Fatty Niu stared at the pool for a while, and suddenly asked me in a low voice: "Boss, so we have to...need to dive and swim in?" This guy is a landlubber, and I have taken him to the swimming pool to practice over the years.
But he never learned to swim, so he was inevitably a little frightened when he learned that the entrance to the secret passage was underwater.
I patted his back lightly and comforted him: "It's okay. Just dive. As long as you bring enough oxygen, diving is much easier than swimming. I will just cover you when the time comes."
Long Jiu, who heard our conversation, turned around, glanced at Fatty Niu, and asked, "What? Doesn't this brother still know how to swim?"
Fatty Niu nodded immediately.
Long Jiu looked Fatty Niu up and down, but said nothing. Instead, he turned to Wen Qingshan and asked: "Brother Wen San, this brother is..."
Wen Qingshan hurriedly said: "This is Wen's apprentice, his name is Niu Jun!"
When Long Jiu heard this, a look of surprise appeared on his face: "He is the apprentice of your brother Wen San, but he can't swim!?"
Wen Qingshan hurriedly explained: "I'm making you laugh, Mr. Jiu! My apprentice is a bit slow, but he has an extraordinary eye and an extraordinary talent for antiques. This Qin Shihuang Mausoleum is the mausoleum of the eternal emperor, and I want to take him in."
Master Jiu will probably not object if you have some experience."
"Brother Wen has the final say on who is allowed to enter the imperial mausoleum! Of course I won't object." After saying this, Long Jiu suddenly changed the subject: "However, he can't swim, so it's probably not easy for him to go in.
Easy thing."
Wen Qingshan nodded: "That's true. I didn't expect that the entrance to this secret passage is actually underwater."
Long Jiu pondered for a moment and said: "But it doesn't matter. Not being able to swim does not affect diving. Jiansheng is a good diver. Just let him take care of me when the time comes."
I subconsciously glanced at Long Jiansheng, who was standing behind Long Jiu. He still had an expressionless look on his face. Coupled with his outfit, he looked like a cold-blooded killer.
I can't let go of such a ruthless guy. But after all, I can take care of Fatty Niu when I'm underwater, so I don't need this guy at all.
We stared at the water pool for a while. Wen Qingshan noticed that there were several sets of diving suits and oxygen bottles placed next to the water pool. He turned around and asked Long Jiu: "Master Jiu, are you planning to visit the imperial mausoleum today?"
Long Jiu waved his hand and said: "No, today I just want to ask Brother Wen San to go into the water and take a look, because the entrance to the secret passage is blocked by some strange vines."
"Oh!? There is such a thing! Then I want to see it!" Wen Qingshan said, and was about to put on the diving suit, but was stopped by Long Jiu. Long Jiu said: "Brother Wen, don't be in a hurry, we still have to
Wait for one more person."
"Someone else is coming? Who is it?" Wen Qingshan was a little surprised.
Long Jiu said: "This man is a gold-touching captain, and he can be regarded as a legendary figure. However, he has been washing his hands for more than 20 years. If it were not for his old friendship with me, he might not be willing to take action this time.
"
As soon as he finished speaking, I suddenly caught a glimpse of a dark shadow flashing past from the corner of my eye. I quickly turned my head and shined a flashlight on it. However, except for a cluster of bushes swaying in the wind, I didn't find anything unusual.
I thought it was because I was dazzled, so I just took back the flashlight, but Long Jiu smiled at the bush and said: "Since we are already here, why bother to evade, just show up."
I couldn't help but be startled: "What's going on!? Is there really someone!?"
Everyone else was very surprised and immediately turned their heads to stare at the bush. After a while, a short figure came out from behind the bush.
It turned out to be a child. No wonder I couldn't see him hiding behind a bush that was only about one meter high.
I was wondering why there was a child hiding here at such a late hour. He started to speak, and I couldn't help but be surprised when I heard the voice. It was the voice of an adult man.
I stared at his face again and took a closer look, and then I suddenly realized that he was not a child, he was clearly a dwarf!
Long Jiu smiled and said to the dwarf, "You're late."
"Humph, I arrived early, but I just didn't show up. Who are they!?" The dwarf looked at us, his eyes full of vigilance.
Long Jiu introduced the dwarf. He pointed at Wen Qingshan and said, "This is Brother Wen San."
Wen Qingshan hurriedly clasped his fists at the dwarf and said, "I'm Qingshan below, I don't know what you call me."
The dwarf ignored Wen Qingshan, but stared at Long Jiu and said, "Are they trustworthy?"
Long Jiu said: "Don't worry, they have absolutely nothing to do with the Hydra."
Long Jiu's answer surprised us all. Wen Qingshan hurriedly asked: "Is there some gap between this brother and the Nine-Headed Insect?"
The dwarf snorted lightly and said angrily: "My old ghost and the nine-headed worm are at odds with each other!"
When Wen Qingshan heard this, he was shocked: "So you are the old ghost senior who is known as 'Three Inch Nails' in the world!?"
I couldn't help but feel a little surprised when I heard Wen Qingshan call the dwarf "senior". You must know that Wen Qingshan is already in his sixties, and the dwarf in front of me doesn't look very old. He looks only four or five years old at most.
He looked ten years old. Although Wen Qingshan's calling him "senior" might have been just a polite word, but no matter how polite he was, he wouldn't call someone younger than himself a senior.
The dwarf sneered: "I didn't expect that after more than 20 years since I retired from the world, people would still remember my name."
Wen Qingshan smiled and said: "Haha, there are Tai Sui hands in the south and three-inch nails in the north. How could Wen not know about it?"
I really didn’t expect that this dwarf named Lao Gui had quite a lot of background, but judging from his size, it was really difficult to connect him with a legendary figure. For him, the name “Three Inch Nails” is well-deserved. I don’t know.
What is so special about him?
Wen Qingshan asked the old ghost again: "By the way, the senior old ghost just said that he was at odds with the Nine-Headed Insect. I don't know why?"
Before the old ghost could answer, Long Jiu answered for him: "Back then, the old ghost brother got a rare treasure from an ancient tomb in the Tang Dynasty. In order to seize the treasure from him, the Nine-Headed Insect not only planned to kill him, but also killed him."
His disciple, and also planted the golden silkworm Gu in his body. If he were not a master,
The holy doctor Mu Huaichun made an incision in his abdomen and used his own liquor to force out the golden silkworm Gu in his body. I'm afraid he won't be standing here today." Having said this, Long Jiu started talking.
Turn: "Let's stop talking nonsense. Now that everyone is here, let's start working."
Wen Qingshan glanced at the diving suits and oxygen bottles placed next to the pool and asked, "Master Jiu, there are only four sets of diving equipment here, but there are eight of us. Which ones do Master Jiu intend to let into the water?"
Long Jiu said with a smile: "In my opinion, it will be Brother Wen, Brother Laogui and Jian who will give birth. As for the one left, let Brother Wen decide."
Wen Qingshan turned to look at me and said, "Shi Yu, then you can go down with us."
I was just asking for it, so I nodded immediately.
Wen Qingshan, Long Jiansheng, I, and I changed into diving suits one after another. The old ghost was too short, about the same size as a ten-year-old child, so he couldn't put on the large diving suit at all, so he just carried it on his back.
Just an oxygen bottle.
Wen Qingshan took out another rope and fixed one end of the rope to the trunk of a crooked-neck pine tree next to the pool. We grabbed the rope and dived into the water one by one.
Since it was already winter, the water in the pool was very cold. The moment I stepped into the water, I felt a biting coldness and couldn't help but shudder. Fortunately, my physical fitness was pretty good and I quickly adapted to it.
The water temperature is freezing cold, otherwise, I'm afraid my legs will cramp.
The water was relatively turbid, and the visibility was only five to six meters at most. Using the waterproof miner's lamp I wore on my head, I looked down and found that I couldn't see the bottom of the pool at all, and I had no idea how deep the pool was.
Long Jiansheng, who swam at the front, led everyone to dive down close to the stone wall on one side of the waterfall. After diving for about two or three meters, the entire stone wall actually sunk inward.
We swam under the depression, and Long Jiansheng pointed with his hand towards the innermost part of the depression. Using the light, we could see that there was almost a foot of water plants growing there, and through the dense water plants, a direct line could be vaguely seen.
The cave is about two meters away. However, the entrance of this cave is blocked by some dense vine-like objects. If you want to swim in, you must first clean up these vine-like objects.
Long Jiansheng made some gestures to everyone, seeming to tell us that this cave is the secret entrance to the underground palace of the Emperor's Tomb.
We swam to the cave, and I stared at the vines at close range. I saw that these vines were about the thickness of my thumb, were blood red, and were densely packed like a net, covering the entire entrance of the cave.
Strictly true.
I looked around again, and couldn't help but feel a little puzzled, because I found that except for the cave in front of me, there were no such blood-red vines on the stone wall. It felt like these vines came from the cave.
It looks like it's growing inside.
Out of curiosity, I stretched out my hand, wanting to touch and feel these vine-like objects. Unexpectedly, the moment my hand just touched the vine-like objects, my palm was immediately covered with vine-like objects.
Being entangled, I couldn't help but be shocked and hurriedly
I pulled my hand back hard, but I didn't expect that not only could I not pull my hand out, but those vine-like things seemed to have been stimulated by something, and they spread quickly along my arm. In the blink of an eye, they were gone.
It wrapped my whole arm.
I was stunned for a moment, and suddenly thought of a terrifying evil thing I had encountered at the entrance of the evil stone tomb - blood vine!
The blood vine looks like a plant, but it has certain animal characteristics. It is somewhat similar to the legendary man-eating vine. It will attack all creatures that come close to it and feed on the essence and blood of the creatures.