Chapter 217: Ghosts
The Hades Hall is tall, the Nine Dragons Palace, and the court are on duty, empty and with a sense of oppression. It is as if he has really entered the throne of the legendary Ninety-Five Supreme Palace, and the dragon pillar and the top of the Nine Dragons are all lifelike and full of majesty.
It's just that this is a huge temple, not a real court. There are no civil and military officials, and there is no emperor on the dragon throne.
It's just that this is too incredible, as we all know, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were buried in the Ming Mausoleum located at the foot of Tianshou Mountain in Changping District, known as the Ming Tombs, which is recorded clearly in the history books, and there can be no omission.
But the imperial mausoleum here, no matter in terms of specifications or layout, looks like an emperor is buried.
"Could it be that the Taoist Emperor is buried here?" The little third master looked around and spoke, as if talking to himself, and as if he was asking us.
Because the place is empty, even if the third master's voice is not heavy, there are echoes here.
This place is pitch black, ghostly, gloomy, and if a few people come here, I am afraid that I would have been paralyzed by fright. But the few of us don't have these things to take care of, one Yang World judge, two Northeast Immortal families, even if there are really any demons and monsters in this tomb, they have a certain way to deal with it.
For us, the greatest danger and trouble is the Imperial Tomb itself. If we don't find a way out, we'll be trapped in this tomb sooner or later.
Uncle Long said: "The layout of this place is the emperor's specifications, but there are very few funeral goods. If you look at the dragon pillar, it hasn't been painted yet, and I guess it's probably a cemetery that hasn't been built yet. ”
"Not finished? No, it's not a small project to go to the Great Xing'an Mountains to open a mountain and build a tomb. Don't get it halfway? The emperor wouldn't be so boring. "The little third master is a little unconvinced.
I limped over to the dragon pillar that supported the temple and looked carefully at the patterns on it. This look, sure enough, as Uncle Long said, the pattern is indeed carved vividly, but it is not finished, and it is only a white draft.
Looking at the entire front hall, you can indeed see some clues.
The temple was indeed built in the same way as the palace in ancient times, but some important parts were not built, but only a shelf was roughly built.
The stone gate in the underground palace has been sealed, and the four walls are made of huge stone strips, and the cracks are filled with iron juice and reinforced with iron bars the thickness of duck eggs.
I said, "Hey, really. Strange things happen every year, especially today. The front hall is really not unfinished, but the gate is blocked, which is really incomprehensible. ”
The third master scratched his head and said, "Maybe it will be in time for the war, or if the expenses are too large, the finances will not be able to make ends meet, or something." Therefore, the mausoleum of such a large project cannot be built halfway. ”
I shook my head and disagreed with the little third master's point of view and said, "Unlikely, first of all, this specification is buried in the emperor." I haven't heard of an emperor who built an imperial mausoleum for himself, and he didn't dig half of it without money. In addition, judging from the blockade of the tomb wall and the stone gate, he did not leave in a hurry after the stoppage, but calmly closed the underground palace, and did not plan to re-enter and start work in the future. Otherwise, just opening this stone gate is not a small project, if I guess correctly, outside this stone gate, there are four other large stone doors of the same size, if there is nothing in it, there is really no need to spend so much time. ”
The three of us discussed what might have happened back then, and why did the people who built this mausoleum abandon this place? There should be some unavoidable reason, but we can't figure it out, and we really can't guess it.
"Could it have something to do with the 'darkness' that shrouds outside?" Uncle Long suddenly said, "That kind of energy is very similar to the Ghost Gate, and it seems to be more pure. If the source of that energy is not this imperial tomb, but when the imperial tomb is dug too deep, it excavates the 'darkness' that should not be touched...... It is reasonable to give up this imperial mausoleum. ”
The three of them talked as they walked, and they all felt that this tomb was strange and unusual, and there were too many unreasonable places.
As we spoke, we had already walked through the hall of the underworld, and when we came out, we were in the corridor of the left hall, and now we walked into the corridor on the right.
I was guessing about the relationship between the Hades Temple and the Darkness, the Ghost Gate, and the Immortal Jade, but I was just halfway through my words when I was suddenly interrupted by the Little Third Master.
Uncle Long also stopped, put his finger on his lips, and made a gesture of silence. I looked up and saw the southeast corner of the road, and at the corner, there seemed to be a "person" faintly.
The lighting was the green flame that appeared in the palm of the little third master's hand, flickering in the darkness of the corridor, casting a large shadow, and then reflecting the light and darkness around the corner.
At the edge of the shadow, you can faintly see a half-blurred figure, a half-blurred face that flickers and a half-blurred face, and a body that is not very real in the darkness that is hidden beyond the range of the candle fire.
I and the third master and the three of us, Uncle Long, stood at the stone gate connecting the corridor and the front hall, staring nervously at the direction of the corner.
"What's going on?" The little third master asked.
"I don't know." Uncle Long replied.
"Ghosts?" That's what I asked.
The little third master sneered: "The judge is afraid of ghosts? ”
I couldn't help but smile: "I'm afraid that the ghost will hit the judge." ”
"Let's take a look." Uncle Long stepped out in one step, used his mana, and in an instant, he came to the figure around the corner.
His three-edged knife has been lost in the intricately confused cave, but the Liu family is good at fighting, and there is always more than one weapon, including the silver spear of the little third master, which is actually a weapon belonging to Uncle Long.
I saw a cold light in his hand at this moment, showing a big knife, raising his hand to slash. But as soon as the hand was waved halfway, it stopped, and even Uncle Long couldn't help but let out a 'huh'.
Because just as he came around the corner, the figure disappeared like a bubble. There was no trace in front of him, so why did he suddenly swing the knife again?
"What the fuck, where are you going?" The little third master helped the two of us to stagger over, looking left and right, but couldn't find a place to hide.
Ordinary ghosts and ghosts are not worth mentioning in front of the two of them, and trying to escape their eyes is pure pipe dreaming. But what they encountered this time was extremely strange, which made the two immortals feel a little uncomfortable.
“… There are quirky, in short, watch out for points. Uncle Long continued to walk forward, and just in the direction where the figure disappeared, a huge stone gate appeared at the end.
The stone door is closed, and there are murals of flying immortals carved out.
It shows a man dressed as an emperor half-kneeling on the ground, his hands raised above his head. Behind him, hundreds of officials are crowded, and there are many characters dressed as Taoist priests. Opposite the man was a man depicting an immortal on his feet on auspicious clouds, surrounded by fairies and tengus.
The immortal's right hand stretched out and placed a round object resembling an elixir into the man's hands raised above his head.
The whole picture is frozen here, and the portrayal is vivid.
And the round hole at the position of the elixir is empty, a groove.
The three of us used some strength and means, but we couldn't shake this stone gate. I touched the position of the groove, and with an idea in my heart, I took off the immortal jade, and made a stroke on the groove, and found that this piece of jade could be filled in.
"Try?" I turned to the other two to ask for their opinions.
The little third master didn't think it was a big deal to see the excitement, so he instigated: "Try it." ”
After some thought, Uncle Long nodded and said, "Try it." ”
I took a deep breath and with trepidation, I buckled the immortal jade into the circular groove. It's as expected, it's perfect!
Suddenly, there was a hazy blur in front of our eyes, as if we saw a huge ghost door appear in front of us. The stone door made a loud rumbling noise, and slowly opened in a dull sound.
At the same time as the door opened, Uncle Long and Little Third Master each made a posture to fight. But when the fire shines inside, the temple that has been closed for hundreds of years is quiet, and nothing happens.
"It seems... How does it look like an alchemy room? "The little third master helped me to walk into it cautiously, and couldn't help but sneeze a few times, the air in it has not changed for hundreds of years, if it weren't for the few people who came in, I am afraid that they would have been poisoned to death.
"Not likely." Uncle Long waved his hand to sweep away a piece of dust, picked up a piece of wooden tablet on a table, squinted his eyes and said, "Here's an alchemy room." ”