The old Taoist priest's screams before he disappeared came from the bronze round-belly tripod.
Jin An rushed over quickly.
As a result, the bronze tripod became tilted.
It turned out that a cave collapsed under one of the tripod's feet. The cave was so dark that it was hard to tell how deep it was.
Jin An shouted several times into the dark cave, but received no response from the old Taoist priest and Xiajian.
There was no response from the mourning brothers either.
at this time.
Others also hurried over.
When they saw the cave that collapsed, several people were surprised and said: "How could a cave entrance collapse here? It's because the tomb chamber here collapsed once before, causing the tomb chamber structure to be unstable. We just entered the bronze tripod, which broke the original structure." Did it cause the ground to collapse because of its balance?"
"I didn't expect that there is a cave under this bronze tripod. Could it be that there is the real mausoleum of the Lord of Teng Kingdom?"
Before everyone could finish their words, they saw a figure running past them like a gust of wind, and disappeared in a flash. The person grabbed a rope that had been tied and jumped into the bottomless cave.
call--
call--
Jin An pressed his body against the tunnel and continued to slide down rapidly. The strong wind whistled sharply in his ears. The torch he held in his other hand had already been blown out by the strong wind.
It was like Jin An was sliding down the cave blindly.
Suddenly.
In the darkness, Jin An seemed to have noticed something. He threw the extinguished torch in his hand, and with his five fingers turned into eagle claws, he clasped it hard on the tunnel.
A black air shield rose up from his five fingers, and the sharp air shield plowed out several feet in the tunnel, stopping Jin An's body that was sliding down at a rapid speed.
Chi! Chi! Chi!
The five fingers and the hard rock plowed out violent sparks in the darkness. With the help of these scattered sparks, Jin An finally landed steadily just when he was about to hit a wall in front of him.
At the same time, he also saw the torch that he had thrown down earlier.
Poof.
Picking up the torch that fell on the ground, it ignited without fire. Jin An lit the torch with the fire poison internal energy, and then began to look at the surrounding environment.
This is a burial chamber.
However, this tomb has deep traces of axe-cut iron wedges, which makes it look vigorous and primitive, giving people a wild scene of slash-and-burn farming.
The reason why I recognized the tomb in front of me was because there was a burial pit and many burial objects.
Just as Jin'an lit the torch, several plump rats ran out of the burial pit with squeaking screams. Their hair was black and tailless.
These black mice are very timid and will disappear immediately if there is any disturbance.
"Don't tell me, this thing looks quite unique. It's as big as a prairie dog and has no tail. Is this a black dolphin?"
Black dolphins are good at digging caves.
"But it's wrong to say that this thing is a black dolphin. Black dolphins are herbivores. Apart from corpses and dead human flesh, there is only no grass left in this ancient tomb. They live in caves here unless they want to starve to death."
Jin An could no longer look directly at the stupid black dolphins who escaped from the burial pit.
"However, the fact that such a big rat can be raised here means that no one has been to this underground world for at least a long time."
There are two tomb passages in this tomb, and he doesn't know where they lead. Jin An searched around the tomb and did not find the missing old Taoist priest, Xi Jian, and the others. Instead, he found a few fresh traces on the ground, all leading to them. A tomb passage.
It looked like someone fell down and slid into the tomb passage without being as agile as Jin An.
Jin An waited for a while, but no one came down above his head. He was a little worried about the safety of the old Taoist priest and the sharp sword. After pondering for a while, he left the torch in place, marked it, and entered one of the tomb passages.
Poof!
Poof! Poof!
Three Yang fires were lit on the top of the head and on both shoulders. The Yang fires were like candles, burning brightly like the Sun Shinto, reflecting the whole body and swaying fiercely.
Jin An rarely ignites his human nature in front of outsiders.
Because he always felt like a firefly, well, a firefly with a glowing butt...
Under the illumination of three Yanghuo, Jin An began to explore this deeper world.
…
Not long after Jin An left the tomb, there was another movement in the tunnel. When he saw the fire in the tomb, the man stopped in time and landed smoothly.
This time it was the country goddess who came down.
As soon as the country goddess saw the mark left by Jin An, she rushed after him anxiously.
After that, the captain, Kuixing Kidou, the abbot of Bailong Temple, monk Kongming, and monk Hongzhao came down respectively. Under Jin An's guidance, everyone landed safely, and then followed the marks left by Jin An into the tomb passage.
…
After Jin An walked for a while, he found a new clue in the tomb passage, which was the shoe footprints of four people.
Jin An looked happy.
"It seems that the sharp sword is there, and the old Taoist is not in any danger."
Jin An couldn't help but quicken his pace.
At the same time, Jin An felt a slight flow of air on his cheek. Sure enough, there was a way to survive, and Jin An's face became happy again.
This time the person didn't go far, and Jin An successfully saw the exit of the tomb passage.
Outside the tomb passage was a cliff thousands of feet tall. He was standing on the edge of a cliff thousands of feet tall, and outside the cliff was a larger naturally formed cavity.
On the cliff at his feet, craftsmen drove suspended stone steps that sloped downward.
Following the gaps between the stone steps, you can see the bottomless abyss below.
This suspended staircase is definitely a nightmare for those who are afraid of heights.
Speaking of being afraid of heights, Jin An thought of the old Taoist priest. There were several shoe footprints left on the suspended steps. The old Taoist priest and Xiejian both stepped on the suspended steps leading to the unknown depths of the ground.
…
Wow——
Wow——
I don't know how long I walked in the quiet darkness, and the air gradually became moist. Jin An smelled the moisture of water vapor in the darkness, and heard the sound of running water.
As we go deeper underground, the water vapor in the air becomes more humid.
At the same time, it was very cold and the temperature dropped sharply.
At the end of this naturally formed cavity, there should be a cold pool or underground river passing by.
Suddenly, Jin An noticed that there seemed to be many shadowy things floating in the air in the darkness ahead.
Jin An was more discerning and slowed down this time.
In the ancient tomb that experienced all kinds of weird things along the way, Jin An would have died countless times without paying any attention to it.
After entering the ground, a huge river appeared at our feet. It was probably a branch of the Yinyi River flowing into the heart of the mountain. There was a rope suspension bridge on the river.
The suspension bridges extend in all directions, are complex and changeable, and connect to unknown dark depths. No one knows where their ends lead.
At this moment, Jin An finally understood what those shadowy figures he had seen before were. There were black cloth prayer flags standing on the suspension bridge.
I don’t know what kind of material these black cloth prayer flags are made of. They have survived for thousands of years. The wooden boards of the suspension bridge are rotten, but these black cloth prayer flags have not rotted away.
This is not a good sign.
"Shhh, little brother, don't say anything, these prayer flags are all Sutras of the Dead!"
Behind a cliff, a head wearing a nine-beam scarf peeked out furtively. It was the missing old Taoist priest.
The old Taoist priest waved to Jin An and made a silent movement, indicating not to disturb the dead men.
Beside Lao Dao, Jin An also saw the two mourning brothers who fell together. The pair of mourning brothers stared directly at the black cloth prayer flags on the suspension bridge and did not even notice Jin An's arrival.
The only thing I didn’t see was the sword!
