rumbling sounds like thunder from the heavens.
Amidst this clamor, Hei Yanjing opened his mouth, but said nothing.
Understanding that this might be a secret Hei Yanjing wished to keep, Zhang Qiling smoothly changed the subject.
"What are you looking for?"
Upon hearing this question, Hei Yanjing seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and with a roguish grin, said, "A red lotus seed~"
"But it looks like it's not here, what a wasted trip—"
"To treat your eyes?"
Zhang Qiling suddenly interrupted him.
This was rare. In fact, Zhang Qiling speaking proactively was already a headline-worthy event, let alone interrupting someone.
Hei Yanjing hadn't expected him to circle back to his eyes, and was momentarily stunned.
Seeing that Zhang Qiling seemed to have found his answer, he nodded to himself, put away the box, and walked towards the exit.
"No way, no way?" Hei Yanjing felt increasingly uncomfortable. He had been a lone wolf for too long, and now that someone wanted to help him, he felt as if ants were crawling all over him.
Simply put, he was itching for trouble.
So he followed, his exaggerated voice sounding deliberately provocative.
"No way, mute? You're not planning to help me find it, are you?"
"..."
"Hey, don't say that!" Hei Yanjing suddenly thought of something and even laughed wildly.
"A mute and a blind man, wouldn't that be a perfect disabled duo to go beg on the streets, hahahahaha!"
"Hey, actually, my name is Hei Xiazi. Maybe I should go back to my old profession and busk with a erhu~"
"By the way, mute, do you have any talents? Do you know how to play 'Erquan Yingyue'?"
"If not, I still have a set of master masseur skills. I can teach you, at least you won't starve, right?"
"Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah…"
Suddenly, Zhang Qiling stopped and turned around abruptly!
His expression was blank, but a faint killing intent flickered in his eyes.
"Shut up, blind."
Hei Yanjing: ...
So you really think the name "Hei Yanjing" is too long, which is why you never use subjects or objects when talking to me, right?
Hei Yanjing was shocked.
But in fact, Zhang Qiling was even more shocked at this moment.
[Detected Host successfully unlocked the Southern Blind, Northern Mute combination name, Role-playing Degree +5]
[Current Role-playing Degree 66%]
[Unlocked Ability: God-tier Erhu Technique]
System: Go on! Prove to him that our Little Brother is the best even when playing the erhu for a living!
Zhang Qiling: ... Absolutely unnecessary.
His heart trembled violently for a long time, and then a strange question suddenly popped into his mind.
...So why isn't it God-tier Massage Technique?
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The two had now reached the outer layers of the city. After a round of volcanic eruptions, the road surface was even more uneven.
But strangely, since they left the golden pagoda, the sound of the volcanic eruptions had ceased.
For a moment, there was a suffocating silence underground, with only the intermittent echoes of their footsteps.
"I say, mute, where are you heading?"
Hei Yanjing's vision grew increasingly blurry, but he showed no sign of it, his tone still as flippant as ever.
Zhang Qiling did not respond. He had a feeling that something was watching them from the surroundings, but when he looked, he found nothing.
The ancient Xiongnu script in that box read:
(Buried in truth within falsehood)
In fact, Zhang Qiling had always suspected, was the Qionglong Silver City really found so easily by them?
Was this city the one Hei Yanjing was looking for?
Just as he was thinking this, he heard Hei Yanjing's voice again from beside him.
"I say, mute, where are you heading?"
Zhang Qiling: ... He talks too much.
Just as he was about to ignore him, Zhang Qiling suddenly startled!
Hei Yanjing was clearly behind him, so why did his voice come from the side?!
He turned around abruptly and saw that Hei Yanjing's expression was also grave!
"I say, mute, where are you heading?"
"I say, mute, where are you heading?"
"I say, mute, where are you heading?"
...
In an instant, Hei Yanjing's voice came from all directions, instantly surrounding them!
The timbre of the voices was identical, but the intonation varied, which could not be explained by mere echoes. For a moment, it was as if the dead city had come alive, and the unseen spirits had encircled them!
"Hiss—" Hei Yanjing touched the goosebumps on his body and said disdainfully, "This is the first time Master Hei feels my charming voice is so disgusting!"
"Disgusting—" "Disgusting—" "Disgusting—"
The repeating voices suddenly changed, and began to echo Hei Yanjing's newly spoken words.
And at the moment the voices shifted, Zhang Qiling's eyes sharpened, and he had pinpointed their location!
In a flash of lightning, the short knife he had hidden for a long time shot out in that direction!
With a sharp scream, a black creature hiding behind a broken wall fell down!
Upon closer inspection, it was a giant ape, half a meter long with fur all over, and entirely black!
The ape, in pain, let out a roar, and in the blink of an eye, something began to surge from the dark corners of the city!
In just a moment, the two of them were surrounded by giant apes!
The apes had gray-white eyes, without pupils, and their mouths, like those of crocodiles, revealed long, sticky tongues like lizards!
Their distorted mouths opened, their voices booming like bells!
"Disgusting—!"
Zhang Qiling: ...
Hei Yanjing: ...
"No, they're learning?" Hei Yanjing felt uncomfortable hearing his voice emerge from the ape's throat.
He caught a glimpse of Zhang Qiling's lips curling slightly, clearly with a malicious smile.
Hei Yanjing: ... Just you wait.
His expression turned serious, and almost like a diligent language teacher, he spoke two words with perfect lip movement and clear pronunciation.
"Mute—"
Zhang Qiling: ...!?
As expected, the group of apes froze, instantly changing their tune. For a moment, the entire city was filled with Hei Yanjing's sarcastic and modulated mockery of "mute."
Hei Yanjing laughed until he was rolling on the ground, while Zhang Qiling had to forcefully suppress his instinct to draw his saber.
But soon, the two realized something was wrong.
These monkeys were only imitating human speech and showed no signs of aggression.
Did the builders of Qionglong Silver City place a bunch of strange monkeys here just to amuse later visitors?
Unless…
Their primary method of attack was not physical?!
Just as he thought this, the chaotic, overlapping sounds of the monkey troop suddenly stopped, and the next second, a unified voice rang out!
They had actually adjusted their sound frequencies in this short time!
At this moment, the combined sound was almost like a drill piercing their ears. Caught off guard, the two felt a piercing pain at the crown of their heads!
Zhang Qiling instinctively activated his Qilin tattoo. The power of the tattoo, along with the Qilin blood, spread rapidly, allowing him to withstand the sonic attack in time.
He saw that after synchronizing their voices, the monkey troop instantly abandoned their previously harmless demeanor, revealing their sharp teeth and bared fangs, and lunged forward with grimaces!
Zhang Qiling drew the Black Gold Ancient Saber in a counter-attack, and in the blink of an eye, he cut down the strange monkey that lunged at him!
Blood rained down, but the monkeys behind showed no fear and charged forward one after another!
Just then, Zhang Qiling suddenly heard Hei Yanjing speak rapidly beside him.
"This sound affects me and will impede my actions."
"Mute, temporarily deafen me first, I—"
Before he could finish speaking, Hei Yanjing instinctively grabbed Zhang Qiling's fist as he threw it.
Hei Yanjing: ... Why are you hitting me without saying a word?
Before he could even finish his complaint, his ear throbbed, and the world instantly became quiet.
It turned out Zhang Qiling was ruthless and spoke little, directly deafening him with his other hand.
Hei Yanjing: ...
Fine.