Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Underground Palace (I)
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Taking advantage of Yuan Shuai's lure of the dried corpse out of the basement, Xia Molei and the others hid safely, but after all, they couldn't hide here for a lifetime, and they could only take the opportunity to escape after the marching ants outside the palace retreated.
"Bang", there was a sound of space tearing, and Yuan Shuai instantly appeared in front of everyone, and Captain Yang and the others, who had long been accustomed to Yuan Shuai's unpredictable Taoist skills, still showed a look of shock in the face of Yuan Shuai's sudden appearance.
"God, Mr. Yuan, do you still accept disciples in Maoshan, I, Ah Jin, am willing to take refuge in Maoshan 'Gate' from now on!" Ah Jin pleaded with an 'excited' face.
"Well, this still depends on personal talent and chance, I see that you have a righteous 'color', it seems that you were born to be a soldier for a lifetime......" Yuan Shuai suddenly closed his mouth as he spoke, because he inadvertently noticed that an ominous black gas gradually emerged at Ah Jin's eyebrows, and this is the harbinger of death, and sometimes through a person's face, it can also clearly indicate his future changes.
Yuan Shuai frowned and looked at the others around him, only to see that an ominous omen of death had gradually begun to emerge in the depths of everyone's eyebrows, Yuan Shuai didn't know if there was also a death omen on his eyebrows, but judging from everyone's current situation, he must not be much better, does this also indicate that their next actions will end in the annihilation of the entire army?
"Brother Yuan, what are you thinking, is there something wrong again?" The girl's inquiry brought Yuan Shuai back to reality again, he was stunned for a moment, and then immediately disguised the uneasiness in his heart and said, "Haha it's nothing, it's just that I suddenly thought that we fled so embarrassedly, almost alarming the entire ancient city of Loulan, it seems that the Nangong Apostles hidden in the dark must have discovered our identity, and in this way, they will definitely find a way to sneak attack us by any means, so the next road will be more difficult and dangerous." ”
"I'm not afraid, as long as there is Brother Yuan, everything can pass smoothly. The girl said innocently to Yuan Shuai.
Yuan Shuai smiled and stroked the girl's head and said to Captain Yang beside him, "Since things have developed to this point, I'm sorry to drag everyone into danger, and now we are all grasshoppers tied together, so it is unwise to act separately." ”
"Well, you're right, we have to unite now to resist those enemies hidden in the shadows, and in this generation of weak 'meat' and strong food, we can only have a chance to get out of here alive by annihilating the other party in one fell swoop, so the people of our special squad will never back down. ”
Yuan Shuai nodded with satisfaction, he told everyone to hurry up and rest here, and he came to the huge relief mural alone, because from the first time he saw this relief mural, he felt as if there was a voice in the dark calling him.
"This huge relief mural seems to be thousands of years old, perhaps built when the Loulan Dynasty was at its peak. I don't know when Ah Jin, who has a hobby of archaeology, came to Yuan Shuai's side, looked at the relief mural and said thoughtfully.
"Perhaps, you see that the figure of the relief mural is very 'consistent' with the figure on the ancient 'jade' plate, this is a very ingenious wall mechanism, once the mechanism is opened, the hidden secret room tunnel will be opened. With that, Yuan Shuai looked at the dark underground tunnel in the corner of the basement. At this time, all the corpses guarding the tunnel had been led out by Yuan Shuai, and the narrow tunnel mouth was like a devil who was constantly smiling with his mouth open, waiting for Yuan Shuai and them to enter.
"Hey, Mr. Yuan, you see that on both sides of this relief mural, there are also text symbols left by ancient Loulan. ”
After Ah Jin said this, everyone couldn't take a break, and couldn't help but gather in front of the relief mural, Yuan Shuai asked Ah Jin, "Can you understand the content above?"
Ah Jin thought carefully for a while and said, "It seems that the words Bahatu royal family and the fire plague god are also mentioned above, judging from the mural, maybe that weird big bird is the flame plague god mentioned in the text, and it seems that there is also an ancient prophecy mentioned in it......"
"What is the ancient prophecy?"
Ah Jin looked at it for a long time before he spoke: "It says that the beast of calamity, which symbolizes flames, has been sleeping for ten thousand years, waiting for the day when it wakes up, and it will break through many dangers and kill something...... It's a little incomprehensible in the back. ”
"The beast of calamity, which symbolizes flames, has been sleeping for 10,000 years waiting for the day of awakening, stepping through many obstacles to kill the spirit of guardians, and smearing the blood of the guardian on the key to open the big 'door' to the beast of calamity, and only those who are destined to hold the token of the god of fire can make it surrender......" Yuan Shuai couldn't help but blurt out.
Shocked, everyone couldn't help but look at Yuan Shuai in surprise again, and Yuan Shuai also realized that he had said the ancient prophecy without thinking, as if he had heard this language in his sleep as early as when he entered the desert.
"Well, don't look at me like that, my face will turn red...... Ahem, sorry, I don't know why I remember this, I feel like there's a voice in the dark that keeps pulling me here, and I seem to be dreaming of a scene full of underground lava and that ancient prophecy in my sleep. Yuan Shuai said truthfully.
Anyway, this magical and bizarre prophecy shrouded Yuan Shuai in a strange 'color' like a mystery for their next trip, after resting, Yuan Shuai and his party began to walk towards the open underground tunnel, they didn't know where the road ahead led, but the enemy was in the dark, and Yuan Shuai and the others couldn't sit still and wait for death.
Yuan Shuai held the gossip mirror in one hand and walked cautiously in front with the bloodwood sword in the other, and the two captains Sun Yan and Yang cautiously watched the situation behind them and the surrounding area, and walked along the underground tunnel for about a quarter of an hour, and suddenly two forks in the road appeared in front of them, one left and one right, and the roads in two different directions suddenly made Yuan Shuai and others difficult.
According to what they said before, they must not act separately and alone, and it is very likely that the Nangong Apostles and they are hiding in a dark corner waiting for an opportunity to sneak attack them, so Yuan Shuai stopped and cast the Five Ghost Path Talisman to reconnoiter the situation ahead.
The five golden lights were divided into two groups and flew quickly towards the two tunnels on the left and right, and I don't know how long it took for Yuan Shuai to faintly hear a sound at the end of the tunnel on the right, Yuan Shuai guessed that it must be a hint from the five ghost opening talismans.
"Let's go to the right side!" After saying that, Yuan Shuai took the lead and walked towards the tunnel on the right, but after a long time, he saw a 'woman' wearing a red 'color' robe come out of the tunnel on the left, she was the fox girl sent by Nangong Xing to monitor and lure Yuan Shuai and others to the dungeon.
"Don't rely too much on the power of spells, they tend to lead you to another path of no return. Then Kitsune held two golden lights in her hands and disappeared without a trace......
Yuan Shuai, who continued to advance along the tunnel on the right, found that the road under their feet seemed to be extending downward little by little, although the amplitude was not very large, but it was indeed walking downward. After walking for more than half an hour, Yuan Shuai and their eyes suddenly opened up, and it turned out that they had come to a magnificent underground palace at some point.
However, to their surprise, the architectural style of the palace in front of them was not at all different from the Loulan building in the Western Regions on the ground, full of ancient and magnificent underground palaces of the Warring States period, rows of stone figurines holding blades were neatly aligned, and the solemn and murderous atmosphere instantly brought Yuan Shuai and others back to the Warring States era when war-torn princes rose together.
"How could this be, there is an even more ancient underground palace hidden under the ruins of the ancient city of Loulan, is it my 'dazzle' or the illusion cast by the enemy!" Sun Yan 'rubbed' his eyes in disbelief and said in surprise.
"Senior Brother Sun, this is not an illusion, it seems that there are indeed many incredible mysteries hidden here, but let's not take it lightly, because maybe this is the real hiding place of the Nangong Apostle. ”
As soon as Yuan Shuai's words fell, he only heard a crisp applause from the deepest part of the palace, and looked up the stairs, only to see a seventy-year-old man in a wheelchair appear in the center of the palace, maybe others would be a little surprised, but Yuan Shuai knew the true identity of this old man, he was the old man named Nangong Fu who snatched the Chiyan Pearl with Nangong Xing.
And Nangong Fu's appearance has fully shown that they have made sufficient preparations for the appearance of Yuan Shuai and others, which means that Yuan Shuai and they have gradually been in a passive position.
"Sure enough, he is a promising young man who is regarded as a thorn in the flesh in the eyes of the senior brothers, and he has the ability to chase him here, and I actually heard the senior brothers mention you along the way, it is said that you have sabotaged our Nangong Apostle several actions, especially Nangong Hao and Xing, the two senior brothers, are even more 'favored' for you, and they can't wait to break your body into pieces. ”
"Hehe, yes, then thank you Nangong Hao and Nangong Xing's two old friends for me, and please convey my most sincere thanks to them for me, in fact, I also 'miss' them very much, especially the prison in the back mountain of this sect has also been prepared for them, I think you Maoshan cultists are probably the most suitable to stay there." ”
Nangong Fu smiled, and was not angry because of Yuan Shuai's words, he sat in a wheelchair and looked down at Yuan Shuai and the others under the steps, "It seems that you seem to be determined to kill our Nangong Apostle, but unfortunately in the end, who will catch who is not certain, okay, let my subordinates play with you first, I hope you don't die here so easily, because there is still a good show waiting for you......" Saying that, Nangong Fu's figure slowly disappeared, and it turned out that everything just now was just a projected image......
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