Dao Qingqing and Xiao Yu opened the way in front, while Zhou Fei and others followed behind and escorted Chen Changxi forward.
As for the two deacons, Wu Zhang and Peng Kun, they blocked their mouths with their own foot-binding cloths, knocked them unconscious and threw them in a corner.
The stone chamber they were in no longer needed to use torches for lighting.
Because there was a large bay window on the side of the stone room close to the mountain, it was already early in the afternoon, and the sun was shining in from the outside. They walked along the stone door.
After passing through, they saw a corridor. On the inner side of the corridor was a cliff several feet high, and at the bottom was a mountaintop lake dozens of feet wide. Their location was on the cliff of the lake on the inner side of the mountain.
Chen Changxi's mouth was stuffed by Dao Qingqing with his own smelly foot wrap. He wanted to vomit but couldn't. The smell hit his nose. He vomited several times and forced himself to swallow it. If he really vomited in his mouth, , coupled with the smell of feet that went down into his stomach, the taste was not pleasant. With tears in his eyes, he looked at the person holding him, pleading with him.
Zhou Fei and Zhang Dun looked at his tearful eyes, they were indeed a little pitiful, especially Zhang Dun, who asked Zhou Fei: "Brother Zhou Fei, how about we change his mouth with a cloth?"
As soon as these words came out, Chen Changxi nodded fiercely and looked at Zhang Dun with gratitude on his face.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Fei waved his hand and replied: "Didn't you listen? Although it was their eldest elder Wen Jinchun who harmed people, it was their three beasts who arrested people. Think of those poor children who were whipped." Draining the blood and ripping out the heart is much more miserable than having a smelly sock stuck in their mouth. You pity him, it’s really
It's ridiculous. What's the difference between them arresting people and the traffickers in the countryside? Think about it, think about it..."
Hearing this, Zhang Dun thought carefully, curled his lips, nodded heavily, and replied: "Brother Zhou Fei, you are teaching me a lesson." After saying that, instead of removing the foot wrap from Chen Chang Xisong's mouth, he gave it to him. It was stuffed hard inside.
Xiaoyu followed them, listened to the conversation between the two, and praised: "The two brothers are insightful."
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After they passed the corridor, there was a staircase going down. They lit a torch and continued walking inside.
This step is going down, leading to the bottom of the lake. After walking about five or six feet in a secret passage, it is very wet. It seems to be the bottom of the lake. After that, there is a stone step seven or eight feet wide, leading to a bright place.
They reached the light directly below and looked up. They arrived directly at the bottom of a dry well. There was a wooden shelf at the mouth of the dry well. A wrist-thick hemp rope was tied to the shelf. It hung straight down and hung in front of them. .
I think this is the entrance to the secret passage of Xuantian Sect's back mountain lake center pavilion.
Dao Qingqing made an inviting gesture to Xiao Yu, indicating that Xiao Yu should come first.
Upon seeing this, Xiao Yu directly held the sword in one hand and the rope in the other. He writhed on the stone wall of the dry well with his feet and jumped out of the well mouth.
Sure enough, it was a small island in the middle of the lake that was several feet tall. Their location happened to be in the pavilion in the middle of the lake.
There is a pavilion in the center of the lake on the island in the center of the lake, and a well in the center of the lake in the pavilion. The well is a dry well, but it is actually a secret passage for escape.
In the back mountain of Xuantian Sect, this secret passage was originally used to escape for safety when the demon sect encountered great difficulties, but now it has become a cover for the great elder of Xuantian Sect to practice evil skills and arrest people on the mountain. road.
Those who were good at qinggong used the rope to jump all the way up, while those who were bad at qinggong pulled the rope and stepped on the wall of the dry well to climb all the way up. As for Chen Changxi, he was tied up with a rope hanging from the mouth of the well, and two people pulled him up.
After everyone got on, they untied a small bow boat tied to the pavilion in the center of the lake. All seven people got on it. One person opened the bamboo pole and headed towards the bamboo forest due south as pointed by Chen Changxi.
Since the back peak of the Xuantian Sect is where the tombs of past Xuantian sect leaders are located, the back peak with the summit lake is regarded as a forbidden area by Xuantian sect members, and no one is allowed to enter without the permission of the sect leader.
This is also the reason why their group can easily reach the Huxin Pavilion, because usually, there are no followers of the Xuantian Sect on this back peak.
Under the bamboo forest.
Zhou Fei and Zhang Dun tied up the boats, and everyone carefully walked to the garden that Chen Changxi mentioned.
Under the bamboo forest, a stone road was covered with dead bamboo branches and leaves. It was obvious that no one had taken care of it for a long time.
When they arrived at the curved garden lined with tombstones, they saw the six stone gates against the rock wall that Chen Changxi had mentioned.
This place is overgrown with moss and countless weeds. Those who didn’t know it thought it had been abandoned for a long time. Looking at the stone gate on the far right, I saw fallen leaves on the ground swept to both sides. There must be someone staying inside, so it looked like this. Cleaner.
Dao Qingqing took Chen Changxi away from Zhou Fei and Zhang Dun, and said to Xiao Yu: "Little brother, the two of us escort this elder in to ask for someone, and let them guard the door. In case someone comes, it's good to have someone there." Take care of him. As for this elder, if he meets the rightful owner, I can use him as a blackmail to see if I can get an advantage and save some effort."
Xiaoyu nodded, and Dao Qingqing escorted Chen Changxi, and they were about to walk into the stone door on the far right.
But at this time, Chen Changxi was a little resistant, shaking his head and mumbling something. Xiaoyu and Dao Qingqing didn't bother to pay attention to him, and directly pushed him forward. The three of them walked side by side, and walked forward. Go to that stone gate.
"Boom, boom, boom... boom, boom..."
As soon as they entered the door, a heavy breathing sound came over them. The three of them frowned and looked up.
Inside is a huge circular stone chamber. In the center of the stone chamber is a round altar about ten feet long. Two ground stakes are driven around the round altar. The ground piles are filled with molten iron. They are shaped like weights and as big as baskets, and are all tied with strings. The end of the fist-thick iron rope was tied to a huge figure. The figure was curled up in the middle of the round altar. From the sound, it seemed that he was sleeping soundly. The rumbling snore came from 'it'.
Taking a closer look at the beast in the middle, it looks like a human, but its body is as big as an elephant. Its skin is dark, and its waist is only wrapped in a piece of animal skin, which looks like 'its' clothes. As for what its face looks like, they don't know yet. 'It' held its face in its thick arms, and only a furry head could be seen. You have to wake it up to know what its face looks like.
The top of this stone room is made of iron bars. The entire stone room does not look like a retreat for elders to practice, but more like a cage trapping some beast, and the beast is still snoring and sleeping in the middle.
There is a stone door facing it, and there is light inside. There is a pile of grass in the middle, which seems to be used to feed horses. You have to walk through to find out what else is inside.
"Come on, tell me, don't say this thing is your great elder!!" Dao Qingqing pulled the foot wrap from Chen Changxi's mouth, pointed at the monster on the round altar, and cursed at Chen Changxi.
Chen Changxi hurriedly made a 'shh' gesture to Dao Qingqing, signaling her to be silent.
Dao Qingqing frowned, "Isn't this thing tied with an iron rope? What are you afraid of?"
Before Chen Changxi had time to answer her, the snoring suddenly stopped. The monster in front of them shook its body and dragged the iron rope tied to it with a clatter. A huge black shadow slowly stood up and passed by. Several shadows where they are.
