Chapter 48: There is no cave
"If this is really where the entrance to the dungeon is, why is there no one guarding this area, is it to hide people's eyes, or is it that they are all hiding not far away to keep an eye on the movement here. Xu Jingnian walked around the side of the rockery on the land, but he never found any suspicious entrance, and he didn't find any Qinghe Sect disciples nearby, all of which seemed a little unreasonable.
"Let's contact Senior Brother first. Xu Jingnian thought about it for a long time, but he still didn't find anything, so he had to take out the token of Thunder Peak, inject the vitality into it, and notify the three senior brothers to gather next to this rockery.
"Little junior brother, have you found anything?" The Qinghe faction is not big, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the three senior brothers rushed to Xu Jingnian's location from various positions. Before the senior brother could gain a firm foothold, he had already begun to ask Xu Jingnian anxiously.
"There are some clues, big brother, look at this rockery. Xu Jingnian pointed to the rockery behind him and said.
"This rockery is hollow, do you think the entrance of the dungeon is in this rockery?" Senior Brother also gently knocked on the mountain like Xu Jingnian, and found the strangeness of this rockery.
"Yes, I always have a hunch that the entrance to the dungeon is here, but I can't find the entrance to the dungeon, this rockery seems to be one on the surface, no different from other rockeries. But senior brother, you have also discovered that this rockery is hollow, how can a normal rockery be hollow?" Xu Jingnian briefly explained to the senior brother, and said with doubts.
"It's strange that there are no guards around here? Could it be a deliberate attempt to confuse us? The third senior brother also looked around and said curiously.
"No, I have the same idea as the little junior brother, there must be something wrong with this rockery, it is likely to be the entrance to the dungeon, as for why there are no guards, this ...... Maybe it's Liu Qinghe's own idea. After confirming that there was something wrong with the rockery, the senior brother carefully observed the rockery and said after a moment of silence.
Today's wind is a little strong, and the water of the Qinghe River continues to rush up the riverbank, and the senior brother is a little careless, and his shoes are wet by the river water that washes up.
"The water of this clear river is flowing so fast, senior brother, your shoes are wet. Seeing this scene, the third senior brother reminded on the side. "It's okay, I heard that the source of this Qinghe is a big river, and that big river is very long, and few people know that its source is there. The senior brother also looked at the rushing Qinghe River, and expressed a similar emotion to Xu Jingnian.
"By the way, Qinghe? We've been observing this side of the rockery on land, and we haven't looked at the side of Qinghe. Xu Jingnian looked at the shoes of the senior brother who had just been wet by the Qinghe water because of observing the rockery, and suddenly woke up. "Little junior brother deserves to be a little junior brother, why didn't I think of this, eighth junior brother, your body is the best among the four of us, you go to the side of this rockery with its back against the Qinghe River to check, if there is anything suspicious, tell us." Senior Brother was also reminded by Xu Jingnian to understand, patted his head, looked at the eighth senior brother and said.
"Good. The eighth senior brother responded, and the figure swept to the Qinghe River in an instant, and his body was actually attached to the side of the rockery against the river, and he began to check it carefully.
"There are secret doors. "The speed of the eighth senior brother is very fast, and after a few breaths, the eighth senior brother has made a discovery.
"Is there really one? Third Senior Brother, Little Senior Brother, you two stay here, I'll take a look first. "When Senior Brother heard that Senior Brother Eighth had really found the secret door, his body moved, and he quickly came to Senior Brother Eight's side.
"This stone gate is really hidden, and if you don't pay attention, no one really can find it. Eighth Senior Brother, you get out of the way, I'll see if I can open it. The senior brother motioned for the eighth senior brother to step aside, and used all the strength of his body to push the stone gate forward.
The thick stone door hidden behind the rockery is almost imperceptible, and under the full impetus of the senior brother, there is a piercing sound of stone grinding, and it is finally slowly opened, and with the opening of the stone door, another world in the rockery has finally taken off its mystery and revealed its true face.
The inside of this rockery is covered with specially treated candles, these candles burn for a long time, and the inside of the rockery is very bright, inside the rockery, there is not much arrangement, the first thing the elder brother sees, is a somewhat raised stone slab on the ground, think this is the entrance to the dungeon.
"Third Senior Brother, Eighth Senior Brother, Little Senior Brother, you all come in first. The elder brother lingered near the stone slab for a while, and said to the three people who were still outside the rockery.
"Good. Xu Jingnian and the three of them answered, and soon entered the rockery together.
There was another piercing sound of stone grinding, and the gate of the rockery was closed by the senior brother again.
"This slab, it doesn't look like it was forcibly pushed, there must be some mechanism around here. The elder brother stepped forward to test the slate, and found that the slate was completely embedded in the surrounding wall, and could not move from side to side.
"Under this stone slab, is it the passage to the dungeon below?" Xu Jingnian also walked forward, squatted down, and gently tapped on the stone slab a few times.
"Quite possibly. Senior Brother nodded and said.
"You can't move left and right, is it moving up and down? Or, like this rockery, there is actually nothing under this slate, just to hide people's ears?" Xu Jingnian tried to push the slate, but obviously, this slate couldn't even be shaken by the senior brother, and Xu Jingnian naturally had nothing to do.
"Probably not, it's impossible for the Qinghe faction to go to great lengths to get this rockery, but there are no secrets. There must be a hole under this stone slab. Senior Brother said with confidence.