By the dim light of the fire, everyone looked towards the center of the stone platform, and sure enough, they saw that the mouth of the beetle snake statue had been closed silently, and it had become exactly the same as the relief at the entrance of the cave on the top of the mountain.

Liang Wude took out the jade ball composed of two coiled dragons from his arms, walked a few steps, but handed it to Sima Rulan, and said, "Miss Sima, you put the jade ball in the mouth of the stone snake, but don't play any tricks!"

Sima Rulan didn't shirk it, took the jade ball from Liang Wude's hand, walked to the beetle snake statue, and put the jade ball into the statue's mouth with a slender hand.

I only heard a "click" sound, but the stone snake's eyelids had suddenly opened, and the essence of the light burst out!

Hua Bushi's guess is not bad at all, the mechanism on this statue is indeed exactly the same as the mechanism of the stone carving on the top of the mountain! The only difference is that the stone snake relief on the top of the mountain is embedded with sapphires in the eyes, which is the mechanism in this snake god statue When the apocalypse, there are two rubies in the eyes, and the essence light emitted is also the color of blood red.

Seeing this scene, Liang Wude looked happy and shouted: "Miss Sima, quickly press the ruby in the snake's eye, and you will definitely be able to open the stone gate that locks the secret passage!"

Sima Rulan pressed the ruby in the eyes of the stone snake according to her words, only to hear a fine "rolling" sound, and sure enough, a mechanism was activated, but it was not the stone gate that fell at the entrance of the secret passage that rose, but the ground behind the stone statue, and the stone slab suddenly slid open, revealing a hole seven or eight feet square.

Looking at the cave from the stone platform, it was pitch black at the entrance of the cave, and I didn't know what was hidden, and as soon as the entrance of the cave was opened, a salty smell penetrated through it, filling the surrounding air. Everyone standing on the stone platform looked at each other, and everyone had a look of surprise on their faces, and no one spoke for a while.

Liang Wude took the torch in the hand of a pirate minion, walked a few steps slowly, and used the light of the torch to the entrance of the cave, but only to see that there was a stone step in the cave that went straight to Xiangxia, and he didn't know where it led, and he couldn't see the situation below from the outside of the cave.

"Master Xiong!" he exclaimed.

Xiong Tiannan was the one who avoided the farthest away, and he was almost about to get off the stone platform, when he heard Liang Wude calling, he had to walk back and said, "Liang Wuye called me, is there something wrong?"

Liang Wude handed the torch in his hand to him and said, "You take the torch, walk down the stone steps at the entrance of this cave, take a look at what is going on underneath, and then come up and tell me!"

Before Liang Wude's words were finished, Xiong Tiannan's face turned pale with fright.

He is burly, tall and big, and has practiced martial arts for many years, but he has been pampered in Xiongjiazhuang since he was a child, and the size of his courage is just the opposite of his size. At this time, seeing that the cave was dark, and a salty smell came to his nose, where did he dare to go down, and said in a trembling voice: "Liang Wuye, there are most monsters hiding under the black Gulong in that cave, I think it's better to call that kid surnamed Hua down!"

Liang Wude's eyes widened, and he reprimanded: "Stupid! If you are told to go down, you will go down, and you must not be verbose!"

This cave entrance is very likely to be the path out of the secret cave, of course Liang Wude can't let Hua Bushi or Sima Rulan go down first, otherwise they will definitely escape first when they have the opportunity, and maybe they will do tricks and feet in the cave, and in Liang Wude's eyes, the lives of the Xiong family's father and son are not valuable, even if they die, it doesn't matter, it is because of him that Xiong Tian went south to the cave to explore the way.

A traitor is a traitor and can never be trusted. No matter how good the martial arts of the Xiong family's father and son are, no matter how great their ability is, they betrayed the "Wanjintang" today, and maybe they will betray the "Black Dragon Palace" tomorrow, so the life and death of this kind of person not only the Black Dragon King will not care, even characters like Liang Wude do not take them seriously.

Xiong Tiannan didn't dare to say any more, so he had to reach out and take the torch, but his legs trembled, and he moved to the entrance of the cave in fear, but he still didn't dare to go down. Xiong Bailing strode up, snatched the torch from his son's hand, and said, "Fifth master, the dog is timid and incompetent, and he can't do anything, so let the old man go down on his behalf!"

Although Xiong Tiannan has no interest and often makes mistakes, Xiong Bailing always has a sense of hatred for him, but he is Xiong Bailing's only son after all, and Xiong Bailing has always been fond of him. At this time, as a father, Xiong Bailing couldn't watch his son go into the cave to take risks.

Liang Wude said: "It's okay, then there will be the master of the Lao Xiong Hall!"

Xiong Bailing's martial arts are much higher than Xiong Tiannan's, and he has no opinion that he is willing to go down to Liang Wude.

Xiong Bailing held a torch in his hand, and his bearded face was not afraid, and he walked to the entrance of the cave in a few big steps, and without hesitation, he stepped down the steps and walked towards the bottom of the hole.

He walked in a tiger's step, and every step on the stone slab was "knocking", and everyone saw Xiong Bailing walking down the steps and disappearing into the hole, and the sound of footsteps gradually disappeared, and they could no longer be heard.

However, it didn't take long for the sound of footsteps to come up from the bottom of the stone steps, and everyone heard Xiong Bailing shouting: "There is no danger below, just a small lake!

Hearing this shout, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Liang Wude said: "Miss Sima, Young Master Hua, the two of you go first, let's go down and have a look!"

Sima Rulan and Hua Bushi walked in front, Liang Wude, Xiong Tiannan and four pirate minions followed, and a group of people walked down the stone steps and entered the cave.

The stone steps are not too long, and they have reached the end of only eighty or ninety steps. Xiong Bailing stood below with a torch, just as he had just shouted, under the stone steps, there was actually a lake located underground.

The shape of this lake is very irregular, and it is not very large, it should be less than sixty or seventy zhang square, if it is a little reluctant to say that the lake is a little reluctant, perhaps it is more appropriate to call it a large pond. The lake was calm, and in the dim light of a few torches, it was an inky black color, and I don't know how deep it was.

There are strange rocks around the lake, and there are many natural stalagmites and stone pillars, which are connected to the top of the cave.

This underground lake is actually located directly below the large cave above. The difference is that the cave above is very flat, obviously repaired by later generations, but here it is a completely natural scene, except for the stone steps that lead down, there is no trace of artificial excavation.

Everyone walked down the stone steps and went directly to the lake.

Xiong Bailing said to Liang Wude: "The old man by the lake has already checked, there is nothing special, this lake looks like seawater." ”

Liang Wude nodded, and instructed the four pirate minions: "You go and search all over the lake again to see if there is a passage to get out." ”

The pirate minions went in response, Liang Wude walked to the lake, stretched out his hand and dipped a little lake water in his mouth, and said, "Sure enough, it's seawater, no wonder the smell in this hole is so salty." ”

Hua Bushi also walked to the lake, twitched his nostrils and sniffed the smell in the air, but his face showed a thoughtful expression, while Sima Rulan stood on the ground and looked around, looking quite nervous.

Liang Wude asked, "Miss Sima, have you ever been in this cave before?"

Sima Rulan shook her head and said, "I have already said that I have never opened the mechanism on the altar above, and of course I have never entered here. ”

Liang Wude stared at Sima Rulan's jade face, but saw that although she was quite afraid, she didn't look like she was panicking.

It wasn't long before the four pirate minions who had gone to the lake to search for them returned, but they found nothing, and there was still no way out of the cave.

The pirate minions named Stormtooth Chen walked up to Liang Wude and said, "Fifth Master, since the water in this lake is seawater, there must be a waterway at the bottom of this lake that communicates with the sea outside, as long as we swim down, maybe we can get out of this cave and swim into the sea." ”

Liang Wude nodded and said, "Well, that's right! Then you can dive down to the lake to investigate, see if there is a waterway to get out, and then come up to report." ”

After entering the secret cave from the top of the mountain, the stone steps that everyone walked all the way to Xiangxia, if you want to calculate the distance, this place is almost exactly the height of the sea level. It is undoubtedly that this small lake is connected to the sea, Liang Wude has thought of it a long time ago, but the lake here is dark and bottomless, and it is still quite dangerous to go down to investigate.

He was still thinking about who to send down to the lake to find out the suitability, but Storm Tooth Chen sent it to the door himself, and Liang Wude simply assigned him down.

This Toothy Chen stepped forward to offer his own cleverness, but at this time, he had to admit that he was unlucky.

Three torches are held on the edge of the lake to illuminate the lake as much as possible. With a "poof" sound, Stormtooth Chen jumped into the lake, marched forward for a few feet, and then turned over and dived to the bottom.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the lake, and there was no sound in the cave except the crackling of torches, and time passed little by little, and the water had already returned to calm, but there was still no Storm Tooth Chen rising.

The pirates of the "Black Dragon Palace" have been plundering ships in the South China Sea for many years, and of course the water is very good, and it is easy to dive underwater for half a cup of tea. However, it has been enough for Stormtooth Chen to dive into the lake for more than a cup of tea, but he still hasn't come up, which is a bit unusual.

"Stormtooth Chen, this guy has always been treacherous, can't he have found a secret passage under the water and swam away by himself?" muttered a pirate minion named Liu Da.

Liang Wude squinted his eyes and looked at the lake, but saw that it was all pitch black under the water, and the light of the torches on the shore was very limited, so it was really difficult to see the situation clearly.

He frowned and ordered, "Chi Hai Dog, you go down!"

Among the four pirate minions who entered the cave, Chi Hai Dog had the best water nature, so Liang Wude assigned him to go to the lake.

Hearing the leader's order, although Chi Haigu was frightened, he did not dare to disobey, so he had to tie up his clothes tightly and walk towards the lake.