Chapter 223: The Second Offering
"This cave won't collapse, will it?"
I shouted. Unexpectedly, something strange happened, the whole cave shook for a moment but then slowly stopped, and then the trembling spasms of the big snake did not cause the cave to shake again.
It was as if the black serpent was not real, but just a phantom.
The black snake was injured and retreated, and at this time Zhou Guobang's voice could no longer be heard, and could only see the flashlight light that lit up from the darkness from time to time, and a few of us quickly followed. The big black snake that followed this fast retreat went deeper into the cave, the whole cave had to be dozens of meters deep, and after reaching the innermost, the whole cave suddenly opened up, looking ahead, the cave was like a flask, the entrance was narrow, but the inside was very huge.
I really didn't think anyone would build such a strange space in Taibai Mountain.
The black snake rolled in the clearing, and Zhou Guobang jumped down from the sky and stood in front of us, looking a little tired, but I saw that there was not a trace of blood on his bronze sword.
"How can there be no blood?"
I wondered in my heart.
"That's the phantom summoned by the Spirit Summoning Method!"
Zhou Guobang took a long breath and said with a frown, Hearing this, several of us were stunned.
Ding Wu hurriedly asked, "Big brother, you said that this black snake is not real?"
"Well, damn it, this black snake was summoned by the Spirit Summoning Method, and it is an illusory shadow. It looks fierce and doesn't really work. However, the caster is a bit clever, and the phantom summoned is very similar to the entity, so I didn't notice it when I first made the move. But this thing has no blood on it, and it only looks fierce on the outside, but it doesn't hurt us in the slightest!"
He raised the bronze sword in his hand, and at this time, Ding Wu and the others, who only found that there was no blood on the bronze sword, immediately showed a suddenly realized expression.
The black serpent struggled and writhed back and forth in the clearing, and after a long time it gradually stopped, and finally stopped moving. After another ten minutes or so, his entire body slowly vanished.
"Missing ......"
Ding Wu said in surprise.
At this moment I was looking at the inside of the cave, which was obviously excavated by hand, and the walls around it were flat and smooth, and I took a flashlight at it, and I could find some strange frescoes. In the center of the clearing is a pagoda made of strange stones. But the pagoda is not high, it is only three floors, I am far away, and I can't see clearly.
After the black snake disappeared, Zhou Guobang looked around, and then said, "Ba Xiaoshan, you and I go up to check the pagoda." ”
This guy wants to treat me as cannon fodder, and he doesn't worry about me, thinking that I might do something when I go to inspect the pagoda alone, so I have to follow up by myself. I nodded indifferently and walked forward, the shape of this pagoda is a bit like a building in the Han Dynasty, although it is not high and only three floors, but the tower body is out of the eaves at each level, and the bucket arches are placed under the eaves. The total height is about six meters, and each floor has three doors of about two meters, and there are stone pillars erected in front of the doors, but the stone pillars are not coiled white snakes, but some scriptures are engraved. However, it is written in a script that I can't understand, so I don't think it was established by the Han people.
Looking inside, there are swinging stairs in the tower, and the center of the tower runs through the entire pagoda, straight and integrated.
"Let's go, go in and have a look. ”
Zhou Guobang urged me to go inside, I bypassed the stone pillar, and walked into the first floor, the inside of the pagoda is not very spacious, it is enough to stand for three or four people, the bricks are very old, I stepped on it but it still feels very strong. Zhou Guobang took out some rune paper and shook it back and forth, and then said: "The inside is clean, and there is no trace of Yin Qi ghosts lingering. ”
I nodded, there are many strange scriptures carved on the inner wall of the pagoda, and if you look closely, you will find that these scriptures are basically all the same as the stone pillars outside, but the carvings are very neat, and there is still red paint in some places, which should have been painted at that time.
"Let's go, go up and have a look. ”
He took me to the top of the pagoda, the second floor was basically the same as the first floor, and there was nothing special to discover, but when I went up to the third floor, I finally had a harvest!
In the middle of the third floor there is an offering table, on which is placed a basin of water, the water is black, except for the spells written around the basin, the whole arrangement is exactly the same as the altar we found on the mountain.
It's safe to say that this is a man's doing!
"It seems that someone arrived here one step ahead of us, and in order to prevent outsiders from coming in, he deliberately summoned the spirit of the big black serpent to scare off the people outside. ”
I spoke.
Zhou Guobang nodded, stretched out his hand to a little water surface, only to see the ripples tremble slightly, and then a snake shadow on the water surface dissipated, and the water surface seemed to drop a little in an instant.
"When I broke the game, I told the caster that I was in. ”
Zhou Guobang opened his mouth and said.
I nodded, and was about to look for clues in the corner after bypassing the offering table, but at this moment, my eyes unexpectedly saw a small square hole directly below the offering table! I should have been right, but I didn't show my voice, stared at the small hole carefully for a few moments, and then turned my gaze to other places.
I'm familiar with that little hole, because I've seen the exact same one in Xuanming Temple before!
It was the corpse witch who forced me to the huge stone plate, and it was on it that I got the box. But now this small hole in front of me is empty, as if it is just the right size to fit my Qiankun box!
Could it be that this also has something to do with Zhongtianmen? The Qiankun box itself has a huge secret, and I haven't found the skin so far, so I can't say that this is the clue.
"Did you find anything?"
Zhou Guobang asked.
I shook my head and said, "No, where are you?"
"No, but I think these verses here should be clues, which don't look like ancient Chinese, but more like Sanskrit. And judging from the remnants of the red lacquer, these verses seem to have been engraved later. ”
Zhou Guobang's words made me stunned.
"What do you mean?"
I asked curiously.
"I mean, these verses, it looks like somebody came in later and left these verses in this pagoda, that is, they weren't left with the pagoda. ”
This is a bold guess and an astonishing discovery, which means that more than one group of people before us discovered this pagoda.
"Well, let's go out first, we've already discovered this place anyway. You can find it slowly, but the top priority is to catch the snake in the moon, there are many ancient ruins like this in China, so leave it to those who are interested to study. ”
After saying that, he turned around and walked out, I didn't dare to stop, but I kept thinking about the small hole in my heart. Prepare to sneak back at night if you have the chance, and put down the Qiankun box in the small hole to give it a try.
But my plan still didn't succeed, I was still counting on being able to yin him, but I didn't expect Zhou Guobang's ability to be quite strong, and his subordinates are also a group of tiger generals, which is not easy to do.
After going out, he followed the people out, and when he reached the outside of the cave, he didn't expect a hunter to come up and say, "A few masters, our village chief wants to see you." ”
When I entered the village committee, I saw Lingqian sitting in the office, drinking tea and looking up at me and winking, then slapped the table and shouted: "Ba Xiaoshan, you dare to betray us!"
This is the backup plan we have promised, if I fail to succeed in yin Zhou Guobang and them, we will delay a little longer and wait for a better opportunity. At the same time show that we are completely broken!
"Huh. ”
I sneered and didn't say much, Zhou Guobang took people to watch the play next to me.
"Everyone is out to eat, why bother?"
I shrugged my shoulders and said.
Lingqian closed her mouth with a cold face and didn't speak, and sat next to her with her legs crossed.
Zhou Guobang stepped forward at this time and said to the village chief: "Village chief, what are you looking for us?"
The village chief hurriedly nodded and said, "Just now, someone sent a message to me, saying that he wanted to show you. I brought it with me......"
The speaker took out an envelope, and when he opened it, there was a note written with a brush, and the handwriting was quite beautiful.
"The snake in the moon is a fairy thing, don't move, don't cause death. ”
This man threatens us nakedly, and the only line he writes already reveals a strong murderous intent.
"Who could it be?"
I asked curiously.
"I found it at the door of my house, and I didn't see anyone, and as soon as I saw that the envelope was written for you, I immediately brought it. ”
The village chief hurriedly said that he had nothing to do with this matter, and picked himself clean. “