Chapter 17 The Ancient Tomb of Yaoshan
Tianlong Temple, Mountain Gate (200 years ago):
Although Hua Xia is not diligent in practicing spells on weekdays, and his cultivation is only mediocre, but he specializes in other places, which cannot be underestimated, and God knows how many new things he has created that no one knows. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info on the Tao, on the law, Hua Xia is second to none, but when it comes to actual combat, untested, it is not easy to assert.
Hua Zhong didn't believe that his brother would die so easily at the hands of a monster, maybe it was just his own wishful thinking. The elders had roughly restored what had happened, and Hua Zhong knew in his heart that if he was present at the time, there was no guarantee that he would be able to escape. It's just that he will never let things develop to this point.
Waiting day after day, perhaps, is futile.
As usual, the mountain gate was about to close, and it was still empty outside.
"You still can't accept it in your heart, why don't I ......"
Hua Zhong turned his head sideways, and saw that it was Shizun Lingxi, and hurriedly saluted: "Master! ”
"If I wanted to come back, I would have come back a long time ago." Lingxi pressed Hua Zhong's shoulder, "No matter if he is alive or not, where he is, there will be a reason, and it is useless to wait." ”
"I understand...... Disciple has made you worry! ”
"Go back and cheer up. You have to walk for him in the future. ”
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Yaoshan sinkhole, cave group:
The weakest point of the rock wall began to crumble. At this moment, the torch was extinguished again. The sudden darkness made all three of them uneasy.
"Damn it!" Yuan Xing wanted to make torches again, but the fire fold couldn't be lit.
The flying cat in Su Wuqian's arms was also frightened and broke free from the ground, screaming at the feet of the three of them.
Jiang Feng searched for the sound and touched the flying cat cub and put it in a cloth bag. And Jiang Feng's position was closest to the crack, so he found a faint light inside the crack.
"There is light!" Jiang Feng leaned close to the crack, trying to see where the light was coming from. Just when Jiang Feng squinted his eyes and peeked through the cracks, the light disappeared again. "Huh...... What does it taste like? It smells terrible! ”
"No...... Don't go near there! Su Wuqian warned herself, but her body was stiff and motionless.
Jiang Feng realized that the light did not disappear, but was blocked by something. He shrunk his neck, but the slightest gesture of evasion would not have prevented the impending crisis.
The crack in the stone wall was stretched out by something, and a black hand stretched out from it and grabbed Jiang Feng violently. The child instinctively turned his head to the side, but the ponytail swinging in the air was still caught by the other party.
The black hand quickly retreated, and Jiang Feng's braid was also pulled into the crack, causing the back of the child's head to hit the stone wall. Jiang Feng was in pain, and snorted: "Uh! ”
"Save that kid!"
Yuan Xing tore off the scraps of the cloth strip on the Eight Desolations Sword and hurriedly swung his sword at the top of the stone wall. On weekdays, Yuan Xing relies on spiritual power to cast spells, and rarely uses brute force. At this time, Yuan Xing concentrated his strength on the end of the sword and struck violently against the stone wall.
"Heaven and earth collapse!"
There was a loud bang, and the entire stone wall broke in response. At the same time, a faint light instantly filled the space, driving away the darkness and changing the tone of the cave. However, the huge tremor shook the stalactites on the roof of the cave, and the stone pillars on the head kept falling.
Jiang Feng was dragged into the opposite passage by a black human body. Yuan Xing pushed Su Wuqian and jumped into the passage together.
With the light, Yuan Xing could see clearly that it was a human-like monster that attacked Jiang Feng. There is no hair on his body, his body is shriveled, his complexion is charred, and his eyes are sunken in the dark.
"How can there be zombies here!?"
Seeing the zombie tearing his not sharp teeth, ready to bite Jiang Feng. Yuan Xing raised his foot and kicked at the zombie's jaw, and as it retreated, he swung his sword and slashed at the zombie's arm.
The Ancient Sword Eight Desolations specialized in overcoming such evil things, but they only cut into half of it, and they were stuck in their arms. Yuan Xing was bent on saving people and didn't spare any strength, but he didn't expect that the skin and bones of this zombie would be so hard.
The zombie's attack was not thwarted, it guarded its territory like a beast protecting its food, and swung a heavy blow at Yuan Xing with its hard arm. Yuan Xing drew his sword to block, and at the moment of the exchange, his feet were off the ground, and his body was directly knocked out.
At the same time, Su Wuqian gritted her teeth, took out a dagger from her arms, and rushed to help. The zombie's teeth were not sharp, but its claws were extremely sharp, and it waved its arms in the air again at Su Wuqian, who was running, trying to stop the woman from approaching.
Su Wuqian knew that she couldn't fight head-on, so she jumped up with one foot, stepped on the stone wall of the passage with the other foot, and turned her body three hundred and sixty degrees, flying diagonally above the zombie's claws.
However, people have been left with knives.
"Jiang Feng! Pick it up! ”
Su Wuqian threw the dagger in his hand at Jiang Feng when she flipped over. On the cliff of the sinkhole, Su Wuqian had seen the child's skills and courage.
Although Jiang Feng is young, he is by no means a person who is tied up. After being dragged to the ground by the zombie, he grabbed the zombie's wrist with both hands. Looking at the flying dagger, the child lifted his feet and caught the sharp blade in the air. Alternating hands and feet, Jiang Feng cut off his ponytail, and a frenzied hard hair fell on his shoulders.
The child was lying on the ground at the moment, but his movements did not stop. He raised his hands above his shoulders and thrust his legs and feet to the ground, rising upside down in reverse. Flex your body and kick hard towards the zombie's abdomen.
Su Wuqian had just turned over and landed behind when she saw the zombie falling backwards.
"Stinky boy! I saved you! How did you kick the zombies here for me! ”
"Ahh I just want to push it farther! I'm sorry Sister Sue! I'm here to save you! ”
The zombie turned as it retreated, its hands sweeping behind it. Su Wuqian rolled on the spot and dodged from the side. As soon as the woman left, Yuan Xing immediately stepped on top and slammed the zombie against the wall with his body. But the zombie is infinitely powerful, and as soon as he stepped on it, his body shook and bounced Yuan Xing away again.
Jiang Feng, who was out of trouble, held the dagger in his backhand and sprinted from behind. At a distance of three steps, the three stages of the legs accelerated with force, and it was one step faster. He used the dagger as a spear blade, trying to plunge into the zombie's body. But the zombie's skin and bones were like a copper wall and iron sheet, and the sharp blade broke in the back of the zombie, and the force of the recoil shattered Jiang Feng's tiger's mouth.
The child was also stunned, and in the face of the approaching zombies, he instinctively retreated.
Yuan Xing roared and rushed at the zombies: "Hey! Come at me! ”
The monster seemed to accept the provocation, and suddenly turned back to confront Yuan Xing.
Yuan Xing did his best to stab the Eight Desolation Sword into the heart of the zombie. He does not seek to penetrate, but only to retreat.
"Jiang Feng, get out of the way!"
The monster lost its center of gravity for a while under the impact of Yuan Xing, and was pushed out of the passage. At this time, the stalactite pillar on the outside collapsed, just sealing the hole.
After the dust settled, Yuan Xing inspected the entrance to the cave. "The monster can't get in, maybe it's been buried by the mountain. But we can't get out. ”
"Brother Yuanxing, what the hell is that? It's even more terrifying than those fierce beasts and mountain demons! Jiang Feng sat on the ground panting, escaping death, and it was inevitable that he would have palpitations.
"It's supposed to be a zombie, but my Eight Desolation Sword doesn't work...... The three of us can't subdue it, this is probably no ordinary zombie! ”
Yuan Xing had the time to carefully examine this passage at this time. Obviously, this is completely different from the naturally formed cave on the outside of the passage, which is excavated by hand and with extraordinary craftsmanship, with a solid top and no stalactite formations. In addition to polishing the walls of the cave, at intervals, there are simple wall and floor tiles arranged in some places, and the light in the passage comes from the permanent lights on the wall tiles.
Yuan Xing thought for a moment and then looked at Su Wuqian: "This is ...... Tumulus? ”
The woman sighed but didn't answer.
Yuan Xing finally couldn't hold it anymore, he grabbed Su Wuqian's shoulders and pushed her against the wall. "If you hide anything more, you'll kill us all!"
"I ...... I'm not trying to hide it...... Harm everyone...... In crisis! I really didn't expect to come back here again, though! If I had the choice, I wouldn't want to go into this damn tomb again! Su Wuqian said with a crying voice.
Yuan Xing looked at Su Wuqian's reddened eyes and let go of his arm. "That Uncle Torture has corpse poison in his body, and it has nothing to do with this zombie. Such a terrible monster, how many are there in this ancient tomb? ”
"The last time I entered the tomb, I saw a lot of mechanisms, but I didn't encounter any monsters. The zombies appeared because of the elder brother, who opened the coffin in the burial chamber...... I was trying to touch some belongings, but I ended up releasing a monster. It was because of it that we were so embarrassed and fled in a hurry. There was only one coffin in that burial chamber, and the zombies should be just that. ”
"Tomb coffin? So this monster is the owner of the tomb? ”
"I don't know, maybe I can think so."
Yuan Xing still couldn't rest assured, after all, they had nothing to do in the face of this kind of zombie. "We have to be ready, what if we run into a monster again?"
Su Wuqian untied a headband and helped Jiang Feng re-tie his hair.
"Grave robbers' tricks, we've all used them on that zombie before, and they didn't work." Su Wuqian bit the remaining hairband, raised her hands and simply tied a ponytail for herself, and the whole person looked more fresh and energetic. "No, you're a Taoist priest, and you still ask us what to do when you encounter zombies?"
"A Taoist priest with no mana is not necessarily more useful than you......" Yuan Xing sighed, "Where are we?" Is it far from the exit? ”
"This is a labyrinth passage, and the entire tomb is hidden in this labyrinth." Su Wuqian pointed to the end of the passage and said, "That is the dead end of the labyrinth, but the people who excavated this labyrinth didn't expect that this passage is only separated from the Tiankeng cave group by a wall." ”
"So you knew the tomb was around from the beginning?"
Su Wuqian admitted: "Although Yaoshan is big, there will always be boundaries. The location of the tomb is in the middle of the mountain, and there should still be some distance. But this labyrinth is beyond imagination, and there is a great possibility of connecting here. So I've been vaguely worried, and I can't think of what I'm afraid of......"
"Well, now that we're in, we're going to have to find our way out."
"Big brother, they have signs along the road, and I have made marks myself, as long as I find the place I have walked, it will be much easier!"
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Yaoshan Tomb Labyrinth:
Su Wuqian led the way and walked ahead, Yuan Xing held back, and the two protected Jiang Feng in the middle. In the long and narrow passage, the three of them marched in such a row.
"Beware of these arrows, they're poisonous!" Su Wuqian reminded from time to time.
Yuan Xing saw that the wall in front of him was full of arrows, and there was a depression in the floor tiles under his feet, which was the trigger of the trap just now. This brick is no different from other places, and if you come alone, you will not be able to distinguish it at all, and you will inevitably suffer.
Along the way, such institutions are not uncommon. Yuan Xing has a feeling, and sure enough, he has a specialization in the art industry......
The three of them had been staying in the ancient tomb labyrinth for a long time, with drums in their stomachs from time to time, and their nerves were tense, and they were very tired. Su Wuqian marked all the way, from full of confidence at the beginning to a sad face now. As a leader, her mental pressure is enormous.
"Sister Su, are you tired, do you want to take a break?" At this moment, even Jiang Feng could see that Su Wuqian's mood was low.
"I'm fine......"
Yuan Xing sat down first, leaning against the wall. He used his actions to tell everyone that it was time to rest. "We're in the same boat now, just say what you have, and we'll share it together."
"It's as cold as the sinkholes, and the more we go, the colder it gets. Because the temperature in the mountain is getting deeper and lower, I suspect we are going down. Su Wuqian explained.
"But if we want to get out of trouble, we have to go up, do you mean?" Yuan Xing divided the water hyacinth among the two, and each took a sip to replenish the water.
"That's right! And there is no sign of the big brother here at all, which means that even they have not been here. Everything is unknown......"
Jiang Feng followed the two adults all the way, and this time he rarely interjected and asked, "Then should we turn back, or continue to walk?" ”
Yuan Xing took the water in his mouth and grunted a few times, as if he had made up his mind before swallowing it.
"This maze is complex and dangerous, and there is no guarantee of anything when you turn back. Now that you've come here, why don't you keep walking? Yuan Xing looked at Su Wuqian and said, "I trust Miss Su's judgment. ”
The woman smiled and sighed: "Don't believe me, I ...... myself"
Before she finished speaking, the girl's eyes looked straight behind Yuan Xing, and Yuan Xing was stunned.
"What's wrong?"
"What are you leaning on!?"
Yuan Xing got up and looked back, and behind him was a wall engraved with the Moon Gate Pit Viper Tengtu. Yuan Xing had seen a lot of such Tengtu along the way, and he didn't find anything wrong.
"Don't move! Who got you up? You idiot! Su Wuqian angrily pressed Yuan Xing back, but it didn't help.
A rumbling sound rang out overhead. The roof of the cave a few meters in front of him collapsed, and a huge stone ship fell from it, squeezing most of the space in the labyrinth's passage. The moment the stone wheel fell, the four walls trembled, and the ground of the passage was crushed.
Look at this situation, the stone wheel is going to be crushed all the way! While the stone wheel was still rolling, Yuan Xing took the lead and used his back to resist it, buying time for the others.
The stone wheel began to move little by little, and Yuan Xing couldn't stop this huge force at all, and the rough boulder wore through Yuan Xing's arm.
"Can you crack it?" Yuan Xing was still gritting his teeth and insisting.
"Can only be avoided, how to crack! Are you a pig? I've reminded you how many times to keep things to touch! Su Wuqian really felt incomprehensible, if it weren't for this life-critical moment, she really wanted to do it.
"What's that stunned! Run! ”
The rolling of the stone wheel was not hindered in the slightest, and Yuan Xing was almost swept under the giant wheel, until he was pulled by the two people behind him and dislocated in an instant. The three of them didn't dare to delay, so they ran away.
There are three figures chasing after me in the narrow passage, and the labyrinth adventure has become a race for life. The stone wheel is like a ruthless killer, rolling faster and faster, just following them step by step. Fortunately, the three of them are all experts in running, but Yuan Xing has a leg injury, and the continuous exertion makes him slightly tired.
"Why is there no fork in the road? The maze is so far, why not be lost! Yuan Xing's speed gradually fell.
"Don't get distracted! Focus! Su Wuqian kept running at high speed, turned her head and shouted, "Do you see the crescent-shaped stone road in front of you?" ”
"See!" Jiang Feng responded loudly.
"You can't step on a single step there! Keep accelerating the use of inertia! Step over the walls on both sides! ”
"What ......" Yuan Xing had already felt exhausted, and this time he could only fight hard.
The crescent stone road has arrived, and I saw Su Wuqian and Jiang Feng stepping up left and right, flying eaves and walking on the wall, and landing safely along the wall after crossing the danger zone.
Yuan Xing stomped on the ground with one foot, jumped up and flew up to the wall. The momentum is acceptable, but the stamina is insufficient. When the injured foot stepped on the wall, it hurt and the body could not maintain balance at high speed. The body fell over, and it fell heavily into the crescent stone road, and the stone face was shattered.
The crescent stone road shattered like a mirror, and the gravel fell with the Yuan Xing. The stone wheels that came from the rear had no way to run over and rolled down the stone pits.
"Yuan Xing!"
After the loud bang, the two of them lay on the edge of the pit and looked down. Su Wuqian even raised her heart to her throat.
There was a faint moan from below, indicating that Yuan Xing was injured but not dead. What is even more surprising is that the stone pit below is not black, and the surrounding stone walls glow with green fluorescence.
The drop of this stone pit is about seven or eight meters, and Yuan Xing estimates that the fall is not light. The stone wheel landed in front of Yuan Xing and almost hit his body, which was a blessing in misfortune.
Fluorescent illumination of the stone pit, which is not a trap here, has artificial structures on all four walls.
On the east wall is a relief of a human-headed serpent body, about two people high. The lower half of the relief is the form of the snake body, the snake tail is smart and graceful, and each scale pattern is carved delicately and beautifully. The upper half of the relief is a naked girl's figure, her slightly raised chest obscured by long waterfall-like hair, and her navel covered by a crescent-shaped scale.
The woman holds a sword in her left hand and a staff in her right hand. Bowing her head slightly, she seemed to be immersed in silent contemplation, her melancholy and staring gaze, and her lightly opened lips, expressing her concern for the suffering of the world and her dedication to protecting her people.
The south wall is sleek and simple, with nothing but a stone door carved with a huge crescent moon in the middle.
There is a painting carved into the west wall. The north wall is covered with withered vines. And in the center of the whole room is a coffin!
This is a burial chamber!