There have been many venomous snakes in Xiangxi since ancient times.
Huamaguai alone knows more than ten kinds.
Silver ring, five steps, green bamboo leaves, golden ring, pig, soldering iron head.
They are all highly venomous snakes that can kill people invisible.
Even those snake catchers who make a living by catching snakes do not dare to provoke them easily.
So they usually go to the mountains to visit tombs and fight, and they always bring snake repellent powder such as realgar with them.
But even if I have seen countless.
At this moment, he was also shocked and speechless by the poisonous nature of the black snake in front of him.
Even sand and gravel can corrode instantly. If I had been even half a step slower just now, wouldn’t it have turned into a pool of blood?
Thinking of this, Huamaguai looked frightened.
In the cold winter weather, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
My whole body was stiff and my hands and feet were numb.
"Heitian Guifang, see Ahan!"
Chen Yulou also had a gloomy face, with murderous intent looming in his eyes.
The sudden appearance of the black snake caught him off guard.
In the world of demons, the snake god is the undisputed supreme being, followed closely by the ghost cave where the remains of the snake god are located, and then the Jingjian Aghan.
Even the Ghost Mother can only be ranked fourth.
But if I remember correctly, this kind of black snake with horns, a pair of giant pupils, and extremely poisonous is the patron saint of ghost caves. It only lives under the sacred mountain of Zagrama, as well as the Great Black Snake. The sky strikes Thunder Mountain.
Now, this kind of strange snake appears in Gumozhou.
There are only two possibilities.
Either someone broke into the ancient city of the Holy Mountain, and something unexpected happened.
Either the ancient well here is connected to the underground river under the holy mountain, and the black snake comes along the flowing water.
But...
No matter what the possibility is.
Not good news for them either.
Especially the former. If someone really found the ancient city one step ahead, he wouldn't worry that they would steal the antiquities in the city.
After all, entering the cave is not something you can just enter. There are demons and evil spirits guarding you.
What he is afraid of is.
Those bandits or foreign devils who don’t know anything are causing chaos.
Explosives and detonators, all at once.
Alarm those monsters.
It virtually made it more difficult for them to explore the city.
“What?”
Listen to his mumbling.
The few people nearby who were still in extreme shock subconsciously turned their heads and all their eyes fell on Chen Yulou.
The headless black snake on the ground.
The appearance was too weird, and it was covered in snakes and lins. It didn’t match any of the venomous snakes they had seen before.
So even though I have been traveling around for many years, I have seen countless partridge whistles.
At this moment, there was a bit of confusion in the eyes looking at Black Snake.
"Brother Yang Fang, you are the fastest. Go and visit the camp and ask the brothers to be careful."
"Stop what you are doing for the time being and scatter a circle of realgar and quicklime around it."
Chen Yulou had no time to explain.
Instead, he looked up at the tall and heroic figure and ordered in a deep voice.
“Oh...ok!”
“Shopkeeper Chen, I’ll go now.”
Yang Fang was also startled by the sudden black snake.
Both hands were pressed on the divine whip, his body tensed, and his face looked solemn as he looked at the headless snake corpse.
Only after hearing this did he react.
Don’t dare hesitate at all.
This place is only two to three hundred meters away from the camp.
If the nameless black snake can appear at the bottom of the well, it is most likely hiding anywhere in the ancient city.
Without any awareness.
If we really encounter it, it will undoubtedly be an unimaginable disaster.
There will definitely be countless casualties by then.
“Yes, I almost forgot about this...”
Huamaguai suddenly came to his senses and kept repeating in a low voice.
Partridge Whistle looked away from where Yang Fang disappeared and looked at Chen Yulou with a frown.
"Brother Chen?"
"What kind of monster is this?"
The moment he killed the black snake, he clearly heard Chen Yulou say something.
"The black sky and the ghost side."
"Legend has it that there is a highly poisonous snake that can cut off yin and yang, and close its eyes to divide day and night."
Chen Yulou said calmly.
This is the record about the black snake among the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions.
However, in the Snowy Demon Kingdom, the Ancient Jingjue Kingdom, and the Samsara Sect, it is called Jingjian Aghan, which means giant-eyed snake, and also alludes to the guardian.
"Sever the yin and yang, divide the white night?"
Hearing these words, Partridge Whistle and the others couldn't help but look at each other, with a look of disbelief on their faces.
Even a great monk who has practiced Taoism to the point of ascending to heaven cannot achieve this step, right?
At least it’s hard not to become a true immortal.
"It's just a rumor. If you really had such amazing abilities, everyone here today, including me, would all be buried here."
I saw several people with solemn faces.
Chen Yulou couldn't help but shake his head.
“The most terrifying thing about black snakes is that they are highly venomous, and the other is that snakes often live in groups. If there is one, there may be countless of them.”
“I can only say, then. Be very careful when you come down."
"Okay."
Several people nodded subconsciously.
The atmosphere fell into silence again.
Kunlun pointed to the ancient well outside and asked thoughtfully, "Shopkeeper, since there are snakes in the well, how can we replenish the water source?"
It was not easy to find one. well.
I thought I could finally solve the drinking water problem.
But now it seems that there is a strong possibility that there is a snake nest under the well, and the water in the well is so poisonous that even a camel will die if it takes one drop, not to mention there are so many of them.
“Not necessarily.”
Faced with his question, Chen Yulou did not show the panic he imagined.
Looking at the clear well water in the barrel, it doesn't look poisonous.
In addition, Jingjian Agama is not a water snake, and there are almost no examples of it hiding in deep water.
It was most likely that he emerged from the cave on the well wall, fell into the barrel, and was then abducted by Huama.
And...
I really have to take a step back.
The well water has indeed been contaminated by poison.
The coming snowstorm will bring heavy snowfall for at least three to five consecutive days.
Let the guys collect the snow, boil it and melt it, and then get water.
Also.
Since there is an ancient well here.
It has never dried up for thousands of years.
It shows that the underground well is definitely connected to the underground Yin River.
No matter how shocking the Jingjian Agama snake venom is, it cannot contaminate the entire underground river. At worst, it can go upstream to replenish clean water upstream.
"Brother Chen, are you planning to...go down the well?"
You could hear the hidden meaning in his words.
Partridge Whistle frowned even more.
You can't see your fingers under the ancient well, and no one can guarantee how many venomous snakes are hidden underneath. It's easy to imagine how dangerous it is to go down this rashly.
"As Brother Tao said."
"If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you catch the tiger's cubs?"
Chen Yulou smiled faintly.
As he spoke, he looked at the old foreigner aside and said, "Please lend me the Zhuan Tiansuo!"
"This..."
Seeing that his tone didn't sound like a joke at all, several people's expressions became even more serious.
Kunlun even rushed in front of him.
That stern face was full of determination.
"I'm here!"
In his view, the shopkeeper is responsible for tens of thousands of people in Changsheng Mountain and Chenjiazhuang, and he cannot be personally involved in the danger no matter what.
"I'll do it."
"Kunlun, you are too big to turn around underground, and you are more likely to get into trouble..."
Kunlun finished his words. Huamaguai also stood up, with a serious look on his face.
But before he finished speaking, he saw the old foreigner taking a step forward with a long bow.
A smile appeared on the face that was already 70% similar to his senior brother, Partridge Whistle.
"I'll do it. Brother Kunlun is inconvenient. Brother Guaizi, your skills are still a bit inferior. I'm not an old foreigner. I'm just bragging. The skill of Xiling with a thousand poles may not be as good as my ability to move mountains. The gecko is very good at swimming on walls.”
I saw several people rushing to get down the well for me.
Even the partridge whistle looked up and opened his mouth to speak. Chen Yulou felt a headache and hurriedly waved his hand.
“It’s just a well, not a mountain of swords and a sea of fire.”
"Okay, no need to say more."
Chen Yulou made a decision and glanced at the old foreigner, with an irresistible domineering look in his eyes.
“Give me the rope from the sky.”
Among the group of people, he is undoubtedly the strongest. Not only does he possess the Night Eye, but he also refines his divine consciousness, even if it is bottomless. In the ancient well, you can also walk on flat ground.
More importantly.
If I remember correctly.
There is another world among the broken walls of the ancient well.
This trip also has the meaning of finding out.
"This..."
But upon seeing this, the old foreigner's expression froze and he subconsciously looked at his senior brother, Partridge Whistle.
Shopkeeper Chen traveled thousands of miles on this trip and brought hundreds of bandits from Changsheng Mountain to help him. He had already received a huge favor from him, so how could he be allowed to risk his life again now?
"Brother Chen, how about Yang accompanying you so that you can take care of me?"
After pondering for a moment, Partridge Whistle couldn't help but speak.
Hearing this, Chen Yulou couldn't help but politely refuse, "That's fine, then Chen will take the lead, and Taoist brother will be behind."
Leave a sentence.
He won't waste any more time.
Took the sky-drilling rope from the old foreigner and tied one end to the railing outside the ancient well.
After pulling hard, it was confirmed that it could withstand at least a few hundred kilograms of gravity. The hand holding the end of the rope swayed, wrapped around the wrist, and without any hesitation, he jumped into the well in one step.
"Old foreigner, fire!"
Chen Yulou was born with night eyes and never carried a lantern while walking in the mountains in the middle of the night.
After working together for so long, Partridge Whistle knew this very well, but he did not dare to mess around. He also took out the sky-drilling rope and threw it towards a turret not far away.
Precise and precise finishing.
Then he gave a deep shout to his junior brother.
The old foreigner reacted immediately and sent a fire certificate by express delivery.
Taking it and biting it in his mouth, Partridge Whistle didn’t waste any time. He jumped up on the well, his robes clattered like an open umbrella, and he fell into the well.
Snap——
Put off the cover of the fire folding piece.
Blowed by the wind from outside, the fire broke out immediately.
By the flickering firelight, Partridge Whistle looked down and saw that the ancient well was narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, just like a narrow-mouthed plum vase sitting deep in the sea of sand.
The walls of the well are laminated with pieces of blue bricks.
It's obviously been carefully polished.
The walls of the well, soaked in water vapor, reflect a mirror-like texture under the firelight, and the light can be used to identify people.
Even if thousands of years have passed.
The stone bricks on the well wall are extremely well preserved, with almost no damage.
After looking at it, Partridge Whistle looked away, his expression flashing with vigilance. The horror of the black snake before was still vivid in his mind. How could he dare to despise it in the slightest.
It’s just...
Wait for him to step on the stone wall and go down for about ten meters.
In the originally silent ancient well, a cold wind blew up out of thin air.
Partridge Whistle's heart suddenly sank.
Not to mention that Chen Yulou has been missing for so long. Where can the wind come from deep in the sealed ancient well?
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster!
He has traveled around the world for many years and almost never misses it.
Biting the Huozhezi in his mouth, Partridge Whistle took out the twenty-ring mirror box from his waist with his backhand, and looked like a torch in the direction of the dark wind.
But immediately, he noticed something was wrong.
In the flowing thick fog, there seemed to be a black shadow standing out of thin air in the middle of the ancient well.
"Brother Chen?"
Partridge Whistle didn't dare to mess around, so he shouted in a low voice.
What if it was not a strange thing, but Chen Yulou who came down before him, wouldn't it lead to a big disaster?
"It's me."
Soon.
A familiar voice came from the mist.
Partridge Whistle's tense mind relaxed a lot, and he quickly slid down a few meters with the help of the sky drill rope.
The firelight dispersed the darkness, and the black shadow hanging in the air was indeed Chen Yulou.
I saw him looking intently in front of him, as if thinking about something.
“Brother Chen, what are you doing?”
"Brother Taoist came just in time. Our trip was not in vain. There is a cave hidden under the well."
Chen Yulou pointed in front of him.
Hearing this, Partridge Whistle felt even weirder. He didn't know what he meant by the hidden cave, but he still gently shook his head and swung the sky rope to Chen Yulou's side.
Then he looked in the direction of his finger.
In the firelight.
There is an obvious dividing line on the damp well wall that is soaked in water vapor.
Two meters up and down, feet wide left and right.
Looks like a door embedded in the well wall.
"Secret passage?"
The Partridge Whistle is also an old man.
Seeing this situation, how could one still not understand.
This place was clearly a secret door.
Because too much time has passed, the cracks around the secret door are obvious. The dark wind he felt before was blowing from inside.
Standing in front of him at this moment, the howling wind even made his robes rustle.
However, Partridge Whistle didn't care, and his face was full of surprise.
The design here is simply ingenious.
Who would have thought that there is a hidden cave under the well where water is collected?
The most important thing is.
This place is more than fifteen meters away from the wellhead, almost avoiding all possibilities of discovery.
It can be seen from the traces of the stone gate.
They should be the first outsiders.
"It's not a secret passage. The Yang house is backed by a mountain, and the Yin tomb holds water. Brother Taoist, I'm afraid this is an ancient mausoleum!"
"An ancient mausoleum?"
Hearing this assertion , Partridge Whistle’s eyes couldn’t help but light up.
Looked around subconsciously.
There is indeed a saying in the Sixteen-Character Yin-Yang Feng Shui Secret Technique that the mountain is surrounded by water, but if it were really a mausoleum, would it be too close?
The water vapor in the well is extremely deep and the wind is strong.
A stone door is almost impossible to block.
The most taboo thing for ancient people was to let water enter the grave.
“You’ll know it at a glance.”
After glancing at the change in his expression, Chen Yulou roughly guessed what Partridge Whistle was thinking.
After all, the two of them can now be regarded as brothers in the same discipline.
At the same time, he became the disciple of Master Luochen.
The Feng Shui skills he knows are also mastered by Partridge Whistle.
While speaking, he took a step forward and pressed his palm on the stone door. The energy in his palm exploded, and he broke the back door bolt through the thick stone door.
The stone door opened.
A spacious and long corridor with masonry structure appeared in front of the two people.
The corridor is also specially made with stairs, which get higher and higher as you go in. This is obviously to prevent the well water from flowing back and destroying the stone chamber inside.
In fact, as the two of them went deep into it, there were three stone gates separated by just thirty to fifty meters.
Especially the last one, which was heavily sealed, with isinglass filled into the tiny gaps, and then covered with an unknown animal skin.
If it were someone else.
Maybe you still have a headache on how to break the door.
But there are two of them, one is a mountain-moving Taoist of this generation, and the other is a leader of Xiling who has been passed down from his family for three generations.
In less than half a minute, the sealed stone door was slowly pushed from the outside inward.
The next moment.
A pungent smell of death came from behind the door.
Partridge Whistle frowned and gently threw the fire stick in his hand, flying through the air. The firelight dispersed the darkness.
In an instant.
Countless bones slowly emerged in the darkness.
In the deepest part of the stone chamber, a huge stone coffin flashed past.
"What a mausoleum!" (End of Chapter)