After Xu Hao and others entered the tomb passage, they had no choice but to put out their torches in order to avoid being discovered. With Li Dakui's extraordinary tracking ability, they followed Hui Zhong and others closely.
Just now, I saw them fighting with a giant python from a distance, but now they actually followed the python through the hall and reached the main tomb chamber by twists and turns.
What appeared in front of Huizhong and others was a bucket-shaped tomb. The tomb was in a regular square shape, with a narrow bottom and a wide mouth, and was the size of six theater stages.
There are eight or nine feet high steps on each side extending to the bottom of the tomb. Huizhong and the others are on the top of the steps in one direction.
It seems that there are four tomb passages connected with steps leading to the bottom of the tomb.
After the giant python rolled down the steps, it scurried left and right at the bottom, and disappeared without a trace in a few moments.
Huizhong walked down the steps first, and walked to the bottom of the tomb step by step. Seeing that there was nothing strange, everyone also walked down the steps and came to the center of the tomb.
The center of the tomb is also paved with bluestone. I saw a platform more than one meter high protruding in the middle. On the platform stood a life-size statue. Judging from the burly face, it should be Xu Shouhui's golden body. However, the bluestone floor was only about one foot wide, and there was a hollow area four to five feet wide between it and the base of the platform. As a result, people coming down from the steps had to line up on both sides. Huizhong and others lined up in a row at the edge of the center of the tomb.
Looking at the hollow area in front, I saw that it was pitch black and bottomless. The giant python might have descended from here.
Ming Siquan stuck out his tongue and said in shock: "This is too deep!"
Everyone looked at each other in confusion. It seemed that this was not the location of Xu Shouhui's coffin. Could it be that they had been deceived by the giant python?
Li Rufeng walked along the bottom edge in the other direction and came to the opposite side of the golden statue. "Come here quickly, there's something discovered here." Li Rufeng's voice came over.
Huizhong and others were about to move over, but they saw someone flashing for a few seconds. When they looked closely, they saw a person standing on the shoulders of the statue. It was Xu Hao. When they walked over in a hurry, they saw that there was someone on the other side. There was another person standing, needless to say, he was probably Ming Xiang.
What Li Rufeng found on the back of the golden body was a long and narrow path that could only accommodate one person. Although the path is not connected to the statue, there is a futon at the end of the path, which seems to be for people to worship.
Seeing this, Xu Hao and Ming Xiang couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Especially Xu Hao, in order to gain speed, actually jumped down from the tomb passage on the top and stood on the statue of his grandfather. When he saw the futon in front of him, he couldn't help but feel guilty. point. I saw the black gauze in front of his eyelids swaying slightly, and his whole body jumped slightly again, jumped down, and landed on the bottom edge.
Mingxiang looked at the path and futons in front of him, and then at Xu Hao. He seemed to have understood the mystery here.
Li Rufeng, who was facing the path, glanced back at Xu Hao, then at Fang Lingyan, and strode forward.
Xu Hao didn't know whether this was the core area of the tomb and was unwilling to risk going there. He saw Li Rufeng test the road first and didn't stop him.
Li Rufeng suddenly leaned forward and hurriedly covered his chest with his right hand, as if he was feeling unwell. Fortunately, he had already arrived at the futon, so Li Rufeng knelt down and bowed before he saw a mouthful of blood spitting out and falling from the space in front of the futon. After a while, he heard a sound below, as if he had fallen on the water.
Li Rufeng calmed down and finished worshiping the golden statue of Xu Shouhui. After waiting for a while, nothing happened except that his chest was heavy and he couldn't use any strength. So he had to turn back and walk to the edge of the tomb, but the discomfort did not lessen. .
Li Rufeng was wondering to himself when Xu Hao had already flown forward and landed lightly on the path. Unexpectedly, he felt a sense of discomfort. He covered his chest with his hands, bowed his head and vomited out another mouthful of blood.
Everyone knew that Xu Hao was highly skilled in martial arts, but they didn't expect that he would be injured when he came here, and they couldn't help but be shocked.
After the ding-dong sound, the futon Xu Hao was kneeling on suddenly flipped over. He was caught off guard and fell out of it, but the futon bounced back intact.
This turn of events caught everyone present off guard. It seems that the institutions here only allow Xu Shouhui's descendants to enter the core area. Maybe, Xu Shouhui's coffin is located underneath, so there is no doubt that the secret they are looking for is also inside.
Thoughts flashed through Mingxiang's mind. In order to avoid something strange happening on the trail, he tried to jump directly onto the futon. Unexpectedly, his body stagnated in mid-air and fell like a bird into a pond. If he hadn't grabbed the edge of the trail, he would have fallen down. Mingliang quickly stepped forward and pulled him up hard.
At this time, Ming Xiang, like Xu Hao and Li Rufeng before, could no longer exert himself. However, he no longer vomited blood when praying on the futon. After three prayers, he also fell off.
Seeing that there was a place to go down, everyone didn't care much and squeezed through the path to pay homage to the golden statue of Emperor Xu. Those walking on the trail were cautious, and those behind were on guard against each other to prevent the other from taking advantage of others. However, one after another developed symptoms of chest tightness and Qi deficiency, and all the weapons in their hands fell off.
Only Zhang Yuqing stood at the edge of the tomb and seemed to have no intention of entering it.
Fang Lingyan followed Hui Zhong and walked forward. When she opened her eyes again, she found that she was in Feng Yanlang's generous and warm arms. Looking around, there were dozens of figures on both sides of the enemy and ourselves flashing in the wax torch light.
This is a rather simple circular hall. The murals on the walls and ceiling of the hall reflect the history of Cheonwanguo's struggle. In the center of the hall, there is nothing but a "swastika"-shaped platform and a large Tianwanguo flag. There is not even an exit to the outside world, and Xu Shouhui's coffin is even invisible.
Such a strange tomb shocked everyone. Could it be that Xu Shouhui's coffin was not placed in this tomb.
"Charge... kill..." Suddenly, a voice shouting to kill Dongtian came, and it seemed that the people in the hall were instantly placed in a cruel battlefield with swords and swords, flesh and blood flying everywhere.
The people in the hall subconsciously touched the weapons on the ground. However, they could only pick them up, but they could not maintain their strength. After picking them up for a while, they had to put them down to rest.
"Hey... who is here? Tell me your name, and I will spare your life." With a loud shout, a black-clad knight on horseback came out of the wall, wearing a bamboo hat on his head and standing with a horizontal sword in the hall. Upon closer inspection, I saw that the wall was not broken.
"Hmph, you are pretending to be a ghost, look at me..." Before Wang Yi could finish his four words, he saw the knight raise his hand and a dart shot over, smashing his bun into pieces.
Wang Yisi's throat bulged and he stopped talking.
Ming Zongxia was quite frightened, and said quickly: "I...my name is Ming Zongxia, and I am the direct grandson of King Ming Yuzhen of Xia. I would like to ask the general to point out a clear path for us."
The black shadow didn't move even a little, and the voice sounded again: "Are you from the Ming family? Who are you, King of Longshu? Why are you here?"
Ming Zongxia looked at Ming Xiang and did not dare to answer.
Mingxiang felt as if his strength was slowly coming back. It seemed that this state of weakness was only temporary. So, no matter whether the general was a human or a ghost, it would be best to stay calm first and see what he wanted to do, so he said loudly: "I am Ming Xiang, the third son of the King of Long Shu. I came here this time just to pay homage to the late emperor's mausoleum. I didn't want to meet a group of thieves trying to find gold, so I followed them in." As he said this, he looked aside to look at Huizhong and others.
As expected, Mingxiang was so sophisticated that he not only concealed his original intention to get the treasure, but also passed on his hostility to Huizhong and others.
"The tomb robbers? Is it them?" the black general pointed at Huizhong and his group.
"Yes, general, please handle it fairly."
"Hmph...just now, who opened the forbidden door above? Stand up for yourself." The black general didn't seem to fully believe Ming Xiang's words.
"It's me...who are you? Why are you hiding here?" Xu Hao laughed, looking arrogant.
General Hei glanced at Xu Hao from top to bottom and was surprised, but did not answer directly. He only said: "Are you the one who opened the forbidden door just now?"
"Yes, it's me. Stop pretending to be a ghost here and tell me quickly, where is the body of my grandpa Huang?"
The black general was silent for a while, then suddenly charged towards him with his sword. When he got close, he suddenly disappeared without a trace.
At the same time, there was a creaking sound in the hall, and hidden weapons from all directions were fired at, as if there was a heavy rainstorm, and the rainstorm and darkness were mixed with bursts of laughter.
Seeing that they were in danger of escaping, everyone suddenly felt that their strength slowly returned. They each used their own skills to save their lives. Although they were injured to varying degrees, no one died, which was lucky.
