Chapter 24: The General's Soul

Only one of the eight secret passages can go out, here is arranged according to Qimen Dunjia, only to find out the door can go out, here there is not even a basic direction, how to find the door. I remember that the master said that when you encounter this kind of Jiugong gossip in Qimen Dunjia, you have to use the compass, my compass is the master's beloved thing, according to the master, it was given by Zhang Sanfeng when he met Zhang Sanfeng in Zixia Cave. The master left it to me when he went to the capital.

The compass is one of the essential tools of Taoism, and every master will pass on the most important mantle and secret to his favorite right-hand disciple before his death. The compass is also one of the Guru's lineage items. The master's teaching of the Dharma and the mantle of the disciple proves that he has handed over his life's work and expectations to the disciple, and usually passes on the position of head to me in the teaching, although I am not the head now, but the master still has high hopes for me.

I took out the compass and put it on the ground, only to see the hand of the compass turn for a while, and then it stopped. I looked at the direction on the pointer branch and knew where the south was, and generally the eight gates represented the eight directions:

The North Kan Palace is the Xiu Gate, the Northeast Gen Palace is the Life Gate, the East Zhen Palace is the Wound Gate, the Southeast Xun Palace is the Du Gate, the South Li Palace is the Jing Gate, the Southwest Kun Palace is the Death Gate, the West Dui Palace is the Shock Gate, and the Northwest Qiangong is the Open Door.

The three doors of opening and retiring are auspicious, the Dumen Jingmen is half auspicious and half fierce, and the three doors of the injured and dead doors are the fierce doors.

When you find due south, you can determine the northeast where the Shengmen is located. At this time, Wang Jinhuai also finished reading the inscription, and sat on the stele pedestal where to rest. I said, "Mr. Wang, get up and let's go." ”

I walked in front, and Xiaoyi was lying on my shoulder, but he was very well-behaved. Entering the secret passage, there was a very shallow layer of water dripping under the secret passage, and following the wet secret passage, we walked forward. One hundred and eighty miles of secret passage, if you go wrong, you may starve to death inside. I observed while walking, this place is no different from other secret passages, but it is a little narrower, the Jin people have built such a large underground project here, how can it be useless in the future, and how does the Yin Demon Sect know about this place. With a stomach full of doubts, I quickened my pace and walked forward.

The passage grew taller, and there was no running water under his feet, and the inside became dry. It's just that the little righteousness on his shoulders became irritable, climbing up and down.

When I saw this, I also felt that something was wrong, so I said to Xiaoyi: "Xiaoyi, do you feel something, if you feel something, you can go and see it first." ”

As soon as I finished speaking, Xiaoyi jumped off my shoulder, returned to his original size, and walked forward.

The two of us also followed closely behind, we were not as fast as Xiaoyi, and after a while, Xiaoyi's shadow disappeared. After walking for a while, the passage widened again, and there was a rusty iron door, which was ajar. Passing through them, we saw that the floor of the secret passage was not the original blue brick, but a stone, and on both sides of the secret passage were rooms one by one, all of which were hidden wooden doors, and because of the dampness, the wooden doors were almost rotten.

I pushed open a wooden door and looked inside with a torch, only to see a dozen dry bones lying in the room. There were also clothes that were not completely rotten, weapons and shields embroidered into iron lumps. I hurriedly withdrew and didn't let Wang Jinhuai in. I went to another room, and it was the same dry bones lying on the ground. I looked far away and couldn't see how many people there were. We walked forward again, walked through about 50 rooms, and didn't see Xiaoyi.

A total of 100 rooms were walked before a hall was reached.

There are eight glass headlamps hanging in the hall, and there is a big case near the main entrance. On the Taishi chair behind the case, there is a dry bone, this is this dry bone, the whole body is iron-armored, and the copper helmet is still worn on the head, although there is no flesh and blood, but it has not fallen, and the dry right hand holds a short sword, which still shines dazzlingly in the light of the torch. Even though the other weapons were reduced to a pile of iron filings, this sword was still shining brightly, and it seemed to be a good sword. There was a layer of dust on the bookcase, and there were a few books in it, so I went up to take a look, because there was too much humidity in the secret passage, and the books were already glued together. Even the ink on it was connected, and I couldn't see what was written, so I put down the book in disappointment.

At this time, Wang Jinhuai said: "Dao Chief." If only these lamps could be lit. ”

Hearing Wang Jinhuai say this, I left the bookcase and came to a lamp, which was not hanging high, and when I saw that there was still half a lamp of oil in it, I lit it with a torch. I lit the rest of the lamps, and the hall suddenly lit up.

There were also many weapons scattered on the floor of the hall, and the shape was no longer visible, and when you touched it with your feet, it became a pile of iron foam.

I came to the dry bone in iron armor in the Taishi's chair, and reached out to take the sword held by the dry bone, but I didn't take it out when I took it, and the iron sword still didn't move.

How much power can a dry bone have, in the case of me snatching it with all my strength, it is also taken back by a living person. But it didn't take it, there is something strange in it. Could it be that the soul of the owner of this dry bone is still here? But to see that he is not there, it is necessary to open the eyes of heaven.

There are two kinds of opening the eyes of the sky, one is to use mana, and I will also use this method, but it only consumes the original spirit, so it is rarely used. Another way is to collect cow tears and apply them to the eyelids, so that you can see things that ordinary people can't see.

There is no place to find cow tears here, so I have to spend the Yuan Shen to open the eyes of heaven.

As soon as the eyes of heaven opened, I looked at the chair, there were still dry bones, and I saw a black-faced bearded man with a height of more than 1.9 meters, wearing an iron armor like dry bones, glaring at me angrily, holding the hilt of the sword in his hand, I let go of the sword.

Said to the black-faced man: "I don't know if the general is here, Xiaodao is offended, I see this sword shining brightly, and I feel curious, so I want to take a look, but the general has already ascended to Bliss, why does the living soul still reside here." Is there anything unfinished for the general, or is there something unspeakable, if Xiaodao can help, please ask the general to speak. ”

The black-faced general saw that I spoke politely, so he also said: "I am under the command of the commander of the soldiers and horses of the East Road of Jinguo Mountain, and the commander of the infantry army, Mu Yedongxian, I don't think you look like those unscrupulous people, but you may not be able to help us, not only myself, but also more than a thousand of my soldiers, all the souls are here." If you can help us get out of trouble, this sword will be given to you, and I can give you all the maps of this secret passage. ”

I said, "General, please tell me why you can't get out, and I will definitely help you get out of trouble." ”