51 · Sharp turn (down)
["Soul Burial, Blood Burning, Heart ......"]
Ding Sheng saw that his junior sister's head was engulfed in darkness, and hurriedly ran up the steps.
"What's inside?" he pulled Hua Lingyan out of it.
"I can't see clearly. ”
Hua Lingyan was out of breath.
It was quite damp in the shaft, and as she leaned in, the sound of breathing filled the shaft, and the constant echo in her ears made her distracted, and for a moment, she felt like her head and body were split in two.
She gasped for breath.
"This should be it, someone must have been in there. She breathed a sigh of relief, "We're going down too, maybe there's still clues in it." Since that person has the leisure to carve the mountain monument, maybe there will be clues underneath. ”
"It's too dangerous, I'll go ahead. Ding Sheng's tone was unmistakable.
"Okay. ”
Hua Lingyan's light skill is higher than Ding Sheng, if something happens inside, she can better evacuate the shaft after her palace.
Ding Sheng picked a relatively dry and thick branch, and as soon as he was angry, the branch burned.
He walked into the hole and threw the burning branch down while observing the situation at the edge.
The red light fell from the top to the bottom of the cave, and only a snap was heard, and the branches smashed against the stone slabs, and the scattered fireworks were quickly extinguished.
"How?"
"Not deep. Ding Sheng said, "There are stones underneath, which are very smooth. ”
Hua Lingyan breathed a sigh of relief.
Finding the way with burning branches is actually quite risky, once there is swamp gas or explosives underneath, the entire dark room may be wiped out, and they will also be affected by standing on the sidelines, not to mention that this is the place where the Hundred Bitter Sect stores poison, who knows what is in it.
Fortunately, her fears did not come true.
"I'll go down first. ”
Ding Sheng drilled into the hole, and the sound echoed from the inside to the outside, repeating it over and over again, making both of them uncomfortable to hear.
Hua Lingyan didn't tell too much, only left a trusting look.
The shaft was quite narrow, and Ding Sheng's hands were stuck on both sides, and his legs were also stuck below, moving down a little bit.
The walls of the well were filled with slippery liquid, probably left by some kind of insect, and the crazy moss made the walls smoother, and Ding Sheng felt that his palms were itchy.
He slid slowly down, finally landing on the stone floor.
In the dim sunlight, he saw the burning branches.
"Senior brother, how is it?"
"Wait. ”
Ding Sheng took out another piece of wood from behind his back and set it on fire.
The firelight suddenly illuminated the entire dark room.
The shaft reaches the center of the dark room, which is about two meters high up and down, the width of the left and right sides is the same, about ten meters or more, the walls and floors are made of stone bricks, and tall stone cabinets are arranged on each side, and various cans are placed in the cabinets, which are dazzling.
Ding Sheng walked slowly in the dark room.
On the floor, the dust is distributed in a mess.
Somebody has been here, and they're rummaging through here.
"Come down too. Ding Sheng walked to the mouth of the shaft and shouted to it. "You can just jump off. ”
Soon, Hua Lingyan fell lightly into the dark room.
"What did you find?"
"Someone has been here, there are footprints everywhere, and it looks like they are in a hurry. ”
Hua Lingyan followed Ding Sheng's gaze and looked at the ground, as the senior brother said, the footprints on the ground were quite messy, and the person who entered the dark room should be looking for something, but the time was pressing, and the person didn't know where the things were, so he ran around.
"What will you take away?" Hua Lingyan said to herself.
She looked at the thickness of the dust and saw that the man was not exactly a headless fly—in some places the dust was so thick that he hadn't been looking for it at all, while in other places there were signs of frequent trampling and the floor had been wiped clean.
Following this line of thought, she circled the general scope of the man's search.
"Let's look over here, too. She told her brother what she thought.
"That's right. ”
Ding Sheng immediately began to check.
The cabinets are divided into six tiers, each of which houses numerous jars of medicine, with their names engraved on a wooden plaque in front of them. For the two disciples of the Ancient Mirror Sect, these were all familiar medicines.
Hua Lingyan couldn't help but think: They all say that "the West is a hundred bitter and the East is an ancient mirror", in the end, the things that our two families study are not all the same, but they give full play to the toxicity of medicine, while we use medicine to save people.
"What suspicious medicine did you see?"
"Not yet. Hua Lingyan replied, "Senior brother, look at these medicine jars. ”
"What's wrong?"
Hua Lingyan took a medicine called "Soul Booster" from the cabinet, the effect of this medicine is to make people who smell it fall into a coma, Gu Jingmen often uses it to give it to the wounded, so that they can avoid the pain of flesh and skin, as for what the Hundred Bitter Sect is going to use, she does not know.
She opened the medicine jar and showed the inside to her brother.
"There are two layers?" Ding Sheng put the torch aside and looked inside.
"That's right, there is a description of how to refine the medicine on it, and the next layer is the medicine. She handed Ding Sheng the refining method of Soul Hypnosis.
"It's the same way as the Ancient Mirror Gate. ”
"Of course, after all, it's all called 'Soul Relief'. Hua Lingyan nodded.
"We can open all the medicine cans and see which one is missing. ”
"That's right! That's what I meant. ”
Ding Sheng stretched and looked around the dark room.
This dark room is not very big, but it is enough to put down thousands of medicines, and it is hard work to open them one by one.
"Let's get started. Underground, so oppressive that it was hard to breathe, Ding Sheng said, "You turn to the left, I'll go to the right, and we will meet when the time comes." ”
"Good. ”
Hua Lingyan stretched her muscles and bones and immediately started.
"'Confusing Poison', 'Hiding Jiao', 'Head Salt', 'Ruffian Blood Soup'......" In order to prevent herself from missing something, she whispered the names of these poisons.
I have to admit that the Hundred Bitter Sect has indeed developed many things that she had never imagined, and those herbs that can be found everywhere can reach all kinds of strange poisonous effects after refining, which opened her eyes. However, as a righteous person, she would rather not know about these dirty methods.
It is no wonder that the Hundred Bitter Sect is gradually declining.
Who wants to deal with poison every day, with the people who create it?
I don't know how long it took, but the torches ran out one after another, and the air in the cave had decreased significantly, before they had turned over the entire dark room.
"How's it going?" Ding Sheng hugged a medicine jar, "I found a recipe that is missing." ”
"I have two of them. Hua Lingyan patted the medicine jar on the table.
Ding Sheng stepped forward and placed the three together.
"Soul burial, blood burning, heart ......"
Hua Lingyan read the names of the three poisons softly.
"What is this?"
"I've never heard of it, and the last 'heart' is even more unclear. Ding Sheng shook his head, "Let's take them out first." ”
"Well, I don't want to stay here any longer. ”
"By the way, did you find any other signs?"
"No," Hua Lingyan said, "I think that if the people who are going through the dark room are in a hurry, they should not have the heart to do anything on the Chongshan Monument, so two groups of people have been here." ”
"Who are they......"
"I don't know, I can't even confirm the order at the moment. Hua Lingyan said, "However, these missing recipes should help us identify one of them." ”
"That's right, we've got to go out first and tell the ...... Wudang. ”
"yes, it's up to them. Hua Lingyan was very unwilling.
They carefully wrapped the canister in a cloth bag and made sure that it would never be broken before setting off to climb the shaft.
I really don't want to go in here again.
Ding Sheng's palms became sticky again, and a few insects were mixed in between his fingers.
He climbed up helplessly.
Suddenly, he grabbed Hua Lingyan's shoe.
"What's wrong?" his cheeks began to burn, and he quickly slid them down.
"Door...... Shut up. ”