Chapter 169 Entrance to the Underground Palace
But this speculation was denied by my master. The master said that the reason why outside the underground palace was covered with heavy fog all year round was that Su Santong set up an eight-door golden lock array here. From ancient times to the present, only two people could break this array, one of which was Su Santong himself.
Whether it is Old Master Huang or the group of mercenaries, once they enter the formation, they will be lost and it is impossible to come out. Old Master Huang will not take this risk, and those mercenaries will not.
However, on the night of the new moon every month to noon the next day, the Eight Gate Golden Lock Formation will temporarily fail. Old Master Huang knew about this, and he would definitely enter the underground palace at that time.
The great monk Chengyun did this ritual to disperse the yin energy on the mountain before the new moon came. As soon as the yin energy dispersed, the fog also dispersed. At that time, Huang Changsheng could use his ability to find the dragon and point acupoints to determine the location of the underground palace.
At that time, we must enter the underground palace as soon as possible, get to the tomb that night, and come out before noon the next day, otherwise everyone will be trapped in the Eight Gate Golden Lock Formation.
Later I asked about the note again, and the master still couldn't give an answer to this.
It was probably the afternoon of the third day after Master told me these things, a strong wind blew from the northwest swept across Baishuidu.
When the wind was blowing, I was practicing drawing talismans in the vegetable garden outside the wooden house. The wind came very suddenly. The talisman paper on the table was disturbed and rustled. The master immediately frowned and looked towards the other side of the river.
The wind was very strong, and even the water surface was blown with large ripples, but the fog on the other side of the river still had no intention of dissipating.
"Master Chai, Master Chai!"
At this time, Huang Changrong's scream came from behind the wooden house. He ran over quickly and shouted: "All the public clothes in the pond are dead, there must be a big change in the underground palace."
The master was still staring at the direction on the other side of the river. When Huang Changrong came to him, the wind suddenly increased. The fog on the other side of the river was like a whole cloud falling on the ground, moving rapidly towards the southeast with the wind.
As the fog fluttered, a huge mountain slowly appeared in front of me. It looked like a majestic giant, overlooking the small island where we were.
The master quickly waved to Huang Changrong: "Hurry up, call Changsheng and Yulian over!"
Huang Changrong also looked at the other side of the river where the fog was pushed away, then turned around and ran towards the back of the wooden house. My master rushed into the wooden house and took the Qinggang Sword and Fantian Seal. Liang Houzai and Liu Shangang also followed.
It seems that the master is planning to enter the underground palace this time.
When Huang Changsheng came, he also took a Feng Shui compass and a map drawn in sheepskin. The map looked very old, and the words marked on it were all ancient characters in small seal script. When Huang Yulian and Huang Changrong came, they each carried a huge canvas backpack.
Huang Changsheng first looked at the mountain on the other side of the river for a while, then looked at the map, and finally began to ponder at the Feng Shui compass.
After a while, he suddenly raised his hand, pointed to the right side of the mountain, and said to my master, "The underground palace is in that direction."
My master nodded and said, "Tonight is the new moon, but now the Eight Gate Golden Lock Array has not been lifted yet. Let's cross the river first and go up the mountain when the sunset and the moon rises."
As the master spoke, the man had already walked towards the river not far away.
The river channel between the island and the foot of the mountain is only more than three meters wide. At such a distance, taking a boat is a waste of time. Everyone swam across the river and waited after getting ashore.
We got ashore at about four o'clock in the afternoon, but the sunset came very late on that day. It was not until half past six o'clock that the sun began to set west. The huge fire clouds imprisoned the west like a prison, and a thick black and blue appeared on the edge of the east sky.
On the night of the new moon, you cannot see the moon. When different colors appear on the poles of the sky, it is the time when the sun sets and the moon rises.
Huang Changsheng climbed into the lush forest with the Feng Shui roulette. My master turned his head and waved to the rest: "Go up the mountain!"
This mountain has been covered with heavy fog for at least a hundred years. The weeds and shrubs have grown wildly on the mountain road that no one has ever been concerned for a hundred years. After we entered the forest, we could only push away the weeds and branches that were blocking our eyes and move forward with great difficulty.
Before he could walk far, Huang Changrong pulled out a whip from his backpack and retreated to the end of the team.
When he pulled the whip out of his backpack, I took a brief look and saw that the whip was about as thick as my thumb, but was five or six meters long, and it was still flashing with a very scattered metallic luster on the surface of the whip.
I couldn't say trust to Huang Changrong. When he retreated behind me with such a long whip in his hand, I couldn't help feeling a little nervous.
The master also turned around and looked at Huang Changrong, and while pushing away the tree branches in front of him, he said to me: "Be careful, it seems that there is danger in the forest."
Just as the master was talking, I saw Huang Changrong take out his wine pot from his arms and take a big mouthful.
After that, no one spoke again. Along the way, he could only hear the sound of branches being pushed apart and the "rustling" of the trouser legs rubbing against the weeds. From time to time, I would look at Huang Changrong. Along the way, his eyes kept changing focus, looking at the nearby weeds and shrubs, and looking at us.
I felt that Huang Changrong seemed to be on guard against something.
When we crossed a bush of thorns, I suddenly felt something sweeping by. The thing was thin and long, with a few vague silver lights on it. Then I heard a crisp "pop" sound coming from the front.
I knew what was passing by me just now. When I heard the crisp sound, I was startled, and then looked at the master walking in front of me. When I saw that he was fine, I breathed a sigh of relief.
When passing by a big tree, the master turned around and pointed to the branches of the big tree.
Only then did I realize that a green dead snake was hanging on the branch. The snake's head was hit hard and had been broken.
Is this snake the one who hit Huang Changrong with his whip just now?
But the snake's head was about the same size as the big female toe. Huang Changrong was four or five meters away from it, and he could hit the snake's head with a whip. Thinking back, when Huang Changrong waved his whip just now, Huang Changsheng seemed to be under the snake's head.
Fortunately, he took action decisively, otherwise something would have happened to Huang Changsheng.
But Huang Changsheng seemed to have no sense of what happened just now, and still walked through the forest with a compass.
I turned around and looked at Huang Changrong, and saw that he was tilting his head to drink, but those eyes were still very vigilantly scanning the surrounding environment.
An hour later, it was just dark and we had arrived at the entrance of the underground palace.
I originally thought that the entrance to the underground palace should be as hidden as the tomb of the Dragon King, but when I came to the hillside, I saw a huge bronze door on the stone wall not far away.
I looked at it and found that the height and width of this door were about the same as the copper door underground in Old Master Huang's house, and the top of the copper door was also made into a regular arch. The only difference was that there was no lion relief on the door in front of me.
Huang Changsheng took out some powder from his pocket and evenly sprinkled it in front of the door. Then he pointed to the top of the copper door and said to my master: "There is an air outlet on it, go in and hide first."
As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Yulian took out the cable hook from her backpack and threw it hard. I saw the cable hook drifting through an arc in the air and flew into the bushes above the copper door.
Huang Yulian pulled the rope. I first heard the sound of the rope hook sliding among the trees, and then heard a "sloppy" sound. The rope hook seemed to have something hard to hold.
Huang Yulian didn't talk nonsense, so she jumped onto the copper door after a few steps, then grabbed the rope and climbed to the top of the copper door very lightly.
Her movements were very elegant and her steps were very light. The copper door, which had been corroded by time, was already covered with loose copper rust, but when she stepped on the door in these few steps, the broken rust on the door did not fall off at all, and her footprints were not even left on the door panel.
At this time, Huang Yulian crawled out of the forest at the top of the copper door. She climbed up a tree that grew obliquely on the mountain wall, tied the rope to the tree, waved at us again, and signaled us to climb up.
None of us does not have the lightness of Huang Yulian. If we step up the door, we will inevitably leave footprints on the door. In this way, when the mercenaries appear here, we will immediately realize that we have been here. So we can only climb up the treetops along the hanging rope and enter the "air port" in Huang Changsheng's mouth through the treetops.
The so-called air outlet is actually a cave at the top of the copper gate. I don’t know why Huang Changsheng called it air outlet, but I only know that it is a natural cave. The entrance of the cave is full of all kinds of plants, and the cave is very humid. When leaning against the entrance of the cave, you can see the scene near the copper gate.
After Huang Changsheng entered the cave, he used a small saw to trim the plants around the hole. As many messy branches and leaves were sawed off by him, my field of vision suddenly became wider.
But in this way, wouldn’t it be easy for people under the Tongmen to discover our existence?
I was worried, and Huang Changsheng took out some frosted glass-like things from his backpack. He sprinkled the glass on the edge of the hole and lit a candle next to the hole.
The candle should be mixed with phosphorus powder, and the candlelight presents a very integrated green.
When the light of the candlelight was projected onto the frosted glass, the light reflected between the glass and the trees several times, and a mirage-like shadow appeared in front of me. Through this layer of shadow, I could still see the scene under the copper door.
The master said to me from the side: "This is called "Watching the Moon in the Water". It is the unique formation of the Old Huang family. Although it is a small formation, it will be of endless wonder if it is used. Now, you can see the people under the Tongmen. When the people under the Tongmen look at you, you can only see this shadow of the tree."
Liu Shangang seemed a little surprised: "I didn't expect that the people from the Huang family would have this ability."
Chapter completed!