Everything here is artificially designed, but it is all in line with the laws of nature, even the yin and yang fish on the meadow, which is extremely rich in Taoist thought.

It can be guessed that thousands of years ago, the ancient ancestors watched the ebb and flow of the giant lake, and when they gazed at the huge abyss, they must have imagined that there was a certain god living underground.

Later, Li Tang people used the most advanced technology in ancient times to use the laws of nature for him to build the Soul Palace.

Song Siyuan looked at her pocket watch, it was already seven o'clock in the morning at the moment, she explained: "Let's go, we have to go down and have a look, I remember that it was already afternoon when we arrived here, and the lake was full of water at that time, which also means that at least from noon, the water will start to resurge, until it floods the lake a few hours later, we only have a few hours to go to the Soul Palace to hunt for treasures, and we must leave before noon." ”

They looked down at the lake, and the circle of stone paths winded downward like spirals, obvious marks of a craftsman's chiseling, and they could descend the circular slope all the way down, much safer than a rope climb.

"Gather your forces and go down with us."

Seeing that the Soul Palace was at the bottom of the lake, the old witch motioned for the soldiers and bandits to gather outside the door, and after a few earth-shattering shouts, a hundred soldiers and bandits were assembled, like an ant colony walking down the huge pit towards the gentle slope.

After the sappers left, the old witch gestured to them: "Please first, don't worry about being plotted, the sappers are walking in front and have already explored the way for you." ”

Yue Guanchao and the others were coerced by the enemy, so they had to walk in the middle according to the old witch's request, and when they all went down the gentle slope, the remaining soldiers and bandits blocked the back road and followed closely.

The gentle slope is not steep but extremely slippery, the surface is covered with cow hair moss reservoir vines, and the slippery is full of fish carcasses, so they can only walk carefully, so that the speed will inevitably slow down, the distance between the top and bottom is 100 meters, and it takes about an hour to walk the gentle slope completely and fall to the bottom of the lake.

Song Siyuan looked around with a flashlight, there are six bucket-shaped stone mouths on the east and west stone walls, each bucket mouth has a bronze hinge plate, which can be opened and closed before and after, reduce the water inlet speed when the water is abundant, and weaken the loss rate when the water is dry, and there are gluttonous reliefs on the surface, which represents eternal vomiting and never stopping.

The trapezoidal doorway in the north, which is tens of meters high, is carved as the head of a gluttonous beast, and the limbs and claws can be seen to be fixed on both sides, forming a lying pit shape, the door hole is obviously the entrance of the soul palace, and the left and right gods are like door god protectors, leaning on the locust tree to guard the front of the doorway!

They walked around the lotus platform the size of a house and walked behind the statue, and the door tunnel was sunken into the ground, and there was standing water all year round, directly filling the stone wall tunnel, and without a boat, there was no way to pass through it at all.

Xu Xiake took out the sword and stretched it into the floor under the water, the handle of the knife had sunk under the water and did not touch the bottom, which showed that the depth of the tunnel was not shallow.

"It's troublesome, and I'm stopped at the door, and I don't think any of us can get through without a boat."

Yue Guanchao looked at the tunnel, that Li Tang people were digging tunnels here, obviously with the intention of asking people to go home, he took out the dried meat in his backpack, broke it into bait and threw it into the tunnel, but between breaths, he had already seen the water fluttering, and some huge bloodthirsty monster fish, floating on the surface of the water with sharp teeth, as if they wanted to devour living creatures, stirring the water surface into turbidity.

"Sure enough, there are beasts guarding here, and we don't even have a chance to swim over."

When Yue Guanchao complained, Song Siyuan looked at the tunnel and retorted disappreciatively: "When Li Tang built the Soul Palace, due to the rise and fall of the water, the daily construction time will be shortened, after it is completed, the emperors of all dynasties will come to personally add treasures, this tunnel is the only passage in and out of the Soul Palace, it is impossible to pass it, let's look for the vicinity, maybe there is any way?" ”

After speaking, Song Siyuan turned on the flashlight and carefully observed the surroundings, she walked to the statue and knocked on the lotus platform, the base of one of the statues sounded crisp and crisp, obviously hollow.

She noticed that there was something strange about the Sumeru Terrace, and walked into the rosette to observe the details carefully: the rosette is the size of a house, and the upper and lower layers of lotus petals are combined with each other to form a double-layer rosette, the petals are as big as a water tank, and the relief is carved on the stone base, and the fine-grained fluff of the flowers and leaves is clearly visible and lifelike.

Compared with the throne of the stone eye Taoist, this Sumeru lotus platform is more exquisite, Song Siyuan motioned to Yue Guanchao to walk over and shake these lotus petals, the upper layer is carved on the stone, but the lotus flower below can be pushed with one hand, as if it is attached to the stone platform.

Yue Guanchao grabbed the left and right curls of the lotus petals, and pulled them back with his hands, the wheel hub seemed to be welded under the lotus petals, like a small cart that could be easily pulled out, and he made persistent efforts to completely pull out the lotus petals, only to see a small canoe appear in front of everyone.

This canoe is about one meter five wide and about three meters long, the bow is flush with the stern, the huge bow is decorated with lotus petals, shaped like a dragon's head raised high, the surface of the hull has a carved pattern of sea wolves and gulls, but it has not been used for a long time, and the surface has seen traces of insect and water invasion, and it has fallen into disrepair and does not know whether it can be used.