Chapter 617: Exploring the Red Lian Cliff at Night (2)
Li Fengyun peeked around him.
The stone cave in front is the passage to the top of Chilian Cliff, which has an eerie name called "Huangquan Road". The entrance of Huangquan Road is concave inward, carved into the shape of a demon with a big mouth open, and the upper and lower four fangs are not known to be made of what material, and in the surrounding firelight, there is a bit of bone feeling.
The big mouth of the evil ghost is the entrance of Huangquan Road, the entrance is not big, the width is only about a zhang, a thick gate is depicted with all kinds of ghosts and fierce gods, and the dark clouds seem to be really gushing out, which looks gloomy and makes people shudder. The gate was about a foot thick and was reinforced with iron plates on all sides.
Li Fengyun sighed secretly in his heart, Chilian Cliff is called a demon sect, I am afraid it is not only because of the prejudice of the Central Plains people against the Khitan people, just looking at this gate, it gives people a feeling of horror and evil.
At this time, the gate was not completely closed, only half closed, allowing only three people to pass side by side. Xiao Yuanfang said that this gate, also known as the Yin and Yang Gate, is the first checkpoint to enter Huangquan Road. The other half of the fan, locked.
There is a square big bluestone hanging directly above the outside of the cave door, which has the appearance of tens of thousands of catties, and is carved into the appearance of a fierce black dragon, which is suspended by dozens of thick iron chains, and the iron chain disappears in a small hole more than three feet high. If the big bluestone falls, it will just be able to block the entrance of the passage tightly.
Li Fengyun heard Xiao Yuanfang say that this stone is called the Broken Dragon Stone, which weighs 100,000 catties, and only in an extremely critical situation, such as being besieged by a large army, will it be put down and block the entrance to the cave. Because as long as this broken dragon stone is put down, it means that the Red Lian Cliff is completely isolated from the outside world, and if you want to rise again, it will take a few days to achieve it even with the help of the mechanism.
So with this big bluestone, it is almost impossible for the enemy to break through the passage.
Around the entrance, there are also many small holes dug out, people can not drill in, but from the small hole can shoot arrows to the outside, according to Xiao Yuanfang, the stone room behind the small hole is arranged with a powerful bed crossbow, about more than 20 bodies, once concentrated and launched, if there is no defense, even a first-class master is difficult to dodge.
The power of the bed crossbow, Li Fengyun has long seen it, the bed crossbow made in the Central Plains, one arrow can pass through three cows, no matter how high the martial arts master, if he shoots, his life will not be saved, and any golden bell cover iron cloth shirt will not work, even if it is the silkworm armor, most of them will not be able to stop it. The bed crossbow made by the Liao State, even if the power is not as good as the bed crossbow made in it, the power is not much weaker.
It's just that those beds are very troublesome to open and aim, otherwise, more than twenty crossbow arrows were fired indiscriminately just now, and even Xiao Qirui would probably be forced to be in a hurry.
On the surface, it seems that the entrance of this passage is only guarded by a team of Chilian Cliff disciples, and the defense is not very tight, but in fact, there are many hidden sentry posts, and it is almost impossible to sneak in, and I don't know how Xiao Qirui did it just now.
Walking into Huangquan Road, the passage inside is much larger than the outside, about three zhang wide, and it is paved with good bluestone slabs. There were also two pools of fresh blood not far from the door, apparently two unlucky guys were killed here by Xiao Qirui just now.
Xiao Yuanfang led Li Fengyun to bypass the more than one zhang road in the middle, and walked inside by sticking to the left side.
Li Fengyun knew that there was also a mechanism here. According to the day, which day should go which way, there are rules for Chilian Cliff, and if you don't follow the rules, you will definitely touch the mechanism. Although he had heard Xiao Yuanfang talk about this matter a long time ago, Li Fengyun was still secretly speechless, Chilian Cliff was really heavy and heavily guarded. Even the Green Capsule Gate Medicine King Valley, which is famous for its organs, does not have such a tight mechanism.
There are many forks in the road on Huangquan Road, if it weren't for Xiao Yuanfang leading the way, even with the map provided by Xiao Qirui, Li Fengyun could doubt whether he could find the right path.
After turning a few corners and walking upwards for more than two hundred and ten zhang, a huge stone hall suddenly opened up in front of me. There are eight upward passages around the stone hall, which are unguarded.
According to the information provided by Xiao Qirui and Xiao Yuanfang, this place should be called the Eight Array Platforms.
The eight passages here are named after the eight trigrams of Qian, Kun, Xun, Zhen, Kan, Li, Gen, and Dui, and ordinary disciples of Chilian Cliff are not allowed to cross the Eight Formations Platform if they do not receive an order.
The eight passages of Qian, Kun, Xun, Zhen, Kan, Li, Gen, and Dui all look similar, but in fact, only one is the right path, and the other seven are dead ends. It is not certain which channel is correct. Every once in a while, someone will make adjustments, and even the disciples outside the Eight Formations of the Red Lian Cliff are not clear.
Therefore, even if the enemy sneaked in here and blackmailed the disciple of the Red Lian Cliff, it would be useless, unless that disciple happened to come down from the top of the Eight Array Platform.
Although Xiao Yuanfang's identity is not high, it is not low either, after all, he is the deacon of Qingdiao Hall, so he naturally knows the correct passage. Almost without hesitation, Xiao Qirui led Li Fengyun into the Kanmen passage.
"These eight arrays, in fact, each passage leads to the Nine Secluded Pool, but each passage is equipped with a deadly mechanism, if that mechanism is not activated, then that passage is the way to live. Xiao Yuanfang saw that there was no one around, and quietly explained, "Of course, the other seven passages may not have been cut off or blocked, after all, how those seven passages are arranged, except for a few people, no one can know, unless they don't want to go to explore." ”
The two of them went all the way up to the Nine Hidden Pool.
At the entrance of the Nine Secluded Pond, Xiao Yuanfang arched his hand towards Li Fengyun and said: "If your subordinates send you, you can only send you to the Nine Secluded Pond, and then up is Huangquanyuan, with the identity of a subordinate, if you don't have a special token, you are not allowed to enter Huangquanyuan, if you are caught, you will definitely die."
There are masters guarding the Nine Hidden Pool, and Umengto was tasked by the master of the Black Tiger Hall, and his subordinates heard that he was on a red mission, and most of them had the right to pass through the Nine Secluded Pond. Then his name must have been reported in the Nine Hidden Pool, you only need to check the identity token for them, and they will not stop you. With that, he turned around and wanted to leave.
Li Fengyun's face turned dark, and he said in his heart: "Damn, no wonder Xiao Qirui's old king forced Lao Tzu to come, what is the difference between this and sending him to death? After walking such a short distance, there are already so many mechanisms, no matter how careful you are, it is useless." ”
With a move in his heart, he grabbed Xiao Yuanfang and asked, "If Umengtuo didn't report in Jiuyoutan, what would the situation be?"
Xiao Yuanfang hesitated for a moment, lowered his voice and said: "If not, my subordinates persuade the general, seeing that the situation is not right, it is better to turn around and escape!"