Wang Youcai arrived at the foot of the mountain early. According to Zongzu's instructions, he was stuck in time and watched the sky getting late. After making a rough estimate in his mind, he climbed up the last section of the journey and knocked on the door of Daokou Temple.
"Is the immortal here?"
At this time, it was also when Cao An and his party were preparing to go to Wangzhuang. It was almost the same as before. The old dog was driving faster and faster. There was no need to wait there at all, and he could pass by in time from here.
I just didn't expect that at this time, someone would actually come to the door.
"Who are you?" Dao Qing came forward. Recently, there were a lot of people coming to Dao Kou Temple, and Xiao Dao Qing seemed a lot happier.
"I am from Wangzhuang, and Wang Youcai."
When Xiao Daoqing heard this, he immediately became happy, "Uncle Cao, it's someone from Wangzhuang."
Cao An packed up his things and stepped forward, "Are you from Wangzhuang? What can I do?"
"I am Wang Wu's father."
Wang Youcai only said this sentence, which was enough to attract Cao An's attention. Zongzu had given many orders, and Wang Youcai, besides being cowardly, was much smarter than Wang Dafu.
Cao An nodded, "Tell me what you want."
"I know that the village chief does not trust the immortal, but I believe that I am here to tell the immortal a secret, a secret that neither Wang Dafu nor the village chief knows, and also ask the immortal to help Wangzhuang escape from the sea of misery. , to avenge my son, I, Wang Youcai, will definitely set up a card for the immortal at home and worship it every day."
Wang Youcai said while kneeling in front of Cao An.
"Get up and talk. Are there any secrets that your village chief and the others don't know?" Cao An looked at the sky and was not in a hurry. He had enough time.
"Then Wang Dafu and the others should have told the Immortal Chief that the stone mine was discovered by my son Wang Wu first, but they only knew about the stone mine, but they didn't know that the place where Wu'er first discovered it was not It's not there, it's at the other end, where there is a cave, Wu'er accidentally entered there by mistake."
Cao An frowned slightly, "What's in there?"
"I went to look at it. There was a coffin inside. It was a transparent coffin. It felt cold to the touch, as if it were made of ice. There was a man lying inside, who looked exactly like the man-eating monster. There were other things on the stone wall. The paintings cover most of the stone wall, and I don’t understand many things.”
"The only thing I understand is that there are stones buried in several places. When you open the stones, you will find treasures. God also helped me that day. It happened to rain heavily, and one of the places where the stones were buried collapsed. I tried it, and it really worked. A piece of gold nugget came out, and I knew I couldn’t hide it, so I asked Wu’er to lie, and you will know what happened next, Chief Immortal.”
"Why don't you tell your village chief about the cave?"
The man's face turned red, and he looked a little ashamed and a little guilty, "Because there were several boxes of gold in it, and I was obsessed with money at the time. I originally thought of using the stone mines in that place to lure people in the village and secretly take the money myself. The gold has been transferred, so when the time comes, the family can move directly to a big city and don’t have to worry about it for the rest of their lives.”
"But who would have thought that Wu'er would be eaten by the monster in just a few days. The village chief and the others had no choice but to go to the city to ask for help. They could only wait to die. Last night, many more people died in the village. People, originally they thought that only five or six people would die in one night, but last night more than a dozen people died in a row. If this continues, who knows how many people will die tonight."
Thinking of what happened to his mother, Wang Youcai burst into tears and was also afraid. To Cao An, he looked like a man who had lost his beloved son and was afraid of death. Only the old dog Ah Huang looked at the man in front of him, his dog face wrinkled. Come together.
"If you have money, please ask the Immortal Chief to take action to avenge my son, kill the monster, and quell the chaos for Zhuangzi. As long as you take action, Immortal Chief, I am willing to give you three...half of the gold in the cave as a reward."
Wang Youcai hesitated for a moment. He probably wanted to say 30% or something else before, but later he directly increased it to half, but Cao An didn't care.
At that moment, he subconsciously asked: "Where is the cave?"
"I'll take the Immortal to go there. Can the trouble be solved as long as the body in the coffin is burned?"
"Burn?" Cao An gave Wang Youcai a strange look. He himself had no clue yet, but what was certain was that the Nian Sword contained some unknown energy, and it did have a restraining effect on the monster. After studying it for a day , failed to study it, and only came to the conclusion that Nian Jian could kill him.
"In the past, if there was a corpse exhumation or something like that, the old people would ask us to burn it directly, so that this kind of thing wouldn't happen again."
"Let's go there and see it first before talking, Ah Huang!"
The old dog came forward and bit Cao An's trouser leg. After being together for so long, Cao An immediately understood what the old dog meant.
"Wait for me here for a while."
After saying that, he followed the old dog into the side hall of the Taoist temple, "What's wrong? What did you find?"
"He lied!"
Cao Anxin's next move was that the old dog followed the path of listening and could discern people's hearts. He had just practiced for a short time, and although he could not reach the state of omniscience and omniscience, it was not a problem to simply identify lies.
"Is it all a lie?"
"No, whether it's true or false, the little demon can't completely judge. The little demon hasn't fully mastered this instinct yet. I just told the master first to be wary of this man. There is water in what he said, so don't believe it all."
Cao An nodded, "I understand, let's go, it only takes a quarter of an hour. First follow him to see if the so-called cave really exists, and then go to Zhuangzi. This time, we will sneak directly into Zhuangzi." "
One person and one dog walked out of the side hall, and the breeze picked up again. They closed the door of the Taoist temple and followed Wang Youcai's guidance with them and rushed directly to the cave he mentioned. The cave is on the other side of the mountain, which is behind Wangzhuang. It took almost a quarter of an hour to arrive there. The sun was setting in the west, and most of the sun was still exposed on the distant mountains.
Calculating the time, there is still time, just in time!
After landing, Wang Youcai looked around and suddenly pointed at the mountain wall ahead.
"Right there!"
Cao An looked in the direction of his finger. It was clearly a mountain wall. How could there be any cave?
"That's where the cave you mentioned is?"
"Yes, there is a mechanism next to it. Wu'er accidentally triggered it and entered." After saying that, he took the lead and came to the mountain wall. He hid the object in his hand without leaving any trace in his palm and pressed it against the depression. , with a soft sound, a gap actually opened in the mountain wall, but this scene, which he thought was extremely secretive, could not escape Cao An's eyes.
His eyes narrowed slightly: "You go in first!"
Wang Youcai nodded and took the lead, "Just follow me, Immortal. It's dark here and your feet will be slippery. Immortal, please be careful."
Cao An hesitated for a moment and followed him. The ground was exactly as he said, probably because it was low. From the entrance of the stone cave to the main hall, the long stone steps were covered with moss and were slippery. Difficult.
It wasn't until he came to the main hall that he saw the light. In the middle of the dome, there was a bright luminous pearl inlaid, illuminating the entire hall. It was as he said, and everything on the four sides of the hall was scattered. There were boxes of gold and silver jewelry, and above the main hall, eight chains tied a transparent coffin, inside which lay a corpse that was exactly the same as the one he saw last night.
He was wearing a bright red robe and had a handsome face, but his face was pale and lifeless.
There are sixteen dragon-holding pillars evenly arranged on all sides of the entire hall. They are all dark and cannot be seen from what material they are made of. There are no traces of carvings on them. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are poured. They should be made after molding. Directly poured.
"This is it, Immortal Chief. Take a look. There are paintings everywhere on these stone walls. Take a look. Is there any way to kill the monster?"
Cao An touched his chin with one hand and walked forward. The stone wall was dry. Compared with the humidity outside, it was like two places. This was a bit strange. Because of the dryness, the stone wall was well preserved, except for some Apart from the dust, there is almost nothing that is not clear or has fallen off.
There are paintings on the four walls!
It was just that the first painting was messed up. Cao An tested it with the Nian Sword and found that the stones in the mural could be moved, but only one piece could be moved at a time.
"Huh? Jigsaw puzzle?"
