After a long time, Xia Qingqing stretched out her arms and hugged the oily snake sunflower, who shook her tentacles and gently hugged Xia Qingqing, and slapped her back twice before reluctantly letting go of Xia Qingqing and pushing the coffin in front of her.

Xia Qingqing waved his hand to Snake Kui, and when she turned to walk in my direction, Snake Kui carefully put the coffin into the tentacle bush.

The moment the tentacles of the snake sunflower opened, I clearly saw another small nest surrounded by tentacles in the depths of the thorn-like flowers. It was where the snake sunflower had stored its coffin, even when it was almost out of shelter, and it had never moved to the nest.

I couldn't help frowning slightly, but I saw Snake Kui stretch out his tentacles again and handed a finger sealed box to Xia Qingqing's side. That should be Snake Kui's last gift to Xia Qingqing.

It wasn't until Xia Qingqing took the secret box that Snake Aoi closed it again.

As soon as I slid down the rope to Xia Qingqing's side, she asked, "Huanzi, do you have a way to make this place water accumulate again?" I don't want to watch Snake Kui being killed alive. ”

I glanced around the hall before I walked to the statue of the mermaid with its arms raised on the north side of the hall, and tentatively pressed the mermaid's arm, and it didn't take long for the mermaid's mouth to spew clear water, and I watched the water flow to the pool before saying, "That's it, it won't be long before this place will be filled with water again." ”

Xia Qingqing was just about to speak, I saw the tentacles of the snake sunflower coming through the air, I was shocked and reached out to grab the handle of the knife, but a delicate key turned out of the snake sunflower's tentacles.

Just now, Snake Aoi only gave Xia Qingqing the secret box, but didn't give her the key?

But there is no lock hole on the secret box, what can this key do?

Before I could react, Snake Aoi's tentacles were already pointing at the left eye of a mermaid statue - that was the real keyhole.

I gave Natsu a glance, and she followed Snake Aoi's instructions and inserted the key.

The merfolk statue slowly shifted out of place under the help of the key, giving us a staircase leading up the hill and leading me to a secret room with only one table.

The oil lamp that had been stored in the secret room for an unknown number of years could still be lit, but the stone table placed horizontally in the secret room was missing, and it looked like someone had deducted a foot square, an inch deep groove.

"This should be the place where the secret box is placed!" I said to Xia Qingqing, "You put the secret box on it and try it." ”

When Xia Qingqing placed the secret box in the middle of the stone table, the secret box began to slowly sink into the groove of the table, and the door of the secret room was locked.

According to the sinking speed of the secret box, it is estimated that it will be a long time before the mechanism is officially opened when the secret box is activated. A few of us simply stepped away from the distance, quietly waiting for the mechanism to kick in.

Xia Qingqing seemed to be unable to stand the silence in the secret room, and took the lead in breaking the silence: "Huanzi." How do you know that the dungeon holds secrets?"

"It can be seen from the frescoes. ”

I explained, "According to the description of the mural, the ancestors here prayed for the arrival of the nine-tailed fox, but the nine-tailed fox was not moved. Later, in order to show their sincerity, the ancestors built an extremely magnificent palace for the nine-tailed fox. In the process of building the palace by the ancestors, although the nine-tailed fox did not appear, it always hid nearby and watched everything. Eventually, it was moved by the sincerity of its ancestors, became their patron saint, and lived in the palace. ”

"Later, I don't know when, and I don't know why, someone gathered a large number of troops to attack the Nine-Tails Temple. That great battle ended in defeat for the attackers. ”

Su Zimo interrupted me and said, "Are the people who attacked the Nine-Tails Temple the aborigines here?"

"I don't know!" I shook my head, "because a large part of the murals are missing, the people who attacked the Nine-Tails Temple are wearing completely different costumes from the previous murals, and they look more elaborate. I can't tell where the men who attacked the Temple of the Nine-Tails came from. ”

At this point, I changed my words and said, "However, I suspect that the people who attacked the Nine-Tails Hall are the aborigines here. ”

"The third mural depicts the Black Fox guards escorting the captives towards the Valley of Oblivion, and I suspect that the Nine-Tailed Fox, as the winning side, did not slaughter the captives, but erased their memories entirely. ”

"The killing of captives was a common occurrence in ancient times, especially against the rebels. If the Nine-Tails Temple didn't have a certain affection for those captives, it would never show mercy to its subordinates. ”

I paused: "When I saw Su Zimo outside the gate of the water prison, I had a conjecture. The place we are in is not a water prison, or rather, it was not a cell at the beginning, it is the lower level of the Nine-Tails Hall. ”

I looked at Su Zimo between words, and the latter nodded and said, "After we entered the main hall from above, we found that there was an extremely large underground palace under the main hall, and the tunnel alone was enough to describe it in all directions. ”

"In order to find out the situation of the underground palace as soon as possible, Qin Baiyi divided us into four teams, and I was responsible for searching the East Road, and then I met you. ”

I nodded slightly, "It's about the same as I expected." ”

I continued: "The last part of the mural was completely destroyed, which is equivalent to destroying the most critical part, but according to the current state of the underground palace, it is estimated that the Nine-Tails Temple was still breached in the end. The destroyed murals probably account the process of the Fox Hall being breached. ”

Xia Qingqing hesitated: "Then what is the matter with the cave we entered, could it be that the people who attacked the fox hall opened a gap from there." ”

"If I'm not mistaken, this is supposed to be the place where the fox prisoners escaped. I said, "If I'm not mistaken, the cave was supposed to be a cave where foxes lived, and it wasn't until the dungeon was built that they abandoned it." ”

When I was in Tohoku, I heard about fox hunting. There is no animal nest more complex than a fox's nest, and the secret passages dug out by the fox lead in all directions, and there is no doubt about the degree of re-examination and the maze. Hunters never go to great lengths to dig a fox's nest.

When I said this, I couldn't help but show a sneer: "After the Fox Hall was breached, they imprisoned the fox captives in the underground palace where we are now. However, the fox clan quietly opened a gap behind the dungeon and fled into the cave where they once lived. ”

Su Zimo looked at me and said, "Your inference should be correct, but how can you conclude that there are other secrets hidden here." ”

I slowly analyzed: "According to the structure, this should be the place where the fox clan bathes, and it is the most unlikely place to defend or escape from danger. According to normal thinking, the fox people deliberately left murals here, just to show their despair, or to describe the process of the fox people's demise. ”

"With such a huge mural, it is impossible to wave it in one stroke, so the fox clan should have survived here for a long time. The fox people pay great attention to the inheritance of the group, and since they can leave murals, they will also leave other things. ”

Su Zimo frowned and said to himself: "Since the fox clan has found a way to get out, why do they want to leave the inheritance?"

I said again: "The biggest characteristic of the fox people is that they are suspicious, they never focus all their hopes on one point. In other words, the fox people are the ones who don't like gambling the most, and they always plan before they move. Moreover, there will be countless follow-ups. It's like this secret room. ”

Without waiting for Su Zimo to speak, I continued: "Maybe the people who attacked the fox clan at the beginning didn't expect that the fox clan would build such a secret room in the bathroom, right?"

While I was talking, the secret box that was placed on the table by Xia Qingli had completely sunk into the stone table, and the top of the secret box was just after the top of the table was together, and I heard the sound of keys inserting / entering the lock hole around the secret box at the same time.

The moment the lid of the box popped up, several dark blue beads rolled down the perimeter of the lid.

I cautiously picked up a ball that looked like a glass marble, and when I looked at the light, I couldn't help but gasp - what seemed to be a crystal clear orb was actually just a glass container, and the blue smoke hidden in the glass was like a dreamlike but dark surge of murder.

This stone table is the real key to the secret box, if we forcibly open the secret box, the glass marbles hidden inside will definitely be shattered by external forces, and we may have to die without a place to bury.

The venomous snake Aoi outside is not only the guardian of the fox clan's heritage, but also a guide, and no one can find the true secret of the fox clan without his guidance.

I looked at Xia Qingqing and nodded slightly, Xia Qingqing solemnly opened the secret box and turned out the sealed scroll hidden inside, where only a map was drawn, according to the mark on the map, its starting point was the secret room where we were.

Xia Qingqing spread the map on the stone table and said, "Huanzi, take a look, what is the place that the map is directing." ”

"I think it's the Forgotten Valley......" I roughly estimated, "I see!"

In fact, the first mural has already indicated the position of the nine-tailed fox, the priest in the painting should be facing the rising sun facing the east, and the Valley of Oblivion is also exactly to the east of the sea of stars, but the nine-tailed fox has taken the place of the sun, so I did not associate the nine-tailed fox with the sun.

I said in a deep voice: "It seems that the burial place of the first generation of nine-tailed foxes is in the Forgotten Valley. Look at the map, and according to the markings on the map, we should go to the dungeon. The passage that can safely enter the Valley of Oblivion is not outside the dungeon, but inside the dungeon. Prepare yourself and let's go. ”

"Where should we go?" Su Zimo pointed to the secret door of the secret room and said, "The way we came over was all sealed, and the door over there was not opened......

"The mystery is still in the secret box...... I reached out and picked up the lid of the secret box, and the bottom of the secret box really revealed a groove only the size of a thumb but inlaid with a hollow needle: "The fox clan inheritance attaches great importance to the bloodline, and the bloodline is the only key to unlock the secret realm mechanism, Xia Qingqing, come on!"

After Xia lightly pressed his finger to the needle, there was a sound of the mechanism turning around the secret room.