CHAPTER XLII

The ghost of the ancient building

Collapses basically happen in a matter of moments and no one can predict them. The whole little sand dune was flattened down in an instant like a deflated ball. Fang Xin wanted to stop them, especially Ruan Xiaotian. But it was too late, and everyone was trapped in an instant.

There seemed to be a powerful force that sucked Fang Xin and them down, so that they didn't even have a little time to breathe. In this way, mixed with fine sand and silt, they fell down one after another.

Fang Xin struggled hard, his hands constantly dancing in the air, hoping to catch something, even if it was just a life-saving straw.

But somehow, the time of the fall was less than two seconds, and Fang Xin seemed to have caught something. Because things happened so suddenly, Fang Xin didn't make any mental preparations. So he definitely didn't expect to catch something life-saving with just a little fall.

In desperation, he grabbed one of his hands, but the other broke free. So much so that Fang Xin almost didn't grasp the only hand he had left.

At the same time, something passed by his eyes. Fang Xin didn't hesitate to reach out and grab the free hand, and grabbed it firmly.

These things happen in the blink of an eye, not even a second. But Fang Xin had clearly seen that what fell from his side was none other than Teacher Hu Jie Hu.

Just like that, the two people were hung in the air. In a hurry, Fang Xin didn't know what he was holding. The fine sand above their heads was still falling, falling on Fang Xin and Hu Jie's heads.

Fang Xin shook his hair and had to close his eyes so that the sand would not fall into his eyes. The other hand grabbed Hu Jie's hand tightly. Holding on hard, he knew that he could not let go. If you let it go, the consequences will be unimaginable.

It was pitch black under their feet, and the two of them were suspended in mid-air. No one knows how deep they are under their feet.

"Teacher Hu, hold on, I'll pull you up.' Fang Xin said with difficulty. But at this moment, no matter how hard he tried, he could never raise his arm, let alone save Hu Jie.

What made Fang Xin even more unexpected was that Hu Jie actually said: 'You let go, let go. I'm fine, I'm really fine.' After saying that, I still seem to be smiling.

This made Fang Xin even more confused, wondering in his heart: Did Mr. Hu have a problem with his brain and actually say some foolish things. There is a black rumbling underneath, and you can't see anything, who knows how deep the road is. If you fall, it's strange if you don't die.

Thinking of this, Fang Xin struggled to mention it to Lu, but it still didn't work. Then he said with great difficulty: 'Don't worry, I will pull you up.'

However, he heard Hu Jie's laughter. The laughter sounded like it was happy, and there was no fear of dying at all. This made Fang Xin even more inexplicable and at a loss.

Hu Jie smiled and said, "You let go, I'm enough to the end." This made Fang Xin even more puzzled, his eyebrows furrowed, he really couldn't understand that this pit would be so shallow. However, the fine sand beside me is still rolling down, and it feels bottomless.

'I'...... Really let it go?' Fang Xin had to ask Hu Jie's meaning, because he really doubted Hu Jie's judgment and couldn't figure out whether what she said was true or not.

Hu Jie said again: 'Let it go, it hurts so much that you are holding my hand.'

Like a joke, Fang Xin still let go of his hand hesitantly. Looking down, Hu Jie was really standing steadily, but it was very dark underneath, and I didn't know where she was standing.

Fang Xin's heart finally let go, it turned out that this pit was really so shallow, I didn't know where the road was.

Fang Xin hesitated, he also wanted to let go of his hand and jump down. Just as he had this thought, he was grabbed by another strong hand. Before Fang Xin could react, a head popped up on top of his head. This head is none other than Ruan Xiaotian.

'Damn, you're so heavy!' Ruan Xiaotian seemed to be doing everything he could, desperately pulling Fang Xin up. Before Fang Xin could say no, Ruan Xiaotian had already pulled him up.

Seeing Ruan Xiaotian sitting next to Fang Xin panting, Fang Xin wanted to laugh. But instead of laughing, he said, 'What are you pulling me for?'

As soon as Ruan Xiaotian heard this, the fire suddenly rushed up. He sat up anxiously, pointed at Fang Xin's nose and scolded: "Damn, Fang Xin, Lao Tzu fucking saved you, you still say such cool things. Aren't you fucking underwhelmed!' Ruan Xiaotian gritted his teeth as he spoke.

Of course, Fang Xin was joking with him, just a few seconds ago, he thought he was going to die. Unexpectedly, whether it's up or down, it's fine.

Du Zijuan suddenly appeared behind Fang Xin, and she said, "Okay, you two don't quarrel, let's think about what to do next!"

Looking back, Fang Xin noticed that Du Zijuan and Jingzhi were both there. Unexpectedly, in this small turmoil, the five of them had nothing to do.

It was at this time that Fang Xin was in the mood to observe the situation around him. I don't know how the sudden landslide came about, and where are they now? Why is there such a shocking landslide at the bottom of Taihu Lake?

As far as the eye can see, the landslide continues, revealing a large dark and secluded place. The sunlight refracted from the lake can only shine for a short time. What exactly is further down, no one knows.

More questions arise, what is this area at the bottom of the lake? Or is this not the real bottom of the lake?

Fang Xin couldn't figure it out, and no one could give him answers to these questions. If you want to understand all the problems, you can only explore and find them yourself.

When he was concentrating and stunned, someone pushed him behind him, and he was so scared that he almost rolled down. I could hear Ruan Xiaotian behind him say in an unkind tone: 'Damn, what do you think.'

Fang Xingang wanted to go crazy, but it wasn't until this time that he and Ruan Xiaotian were currently in a place that turned out to be a slope. Only then did Fang Xin look at the environment around him.

Standing up and looking around, Fang Xin couldn't help but be stunned. His mind couldn't turn all at once, because he really couldn't think of it, and there was no reason to think of it, that they would be in that kind of place.

What a miracle, what they see now, where they are, is a miracle. If Fang Xin hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have thought that at the bottom of Taihu Lake, there was actually a huge pavilion.

How big and high the pavilion is, Fang Xin doesn't know. The only thing to be sure of is that they are on the roof of this sprawling pavilion. Fang Xin fell, and it was one of the corners of the roof that was caught.

Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, there is a pavilion in the middle of Taihu Lake. From what has been observed so far, it is not difficult to see that this pavilion should belong to distant antiquity. But what era it is, Fang Xin is unknown. After all, Fang Xin didn't know much about this piece of knowledge.

'What is this place?' Du Zijuan looked at the unfamiliar environment around her and asked Fang Xin, 'Why did we run to the roof?'

Ruan Xiaotian stood up and said, 'I'll go around and check it. Holy, what the hell is this place.'

'Be careful.' Fang Xin instructed, and seeing Ruan Xiaotian shaking his hand without replying, he said to Du Zijuan: "It looks like a pavilion, an ancient pavilion."

'Ancient Pavilion?' Du Zijuan looked surprised. Jingzhi on the side also interjected: "You won't tell me that there used to be a pavilion in this place, and even an ancient town, right? And then one day, for some unknown reason, it became the current Taihu Lake?'

Fang Xin sighed, he hadn't thought about this question. So he said, 'It's hard to say!'

'If that's the case, it's a long way from us, maybe thousands of years ago.' After Du Zijuan said this, her face was also full of surprise.

Fang Xin didn't answer Du Zijuan because he didn't have an answer. Bored, he picked up something similar to a tile on the side, and after a careful look at it, he was still not sure if it was a tile.

Then I thought about it, what would it be if it wasn't tiles on the roof?

Fang Xin was a little disappointed because he didn't recognize the ancient tiles. You say, if only at this time, he could talk about the origin of the tiles in his hand in front of the two girls. For example, which dynasty it came from and what kind of specifications it belonged to. In this way, the girls are not yet a mess of worshipping their profound knowledge.

Maybe it's still the mansion of some royal noble. If that's the case, it's even more incredible.

By the way, what about Mr. Hu? Fang Xin, have you seen Mr. Hu.' Du Zijuan was startled, as if she had just remembered that there was such a person as Hu Jie at this time.

Fang Xin slapped his thigh and tossed for a long time, how could he forget Teacher Hu. Fang Xin hurriedly crouched down on the eaves and shouted below: 'Teacher Hu, Teacher Hu, are you there?' Are you okay?'

I waited for a long time, but there was no response. Fang Xin was in a hurry now, after being pulled up by Ruan Xiaotian, he really didn't pay attention to the following.

Thinking about it carefully, he really doesn't know whether Hu Jie landed safely or not. Because just as he let go, Ruan Xiaotian pulled him up.

Thinking of this, Fang Xingang wanted to shout down again. Suddenly, Hu Jie's voice finally came from below: "I'm here, I'm fine. Come down and see, there's a light here.'

The person who couldn't see Hu Jie, but hearing Hu Jie's voice, Fang Xin's hanging heart finally let go.

'Lights?' Fang Xin pondered carefully. There are only two possibilities for having lights, or the kind of lights that are only available in tombs for 10,000 years. But this is extremely unlikely, because the whole pavilion is buried at the bottom of the lake, where does it get the oxygen to burn.

There is still a possibility that it was artificially ignited.

Fang Xin immediately thought of Shen Kuo, Liu Ting and Xiao Xue, who were still missing. Could it be that they have already descended into this pavilion?

Thinking of this, Fang Xin was overjoyed and ready to jump. Before he could leave, he heard Ruan Xiaotian running over panting and said, "Come with me, see what I found. Damn, it's a big hole.'

Fang Xin didn't want to go, but was pulled hard by Ruan Xiaotian. Helpless, he had no choice but to say to the dark below: 'Teacher Hu, you wait for a while, and we will come down immediately.'

There was no response from the bottom. Ruan Xiaotian asked curiously: 'Damn, who are you talking to?'

Fang Xin gave him a blank look: "Don't lead the way yet!"

Following behind Ruan Xiaotian, he couldn't imagine that the roof would be so steep that it would be difficult for Fang Xin to straighten up and walk. In the middle of the game, both Jingzhi and Du Zijuan almost slipped. Fortunately, Fang Xin was there with them and grabbed them. Otherwise, I really don't know what will happen to the road.

I finally came to the top of the roof, and as far as the eye could see, the roof was quite large. There are eight horns on the front, back, left and right, and an animal lies on each horn. Due to the distance, Fang Xin couldn't see what it was. But one thing is for sure, the animals on each horn are different.

Next up is the other side of the roof, which is going downhill. The roof is too steep, and Fang Xin is a little afraid of heights. As a last resort, I can only rub my ass down little by little like the two boys. Naturally, the speed slowed down.

Not long after the slide, Fang Xin became a little impatient, and he said to Ruan Xiaotian, who was still walking down, "Hey! When will it arrive? What the fuck are you taking us to see?'

At this time, Ruan Xiaotian suddenly stopped. He pointed to his feet and said, 'Look, there's a hole here. Damn, it looks like something smashed out. And, if you look closely, there seems to be a shadowy light flickering down there.'

Ruan Xiaotian said that it was amazing, as if he had discovered something terrible.

Fang Xin and the three of them finally moved to the entrance of the cave and glanced down, and sure enough, as Ruan Xiaotian said, there was a light flickering. This made Fang Xin think of Hu Jie, and she also said that she saw the light. In this way, Hu Jie is in the lower layer.

It seems that the hole that was smashed out is actually not big, at best it is only a meter wide, and it was irregular. But Fang Xin immediately found that the fracture of the beam at the entrance of the cave was relatively fresh, as if it had been broken in a short period of time. Although the entire pavilion can exist for hundreds or thousands of years, the fracture is indeed relatively fresh.

Fang Xin was pondering, Ruan Xiaotian raised his forehead and said, "Let's ...... Let's go down and see? Damn, maybe there's a windfall!'

'Windfall?' Fang Xin looked at him expressionlessly and said, 'What do you hope for, a lot of gold and silver treasures? Are you crazy about money.'

'Where's it?' Ruan Xiaotian smiled awkwardly and said, "It's always right to go down and take a look!" Maybe we'll find a way out. You don't want to spend your whole life at the bottom of this lake. Now, no one will come to our rescue. We can only save ourselves. Besides, we still have to go to Shen Kuo and them. Maybe one of them smashed the hole.'

I have to admit that Ruan Xiaotian's words are still very reasonable.

Du Zijuan glanced at the entrance of the cave and said, "But, how can we go down!" Look at the black paint underneath, and you don't know how high the road is.'

Jingzhi was on the side and nodded in agreement.

And that's true, from their point of view, they can't see the ground at all. But Ruan Xiaotian said: "This is easy to do, I'll go down first, let Fang Xin hold me, as deep as I can. Since there is a light, I might be able to see the ground when I go down. And then decide, whether we go down or not.'

Ruan Xiaotian's plan was not very good, but Fang Xin still agreed. The reason is that Hu Jie is right below. Since she was able to make it to the next level, she should be able to do the same. Take a step back, and even if it doesn't work, they can go back to that roof and go down from there.

After figuring it out, the two of them were ready to go down. Ruan Xiaotian grabbed the edge of the cave and hung down. Fang Xin also lay down, revealing half of his body. Before he acted, he also instructed: 'Hey! Ruan Xiaotian, you can't do it. Do you want to change me?'

Ruan Xiaotian seemed to be confident and said: "Damn, a manly man, what you say is what you do. Fang Xin, don't underestimate people. As long as you don't drop the chain then.'

Fang Xin didn't want to say anything more, he grabbed Ruan Xiaotian's hand and sent him down little by little. Most of Fang Xin's body was almost completely exposed under the entrance of the cave, but it seemed that Ruan Xiaotian hadn't reached the end yet.

The two girls couldn't help but say that they added in. One person and one leg, holding Fang Xin tightly. Although the other party is new, it doesn't play a role, and it's good to comfort me.

After holding on for a while, Fang Xin finally said with difficulty: "Ruan Xiaotian, you are so heavy!" I can't hold on anymore, can you do it!'

'Holy, what's that?'

The accident happened in an instant, and after Ruan Xiaotian screamed, he seemed to be frightened by some kind of shock. His whole body was hung in the air, and he kept shaking. In the end, due to the heavy force brought by the shaking, Fang Xin still failed to catch Ruan Xiaotian, he let go, and Ruan Xiaotian was dropped like this.

What happened to Ruan Xiaotian's body, why did his body suddenly shake?

All three of them were frightened, and they all lay down at the entrance of the cave, looking down. However, the faint light still made them unable to see anything, not even half of Ruan Xiaotian's shadow.

Anyway, Fang Xin's biggest concern was Ruan Xiaotian. He shouted at the bottom of his head: 'Ruan Xiaotian, Ruan Xiaotian. What the fuck are you doing, are you dead?'

There was silence and no sound could be heard. As soon as Fang Xin wanted to shout again, he heard a low, familiar voice coming from the darkness: "Damn, I'm dead. Brothers, I'm fine. This building is not high, so you can come down as you have just done!'

Hearing Ruan Xiaotian's voice, the three people on the roof finally relieved their hearts. Du Zijuan was still uneasy and asked again: 'Are you really okay?'

'Damn, don't bother, I said nothing is nothing. Manly man, this pain is nothing.' Ruan Xiaotian's subdued tone came again in the darkness.

Judging from Ruan Xiaotian's powerful and loud voice, he really had nothing to do. Jingzhi also asked curiously, "What happened down there, how did you fall down all of a sudden?"

Ruan Xiaotian seemed to be a little bored, and he said, "Alas, can you come down first. How can a woman be a mother-in-law and mother-in-law, Fang Xin, hurry up and put them all down.'

After Ruan Xiaotian said this, Fang Xin no longer hesitated, and put the two girls down one by one. With Ruan Xiaotian at the bottom, he moved much faster.

It was only three or five minutes later, and Fang Xin's largest one went down to the inside of the pavilion. How many floors this pavilion has, everyone still doesn't know. But there is one thing that this layer really is not high. Fang Xin estimated that it was only 3 meters high, and it would definitely not exceed 4 meters.

After coming down, Fang Xin couldn't wait to ask, 'Ruan Xiaotian, what happened just now?'

Ruan Xiaotian scratched his hair and said a little embarrassedly: "Specifically, I don't know what's going on with Lu Dao. As soon as I came down, I saw a dark shadow suddenly appear at my feet. Damn, I wasn't prepared for anything, and I couldn't see what that dark shadow was, so it crashed straight into me.'

'A dark shadow? You really don't see anything?' Seeing Ruan Xiaotian nodding very affirmatively, Fang Xin asked again, "In which direction did the black shadow go?"

Ruan Xiaotian hesitated for a while, pointed in one direction and said, 'It seems to be over there, but I'm not sure.'

At this time, Jingzhi suddenly said: "It can't be a ghost, at the bottom of this lake, except for a few of us, there will definitely be no more living people." After finishing speaking, she didn't scare others, she herself was frightened first, and hurriedly grabbed Fang Xin's arm and hid behind him.

Fang Xin said, "Why don't you think about it, maybe it's one of them!"

At this time, the four of them began to pay attention to their surroundings. The entire floor was almost shrouded in darkness, except for four dim oil lamps in the distance, emitting a green glow. It makes people see, but not only does not reduce the fear of darkness because of the appearance of light. On the contrary, the fear is even stronger.

And what is around, it is not clear at all. As far as the eye can see, there is basically nothing. It's as if the whole floor is empty and there is nothing.

'Let's go and see.' Fang Xin thought about it again and again, but decided to go to a place with light first, and explore the way.

When I got closer, I realized that the four oil lamps were embedded in four thick pillars. The thick pillar requires at least two people to hug it.

It seems that these four pillars should be the four pillars of this pavilion.

The paint on the pillars is basically gone, and you can't see the original face clearly. Strangely enough, this pavilion is all made of wood, and if it had been soaked in water for thousands of years, there would be no signs of decay.

The only explanation is that the pavilion was not immersed in water. Or, soak for only a very short time.

There is no way to verify what the truth of the matter is. Fang Xin didn't want to explore these things, he only wanted two things now, one was to find Xiaoxue and them, and the other was to leave here as soon as possible.

Seeing Du Zijuan staring at the oil lamp on the pillar for a long time, Fang Xin asked, "Zijuan, have you found anything?"

Du Zijuan then turned around and said: "I found a little problem, but I don't know if it's right."

'Tell me about it.'

First of all, I noticed that the oil lamps didn't seem to have been soaked in water. Because the oil in the oil lamp is still very pure, it doesn't look like it's mixed with water. Secondly, the oil in the oil lamp is full. If it were some kind of oil lamp that would not be extinguished for 10,000 years, the oil would have been burned out a long time ago.' Du Zijuan analyzes her findings.

Ruan Xiaotian snorted from his nose and said, 'Damn, what does this prove!'

Jingzhi then said, "It proves that the oil lamp was just lit, maybe it was Xiaoxue and them."

Fang Xinha, Ha Da Lu, laughed: "Ruan Xiaotian, Ruan Xiaotian, look at it, you are not as smart as the two girls. Anyway, there are all kinds of signs that Xiaoxue must have been here, and we are looking for the right way.'

These words made Ruan Xiaotian angry, and he turned his head away. Who knows, just at this moment, another blurry thing passed by him. Frightened, Ruan Xiaotian screamed in shock, and jumped directly into Fang Xin.

Fang Xin unceremoniously pushed him away and said, "Ruan Xiaotian, what the hell are you doing, I'm shocked."

'Damn, I seem to ...... It looks like I really saw a ghost.' Ruan Xiaotian's face was extremely distorted with fear. Looks like he's really scared.

At the same time, Jingzhi was also frightened, and she also saw it. He stammered and said, 'It's like a human form, and it walks fast. However, there is not a single sound. I think I still see ...... Saw its face. It's horrible, its face is full of carrion, piece by piece, as if it's falling down.'

After Jingzhi's description, Fang Xin immediately thought of something he had seen before. Dried corpses that appeared at about the same time as skeletons.

Could it be that there are also living corpses in this place?

Fang Xin didn't dare to think about it anymore, if there really was, it wouldn't be surprising.

And at this moment, in the place where the dried corpse disappeared, in the disappearing darkness, there was a sudden sound of crackling. It's like the sound of people stepping on the floor. In fact, the entire pavilion is made of wood, as are the floors.

And at this time, the snapping sound is getting closer and closer. Each sound strikes on the heart, causing the heartbeat to beat dramatically.

The four of them were so stunned by the snapping sound that they didn't dare to move. Fear made their limbs almost numb, and they couldn't move for half a minute.

What could be coming from afar? Is it the dried corpse that Jingzhi saw?

As the snapping sound approached, the four of them almost hugged each other. In such a tense and oppressive atmosphere, who can stand it!

At the intersection of oil light and darkness, a figure gradually appeared. That's right, it's a figure. This further confirms the existence of dried corpses.

The two girls, Jingzhi and Du Zijuan, couldn't hold back for a long time, and hid in the arms of Fang Xin and Ruan Xiaotian. As for Fang Xin and Ruan Xiaotian, the two of them were not a little more comfortable because of the embrace of a beauty. On the contrary, because of the acceleration of the heartbeat, the cold sweat was also forced out in an instant.

Until the figure walked into the light, until Fang Xin shouted: 'Teacher Hu?' The four of them finally put a hanging heart on the ground.

It was Hu Jie who came out of the darkness. When the four of them finally saw her clearly, she was actually patting her chest and muttering: 'It was you, it scared me to death.'

Ruan Xiaotian was not happy: "Damn, who is scaring whom. Teacher Hu, people are scary, they want to scare people to death.'

Fang Xin pushed Ruan Xiaotian away and hurriedly asked Hu Jie, "Teacher Hu, why did you come from there?"

Hu Jie, who is in her early thirties, actually pouted like a little girl and said, "You still say, I'm waiting for you over there. As a result, I didn't see you come down for a long time. I heard a voice from here, so I came to take a look, and I didn't think it was you.'

This thing is indeed strange Fang Xin, not only did he forget about this stubble, but even Hu Jie almost forgot about it.

Du Zijuan asked a question that everyone was very concerned about: 'Mr. Hu, did you come across anything when you came over there just now?'

Hu Jie's eyes shot blankly, she glanced back, and then said, "It's black, I haven't seen anything. What's wrong, is there something wrong?'

'Nothing, nothing.' Du Zijuan smiled awkwardly. It's weird enough to scare them a lot. She didn't want to scare another Hu Jie.

There was silence for a few seconds, and it was these few seconds that made the five people seem to hear something again. But if you listen closely, it doesn't seem to be anything.

'Did you hear anything?' Fang Xin wondered if there was something wrong with his ears, so he hurriedly asked the others. The answer was that they all heard it faintly.

Finally, Jingzhi summed up their doubts: 'It seems to be a human voice.'

'Maybe it's a little snow, hurry!' (To be continued......)