Merchant of the Underworld

After a while, the frost on the little white dragon slowly melted.

He sat up, glanced at Miss Caiyun, and asked worriedly: "On the first day of the new year, if you just let the old guy go back like this, will he hurt Caiyun's soul?"

"No!" Chu Yi said with certainty: "The old guy is a conspirator with great ambitions. All careerists are extremely optimistic. As long as there is a glimmer of opportunity and possibility, they will never give up. He Not only does he want to obtain all the artifacts, but he has also long since identified Jiulin as his treasure, and keeping Caiyun's soul is what he relies on. He will never do this until the last moment."

"That's okay!" Xiao Bailong dusted off the dust, stood up and said, "Since there is only one way, there is nothing more to say. Let's just kill him! No matter what kind of bird society or ancient tomb organization he is, kill them all. Just smash it! Let’s go.”

As he spoke, he headed forward.

Miss Caiyun had just been violated by her spiritual consciousness and fell into a coma. Han Laoliu wrapped her back tightly with ivy.

He was carrying Miss Caiyun on his back and had some difficulty in moving. Xiao Bailong was walking in the front with the help of his ice shield. I followed him with a flashlight in one hand and an invisible needle in the other.

Not far into the darkness ahead, the stone walls on both sides suddenly narrowed, and various Japanese folk monsters were carved on the uneven stone walls. Although it has been a long time, the colors are still vivid and lifelike, which makes people feel scared.

Not far away, the path suddenly turned sharply and turned into a steep slope of almost 90 degrees.

Xiao Bailong jumped down first, and after careful inspection, he found that there was no danger, so we followed him one after another.

The space below is still not large, but the temperature is much higher than above, and it is extremely dry. The dry wind brings a rotten smell that makes people feel sick. Not long after I walked, I felt a little dry in my mouth, and my nose and face felt itchy and uncomfortable, and I wanted to reach out and scratch it.

"Don't move!" Han Laoliu, who was walking behind me, quickly reminded: "This wind is weird. It can absorb moisture from living things. Now your skin is no different from shredded paper. If you scratch it a little, it will break and bleed. Xiaobai Dragon, can you release some water energy?"

"No." Xiao Bailong shook his head and said: "This place is very strange. All the water will be extracted cleanly and evaporate as soon as it is released. It will have no effect."

After walking a few meters further, a stone door appeared in front of him.

The door was very short, only about one meter high, and the material and color of the stone door were very inconsistent with the stone walls on both sides. The edges of the stone door were also extremely smooth, much like they were cut by a machine. It can be seen at a glance that this is not the original structure of the ancient tomb, but a later addition.

"You put the stone in the lower left corner..."

Click!

Before Chu Yi could finish his sentence, Xiao Bailong had already swung a wind blade and smashed the stone door into pieces.

Stone chips were flying in the smoke and dust. Xiao Bailong turned around and asked, "What did you say?"

Chu Yi was choked and sighed helplessly.

I also said a little speechlessly: "The first day of junior high school said that the small stone pillar is the mechanism to open the door."

"What's the difference? The difference is that the door opens." Xiao Bailong actually thought that we were both boring. Why bother to solve the problem with just one slap?

His style has always been that if anything can be solved with hands, he will never use his brain!

The stone gate was originally not big, but it was completely shattered by Xiao Bailong's wind blade, and a large piece of the surrounding stone wall was shaken open, revealing a dark hole.

The terrain inside seemed to be lower, and the broken stones fell in and rolled on the slope with a loud noise.

I glanced inside with a flashlight and found that it was a relatively spacious cave.

The roof and walls of the cave are in the most primitive state, with no trace of artificial chiseling. The cave is empty and there is nothing - not even an exit.

Seems like a dead end!

Xiao Bailong jumped in first and shouted strangely: "What's going on? Where is the road?"

When we followed up and took a look, we were a little confused.

The cave is slightly shaped like a hollow fist. We entered from the wrist. It seemed to be blocked in all directions, and there was no trace of an exit at all.

Quack, boom!

At this moment, there was a sudden sound at the door, followed by an extremely fast and heavy roar.

When I turned around, I saw that the entrance to the cave we just entered was blocked!

A large area of ​​darkness.

"No! It's a trap!" Xiao Bailong shouted, holding the crystal ball tightly with both hands. Chu Yi and I also turned around and drew our swords.

The four of us faced each other with our backs to each other, staring in all directions very carefully.

But except for the smoke and stones that were thrown up at the door, there was no movement at all.

"The trap is the cave itself!" Chu Ding said calmly: "We are trapped!"

"It's all over if you smash it open." The little white dragon jumped up and faced a wind blade towards the black stone blocking the entrance of the cave.

Click!

The wind blade fell on the stone surface, making only a sound of wind, but not even a trace was left.

"It's useless!" Chu Yi explained: "There must be something like the Thousand Jin Curse or the Immovable Talisman engraved on the outside of this stone."

Xiao Bailong chopped twice more with some disbelief. When he saw that it was indeed the case, he couldn't help but said angrily: "Did I just trigger some mechanism?"

"No." Chu Yi shook his head: "The little stone just now is just a mechanism to open the stone door. Even if I come to crack it, we will still get in."

"But there is only one intersection in this passage." Han Laoliu looked around strangely: "Even if the entrance is blocked by the agency, there should be an exit here."

"It makes sense! But do you think this looks like an exit?" Xiao Bailong raised his head and said in confusion.

This cave is like a clenched fist. We are standing in the fist at this moment. There are uneven dark brown original stone walls in all directions. Not to mention the exit, not even a gap can be seen.

"Could it be that this was originally a dead end?" Xiao Bailong looked around for a week and cursed angrily: "Is it the people from the Bird Club who came up to deceive people? Once they enter here, they will be imprisoned until death. ?”

"Probably not!" I shook my head and said: "This is the Tomb of Amaterasu. For them, it is not only a treasure trove but also a sacred place. Not to mention, they have signed a life-and-death agreement with this tomb. , if it wasn’t to deceive us into opening the mechanism, it might not be easy even if we try to break through.”

"Besides, there are already many mechanisms in the ancient tomb. They have studied for more than a thousand years but have not cracked it. Even if someone breaks in, they still can't get through. Why would they bother to set up another mechanism?"

"That's not right!" Xiao Bailong said: "The stone door I smashed just now is not the original thing in the ancient tomb. There are traces of modern mechanical cutting on the edges, which means it was newly put in by them. .”

"But this stone was originally here." Han Laoliu approached the black stone door blocking the front, put his hand on it, and said with certainty: "It was much earlier than the time when the ancient tomb was built! "

Chu Yi also walked over, took out the magic talisman and drew it on it, and said in a voice: "The forbidden curse engraved outside is probably a thousand years old. Unless a door is found to open it, even if I die from exhaustion, I will definitely break it." not open."

"Wait a minute!" Suddenly, I seemed to have caught something.