"It's a fork in the road." Liu Wuhe raised the torch in his hand and turned sideways, so that the people behind him could see the situation in front of him.

They had been gone for about two quarters of an hour. The tomb road in front of me is still straight forward, but a small path has been opened from the left, and the path seems to have turned a few corners, and it is impossible to see the bottom at a glance. The smoke from the torch in Liu Wuhe's hand did not move forward or to the left of the path, but floated in the air at random as if it had lost its direction at this fork in the road.

"Never...... Both are dead ends, right? Bian Zi asked while frowning.

"Don't worry, according to my previous experience of visiting multiple tombs, this main tomb passage may lead to the main chamber, and this side passage may lead to another ear chamber, or an apse where gold and silver antique calligraphy and paintings are placed."

"These two ...... It doesn't sound like an exit. Bian Ziqian shook his head, "If the front is the main room, then this is where my mother's coffin is placed." We'd better take a detour. ”

Cheng Zhuming's eyes were firmly fixed on the front. The main room, the funeral goods must be ......

"Bian Shaoxia, don't worry, we will not offend your mother. But it's more important now to make sure our group gets out safely. I speculate that the person who built the tomb entered the tomb only to visit the tomb owner, and he generally did not go to the idle ear chamber or the apse where the calligraphy and paintings were stored, and probably only went back and forth in this main tomb road. Then the way out will not deviate from this main cemetery road. ”

“…… You have to make sure you don't get into the main room. ”

"Bian Shaoxia, this can't be guaranteed. Maybe the exit is in the main room. ”

“…… In the end, the bottom line, absolutely, absolutely not touch my mother's coffin, if it still doesn't work, I'd rather everyone be trapped here and not go anywhere. Bian Zi took advantage of the strict sù said.

"Don't worry, we're just borrowing the word, and we're not going to offend." Liu Wuhe nodded.

Qinghuan and Miaoshan, who were at the back, quietly waited for the negotiation between them in front. Qinghuan leaned against the tomb wall on the side, looking at the iron-cast beast on the wall.

She doesn't want to do anything now, even if Liu Wuhe once told her that she might be able to understand those old disputes when she went to the tomb of Concubine Ji, but she didn't have the heart to understand it now. It's been a long time since I was separated from Master, Master...... Could it have been out?

Miao Shan looked at the torch in Liu Wuhe's hand, and Demon Ye's eyes narrowed. She began to tear at the hem of her blouse, then wrapped the strip of cloth around one end of the scabbard to make another improvised torch. Then, at an angle at the end of the line, which was ignored by everyone, he felt out a small bottle of unknown things and sprinkled it with tightly wrapped strips of cloth.

When everything was ready, it was time to enter the main chamber.

Miao Sun twisted her neck from side to side, and exhaled silently. After this mission, she has to talk to the lord that she has to rest for a while, at the very least, stay in the Burning Sky Gate and continue to go undercover, and don't make any more moths.

However, in the future, there will be more this little girl in the Burning Sky Gate, and the moths will have to fly all over the sky.

"Girl, do you know how long we've been in the tomb?" asked softly and softly.

"It's been about three hours. It should be dark outside by now, and it's just a little bit left. ”

Qinghuan pursed her lips, lowered her head and said, "...... Do you have water? ”

Miao Shan looked at it and smiled: "Thirsty? I don't have any water, but I have a small bottle of soothing syrup that you can make do with moistening your mouth. ”

"Thank you." Qinghuan took the vial handed over by Miaoshan, raised it to his lips and took a sip, "...... Thanks to my care all the way, I will definitely repay the girl when I go out. ”

“…… I hope so. Miao Shan lowered his head and played with the newly made torch in his hand, and quietly looked at Qinghuan from the corner of his eye, frowning and drinking the medicinal syrup, and suddenly said: "You believe in me so much, aren't you afraid that I will harm you?" ”

"Will you hurt me, girl?" Qinghuan smiled slightly, but the expression on her face was a little absent-minded.

Miao Sun chuckled lightly and clasped her hands over her chest, noncommittal.

After Liu Wuhe and the others decided, Bian Zi took advantage of the Qinghuan to call Qinghuan to the front and walked with them, thinking that if there was any accident, they would take care of each other.

After walking more than a hundred feet to the main tomb road in front of him, the iron beast lanterns on both sides of the tomb road suddenly stopped. They cautiously stopped to check, and the tomb in front of them was more than twice as wide on the left and right, lined up on both sides, and there were stone pillars more than one person high standing next to them. On the stone pillar squatted the ancient beast recalcitrant relic, and the stone building recalcitrant recalcitrant with its mouth wide open, but its mouth was empty, and there was nothing to do.

"The presence of a fierce creature here indicates that there must be a very important cell door in front of it. The fact that he is a dragon also shows that this road will lead to the tomb of a noble person, and there is no doubt that it should be the main room. But there are not many stone pillars on these two sides, and they are asymmetrical, only five. There must be a mechanism here, so be careful. Liu Wuhe finished speaking, groped out a knife from his arms and threw it forward. The knives clanged and rolled on the stone floor, and everyone held their breath and held their weapons on alert, but none of the traps were triggered.

Liu Wuhe gestured and signaled to move forward slowly. He still walked at the front with a torch, and he was very careful every step of the way, especially if there were any moving stone bricks under his feet, and the stone pillars on both sides.

A group of people tensed their bodies and moved forward cautiously. The distance between the five stone pillars was not far, and soon they passed through the stone pillars on both sides. Behind the five stone pillars, only ten steps away, there is a large stone door that opens in the middle.

Upon closer inspection, the stone door was tightly closed, and the gap between the two half-doors was sealed by a circular bronze mechanism the size of a wooden basin. In addition to some carved intricate patterns on the flat surface of the bronze organ, only eight ancient seal characters are arranged vertically:

"There is a treasure in my cave, and the evil spirits are scattered."

Liu Wuhe gently touched the bronze mechanism, and raised the torch to take a closer look. But the torch in his hand was almost finished, and only a little flame was left to be extinguished. Miao Shan had been silent on the side, and when he saw this, he handed Liu Wuhe the torch he had made earlier in time: "Senior, use this." ”

Liu Wuhe didn't doubt him, thanked him, took it and lit Miaoshan's torch, squinted his eyes and looked at the mechanism seriously.

"It's a 'dead door', and ordinary tools can't break it." Cheng Zhuming touched his chin and said solemnly.

"That's right, it's the 'door of death', and the mechanism can only be opened according to the correct number of paths." Liu Wuhe nodded.

Bian Zi frowned and said, "But we can only see this door, how can the mechanism be opened?" Do any of you know? ”

"You know, the doors of this main burial chamber are almost dead, just to prevent thieves. Except for those who know the way, ordinary people can only see a lock. Cheng Zhuming snorted coldly and shook his head.

"But it's not that it can't be opened, let's look around for anything unusual." Liu Wuhe patted Bian Zizhu's shoulder and comforted.

"That ......" Qing Huan, who hadn't spoken for a long time, suddenly spoke, her voice a little hoarse, "When I came over just now, I vaguely saw something carved on the stone pillar next to me, as if each one was different...... But it's a little far away, and I can't see what it is, will it be ......"

Liu Wuhe's eyes lit up, and he took two steps towards the nearest stone pillar with the torch, and bent down to bring the torch close to the inside of the stone pillar.

There is indeed a strange pattern carved on the side of the table of this stone pillar, crooked, and if you look closely, there is a little green paint in the carving. A little further on, another stone pillar was carved with a strange pattern, but it was different from the one before, and it was filled with mottled blue paint.

"So that's ......" Liu Wuhe knew it in his chest and exhaled a long breath.

"How?" Bian Zi asked while he was puzzled.

"I don't recognize all the patterns engraved on it, but from the number of stone pillars and the color of the patterns, I can deduce a clue. Bian Shaoxia, you should also know that there are five elements in the world, metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. The five elements are mutually reinforcing, repetitive, endless, and extended. I have also read in ancient books that some imperial tombs will place this kind of 'Five Elements and Five Dragons', which operate according to the five elements, and if you want to solve them, you can use the method of the five elements to restrain each other. ”

"I know that gold begets water, and water begets wood, and wood begets fire, and fire begets earth, and earth begets gold; And gold overcomes wood, wood overcomes earth, earth overcomes water, water overcomes fire, and fire overcomes gold. So we just need to judge the attributes of the stone pillar, and then crack it with something of another attribute with the principle of mutual restraint? ”

"As it should be. The reason why the beast on it opened its mouth was that it was used to place things that could represent the five elements. ”

Miaoshan, who was standing on the side, glanced at everyone a few times, and then looked at the blazing torches, and the corners of his lips unconsciously hooked.

No one cares about an obscure and nameless disciple of Random Flowers. Even Qing Huan was attracted by the fierce stone pillar at this moment: "So there is green paint on this pillar, does it represent the wood attribute?" ”

"These five pillars are painted in five colors: yellow, green, blue, red, and black, and their corresponding attributes should be metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Then this pillar is wood, Jinke wood, and we need something that represents the metallic nature. ”

Liu Wuhe took out the knife he had just brought to explore the way, and carefully placed the knife in the mouth of the squatting fox on the top of the stone pillar.

Everyone pricked up their ears in anticipation of something.

However, nothing unusual sounded. Some people can't help but feel a little lost in their hearts.

They came to the second stone pillar. The inscription on this stone pillar is blue lacquer, which belongs to water. Tuke water.

"It's brick on all sides, where are you going to get dirt?" Bian Zi took advantage of the bitter face.

Cheng Zhu Ming Dynasty rolled his eyes, directly in front of everyone, took off his boots, and patted the soles of his boots unceremoniously on the edge of the fox mouth, and the slag brought in by the thief hole fell into the mouth of the fox one after another.

"......" Bian Zi shook his head helplessly.

The next pillar is engraved with yellow lacquer, which needs to be fired. It's easy, just tear off a small piece of the corner of your clothes, dip it in a little lamp oil and put it in.

And the wood attribute things that are needed for the earth attribute stone pillar engraved with black lacquer are easier, and a random flower disciple will take it out, and the bag will be full of wooden mechas, just disassemble a part at will and put it in.

The last stone pillar is inscribed in red lacquer. It is fire and needs water.

But the point is, they don't have a drop of water at the moment.

Bian Zi directly rolled up his sleeves, picked up the long sword and put it on: "It's okay, I'll put some blood, blood is also water, it's always the same." ”

Before the others could stop it, he had already made a cut, and blood spilled out, and two drops fell down his wrist and into the mouth of the fox.

"Tick, tick, tick......"

Liu Wuhe and the others couldn't help but look at the door behind them.

There was still no movement.

"How can it be...... How so? Is it that we don't put enough in it? Or is it something wrong? Bian Zi hurriedly asked.

"It shouldn't be like this...... Cheng Candleming was also puzzled, "I have also seen the record of the 'Five Elements and Five Dragons Organ', and there is no doubt that it should be this organ." ”

Qinghuan said softly again: "Senior Cheng, didn't you say that the doors of this kind of main tomb are almost dead, especially to prevent thieves." Presumably, this mechanism is not as simple as it seems, otherwise wouldn't it be possible to open it at random? ”

Miao Shan smiled in the dark without a trace, and glanced at the torch in Liu Wuhe's hand again.

Liu Wuhe lowered his head and pondered for a long time, his eyes constantly wandering on the five stone pillars. What's wrong?

An ordinary dagger...... Dirt ...... on the sole of the boot There should be no problem with fire, and so should wood...... The blood of the side is ......

Blood?

Could it be blood......

Liu Wuhe suddenly raised his eyes to look at Qinghuan and grabbed her wrist: "Miss Qinghuan, it's rude." Could you please ask the girl for a favor? ”

Qinghuan's face was pale, and he looked at Liu Wuhe with a little surprise, and nodded stunned.

Liu Wuhe took the sword from the side, frowned and swiped lightly on the side of Qinghuan's wrist. He hung the blade stained with light blood above the wide open mouth of the fox, and the fresh blood slowly slid down the blade to the tip of the blade, and the tip of the blade turned for a moment, and was slightly moved by the wind in the tomb, and it fell lightly like a bead that suddenly cut the thread.

"Tick-"

Almost at the same time as the inaudible dripping sound, there was a loud, low "boom-"

Everyone hurriedly turned around, and the bronze mechanism on the huge stone door behind them had been divided into two halves at some point, and with it, the stone door slowly opened to them.