Chapter 67: The Peach Forest Palace (II)
If there really is another secret passage, where will the Wang family put its entrance?
In Xu Mo's view, there are two most likely locations: in front of the first stone gate, or between the stone gate and the iron gate.
It is conceivable that if the secret passage is really to be activated, it means that the enemy who is chasing and killing is likely to know the secret passage of the Wang family and can chase it in, then it will be more advantageous to enter the secret passage as soon as possible after coming down.
Moreover, with his understanding of those big families, if there are many people at that time, they will definitely let some less important clansmen escape according to the open road, acting as bait to attract pursuers and win more escape opportunities for the core of the family, they can definitely do this!
Therefore, it is a very likely solution to set up a secret entrance in front of the stone gate.
The same consideration is to place the entrance of the dark passage between the stone gate and the iron gate, the difference is that with the stone gate as a buffer, it will be more comfortable to enter the dark passage in front of the iron gate, and it will be easier to be discovered, and at the same time, the stone gate and the iron gate, as well as the dangerous creatures in the valley behind, will be easier to mislead the pursuers.
So, all things considered, he thinks that the entrance to the secret passage is the most likely in these two places - if there is a secret passage at all.
Back where he had come down, he began to crouch on the ground, stick to the wall, knock it with the hilt of his knife, listen to whether it was empty below, and examine every wall and floor, trying to find any possible mechanism.
An hour later, he searched every inch in front of the iron gate, but found nothing......
He thought about it for a while, and made sure that he had searched it all, especially that there were no empty places behind the walls or underground, and he couldn't help but wonder, could he have guessed wrong? There is no such thing as a secret passage, or that the entrance to the secret passage is in the underground valley behind the iron gate?
The area of the underground valley is vast, and if the entrance to the secret passage is located there, it is not difficult to find a secret place that is not easy to find, and there are two doors in front of it as a buffer, which actually makes sense.
As for the future, although there are still many places suitable as the entrance to the dark passage, but if you run so far out, if there are chasing soldiers behind, you will have to follow up a long time ago, and then there is an entrance, it has lost the meaning of setting up a dark passage.
As for Xu Mo, if he couldn't find the entrance in front of the iron gate, even if there was a secret passage entrance in the valley, he wouldn't go to find it until he was fully prepared to deal with the dangers inside, and besides, he didn't have that much time now.
But he still believed that there should be a secret passage here, and if he were to arrange it, the entrance to the secret passage would be the most appropriate place in front of the iron gate.
Is there anything you're missing?
He sat down on the iron door, put the woodcutter on his lap, and thought carefully from beginning to end, making sure that he had checked almost every part of the aisle, except for the top, which was the ground, and there must not be a secret passage, right? It seemed too close to the ground, and it was not easy to use......
Aside from the top, what else is there not to pay attention to?
All that's left seems to be the gems that are stuck in the wall as lights......
His eyes couldn't help but light up, when he was looking for it just now, he had been looking for anomalies on the surface and the space underneath, and for those gems that were inserted in the wall as lamps, they were only used for lighting, and he missed the past, but the more ordinary it was, the more likely it was to hide the mechanism!
Thinking of this, he quickly got up and walked back into the aisle in front of the stone gate.
Standing in the secret passage, Xu Mo found that he didn't blame him for ignoring the four gems used as lamps, because they were only enclosed with an iron circle thick with a thumb, and they were very rudimentary and inserted on the wall, at first glance, there was nothing surprising, but at this time, when he looked carefully, he found that the iron rod looked very strong, and he touched it lightly with a knife, which also explained this from the touch, and if they had not been replaced in the middle, they might have been used for hundreds of years, and they were still intact until now, without the slightest sign of rust.
After careful observation, he cut off a sleeve with a knife, wrapped his hand tightly around several times, and then held itโhe felt that he could not be too careful when he saw the poisonous insects in the valley.
When he grabbed it with his hand, he found that the iron rod was inserted very firmly into the wall, and he was hoisted without any problems, and it did not deform at all.
This discovery lifted his spirits, and then he tried carefully, and when he found that he could only turn to the right, he was even more careful, while turning, he carefully observed the surroundings, and when he turned it ninety degrees, he heard a click, and his eyes immediately jumped to the side, there was no change, and there was no danger, and his heart couldn't help but flutter wildly!
There really is a mechanism!
He gathered his mind and walked to the second "lamp", but this one was twisted to the left, and there was no danger either, in fact, thinking about it, they were just equivalent to the key to open the secret passage, and the organ that set up the harm wanted to harm its own people?
Of course, when he got to the third "light", he still did not let his guard down, this one still twisted to the left.
Then there's the fourth, this one to the right.
After twisting all the four "lights", Xu Mo immediately concentrated all his attention, while paying close attention to the situation around him, while visualizing the "Distant Mountain Listening to the Toad", as soon as there was anything wrong, he didn't care about anything else, he immediately used "immersive", and fled to the ground first.
All you could hear was the sound of chains pulling inside the wall, and then, from the back slope that fell from the ground, an entrance to the lower right appeared!
Xu Mo exhaled, the excitement in his heart couldn't be stopped, and he really didn't expect that the entrance of the dark passage was actually on the slope that rolled down!
Fortunately, the secret passage that I guessed existed......
When his mood calmed down, he thought about it, and for safety reasons, he dusted the ground and drew a picture of the toad, making the aisle here a place where he could use it "immersively".
With that, he walked down the entrance to the tunnel.
Below the entrance is a stone house made of half-meter-thick bluestone, about a dozen square meters, and there is a "lamp" on the right hand side, which should be the switch to close the entrance - now he is not fleeing, so naturally he will not touch it.
There was nothing else in the stone house except the light that turned on and off, and when he went inside, he found a larger stone house, which was relatively rich: first there were four pillars, and there were lamps that were used as gems on the walls around them, and there was a table between the two pillars at the forefront, and he could see a maroon wooden box on the table, and a jade pipe pen next to the wooden box!
There was a burst of excitement in his heart, could there be a book or other cheats to open the Wang family tree in it?
Cautiously walked to the table, picked open the wooden box with a knife, and saw that the wooden box was divided into two pieces, a letter was pressed with a paperweight on the left, and a book was placed on the right, the book was called "Meridian Dingdanshu".
A book on alchemy?
He looked away, first looked at the letter on the left, and saw that the letter read: "Meridian Ding Dan Technique" is not only alchemy, the descendants of the Wang family have this book, Jindan Avenue may be expected!
I'll go!
Xu Mo's eyelids jumped, the title of that book was obviously a secret book for refining pills, how could it be related to cultivating immortals?
Ever since he learned about the curse of cultivating immortals from Wang Dazhuang, he had even stopped accepting spiritual techniques, how could he encounter something related to cultivating immortals again?
Again, in the secret passage just now, on the first stone door, there are eight big characters clearly written: "The descendants of the Wang family, don't cultivate immortals", why did they leave the practice of cultivating immortals here?
But soon he figured out the joint: there was a peach forest formation outside, and the descendants of the Wang family were forced to flee through this secret passage, which showed that they had encountered great trouble.
But what should he do?
looked at the book "Meridian Dingdanshu", he carefully picked it open with a knife and took a look, the beginning is indeed about the method of alchemy, to be exact, this secret book, about how to use the time of heaven to improve the rate of Dan, what does this have to do with cultivating immortals?
Could it be that alchemy pills and pills improve cultivation?
It's possible.
While thinking about it, he turned a few more pages back, and he directly talked about examples, and the first one was "Rejuvenation Pill", and he glanced at the medicinal effect at random, four very simple words, but he was shocked, because it was written:
Extend your life by one year!
One of the effects of "Little Mending Heavenly Pill" is also to prolong life by one year!