XXIV. Exports
In this hall, the furnishings are very simple, except for the left wall where the man observes, the other three walls are painted with large patterns that look like black clouds, so that people will unconsciously have a sense of depression when they look at it, and in the environment of the tomb, it becomes more and more eerie, as if they are in the depths of hell filled with ghosts. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Liu Minghao retracted his gaze and inadvertently swept over several glittering statues placed in the corner.
On the outermost part is a statue of a goddess, richly decorated, with a coiled cobra on top of the statue's head, set with two dazzling rubies, shining with golden spots in the light, like a living creature.
Liu Minghao was naturally not attracted by the two gems that were obviously valuable, his eyes focused on the box directly below the snake's head, which was held by the goddess in her hand, a slightly shimmering white halo.
According to past experience, in the space, only the props that can be picked up or the items that fall, there is such a situation, Liu Minghao's heart moved slightly, walked over and tried to touch, did not encounter any obstacles, and then picked up the box with confidence.
In the box is a fist-sized dark green bottle, made of jade-like material, extremely cold to the hand, with a cold feeling that seems to be able to sink into the bone marrow, and the bottle is also painted with gray textures like a spell.
Liu Minghao didn't know anything about these, and he couldn't see any clues, so he was about to put the bottle away, and then take it out to study when he had free time, when his index finger suddenly felt a tingling pain, and then he found that there was a slender opening on his hand, but there was no blood around him, and the bottle was smooth and delicate and there were no cracks and gaps, so he didn't pay much attention to it, put the bottle in the box and put it in the storage bag.
At this time, the man seemed to have made a discovery, walked around the hall, returned to Liu Minghao's side, pointed a few meters away, a passage facing the two, and said quickly, "This is the side hall of the main tomb on the west side, which should be the place where close vassals are buried, according to Egyptian burial customs, the entrance should be on the west side."
"Are you sure?" Liu Minghao looked at the man with a solemn face, his gaze turned back to the passage in front of him again, and frowned slightly.
Although he didn't know anything about ancient Egyptian civilization, his intuition about danger was not bad, and he didn't have any unusual feelings about the other passages in the hall, except for the entrance in front of him, when he looked into the depths of darkness, there was an inexplicable sense of oppression rising from the bottom of his heart.
The man was obviously very confident in his judgment, and in the face of Liu Minghao's inquiring gaze, he nodded vigorously and raised his wrist, "It will definitely not be wrong, Xiao Hei thinks so too." ā
Liu Minghao looked down, and sure enough, the black snake beast that had been quietly entwined raised its head slightly, gently swinging its slender tail, and did not show any abnormality or restlessness.
"I have a bad feeling." Liu Minghao looked up at the man, raised his hand and pointed to the passage ahead, "My intuition has always been very accurate, if you go here, there is a great chance of encountering danger." ā
The man was silent, his fingers stroked the little snake on his wrist, as if he was communicating with it, and after a while, he stretched out his hands helplessly at Liu Minghao, "Believe me, Xiao Hei and I have never made a mistake in this judgment, even if there is really danger inside, we only have this way to go, unless you have to go back the same way, through the side hall before, and enter the main tomb of the core, where you can find the way to other exits, but what will you encounter, I don't think I need to list them one by one, you should be able to imagine it." ā
Liu Minghao naturally understood what the other party meant, just a few peripheral auxiliary tomb halls, there were countless ghost guards, and kobolds whose attack power could continue to increase, and in the main tomb, there would only be more terrible enemies waiting for them.
"Let's go." Unintentionally, Liu Minghao raised his hand and tugged the man's right arm, and ran briskly towards the passage in front of him.
The strength of the man is not high, if there is no Liu Minghao to assist, it will greatly delay the speed of the two of them, and in this situation where there may be chasing soldiers at any time, it is naturally extremely disadvantageous.
And in this labyrinthine clan, the longer the delay, the more dangerous it is, not to mention that the exit is already surrounded by the clansmen of the Guardian Remnant Clan, who must avoid meaningless entanglement with the ghosts in the tomb as much as possible, and save more power to face the guardians outside the clan.
The figures of the two had just disappeared into the darkness, and the sound of armor crashing could already be faintly heard in the other passages.
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The rest of the road was relatively peaceful, and the two of them walked down the narrow passage of the tomb, through several smaller burial chambers, to a place that resembled a porch.
This is a dead end, there are walls on three sides, there is no exit, the man did not wait for Liu Minghao to ask questions, he walked forward quickly, stroked the top of the snake beast's head with one hand, and rubbed back and forth on the stone wall, it seemed that he was looking for a hidden mechanism.
Although Liu Minghao couldn't help much, he didn't sit idly by, looking around, trying to find some useful clues.
"Found it." The man suddenly exclaimed in surprise, and as he stretched out his right hand, he tapped it against the wall with great speed.
Liu Minghao looked back and saw that in front of the position where he was standing, on the originally empty wall, with the man's movements, several longitudinally arranged black lotus patterns appeared.
The black lotus flower fully appeared, the man took a few steps back, his hands were facing each other, flat on his chest, his eyes were slightly drooping, his lips were slightly wriggling, with a series of strange syllables he emitted, golden light gradually appeared on his hands, and when the last slightly raised syllable disappeared, he opened his eyes suddenly, and with a low shout, the golden light immediately flew out.
Several golden streamers hit the wall, and an invisible wave suddenly appeared on the black lotus, and golden points of light splashed out.
"How?" Liu Minghao stood a few steps away from the man's side, looking at the black lotus, the light flowed, but the wall did not change in any way, and a bad premonition rose in his heart.
The man frowned and scratched his head, did not answer Liu Minghao's question, and tried again in a posture, but it was still in vain.
"How so?" The man was also a little dumbfounded, looking at the black lotus in front of him, a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes.
"Are you sure this is the exit, could it be that we chose the wrong direction on the fork in the road before." Liu Minghao really didn't know anything about spells, and when he saw the man scratching his ears and cheeks, there was no good way, and he recalled that the several tombs he passed through before had other passages, and they were all paths chosen by the man, maybe there was a mistake in the middle, and it was not known.
The man shook his head with great certainty, "This is the exit, and it can't be wrong." These black lotuses are ancient Egyptian magic, and they are usually used to seal the entrance to the tombs."
"However, this prohibition has obviously just been blessed, and the energy contained in it is extremely strong, and there is an extremely special thing in it, which is just enough to offset my power, so this situation will occur." As he spoke, the snake beast on the man's wrist suddenly raised his head, and the scarlet snake letter swallowed and hissed, he immediately lowered his head, raised his hand and stroked the top of the snake beast's head, his eyelashes trembled slightly, obviously the two were communicating something.
"I see." After a moment of silence, the man suddenly showed a sudden appearance, and as his words fell, a broken clay tablet suddenly appeared out of thin air in his hand.
This clay slab, yellowed in color and covered with strange hieroglyphs, looks like a museum artifact, only more dilapidated, as if it will be completely shattered in the next second.
"It's going to work out this time." As if to explain to Liu Minghao, and as if muttering to himself to cheer himself up, the man carefully held the clay board in both hands, took a few steps back, and stood three meters away from the wall.
"It's definitely okay this time." The man put on a good posture, suddenly seemed to think of something, turned back to Liu Minghao and said, very solemnly, "This spell is very important, success or failure is in this move, in the process of contacting the ban, we must not be disturbed, once interrupted, we can only find another way out." ā
As he spoke, the man took a deep breath, his eyes closed slightly, his hands held up the clay tablet, and began to chant the strange incantation intently.
Liu Minghao could naturally see his seriousness, even if the other party did not remind him, he would not relax his guard, watching the man's body gradually be enveloped by a cloud of white light, he took a few steps back, stood in the corner, exhaled softly, vigilantly watched the passages on both sides, and was ready to deal with possible accidents at any time.
On the man's chest, a slight glow shone on the broken clay slab, and with the strange chanting of the tone, the thin light gradually increased, slowly rising into the air, converging into an illusory snake head, spitting out letters, fangs exposed, extremely hideous.
After a few minutes, the man's voice suddenly increased, and the snake's head opened violently, spitting out a thick pillar of white light, which spread out at the front end, enveloping the black lotus flower above the wall.
As time passed, the color of the two smaller black lotus flowers at the bottom gradually receded, and the edges of the petals showed a faint gold, and the golden light continued to eat away at the original black, converging towards the middle of the flower.
As the color of the third lotus flower changed, there was a sudden invisible tremor in the air, and at the same time, on the originally empty wall, a huge stone door gradually appeared, and the longitudinally arranged black lotus was just pressed against the gap in the middle of the stone door.
Seeing that the method was effective, the man's face showed a touch of joy, and he immediately recited the incantation even harder, the light on the clay board was even better, and with the enhancement of the white light, the speed of the black lotus's transformation began to gradually accelerate, and in the blink of an eye, there were only two black lotuses with a diameter of nearly one meter at the top, which were still continuing to resist the erosion of the white light.
Seeing that the edge of the black petals was also glowing with a faint golden light, and the stone gate became clearer, it was already almost physical, Liu Minghao's heart was slightly relieved, and at this moment, a low sound suddenly came from the passage on the right.