Chapter 41: The Fog Fills
The underground tunnel is located behind the statue in the ancestral hall, inclined downward, is a square hole of about two meters, very deep and dark.
Chu Feng was a little surprised, he didn't expect that there would be such a secret passage in the ancestral hall. It's just that the secret passage has already been opened and exposed, and it is obvious that someone has already entered it, and there has been a fight inside, because standing at the entrance of the secret passage, you can smell a faint smell of blood.
"It seems that most of the people in this village have died, and it is really sad that the hidden family has fallen into this field. Chu Feng couldn't help but sigh, this is the hermitage of the Gu family, but now it has been slaughtered, and the village is full of corpses, which also shows that the Gu family has fallen to the extreme, and there are no masters at all, otherwise it would be impossible for those demons and spirit corpses who came this time to cause such a big disaster.
There was still a sonorous sound of metal and the roar of fighting from all sides of the village, Chu Feng glanced back a few times, and finally shook his head and ignored it. There are fragmented ancient formations circulating in the village, so that many scenes in the village are isolated, and it is impossible to find a place to fight without spending some time.
At present, what Chu Feng was most interested in was to know what was inside the ancient wooden box that he had accidentally obtained. The underground tunnel in front of you is built behind the statue of the ancestral hall, it looks very hidden, it should be the important place of the hidden family, if the ancient wooden box also belongs to the hidden family, then this underground secret passage may be able to get important clues related to it.
It was pitch black in the deep underground passage, and with Chu Feng's eyesight, he could only see the scene within a few meters in front of him. On both sides of the dark passage are hard stone walls, which are full of carved marks, and sometimes you can see blood-colored handprints, judging from the blood coagulated Cheng dù, the blood handprints should not be left for too long.
Turning around and turning along the dark passage, about a few dozen meters deeper, Chu Feng saw several corpses lying on the ground, their arms were broken, their chests were torn, and their deaths were very tragic.
"Demons and corpses have been here for a long time, and I don't know if we can find some useful clues. Chu Feng pondered as he went deeper, and at the same time raised his vigilance, lest there were still demons and spirit corpses hiding in the dark passage and suddenly attacking.
As we walked, several forks in the road appeared in front of us, and in the darkness it was impossible to tell which fork was the right path. Chu Feng stopped, observed back and forth at the entrances of several forks, and finally chose the fork with blood stains on the stone wall.
After entering this fork of the road for about 100 meters, an ancient stone gate blocked the way, the stone gate was tall and heavy, and there was no mechanism on the door or the surrounding stone wall.
Chu Feng stood in front of the stone gate and observed carefully, and finally made sure that there was really no mechanism to open this huge stone door, but he saw a pair of bloody handprints on both sides of the crack in the center of the stone door, and the most important thing was that there were some small stone chips where the crack of the stone door met.
"It looks like this door has been forcibly pushed open, I don't know what's going on inside!"
Chu Feng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he stretched out his hand to stick to the stone gate, and wisps of formation patterns appeared on the stone gate, although there was no killing power and anti-shock power, but there was a strange force pouring into his body through his palms, suppressing his divine power and essence in an instant, and the three major divine seas could not operate.
"Divine power imprisonment! It turned out to be the formation pattern that imprisoned the divine power and the divine sea, in this case, if there was no strong body, it would be almost impossible to push open the stone gate!"
Chu Feng was a little surprised, this kind of magical formation pattern was very rare, he didn't expect to encounter it here. But for him, this is not a problem, at the moment to gather the essence of the flesh, his arms began to exert force, the stone gate trembled, and a gap was forcibly pushed open in the rumbling sound.
"Open it for me!"
Chu Feng's tongue bloomed with spring thunder, and the flesh and blood qi exploded in an instant, and the gap in the stone gate suddenly expanded several times, just enough for one person to pass through. He didn't hesitate, and while his strength converged, he passed through the gap in the stone gate like the wind.
"Boom!"
As soon as Chu Feng passed through the gap in the stone gate, the open stone door closed instantly, he looked up and found that this was an ancient hall, the hall was very empty, except for a sarcophagus about three meters long in the center of the hall.
However, there were blood stains on the floor of the main hall, which spread all the way to the sarcophagus. Chu Feng walked quickly to the sarcophagus, observed it slightly for a while, and then grabbed the lid of the coffin and pushed it away forcefully, a rancid smell suddenly rushed out, and there was nothing in the sarcophagus except a skeleton.
"No...... right"
Chu Feng closed the lid of the coffin and thought quietly, this must be the important place of the hidden family, what secrets should be hidden, it can't be only this hall and the sarcophagus, there should be something else.
Chu Feng left the sarcophagus, carefully inspected the surroundings of the main hall, and finally came to a mural. The fresco, which depicts a large complex of buildings and towering mountains, as well as figures dressed in ancient costumes, suggests that the mural depicts a family.
It seems that the ancient family was indeed very prosperous back then, but unfortunately it failed to maintain it in the long years, and finally declined, so that it fell to the point where it is today. ”
Looking at it, a look of surprise appeared in Chu Feng's eyes, and he couldn't help but reach out to touch those mural carvings, his eyes bloomed with brilliant golden light, and the corners of his mouth gradually flashed with a smile.
"I see, I said that it can't be only this hall, there must be other places, otherwise it will become the important place of the hidden family!"
Chu Feng's face was full of joy, and he didn't find anything when he searched around, but he didn't want the mystery to hide in this mural. The whole mural looks so realistic that if you don't look at it for a long time, you can't tell that it's actually a stone door.
This stone gate, like the previous stone gate, has ancient formations. When Chu Feng was lucky, a formation pattern appeared on the carved map, imprisoning his dantian divine sea, and he could only use the power of his physical body.
It was much thicker than Chu Feng had imagined, and for a while, it could only be shaken slightly and could not be pushed away. Chu Feng agitated the life essence in his body, and the vigorous blood qi surged, sending out a sound like a landslide and a crack, making his whole body turn purple and gold, and his arms were full of strength.
"Boom!"
The stone gate finally opened slowly under the impetus of the powerful physical force, Chu Feng dodged through the gap in the stone gate, and the stone gate behind him closed with a bang.
Here is another large hall, much larger than the previous hall, in front of the main hall is a huge sarcophagus, about ten meters long, two meters high, on which many runes are engraved.
It's just that perhaps because of the long years, there is hardly any breath circulating in those runes, and the power in them has long been worn out.
Chu Feng looked at the sarcophagus, vaguely felt that there must be something hidden in the sarcophagus, he walked over, and before he had gone far, he heard a faint breathing sound from behind the sarcophagus, and his heart couldn't help jumping, the muscles in his body tensed up in an instant, the three major divine seas in his body were running, and his momentum suddenly climbed to the peak.
"Whew...... Whew......"
The sound of heavy, faint breathing was staccato and the source of the sound was behind the large sarcophagus. Previously, Chu Feng's mind and eyes were attracted by the large sarcophagus, so much so that he ignored the others, but at this moment, he carefully looked at the scene here, only to find that there were many places in the main hall sprinkled with blood.
Blood stains are everywhere, and they can be seen in front of the sarcophagus, as well as on the left and right, but it is impossible to determine whether there are still blood stains behind the sarcophagus, because they are hidden by the sarcophagus, and they cannot be seen at all.
Chu Feng held his breath and cautiously walked towards the sarcophagus, stopping when he was more than ten meters away from the sarcophagus, and then bypassed the sarcophagus from the right, wanting to see what was behind the sarcophagus.
"Hum—"
Just as Chu Feng was about to bypass the sarcophagus, a blood-red figure suddenly rushed out from behind the sarcophagus, and a palm bombarded it, and the terrifying power gushing out of his palm made the space of this hall buzz incessantly.
The blood-colored palm is ever-changing, and it keeps getting bigger in the process of attacking, covering a radius of more than ten meters, and the attack speed is as fast as thunder.
Chu Feng was shocked, fortunately, he had already taken precautions, and immediately shot into the distance at the fastest speed, narrowly avoiding a blow again, but he was still hit by the palm force, and there was a bone cracking sound on his left shoulder, and purple gold blood splashed, which couldn't help but make him shocked.
It's just that he was rubbed by the palm wind, and his shoulder bone was already shattered, and if he was hit by this palm, he could imagine what the consequences would be, even with a strong body like him, it would be shattered.
"Boom!"
Just as Chu Feng dodged the attack and his body was just standing still, the blood-colored figure that suddenly came out also fell to the ground with a bang. It wasn't until this moment that Chu Feng saw clearly that the person who made the shot turned out to be an old man in a sixtieth armor covered in bruises and covered in blood.
"You...... It's not a demon......" The old man lay on the ground and made a weak sound, blood kept flowing out of the wound, and the life qi was rapidly draining.
"Senior, are you from the Hidden Family?" Chu Feng also breathed a sigh of relief, just now he also thought that the other party was a demon, and seeing that the other party was just a dying old man, he immediately walked over, but still kept a distance of more than ten meters, and said, "Senior, is there anything you need my help with?"
The dying old man tried his best to raise his head to look at Chu Feng, previously because of Chu Feng's facing problem, he could only see his side, but at this moment, Chu Feng was walking over and could see his face clearly at a glance.
"You...... You ......" The old man's face and eyes suddenly changed greatly, and he tried to raise his hand to point at Chu Feng, his lips opened and closed for a long time, but he couldn't say a complete sentence.
"Senior, what's wrong with you?" Chu Feng looked at the old man in astonishment, not understanding why he had such a reaction when he saw him, he couldn't help but point to his face and said, "Senior, is my appearance scary?"
"You...... You ......" The old man pointed at Chu Feng, his voice and hands trembled violently, and a thick surprise appeared in his eyes, and said, "It's you...... It's you...... It's all true...... It's really......"
"What are you talking about, senior, why can't I understand?" Chu Feng was full of confusion, he had never met the old man, but the other party's words seemed to have known him for a long time, what the hell was going on?
"You...... You are...... I ......" The old man's voice was intermittent, it was difficult to say a complete sentence, and he became weaker and weaker, the flame of life was about to be extinguished, as if he knew that he was dying, the old man tried to move his hand pointing at Chu Feng to other places, and finally pointed to the stone wall on the left side of the main hall, and then laughed, gurgling in his throat, and streams of blood gushed out of his mouth.
"Senpai!"
Chu Feng quickly ran towards the old man, but as soon as he arrived at the old man's side, the old man had already swallowed his last breath, his eyes slowly closed, his face was still smiling, and his fingers still maintained the direction he pointed in before he died.
"Senior, you can't die, you haven't told me what the hell is going on, senior!" Chu Feng shook the old man, and at the same time continued to convey life essence to him, but it was a pity that the old man was completely dead, and it was impossible for him to come back to life.
At this time, Chu Feng found out that the old man's injuries were beyond imagination. Its internal organs had long been shattered, and there were hundreds of wounds on its body, which were completely forcibly supported by his strong will and profound cultivation.