Stone bridge, underground river, Qianjin gate.
See these.
Chen Yulou basically has a good idea.
Further forward, there is the real Queen’s Spiritual Palace and the Ghost Cave.
At this point, the great horror has gradually revealed the tip of the iceberg.
Whether it is Jingjian Agama or Snake Mother, they are just appetizers.
"The shopkeeper."
"The boss."
I saw two people walking out of the darkness behind them.
The group of people by the dark river looked sideways. Chen Yulou waved his hand casually and walked straight to the Partridge Post and the others.
Oona followed closely behind.
Calm has been restored by now.
With the night covering her body and the black scarf on her face, no one noticed anything unusual about her.
"What's the current situation?"
See this.
Chen Yulou nodded secretly.
Then he raised his hand and pointed to a few floating lights on the stone bridge in the distance, and asked thoughtfully.
Those are not will-o'-the-wisps.
Not even the giant black snake eyes.
It’s the guy who took the risk first and went to explore the road.
There were about three or four people, connected from front to back, with guns loaded and swords unsheathed, fully demonstrating the caution and experience of Lao Jianghu.
“This is all I can see for now.”
Partridge Whistle shook his head.
They had only arrived a few minutes ago.
The raging underground river and the ancient buildings on the cliff were completely beyond their expectations, and they were still in extreme shock.
Coupled with the investigation of dangers.
After confirmation.
Only then can we find time to send people to explore the road.
Speaking of this, Partridge Whistle thought of something again and added.
“By the way, Brother Chen, we just found several stone temples deep in the tunnel, both on the left and right sides.”
Hearing this, Chen Yulou couldn't help but have a flash of surprise in his eyes.
"Stone Palace?"
"Yes."
Partridge Whistle nodded.
"To be precise, it should be a stone prison...or a burial pit."
"There are four buildings in total, built deep in the cracks on both sides of the cliff. We went in and took a look. The ground was full of bones. There were injuries from swords and axes on the body, and there were signs of being tied up on the hands and feet."
" They must be either criminals or prisoners of war.”
“Are there any other discoveries?”
Hear his description.
Chen Yulou understood immediately.
That was clearly blood food used to sacrifice the snake god.
This is what they saw in the murals on the ceiling brick corridor.
Kill prisoners to sacrifice to gods.
The bones in the stone hall of the palace are slaves who were killed in advance.
However, the disaster came too suddenly. The ancient country of Jingjue collapsed overnight and was covered by the vast yellow sand. The slaves imprisoned there were left unattended and trapped to death.
He always felt like he missed something before.
Now I finally understand.
It is the four missing stone prisons.
Unexpectedly, they discovered it in advance.
"Other than that there are some scattered weapons and artifacts, as well as ancient ghost cave inscriptions."
It was almost the same as Chen Yulou expected.
He stopped asking any more questions.
“Shopkeeper Chen, this should be the Zidu Underwater River, right?”
Seeing that the two had finished chatting, Yang Fang on the side finally had the opportunity to ask, pointing to the turbulent river in front of him asked the rushing river.
“You can’t be wrong.”
"There are 100,000 people in the ancient city of Jingjue. If it weren't for this underground river, it would be difficult to survive, let alone raising armies every year."
Chen Yulou nodded.
The river here is many times larger than the water under the ancient well in Gumozhou.
And Gumo is known as the most important town in Qiuci Protectorate.
You can imagine how amazing the ancient city of Jingjue was when it was at its most prosperous.
"Here we are..."
While speaking.
The old foreigner suddenly reminded him.
“What’s coming?”
“Guys crossing the bridge.”
After hearing this, several people stopped talking and turned around to look into the distance.
Across the Zidu Dark River, the cave shrouded in darkness fell into a deathly silence, especially the mist floating on the river, as if it could be scooped up with one hand.
Those lights have crossed the stone bridge.
We arrived at the thousand-pound gate.
A few people stood in the distance, seeming to be studying something.
“The more we look at it, the more it looks like a city gate.”
“It’s almost as good as the main gate of Jiayuguan.”
Jiayu Pass serves as a pass that isolates the northwest and the western regions.
For a long time in history, it has been known as the most powerful pass in the world.
That gate has made countless soldiers sleep in the middle of the night with the shouts of warriors ringing in their ears. It has also made countless poets in later generations dream about it. They read the sword while drunk and wrote. Splashed ink and wrote thousands of poems.
That day, they rode horses through the vast desert sands of the Gobi Desert.
The moment I saw the ancient city rising from the horizon.
No matter how many words are used to describe the shock it brings, it will feel pale and ineffectual.
Further on, after entering the Western Regions, no matter Kunmo, Dihua, Shule, Xiye, or Gumo, they are not as majestic as one percent of Jiayuguan.
So, the group of people never thought about it again.
There will be another ancient city that can surpass Jiayuguan.
But now... looking at the stone door that was several feet high, leaning against the sky and shaped like a cliff, their inner persistence became shaken for the first time.
“Damn it, the emperor and I live in this place, right?”
“It’s so fucking scary, I even wonder whether behind this door is the Hades or Hades?”
“Isn’t it said that the Ghost Cave Man is a monster crawling out from under the ground? Could it be that he came out from behind this door?”
"Hey, don't say it yet, it's really not impossible."
"Stop saying it, the more you say it, the more you'll see through it."
There is light shining on it.
The stone gate embedded in the cliff has become increasingly clear.
Everyone by the river couldn't help but exclaimed.
Especially when the few people standing under the stone gate were made to look like ants, the contrast was even more intense.
"Senior brother, it's not really possible behind the door..."
The old foreigner pondered for a moment, then suddenly lowered his voice and asked.
Silent all the way, until this moment, the pent-up emotions in his heart finally couldn't be suppressed.
Although the words are only half said.
But as a senior brother, how could Partridge Whistle not understand what he meant.
A ghost cave?
He is actually asking himself.
As members of the Zagrama clan, they have known one thing since they had memories.
The source of all pain.
It's that ghost cave that cannot be spoken of.
Now, after half a lifetime and going through countless hardships, are we finally going to face it head-on like our ancestors thousands of years ago?
But nothing is decided yet.
Even he didn't dare to confirm.
After a slight hesitation, Partridge Whistle turned around and looked at the old foreigner's eager, uneasy, restless and complicated eyes in the darkness, and finally shook his head.
"Don't worry."
"After the door is opened, everything will settle naturally..."
Soothingly.
But the sentence is not finished yet.
A shrill scream suddenly came from my ears.
Partridge Whistle's heart suddenly sank, and without caring about anything else, he quickly turned around and looked up.
Across the underground river, under the stone gate.
The fire that was still floating in one place has spread in all directions.
One of them even fell to the ground.
Glass covers were scattered on the ground, and in the sporadic firelight, a waiter was half-kneeling on the ground, covering his neck with his hands, his eyes bulging, veins on his forehead, and his face full of pain,
Not far in front of him.
A black snake that was two to three feet long was hovering between the cliffs with its head held high.
The sarcoma-like eyes on the top of the head shot out a cold light.
It was obviously bitten by a black snake.
“It’s broken.”
"Weren't they all killed? Why is there still that ghost thing?"
"It seems to be Lao Qi. He was bitten."
"How could it be? He clearly wiped it before going over. It contains realgar and disinfectant."
In the blink of an eye.
The boy named Lao Qi had turbid and dark blood seeping out from his facial features and seven orifices.
Just like a clay statue that was soaked through.
The yellow mud water is constantly flowing. He was kneeling on the ground, suffering inhuman pain. His face was distorted, his body was struggling, and he let out an unusual wailing scream from his throat.
Echoing around the deathly silent cave.
Everyone by the river looked shocked.
"There are some here too."
"Don't follow me, snakes, they are all snakes."
"Back away!"
Waiting for everyone to react, look around The few people who dispersed seemed to have encountered a group of snakes, and they kept waving the lights in their hands in an attempt to drive them away.
And under the stone gate on the other side.
Lao Qi, who was kneeling on the ground, had ulcers all over his body. Wherever the smelly blood passed, his flesh and blood melted rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
It takes almost an instant.
The wails even echoed around.
The others have turned into a pool of blood.
“Brother, old foreigner, give me the bow.”
Chen Yulou frowned.
Although I knew that this trip was dangerous, I had already expected that someone would die.
But when he actually saw those figures who had been accompanying him for many years, dying in front of him, he could not suppress the overwhelming anger and murderous intent.
Damn it!
Obviously even the snake mother has been strangled.
Why are there black snakes hiding in the snake cave?
“Okay!”
Hearing this.
Without a second thought, the old foreigner passed forward the Jiao Shooting Bow in his hand.
Taking it in his hand, Chen Yulou jumped out and landed on the stone pier at the head of the bridge like chasing the stars and chasing the moon.
Buzz!
Click the string with your fingers and pull gently.
You can hardly see how hard he exerts himself.
The dragon bow, which weighed dozens of stones, buzzed loudly, and its strings were like the full moon.
"This..."
This was the first time the old foreigner had seen him use a bow.
The pupils suddenly dilated.
The eyebrows were filled with shock.
He knows the strength of this bow better than anyone else. Even if it is as strong as Kunlun, if he wants to pull it to the point of the full moon, he will definitely not be able to do it so easily and casually.
However.
The next moment.
A scene that made him even more amazed appeared.
I saw Chen Yulou holding a big bow, and suddenly let go. From the empty bow, a wisp of invisible energy suddenly shot out. While it was still in the air, it condensed into flames all over the sky.
"Spiritual energy turns into fire."
Partridge Whistle's heart moved.
That day when he was enlightened outside the huge coffin in Pingshan, he had seen the Qingchi Immortal perform such secret techniques when he entered the illusion.
At your fingertips.
Aura changes at will, reverses yin and yang, and derives the five elements.
Unexpectedly, he saw the same situation with Chen Yulou now.
“Golden elixir realm.”
"It can't be wrong."
At this moment, there seemed to be voices shouting in his ears.
There may have been surprises before.
But after seeing this scene, Partridge Whistle no longer had any doubts.
It is absolutely impossible to achieve this step by relying on the foundation building realm alone.
Wow——
An arrow shot out.
The dark cave was instantly illuminated by fire and rain.
Boom!
A wisp of spiritual fire fell, landing on the eerie black snake with its head held high. The energy exploded, and the terrifying spiritual energy contained in the rain of fire instantly exploded it into a pile of debris.
at the same time.
Scenes like this keep happening all over the cave.
A rumble of explosions resounded.
Black snakes are afraid of the sun, and even ordinary flames are enough to burn them to death.
Not to mention...
It's Danhuo!
The method of cultivating immortals is slightly different from that of Taoism.
Here’s the difference.
Collect the essence of the sun and moon to refine the energy, cast the cauldron and refine the furnace fire, and then condense the golden elixir in the third realm.
Elixir fire arises by itself.
Gather gas to smelt gold elixir.
Although it is not as good as Luofu's Phoenix Fire, it is easy to kill a few black snakes.
What's more, thunder and fire are the most restrained things in the world.
Wherever the fire rain passed, the black snake was melted or even vaporized almost instantly.
A few guys also noticed something.
Looking back, they realized that those strange snakes that were deadly to them and took their lives at will were actually unable to fight back at this moment.
One after another they were buried in the fire and rain.
"It's the boss!"
"The shopkeeper has taken action!"
Half a minute ago, their group was still in shock, but now their faces were full of surprise.
The feeling of walking outside the gates of hell.
I really don’t want to experience it a second time.
"It's a pity that Old Seventh..."
Someone looked in the direction of the stone gate.
Lao Qi, who came with them, has completely disappeared, leaving only a pool of blood.
"Now is not the time to be sentimental."
"Light the fire...open the way!"
Seeing that the atmosphere suddenly turned gloomy and silent, a firm voice suddenly sounded.
Significantly, it was Xiao Qian who had made the first achievement in the Tianzhuan Corridor. He had experienced it before, and now he was obviously much calmer than the others.
Take a deep breath.
He took off the backpack behind him, took out the torches, lit them one by one, and inserted them into the gaps in the surrounding stone walls.
He thought clearly.
Wealth is something that comes from danger.
What's more, once you get into a fight, you can't control your life or death. Life is like a piece of grass these days. If you can risk your life to gain a rich future, it's worth it.
“Do it!”
See it.
The remaining few people reacted one after another.
Ignore any sentimentality, take down the torch and light it along the way.
Soon the dark cave was illuminated by fire and became as bright as day.
In the steep cliff, everything around is completely revealed. There are obvious traces of man-made holes around the stone gate. Two giant stone statues guard one on the left and one on the right.
Numerous incised reliefs can also be seen faintly on the stone gate.
Nothing more than the sun, moon, stars, black mountains and underground rivers, and all kinds of eyes.
As for the iron chain outside the gate, several people tried to push it. Unfortunately, the iron chain had been embroidered to death for thousands of years. No matter how hard they tried, they could not move it at all.
The stone gate is perfectly fitted.
There is no way to enter at all.
"It probably has to fall on those two armored beasts..."
Xiu Qian thought about it for a while.
I wiped the sweat from my forehead with my backhand and stood up to invite the chief executive.
But just turned around.
Then they saw a figure, who had appeared behind them at some point, looking at the stone gate thoughtfully.
"The boss...the boss?"
Xiao Qian was startled and hurriedly cupped his fists in greeting.
Seeing this, the others also came to their senses.
“Well done.”
“When you get out, I will ask the kidnapper to record your merits for you.”
Chen Yulou shook his head and looked at the people in front of him with admiration. When he was crossing the bridge just now, everyone's actions were all caught in his sight.
Being able to do this between life and death.
It has been extremely difficult.
“Thank you, Chief!”
Hearing this, the group felt their hearts beating wildly, and their eyes were full of joy.
Chen Yulou didn't care either.
Just turned around and walked towards the stone statue on the cliff next to the door.
To be precise.
It is in the shadow behind the stone statue.
“Go and see.”
Nodding towards the stone statue, Chen Yulou calmly ordered.
When he glanced just now, he faintly noticed something strange.
Now that I take a closer look, that feeling becomes even stronger.
Among them, Xiao Qian was the most skilled, and he had just received the promise from the boss. When he was excited, he hesitated. He took a deep breath, took a few steps back, and then rushed forward.
Stepping on the cliff, the whole person jumped up.
In the blink of an eye, he landed at the crack behind the stone statue.
Hold up the wind lantern and shine.
"The shopkeeper is a dead man!" (End of Chapter)