Chapter 1: The Outer Eight Elements and Incredible Secrets

(I took a subject in the afternoon, I'm sorry for being late, I'll continue tomorrow)

After coming out of the Ximatang Ancient Tomb, I did not rush back, but took the fat man and Ali to Hetao's house. Because there is always something that needs to be addressed. For example, mutiny.

When we were in the ancient tomb of Ximatang, we successfully found the exit according to the direction that Lan pointed us out. And not far from the exit, we found several more people with their hands and feet tied and their mouths gagged. Among them, Ario was also tied up and thrown to the ground.

Seeing those who were anti-water, He Tao was surprisingly calm. I saw him walk up and untie the rope from Arieu, and then glance at the men who were still lying on the ground.

The fat man realized that the situation was wrong, and pulled me and Ali out first. It's just that before going out, the fat man handed his dagger to He Tao.

After we went out, we waited outside, and it didn't take long for He Tao to come out. To my surprise, He Tao's face did not show the same expression of pleasure and satisfaction as after avenging his brother, but the same calmness as when he saw those who were tied up and thrown on the ground.

The fat man took the dagger that had been wiped clean, inserted it back into the scabbard on his leg, and then silently patted He Tao's shoulder-

There's a reason I'm not in a hurry to go back. One is that I haven't seen my uncle in the tomb until now. So I'm not sure I'm safe to go back now. Maybe Uncle has already decided that I will go back, so he has already prepared to wait for the rabbit. It's definitely not appropriate for me to go back like this. The other is the fat man on the way out and the "people" I mentioned.

In fact, I have never figured out who the "those people" in the fat man's mouth are. And from what Lan said to me before, it seems that "those people" are an organized and disciplined group, and they are definitely not a good thing for me. It's just that neither the fat man nor Lan will reveal the slightest bit of information about this to me. Of course, the fat man and Lan refused to tell me, so there was only one Ali left.

Lan knew Ali. Or maybe Lan knew someone who had a relationship with Ali. While it may be a bit of a stretch to say that, the relationship between them seems to be just that. So I decided to look for a breakthrough from Ali's side and try to solve this series of mysteries.

After returning to Hetao's home, I tried to find, and even tried to create, some opportunities to be alone with Ali. But Ali didn't seem particularly willing, and every time she avoided me with very clever reasons or actions. This embarrassed me. Still, I found a chance to be alone with her. And it was this opportunity that I learned something from her mouth. Although Ali didn't answer all my questions, at least there was something I finally knew.

In the Ximatang Ancient Tomb, Lan once asked Ali a question. It's about a man. This man is Ali's brother. However, he died ten years ago in a tomb robbery. And Ali's brother seems to have an unusual relationship with Lan. Of course, Ali didn't know how her brother died. She was still young at the time, and all she knew was that one of her sisters had brought a letter to her home, and Ali's grandfather had read it and burned it. Since then, Ali has never seen her brother again. Not even a corpse has ever been seen.

As for Ali's identity, when I asked her, she was always evasive, and didn't seem to be willing to answer me. However, after my repeated questioning, Ali finally revealed some information to me. But even though this information is of little real use to me now, I'm going to write it down so I don't forget it in the future.

The people behind Ali belong to a "line". The "line" of the outer eight lines. As far as I know, the outer eight elements are divided into eight types: the Thief Gate, the Gu Gate, the Mechanism Gate, the Thousand Gates, the Orchid Gate, the Divine Tone Gate, the Red Handkerchief, and the Soul Gate. These are doorways that are independent of the traditional 360 lines. But the people behind Ali, and what kind of industry Ali herself belonged to, she didn't tell me. Instead, he told me the other one -- that each of the eight outer rows has its own leader. And these so-called leaders each guard an ancient tomb.

Ali stopped as she said this, looked at me and asked me if I had anything in mind. I frowned and thought about it for a moment, and I always felt that there was an answer in my heart, but time just couldn't tell.

"Brother, how many gates are there in Qimen Dunjia?" Ali asked me.

When Ali said this, I felt like I was enlightened, and I understood it in an instant. The outer eight elements, the eight gates of Qimen Dunjia, is this corresponding?

Ali nodded, then shook her head again.

In fact, the Outer Eight Elements have no actual connection with the tyrants in Qimen Dunjia. It's just that the power of the Outer Eight Elements is too large, and in view of the special nature of the Outer Eight Elements. The eight gates in Qimen Dunjia are the only ones they can suppress. So over time, people have connected them together.

When Ali said this, I thought of something.

According to what Ali just said, the outer eight elements each guard an ancient tomb, and they correspond to the eight gates in Qimen Dunjia. Then the shocking door under Webster's ancestral hall

I seem to understand something. The ancient tomb under Webster's ancestral hall is not a real ancient tomb, but a trick. The tomb that Merriam-Webster really wants to protect exists within that shocking door.

I couldn't help but feel a chill when I thought of this. Is our home one of the eight outer lines? How did I not know? Thinking about it, I thought about it for a while, trying to search my mind for anything related to one of the eight lines in the house. But I was sent out when I was a child, and I never had the opportunity to touch these things. So even though I wanted to, I couldn't think of any information about it. But just as I was about to give up, a voice rang in my head.

This is what the two Ah Fa brothers said to me: "Your uncle taught all the children in the village the trick of robbing tombs"

Is tomb robbery a door robbery?

I was still thinking about it, when Ali reached out and shook it in front of my eyes and motioned for me to continue listening to her. I retracted my attention and listened to her continue.

Each of the eight outer rows is not so much guarding an ancient tomb as having the right to mine an ancient tomb. (I was just about to ask Ali what this means, Ali waved my hand not to interrupt her) Every ancient tomb as part of the Qimen Dunjia Eight Gates must have a secret buried inside. This secret is something that each of the eight lines tries to hide. Because the secret is too much

Ali paused at this point, frowning as if searching for an appropriate adjective.

After a long time, Ali said, "Because this secret is too incredible." ”