After passing through the area of the mechanism, it was still a long Shinto, but the space on both sides began to shrink significantly, and the width that could have been possible for 4 people walking side by side at the same time gradually began to become the width of 2 people walking side by side.

"The channel is starting to narrow, which is not a good sign." Donglin's brows were deeply locked, this situation shows that the space connected behind it will most likely not be the main hall of the underground palace.

Xia Yanru has a general understanding of the structure of the tomb, but according to common sense, this situation is indeed a bit strange, especially since Shinto not only has changed in width, but also has become a large turning angle.

It didn't take long for Shinto to finally come to an end, and another huge stone gate blocked the way, this stone gate was full of totemic reliefs, which looked a bit like some kind of animal from a distance, and when you got closer, you would find that these reliefs were the same distance from each other, and there were grooves that seemed to slide to them.

"Looks like you have to spell out the right pattern to open it." Donglin observed for a while before saying, "A few of you will look for Ling Kun first to leave a mark." ”

Faced with Donglin's plan to save trouble, Xia Yanru did not refuse, but she still stepped forward to carefully study the relief pattern on the stone door, speaking of which, Ling Kun and his party should have successfully entered the stone gate before, then this mechanism was reopened, and it was the same as the back blade just now, it was a circular mechanism setting.

After about a few minutes, Donglin's subordinates had nothing to gain, and the surrounding walls were almost eye-catching, and Ling Kun's mark was not seen at all, obviously here, the other party did not leave a shortcut for the people behind.

"Looks like I'm going to have to work hard for you this time!" Although Donglin was a little regretful, when he turned his head and saw Xia Yanru, he instantly felt relieved.

"Why did you climb to where you are now?" Xia Yanru was speechless for a moment, she was ready to untie the relief mechanism by herself, but this did not mean that she liked to be sent by Donglin all the time.

"Well! It's a secret, not to be said, not to be said. Donglin was first stunned by Xia Yanru's straightforward and even disdainful tone, but he was stunned for a moment, and the next second he showed a rather profound smile and sold Guanzi.

Slanted at the other party very impatiently, Xia Yanru didn't continue to ask, anyway, she didn't really care about the reason why the other party became one of the high-level leaders of the 'elixir', but she felt that this person was really a little useless.

Returning her attention to the stone door, Xia Yanru looked at all the reliefs again, even those that slipped into the grooves were particularly carefully explored at close range, in fact, if you want to be lazy, you can go to find the traces of Ling Kun and their sliding reliefs before, and then puzzle them according to these traces.

But Xia Yanru only thought about it in her mind for a while and gave up directly, the reason is very simple, first of all, the relief mechanism on this stone door is circular, so it is very likely to be unlocked and then activated, and the puzzle password will be changed.

The second reason is that there is no mark left by Ling Kun here, according to Xia Yanru's psychological grasp of him, this person will definitely not want them to be trapped outside and unable to enter, so as long as they can leave a mark, they will definitely leave it, I don't see it now, I think this relief mechanism is more special, so this situation will occur.

Regarding Jiulong, Xia Yanru checked a lot of relevant information, and there were not many records in the official history, so she found it from various wild history biographies, so she also had a certain understanding of Jiulong, not to mention Gu Ailao, when studying Jiulong, Gu Ailao was naturally an information that could not be avoided.

Standing in front of the stone gate and thinking for about ten minutes, Xia Yanru considered several decryption directions, and finally determined how to open the relief mechanism, and just raised her hand to start pushing the first relief selected, Donglin behind her suddenly stopped it.

"Girl, are you sure?" Donglin hurriedly asked.

"Why don't you come?" Xia Yanru directly withdrew her hand and asked indifferently.

"Well, it's better for you to come." Donglin subconsciously moved two steps back, and no longer blocked Xia Yanru's movements.

With a light snort through her nose, Xia Yanru turned her head and continued the decryption operation, and as the pieces of relief were moved to the correct position, after a dull friction sound, the stone door slowly opened.

Xia Yanru deliberately paid attention to the reliefs on the stone door, and sure enough, the original reliefs were all changed, she immediately used her ability to investigate, and immediately marveled in her heart, but she didn't expect that this stone door was hollow, and there was an independent space inside, it seemed that for this circulation mechanism, the designer of the underground palace did not bother much.

As the stone door was opened, a huge chamber was revealed, and the candlesticks in the hall were all lit, and no part of the hall was covered by darkness.

When the last person entered the stone gate, sure enough, the stone gate began to close slowly again, as if it was intelligent, and he knew that it would be closed only when everyone had come in, which did not unsurprisingly arouse Xia Yanru's curiosity.

Fortunately, Xia Yanru wanted to know what to do next than studying the stone gate, she probably checked this underground palace, the spatial structure is complicated, it is much more complicated than the tombs she has been to before, and the passages are also crisscrossed in the middle and it is difficult to distinguish which one is right.

Right now, Xia Yanru is facing a mandatory question, that is, which door to go next, this hall is connected to 3 passages, each passage is not a dead end to go back, but the spatial structure of the link is completely different.

"Go left." Donglin made a decision directly after inspecting the three arches.

didn't ask Donglin why he chose the left, anyway, which side of the three roads actually went, Xia Yanru felt that it was okay, as for the left, although it would not be her first choice, but it was also clear that Donglin would not choose it at will, in the underground palace, it would only kill at will, I believe that Donglin would not be stupid to this point.

"Don't you wonder why I choose this path?" Donglin followed Xia Yanru's side, seeing that she had no intention of asking more about her choice, so she had to take the initiative to throw out the topic by herself.

"Nope." replied with a faint word, and Xia Yanru's steps remained unchanged.

"Ahem, don't be so indifferent, we're also a cooperative relationship!" Donglin was helpless, in the past, he was the only one who treated others like this, but after meeting Xia Yanru, it seemed that the situation was completely reversed.

"I don't think I've agreed to work with you yet." Xia Yanru stopped and looked sideways at Donglin, she was not wrong, she did not explicitly agree to the other party's proposal to cooperate.

"If you don't refuse, that's the default, so we're in a partnership now, aren't we?" Donglin smiled proudly, when Xia Yanru said that she would consider it, he felt that there was a play in cooperation, and he didn't take the initiative to refuse later, so didn't he agree to cooperate by default?

Xia Yanru fell silent instantly, indeed, if she didn't explicitly refuse, it would give people the illusion of acquiescence, not to mention that she really didn't intend to refuse, so she had to acquiesce to Donglin's statement again.

Seeing that Xia Yanru didn't refute, the smile on Donglin's face deepened, "Actually, I just checked it on purpose, there are obvious footprints on the left, and most importantly, there are marks left by Ling Kun there." ”

Shaking her head slightly, Xia Yanru said in her heart Sure enough, what could make Donglin make a choice so quickly was either related to Ling Kun, or he found some clues himself, and now it seems that Ling Kun, the pioneer, has indeed saved them a lot of time.

(End of chapter)