Chapter 23: The Catacombs Hall

Jiang Jianqiu and the others walked in the narrow cave, this cave is tortuous and winding, the shape is very irregular, the walls of the cave on both sides are all cut marks deep into the stone wall, and the ground is covered with gravel. Jiang Jianqiu opened the way in front, and he was secretly frightened when he walked down this way, this passage was longer than he had estimated before, looking at these sword marks were extremely deep into the wall, and they were more than zhang xu in both vertical and horizontal directions, the person who broke the wall with the sword was really amazing.

After advancing for more than twenty zhang, Jiang Jianqiu suddenly felt a breeze coming towards him, with a faint fishy smell in the wind, he was shocked, and it seemed that the exit was about to arrive. Jiang Jianqiu quickened his pace, walked through a turning point in front of him, and under the light of the spirit sword, he saw that the cave in front of him had come to an end, and there was a huge hall outside, Jiang Jianqiu walked a few steps quickly, and walked out of the passage first.

In front of him was an open hall, with a smooth mirror-like floor paved with blue-black boulders, and piles of large and small rubble near the entrance to the cave where everyone had come out. Jiang Jianqiu raised his head and looked at it, and with the light of the spirit sword, he could faintly see that there was a vault at the top of his head, and the black and white on the top could not tell whether it was a pattern or the dark moss formed over the years. The faint light of the spirit sword could not illuminate such a huge and wide space, and it was impossible to see which side was the door and which side was the road in the distance, but could only see that there was a half-human-high square stone platform on both sides of the road every few zhang away, and there was a white stone sculpture on the top of each stone platform.

At this moment, the others also walked out of the cave in turn, and everyone looked around, and they couldn't help but be shocked by the vastness of this hall. Standing in this hall, I feel that this space is larger than the entire circular hill that I have seen outside, and I wonder how the craftsmen who built this cemetery in ancient times were able to design such a magnificent underground palace.

After Yue Mingxin looked around, he couldn't help but praise from the bottom of his heart: "This ancient tomb only has a lonely stone tablet from the outside, but I didn't expect that there would be such a huge tomb after entering. ”

Ling Shengxue said on the side: "This is not a tomb, the ancient tombs that are relatively old generally build a hall on the top floor, as a means of undertaking the entrance passage and storing yang energy, called the yang room, and the real tomb should be on the next floor." ”

Yue Ling'er on the side stuck out her tongue when she heard this, and said, "Ah, this place is called the Yang Realm, so isn't the next layer called ...... Hades?"

Ling Shengxue said coldly: "This is originally a place for the dead to live, so why not call it the underworld." For now, we've bypassed the main entrance to the tomb, which saves us a lot of trouble to crack the mechanism. I think this hall is quite safe, and there are no ghosts. Let's look around in groups to find out what clues there are. ”

So Jiang Jianqiuyue, Mingxinyue Ling'er in a group, explored to the left, and Ling Shengxue Tianlao Mo Danfeng in a group, explored to the right. Jiang Jianqiu held the spirit sword in his hand, the snow-white sword light illuminated the place in front of him, he slowly walked to the nearest stone platform and looked at it, the sculpture on this platform was seven or eight points like a tiger, but this tiger gave birth to two tails, coiled behind him. This statue is extremely expressive, the white tiger and tiger are half tall and ready to pounce, under the crystal sword light, it is really vivid. Jiang Jianqiu looked at it for a while, and then couldn't see anything special, shook his head and continued to walk forward.

At this time, Yue Mingxin whispered behind him: "Brother Jiang, when we entered the stone cave just now, I felt like ...... It was dug out of the mountain wall with a sharp sword. ”

Jiang Jianqiu nodded and said, "Yes, it was indeed dug out with sword qi, and it should be a recent thing." What's even more troublesome is ......" Jiang Jianqiu frowned and said in a deep voice: "That hole should be drilled out from the inside out!"

Yue Mingxin was shocked when she heard this, and covered her mouth and said, "From the inside out, this ancient tomb is eight thousand years old, is there still a living thing in it?"

Jiang Jianqiu snorted coldly: "It's impossible to have living things, but it is estimated that there will be no fewer ghost things." But I really haven't heard of a ghost who is proficient in swordsmanship. In addition, since he was involved in the tomb of King Tang, something was not quite right with that nerd, and the stone cave in the belly of this mountain could be regarded as something he had found. My sister and I always felt that he had some inexplicable relationship with this ancient tomb. As he spoke, he leaned his head close to Yueming's heart and whispered in her ear, "We'll ...... in a while."

Yue Mingxin listened, her face gradually showed surprise, and she was stunned: "If you do this, Brother Mo will ...... him."

Jiang Jianqiu waved his hand and said: "We will control the proportions, and we will not hurt good people by mistake, after all, the further back we go, the more dangerous it is, we must find out the true identity and purpose of that nerd here, otherwise it will be worth the loss because of his trouble." Yueming thought for a moment, and finally nodded slightly.

In the other direction, Tian Lao, Ling Shengxue, and Mo Danfeng walked along the edge of the hall in the other direction. The white jade at the top of the old man's crutch emitted a soft pure white light, illuminating the surroundings within a few feet.

Mo Danfeng followed behind, carefully looking at the two-tailed tiger on the stone platform, looking at it and stretching out his hand as if he wanted to touch it, but was pulled by Ling Shengxue on the side. Ling Shengxue firmly grabbed Mo Danfeng's hand and said coldly: "Don't move, this tomb is full of prohibitions, don't trigger any mechanism!"

Mo Danfeng laughed dryly, withdrew his hand and honestly followed forward, saying as he walked: "This tiger is really a little strange, I have been to many ancient ruins, and this is the first time I have seen a stone tiger with this appearance." ”

Tian Lao, who was walking in front of him and lighting with a cane, suddenly spoke: "This two-tailed tiger is called a creature that can travel between the two worlds of yin and yang, and it is also suitable to guard the tomb. ”

Ling Shengxue said on the side: "Yin and Yang Realms...... Huangquan, I'm afraid this stone carving is not just as simple as guarding the tomb. ”

Tian Lao listened to the muscles on his face twitch a few times, frowned and said: "The little girl loves to think blindly, what Huangquan ghost cave is a shadowless thing, don't be blind!" Although he said this, his pace unconsciously accelerated by three points, and he could see that he was also a little weak-hearted.

In the middle of the walk, Ling Shengxue, who was walking behind, suddenly stopped and opened her mouth and said, "Wait a minute." Mo Danfeng and Tian Lao were stunned for a moment, turned their heads and found that Ling Shengxue was looking up, they followed Ling Shengxue's gaze, and found that about two zhang high above, there were shadows on the cyan stone wall that seemed to be painted with some patterns.

Mo Danfeng looked up, opened his mouth in surprise, and muttered, "That seems to be a mural?"

At this moment, Jiang Jianqiu's voice sounded from the other side: "Before, didn't you come here before, nerd?"

Mo Danfeng was stunned for a moment, only then did he find that Jiang Jianqiu and Yue Mingxin and Yue Ling'er walked over from the opposite side, and saw that the two groups of them had come around in a circle and met here again.

Mo Danfeng coughed dryly, waved his hand and said: "No, no, no, I didn't choose to say anything after the shock just now, this underground palace is full of ghosts and ghosts, if it weren't for the protection of a few of you, how could I have the courage to come in." ”

Jiang Jianqiu nodded and said, "Also, this underground palace is well preserved, only a cave on the wall on the side, and it is clear that it has only been newly opened in recent days." Looking at the way the cave was excavated, it looked like a thief who robbed the tomb. ”

He stared at Mo Danfeng with both eyes, and said word by word: "If you want to say that Brother Mo has been here, wouldn't you be regarded as a thief who robbed the tomb?"

Mo Danfeng was stunned for a moment, and he couldn't speak for a while, and after a while, he laughed a few times, and said curtly: "In the next scholar, he has no power to restrain the chicken, how can he come to this tomb robbery, Jiang Shaoxia laughed." ”

Jiang Jianqiu laughed and said, "It's just a joke." However, my sister and I looked around, and this place is quiet and undisturbed, so it should be an excellent place for you to expel this demon sword. ”

Mo Danfeng was stunned for a moment, and before he could speak, Ling Shengxue on the side opened his mouth and continued: "Yes, this hall was originally built according to the direction of the twenty-eight constellations, and if I transform it slightly, I can lay down a Zhou Tian Array, and then bury Brother Mo in the eye of the array, and then I can start to help you exorcise this demon sword." ”

Mo Danfeng was stunned again when he heard this, and asked blankly, "What does 'buried' mean?"

Jiang Jianqiu, who was on the side, waved his hand and said, "Nerd, you are also a cultivator, in order to drive away this demon sword, you should still be able to persevere in this little hardship." He scratched his head, thought for a moment and said, "Hmm...... It is estimated that it is a little difficult to breathe, and you can hold on for three or five days. ”

"Three or five days!" Mo Danfeng already had beads of sweat oozing from his face, he looked at Jiang Jianqiu, and then at Ling Shengxue, these two people's eyes were blazing, and they didn't look like they were joking. Mo Danfeng had to turn his head to find Yue Mingxin again, but found that Yue Mingxin was standing five steps away at the moment, faintly forming a triangle with Jiang Ling and the others, and surrounded himself on the edge of the wall.

"Moon girl, you don't want to play with them, do you? Mo Danfeng said to Yue Mingxin with a sad face, and there was a hint of hesitation on Yue Mingxin's face, but in the end he shook his head lightly and stood there quietly without moving.