Chapter 557: Entering the Tomb
I can't say what this vaguely mysterious power is, but if you are a person with more intelligent talent or deep internal strength, you can feel the difference.
The Ninth Prince frowned, and couldn't help but say loudly, "What do you think?" ”
It seems that he has also sensed that something is wrong, the Nine Princes are already talented, but it is only because he is unwilling to be burdened by power that he is willing to be an idle cloud and wild crane.
Chi Wan was also a little worried in her heart, and her anxiety was even stronger, and the two stopped talking and walked into the tomb together.
Although the tomb was dark, the air was still dry, so Chi Wan and the Nine Princes didn't feel very uncomfortable, but the more they walked into the tomb, the more obvious the faint coercive power became. And the feeling of being attracted to go further inside is even stronger.
The people behind him followed silently, and Chi Wan and the Nine Princes led the way in front. But the deeper she walked, the stronger the strange feeling in Chi Wan's heart became.
"Wait, let's look at the map, I always feel that something is wrong." Chi Wan finally opened her mouth, and waved her hand to signal all the people behind her to stop, the Nine Princes glanced at her strangely, and just wanted to ask, but after seeing the other party's solemn face, the words that came to her mouth were swallowed back.
After looking at the map, the doubts in Chi Wan's heart not only did not solve, but became a little stronger, "Nine Princes, look here, there are two very similar roads, and their final destinations are the same, but I always feel that there is something in front of us that attracts us. ”
Su Bai's fingertips tapped on the map, and Chi Wan's brows furrowed, falling into deep thought.
The Nine Princes nodded and agreed with her words. His observation has always been relatively strong, so he felt a little strange just now, but he couldn't tell what was strange.
"Do you think that when the King of Chu came in, would he also be attracted by this power? Or ......" Chi Wan put forward a bold hypothesis, "Each road can only be walked once, and this road, the king of Chu has already walked once." So I suspect that some of these structures have changed, and this mysterious force may have only emerged after this change. ”
She had seen some tomb robberies in her previous life, although she was not proficient, but she also knew a little about it.
As they spoke, their steps did not pause at all, as they slowly walked deeper and deeper. Sure enough, when I reached the end, I realized that the road in front of me had been blocked.
Some burial chambers, especially those of noble people, can only be walked once per road, and the design is extremely treacherous, and most of the explorers have gone but not returned, and there are no entrances and exits. Many people died on the road before they reached the central burial chamber, and the roads they traveled were sealed forever.
Now it seems that the same is true of the tomb of the former dynasty. Luckily, there were two roads leading to the same place, so they had to turn back and try to get in the other way.
Chi Wan continued to analyze, "When we just came in, we didn't encounter an extremely sinister checkpoint mechanism, so the previous section of the road should be that the mechanism has been touched and failed, and it has not been blocked by the barricade, so it can be seen that this road has been opened." What we should do now is to speed up our pace and find the treasure before the king of Chu. ”
These words made the Nine Princes secretly marvel in their hearts. He originally knew that Chi Wan was not an ordinary person, but today he saw that under such circumstances, Chi Wan could also give full play to her keen observation, and quickly make judgments after thinking calmly, and his admiration for her in his heart couldn't help but deepen.
The group made adjustments, returned the same way, and followed the map to a different path. Fortunately, the other road was not blocked, but it was precisely because no one had walked it before, so it was inevitable that there would be many levels and crises.
All kinds of hidden arrows along the way are unguardable, and the few people behind him will soon be poisoned to death as long as their skin is slightly scratched by poisonous arrows.
And in the narrow passage of this secret room, it is too difficult to dodge the poisoned arrows. Even though the Nine Princes and Chi Wan have martial arts, they can only keep themselves thoughtful and can't take care of the people around them.
This situation is not much different from the situation when the king of Chu just came in, the group of people they brought with them, the dead and wounded, and the people who fled fled, and those in the back saw the front fall one by one, and the people who were not firm in their will would inevitably have wavering hearts, and they couldn't even take care of protecting the king of Chu, and soon fled.
After all, for an ordinary person, nothing is more terrible than death.
Unfortunately, even if they escaped, they would eventually die under other agencies.
Chi Wan and the Nine Princes always walked in the center of the team and did not take a step back. On the one hand, for them, these poisonous arrows cannot hurt them, and on the other hand, they have to stand in front and lead the way and stabilize people's hearts.
"Wanwan, are you okay?" The Nine Princes' hearts were worried about Chi Wan. The speed of this poisonous arrow is too fast and dense, and this poison was placed in the tomb for so many years, and the yin qi of the tomb has gradually penetrated into the arrow.
Even if a person is poisoned but does not die, I am afraid that even if he is cured, he will leave a certain sequelae due to the invasion of the yin qi in this tomb.
After some training by Xie Yutang, Chi Wan's martial arts are not weak, although it is a little difficult to deal with these poisonous arrows, but mainly because of the narrow corridor, these poisonous arrows alone are not enough to pose a threat to her.
"Nine Princes, don't worry, there's no problem on my side. We should be on the right track this time, and this path should be discovered for the first time. Chi Wan didn't forget to comfort the Ninth Prince, "Judging from the current situation, we should not be far from the main tomb. ”
She had carefully studied the map, and the time it had taken to take the first path, and the analysis of the map, and it was almost certain that the main burial chamber must have been not far ahead of it.
By the time the two of them arrived at the main burial chamber, there were only two or three people left in their entourage. Although these people's martial arts are not as good as the two of them, they are by no means a rabble, and judging from the current situation, this section of the passage outside the main tomb is still like this, and the main tomb may be even more dangerous.
It's not a long stretch of road, but there are a lot of traps on the way, and it's hard to get to the main burial chamber safely.
"Wanwan, look!" When he arrived at the door of the main tomb, the Nine Princes were suddenly shocked.
The door of the main burial chamber is exquisitely carved and finely made, which is not a grade at all compared to the burial chamber that has just walked outside. But of course, the Nine Princes would not be amazed by this. When they got there, they found the door to the main chamber wide open.
A lifelike dragon was carved on the door, and a pool of blood was just distributed in the dragon's eyes, winding from the lines of the stone door to the door lock, which was extremely difficult to distinguish in the gloomy tomb.
Neither Chi Wan nor the Nine Princes were ordinary people, so with a little identification, it could be seen that the bloodstains were freshly left. And if nothing else, this should be the blood stain of the king of Chu.
"Although these two roads are different, the destination is the same, it is here, it seems that the King of Chu has entered." The Nine Princes said in a deep voice.
But looking at them from this position, there was only a large stone room in sight, which was empty, and there was no half shadow of the king of Chu at all.
Why is this stone gate wide open? Why is there a pool of fresh blood in the eyes of the carved dragon on the stone door? And where did the king of Chu go?
Ji Wan pondered for a while, and began to have a guess in her heart. Because this is the tomb of the previous dynasty, and the most feared by the emperors of the past is that others will come to steal their tombs, especially the aliens who will destroy their dynasties later.
I believe that no one would have guessed that the key to opening the tomb would be the blood of the enemy. The emperor of the previous dynasty probably also expected his descendants to be able to drive the aliens out of this land.
He left a large number of treasures and armor in the tomb, and his purpose must be to let those treasures and armor help his children and grandchildren to protect the world in times of crisis.
"I'm guessing that this bloodstain is the answer to opening the door to the main burial chamber." Chi Wan looked at the finely carved dragon eyes on the main tomb, the blood became more dim with the passage of time, "Because this is the tomb of the previous dynasty, the emperor of the previous dynasty hated the most was the alien people who destroyed their dynasty, even if they were not orphans of the previous dynasty, with the blood of the enemy, they could open the tomb." And the king of Chu is nowhere to be found at this time, I think this should be the blood of the king of Chu. ”
"Make a bold assumption: the king of Chu is here, accidentally cut his own wound, and the blood happens to splash on the door again, of course, it may also be that he discovered this secret and broke the wound himself. But in any case, since he was a member of the royal family, the blood happened to fit the settings of the previous dynasty's organs, so he accidentally opened the door to the main tomb. ”
In the Yongdao just now, Chi Wan was too busy to deal with the poisonous arrows, and now she contacts this stone carving dragon, in retrospect, although she also shot poisonous arrows at the Nine Princes, but it was not a random strafing like others, but the arrows were fatal, which shows the hatred of the royal family of the previous dynasty for the enemy's bloodline.
There were still doubts in the hearts of the Nine Princes, "If according to this statement, if the person who comes here is not a member of the royal family, or has a pure royal bloodline, will this door never be opened?" ”
Chi Wan smiled slightly, "Of course not, look at this key, I think the person who built this tomb should have left a key to open, which is also for his own children and grandchildren, leaving a guarantee." But after all, after so many years, no one knows where the key is. Perhaps the emperor of the previous dynasty also expected this, so he set up another key to the enemy's blood. ”
And that's exactly what happened. When the king of Chu arrived here, he was alone, and the door of the main tomb was closed.