Chapter 125: The Horn of the Antlers
What was quietly placed in the translucent box opened by Zhang Qixun was a ghost seal, and another identical ghost seal was taken to Changbai Mountain by the little brother.
"This is the ghost seal we once photographed at the Crescent Moon Hotel." Wu Xie recognized it at a glance, and then wondered, "But how could it be in your hands?" ”
"The ghost seal was left by Zhang Qixun before the accident, along with the secrets he found, because only with the ghost seal can the bronze door be opened."
Zhang Qixun closed the lid and said nonsense without blinking, "He contacted Kang Balo when he first came to Motuo and handed this thing over to us for safekeeping. ”
Hearing this, Zhang Haixing's eyes flashed faintly, no wonder after the failure of the mission of the Yinshan Ancient Building, when Zhang Qi was looking for his death, the ghost seal that was photographed by him and Wu Xie throwing hundreds of millions of gold lanterns also disappeared with his death.
After that, the Wang family had explored the surroundings of Wu Xie and the fat man many times, but they did not find any trace of the ghost seal, so they guessed that either Zhang Qixun noticed that something was wrong and hid the ghost seal in advance, or he took the ghost seal with him when he entered the Zhangjia Ancient Building, and finally was buried under the collapsed ruins with his body.
Originally, her plan was to immediately notify the family of the coordinates after confirming the authenticity of the bronze door, so that the family could find a way to get started, and then take action to solve the few eye-catching guys around her.
But Bai Ci's sudden return disrupted her plans, she had a deep fear of this person, this guy was really too tricky, she was not sure that she could solve him in the shortest possible time, and with the hatred of the Kang Balo people for their Wang family, when they dealt with Wu Xie by themselves, Bai Ci would definitely intervene to stop it, and it would definitely outweigh the losses if they did it.
However, the appearance of the ghost seal was an unexpected joy, Zhang Haixing temporarily held her mind, waited and watched the changes, first explored the secrets inside the door, and then talked about the rest of the matter.
Wu Xie and the others watched Zhang Qixun hold the box, turned around and walked back and sat on the stone next to him, and then took out the dry food from his backpack and ate it.
Feng Momo stepped forward and asked, "Since we already have the key, why don't we just go open the door?" ”
Zhang Qixun glanced at his watch and shook his head, "We have to wait." ”
Feng's expression changed slightly, and he asked urgently, "Will anyone else come here besides us?" ”
Zhang Qixun raised his eyebrows slightly, his gaze fixed on Feng's face, obviously his eyes were calm, but Feng suddenly felt a little chill down his spine, and was just about to say something to hide his urgency.
Zhang Qixun smiled suddenly, the curvature of the corners of his mouth was fleeting, and he replied: "I'm waiting for the water to move, and when the water in the dark river rises, I will borrow some Yin soldiers to come and help." ”
"What?" Feng looked at Zhang Qixun's expression suspiciously, trying to judge if he was joking.
"Borrow the Yin Soldiers!" The fat man "lay down", with a hint of weirdness in his expression, "Could it be that the little brother used the ghost seal to order the Yin soldiers at that time, and then let the Yin soldiers push the bronze door open together?" ”
Wu Xie was in a trance in his memory, and he didn't hear what the fat man was saying, so he only responded vaguely, "Maybe...... Right. ”
Zhang Qixun was a little amused in his heart, and his expression was still faint, "The bronze gate is also called the Ghost Gate in the ancient records of Kang Ballo, and it is the passage that appeared when the legendary King of Iron Yama Luo went to the world to hunt for evil ghosts, and the ghost gate did not enter, so we must mix in the Yin soldiers to cover the vitality on our bodies, and use the rhino horn green light to guide the way after entering, otherwise we will be trapped inside forever and never get out again." ”
Zhang Haixing grabbed the indicative words in his words and asked, "Why do you know so clearly, or do you say that you have already been in before?" What the hell is inside the door. ”
Zhang Qixun raised his hand and rubbed his neck, making a crisp sound of Kaba at the junction of the two cervical vertebrae, and then said unhurriedly: "I haven't gone in myself, these clues were dictated to me by the old patriarch before his death, and every patriarch will enter the Ghost Gate to take a look after succeeding him, and I don't know what is inside." ”
"On your deathbed?" Wu Xie frowned slightly, "You suddenly disappeared before because the old patriarch died suddenly?" When we came over, we saw that the avalanche had crushed the entire valley, and the rest of the clan was okay. ”
Zhang Qixun's eyes dimmed, and he nodded slightly, "Originally, this time Kang Balo would encounter a disaster that almost wiped out the clan, but Azungela predicted this catastrophe in advance and exchanged his life for the peace of the whole clan. ”
Wu Xie stared at his white fingertips and slowly spoke, "...... Condolences. ”
The fat man also stepped forward and patted Zhang Qixun's shoulder, "The deceased is gone, the living are like this, and the big family is still looking forward to your safe return, cheer up." ”
Zhang Qixun sighed and did not speak again.
Silence enveloped the entire space, and only the sound of calm breathing echoed in the ears, making people feel oppressive and unbearable.
After a long time, Zhang Haixing took the lead in breaking the silence, and she asked Zhang Qixun, "Is the time of earth movement fixed?" How long will we have to wait here? ”
"The karmic fires of hell will consume everything that opens the door."
After Zhang Qixun finished speaking for the first time, he repeated it again, in the eyes of everyone, his expression at the moment was indescribably weird.
Wu Xie pondered for a while, and immediately reacted, "The earth movement you are talking about is actually a volcanic eruption?" ”
Zhang Qixun nodded and explained: "You have all seen it all the way here, the geothermal heat has caused all the snow on the peak to melt, covering the valley where we live, the hot spring eyes on the hillside that are constantly surging upward, and all kinds of creatures that have escaped from the ground, you have just the right time to come in, and there are not many things that escape, if you collide with those things head-on, you will definitely not be able to get here." ”
"Every ten years, when the pressure under the ground accumulates enough over time, the magma pool below will churn, and the dark river flowing in the mountain will be heated by high temperatures, creating air waves, pushing the mechanism hidden in the mountain to make the call of the ghost soldiers' horns, and soon, a large number of Yin soldiers will gather here."
Wu Xie already understood what he meant, that is to say, when the time came, they would be like when the little brother was in Changbai Mountain, holding the ghost seal, mixed in the ranks of the Yin soldiers, and walked into the bronze gate step by step.
The waiting process can be said to be very long, until the second day and night in the middle of the night, Zhang Qixun, who was resting, suddenly woke up, pressed his hand on the ground and felt it for a few seconds, and then turned around to wake up Wu Xie and them.
"It's about to begin." He said.
When Wu Xie and the others packed up their equipment and got up, the fine stones and sand on the ground had begun to shake, and dust continued to fall around the valley.
Out of nowhere, a lot of pale blue mist suddenly appeared in the valley, like a wave of clouds, rising rapidly, and soon enveloping the entire valley floor, and even the cracks in the stones at their feet were fogging out.
There was a constant clatter of chains twitching from the surrounding stone walls, and in a hazy way, they felt that many long, large black shadows seemed to stretch out on the stone walls on both sides, and in their confusion, they heard a series of quiet and long antler horns, accompanied by the sound of flowing water, coming from all directions.
The voice seemed to be close to their ears, very clear, and a long-lost fear surged into their hearts, Wu Xie's whole person stiffened, and the pores of his body trembled uncontrollably.
The sight was already confused, he was a little out of breath, and felt a big figure next to him, thinking it was a fat man, but he heard the sound of Kabakaba's bones writhing in his ears.
Wu Xie was still wondering what the fat man was doing, and just wanted to turn his head to take a look, but the hand holding the flashlight on the other side was suddenly caught by a cold hand, and the cold passed through the skin and directly stimulated the bones, he was frightened, and he reflexively raised his hand to shake it off.
"Turn off the lights!"
The ice hand that was holding him didn't move at all, and his fingertips quickly tapped a series of code words on the back of his hand, "Follow me when you get in." ”
This familiar feeling, Wu Xie's heart was settled at once.
Hearing Zhang Qixun's reminder, everyone remembered that the light in their hands was still on, and the fog had all risen to cover their vision, so they hurriedly turned off the light in their hands.
"What's next?" Zhang Haixing asked softly.
"Hand in hand, one follows the other, don't fall behind." Zhang Qi replied.
When everyone's eyes heard the sound, they saw that an octagonal lantern with a faint green fire appeared in his hand at some point.
The sound of the antlers continued, the surrounding space became more and more cold, and the whole body seemed to be wrapped in ice, Wu Xie hurriedly shook his hand, and told the fat man next to him to pull him quickly, don't get lost again in a while.
The fat man's voice came from four or five meters away from him, "Naive? , where are you staying, why don't I look for you, fat man? ”
Wu Xie was stunned, the fat man is not there? And who was the big guy next to him who just leaned over?
A bad feeling suddenly rose in his heart, and the cold aura always surrounded him, getting closer and closer, so cold that his teeth began to tremble.
The mist in front of him was suddenly dispelled by the blue light, Wu Xie raised his eyes and found that Zhang Qixun was holding up a lantern to shine on him, his eyes were firmly fixed on a clearing to his left, and gradually, a huge black shadow appeared in the afterglow.
Soon, as if it had been infected, more and more dark shadows appeared in the surrounding mist and mist.
Wu Xie was startled, and then he reacted, it turned out that the Yin soldiers had already come, and one of Teniang's was leaning against him at this moment.
Zhang Qixun gave him a temporarily reassuring look, then bit his finger and smeared the blood on his forehead.
The fat man couldn't find Wu Xie, and he was still screaming in his throat not far away, "Innocent, innocent, innocent......"
"I'm lost, the ghost seems to be holding Lao Tzu's hand-"
The fat man felt himself being pinched by an eerie ghost claw, and his whole body stiffened and did not dare to move.
Zhang Qixun was speechless and funny, wiped some blood on the fat man's forehead, stuffed his hand to Wu Xie, and told the two of them to hold each other tightly, and no matter how urgent the situation was, they couldn't let go.
Then let Wu Xie grab the corner of his back coat, open the box with his free hand, and pick up the ghost seal.
In an instant, the wind suddenly rose in the whole valley, and the black shadows that had been hovering around the box before were all lined up in a long line, just like the marching teams in ancient times, the vanguard and cavalry with the banner in front, the chariot in the back, walking extremely neatly, Zhang Qixun and they were surrounded by several ghost generals riding tall horses and holding spears and bows and arrows.
Looking back, there were countless still black shadows in the dense fog behind, silent, and everyone suddenly felt their scalps tingle.
Zhang Haixing and Feng also groped to find it, Feng quickly grabbed the fat man, holding the sincere flesh in his hand, and the horror on his face eased a little.
Zhang Haixing's face was not much better, she kept observing the long-faced Yin soldiers around her, her eyes became more and more strange, and a trace of secret joy crossed her eyes.
Zhang Qixun held the ghost seal in front of him and walked slowly, Wu Xie and the others lined up neatly according to the position of the Yin soldiers, following his steps, and the sound of the antlers echoed throughout the valley.
Those Yin soldiers were all pale faces, as if they were uniformly tied with paper, and their steps were neat and consistent, and such a huge team moved, but they didn't make a sound.
Different from the time of Changbai Mountain, the tattered armor on the body of these Yin soldiers is the most characteristic iron plate armor of the Tibetan people, also called Za armor, which is composed of many small rectangular iron pieces overlapping horizontally and connecting with each other by leather ropes.
Zhang Qixun looked for the tips of the helmets on the heads of several ghost generals around them, standing on them like a spire, but if you look closely, you will find that the tip of the helmet is actually a big-eared Buddha sitting cross-legged on a platform.
When the Yin soldier at the front was about to approach the bottom of the valley, the entire space shook violently like an elevator jam.
Zhang Qixun watched as a crack opened in the middle of the bronze door, and a ghostly blue light emanated from it, like fireflies flying in the grass, carrying thousands of streamers to the entire valley.
Wu Xie and the others were surprised by the fantastic dream-like scene in front of them, and a strange smell blew out of the cracks, which they couldn't distinguish or describe.
The gap between the two bronze doors continued to widen, and finally drove to the size of the front of a liberation truck, and the Yin soldiers in the front row had already walked in, and their figures disappeared into the blue light inside.
Wu Xie swallowed his saliva with difficulty, looking at the blue light that was getting closer and closer, and his heart was pounding.
Can you really get in? Can they really go in?
Closer, the bronze door is in front of you.
The moment they stepped into the blue light area, everyone felt a wave of dizziness in their minds, as if they had fallen into an incomprehensible tunnel, the blue light in front of them was no more, but instead it was pitch black, and all their senses seemed to be taken away by an invisible black hole, they couldn't see anything, they couldn't feel anything.
Zhang Haixing, who walked at the back, had the first reaction to turn on the flashlight, but no matter how she pressed the button, the flashlight never lit up.
"What's going on?" She finally couldn't help but ask.
"I don't know." Feng replied, "There is no light source here. (End of chapter)