"Ah...yes."
"By the way, after walking through the stone steps, there is a throne made of jade."
Oona was still in a trance. When she heard this, she subconsciously raised her head. , just in time to meet those clear and deep eyes that seem to be able to penetrate people's hearts.
She was confused for no reason.
Avoid Chen Yulou’s sight.
He nodded, seeming to feel a little casual, and quickly added.
Jade Throne?
This news suddenly ignited everyone's emotions.
With jade as the foundation, only the Queen in the entire Jingjue Ancient Kingdom has this kind of treatment.
“The boss is the leader, so what are you waiting for? Let’s fight.”
"I am willing to be a pioneer and explore the way for my brothers."
"Take me one."
Although they have been fighting for many years, how many of them have the opportunity to take a look at the royal tomb?
Not to mention the queen who unified the thirty-six countries in the Western Region.
It would be difficult to find a few names like this in the Han Dynasty that lasted for thousands of years.
Changsheng Mountain has always been the first to climb.
Nowadays, Zhang Yunqiao, the most popular leader on the mountain, I heard that it was in southern Yunnan that he made the great achievement of climbing the mountain first, and then he rose to prominence all the way.
A few years ago I was still unknown.
Now he is the leader of the Thirteenth Hall.
With his example, how can the thieves not understand at this moment that a great opportunity to gain a future is right in front of them. They can't wait to take the initiative, for fear of falling behind.
Seeing this, Chen Yulou couldn't help but ponder.
Although Yuan Hong was asked to explore first with the talent of Mandrill this morning, he could only get a rough idea of where the snake cave is. The royal city was shrouded in darkness, and he still had to enter it to understand.
The brothers are so enthusiastic and active.
He also hurt their confidence.
"Kunlun...you take the lead."
"Remember, be careful."
His eyes swept across the crowd, and finally landed on the tall figure beside him.
The temple is already astonishing and majestic, but Kunlun inside it actually has a feeling of being upright, just like the giant-eyed stone general that can always be seen along the way.
"Yes, from the shopkeeper."
Kunlun's eyes flashed, seemingly calm, but there was a hint of turbulent waves about to rise.
Although the shopkeeper didn't say anything because he failed to open the secret door just now, he felt quite guilty in his heart. Now he finally had a chance to make amends.
I immediately picked a few guys.
Light and easy travel.
Only carry torches and long knives and guns with you.
Under countless gazes, Kunlun took a deep breath and pulled up the black scarf around his neck to protect his mouth and nose.
No one has set foot in the palace below for thousands of years.
Maybe it’s just a black cellar.
There is not much time now, and there is no time to escape, so we must be more careful and cautious. If you rush into it rashly, you may be poisoned.
Not only him, but also several people behind him.
The black towel is not only wetted with clean water, but also impregnated with a potion that can calm the mind and eliminate poison. If it is really poisonous, it will not cause death in an instant, and it will be able to drag the brothers to help.
"Let's go!"
Kunlun held up the torch.
He broke into the stone staircase tunnel first.
As soon as he stepped inside, he felt a cold, damp breath blowing towards his face, mixed with an indescribable rotten musty smell.
It is completely different from the dry and transparent temple.
He reached out and touched the stone wall. The icy cold mist had condensed into water droplets, and his feet were extremely slippery. If he was not careful, he might fall down.
Kunlun frowned and reminded.
The people behind him responded one after another.
After walking up to the eighty-seventh level, the stone steps finally reached the end. The space in front suddenly increased, and the line of sight suddenly became clearer.
He stretched out his hand and made a stop gesture. Kunlun did not rush in. Instead, he took out a fire stick and lit it, then threw it out with all his strength.
The light and dark were uncertain, and the slightly flickering fire light flashed across the air.
He stared at Huo Zhezi's trajectory.
From time to time there are flashes of rich and colorful colors in the light.
"Kunlun's head seems to be a corridor."
The old man behind him said in a low voice.
"Indeed."
Kunlun did not look back, but stared at the Huozhezi that had fallen to the ground. In the dim light, he could faintly see the stacked Western Region Sky Bricks.
They had seen many such sky bricks when they came here.
Many of the stone tombs floating in the sea of sand were built with it.
According to the shopkeeper.
It is extremely difficult to burn sky bricks from the Western Regions, and those who can afford them are generally the princes and nobles.
The current corridor is at least ten meters long, with domes stacked in the shape of bucket arches, enough to accommodate a carriage. It is so grand that it would cost at least several thousand sky bricks.
After ordinary people die, it is rare to decorate them with sky bricks.
Only Queen Jingjue has such luxury.
"You guys wait here."
After looking at it for a moment, Kunlun handed the lantern to the man behind him.
But...
No one picked up.
The guy grinned and said, "Kunlun leader, why do you need to do this little thing of exploring the path yourself."
"Leave it to my brother and I will do it."
Before Kunlun could say anything, the others laughed and jumped out.
“Wait.”
Kunlun frowned.
The reason why he wanted to go alone was because his experience of visiting countless tombs in the past told him that such a long, narrow and closed corridor was most likely to hide a mechanism.
No need for fire, quicksand or traps.
Just set up a few crossbows in the darkness in front of the corridor.
Machine expansion triggered by gold wire or mercury water.
No matter how many people there are, they can only be shot.
He originally thought of relying on his own strength to make a breakthrough. If there were really bows, crossbows and hidden arrows, he might not be able to escape unscathed.
Unexpectedly, the old guy saw through his intentions immediately and rushed out without hesitation.
Wait for him to turn around and look.
The others fell on the corridor paved with sky bricks like a line of blue smoke, and kept rushing forward.
This scene made the hearts of several people on the stone steps tense into a straight line.
I dare not take a breath.
I am afraid that there will suddenly be a buzzing sound in the darkness ahead.
Fortunately...
The group's worries did not come true.
The guy was very fast. In just a few moments, he had crossed the corridor and stood under the circular arch.
Without time to take a breath, he raised his wind lantern and looked in front of him.
After watching intently for a while, he took a long breath and shook the lantern, "Kunlun, come on, it's okay."
Hear this.
Kunlun’s frown finally slowly relaxed.
There was also a low sound of relief and cheers coming from the stone steps behind me.
“Let’s go!”
Without any hesitation.
Kunlun strode forward.
Lamps illuminated the corridor as brightly as daylight, allowing them to see clearly the murals on the walls.
Looking up, there are almost all kinds of eyes.
It may be open or tightly closed, large or small, and even the eyelashes and eyelids are clearly drawn.
Walking in it is like being stared at by countless pairs of eyes. Even if a group of people are all old Jianghu who are not afraid of anything, they can't help but feel hairy.
Kunlun was quite fascinated by it.
But the most important thing about this trip is to find out the situation in the palace.
He did not dare to waste time.
Just glanced at it casually, and then went to the front to meet the guy.
“Good kung fu.”
Reaching out and patting him hard on the shoulder, Kunlun's eyes were full of admiration. He is a master in his own right.
Having seen the skills of the shopkeeper, Partridge Whistle and Yang Fang, his vision is extremely high, ordinary light body kung fu can't catch his eyes at all, he didn't expect this guy to be so skilled. Outstanding.
"Thank you, leader."
"What's your name? I'll go and ask for credit for you later."
See that he is neither arrogant nor impetuous.
The look of admiration on Kunlun's face suddenly became stronger.
However, although he has always held the position of leader on the mountain.
But because he had not been enlightened in the past few years and could not speak, he was almost in a state of self-isolation. Except for the shopkeeper, the kidnapper and the red girl, no one could get close to him.
So I am not too familiar with the guy.
As we were walking along, I felt that he looked familiar, but I didn't know his name.
"Kunlun is the leader. He is known as Xiaoqian in the mountains. His strongest point is his skill."
Just as the guy was about to speak, a few laughs came from behind him.
Move in time?
And heard this title.
Kunlun couldn't help but nodded. Because Changsheng Mountain was from Green Forest, the guys on the mountain most admired the heroes from Shuibo Liangshan, and they were proud of their reputation as Xiao or Sheng.
In the entire Liangshan, except for Dai Zong, Shi Qian is famous for his light body kung fu and agility.
However, when the guy heard this name, he blushed.
“When I was young, my family was poor and I almost starved to death, so I became a gentleman for a while...”
“That’s why I got such a name.”
Seeing the shame on his face, Kunlun just shook his head and smiled and didn't care.
Brothers on the mountain, none of them came from a poor background.
Before he went up the mountain, he was just a wild man in the mountains.
"Okay, I will remember you."
Nodding, Kunlun said no more words, said hello, and walked straight through the arch and entered.
"Brother Zhao has become prosperous. Don't forget your brothers."
When he left, several of the guys quickly followed and filed in. However, when they passed by Xiao Qian, each of them had a look in their eyes. But it's hard to hide his envy.
Kunlun is the confidant who always deserves the top spot.
If he can be remembered by him and ask for credit in person, it is conceivable that after returning to Changsheng Mountain, he dare not say that he will catch up with Zhang Yunqiao, but it is definitely enough to be the helmsman under the branch hall. .
For these guys, this is already a step into the sky.
"Go, go, no problem."
The guy waved his hands, but his heart was full of longing.
After all these years, I am finally coming out.
He breathed out and quickly followed without further delay.
When several people caught up with Kunlun, they found that he was holding a wind lantern and looking at something intently. Looking at it, it was a throne with mutton-fat white jade as the seat and finely carved red jade.
It's more than two meters high.
Close to the high wall, it looks indescribably magnificent.
The whole body of the seat is inlaid with gold and silver, and is carved with fairy mountains, clouds, insects, fish and animals.
It is extremely eye-catching in the black-based hall.
"The throne...isn't this fucking valuable?"
"What a good thing. You can exchange it for hundreds of spears at least if you take it back."
"Grandma, the queen of a small country is really luxurious."
"I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult to move back. It’s thousands of miles away.”
The group of people couldn’t move their eyes away.
Especially when they saw that the throne was polished from a single piece of jade and not spliced together as they imagined, everyone was even more shocked and exclaimed from time to time.
"Look at other places first. If there is no danger, go and notify the shopkeeper."
Kunlun is not very interested in these.
After casually scanning, he withdrew his gaze, glanced at a few people and warned.
"Okay."
The group of people scattered around.
After watching for a while, several people looked a little disappointed.
Because the palace hall was built underground, the water vapor was deep and the air was humid. Except for the throne and the murals in the corridors, which were well preserved, the other ancient objects were severely corroded.
Moreover, the legendary sight of gold and silver everywhere was not seen,
except for a few jade articles that were put away by them.
Pottery is worthless.
Copper, iron, wood, and silk fabrics were almost broken at a touch.
There are still a few white bones scattered in the corner of the hall. Judging from the rotten armor on their bodies, they should be guards. The rusty sword armor is scattered on the ground.
The style is completely different from the Han swords.
A few guys who like ancient weapons wanted to take them back for collection, but they turned into powder before they could pick them up. Seeing this, everyone had to give up.
“Go and inform the shopkeeper.”
Kunlun doesn’t reveal much.
Just gave instructions to a few guys.
Not long after.
A burst of footsteps came from the brick corridor.
Chen Yulou and his party looked along the murals one by one, many of which they had seen before.
After all, he has been ruled by Jingjue for many years.
Both Xiye and Gumo live in the shadow of the queen.
However, the closer you get to the palace, the contents of the murals begin to become mysterious.
Especially one of them.
The jade eye enshrined in the altar glowed brightly, and then a black hole appeared in the sky, from which a giant eye-like flesh ball slowly emerged.
"This... is really an imaginary number space!"
The moment I saw it.
Everyone subconsciously thought of what they had just experienced in the temple.
No wonder the snake eggs appeared silently.
“Isn’t this just that kind of black snake?”
As he watched, Yang Fang suddenly touched the old foreigner next to him with his shoulder.
The latter raised the lantern in his hand forward.
I saw two black mountains covered with black snakes. Countless people and beasts knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the black snakes on the mountains.
The murals are so realistic and lifelike that it is hard to tell whether they are real or fake.
Just as he was about to speak, the old foreigner suddenly noticed something. His body couldn't help but tremble, and veins popped out on the back of the hand holding the lantern.
"What's wrong?"
I noticed something strange about him.
Yang Fang couldn't help but look weird.
Although the black snake is strange and venomous, it is not scared to death just because of a painting, right?
“Look behind the mountain...”
After taking a few deep breaths, the old foreigner finally calmed down slightly, but he still couldn't hide the complexity between his brows and eyes.
“Behind the mountain?”
Yang Fang took advantage of the situation and looked.
It was only then that I discovered that behind the intertwined peaks of the Double Black Mountains, two scarlet dots poked out from the clouds and mist, looming. If you don’t look carefully, you could easily be mistaken for red minerals.
Now take a closer look.
Only then did he vaguely realize...it seemed to be a giant snake entrenched on Shuanghei Mountain.
"How could it be?"
Seeing the strange snake, which was almost bigger than a mountain, Yang Fang's first thought was that it was impossible.
Although Shuangheishan is not high.
But it is still several hundred feet long.
The body shape surrounds two huge mountains, even the legendary dragon cannot reach it.
Seeing his expressions changing one after another while exclaiming, Chen Yulou and Partridge Whistle, who were looking at the murals one after another, were also alarmed and followed him to inquire about the situation.
"I don't think it's possible either."
"Brother Chen...how old is the thousand-year-old dragon at Fuxian Lake."
Partridge Whistle brows in surprise. Straight wrinkles.
No matter what I saw along the way, or in the family books left by the ancestors of the Zagrama clan, there was no record of this giant snake. It was the mother snake that reached the sky, but it was almost the same as the giant green-scaled python in Zhelong Mountain. .
The big snake in the mural in front of you.
They have transcended the worldly realm.
Even the several great monsters recorded in the ancient mythology The Classic of Mountains and Seas are nothing more than this.
Faced with the looks of several people, Chen Yulou did not explain, but pointed to the mural at the end of the corridor.
"I think we have to look at it in conjunction with it." (End of Chapter)