Xiong Tiannan finally couldn't bear it anymore and said to Hua Bushi: "You said Miss Lan'er and the others have been in Shimen for so long, why haven't they come out yet?"
Hua Bushi didn't answer, he still sat cross-legged on the ground motionless, without even raising his eyelids.
In fact, the anxiety in the young master's heart was ten times greater than that of Xiong Tiannan. He had certainly seen Liang Wude's murderous intention before. Although he didn't know how Sima Rulanru dragged Liang Wude and Xiong Bailing into the stone room, time would certainly not It has been too long, and now we must take action as soon as possible before they come back to change the situation. This is also the only chance for Hua Bushi and Sima Rulan to save their lives.
Hua Bushi was anxious in his heart, but showed no emotion on the surface. He knew very well that even though Xiong Tiannan was not too smart, he was already wary. If he took the initiative to say anything to him, it would not be easy to deceive him, so Hua Bushi Bu Shicai pretended to be silent, closed his eyes to rest, and ignored him.
As expected, Xiong Tiannan refused to give up. He raised his voice by three points and shouted: "Hey, Mr. Hua, where am I talking to you? Did you hear me?"
Hua Bushi finally slowly opened his eyes, but still did not answer. Instead, he said: "Master Xiong, do you know why Miss Lan'er doesn't like you, but she likes me."
Speaking of this matter, it has indeed been Xiong Tiannan's heartache all along. He and Sima Rulan grew up together in Okura City, and they can be considered childhood sweethearts. However, his martial arts skills, appearance, family wealth and power are all better than this. There are many evil dog masters, but Sima Rulan just ignored them, but she had a soft spot for Hua Bushi, which made this young master Xiong deeply confused.
But when Hua Bushi asked, Xiong Tiannan refused to be convinced and said: "You just relied on your dog training skills to please sister Lan'er. She was deceived by you without noticing. In fact, Lan'er My sister still likes me more in her heart."
Hua Bushi smiled and said: "Master Xiong, what you said is wrong. There are so many people in Okura City who know how to train dogs. How come Miss Lan'er only likes me? You must know that the man Miss Lan'er likes, firstly, is I am a knowledgeable and talented person, and the second is a heroic man with extraordinary courage. In terms of both aspects, I am much better than you."
Xiong Tiannan said: "That's nonsense. I need to be knowledgeable and courageous. I am exactly the kind of hero that Miss Lan'er likes the most. How can a talented person like you who doesn't know martial arts be better than me?"
If Hua Bushi was good at music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and literary talent, Xiong Tiannan would probably know that his ability was not enough, but when it came to his knowledge and courage, he was not willing to admit defeat.
Hua Bushi said: "The so-called insight refers to knowing things that no one else knows, and the so-called courage refers to daring to do things that others dare not do. Both of these have nothing to do with the level of martial arts. If you don't believe it, I'm better than you, let's compete."
Xiong Tiannan said: "How do I want to compare."
Hua Bushi thought for a while and said, "Let's compare our knowledge first. Have you seen the stone statue over there?"
As he spoke, he pointed to the statue of a stone snake with wings on its back in the center of the altar.
Xiong Tiannan said: "I saw it!"
Hua Bushi said: "If you can tell the origin of the name of the big snake carved in the stone statue, you will be considered to have some knowledge."
Xiong Tiannan stared at the stone snake for a long time and said: "How can there be a strange snake with wings in this world? This stone statue must have been carved by the former pirate king Tuoba Qingtian in his idle imagination. There is no such thing." How can I know the origin of the name?"
Hua Bushi said: "How could Tuoba Qingtian place the strange snake that he imagined on this altar to worship? You have little knowledge and don't know."
Xiong Tiannan said angrily: "My knowledge is shallow, do you know this strange snake?"
Hua Bushi smiled and said: "I am more knowledgeable than you, so of course I know."
Xiong Tiannan said: "Then tell me the origin of this strange snake's name."
Hua Bushi said: "This stone statue is carved from one of the six great divine beasts in ancient times, called the Tan snake. The so-called six great beasts are Qinglong, White Tiger, Xuanwu, Suzaku, Gouchen and this Tan snake. Snakes have been cultivated for thousands of years. Tang, Tang became a divine dragon after a catastrophe. Although Tang snake is not as good as a real dragon, its ability is not inferior. It is not only good at water, but also can call the wind and rain, soar into the clouds and ride in the mist. "Xunzi Encouraging Learning Chapter" says, "The snake can fly with its feet, and the glider can fly." A rat has five skills but is poor', this is the kind of divine snake it is talking about! There is also a poem by Cao Mengde from the Three Kingdoms period of the Later Han Dynasty: 'Although the divine tortoise has a long life, it still has its time, the tan snake rides on the mist and ends up being ashes', also It’s widely circulated.”
The eldest young master kept talking and talked a lot. Xiong Tiannan seemed to understand what he heard, but he didn't understand why, so he said: "You are talking about a lot of nonsense, and most of it is nonsense. Even if There really is some kind of mythical beast called the snake, so how can you prove that this stone statue is the snake?"
Hua Bushi said: "Isn't it easy to prove it? Look at what is written on the altar over there, 'The five elements come together, and the divine robe appears.' This 'divine robe' naturally refers to the vine snake. How can there be any falsehoods?" .”
Xiong Tiannan looked around and saw eight seal characters engraved on the bluestone table in the center of the altar. This young master Xiong didn't know many characters. If these characters were written in regular script, he could still recognize at least one of them. Two, but even the seal script looked like twisted bean sprouts in his eyes, and he couldn't recognize a single word.
But even so, Xiong Tiannan was not convinced and said: "I don't even know these words, so there are no signs of rotten snakes. You can't even try to lie to me."
Hua Bushi said: "Since you can't recognize a snake or seal characters, why don't you admit that your knowledge is shallow?"
Xiong Tiannan said: "Why do you want me to admit that although I don't know this strange snake, you can't make it up at all. Neither of us knows this thing. At most, we are just tied. No one has any knowledge." A little stronger.”
This Mr. Xiong is not academic, but he has a lot of ideas, and he is quite good at playing around.
Hua Bushi smiled casually and said without care, "That's all, even if our knowledge is equal, do you dare to compare your courage with me again?"
Xiong Tiannan said: "Why don't you dare? How do you want to compare it?"
Hua Bushi said: "Others often say that destroying statues of gods will lead to divine punishment. If this statue of a snake is placed on this altar, there will definitely be some way, and it will probably be protected by gods. Do you dare to smash it down? If you are really brave, Hua Bushi will admire your courage and consider yourself inferior."
Xiong Tiannan curled his lips and said: "What's so difficult about this? The strange snake statue is just a piece of stone. If you smash it, it will be smashed. There will be no divine punishment."
This Young Master Xiong didn't have many other abilities, but he was very good at destroying things. He might not be able to defeat a martial arts master, but he still had no problem dealing with a stone statue that wouldn't fight back. Xiong Tiannan rolled up his sleeves to his elbows, strode to the stone statue, and He was about to smash the stone statue, but just as he raised his hand, he stopped again.
He said with a smile: "Boy surnamed Hua, you are indeed very cunning. There are many mechanisms in this treasure cave, and there is probably an ambush in this stone statue. You tricked me into smashing the stone statue in order to get the mechanism to activate." It's not good for me, but I'm not that stupid."
Hua Bushi was sitting there, but he also smiled and said: "Master Xiong, you are really too suspicious! This is the first time Hua Bushi has entered this cave, how can he know where there is an ambush?"
Xiong Tiannan thought for a while and said: "That's true, but you are a very insidious guy. I still have to be careful and don't get your way..."
As soon as he said "You can't hit the road," the stone slab he was stepping on made a "click" sound and sank three inches.
The place Xiong Tiannan stepped on was exactly the place where Sima Rulan's eyes had glanced when he left. Now that Sima Rulan's acupoints are sealed, Hua Bushi's body martial arts cannot resist the opponent at all, even if he uses shipbuilding diagrams and martial arts. The secret book is still not enough to threaten the old fox Liang Wude, so the only thing that can be used is the ambush in the secret cave.
Hua Bushi did not misunderstand the meaning of Sima Rulan's glance, but he knew very well that his every move was under the surveillance of Xiong Tiannan and a group of pirates, and it was impossible to reach the position in front of the stone statue. Yi Cai used a trick to deceive Xiong Tiannan.
At this time, Xiong Tiannan and the pirates beside him were all frightened, especially Xiong Tiannan himself, who turned pale with fright. He immediately put his head in his hands and huddled up, hoping that the defense agency would ambush the hidden weapon that was fired at him. However, after waiting for a long time, There was no movement everywhere, and no hidden weapons as expected were fired.
Xiong Tiannan kicked off his feet and jumped out about ten feet away. The stone slab that had been sunk by his feet clicked again and returned to its original place.
He was immediately overjoyed and shouted: "Haha, I'm fine. This secret cave has been built for too long, and the ambush mechanisms have become ineffective!"
However, before Xiong Tiannan's laughter subsided, he only heard a loud "bang" and the entire cave was shaken.
Everyone on the altar was startled again, but they didn't know where the sound came from. Xiong Tiannan, who thought he had escaped the disaster, was originally in high spirits, but he was stunned when he heard the sound and was a little at a loss.
The figures at the stone gate on the rock wall in the distance flashed. Liang Wude, Xiong Bailing and Sima Rulan finally appeared from the door. Liang Wude was seen carrying a big baggage on his back, flying up in the air towards the stone platform, while Xiong Bailing was carrying Sima Rulan's arm also used Qinggong to rush over.
In the blink of an eye, the three of them were back on the stone platform. Liang Wude glanced at Xiong Tiannan, Hua Bushi and several pirates with fierce eyes, and asked: "What happened just now? Where did that loud noise come from?" .”
Xiong Tiannan was speechless, Hua Bushi also lowered his head and remained silent. The four pirates dared not to answer. The pirate named Chi Haigou said: "Reporting to the fifth master, we don't know very well. Mr. Xiong just said I stepped on the mechanism in front of the stone snake statue, and then there was that sound, which sounded like it was coming from the secret passage at the back."
Liang Wude's face darkened and he said, "You and Liu Da go over and check it out."