Chapter 803

Merit still cannot be spent so lavishly, it must be used tightly.

After checking the small wooden fish, Ouyang Rong sighed softly in his heart.

Turning back down the mountain to Taoyuan Town to meet up with Xiaoxuan and the others, he still has to go to Lu Changgeng's tomb, enter the circular hall again, and the bronze door in the tomb passage opens, which still requires consuming a portion of merit purple mist.

After going down the stairs, he saw the Chai Gate in front, and Ouyang Rong walked towards it, thinking silently in his heart.

In fact, it is very simple to verify whether the merit spent these two nights is worth it.

Just see if Yun Xiangyi has returned.

Obviously, these merits were spent on the blade.

Ouyang Rong pushed open the Chai Gate, looked at the innocent place that was still empty and lacked the figure of the white-clothed female monarch, and thought silently in his heart.

In addition, if he consumed the merit purple mist to threaten and scare the little lady Zhishuang, but Yun Xiangyi suddenly returned from the Female Monarch Hall, it would be counterproductive.

It can also explain one thing from the side.

That is, the little lady Zhishuang and the Female Monarch Hall have already made preparations to deal with him, the master of Butterfly Love Flower, with complete backhands, and temporarily do not need Yun Xiangyi.

If so, Ouyang Rong should be careful instead, and there is no need to continue to consume merit purple mist in scaring the little lady Zhishuang.

After sorting out his thoughts, Ouyang Rong put down the food box, turned and walked out of the Chai Gate, returned to the top again, and brought down the remaining food boxes.

After doing this, Ouyang Rong stood by the entrance Chai Gate and glanced at the Chai Gate inside.

He, who used to seek this door but couldn't get it, had no intention of going in at this moment.

Several food boxes were also placed by the Chai Gate.

Ouyang Rong turned around in the room, found a corner near the door, and sat down.

He did not go to sit at the table where Yun Xiangyi read Buddhist scriptures.

Ouyang Rong stared at the long-lasting candle fire on the table, sat cross-legged, back against the cold and hard wall, with several lacquer food boxes by his side.

He closed his eyes directly and pretended to sleep.

Soon, time passed minute by minute, and the candle fire on the table jumped from time to time. Clearly, the front and rear Chai Gates were tightly closed, and I don't know where the dark wind came from in this small room.

At this moment, the wooden young man breathed evenly, as if he was lazy and fell asleep on the ground.

His weak snoring echoed in the room.

I don't know how long it has passed, midnight should have passed for a long time. Being in this underground water prison, not only can you not hear the movement on the ground outside, but it is also difficult to figure out the flow of time, especially being in this semi-enclosed space, which makes people feel slow about the flow of time.

At a certain moment, the wooden young man who was lazy and sleeping on the ground finally moved, as if he opened his eyes in a daze, then stretched, and stood up slowly.

He looked around the empty room, pretended to be in a hurry to pick up the food box, and walked quickly towards the Chai Gate inside.

Along the familiar staircase, all the way up, and soon came to the corridor.

Black water curtain doors stood on both sides of the corridor, quiet.

Ouyang Rong, who was late in delivering vegetarian meals today, was not sure if this quietness was caused by the sound insulation of the black water curtain doors.

He looked around quickly.

The light in the water prison was still dim, and the eight water curtain doors were still as dark as ink.

Although there were subtle differences in light, they were still in a dark tone overall.

Can't see much difference.

Ouyang Rong was not in a hurry, because according to his estimation, it was not yet dawn, and there was still some time left.

The wooden young man began to put down the food box, deliberately slowed down his movements, delivered the vegetarian meals, and sent them into the prison cells on both sides of the corridor.

After delivering the vegetarian meals, he stopped in front of the "Bing" room, did not continue to go deep into the corridor, but turned back, looking at the eight water prisons that took away the vegetarian meals.

Today, the speed at which they took the food boxes from behind the door was obviously much faster than in the past.

It seems that they also realized the lateness of the meal deliverer.

Although it is easy to be dark in the water prison, the people inside almost can't tell the time, and the flow of time is faintly "slower" here, but the hunger in the stomach is the most punctual.

Ouyang Rong took in all the small details on both sides of the corridor, as if he didn't see them.

A moment later, he stood alone at the entrance of the corridor, waiting silently.

By all logic, he couldn't leave yet, couldn't leave the water prison, and had to wait until the prisoners finished their vegetarian meals.

Ouyang Rong yawned while waiting, and looked up from time to time, looking at the surrounding environment.

Especially the brightness of the black water curtain doors and the faint light on the rocks above his head.

Looked extra carefully.

The vegetarian meal tonight was delivered extra late, and I don't know if these prisoners were angry or unhappy, um, except for the kind and patient Old Daoist Sun.

Ouyang Rong thought of this when he was distracted.

Just at this time, a series of crisp wooden fish sounds came from his ears.

The number is not large, about fifty or sixty.

But it made Ouyang Rong stunned.

This small-scale increase in merit is exactly the same as the increase after delivering vegetarian meals every day.

And at this moment, although the vegetarian meal was delivered late, it is obvious where it came from.

Ouyang Rong felt a little embarrassed.

Turned his head to look at the surrounding black water curtain doors.

I don't know which good person is so grateful.

Of course, first exclude the sarcastic Old Daoist Sun.

And he pretended to sleep today and delivered the vegetarian meal late, and no one deducted his merit.

Ouyang Rong became more and more ashamed.

At this moment, Ouyang Rong suddenly found that the surroundings seemed to have changed.

At a glance, the whole environment seemed to have brightened up.

Because he was in it, he almost ignored it. After reacting at this moment, he immediately looked around and found that the whole water prison was like opening a window, and it was overall several degrees brighter.

And at this moment, if his estimation was not wrong, it should be dawn outside.

The guess in his heart was verified.

Ouyang Rong felt greatly encouraged.

He immediately looked at the "Bing" cell next to him, frowned and stared, and carefully observed the changes in the black water curtain door.

Between them, the black color of the water curtain gradually faded a little.

Or rather, it's not called fading, it's restoration.

If you want to use a vivid metaphor, this scene is like a black curtain on a window being slowly uncovered by the person inside.

But as he looked, Ouyang Rong frowned, and the joy on his face faded a little.

Because it was a little different from what he expected.

The curtain was uncovered, and without the black curtain covering it, the water curtain was still like a fogged glass, blocking the door.

Making people somewhat unable to see the appearance inside clearly.

Ouyang Rong leaned closer, soon gave up the attempt, his expression completely converged, as if thinking.

How to say, his goal was achieved, but not completely achieved.

First of all, his guess was not wrong.

Every night before, when he came to deliver vegetarian meals, the black water curtain doors he saw, and the dark corridor, were the characteristics of the water curtain at night.

I don't know how the whole water prison was built, and what kind of mysterious formation was set up, it could actually adapt to the brightness of the sky outside.

But the reason why I said the goal was not achieved was because I guessed one less point.

That is, in addition to black, the black water curtain door also has the visual isolation effect of the water curtain itself.

At this moment, although the sky outside the water prison has brightened for more than half, the black on the water curtain door has faded, as if black water has been replaced by normal water flow.

But the water flow comes with waterfall-like white foam, like a snow-white hazy mirror, making it difficult for people outside to see the situation inside.

No need to guess, the prisoners locked inside should be the same.

Even if you lean close and try hard to observe, both sides can only see a hazy round shadow outside.

Ouyang Rong pursed his lips.

He looked at the water curtain doors around him, and there were black shadows inside, like ink accidentally smudged on snow-white drawing paper.

However, Ouyang Rong is not sure if the light is enough to penetrate this water curtain door like hazy glass when it is noon and the sky is brightest, allowing people outside to see the scene inside clearly.

In addition, the only slightly better good news is that at least it can be completely determined that there are indeed living people in these eight water prisons.

Thinking of this, Ouyang Rong turned his head to look deep into the corridor.

Even if the water curtain brightens overall, the depths of the corridor are still a bit dim, and only the outline of a cell door at the end can be vaguely seen.

Mainly because this corridor is indeed very long. Although the water prison has become brighter during the day, it has gained some vision, but it is not very useful.

Ouyang Rong looked carefully, not sure if it was a cell of size A or size B.

Anyway, these two cells must be deep in this corridor.

As for whether there are prisoners inside, Ouyang Rong dare not draw a conclusion at the moment.

He was about to take a step, remembered something, and looked down at the copper order on his waist.

Intuition told him that the copper order was tricky. In addition, the warning words of Yun Xiangyi and Chen Jiaxin also rang in his ears at the right time.

Ouyang Rong pursed his lips, not daring to gamble.

At least for now, there has been a harvest, and this water prison is about to be cracked, and Old Daoist Sun is very likely to be locked in these eight cells outside, not the two innermost ones.

So there is no need to risk going in.

As for why he is sure that Old Daoist Sun is not in the two innermost cells, it is very simple, just look at Chen Jiaxin's attitude.

Miss Chen must have mastered some inconvenient information, roughly knowing Old Daoist Sun's situation. This time, helping to send him into the water prison to find someone is to get a more accurate cell number.

In summary, in the case of not knowing the backhands left by the copper order and Yun Xiangyi in the water prison, don't rush into the forbidden area deep in the water prison.

After all, that white-clothed female monarch might return at any time. If he bumps into Ouyang Rong at this moment, he can still round the words, saying that he was tired and dreaming, so he was late to deliver the vegetarian meal.

But if Yun Xiangyi or other people in Yunmeng Jian Ze bump into Ouyang Rong outside the A-sized or B-sized water prison, then it will be mud falling into the crotch, and it will never be washed clean.

Ouyang Rong doesn't want to destroy his current identity and conflict with the Female Monarch Hall for the time being. Moreover, he is also on someone else's territory now, and he is the one who came.

Just as the wooden young man's thoughts were mixed, an anomaly came from the "Ji" sized cell.

He turned his head to look, only to see a food box pushed out from behind the water curtain door.

At this moment, as if seeing something, his pupils looking over shrank slightly.

It was the owner of the "Ji" cell, who had the most urgent temper, who pushed out the food box first. However, this was not the key. The key was that the prisoner in the "Ji" cell approached the water curtain door. Looking from the outside, this black shadow became closer and closer, and gradually became clearer!

Especially when the owner of this Ji-sized cell reached out to push the food box, the palm pressed on the food box approached the water curtain door along with the food box!

Ouyang Rong's eyes condensed slightly.

He saw it clearly.

This is a short and thick rough palm, like that of a farmer.

Ouyang Rong suddenly reacted, immediately turned his head, and looked at the other cells.

The prisoners in these cells have to push out the food boxes, and they will also approach the water curtain door, especially the palm that pushes!

At this moment, the advantage of carefully observing and summarizing experience in the past few days was invisibly reflected.

According to Ouyang Rong's memory, the prisoner who usually pushes the food box second is the "Xin" sized cell opposite the "Ji" sized cell.

Looking at it, sure enough, the owner of the "Xin" sized cell pushed out the food box, and it was just the second one.

Ouyang Rong saw this palm clearly.

It should belong to a woman, slender and soft, as if boneless, but painted with purple-red cardamom, somewhat demonic.

This woman's slender hand approaching the water curtain door disappeared in an instant.

Ouyang Rong couldn't care about digesting, immediately looked for memory, looked at the next cell, learned the same, moved his eyes one by one, and looked around:

The owner of the Ren-sized cell is a pale and slender palm. The skin texture looks very young, but it is bloodless, somewhat like the palm of a dead body. Even just looking at this paleness, I feel it is emitting cold air.

The owner of the Gui-sized cell is a wrinkled palm, dark and rough, with a scorched yellow area in the middle of the index finger, and the nails are gray, looking like it has experienced vicissitudes.

The owner of the Geng-sized cell stretched out a large hand covered with calluses. This is a rare large hand, with an obvious scar on the back of the hand, like a tooth-shaped wound bitten by some kind of wild beast.

And the owner of the Wu-sized cell stretched out a chubby palm, with meat on the back and palm, but looking at the skin condition, it looks like an old man.

Secondly, it is the owner of the Ding-sized cell. He has a "small" hand, thin as a firewood, like a black chicken claw, and there are faint tumors on the back of the hand. This person should not be young.

Finally, it is the owner of the Bing-sized cell.

He is the slowest, slowly stretching out a common yellow-skinned palm from behind the water curtain door, uniform in length, no different from ordinary people. Except for being slow, Ouyang Rong couldn't see any clues for the time being, far less recognizable than the previous seven.

Ouyang Rong also looked at the Bing-sized water prison last.

Because he expected it, this would be the last one, no need to rush.

Indeed, he didn't guess wrong. At this moment, he stared at the ordinary palm of the owner of the Bing-sized cell in front of the water curtain door, and waited for a long time before seeing him push out the food box and retract his palm.

However, Ouyang Rong still looked very carefully, even more carefully than the palms of the previous seven prisoners.

The prisoner in the Bing-sized cell gave people a chance to observe slowly, which is secondary. The most important thing is that Ouyang Rong really wants to figure out whether this person is intentional, deliberately setting a trap to seduce his attention...