But such a speculation was denied by my master, who said that the reason why the outside of the underground palace was shrouded in fog all the year round was because Su Santong laid an eight-door golden lock array here, from ancient times to the present, only two people could break this array, one of which was Su Santong himself.

Whether it is Old Lady Huang or that group of mercenaries, once they enter the formation, they will get lost inside, and it is impossible to come out at all, Old Lady Huang will not take this risk, let alone those mercenaries.

However, from the night of the new moon of each month to noon the next day, the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array will be temporarily invalidated, which Old Lady Huang knows, and he will definitely enter the underground palace at that time.

And the great monk Chengyun did this ritual in order to dispel the yin qi on the mountain before the moon came, and once the yin qi dispersed, the mist also dispersed, and then Huang Changsheng could use his ability to find the dragon point and determine the location of the underground palace.

When the time comes, we must enter the underground palace as soon as possible, go down to the tomb that night, and come out before noon the next day, otherwise, everyone will be trapped and killed in the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array.

Later, I asked about the note, and Master still couldn't give an answer to it.

It was about the afternoon of the third day after Master had told me these things, and a strong wind from the northwest swept through Baishuidu.

When the wind was blowing, I was practicing drawing talismans in the vegetable garden outside the wooden house, and the wind came very suddenly, and the talisman paper on the table was disturbed, and Master immediately frowned and looked across the river.

The wind was so strong that even the water was blown up with large ripples, but the fog on the other side of the river still did not dissipate.

"Master Chai, Master Chai!"

At this time, Huang Changrong's exclamation came from behind the wooden house, and he ran over in a hurry, shouting in his mouth: "All the cloth clothes in Yitang are dead, there must be a big change in the underground palace." ”

Master was still staring at the direction of the other side of the river, and when Huang Changrong came to him, the wind suddenly strengthened, and the fog on the other side of the river was like a whole cloud falling on the ground, moving quickly in the southeast direction with the wind.

In the midst of the fog, a huge mountain slowly appeared in front of my eyes, like a giant on the shore, overlooking the island where we were.

Master hurriedly waved his hand at Huang Changrong: "Quick, call Changsheng and Yulian over!" ”

Huang Changrong also glanced at the other side of the river where the fog had been removed, and then he turned around and rushed towards the back of the wooden house, while my master rushed into the wooden house and took the Qinggang Sword and Fantian Seal, and Liang Houzai and Liu Shangang also followed.

It seems that the master is planning to enter the underground palace this time.

When Huang Changsheng came over, he also took a feng shui compass and a map drawn in sheepskin, which looked very old, and the words marked on it were all ancient characters in small seal script. When Huang Yulian and Huang Changrong came over, they were carrying a huge rucksack.

Huang Changsheng first looked at the mountain on the other side of the river for a while, then looked at the map, and finally pondered on the feng shui compass.

After a while, he suddenly raised his hand, pointed to the right side of the mountain, and said to my master, "The underground palace is in that direction. ”

My master nodded and said, "Tonight is the New Moon, but now the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array has not been lifted, so let's cross the river first and go up the mountain when the sun sets and the moon rises." ”

As the Master spoke, the man had already walked towards the river not far away.

The river between the island and the foot of the mountain is only more than three meters wide, and it is a long way to take a boat ride.

We came ashore at about four o'clock in the afternoon, but the sunset of the day came very late, and it was not until after half past six that the sun began to set in the west, and the huge fire clouds imprisoned the western sky like a prison, and at the edge of the eastern sky there was a thick black and blue.

The moon is not visible on the night of the new moon, and when the poles of the celestial dome appear in different hues, it is the time of "sunset and moonrise".

Huang Changsheng carried the feng shui roulette into the lush forest, and my master turned his head and beckoned to the rest of the people: "Go up the mountain!" ”

The mountain had been covered in fog for at least a hundred years, and weeds and shrubs had grown wildly on the roads that had been untouched for hundreds of years, and when we entered the forest, we had to push away the weeds and branches that stood in our way.

He didn't go far before Huang Changrong pulled out a leather whip from his backpack and retreated to the end of the line.

When he pulled the whip out of his backpack, I took a cursory look and saw that it was about the thickness of my thumb, but it was five or six meters long, and it still shone with a very scattered metallic sheen on the surface of the whip.

I can't trust Huang Changrong, and when he retreats behind me with such a long whip in his hand, I can't help but feel a little apprehensive in my heart.

Master also glanced back at Huang Changrong, and said to me while brushing aside the branches in front of him, "Be careful, it seems that there is danger in the forest." ”

Just as the master was speaking, I also saw Huang Changrong take out his wine jug from his arms and take a big sip.

After that, no one spoke, only the sound of branches being pulled apart, and the "rustle" of trouser legs rubbing against the weeds, and I would glance at Huang Changrong from time to time, and along the way, his eyes kept shifting focus, looking at the nearby weeds and bushes, and then at us.

I felt as if Huang Changrong was on the alert for something.

As we stepped over a bush of thorns, I suddenly felt something pass by, thin and long, with a faint silver glow on it, and then I heard a crunch in front of me.

I knew what it was that had just passed me, and when I heard the crunching sound, I was startled at first, and then I looked at the Master who was walking in front of me, and I was relieved to see that he was okay.

As he passed by a big tree, Master turned around and pointed to the branches of the tree.

It was then that I realized that there was a dead turquoise snake hanging from the branch, and the head of the snake had been shattered by a heavy blow.

Was it this snake that Huang Changrong hit with a leather whip just now?

But the snake's head was about the same size as the big mother's toe, and Huang Changrong was four or five meters away from it, and he could hit the snake's head with a whip. Recall that when Huang Changrong waved the leather whip just now, Huang Changsheng seemed to be under the head of the snake.

Fortunately, he acted decisively, otherwise Huang Changsheng would definitely have an accident.

But Huang Changsheng seemed to be unaware of what had just happened, and still walked through the forest with a compass.

I turned my head again and glanced at Huang Changrong, and I saw that he was raising his head to drink, but his eyes were still very vigilant and scanning his surroundings.

An hour later, just after dark, we had reached the entrance of the dungeon.

Originally, I thought that the entrance to the underground palace should be as hidden as the tomb of the dragon king, but when I came to the halfway up the mountain, I saw a huge bronze door on the stone wall not far away.

I visually inspected it, and the height and width of this door were about the same as the copper door under Old Lady Huang's house, and the top of the copper door was also made into a regular arch. The only difference is that there is no lion relief on the door in front of you.

Huang Changsheng took out some powder from his pocket and sprinkled it evenly in front of the door, after which he pointed to the top of the bronze door and said to my master, "There is a vent on it, go and hide first." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Yulian took out the rope hook from her backpack and threw it hard, and I saw the rope hook cut an arc in the air and flew into the bushes above the bronze door.

Huang Yulian tugged at the rope, and I heard the sound of the rope hook sliding through the trees, and then I heard the sound of "boom", and the rope hook seemed to be hanging on something hard.

Huang Yulian didn't talk nonsense, jumped onto the bronze gate after diving a few steps, and then grabbed the rope and climbed to the top of the copper gate very lightly.

Her movements were very elegant, and her steps were very light, and the copper door that had been corroded by years was already covered with loose patina, but when she stepped on the door these few steps, the rust on the door did not fall off at all, and there were not even any of her footprints left on the door panel.

Then Huang Yulian came out of the forest at the top of the bronze gate, climbed a tree that grew diagonally on the mountain wall, tied the rope to the tree, and beckoned us to climb up.

None of us have the lightness of Huang Yulian's kung fu, and if we step on the door, we will inevitably leave footprints on the door, so that when those mercenaries appear here, they will immediately realize that we have been here. So we can only climb up the treetops along the suspended rope, and enter the "breath" of Huang Changsheng's mouth through the treetops.

I don't know why Huang Changsheng called it a vent, but I know that it is a natural cave, and the cave is surrounded by all kinds of plants, and the cave is very damp. Leaning against the entrance of the cave, you can see the scene near the bronze gate.

After Huang Changsheng entered the cave, he used a small saw to prune the plants around the cave entrance, and because many of the messy branches and leaves were sawed off by him, my vision suddenly became more broad.

But in this way, wouldn't it be easy for the people under the bronze gate to discover our existence?

I was worried when Huang Changsheng took out some frosted glass from his backpack, sprinkled the glass on the edge of the hole, and lit a candle next to the hole.

The candle must have been mixed with phosphorus powder, and the candle light showed a very blended green.

And when the light of the candle flame was cast on the frosted glass, the light reflected between the glass and the trees several times, and a mirage-like shadow appeared in front of me. Through the shadows of the trees, I can still see the scene under the bronze door.

The master said to me on the side: "This is called looking at the moon in the water, it is the unique formation of the old Huang family, although it is a small formation, it is also wonderful when it can be used." Now, you can see the people under the bronze gate, and when the people under the bronze gate look at you, they can only see this shadow of the tree. ”

Liu Shangang looked a little surprised: "I didn't expect that the people of the old Huang family still have this ability." ”

As Liu Shangang spoke, I saw Huang Yulian smile slightly, she took out two binoculars from her backpack and handed them to Master and me, and then walked into the depths of the cave.