"Go and have a look."
Chen Yulou put away his thoughts, finished the sixteen-character calculation, and looked aside.
Kunlun, who had been following closely, immediately understood.
Without any delay, he crossed the shrine in front of him and walked straight to the place where the golden light of the divine mirror shone.
It is paved with half-meter square green bricks.
Well-proportioned.
A thick layer of dust fell.
At first glance, there are already many people and no one has set foot here.
It also corresponds to what Oona said.
More than ten years have passed since the last time Azhiya came here to look for the sacred tree.
As for the previous sand bandits, it was purely due to good luck, most likely by accident, that they entered the underground river from an ancient well in the city, followed the river, and arrived at the stone bridge.
Of course.
This is just Chen Yulou’s current speculation.
When I asked Hoja last night, he couldn't explain clearly. He only said that the foreign devils led the way.
Maybe there is more than one way to the underground palace.
At this moment, Kunlun stood outside the stone bricks and searched by the firelight.
Unfortunately, no changes can be seen from the outside.
After hesitating for a moment, he suddenly put the lantern aside, squatted on the ground, made a fist with his fingers slightly bent, and knocked along the floor tiles one by one.
At the same time, he listened intently to what was going on underneath.
See this situation.
Everyone around them suddenly understood, and the noise stopped immediately.
There are only four floor tiles in total.
Kunlun is extremely fast.
Three real and one virtual.
Only the floor tiles on the side close to the Holy Mountain, when knocked down, returned an empty echo.
Kunlun's eyes couldn't help but light up, but now he was cautious and did not act rashly. He just looked back in the direction of Chen Yulou.
"Shopkeeper, I found it!"
Hearing this.
A low cheer suddenly came from the surroundings.
Except for the jade bead, there is almost nothing else in the temple. This is simply unacceptable to the Xiling bandits who are bent on making money.
There can’t be three teams.
Two teams went to the city to scour the sand and pick up foreign debris.
The underground palace they came to was not as good as them, right?
“Can you open it?”
Chen Yulou and others walked forward quickly.
Sweep it away with the light.
The four floor tiles fit tightly together, and there is almost no trace of opening.
"I'll try."
According to the shopkeeper's instructions, Kunlun started to do it without hesitation. However, after trying it a few times, the floor tiles seemed to have taken root, and they would not move at all no matter how hard they tried.
The main reason is that the floor tiles have obviously been water-milled, and the layer of dust has been blown away. The brick surface is as smooth as a mirror, and there is really no grip point.
If you press down.
I am worried that it will be completely blocked.
Chen Yulou also saw the difficulty, took off the bone knife from his waist and threw it over.
As a self-defense weapon for the Corpse King of Pingshan during his lifetime.
Although it is just a short knife, the blade is as thin as a cicada's wing and can break hair.
It has been soaked in corpse energy for many years in the coffin, and has long since turned into a vicious weapon.
The only weakness is that the edge is very easy to break.
However, after being re-refined by Li Shuguo and incorporating several secret gold materials, this only shortcoming was completely made up for.
Compared to the Little Divine Front, it is not weaker at all.
Even more amazing.
It's just that he now has many methods, and the bone knife has become dispensable.
Take the knife.
Kunlun inserted it along the gap, and then tried to use force.
Just.
The blade of the sword is bent into a half-moon arc.
The floor tiles still showed no sign of moving.
"Shopkeeper, it still doesn't work..."
Kunlun did not continue to try.
He is taking the path of proving the Tao through force, and he has the keenest sense of changes in force.
Trying for so long.
He actually already understands.
The four stone bricks in front of me look simple, but in fact they are interconnected. There should be a mechanism underneath. It would be difficult to break them apart by force alone.
“I have gunpowder here.”
“Commander, if it doesn’t work, let’s blast it by force.”
Hearing this.
A voice suddenly sounded.
These words immediately received countless echoes.
You know, the Xieling faction has always done everything possible, using big shovels and big hoes, pulling oxen and horses, using medicine, stone and earth cannon, chopping mountains to make corridors, and digging through rocks to hide. Even copper and iron walls are all used. External force breaks it.
Because of Xiling’s methods, almost all of the Changshengshan guys have special skills.
The man who spoke was a miner, laying gunpowder to open mountains and move hills.
It was just that the pressure from above was so severe that they couldn't bear it. A group of miners resolutely rioted, killed the leader and the mine owner, and ran away with the silver mine.
After being wanted by the government.
In desperation, I fell into Changsheng Mountain.
Originally they were just trying to survive, but no one expected that in just a few years, the once huge empire would collapse and collapse, and overnight, the city would be transformed into a king's flag.
The wanted order became a piece of waste paper.
But he has long been accustomed to a life of fighting. After all, in troubled times, there is no way to make ends meet.
Changsheng Mountain is unrestricted and does not have many rules.
Fighting for several years.
If you save some money, you can go down the mountain and become a rich man.
See everyone eager to try.
Chen Yulou shook his head.
The underground royal city of Jingjue Kingdom, said to be the Queen's Palace, is actually a large tomb dug along the Zagrama leyline.
A thousand years down the road.
It is extremely rare to be able to maintain it without collapse.
But if explosives are used and the balance is broken, it will be almost impossible to get in again.
"Miss Oona, can you open it?"
Looking at the figure holding the magic mirror, Chen Yulou asked.
Having seen such weird methods as worshiping mountains, he also wanted to see how shamanism opened the secret door.
"What Atta used was a formation change..."
Oona shook her head, "I can't reach it yet."
"Changing formations? Fantasy formations?"
Listening to her slightly accented Chinese, Chen Yulou frowned slightly.
"A witchcraft similar to transfiguration. You need to ask the earth god to do it."
I saw him and asked.
Oona explained again.
Apparition? !
With these words together, not only Chen Yulou, but also Partridge Shao and others on the side could not hide their shock.
To be honest, I spent several days in the Turkic tribe that day.
I have also seen their altars and the ghosts and gods they worship.
In the minds of a few people, they are just like Moba from Maluzhai. They mostly do things like divination, praying to gods, and herbal medicine.
If we really want to fight for territory, we still need a hunting team to take action.
But now it seems that the inheritance of shamanism is far beyond expectation. Whether it is worshiping mountains to find the way or the formation-changing witchcraft mentioned by Oona, it seems to be inferior to the Taoist spells. Falling to the wind.
Even weirder.
"Did you travel through thin air?"
Yang Fang swallowed secretly, hesitated again and again, but still couldn't help asking.
He had seen magicians on the streets who could walk through walls, swallow knives, breathe fire, and even conjure a living person out of thin air in broad daylight.
At that time, he had just come out of the mountain.
I was greatly shocked.
I even thought about becoming my mentor to those people.
But when they saw him dressed as a Jianghu man and with an astonishing aura, the magicians immediately changed their faces and refused to accept disciples.
After hearing what Oona said, his mind subconsciously recalled what he saw that day.
“Yes.”
Oona nodded.
As the only wizard in the tribe, Atta is responsible for the inheritance, and there are many witchcrafts that even she cannot imagine. On that day, even though she was young, she saw it with her own eyes.
Atta led her across the stone slabs. The light and shadow flickered. Then she looked up and saw that the surrounding environment had completely changed. The two of them were on a long stone staircase.
It's like the road to purgatory.
She was extremely panicked.
But Atta just asked her to follow closely.
It was also at that time that she finally saw how the wizards of the clan had obtained the sacred tree.
"It sounds somewhat similar to the secret technique of wall penetration of the Laoshan Taoist Sect."
"It's a pity that I can't see it with my own eyes."
Chen Yulou said with regret.
In the past, he might have thought that Oona was talking nonsense.
But in fact, there is a similar Tao method among the seventy-two techniques of Disha, which is called "penetrating stone". That is to say, after performing this technique, one can pass through gold and stone unimpeded and walk at will.
There are both divine walking, walking on water and talismans.
Thrulite must also exist.
It is a pity that since I found a copy of the Disha surgery in the Miao ancestral cave in the back mountain of Pingshan Mountain, it has been so long now, traveling five thousand miles from south to north, that I have never had such an opportunity again.
"Then... Shopkeeper Chen, do you want me to invite the armored beast?"
Seeing that the road ahead was blocked and the gunpowder blasting was denied, the old foreigner pointed to the bamboo basket behind him.
Since the two-headed armored beast turned into a demon, a pair of sharp claws can easily cut through the stone wall, such as wind-eroded rock. It is as easy as cutting tofu with one claw.
These are the floor tiles in front of me.
Although it is thick.
But it just takes more time.
“There is a time when they will take action.”
Chen Yulou shook his head.
After crossing the stone bridge, I wanted to enter the Queen's Tomb. The door embedded in the cliff was as solid as a rock, so I had to invite the armored beast.
“But...”
What else does the old foreigner want to say.
The next moment he was interrupted by a partridge whistle.
"If you don't see the stone pillar, come and help."
While Oona used the magic mirror to find the secret door, he did not rest, but walked around with the lantern, All the sixteen stone pillars supporting the temple were studied.
There are six eyes on each stone pillar.
Respectively corresponding to the evil ghost, stone sheep, barbarian, giant-eyed general, patron saint and... representing the blank space of imaginary number space on the hexagonal base.
These are the same as what they saw in the Black Tower last night.
Totally consistent.
The most important thing is that these stone pillars are grouped in groups of four. By changing the symbols and rotating the stone pillars, various abilities of the temple can be activated.
And he looked carefully.
What can be confirmed is that no one has touched it before them, even the Turkic wizards who have been here for many years. After all, for thousands of years, their only goal has been the people under the ground. Sacred tree.
Not even the jade eye was taken away.
So it's very possible.
The current appearance of the temple’s stone pillars is what the outstanding people left back then.
On the four groups of stone pillars, the symbols of the patron saints cross and face each other.
Think again of the flesh-ball snake egg that appeared out of thin air on the dome.
It is not difficult to guess.
Such an arrangement actually opens up the imaginary number space.
The key to opening the stone door lies in these stone pillars.
However, it is not easy for him to deduce it in such a short period of time on his own.
In the entire team, there are those who know the art of Feng Shui.
It’s nothing more than him and Chen Yulou.
So he decisively approached the latter and briefly speculated about himself.
After all, each of them had seen the layout here before, and the sixteen dragons clearly and secretly cooperated with each other. As long as they found the real dragon, they could turn the stone pillar by dividing the gold to fix the hole.
Opening the secret door is no longer a problem.
What Partridge Whistle didn’t expect was that when he was looking around for clues.
Chen Yulou has already deduced most of it.
Finally, with the joint efforts of the two.
The true dragon position emerges clearly.
That is the stone pillar he is pointing at at this moment.
“It?”
Old foreigners are still curious about what kind of methods Shopkeeper Chen has, given that it cannot be broken apart without using gunpowder, armored beasts and brute force.
Suddenly I heard my senior brother's order.
Others couldn't help but be slightly startled.
“Quick.”
The partridge whistle didn’t explain much.
While he was talking, he had already walked to the side of the stone pillar. He had tried it before. Due to the huge size of the stone pillar, two people had to surround it and use force at the same time.
"Oh, okay."
I saw that the senior brother's face was serious.
The old foreigner dared not delay and quickly walked to the other side of the stone pillar.
"Senior brother, what should we do?"
The old foreigner couldn't see the senior brother facing him because the stone pillar blocked his sight.
The words just fell.
A gentle voice sounded in my ears.
"Looking for a dragon a thousand miles away, seek its left and right, follow the yang in five steps, and the yin in one of them."
Listening to this sentence that was like a prophecy from heaven, the old foreigner was even more confused. Water, I don’t know how to start at all.
“It means, turn five squares forward and then reverse one square.”
He was still in a daze when his senior brother's words finally came from across the stone pillar.
“Do it!”
The old foreigner was refreshed and didn’t waste any more time.
The two of them hugged the stone pillar and exerted force at the same time. It seemed to take root. The pillar weighing several kilograms at least actually started to rotate slowly under the combined force.
This scene made the guys around me look shocked.
They had also thought that if there really was a secret door and tunnel, the mechanism that was touched might be hidden in the temple.
But no one would think of those stone pillars.
After all, according to the past experience of dumping, the mechanical objects are either stone bricks on the wall or set on objects such as lamps.
Everyone was still stunned when suddenly, a clicking sound came from the darkness.
Kunlun suddenly turned around.
The pupils shrank slightly.
The stone bricks that he had tried several methods before but could not open were now sunken, revealing a bottomless tunnel that sloped downward.
"The shopkeeper..."
He subconsciously informed Chen Yulou.
But when he turned around, he found that the shopkeeper was already behind him.
A pair of clear eyes seemed to be intertwined with golden light, staring into the depths of the tunnel.
Kunlun suddenly realized something, and immediately took half a step back. The figure of Yitian stood quietly behind him, and just separated the people who were rushing over.
Noticing his actions, Chen Yulou couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.
After this kid got his wits about him.
Although he looks cold and stern, his heart is much simpler than before.
Qingmu's spiritual eyes swept over it, and the tunnel that seemed invisible to outsiders suddenly appeared clearly in his sight.
There are hundreds of dark and deserted stone steps, corresponding to the scenes in memory.
In his observation room.
Everyone had gathered around, marveling at the caves on the ground.
“It’s really opened...”
The old foreigner also let go of the stone pillar, his face full of surprise.
But it was Oona who was most surprised.
The eyes were shining with splendor.
Others were more or less aware of Chen Yulou and Partridge Whistle’s methods, but along the way, Oona never saw the two of them take action. She only had a keen sense that they might have a lot of background. .
After all, no matter the storm or danger is present.
The two of them always looked calm.
There is never a time to panic.
Before this, he had only seen it in one person, her Atta.
But after all, he has been traveling in the Black Desert for many years, has rich experience, has a wizard heritage, and has many magic weapons for protection. It is not surprising that he has such confidence.
The two of them have never been here.
Able to do this.
The only possibility for having such confidence is...that they have strength far beyond their imagination.
"Miss Oona, after these stone steps...is the Jingjue Palace, right?" (End of Chapter)