Sensing the changes inside and outside the silver cellar, Jin Dao Wei stretched out his hand to explore the top of the cave entrance and said with great certainty: "The stench is pouring into this corridor, and it has brought a breeze. It seems that the silver minions inside are fast. I can’t stand it anymore.”
As he spoke, he lit a torch again, put it into the hole and shook it.
The beating firelight was like moonlight, unable to reach far at all, and was easily swallowed up by the thick darkness deep in the corridor.
Seeing this, Jiao Yulang immediately became anxious: "But we won't be able to get in for a while! There is just a passage under the entrance of the cave, and there are obviously other exits. There are only three of us, how can we take care of it?"
Jin Dao Wei shook his head, knowing that with the current situation, the little boy's previous idea of the oriole catching the turtle in the urn might not work.
He sighed and said helplessly: "When it comes to killing and deceiving others with illusions, I, Old Wei, am pretty good at it, but this silver smell points directly at people's hearts, and is even more evil than the mind-telling magic of the red gold sword. This I'm a little bit confused..."
Hearing the words "pointing directly to people's hearts", Qi Jingzhi's heart skipped a beat.
"We might as well take a look first..."
The young man pondered for a moment, then considered the words and said: "Although silver smells bad, ordinary people can't smell it. However, because this silver coin is so special, the smell of silver will connect people's greed, which not only makes people... Feeling that the stench is overwhelming can make people blind, which is what is called... wealth enchants the eyes and greed blinds the heart!"
As he said that, he turned his gaze to Jiao Yulang: "Am I right about this?"
The little kid blinked in confusion and nodded, "As far as I know, that's the case."
Qi Jingzhi nodded in understanding: "In this case, the reason why we can't get in is because there are several reasons working at the same time. Firstly, the silver minions released the silver odor. Secondly, we stepped into the area shrouded by the silver odor. Thirdly, We all have greed in our hearts, and our greed is linked to the smell of silver."
Jiao Yulang nodded again, the expression on his face becoming more and more confused.
Qi Jingzhi's train of thought became smoother: "We want to enter the silver cellar. The first two cannot be avoided, but in the final analysis, silver and the smell of silver are just inducements. The third one, the greed in people's hearts, is the biggest root cause! "
"Just like the white gold rat, as long as the mind is pure, the impact will be minimal. Even if it encounters the full resistance of the silver minions, it can still firmly gain the upper hand."
Hearing this, Jin Dao Wei couldn't help but interjected: "The truth is like this, but we are human after all, and we have many thoughts in our hearts. We really can't learn from the white golden rats who just want a full belly!"
Qi Jingzhi nodded and agreed: "Even a sage may not be able to get rid of all the greed in his heart, let alone us? What I mean is to start from the fourth point."
"It is too difficult to keep your mind pure and free from greed, but if you just isolate your thoughts from the silver odor of the outside world, so that there is nothing outside your mind and no dust, there is always a way."
A smile suddenly appeared on Qi Jingzhi's lips, he looked at Jiao Yulang and said, "I'll go down first and wait for the opportunity. I will help you stop the White Golden Rat. Just follow up slowly from behind."
After saying that, the young man reached out and took out the soul mask from his arms and covered his face without hesitation.
The next moment, a faceless man with a light blue face appeared in front of the other two people.
Jiao Yulang never expected that the brother of the Qi family, who had always been strict and dignified in his behavior, would have such a weird side.
He was faced with a pair of eye sockets of the faceless man in front of him. Especially the two scars on the face were too hideous and terrifying. For a moment, he felt his scalp numb and muttered: "Brother, what are you..."
The faceless man waved his hand towards the little boy, stretched out his hand to grab the torch from Jin Dao Wei's hand, and then jumped into the cave, leaving the old and the young looking at each other.
After landing, Qi Jingzhi did not act in a hurry. Instead, he stood there holding a torch and looked around extremely cautiously.
Under the light of the fire, although the depths of the narrow and low green brick corridor were still dim and unclear, it was no longer as invisible as before.
Qi Jingzhi was overjoyed, knowing that his method was indeed effective. Most of the nearby silver smells had been isolated by the spirit masks.
This mask is essentially the corpse of a soul spirit. After the boy puts it on, he seems to be a faceless man in the eyes of others, and even his eyes are covered. In fact, what is really wrapped is his soul and spirituality, as if The whole person is separated from the outside world.
Even if the soul's spirituality is like this, the emotions and thoughts in the heart are even less worth mentioning. They are all covered tightly, and it is difficult to be touched by the silver smell, let alone seduced.
Not only that, after wearing the soul mask this time, Qi Jingzhi had an unexpected gain.
Because he had the smell of silver in the outside world as a reference, he could clearly sense the outline of Lu Yunzi's regret for the first time.
These chaotic and incomplete memory fragments are like a patchwork of colorful peaks, lying in front of the young man's thoughts.
At this time, these peaks and mountains were covered with a faint gray atmosphere, apparently bearing most of the influence of the silver odor.
Without enough time to think about whether this situation was good or bad, Qi Jingzhi raised his head and nodded gently towards the two people above the cave.
Even if seeing is believing, Jin Dao Wei still opened his eyes wide, with disbelief written all over his face.
For an old man who is already very old, there are not many things in the world that can shock him so much. But this young man in front of him did it. For a moment, he just felt that the world is so big and there are so many wonders.
Jiao Yulang still had lingering fear on his face, but he also knew that the Qi family brother did have a way to deal with the silver odor.
His thoughts were spinning rapidly, and he immediately lay down on the ground, crawled around the edge of the cave entrance, and finally pointed to the end of the tunnel extending toward the pond: "I saw that the blackness at that end was darker, and the smell was stronger. !”
Qi Jingzhi nodded again, signaling that he had heard.
He took the torch in his hand closer and saw that the direction of the flame was consistent with what Jiao Yulang pointed. Then he lowered his head slightly and took steps towards that direction.
Seeing his actions, the little kid who was still lying on the ground was stunned, and his ears immediately turned red.
Jindao Wei, who noticed the change in airflow from the beginning, laughed: "Hurry up and follow! I, Old Wei, will definitely keep an eye on this escape route for you two.
Not to mention the old man and the young child hanging around behind, once the obstacle of the silver smell was removed, Qi Jingzhi no longer had any scruples, and walked quickly along the long, narrow corridor with a torch.
In just a moment, this seemingly deep corridor came to an end.
It is obvious that the original builder placed the end point of this secret passage in this garden, and it was probably under the pond.
The light brought by the torch dispelled the darkness at the end of the corridor, revealing an iron door with a window, and inevitably disturbed the things inside the door.
A young girl's voice suddenly sounded, obviously showing vigilance and uneasiness: "Who is outside? I heard your footsteps! My father is not at home, no matter who comes, I will not open the door!"
The voice stopped for a moment, and then said in a half-angry and half-worried tone: "Get out of here, you little rat! If dad sees it, he will definitely beat you to death!"
Qi Jingzhi was stunned when he heard this.
The garden newly bought by the Li family had been abandoned for many years. The underground tunnel suddenly collapsed. It was obviously quite old. The girl who had been living alone in the dark underground for an unknown period of time... No matter how you thought about it, it was unlikely that the other party was a living person. .
At the same time, Jiao Yulang's imagined scene of a fierce battle between the silver eagle and the white gold rat did not seem to appear, and the silver eagle was actually a bit unexpected.
The method of making silver coins flashed through his mind, and Qi Jingzhi suddenly had a not-so-splendid guess, and the anger in his heart rose accordingly.
He walked slowly towards the iron door that was obviously heavily rusted, and his voice came from behind the soul mask, which seemed distant and ethereal: "Who are you?"
