Two hundred and eighty-one chapters deep in the dark pit
Everyone knew very well that when walking along this tunnel, they would encounter a corpse when they would encounter it. All preparations must be made in advance.
Finally, I counted everyone’s equipment under the instructions of my master, and confirmed that there was no problem before we entered the tunnel.
This tunnel is very spacious, and a few people can walk side by side, but a large amount of stalactites are produced on the ground and the top of the tunnel. The more you go forward, the denser the stalactites will be. In addition, the ground is slippery, making it difficult to walk.
When I reached the second half, some dark pits appeared in the stalactite forest. Whenever I walked in front, I would use a green steel sword to carve a cross-shaped mark on the stone stalactite next to the pit to remind the people behind me.
I don’t know how long I walked, until the sound of running water came from the front. I knew that we should be almost at the end of the tunnel. Outside the tunnel, there should be a waterfall or a dark river.
But when I was almost about to walk out of the tunnel and the sound of water was already appearing in my ears, a dark pit under my feet caught my mind.
Most of these dark pits are puddles located in the shadow of the stalactite forest, which are large and small, deep and shallow, and the edges of the puddles are slippery. If you step on them, you will easily fall into trouble.
But the edge of the pit in front of me was surrounded by stone bricks the size of a palm. The stone bricks were embedded directly into the ground, and the diameter of the pit surrounded by them was about half a meter. From the appearance, this pit surrounding the bricks was like a wellhead dug by man.
I turned on the flashlight and shone into the "well". The water inside was very deep. Under the refraction of water and light, I actually saw a group of fish fry swimming through it.
I immediately turned around and greeted Senior Brother Feng. When Senior Brother Feng came over, I raised my chin towards the wellhead.
Senior Brother Feng approached the well and looked down with me. After a while, another group of fish fry swam past.
I asked Senior Brother Feng: "What does it mean for the tomb-builder to place a well in this place?"
Senior Brother Feng thought for a while and said, "There are fish swimming in it, which means that there should be a dark river below this well. Moreover, we have been in the tomb for so long and have never seen any signs of life, but there are creatures in this well... This well should be a mark. If life appears, it means that the road we are taking is the road of life in the tomb. Leaving the road of life, it may be a dead place."
In other words, the path we have taken is a path of life left by the tombmakers. If we leave the path of life, whether it is life or death, it is hard to say.
At this time, Senior Brother Feng said again: "There is no obvious change of Qi field in this place, but the magnetic field is very messy. Look at my compass."
As he said, he took out the Feng Shui plate. I saw the pointer on the compass shaking irregularly, and the frequency of shaking was very high.
Senior Brother Feng said: "The Qi field does not mess with the magnetic field, which means that the earth veins here are very problematic. People in ancient times did not use the Qi field, but their understanding of the earth veins is deeper than later generations. I estimate that they should build the main structure of the tomb near this earth vein. To put it simply, only after this road of life can we officially enter the tomb built by the ancients."
I noticed that Senior Brother Feng's tone seemed to warn me not to leave the road of life.
I kept looking at his eyes, and he also looked at me. After a moment, he spoke again: "In the inheritance of our Tunmeng lineage, there are three kinds of tombs that are forbidden areas and are absolutely not allowed to enter. One of them is this kind of ancient tomb built on abnormal earth veins."
"Then will we go in?" I asked Senior Brother Feng.
Senior Brother Feng pondered for a moment and said, "You can enter, but you can't be too far from the road to life."
I asked him again: "But what if the corpse enters the ancient tomb?"
Senior Brother Feng shook his head and said, "The corpse bars can be ignored, but this kind of tomb cannot go deeper. Moreover, if the corpse bars enter, we will save trouble. If the corpse bars enter, even if the corpse bars enter, there will be no way out."
When I heard Senior Brother Feng’s words, I felt a little hesitant. It took so much effort to come to this place. I was about to see the corpse, and I was about to return without success?
At this time, Liang Houzai walked over with his master on his back. My previous conversation with Senior Brother Feng also heard the master. When he arrived beside me, he said to me: "You Senior Brother Feng is right. Such a tomb cannot be entered. Just go around the periphery. If you can find a corpse, we will keep it. If it enters the ancient tomb, we will not care about it."
I asked the master: "Master, I remember you said before that Master had entered this ancient tomb? And Master also told you not to easily draw the tomb, saying that there are many mechanisms in the tomb. But we didn't see any mechanisms along the way. I was thinking that Master should have entered the deep layer of the ancient tomb, and the mechanism in his mouth was where he saw it."
The master nodded: "Your master's situation is different from ours. When he was young, he had a friend around him. He was a Lao Si from Miaojiang. He was like Li Liang, and he was also a descendant of the Yelang tribe. Every time your master wanted to go to the ancient tomb, Lao Si would be there. These Yelang descendants were proficient in witchcraft and walked around tombs that were too old, so they had the capital to save their lives. When I was in my twenties, the reason why your master asked me to go to the Yunnan-Guizhou generation to find Li Liang was because he discovered an ancient tomb. At that time, Lao Si passed away. In order to get the tomb, we had no choice but to pull Li Liang into the group."
While listening to the master's words, I turned my gaze to Liang Houzai. When Liang Houzai came into contact with my eyes, he immediately shook his head at me: "My main energy has been on Chenzhou Fu in the past few years. As for witchcraft, I have only learned a little bit of fur now. If you want to get to the tomb, I may not be able to help."
Liang Houzai said this and there was basically no hope of getting the tomb.
I nodded and said to Senior Brother Feng, "Then let's walk around Shenglu. If you can't touch the corpse... By the way, did Master Xia say that we will definitely find the corpse when we go to the tomb this time?"
When I was speaking, I turned my attention to my master.
The master was reminded by me and said, "It's true."
As the master talked, I felt everyone's expressions become a little heavy.
We can't go further, we can only investigate near Shenglu, but Master Xia said that we will definitely find the corpse. That means, the corpse is now not far from the tunnel.
She is very close to us.
The atmosphere suddenly became extremely depressing. I took out the green steel sword and handed it to the master. The master hesitated for a moment and did not reach out to pick it up. He turned his head and waved to Luo Fei, saying, "Luo Fei, come to me and prepare for the soul-summoning banner."
Luo Fei pulled out the soul-summoning banner from his backpack and came to my master. The master said to me again: "Stay going."
I nodded seriously and was about to walk outside the tunnel. At this time, the master told me behind me again: "Be careful of everything."
I didn't look back, but still nodded, and then walked out of the tunnel with the green steel sword. Before I came out, I still left a mark at the exit of the tunnel.
Outside the tunnel is a cave with obvious traces of artificial excavation. The cave is very deep and the fox fire cannot reach its end. On the ground of the cave, there are puddles of different sizes, small, only the size of fists, and large, but they can almost be called a pool. Each puddle is full of water, and the water surface is extremely calm.
Senior Brother Feng reminded me again: "The earth veins here are abnormal, don't go too deep."
I didn't reply, but calmed down and continued to move forward.
Although the caves are filled with a large number of puddles, there is not much moisture in the air, and the humidity here is even lighter than in the tunnel.
At the same time, the ground was not as slippery as imagined. Just walking on the ground, would you step on some gravel? The stones were hard and sharp, and the soles made of rubber felt a little uncomfortable.
We just walked slowly, and every time we walked, I would leave a mark on the ground.
During this period, I passed by a large puddle, which was about three meters in diameter, and it could almost be regarded as a small pool.
Unlike other puddles, the ground near this puddle is full of water and the ground is slippery. We must be careful when passing by it.
After passing this puddle, we walked forward for a while, but still no trace of the corpse was found.
At this time, Senior Brother Feng came to me and said to me: "It has been six hours since the last rest. Let's take a break and eat something."
I looked at the people in the team, and everyone's faces were a little tired, so I nodded to Senior Brother Feng and led the team to the other side of the tunnel.
We will definitely not rest in the cave, after all, the corpse is most likely nearby, so who knows whether it will suddenly appear when we are resting. The safest choice at present is to return to the tunnel first.
When I returned along the original road, I passed by the three-meter-wide puddle again. I found that a large amount of water overflowed at the edge of the puddle, and the water surface was also shaking slightly.
This time, I suddenly felt something was wrong.
The other puddles were all calm, and although they were full of water, they did not overflow. Only this one seemed to be something hidden inside, squeezing out the water in the puddle.
Is there something hidden inside?
Something is hidden inside!
As soon as this thought appeared in my mind, my heart suddenly became tight.
I immediately raised my hand and signaled the person behind me to stop, then quietly approached the puddle and watched carefully in the puddle.
I held the flashlight in my hand, but I didn't dare to turn it on, for fear of disturbing the things in the water. But with the faint light in the fox fire lantern, I couldn't see clearly what was underwater.
Actually, I know very well that if there is really something in the water, it can only be a corpse.
I took two steps back and crawled on the ground, and at the same time made several gestures to the others, indicating that they would also lie on the ground like me.
Until I confirmed that everyone had fallen down, I turned on the waterproof flashlight and threw it directly into the puddle, and then quickly put my ear on the ground.
Chapter completed!