I could clearly hear the sound of water surging in the distance.
It was clear that the water flowing in did not stop flowing.
I came to the stone door and stretched out my hand to carefully explore the gap in the door.
The stone door here is very tight.
The stone door adopts a concave shape, which, combined with the protrusions on the wall, blocks all outside water from the stone door.
The bottom line is.
There is air in this place. I am in the cave and I can clearly feel my breathing, which is smooth and unobstructed.
"Fat man, where are you?"
I shouted into the darkness ahead, but there was no response from Cui Hao.
I took out my flashlight and pointed it forward to observe carefully.
The darkness ahead was extremely deep, and the river was rushing forward. Cui Hao must have been swept forward by the water.
I immediately stood up and took two steps forward, searching along the traces of water.
I kept calling Cui Hao's name all the way.
However, I don’t know where this fat man was washed away by whom. I walked forward for tens of meters, but I didn’t even see him.
"The water flow was so strong just now, and the fat man didn't hold on to the wall next to him. Could it be that he was hit by the water and knocked unconscious."
I think it's very possible.
I stepped up my pace and quickly searched every corner around me, for fear that the fat man would be submerged under the water and not be able to see.
finally.
Just when I passed a corner.
I felt like something had been kicked into my foot.
I quickly reached down, groped down, and pulled the thing up.
I was shocked to see Cui Hao, whose face was pale from soaking.
His face was pale and he had already passed out.
At this time, Cui Hao was so angry that he didn't know if he had choked on too much water, and his heartbeat was extremely weak.
The surrounding ground was covered with water, and there was no dry place at all.
I could only sit on the ground, hold Cui Hao in my arms, press his chest hard, and help Cui Hao spit out water.
After my repeated tossing.
Cui Hao finally spit out a mouthful of water, opened his eyes and looked at me.
He rubbed his neck and sat up. After looking at the situation around him, he couldn't help but complain.
"Go ahead, am I too unlucky? I choked on water just now, and now I'm drowning again."
He looked at me with cold eyes.
"Master Xiaoman, you have to give me a big reward when you go back. I've been with you through life and death, and almost died under the ground twice."
I smiled, nodded and patted Cui Hao on the shoulder.
"Easy to say."
I pulled him up and pointed around.
"The water came in, but there should be an exhaust vent under the ground, but there is air. We don't have to worry about survival."
I pointed to the stone door we came from.
"Since we can move around here, we don't have to worry too much about getting out. We'll go look for it later and see how to open the stone door from the inside."
We all have food in our backpacks. Even if we are trapped under the stone door, as long as there is fresh air around us, we can survive.
Don't worry about being trapped and dead underground.
Cui Hao nodded at me, holding up his flashlight and looking around curiously.
"The design here is so exquisite. After the water rushed in, it was able to close the stone door in time."
I nodded and looked around.
I found that the water had dropped a lot at this time. There should be another drainage outlet here, and it was a one-way drainage outlet.
Every time it is opened, the water that rushes in will be drained out through the drain in time until the place is calm again.
I looked around carefully.
Our location is a long stone tunnel that stretches forward and we don't know where it ends.
The cold stone walls are full of traces of artificial carvings.
I don’t know who set up such an underground tomb here and what its purpose was.
I pointed ahead.
"Fat man, let's keep going, don't stop yet. See what's ahead, and then find a way out."
Cui Hao nodded at me and said no more.
He followed me silently, carefully observing every corner around him.
The stone cave tunnel in front is quite boring, with only a long stone path and not even any decorations inside.
But after we continued walking for twenty or thirty meters, the passage was finally coming to an end.
A black shadow vaguely appeared in front of us. The black shadow was about one meter high and nearly two meters high.
The shadow was huddled in the corner. Because his position was relatively hidden, there were stone walls blocking both sides.
Therefore, our flashlight cannot directly illuminate the outer layer of this thing, and we cannot tell what the black shadow is.
I raised the dagger, told Cui Hao, and then cautiously approached the black figure.
Cui Hao was right behind me, silently helping me fall behind.
The moment we came to the black shadow, I directly picked up the dagger and stabbed it towards the black shadow.
There was a loud noise.
My dagger bounced back hard as if it had been stabbed on a stone.
I raised my flashlight and shined it at the shadow.
This turned out to be a coiled dragon carved from a stone.
There is a stone tablet standing under Panlong's body.
The dragon's body curved upwards around the stone tablet until it was about two meters high.
Because the stone is so delicately carved, when viewed from a distance, it looks very much like a standing figure.
It was precisely because I had misjudged him just now and thought that this person was hiding in the corner preparing for a sneak attack that I suddenly raised my dagger and stabbed him.
I breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at Cui Hao beside me.
"It's not a living person, it's a sculpture."
We came to the sculpture and carefully observed the scales of the green dragon.
Underground.
This green dragon has appeared several times.
At this time, words finally appeared on the stone tablet.
In order to make it easier for me to read ancient books, Aunt Hua taught me a lot of ancient characters.
The writing on it is mostly legible and I can understand what's written on it.
"In ancient times, there was a green dragon spiritual beast, one of the four elephants."
I stared at this line of text in shock.
There are not many words recorded on it, just 11 short words.
But from this point of view, what is set here is the blue dragon, one of the four images.
People often call them green dragons on the left, white tigers on the right, redbirds on the top and Xuanwu on the bottom.
This is talking about the four elephant spirit beasts.
The four of them each control an elephant, and this green dragon represents the mythical beast of Taihao and Dongfang Qisu.
It was once recorded in writing.
There is a passage recorded in Volume 3 of "Huainanzi".
No one is more noble than the blue dragon. Therefore, the green dragon may be the first of the four images.
In other words, this green dragon is the head of the other four spirit beasts. The meaning it represents is extremely complicated, which means that this place may be a dragon vein.
"Could it be that this underground palace, as well as the eight various Dingshan stone tablets, are all the afterlife residence of a certain emperor?"
I looked at the green dragon carvings that were winding up, and couldn't help but express my speculation.
Cui Hao stared at the carved stone tablet in surprise, and actually stretched out his hand to move the stone tablet hard, trying to move this thing aside.
I quickly grabbed his arm.
"What are you doing?"
Cui Hao looked at the stone tablet, his eyes full of regret.
"There is no way to move this thing. It is too heavy. If there is a way to get it away, it will definitely sell for a good price."
This guy is simply obsessed with money.
How could this huge stone tablet be easily moved by humans?
Plus there's water outside.
If the two of us really move this stone tablet out by then, it will only sink under the water, and there will be no other consequences.
I glared at Cui Hao, turned around and continued walking deeper into the cave.
He was still there moving the stone tablets, apparently not giving up yet.
I shouted at Cui Hao.
"If you don't leave, I will leave first. Then I will leave you here alone. If you encounter any danger, I won't take care of you."
Cui Hao could only reluctantly give up the stone tablet, turned around and caught up with me, and hugged my shoulders.
"Master Man, don't be so heartless. Didn't I help you get through the critical moments of life and death? I just want some treasure, so why don't you help me?"
I sighed and pointed ahead.
"Let's keep moving forward. If there are any good treasures ahead, I will naturally help you get them back. Is that okay? Don't stare at those things that can't be picked up. Even if you pry them off, then you can't I can’t take it with me!”
I said no more and quickly dragged Cui Hao forward along the passage.
Various carvings and paintings have begun to appear on the stone walls around us.
The blue dragon spiraled into the clouds, and a scene of Wan Chen falling to the ground gradually appeared in front of him.
There is a dragon chair carved on it, and a paunchy man is sitting above the chair.
It looked like he was the emperor at that time.
"Sure enough, this should be the dragon's lair."
It seems that a certain emperor built such an underground palace here, but I don't know why this emperor actually installed a Dingshan stone monument.
The purpose of this Dingshan stone tablet is to suppress the surrounding evil spirits.
Because it is used to suppress evil spirits, there is a prerequisite.
That means there must be extremely dangerous things in this tomb.
It seems now.
It is precisely because the extremely weird monsters in the tomb exude the evil spirit that all the ghosts and monsters in the entire Yin and Yang Tomb are custom-made.
As I walked among them, I felt more and more amazed.
From the murals on the walls, it seems that the emperor took the initiative to set up his tomb here, and there are hundreds of ghosts and thousands of demons under his banner.
It seems that the emperor specially asked his warlocks to use the tomb after his death as a Dingshan monument to suppress the evil spirits in this place.
Moreover, the evil spirits in Yin Yang Tomb seem to have existed for thousands of years. This place was a mass burial pit a long time ago.
Until later, after wars and several turmoils, this place completely turned into a gathering place for evil spirits.
