Before I arrived, Granny Jinhua had already learned through divination that Zhen Zhigang was going to die soon, so she made plans in advance for me to get the crystal key.
When I came here, even though I had already revealed my identity as a Ma family disciple, Granny Jinhua still didn't dare to fully trust me because of my experience of being betrayed by my peers, so she came up with the idea of letting me not use the Ma family's magic. The plan to get the crystal key back.
The first is to test my courage, and the second is to test my character and ability.
Fortunately, I was lucky enough to get the crystal key back, which means I passed Grandma Jinhua's test.
"I have been waiting here for more than ten years. When you arrived yesterday, I knew that my mission was completed."
After telling all this, Granny Jinhua sighed and said with emotion.
She was betrayed by her colleagues in the Neiwu Hall, which resulted in the death of her husband. Although Granny Jinhua said that she would sever ties with the Neiwu Hall, she could still care about the survival of the Neiwu Hall, and even spent more than ten years to protect her. The entrance to Dragon Vein is just waiting for the arrival of the people from Wutang.
We were really impressed by such a big heart. After hearing what happened, Lonnie, Bai Ze, Jingjingjing and I walked over at the same time and bowed respectfully to Granny Jinhua.
"Mother-in-law, thank you for your kindness. You are the real mainstay of Neiwutang!"
Faced with our heartfelt compliments, Grandma Jinhua smiled faintly and waved her hand indifferently.
"Okay, old lady, I don't care about fame and fortune, so don't praise me. I know who I am and what I should do."
"Back then, many Wutang Immortals and disciples stood by and watched, causing my husband to die at the hands of evil men. It really made me angry, but I always knew in my heart that this incident was caused by someone sowing discord. Most people in Wutang It’s still good, I can’t risk the survival of the entire inner five halls just because of my own personal hatred.”
After finishing speaking, Granny Jinhua stood up and walked outside.
"You all understand the situation. Now I will take you to the entrance of the dragon vein."
We quickly followed Granny Jinhua and saw her entering the kitchen where she had been cooking.
When I opened the door curtain, I saw Granny Jinhua squatting on the ground, holding a fire stick in her hand, and kept pulling it into the stove.
"Mother-in-law, what are you doing? Didn't you say you want to take us to the entrance of Dragon Vein?"
Seeing Grandma Jinhua's actions, I couldn't help but ask curiously.
"I'm opening the entrance for you, right?"
As Grandma Jinhua spoke, she pounded the fire stick vigorously, and pieces of burnt charcoal were pulled out from the stove.
After scratching for a while, Grandma Jinhua stood up and patted the wood ash in her hands.
"Okay, now you can go in."
I was stunned immediately, and Lonnie and I looked at each other.
"Mother-in-law, are you saying that inside this stove is the entrance to the dragon vein?"
"It's not good,"
Grandma Jinhua nodded and said, "The well in Zhen Zhigang's house was too conspicuous, so I filled it in, and then built a passage from the stove to the bottom of the well in Zhen Zhigang's house."
"In this way, even if I go out occasionally, those mountain spirits and wild monsters and evil ways will not be able to easily find the entrance to the dragon vein."
Grandma Jinhua’s idea is good, and it can indeed confuse many people’s eyes. But looking at the stove mouth full of black ash, I hesitated for a moment.
In my opinion, the entrance to this Dragon Vein is either in a deep water pool or a steep cave. Although both are dangerous, they are worthy of the name Dragon Vein.
But I never expected that Granny Jinhua would set the entrance to the dragon vein next to her stove. This was really unexpected.
Looking back, Lonnie, Bai Ze, and An Jingjing all looked embarrassed, with some reluctance on their expressions.
After all, it would be more honorable to let these majestic immortals crawl into the stove at the risk of being covered in black ash. It would be better to arrange for a few enemies to fight each other.
"Why, you don't want to?"
Seeing us all squirming, Grandma Jinhua's tone suddenly turned cold: "Do you think that getting in here would damage your status as a great immortal?"
"I'm telling you, this is the only entrance. If you don't want to go in, forget it. I'll block the stove entrance now. Don't come looking for me again in the future!"
Seeing that Grandma Jinhua was really angry, I quickly said: "Grandma, don't be angry, let's drill it, why don't we drill it!"
As I said that, I looked at Lonnie and the others and asked everyone to be patient and not to offend Granny Jinhua again.
Lonnie and the three of them sighed, and could only compromise and say nothing more.
Originally, I wanted to invite Grandma Jinhua to enter the Dragon Vein with us. After all, with her as an old-timer here, we can have an added layer of safety even if we encounter any danger.
But considering that Grandma Jinhua is old and has left the inner five halls after all, she has done her best to guard the entrance for so many years, and she really has no obligation to accompany us in danger.
What's more, once the entrance is opened, there may be many people hiding outside who want to take the opportunity to sneak in and get a piece of the pie. Let Grandma Jinhua guard the outside, which can also act as a deterrent.
Thinking of this, I didn't say anything more, lay down on the ground, and got in first.
The stove mouth was quite narrow, and because of years of cooking, the walls on all sides were covered with black ash. As soon as I poked my head in, I got a nose full of ash, which made me cough repeatedly and almost suffocate on the spot.
I had no choice, I had already reached this point, and I couldn't go back any further, so I covered my mouth and nose with one hand, supported the ground with the other hand, and continued to crawl towards the deep place ahead.
There were coughing sounds coming one after another from behind. It seemed that Lonnie and the others were also choked, which was quite uncomfortable.
But as the leader, I could only keep silent and move forward using all four limbs.
This entrance is connected to the bottom of the well of Zhen Zhigang's house. After a while, we came to the stone door. I took out the crystal key, found the keyhole, inserted it and turned it gently, and only heard a snap. With a click, the stone door opened.
After pushing open the stone door and walking in, I found a bottomless cave inside. It was dark all around, with smooth mountain walls, and water drops dripping from time to time above my head.
The cave is sloping downwards. The further we climb down, the more open it becomes. After ten minutes, we were able to walk completely standing up in the cave.
As I was walking, I suddenly heard a hissing sound above my head, as if something was crawling with us on the top of the cave.
I quickly raised my head, only to see a monster with a human face, which flashed past and quickly disappeared!
