Chapter 42, Blackwater
Seeing Wu Zhengyi wake up, Shen Jinsan and Guo Fatzi were so happy that they jumped up, Guo Fatzi couldn't wait to hug Wu Zhengyi and kiss him, Wu Xin was also worried and stretched his eyebrows, and smiled at Shen Jinsan,
Ah Zhen didn't feel good when she saw it, she felt that she had not integrated into this group, and she felt that Shen Jinsan felt unwilling without her in her heart, in fact, she was thinking too much.
Ah Zhen has lived in the shadow of Chen Ah since she was a child, and she doesn't know how to interact with people very well, and she doesn't know anything about emotional matters, and she is also a poor person.
"I'm fine." Wu Zhengyi withdrew his arm and patted Shen Jinsan's shoulder, then walked up to the masked Taoist priest, stared at his eyes and said, "The little girl has already told me, thank you for this Taoist brother's life-saving grace." ”
Wu Zhengyi was about to make a gesture to the masked Taoist priest, and the masked Taoist priest hurriedly raised Wu Zhengyi's hands: "No need, it's just that we are in the same boat, I have the same surname as Brother Ge of the Nine Star Sect, and if I can't do it in the future, I will wait for us here." ”
"In that case, thank you for your kindness!" Wu Zhengyi clenched his fists.
The masked Taoist priest took out a bottle and handed it to Wu Zhengyi: "My medicine can cure internal injuries and calm the soul, please give it to Brother Ge Dao." ”
"Thank you!" Wu Zhengyi took it and hugged his fists again, and walked back to Ge Zhengqing's side to take medicine for him.
At this time, Zhao Zhide came up to count the heads, six people from the Nine Star Sect, only four people from the Heavenly Master Dao including Zhao Zhide and Ugly Gu remained, and five people from Ge Jiadao were unharmed, and the rest added up to less than thirty people in total.
When the secret door was opened, a damp fishy wind blew from inside, and the third floor of the Ten Thousand Laws Sect Altar was here.
"The prohibitions are all set by the Heavenly Master Dao himself, it is simply a superfluous move, the Heavenly Master Dao is already unlawful, you Patriarch Zhang Daolin left such a good cultivation treasure for future generations, but you divided it into a building, it is simply ridiculous, if he knew that the descendants had changed this place into a morgue, he would definitely be so angry that he would jump out of the coffin!" The masked Taoist priest patted Zhao Zhide on the shoulder as if he was mocking: "How is it, Brother Zhao Dao, it's up to you now." ”
Zhao Zhide was red-faced, and he pointed to a few Taoist priests from other sects. "You guys explored the path before."
Seeing that those people seemed reluctant, Zhao Zhide said again: "As the head of a faction, he is so submissive, as I said before, you can help my Heavenly Master Dao to obtain the true scriptures, so that you can share the method of immortality, and there are countless treasures of my Heavenly Master Dao for everyone to use at will, if it is like this now, then let's stop it." ”
These people were powerless to refute what Zhao Zhide said, so they had to take out the magic weapon and probe it carefully.
Wu Zhengyi listened strangely here, although this masked Taoist master spoke in a strange voice, he was loud, and he didn't give face to point out that the Heavenly Master Dao cultivation was not lawful, who could know this kind of thing, and what was the basis.
Wu Zhengyi and Ge Zhengqing became more suspicious, and they felt that Ge Jiadao and these people were unfathomable, and it was difficult to hide their immortal wind bones in black, and they didn't need to borrow the magic when they hit the stone just now, and the magic weapon was also very peculiar, and it was not from the Central Plains.
The two brothers recovered very quickly, and they felt that the qi and blood around their bodies were running much smoother than before they came to Longhu Mountain.
If it is really a disciple of Gejia Dao, it is unlikely that he will be able to refine a miraculous medicine with such an effect, and he will not dare to talk to Heavenly Master Dao like this, whether they are friends or enemies is unknown, but judging from their enthusiasm to save people, they should not be great evil people, and they can be assured.
Going down the wooden staircase built up along the stone wall, it was finally visible that the Heavenly Master Dao had divided the entire Ten Thousand Laws Sect Altar in half, and the upper one was used as the altar, and this third floor was probably the place where some valuables were stored.
At the end, the people made another fire, and the stone pillar extended from the top not far behind them, and at the foot was a smooth stone platform.
There were stone steps leading down to the stone platform, but everything was flooded by a pool of black stagnant water, which looked like a swamp to be exact, because the water looked a little thick because of the light of the lamp, and there was sediment underneath.
As far as the eye can see, this place is quite large, and there are still bends in front of the place where the lights do not shine, which brings more and more strange feelings.
Not far away, you can see many stone doors carved out of the stone walls on both sides that are immersed in water, only a little gap leaks, and a large area of collapse can be seen between the stone gates, it seems that it will not be easy to find the treasure left here by the Heavenly Master Dao.
The ugly aunt came to Shen Jinsan's side and said: "The place where there collapsed should be the thief hole blown up by Shen Guozhong, and I think the one behind the gossip mirror above is also." ”
As soon as Shen Jinsan wanted to speak, Zhao Zhide came over and asked the ugly aunt: "Ugly aunt, you have been here, how can this be the case in our Ten Thousand Laws Sect Altar?" ”
The ugly aunt thought for a while: "Back then, I only reached the second layer, I originally thought that there was something attacking me, but now that I think about it, I should have been caught in the illusion, there is such a pool of stagnant water here, probably because after Shen Guozhong blew up the robbery cave, the water and sediment outside seeped down from the robbery hole." ”
The masked Taoist looked at the four roads: "Well, there should have been a pool of shallow water in the middle, Zhang Daoling is using this pool of water to trap his life, and every year in the rainy season, there is a mountain spring flowing down from the stone crack to replenish the pool water, I can't imagine that it has become like this now, don't you Heavenly Master Dao record the exact location of Zhang Daoling's tomb?" ”
After listening to the masked Taoist's narration, the person who knew the inside of the Wanfa Sect Altar was shocked, how could this person know about the matter here, could it be that he had been here, or had obtained relevant ancient books.
Now Wu Zhengyi and Ge Zhengqing are even more sure that among the five people of Ge Jiadao, this masked Taoist priest must not be a disciple of Ge Jiadao.
Zhao Zhide became anxious: "That's bad, it is said that the entrance to the ancestral master's mausoleum cannot be found in this third layer, and today there is such a pool of water out of thin air, how can this be good." ”
Ge Zhengqing said: "You don't have to panic, just drain this pool of water." ”
At this time, someone took the Luoyang shovel and stretched it into the water to test the depth, and found that the water was waist-deep, but there was a very thick layer of silt at the bottom that was not easy to deal with.
After explaining the situation, two Taoist priests jumped out: "I took this job from Huangshan Baopu Taoist Academy." ”
Zhao Zhide arched his hand: "Then it's hard work." ”
These two men were vigorous, climbed the stone wall in a few clicks, and fixed the anti-disconnection hook in the gap every few steps up and down, and then hung the rope they brought on the anti-disconnection hook, so that it was just made into a simple rope ladder, which can be climbed horizontally by standing upright.
While building a rope ladder to move forward, they used an inch-long iron pestle to hit the stone wall, this is to find a large hollow behind the stone wall that can be used to drain water, about 30 meters of rope ladder, these two people stopped their work, should have found the weak point.
Standing on the rope ladder with a rope tied around his waist, one of them pulled out a leather bag from his backpack and slowly sprinkled the green water in it on the stone wall closest to the water surface.
The other person used the heavy shovel he had just received to insert it into the soft stone wall, and the two of them came and went with a tacit understanding, and a deep hole was quickly dug in the stone wall, and it seemed that the two of them were very good at conquering the stone hole.
After digging for a while, thinking that he could not reach the deepest point, one of them changed to a longer rope and tied it around his waist, took the skin bag and the heavy shovel, and the other man carried him into the hole and continued his work.
After touching for about an hour, there was a "hollow knock" sound in the hole, and then the people who went down shouted: "Dig through, pull me up!" ”
In order to facilitate the drainage of the water, the hole is dug straight down three feet, and then the stone wall is dug diagonally, and then only the green water is used to melt the upper three feet close to the water.
The man in the cave returned to the rope ladder and shouted to the man on the stone platform: "There is a deep canyon behind it, just enough to drain the water, I think it will be done in two or three hours." ”
Previously, in order to reconfirm the depth of the water, the two of them hung a bright spotlight on the stone wall above their heads to illuminate the bottom of the water.
At this time, a few bubbles rose from the bottom four or five meters behind them, and the water surface rippled, and the people on the stone platform had a premonition that something bad was going to happen.
The two of them sprinkled green water into the cave before turning their heads to look into the water, and suddenly their eyes widened, as if they had seen something.
I saw that the two of them hurriedly untied the ropes around their waists, and rushed back desperately as if they were crazy, when they suddenly heard a few water sounds, and several leg-thick things came out of the water and bit the one behind them.
The thing was yellow-brown with black stripes, and had a head twice as thick as its body, with a large bag bulging out on each side of the head, and a pair of small claws on the back of the head, and most of its body should have not been exposed under the water.
The other man hurriedly grabbed the rope ladder with one hand and the heavy shovel in the other, but unfortunately there were too many of them, and he had to watch his companion being dragged into the water.
The man was no better, only a few steps back, and a bigger strip came out of the water and bit his waist, and the man screamed in pain, and was soon dragged down.
I saw the two people struggling on the water, and at the same time shouting for help in their mouths, and the blood of the people who came up from the bottom of the water stained the surroundings red, but unfortunately no one could help at this time, and after a while, the two people sank to the bottom of the water, and the water surface gradually calmed down and there was no movement.
The people on the stone platform looked furious in their hearts, and hurriedly took a few steps back away from the black water in this pool, and said: "I didn't expect that this closed Wanfa Sect altar actually raised a few water pythons." ”
The ugly aunt said that how could the Heavenly Master Dao raise anacondas in his own altar, these things have smooth bodies, they don't look like the rough scales of anacondas, and they have a pair of forefeet, they shouldn't be snakes.
At this time, the green water dissolved the stone wall, and the black water mixed with the sediment at the bottom churned up and merged into the cave, and as the water level dropped, the water surface immediately exploded.
The bodies of those things could be seen poking out of the water from time to time, and when the water level dropped a little more, more than a dozen big heads stretched out, and the bodies of the two Taoist priests also floated.