Chapter Twenty-Three: A False Alarm, the Stone Statue Knocks the Door
Last time, everyone opened the stone gate, and dozens of cold rays flew out of the stone gate, Liu Erniang was not in a hurry, and saw that more than a dozen of them had shrouded Liu Erniang. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Liu Erniang saw that she was not in a hurry to dodge, so she had to twist her body as much as she could, and met her back with thick skin and strong scale armor, and at the same time tried her best to bow her head and hide her head under her body. The cold light came in an instant, and everyone saw seven or eight cold rays shooting at Liu Erniang, and then Liu Erniang's body wrapped around the huge incense burner softened, and fell to the ground with a "click".
"Erniang!" everyone rushed forward with a nervous shout, Chu Lingfeng and the little fox hurriedly rushed over to check Liu Erniang's life and death. Mr. Jin Lao Cheng held a Zhenwu peach wood shield in one hand, and hurriedly added a heavenly official amulet on his body with the other hand, protecting everyone behind him to prevent anything from coming out of the stone gate to hurt people. Mr. Jin asked, "Ling Feng, how is Erniang?" Chu Lingfeng replied, "Master, I don't know! I can't see the wound, and I can't see the bleeding." Mr. Jin was about to look back, but suddenly "Ouch!", everyone jumped, and then heard Liu Erniang's voice coming: "Chu Lingfeng, you stepped on the old lady's tail!"
Everyone looked at it casually, but saw Liu Erniang sitting up by herself, and the snake's tail shook Chu Lingfeng's stumbling, and there was really a footprint on the snake's tail, and the size was Chu Lingfeng's. At this time, everyone couldn't care about these anymore, and hurriedly asked: "Erniang, how are you, do you feel that pain?" Liu Erniang also checked it herself, not to mention the wound on her body, there was not even a white mark on the smooth scales.
Seeing that Liu Erniang was fine, everyone was relieved. Only then did I have time to look at those cold rays, which turned out to be dozens of crossbow arrows. In addition to the few of these crossbow arrows that hit Liu Erniang and fell at the feet of everyone, most of them fell to the ground before they reached everyone, and only two or three shot behind a few people, only two or three steps away. This kind of power, not to mention shooting Liu Erniang's hard scales, means that anyone who shoots will not be injured.
Although I couldn't understand such a weak crossbow arrow, everyone couldn't figure out the reason for it for a while, so they had to give up for the time being. Looking at the stone door that had been opened, there was no movement for so long, and everyone decided to go in. Chu Lingfeng picked up two egg-sized stones and threw them in, only to hear two sounds of "pop, pop", and then a few sounds of "da, da" The sound of stones jumping. Seeing that there was no danger, everyone cautiously entered the stone gate. It was still dusk, there was no light source here, and there was no so-called shadow, even if you entered the airtight secret room, there was no difference between light and dark. Mr. Kim said that the underworld is like this, just as ghosts have no shadow, everything in the underworld has no shadow. It's the same dusk everywhere, and in the distance it's a gray that looks like fog but not fog.
The first thing that entered the eyes when entering the stone gate was two or three hundred crossbows, and the arrows in the crossbow were pointing at Chu Lingfeng and the others who came in, and the mechanism of the crossbow was connected to the stone gate. These should have been shot out when the door was opened, and hundreds of crossbow arrows were shot through all the intruders, but there were only a few dozen, and they were shot out weakly. It turns out that most of these bows and crossbows have rotted over the years. The few that are not rotten are no longer elastic. So the arrow, which had not yet flown far, landed on the ground.
When everyone walked around the bow and crossbow array, they saw a five-meter-high stone statue facing them, and the stone statue was a general's statue. I saw that this general was full of righteousness, wearing treasure armor, holding a spear in one hand and the hilt of the sword in the other, which was very majestic. There are also some statues of generals more than three meters high, and some stone statues of ordinary soldiers. This stone hall is not large, and everyone quickly searched the stone hall, but they did not find the road leading to the cave below, and even the mechanism was not found. Everyone returned to the stone statue, and they were at a loss. There are five stone prayer mats in front of the statue, which are usually made of soft cloth and grass, but this one is really different, using a hard black gray inconspicuous stone. Chu Lingfeng turned around and found nothing, and when he saw that this worship mat was quite clean, he sat on it. Chu Lingfeng only felt that the cushion under his buttocks sank slightly, and at the same time, Mr. Jin and the others found that the huge stone statue of the general also moved significantly. Chu Lingfeng was so frightened that he quickly jumped up, only to see that the stone worship mat had also returned to its original state, and at the same time, the statue of the general had also returned to its original position.
It turns out that the mechanism is designed in the most obvious but inconspicuous place. And if you are not a general's clan, who will go to worship and prostrate, so it will be difficult to find this mechanism. Of course, Mr. Jin and the others would not bow to this general, so Mr. Jin stood on the stone worship mat. I saw that this stone sank downward, and the stone statue of the general on the opposite side retreated, revealing a gap in the passage under the stone statue. Mr. Kim motioned for the others to step on the other stone mats. I saw the stone statue retreat little by little, and finally revealed a passage that could enter people. This passage is obviously not fully opened, and it seems that it will take five cushions to get around, but now the passage can also be entered. Everyone walked to the passage to check it, but as soon as they walked down, the stone mat rose again, and the stone statue returned to its original position with a "boom", and the passage disappeared again. Do you want to keep five people in this control organ? The hearts of the people were full of helplessness. At this time, Liu Erniang shouted: "The old lady still doesn't believe in this evil!" suddenly conjured up a huge snake tail, rolled over a tall stone statue of a soldier from the side, and smashed it on the mat with a "bang". The general's stone statue retreated to reveal a gap, and everyone was overjoyed, and Liu Erniang rolled four stone statues in a row. I saw a steep stone staircase under the stone statue of the general that two people could pass side by side.
It is a small square cave with stone steps leading downward. The stone steps are made of blue-white rock and are very smooth. These blue and white stones are obviously different from other black and gray stones here, which shows that they were specially transported. One can't help but wonder why a small stone step should use these stones with a very good texture at first glance. There are still some copper oil lamps on the stone walls on both sides, but they have not been lit, and it is estimated that there is no oil in the lamps for hundreds of years. Looking closer, the stone steps lead steeply downwards, and they are invisible after a bend in the depths.
With the lesson of the crossbow arrow in Shimen, Chu Lingfeng and the others did not dare to be careless. After a little waiting, Liu Erniang threw a stone the size of a human head. The stone had just rolled down more than ten steps, only to see the ground turn over, the original stone steps became slippery and steep ground, the stone accelerated and rolled down, and there was a "clanging" sound of metal colliding below.