Time passed quickly, and noon arrived soon the next day.

The Great Banyan Village returned to calm again. No one knows what happened last night. The exploration team members live and cook in their own yards. The exploration material was well prepared, with a variety of meats, as well as rice and noodles. Some well-meaning team members asked the villagers if they wanted to be together, but none of them received an answer.

"It's really slanting." One of the team members was so dissatisfied that he drank the soup and complained: "I can't invite the villagers out to eat together, and I don't charge them money." The door won't be opened, and we haven't seen anyone for so long, tsk. ”

The team member next to him took a bite of noodles, looked around, and whispered, "Don't say it, this village is really weird." Everywhere I went, I felt like someone was staring at me. Do you feel that way? ”

"Really! I went to pee next to it, and I always felt something looking at my back and being terrified. "Hey...... You said...... Wouldn't it be these villagers watching us in the room? "It's not that perverted, is it? I'm a big old man peeing too? "Haha, maybe it's a daughter-in-law?"

In the crack in the door, Jiang Xian retracted his gaze and looked at his mobile phone, which showed that the time was 11:50.

All of them changed into camouflage. Jiang Xian's hand was in his trouser pocket, and the black umbrella was leaning on his side. There seemed to be a clattering second hand in time. Just when twelve o'clock came. The five of them opened their eyes at the same time and looked at Hong Siniang.

Hong Siniang raised her head, sniffed lightly, and then unexpectedly "tsk", and sneered: "It's really not a cover-up." ”

After saying this, he walked straight to the hall and tilted his head towards the floor-to-ceiling wardrobe: "Old Chu, I remember that you are proficient in dividing gold and fixing acupoints, and it is claimed that there is no mechanism that cannot be opened if you can't find it." Try? ”

The king cooperates, and there is no need for nonsense at all. Chu Zi squatted down without saying anything. In just ten seconds, his hand pulled and lifted, and with a faint sound of machine reinforcement, the ground on which they were standing retracted. There was a passage about a meter in front of you!

The passage is surrounded by loess. However, at the moment it opened, a little light lit up in the depths of the dark passage!

Seems...... Something unknown exists, knowing that they came in general. The lights were lit, waiting for them to enter.

Everyone glanced at each other, Jiang Xian took a deep breath, pulled the mask down, put on the goggles, the cuffs, and the neckline were tied with water, and said in a deep voice: "Ling Xiaozi and I are first." Others are outside to take the wind. Once they didn't come back for more than an hour, Hong Siniang and the eight-armed Arhat followed. ”

"Let's go!"

Boom - Jiang Xian jumped into the pit first, and his body habitually half-squatted on the ground. The hand instinctively grips the handle of the black umbrella. The cold light on the helmet illuminated the front of him palely, however, the moment he saw it clearly, Jiang Xian was directly stunned in place.

Ten seconds...... Twenty seconds...... Thirty seconds later, Ling Xiaozi's nervous voice came from above: "The surname is Jiang, are you okay?" Didn't drive back to the west? ”

Jiang Xian did not answer, but continued to walk forward. As you walk, gently stroke the wall with your hand. As his figure moved forward, a dark dust rustled down the walls. Just ten meters after entering, he finally stopped, crouched down and turned on the flashlight, turning off the cold light above his head.

Under the warm orange light, the passage ahead took on a distorted color.

Patches of red patches of various sizes covered the floor and walls, as if the ground here was suffering from a serious skin disease. And in front of him, there was a blood-red passage!

Like a demon's mouth, it leads to endless hell.

"False Taoist." He took out his walkie-talkie and said in a deep voice: "Get down, there are some things here, you may be familiar with them." ”

There was silence on the intercom.

Three seconds later, Ling Xiaozi appeared behind Jiang Xian angrily, gritted his teeth and said, "The surname is Jiang!" Once again, Poor Dao solemnly warns you! I'm a real Tongtian official! Dragon Tiger Mountain lineage! If you don't close the door, be careful that the poor road breaks off with you!! ”

"Well, a former Tongtianfu official. Abandon the descendants of the Dragon and Tiger Mountains. Jiang Xian opened his mouth quietly, and without waiting for Ling Xiaozi's anger to break through the table, he put his finger in front of the other party: "Look at what this is." ”

Ling Xiaozi instinctively took two steps back, looked at the other party suspiciously, and squeezed out a sentence for a long time: "MMP, did you just take the bird?" ”

Day you immortal board! Jiang Xian grinded his teeth and grabbed the other party, and pressed the other party's head to his fingers. Only then did Ling Xiaozi realize that Jiang Xian's fingers were stained with a small pinch of red powder.

"Huh?" After looking at it for three seconds, Ling Xiaozi's eyes lit up and he put the powder in his mouth. I closed my eyes and took a closer look, and when I opened them again, my eyes were already full of surprise.

Brush - his body was like a gust of breeze, ethereal past Jiang Xian, and the flashlight in Jiang Xian's hand also fell into Ling Xiaozi's hands at the moment when the other party passed by. The other party took a flashlight and shone forward, sighed, walked three meters quickly, and actually made the same posture as Jiang Xian, squatting on the ground, gently touching the ground with his fingers, and looking around.

It took a full minute for Ling Xiaozi to stand up straight and look at the depths of the passage in a complicated manner. His lips moved several times, but nothing came out.

Jiang Xian walked to the side and said softly: "Actually, ......"

"Cinnabar." Ling Xiaozi's eyes were like lightning, and he said categorically: "As a person in the Dao Sect, I will never be wrong about the taste of cinnabar!" But ......"

He looked ahead with emotion and shock, and muttered, "Cinnabar is a compound of sulfur and mercury. Although cinnabar ores exist in nature, however, these can only occur in crystalline or mineral form. There is no such thing as the one that has impregnated the entire passage! ”

He turned his head and paced quickly with his hands on his back, stopping abruptly after a few seconds and muttering, "Unless, there's a sulfur mine down here!" ”

"And...... Someone poured a large amount of mercury on the sulphur mines. This results in a large sheet of powdered cinnabar! The fact that this cinnabar can penetrate the ground means that it is not far from the bottom of the passage! ”

"Artificial?" Jiang Xian raised his eyebrows and said.

Ling Xiaozi said with certainty: "Artificial! Because there is no liquid mercury in nature! Don't deny it, I'm a Taoist priest, but an ancestor who plays with mercury. ”

Jiang Xian was silent for two seconds, and was about to speak, when Ling Xiaozi's eyes showed a fierce light: "If you dare to say that the former Taoist priest, only one of us can go out today!" ”

Jiang Xian sighed as if regretfully, and was ready to speak again. Ling Xiaozi launched the interrupting skill for the second time: "If you dare to say that you are a fake Taoist, this time you will leave this time to explore the poor road!" ”

Jiang Xian quietly shut up.

Comfortable...... Ling Xiaozi let out a long sigh of relief and smiled, "So, what do you want to say?" ”

Jiang Xian glanced at him and said calmly, "I just took the bird." ”

Be quiet.

Jiang Xian tried to remedy: "I didn't expect you to eat it directly." ”

Dead.

Three seconds later, a muffled voice sounded through the passage: "...... Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable...... Take the poor road with a sword! You old man, I'm going to get rid of the demon today!! ”

After a punch, the two of them gasped and leaned on both sides of the passage. Jiang Xian tidied up his clothes and raised a finger: "These cinnabar have revealed two mysteries for us. ”

"Humph!" Ling Xiaozi rolled his eyes arrogantly, not bothering to pay attention to him.

Jiang Xian didn't care, and continued: "After I just came down, I was a little confused when I saw this dark passage. ”

"Why?" Ling Xiaozi straightened his robe and sneered, "Afraid of the dark? Claustrophobia ......"

Before the words fell, he suddenly thought of something, blinked his eyes, and his expression immediately became serious: "Luminous plant? ”

Jiang Xian nodded and said slowly: "If there is a mother luminous plant in that dry well, this road should not be so dark. ”

Luminescent plants need nutrients to survive. In the nest pit, limestone is everywhere because of the evolutionary law of natural selection. So it needs bat carcasses as nourishment. But this passage is full of dirt, and it shouldn't be needed.

But no.

"Now I have my doubts solved, and that's because it's covered with cinnabar, and no plants can grow." He raised a second finger: "Second ...... Do you remember the villagers of Da Rong Village? ”

Ling Xiaozi narrowed his eyes and sighed for a long time: "Mercury poisoning." ”

Living on the land that has been watered with mercury for a long time, inherited from generation to generation, eventually superimposed, resulting in this deformed village.

And these two inferences point together to a problem.

"Here's ...... What is hidden? Ling Xiaozi looked at the ground in a complicated way, such a large area, at least a few tons. And mercury is such a thing...... Even if it was Sangong, he couldn't get much at that time!

Mercury that can stain the entire channel red...... No, maybe the mercury that dyed the entire Banyan Village red, at least by the ton! Is this the permission that the three public levels can have?

"Qin Shi Huang believed in Fangshi, and it was extremely difficult to refine liquid mercury with refining technology at that time. With so much mercury, I'm afraid only the emperor is qualified to master it......" He swallowed his saliva, and quietly retracted towards the way he came, and as soon as he shrank halfway, he was grabbed by Jiang Xian and whisked the dust: "Are you going to run away?" ”

"Yes, sir, is there anything else that can help you? This is the end of this service...... ""Fuck off. ”

"Don't challenge my patience, man! Do you know you're playing with fire?! "Climb."

"The ...... surnamed Jiang Toast without eating and drinking, isn't it? Believe it or not, a palm thunderbolt slashed your head?! Wait a minute...... What are you doing with an umbrella? Stop! Something to say...... Say ...... well."

The tip of the umbrella wrapped in white cloth was on Ling Xiaozi's throat, and he immediately changed his words wisely. Jiang Xian sighed: "Why bother? ”

The muscles on Ling Xiaozi's face were twitching. What the hell are you ...... Take weapons at every turn, if you give Poor Dao a fair duel occasion, Poor Dao will definitely let you know what Thor is called!

"Master, what should I do next?"

Ling Xiaozi rubbed his hands and smiled flatteringly. Jiang Xian glanced at him: "Go on, but we have to speed up." If we stay here too long, we can also get mercury poisoning. ”

Ling Xiaozi nodded, and the two of them tied a towel to the back of their heads. Then he kicked his legs and ran quickly through the passage.

The passage was built under the village, and the whole village is only a few hundred meters in circumference. The dry well is located in the center. Such a distance will not make the two masters lose their sense of direction.

Three-minute ...... Five minutes...... Seven minutes later, both stopped at the same time.

Right in front of them, a large door appeared.

No...... It's also not appropriate to say it's a gate. It was a stone slab, or a stone door.

It just so happened that it was stuck in the middle of the road.

Jiang Xian and Ling Xiaozi glanced at each other, and said in unison, "Broken Dragon Stone?!" ”

The dragon stone represents the last passage of a cemetery. Once it falls, yin and yang are separated. And at this moment, on the stone door in front of them, a dim oil lamp was like the eyes of the owner of the tomb thousands of years ago. Staring at them.

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