Chapter 62: The Unexpected
There is no other way out here than the secret passage from which I entered.
The open space in the middle of the cave is neatly paved with square bricks, and a thick layer of blue-green moss grows on the square bricks, which is very slippery to walk on.
In the center of the clearing, there was a circular stone platform, and the dummy sat on a chair in the center of the stone platform, holding a box in his hand, which must contain the green dragon wood.
Looking at the stone box close at hand, Uncle Li looked very sophisticated, and he was not in a hurry to step forward, but first walked around the stone platform and looked at the surrounding situation.
First of all, let's remove part of the moss under the stone platform, revealing the original face of the bricks, and find that there are indeed characters engraved on it, after identification, this is a king-sized spirit gathering array, and its function is only to gather the woody aura gathered by the nine mountain ranges around it, and there is no other dangerous hài effect, Uncle Li can rest assured, at least there will be no danger under the stone platform.
After checking again, we slowly walked to the bottom of the stone platform, at this time, the sun had become very dim, I looked at my watch, it was already half past six in the afternoon, the sun was about to set.
The iron pillar shone the man with a miner's lamp, and when he looked closely, he was immediately surprised.
I saw that he was wearing a green soft scarf, embroidered with a golden dragon, wearing a golden rope chain armor, lined with a green robe, and under his feet were tiger head combat boots, trimmed with gold wire, and the lights were shining.
The head is carved with a piece of red jade, looking at his face, I saw his eyes slightly open, a pair of silkworm eyebrows, lying on it, with a straight nose and a wide mouth, lifelike, if you add three locks of long beards, it is clear that it is Guan Yu Guan Yunchang, a famous general of the Three Kingdoms.
"Yo! it's actually Second Master Guan," Uncle Li was also very surprised, and then frowned, and said, "Alas, this is troublesome!"
"What's the matter, master, why do you want to put a statue of Guan Gong here?" I said.
"What you don't know is that in ancient times, there was a formation that could seal some information of the Yin Spirit to a spiritual psychic object, and then use the Guò Summoning Charms to summon the Yin Spirit to achieve the effect of resurrection in a short time. ”
This object is called a god puppet, and normally, the god puppet is used to take care of some very valuable items, like the jade man you met in Dingjun Mountain, and this Guan Gong statue, they are all god puppets, but the gods invited are different!"
"Yes, I remembered, there is a record of this in the "array" scroll of Kong Ming's Eight Laws, this array is called "Inviting God Array", but it is too mysterious, I can't understand it at all. I shook my head and said.
"Yes, this array has long been lost, even if there is a way to use it, it is still difficult to master it if there is no expert advice!" Uncle Li said.
"Master, according to what you mean, this puppet is Guan Gong's Yin Spirit?"
"Yes, the appearance of the general puppet is dressed according to the god invited, and the better the material of the puppet, the more it can exert the power of the yin spirit, in terms of material, with jade as the best choice, it is not easy for us to get the dragon wood from the hands of this red jade Guan Gong!" Uncle Li let out a long sigh.
After listening to it, I immediately thought of when Lin Guyuan fought against the jade man, Tong Guò barely won the battle with a hard body, and at that time I had also been kicked once, knowing the power of the god puppet, and the rune array drawn by Lin Guyuan when cracking the jade man, we would not use it, if we fight hard with this Guan Gong now, the outcome is still unknown, and we must think of a perfect strategy.
The ray of sunlight shining on the stone box disappeared completely, and everyone looked around the stone platform while inspecting the environment while thinking about countermeasures, and the green dragon moon covering knife placed on the other side of Guan Gong emitted a cold blue light in the reflection of the light, which made the three of them even more frightened.
But now, in order to save people, this green dragon wood is bound to be obtained, "Master, how big is the range of movement of this puppet?
"This method is not proper, as long as something enters this stone platform, the puppet will be activated, and he is not restricted by region, you have to rope the box at the same time, he has already activated, at that time we can only fight hard!" Uncle Li explained.
"Then there's no way to crack this mechanism?" Iron Pillar then asked.
"There is a way, as long as a forbidden spirit array is placed around the stone platform, you can block the entry of the summoned yin spirits, but this formation has long been lost, so we have to use other methods!" Uncle Li said.
"Master, if the Yin Spirit is attached to this jade body, how can we feel our existence?" I suddenly asked.
"The main thing is to judge your location through the guò aura and the fluctuations of the aura around you!" Uncle Li said.
"If we first use copper coins to put an aura barrier on the ground, and let's stand inside, then this puppet won't find us, right?" I said.
"Well, that's right, but if that's the case, we still won't be able to get the dragon wood, and even if we get it, we can only stand here, as long as we go out, we will still be discovered!" Uncle Li said.
"Hehe, as long as we can get the box into the enchantment, we will win, think about it, if this puppet loses the treasure he guards, what should he do? He will definitely look around, but the time he has a limited time every time he is summoned, we just need to wait until the time is up, even if we can summon it a second time, then there will definitely be a gap in the middle, let's use this time to run out, how about it?" I said.
After listening to this, Uncle Li thought about it carefully, "Well, this method is feasible, between the two summons, there is indeed a time difference, but how do we get this box? If you can't get the box, then after the puppet is activated, you will find that there is no one, and you will return to its original position, and it will be in vain!"
I've also thought about this, we can use the method of sound east and west.
First of all, in different directions of the stone platform, use copper coins to place three spatial enchantments, and we will each stand in one position.
Then I first used the rope to lasso the knife on the ground, the purpose of which was to activate the puppet and attract his attention.
Brother, you use the rope to cover the box and pull it over quickly, if you succeed, it will be great, but if you don't succeed, I will immediately jump outside the enchantment, then he must think that I am the treasure hunter and attack me, and at the same time, the master can also jump out to attract his attention, so that brother, you can look for opportunities in the enchantment, use the rope to pull the box over, as soon as you succeed, we will immediately hide in the enchantment, waiting for the end of the summoning time, then we can leave!
"Okay, that's it!" After hearing this, Uncle Li and Tie Zhu agreed with this method, so they started to act. But things always go beyond people's expectations, and as soon as this Hongyu Guan Second Master appeared, it completely disrupted all my plans.
In the depths of this subterranean earth, the cave has been occupied by boundless darkness since its first formation, and the light of torches and mining lamps seems so small like fireflies.
Soon, the three circular copper coin enchantments were arranged around the stone platform, and the three of us stood in turn, each holding a long rope in our hands, and began to move according to the planned preparations
I took a few deep breaths, calmed my mind, and saw that my brother was ready, so I picked up the rope noose in my hand with one hand and put it towards the long knife at Guan Gong's feet.
In the past few years, I have often practiced the skill of lassing ropes with my brother, although it is not as precise as the iron pillar, but it is still no problem to lasso this big knife.
I saw that the rope drew a beautiful arc in the air, accurately lassoed the big knife blade standing next to Guan Gong, and then pulled back, the rope circle immediately shrank, and I hurriedly tried to pull the knife over.
But at the same time, the second master of Hongyu Guan who was sitting on the chair actually moved.
I saw that the puppet who was originally sitting there holding the box in both hands suddenly twisted his neck, and the thick dust deposited on it immediately drifted away, jumping quickly in the pillar of light of the miner's lamp in Uncle Li's hand.
Immediately afterwards, this Guan Erye slowly stood up, holding the box with one hand, and holding the big knife with the other hand.
Seeing the opportunity, the iron pillar quickly threw out the rope in his hand, which was set on the stone box, and pulled it back.
Seeing the box rise in the air, I immediately jumped out of the enchantment and used myself to attract Guan Gong's attention.
However, this Ruby Guan Gong's movements were not as fast as expected, and it was not until Tie Zhu got the stone box and I jumped back into the enchantment that he had just taken the broadsword in his hand.
But something unexpected happened, as Hongyu Guan Gong got up, the stone chair also bounced slightly, and then, from the direction we came in, there was a loud noise, and the three of them hurriedly shook their heads to look, several boulders had blocked the only exit in the cave.
There is no way out, and the plan agreed on just now is all in vain, although they got the stone box, but the three of them are trapped here, and the god puppet Guan Gong has been activated, they can only stand in the enchantment, their minds are in chaos.
What should I do? My mind was spinning rapidly, it seemed that the people who built this place had already thought of this trick, first blocking the way with huge stones, so that even if the people who came to steal the treasure defeated the puppet, they would be trapped in this cave, which was indeed a step ahead, and there would definitely be no exits in other places.
Fortunately, this aura enchantment made of copper coins was very effective, and the puppets stood on the stone platform and did not notice them, but slowly turned around in place, carefully looking for the breath of the treasure thief.
Uncle Li made a gesture to the two of us, asking them not to act rashly, and when the puppet reached the expiration time, they were discussing.
In this way, the three of us stood around the stone platform and waited quietly, every minute was so long, and the god puppet, after turning around on the stone platform a few times, did not find any situation, so he took a strange step, walked down quickly, and went straight to the dark passage that was sealed by the boulder just now, and found that it was sealed, so he started from there, and ran rapidly along the edge of the cave, the speed was incredible.
It seems that he first went to the hole to determine if the mechanism was activated, and then began to look around for the whereabouts of the box.
The three of us stood in the enchantment, carefully observing the actions of the god puppet, only to see him from the periphery of the cave, every turn to the central stone platform closer, the entire karst cave carpet search, so that it will not be long before he can find the three of us, and with its impact, it will definitely break through the copper coin barrier, at that time, we can only fight with it, which is very unfavorable to us.