Chapter 22: The Hanging Stone Staircase
I stepped forward and touched the cold black wall: "How can there be no way?" ”
The cloth bag monk also walked over, reached out and snatched my flashlight, shone it up and down several times, and finally shone it on the bottom of the wall and said, "This is the mechanism." ”
Liang Ruoyi and I hurriedly looked down and saw a faint gray line on the ground about a foot high on the lower edge of the wall one foot high.
"Why is that?" I asked.
The cloth bag monk shook his head slightly, as if he didn't understand.
"Poof-hiss-"
I was thinking about what was going on with the wall when I heard a small rustling sound from the corridor behind me, and before I could react, I saw a rushing stream of water rushing in the darkness, which soon disappeared above our feet.
"Underground River?!" Liang Ruoyi turned his head to look at the water that was still pouring in the dark, and in a blink of an eye, the water surface was already about to reach the line on the wall!
The three of us were stunned, we didn't know what to do, if only the seventh master was here.
"Not good! Dead vine! The Budai monk suddenly screamed, and I was stunned for a moment, and I found that the river under my feet quickly retreated after crossing the line on the wall!
What's going on? The dead man is true of the water, but this ...... I quickly came to my senses and turned and groped for the wall, hoping to find a way out as soon as possible.
The river is receding at a speed that is visible to the naked eye, and we know that the Dead Man's vine will rush in quickly when it feels wet, so we just need to find a way to do it!
"Why don't we go back!" Liang Ruoyi said that he was about to take a step.
The cloth bag monk stretched out his hand to stop Liang Ruoyi, turned to look at the wall, and frowned.
Immediately afterward, I heard a "crackling" sound coming from the dark corridor behind me, and it seemed that the dead vines had come in the direction of the receding river.
"Buddha!" The cloth bag monk suddenly screamed, folded his hands and recited the scriptures silently, and after a few seconds, a picture of the Buddha slowly stood out on the wall in front of him: the Buddha Buddha was shining brightly, one hand was placed on his chest, and the other hand was hanging with Buddha beads and his palm was facing forward, facing the cloth bag monk.
The old monk was still reciting the scriptures in his mouth, and slowly stretched out his left hand with the Buddha beads and gently pressed it on the palm of the Buddha statue - just right, not too big and not too small to fit perfectly.
I'm stunned, this is a little too unbelievable!
"Be careful!" Liang Ruoyi suddenly shouted and pushed me aside, I turned my head to look, and saw that Liang Ruoyi had been forced into a corner by a wrist-thick dead man's vine that rushed up, and hurriedly pulled out a dagger and stabbed it!
No matter how powerful the Dead Man's Vine was, it was just a vine plant, and I cut it off with a knife and quickly retreated.
At this moment, there was a rumbling sound in my ears, and when I turned my head to look, I saw that the wall was slowly rising, and it was opened by the cloth bag monk, revealing the black hole inside.
"Hoo ......"
At the same time, there was a whirring sound in my ears, and I hurriedly pulled out a flashlight and turned it on, and saw the dead vines in the corridor behind me surging like a tide!
"! How long has it been since I eaten meat for you! I cursed, and when I saw the Budai monk waving at me, I hurriedly turned around and rushed into the open stone door.
But as soon as he rushed in, he suddenly felt that his feet slammed into the air, and his body fell directly into the darkness below! I reacted quickly, threw the flashlight out of my hand, and subconsciously grabbed it with both hands, just grabbing the ground!
Following the falling flashlight, I realized that beyond the stone gate I had just opened was a path hanging on three sides, only about four feet wide, because I didn't see clearly at all in the dark, and I walked too quickly, and stepped directly into the air and fell.
I couldn't see how deep my feet were, only an endless darkness, like a monster's mouth, about to devour me.
In the panic, I could only grit my teeth and hold on to the stone steps, watching the cloth bag monk and Liang Ruoyi being entangled in the dead vine in the corridor, and it was difficult to get out for a while. Seeing this, I could only let out a muffled roar, exerted all my strength to feed, and sat back on the stone steps, panting heavily......
Damn, I almost fell to my death!
I cursed in my heart, got up and pulled out a dagger and rushed into the road, cutting three or four dead vines in a row, the cloth bag monk also pulled out, and took out a paper talisman from the cloth bag with one hand and waved it out of thin air, and suddenly the familiar blazing breath suddenly appeared, he threw the paper talisman into the pile of dead man's vine, and immediately pulled Liang Ruoyi out and ran out of the Yongdao, and after feeling the blazing heat, the stone wall quickly fell down and was shut down......
"Whew......" The three of us stood in the small space panting, and I looked at the time, and it was already eleven o'clock at noon. I ate breakfast very hastily, and I was drenched in rain and snow all the way, and I met the dead vine after going down to the tomb, so I tossed it, anyway, my physical strength was almost consumed.
I took out some food and water from my bag and gave it to Monk Budai and Liang Ruoyi.
Liang Ruoyi took the food and glanced at me: "The young owner of the Gu family is finally not an escapee. ”
I shrugged: "I never wanted to run away, every time you pushed me away, or used me as a meat shield." ”
Liang Ruoyi gave me a blank look and bit into the bread. The monk on one side put my bread aside, took out half a piece of bread from one of his sacks, and ate it.
"That toad, is it Xu Zeming's person?" I asked as I ate.
"No, Xu Zeming's status will not be easy to do such a superfluous thing." Liang Ruoyi shook his head: "This toad is basically the most disgusting in the circle, just like the seventh master said, eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, and he has no friends, and it is estimated that he has recently owed gambling debts, so he has kept up with us." ”
I replied, "I hope we don't spoil our plans......"
Liang Ruoyi smiled slightly and didn't say anything.
The Budai monk took the lead in eating the bread, drank some water, and then got up and shone a flashlight around. The stone steps under our feet spiraled downward, about three feet wide, and upon closer inspection, I found that even the thickness below was only more than half a zhang, that is, it was suspended on all sides, and the lower end extended into the endless darkness, and I could not see how high it was.
If one didn't grasp it just now, it would have really fallen to death now.
"According to the structure, the arc-shaped road we walked through just now may be the same at both ends, and the situation encountered by the Seventh Master should be the same as ours." Liang Ruoyi guessed: "It is estimated that if we go down, we should reach the first floor of the Yongning Tower Tomb." ”
The cloth bag monk nodded, and when he saw that we had finished eating, he walked down.
I stood up and followed, and after walking for about two minutes, I couldn't stand it anymore - the darkness around me swallowed up the light of the flashlight, my body was suspended on three sides, there was only three feet of ground under my feet, and there was endless darkness below, this feeling was like I was floating in the universe, and it caused great psychological pressure.
Liang Ruoyi walked behind me, following in unison.
Five minutes later, we finally saw the ground. The cloth bag monk walked down slowly, and I jumped down directly when I was still four or five steps, stood on the ground and took a deep breath, wiping the sweat from my face.
Walking inside, after a few steps, I saw a Buddha statue nearly one zhang high.