Changsheng and the others were secretly gathering their spiritual energy at this time and were on alert. Facing Datou's question, only Shi Xuanming, who was standing on the right, nodded slowly and responded.
Seeing that everyone was facing a formidable enemy, Shi Xuanming nodded again, Datou became more and more panicked, "What, what, what is it?"
"It seems like a fierce tiger." Shi Xuanming replied in a low voice.
Datou didn't know what was going on and didn't dare to act rashly, "Why does it still look like this? What on earth is it?"
"A beast that looks exactly like a tiger," Yang Kai said in a deep voice, "It's just that it's much larger than a common tiger. It has red fur all over its body, with black snakes wrapped around its body. There's a long scar on its face, and its right eye seems to be blind. ”
"How far away from me?" Datou asked.
"No more than two feet." Yang Kai replied.
Datou originally thought that the beast was close at hand, but when Yang Kai said it was still two feet away, he instantly felt relieved, and then slowly turned around and turned his head to look.
At this time, the red-haired giant tiger was standing on a huge bluestone on the right side of the stone steps. The sudden intrusion of the people was obviously irritating it.
Turning around, Datou was no longer afraid. He slowly raised his hand and took off the yin and yang wheels that served as a heart mirror from his chest.
The cold light emitted by the yin and yang wheels made the red-haired giant tiger feel a strong threat, and it became even more angry. Then it arched its back and stood up, gathering momentum to pounce. At the same time, a low roar came from its throat.
Although the red-haired giant tiger is huge and has venomous snakes wrapped around its body, everyone has seen many ferocious birds and beasts, so they are not afraid of it even if they meet on a narrow road. Shi Xuanming was alert and asked at the same time, "Your Majesty, what is the origin of this tiger? "
Before Shi Xuanming asked, Changsheng had already started searching in his mind, "According to the records of the Great Wilderness, there is an ancient beast named Qiangliang in the Great Wilderness. It is easy to kill by nature and has venomous snakes wrapped around its body. If nothing else, this Things are strong and good.”
"This thing should be related to the tiger." Datou said casually.
While everyone was talking in low voices, the giant red-haired tiger had jumped from the bluestone on the right to the center of the steps, roaring in protest while slowly approaching.
Worried that Datou would not respond appropriately, Changsheng stepped forward and held Long Wei in front of Datou.
The giant red-haired tiger was slowly approaching, but when he saw the Eternal Blade in his hand, his expression became more ferocious, his teeth bared, and he slowly stepped forward.
The red-haired giant tiger has a Dawson long scar on its face. Although this scar has healed, it is not difficult to see that this injury almost killed it back then. Not only did it cut off its right eye, but also cut open its face. Even though the injuries on the door and upper lip have healed, the long scars are still brutally exposed and shocking.
As the red-haired giant tiger approached, it was less than one foot away from Changsheng. However, Changsheng was not in a hurry to take action, just because everyone on his side was an intruder, and the red-haired giant tiger was the landlord here. It was not necessary, he He didn't want to hurt the giant tiger's life.
"My lord, this thing's cultivation level is not low. It may have surpassed the purple energy. Don't be careless." Yu Yi reminded in a deep voice.
Changsheng nodded. The distance between the two sides was very close, and he could clearly feel the powerful pressure brought by the giant tiger.
Nine steps, eight steps, seven steps... Seeing the giant red-haired tiger continue to approach, Chang Sheng did not dare to be too confident, so he immediately stood sideways and prepared to take action.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, the giant red-haired tiger suddenly stopped. It stopped roaring, raised its head and wrinkled its nose, inhaling and smelling.
When the opponent did not continue to approach, Chang Sheng did not take the initiative to attack. The two sides were seven steps apart, and the confrontation was in a stalemate.
After a while, the expression of the giant red-haired tiger changed subtly. The tiger hairs that were originally blown up slowly flattened down, and the tiger's tail that was originally raised also lowered.
"This thing is quite aware of the current situation," Datou said, "If we know we can't defeat it, we will give in immediately."
Shi Xuanming originally wanted to refute, but the next move of the giant red-haired tiger made him hold back the 'nonsense' that was already on his lips, because the giant red-haired tiger actually took the initiative to move to the right and gave way to the path up the mountain. .
I have encountered many alien immortals with spiritual consciousness before, but the behavior of the giant red-haired tiger in front of me is not in line with the nature of aliens. You must know that after feeling threatened, aliens usually attack desperately, like the giant red-haired tiger who does not fight. The retreat was something he had never seen before.
With doubts in his heart, Changsheng did not rush to sheath the sword, but instead focused on alertness, walked sideways, and slowly walked past the giant tiger.
When Chang Sheng passed by him, the giant red-haired tiger lowered his eyebrows and lowered his head, showing no sign of hostility. However, when Yang Kai and others passed by him later, although the giant red-haired tiger did not stop him, his eyes were full of evil, and a low cry came from his throat. Demonstrations.
Seeing the giant red-haired tiger baring its teeth at him, Datou curled his lips in disdain, "What a snobbish person who bullies the weak and fears the strong."
Everyone passed by the giant tiger one by one and followed Changsheng to climb the mountain quickly. However, what everyone did not expect was that the red-haired giant tiger also followed behind, not far nor close, always keeping a few feet away from everyone.
"Your Majesty, someone should have been to this place before." Datou said.
Changsheng nodded. There was only one scar on the red-haired giant tiger's face, which was obviously caused by slashing with a sharp weapon such as a sword. Ordinary purple energy masters could not come here unless they were protected by spiritual talismans.
Datou didn't want to say depressing words, but he wanted everyone on his side, including Changsheng, to be mentally prepared. After thinking about it, he said, "Maybe we'll have to go on this trip in vain again."
"It's possible." Changsheng answered casually.
While everyone was talking, they climbed up the steps. Since they had not been repaired for many years, many of the steps up the mountain were damaged. Fortunately, the trees on both sides of the road were very tall. With the tall trees blocking the way, there were few shrubs and bushes on both sides of the steps. There are weeds, so when people go up, they only need to pay attention to the stone steps under their feet, and there is no need to bend down and arch their backs, which are restricted to the left, right and top.
Not long after going up, everyone discovered a collapsed stone pavilion. The stone pavilion was located under two giant trees. One of the giant trees died and fell, crushing the stone pavilion below.
This stone pavilion should have been a place where the owner played chess. Among the ruins, a stone slab with carved lines can be vaguely seen. These horizontal and vertical lines are undoubtedly the chessboard for playing chess.
The buildings in the mountain are very scattered and not concentrated at the southern foot. However, the largest building is still located on the mountainside of the southern foot. It didn't take long for everyone to follow the mountain road to the mountainside. There is a large and flat square here. It must have been built at the beginning. Special earth and stone paving was used, and after many years the square was still paved with smooth stones and no vegetation.
Directly north of the square, there is a palace with cornices built against the mountain. The main part of the palace should be located within the mountain on the north side. Outside the mountain, there is only an outer door with cornices similar to a gatehouse. There is a thick stone pillar on each side of the outer door. The supporting roof supports the huge palace eaves.
It stands to reason that under the outer eaves is the door to the inner hall, but the strange thing is that under the outer eaves is a flat stone wall with no stone door passage.
Just when Changsheng was looking around in confusion, Datou had already jumped to the stone wall, looking up and looking, "There should be a door here, where is the door?"
"People who were here back then also thought there should be a door here," Yang Kai said, "Look at the knife marks and dents on the stone wall, they must have been left by them looking for the entrance."
While Yang Kai was talking, Shi Xuanming and Yu Yi also went near the stone wall. After taking a closer look, Yu Yi quickly discovered, "There is a tiny gap in the middle of the stone wall, running through the top and bottom. This is a stone door, but I don't know how to open it."
After hearing Yu Yi's words, everyone immediately began to search up and down, while Changsheng turned to look at the giant red-haired tiger. The giant red-haired tiger had followed everyone to the mountainside square and was observing everyone's every move from not far away.
"Hey, that's weird, there's no mechanism to open the door." Big Head said.
"It must be there, but it's very secretive," Shi Xuanming said. "It seems that the people who came here didn't find the mechanism to open the door, otherwise they wouldn't be so angry that they would be hacking and bombing."
"Yes, the dent on the stone door looks like it was caused by the impact of spiritual energy." Yu Yi said.
Yang Kai said, "I just tried it with spiritual energy. The stone door is very thick, and the spiritual energy cannot penetrate it."
While everyone was talking and searching, Changsheng walked toward the red-haired giant tiger not far away. This red-haired giant tiger was probably left by its owner back then. It was responsible for patrolling the mountains and protecting the courtyard. No one knew the situation here better than it. I just don’t know if it can change into a human form or speak.
Although the red-haired giant tiger did not attack Changsheng, it was not very close to him. He hid far away before Changsheng came closer, always keeping a certain distance from him.
After several attempts, he was still unable to get close to the giant tiger. Changsheng had no choice but to give up and turned around to walk towards the north stone wall.
At this time, Datou and others had carefully checked the top, bottom, left and right sides of the stone wall, but found nothing. When Changsheng arrived, Datou hurriedly raised his finger and pointed, "My lord, look, there is a crack here..."
As soon as Datou finished speaking, the stone wall suddenly shook violently.
"What did you do?" Shi Xuanming looked at Datou anxiously.
Datou waved his hands repeatedly, "Don't look at me, I didn't do anything."
"Look, the gap is getting bigger," Yu pointed at the stone wall, "Back away, the stone door is about to open."
After hearing Yu's words, everyone hurriedly retreated.
But what everyone didn't expect was that as everyone exited the outer eaves, the violent vibrations stopped, and the gap that had been opened more than two inches wide was closed again.
"What's going on? Why is the door closed again?" Datou scratched his head in confusion.
"We probably triggered the mechanism unintentionally just now." Shi Xuanming said.
"It has nothing to do with me. I didn't do anything just now. If you want to trigger it, it's you who trigger it..."
Chang Sheng waved his hand to interrupt Da Tou's words, then frowned slightly and stepped forward slowly.
Seeing that Datou and others were about to follow, Changsheng turned around and waved, "Don't come over."
After hearing Chang Sheng's words, everyone could only stop where they were and watch Chang Sheng walk towards the stone wall alone.
When Changsheng walked within three feet of the stone wall, violent vibrations occurred again, and the gap in the center of the stone wall expanded again.
Seeing this situation, Datou and others were almost shocked. After looking at each other, they quickly came to Changsheng.
"Your Majesty, the door opened as soon as you came. Are you the reincarnation of Marshal Tianpeng?" Datou was confused and surprised.
Shi Xuanming pointed to the giant red-haired tiger not far away, "It is indeed possible, otherwise Qiang Liang would not have given way before."
"Probably not," Changsheng shook his head, "Although it doesn't attack me, it's not close to me either."
"Then what's going on?" Datou pointed at the stone door that was more than a foot wide.
Changsheng himself was also at a loss as to how he could solve the puzzle for the two of them.
Seeing that Da Tou still wanted to ask more questions, Yang Kai on the side said, "Stop asking, wait until the stone door opens, and you will know the clues once you go in..."
