"I don't quite understand." He Siniang asked doubtfully: "Since you know this place and don't want to get rid of us, why are you still hiding the true situation?"
"Maybe if you tell the truth, no one will come in." The grim-faced Taoist priest said, taking out the Longming knife and continuing: "The reason why the poor Taoist made such a guess is because of this knife."
He Siniang frowned and asked, "Taoist Master, do you think there are 'dirty things' in the cave?"
The Taoist priest with a grimace nodded. He could not tell He Siniang about his conversation with Zhang Xingdao now. He could only remind him: "Two waves of spies have come in. Except for one crazy one who came out, the rest have lost all news. The only one here is I’m afraid it won’t be easy, so we must keep our spirits up and don’t stumble accidentally.”
He Siniang nodded solemnly, and quietly pushed up the Xiujian Jikuo under her hand.
Everyone slowly went deeper into the cave.
The space in this cave is not too narrow, and can accommodate three people passing through side by side. There are obvious traces of manual excavation on the surrounding rock walls. The shovel marks are scattered and detailed, and it seems that a certain amount of effort has been put into its construction.
The grim-faced Taoist priest murmured as he walked: "The ancient Xiangxiong country didn't have iron smelting technology at that time, right? It actually had the ability to build a tunnel of this size."
"There should be." He Siniang responded: "Has the Taoist Master forgotten the iron railings on the stone tower?"
"Ah, yes." The grim-faced Taoist priest remembered that the top door fence was made of iron. So Xiangxiong Kingdom had the ability to make iron at that time, but why did the information he found out say that the guards near Qionglong Silver City were all equipped with bronze weapons? host?
Isn’t it true that Xiangxiong Kingdom’s technology has regressed by moving its capital?
He Siniang saw the grimace of the Taoist priest suddenly speechless, so she asked, "What is the Taoist priest thinking about again?"
The Taoist priest with a grimace shook his head and replied: "It's just random thoughts, but having said that, even with advanced tools, the scale of this tunnel is not small. We have to walk more than a hundred steps, right? There is still no end in sight."
"Yes, and this road is all straight, not even a turn. If we continue like this, we will have to walk through the mountain."
"I'm going home after walking through." The Taoist priest with a grimace smiled and said, "I'm afraid someone won't let me go." As he said this, he glanced at Lin Wu and the others who were not far behind, and began to make some calculations in his mind.
The cold tunnel continued to extend deep into the mountain. Along the way, everyone did not encounter any forks, turns, or uphill or downhill slopes. They just walked like this for more than a thousand steps. Just when the surrounding air became thinner and thinner, the fire in front of them disappeared. Finally I saw a stone wall.
The Taoist priest with a grimace walked forward quickly, and when he reached the end, he discovered that there was actually a stone door in the stone wall. It was only because the wall was covered with moss that the stone door and the stone wall seemed to be integrated into one from a distance.
The stone door was closed tightly. The grimace Taoist pushed it twice and found that the stone door did not move at all.
At this time, the grim-faced Taoist priest saw many obvious pry marks in the gap between the stone door and the wall. Apparently someone had tried to pry through the door before, but judging from the tight fit of the stone door, those people had not succeeded. Pry it open.
The ones who pried open the door should be the spies who came in before, but since the stone door has not been pried open, where have they gone?
When the grim-faced Taoist priest was confused, He Siniang poked him at the side, then pointed to the rock wall on the left and said, "Taoist priest, there seems to be a road here."
The ghost-faced Taoist priest heard the sound and looked over, and sure enough, he saw a half-man-wide gap at the corner of the rock wall.
This gap is hidden just behind the side of the rock wall, so it's really hard to spot if you don't pay attention.
The grim-faced Taoist priest hurriedly walked over and found that the gap was about as tall as a person, and an adult man had to lean sideways to get in. The grim-faced Taoist priest held up a torch and looked inside. He couldn't help but sigh at the sight - behind the crack in the rock was actually a stone staircase spiraling downward.
"What's inside?" Luo Laoqi and others gathered behind him, asking anxiously.
The grim-faced Taoist priest retracted his body, waved his hand to let them see for themselves, and said at the same time: "It looks very deep inside. The first two waves of spies must have entered here because the stone gate was impassable."
"Then let's go in quickly and take a look, shall we?" Lin Wutou turned around and said after observing the back of the rock crevice.
The Taoist priest with a grimace shook his head. The first two waves of people were still unknown. He didn't want to follow them and risk their lives, so he turned and pointed at the stone gate and said, "Don't worry, let's take a look inside the stone gate first."
"Isn't this stone gate sealed?" Lin Wutou asked curiously: "Can Daozhang Chen open it?"
"Let's try it and see." The Taoist Priest with a grimace said uncertainly, but he was almost certain in his heart. He had just discovered that the stone door was actually sealed from the inside, using a method similar to the door pillars in ancient tombs. If he used Mohist tools to open it, there shouldn't be much of a problem.
The Taoist Priest with a grimace asked He Siniang to take out the door pin, which was an inversion tool used by the Mohists' Guild to pry open the door. They had used it in the underground palace of the Tomb of King Hui that day.
The Taoist priest with a grimace and He Siniang followed the same method as last time and quickly pulled down the door pillar behind the stone door. Then they called for everyone to work together to push the door. After everyone's hard work, the stone door was finally slowly pushed open. Come on.
With the muffled sound of the stone door hitting the wall, Lin Wutou also stopped and praised: "It's really opened. Director Chen's method is really not simple!"
The grim-faced Taoist priest faked a smile. He had no time to be polite to others now. After smiling, he quickly focused his attention and looked behind the stone gate. Then he saw that there was a tunnel behind the stone gate.
"He's still fucking dead!" Seeing this, Luo Laoqi couldn't help complaining: "Tunnels are connected to tunnels, why the fuck is there a door in the middle?"
"Don't be impatient." The grim-faced Taoist priest pointed at the swaying flame pillar of the torch and said, "The airflow in front is obviously much stronger. I estimate that the tunnel should be connected to a large space, and the distance is not far. Let's go and take a look now. look."
"Are you all going?" Lin Wutou pointed to the rock crevice on the side and said, "Don't worry about this for now?"
The Taoist priest with a grimace replied: "If Lin Wutou wants to split up, he can do it separately."
"That's not necessary." Lin Wutou said hurriedly: "It would be safer to act together. There is no rush to come back and explore again."
"Then let's go quickly. General Pei should be worried if it takes too long."
After speaking, the Taoist Priest with a grimace took the lead in entering the stone gate, and everyone followed him after seeing this.
The tunnel behind the stone gate is no different from the one in front, but the further you go in this tunnel, the greater the airflow you feel. In the end, it even feels like a cold wind blowing through you.
The grimace Taoist priest felt more and more strange the further he walked, where did this tunnel lead to, and why was the air flowing so violently? The torch in my hand was almost blown out. Is it possible that there is such a large space in the mountain?
Before the grim-faced Taoist priest could think about it, the tunnel suddenly turned a gentle curve, and then a gust of cold wind hit. Everyone was stunned for a moment. When they recovered, the front suddenly became clear, and a bright moon diagonally above them suddenly appeared. Appear in the eyes of everyone.
