Chapter 368: The Secret Map
"Don't move!"
"Don't come here!"
Ye Xun and I roared at the same time, but he couldn't stop me from rushing in quickly, and I couldn't stop him from opening the secret box.
When I rushed to Ye Xun's side, he had already pushed open the lid of the secret box, and there was only a folded strip of cloth and a half-amputated finger bone.
Before we could see what was on the cloth strip, Ye Xun's hands on the lid of the box instantly swollen, and the palms of the hands were swollen several times in a short moment, and the skin on the hands seemed to be coated with ink, dark and shiny.
"Are you poisoned?" I was about to pull out a knife to bleed Ye Xun's hands, but Ye Xun gritted his teeth and said, "Look at that cloth first, hurry up!"
After I was only stunned for a moment, I picked out the strip of cloth from the box and spread it out on the ground with a knife, and there was only one line of large characters written in blood on the strip of cloth: Fooled, right? You used Gu poison to trap the poor Dao, and the poor Dao also let you taste the taste of poison. My hearers are not easy to mess with.
It's over!
My heart was half chilled when I saw that line of bloodβthe edge of the man's pen was enough to see the hatred he felt when he cut off his fingers and left the book. The man was already mad with hatred, and there was no cure left behind.
Ye Xunzhong's poisonous ......
I only felt that my hands and feet were cold, but Ye Xun said, "You help me up, I want to put the secret box back." β
"What did you say? I ......" I want to say: Why don't you split the wooden box with a knife and put it back?
Ye Xun said undoubtedly: "Do as I say!"
"Okay!" I helped Ye Xun up unwillingly, and accompanied him solemnly to the stone pillar. Ye Xun put the wooden box back in place with both hands, took a step back, and bowed three times and nine times to the stone pillar with Taoist etiquette.
I was being angry with Ye Xun to death, but he stood up and looked around with his back against the stone pillar. It didn't take long for his gaze to fall on a pillar: "Wang Huan, you go and smash that pillar." Smash it with your hands, don't cut it with a knife. Don't ask me why, hurry up. β
I hurried towards the pillar, let out a tiger roar, and slammed my fists into the pillar.
Ye Xun was injured, Li Bingning was missing, we were trapped in the stone formation and had no way out, a sense of anger had been accumulating in my heart for a long time, this punch, half of it was to obey Ye Xun's orders, and the other half was to vent the anger in my heart. When the two fists wrapped in strength smashed on the stone pillar at the same time, blood flowers and stone chips flew into the air, but the stone pillar that was too wide and narrow exploded into a fracture.
I froze in place. I know very well how powerful my punch is, and the thick tree can't stop it, but I can't break the stone pillar.
Could it be that there was a fault in this pillar in the first place?
Ye Xun said urgently: "Don't be stunned, smash it." β
I threw my fist down again, and the pillar snapped, revealing a brass bracelet from the broken pillar.
"Pull it out! Hurry up!" Ye Xun's voice changed tone because he was too excited, and I didn't have time to hesitate anything, so I quickly grabbed the copper ring and dragged it out.
I didn't think the chain attached to the back of the brass ring would be too long, but who knew that it was pulled out half a meter away before reaching the end of the chain.
I was about to stop and take a look, but Ye Xun had already hurriedly urged: "Hurry up, don't stop, drag until the head!
I dragged the brass ring back step by step, and even the chain behind me was pulled longer and longer, until I pulled it three meters away, and then I retreated to the edge of the two stone pillars. Take two more steps back, and I will walk out of the space I am currently in and fall back into the Nine Palace Array.
If you go diagonally in a different direction and pull the chain, the distance in this space is still enough. Do I want to ......
Ye Xun probably saw my thoughts: "Drag it back, don't turn, believe me......"
I gritted my teeth and took a step back, and at last there was a soft "click" at the end of the chain, followed by the sound of the mechanism turning like a dragon turning over, rumbling in all directions under my feet.
Not long after, there was a loud sound of stone pillars breaking in the Nine Palace Array in the distance. When I subconsciously looked back over there, the sound of the stone pillar collapsing came one after another. There were stone pillars collapsing in every direction of the entire array, and the only thing that could be determined was that there was a roar everywhere.
I slowly looked at Ye Xun in shock, and the latter also sat on the ground leaning against the pillar as if his whole body was out of strength. I hurriedly rushed to Ye Xun's side: "What's wrong with you?"
"We're saved temporarily. Ye Xun wiped the sweat from his head and pointed behind his back, "Look at that pillar." β
I looked at the pillar blocked by Ye Xun and couldn't help but gasp. I don't know when the whole pillar revealed a honeycomb-like hole, and there was a poisonous needle hidden in each opening, once the mechanism was launched, even if we were not shot dead on the spot, we would be forced into the Nine Palace Array, and it would be difficult to figure it out at that time.
I couldn't help but ask, "How do you know there's a mechanism here?"
"I am the hearer of the earth...... It is the predecessor of this door, and the same name as the Tianshi Taoist, at that time, it was collectively called 'Tianshi and Earth Listening'. Ye Xun said, "When I saw his words, I knew that this was actually a test for his latecomers, and only the disciples of this sect could guess his intentions." β
Ye Xun said that at this time, he suddenly asked rhetorically: "How did you guess that there is another arrangement here?"
I said casually: "Isn't this simple? A person who can arrange such a large formation will never be a fool, even if he looks like a fool, he will not be really stupid, he will usually keep a hand, especially after discovering that the opponent's intentions are wrong, he will definitely find a way to fight back, even if he will die, he will have to leave a fatal hole for the opponent." β
I pointed ahead: "This loophole will definitely not be too far away, if he leaves the loophole in the core of the big array, it will be a waste of effort." I just got here by accident. β
"I thought you had something to do with the Tianshi Dao people...... Ye Xun muttered in a low voice before explaining, "The test of this sect to identify junior disciples is actually very simple, that is, junior disciples must believe that the senior masters will not harm their descendants no matter what time they come." β
"By the time I put the box down, the mechanism hidden in this pillar had already been activated, and if I couldn't find the mark on the note, it would be a dead end. β
Ye Xun pointed to the place where he had stood: "That is the only place that can delay the activation of the mechanism." I'm leaning against the stone pillar just to keep the mechanism from activating and to buy you time, and when you pull the trap bracelet, you'll be fine. Thanks to you, you listened to me and didn't go anywhere else. β
Ye Xun said it lightly, but I was scared out of a cold sweat.
The test of Ye Xun Sect seems simple, but in fact, it requires great trust to complete every step, no matter which step you hesitate in, you will die without a place to be buried.
If they were replaced by other probes, even if they knew the mystery in advance, they would never listen to the Taoist without reservation like Ye Xun.
I looked at Ye Xun's hands with palpitations: "Your poisonous ......"
"It's already good. Ye Xun raised his hand to reduce the swelling and said, "This door will not use poison, I have nothing to do." We ......"
While Ye Xun was talking, the stone pillar with the copper ring just now moved back two feet, revealing a closed hole in the ground. Ye Xun and I hurried over only to find that it was just a small burial chamber where Dao Sect masters were buried.
Judging from the posture of the immortal, he should have sat in the secret room by himself before his death, and left a real secret box in front of him.
After Ye Xun knelt on the ground and bowed three times and nine times, he carefully took out the secret box and opened a secret letter inside.
Although I was curious, I also knew that it was something from Ye Xun's master's sect, and I couldn't just peek at it, so I simply stepped aside and lit a cigarette and smoked it slowly. Before I finished one of my cigarettes, Ye Xun reactivated the mechanism and sealed the tomb, and burned the secret letter.
When I looked at Ye Xun inexplicably, he had already taken out six short knives in the shape of tiger claws from the secret box. Ye Xun stretched out his hand and pressed lightly on the handle of the knife, and the blade immediately changed from one to three, connecting into a hidden weapon that rotated clockwise in the shape of petals.
Ye Xun said: "This is the lost secret weapon of this sect - slash with the wind." This thing is not suitable for your use, so I won't give it to you. You can keep this cheats and practice when you are idle. β
I inexplicably took the cheats book, which was only two or three pages: "What is this?"
"Ear exercises. Listen to heaven and earth, you have practiced ear skills and have a foundation, and if you practice this set of kung fu, as long as you lie on the ground, you can hear people talking 100 meters away, which is very useful. β
Ye Xun didn't wait for me to open his mouth and said: "Don't shirk, I'm not suitable for practicing this set of supernatural powers, if you don't accept it, maybe this supernatural power will be lost." β
"Thank you then!" I didn't make much of a fuss with Ye Xun, and we didn't need this between us, "What's going on here?"
Ye Xun said: "According to the secret letter left by the Daoist of the earth, when he was traveling in the clouds, he once found that the demonic qi was overflowing here, and many wizards in Miaojiang were trying their best to suppress the demonic qi.
The earth listener volunteered to help Miao Jiang seal the demon, and the Miao Jiang wizard also agreed to his request, so the earth listener teamed up with several Taoist masters to build this Nine Palace Demon Sealing Array.
Just when the great array was about to be completed, he discovered Miao Jiang's secret. At that time, it was too late for him to remove the Great Array, because the Miao Jiang Gu Master had already controlled several Dao Sect masters, and those people changed the key links of the Great Array according to the requirements of the Miao Jiang Gu Master, turning the Demon Sealing Array into a Qi Gathering Array. β
I was shocked, "You mean, the Nine Palaces Sealing Demon Array is actually absorbing spiritual energy to nourish the demons that should have been sealed?"
"That's right!" Ye Xun nodded, "The Earth Hearing Daoist knew that he couldn't undo the situation on his own, so he made a move on the big array. β