"Then, why did he lock you here? Where did the others go?"
Song Siyuan knew that there was definitely a purpose behind the fact that Yu Dongjin had taken everyone away in advance, but left Yubiluo alone.
Ubiluo waved his hands helplessly and said feebly: "Hahahaha, Ui Tokin locked me up just because he wanted me to tell him the secret of transcending mortal life and becoming immortal. But old lady, although I am the high priest of the Witch God Kingdom, I am still a mortal after all. Fei, understand what the opaque mirror world is. The only reversal of the power of the shaman god is just a hint from the mirror world vaguely heard outside the door. What can I do?"
"When he saw that I really didn't want to say anything, he had no choice but to lock me up here. As for the others, he probably took them to the Altar of the Witch God. You gave him the fake tiger talisman. How much trouble will it cause?"
Yue Guanchao heard Yubiluo's explanation with his own ears, and his suspicions came true. These living people imprisoned in the prison were probably used by Yue Dongjin as sacrifices to worship the gods, in order to summon the ancient witch god so that he could also transcend the mortal world. No matter what the ending is when he enters immortality, Yu Tokon will definitely do the human sacrifice part well at least in the early stage.
"Then, isn't the peacock in danger?"
Song Siyuan understood that since Yu Dongjin knew that Yu Peacock had the blood of the Witch God, in order to achieve his own goals, he would definitely use this fact. It would be too dangerous to sacrifice his life to the Witch God.
"Is there any way to stop him from doing this?"
Haubira shook his head, obviously there was nothing he could do: "If you don't give him the fake tiger talisman, maybe it won't cause any bad consequences. Now that the tiger talisman is in his hands, I don't know what he wants to do, even if my The divination is fake, at least the power of the tiger talisman is real. With both positive and negative tiger talismans together, who knows what will happen?"
While they were talking, there was another movement in the backyard. Yue Guanchao and the others quickly returned to normal and stayed away from the high priest's cell. After the iron chains rustled, the guards walked to Ren Peacock and muttered to the people around her. She was immediately attracted by these guards. Take control.
"What are you going to do?"
Lan Ruling picked up the whip and did not want the military guards to take Ren Peacock away. These military guards obviously did not take him seriously and said in a fierce tone: "What does this have to do with you? We are taking the young master under the order of the king." Go to the altar and stay still. If you dare to talk nonsense again, the king will become a god and kill you first."
After saying that, regardless of everyone's objections, Ren Peacock was escorted out.
Seeing their companions being taken away, the remaining people were all very anxious and could no longer sit still. Lan Ruling paced up and down the stairs and corridors impatiently.
"What if the peacock is really killed by him?"
"What if he eats the peacock's brain?"
"Or maybe he cut the peacock into pieces and sacrificed it to the Witch God?"
These numerous speculations might really come true when applied to a crazy person like Yu Dongjin. Lan Ruling was more worried than anyone else when she thought of these points.
Song Siyuan thought about it and consoled her: "Lan Ruling, since the divination says that Peacock leads the Kingdom of the Witch God to revival, it means that Yu Dongjin does not dare to kill her easily, otherwise he will offend the Witch God. How can he transform into an immortal? I guess she went to the altar in modern times mostly to awaken something. As long as we save her in time, she should be fine."
"Now, we must first find a way to get out. At the same time, we must also know where the real Altar of the Witch God is, otherwise we will not be able to save him no matter how powerful we are.",
When Song Siyuan said this, everyone basically understood the current situation. They carefully observed the cells around them. When the fort was renovated, the situation of the detainees escaping had been considered. It was made extremely strong, even if the railings were tightened with cloth strips. , it is difficult to shake the railing even half an inch, and there is no way to remove the railing.
Yue Guanchao looked outside the fortress through the railings. The other guards were probably moved away to the altar by Utōkon. Only the railing guards were guarding the door. They were carefully observing everything around them. If they really wanted to escape, Go, definitely try hard from them.
Just as everyone was trying to deal with the two guards, the sound of movement suddenly sounded in the distance of the courtyard. The two guards only glanced into the darkness and fell to the ground with a muffled groan.
After a while, Lao Mo ran over cautiously from the darkness, looked at Yue Guanchao and the others and said: "It's so evil, it's so damn evil. Dongjin and his daughter were escorted into a pavilion by the military guards, and it seemed that they went to the altar. , those military guards each control two corpses, I don’t know what they are used for.”
"I'm letting you out now. If you can't stop Higashikata, there's nothing I can do about it."
After saying that, Lao Mo groped around Wu Wei's body and took out the cell key. However, most of these keys were the same, with similar lock heads, but he didn't know which one to use.
"Old Mo, it's too slow to try one by one. I'll give you this copper spoon. You use this thing to open the lock."
Yue Erpao took out a long ear pick, handed it to Lao Mo, and asked Lao Mo to rub it back and forth in the keyhole according to his formula.
With a click, the lock opened, and several people moved to the cell on the other side, releasing the military guards who had come with them, and then prepared to leave after picking up their confiscated weapons.
"Wait?"
"Haven't you always wanted to know where the altar is? I can tell you now, old lady."
Haupira stretched out his arm and rubbed the wooden hairpin behind his head a few times. When he got it in his hand, he immediately broke it into two sections and took out a piece of oil paper.
"This is the secret passage into the altar. When the pregnant family built the secret passage, they built a straight passage and a secret passage at the same time. If you take the secret passage, you can probably enter the altar without anyone noticing, and it may be safer along the way. .”
After saying that, Yuebiluo handed the piece of oil paper to Yue Guanchao. After taking it, he looked carefully and found that the location of the altar was indeed not in the Niu Head Temple. He still had to continue walking down to reach the location of the secret passage below the Altar of the Witch God. It was the underground moat they once crossed.
"Now, where has Hōton Kon gone?"
Yue Guanchao urgently wanted to know how long Yu Dongjin had been gone so that he could estimate how long he had traveled.
"Let me do the math... I remember it took a cup of tea after they left before I dared to run out. It's been less than half an hour now."
Yue Guanchao lowered his head to look at his pocket watch, carefully calculated the time, and nodded to everyone: "According to the directions given on this oil paper map, the altar is located to the north of the Niu Head Temple, probably deeper underground. There are many of these people near Yudong. With the things in hand, I guess the walking distance won’t be fast, but it’s definitely possible to get halfway there. If we walk through the secret passage, we have to increase our walking distance to reach the altar after him.”
"Let's go!"
As soon as Yue Guanchao finished speaking, he looked around carefully. He saw that the military guards here had been foaming at the mouth for a long time. They were probably poisoned to death by Lao Mo. He turned back to look at Pregnant Biluo: "Grandma Pregnant, after we all leave, we will all You may not be able to come back, what should you do?”
"I'm so old, how many more years can I live? You can leave now. I have plenty of ways to survive."
Yue Guanchao looked around. The old lady could live for such a long time because she probably ate the rats and cockroaches here. If she continues to live like this, sooner or later, all the rats and cockroaches will be eaten. By then, her hands and feet will be chained. If you can't get out, you will have to starve to death.
"Granny, I don't know if I can come back this time. There is a high probability that you will be the only one left here in the end. I will open all your shackles and chains. If you want to escape, just escape to the swamp. There are The military guards are on guard."
After saying that, he picked up the machete and struck the chains. These iron chains were in disrepair and had already developed cracks. After being struck by the blade, they were no longer strong. They completely fell apart and were smashed to the ground by the back of the sharp blade.
Afterwards, several people led the military guards and walked from the Yun Temple to the moat. Haibilao had been imprisoned for twenty or thirty years and had lost the ability to walk on his feet. Yue Guanchao had to set aside two people to carry Haibilao to the exit. He left, leaving only seven or eight military guards to protect him.
After doing all this, he followed Haubira's oil paper and found the railing containing the mechanism. As the animal's head was twisted by him, the stone wall of the moat sunk inward, and a dark grotto appeared, with countless bricks arranged in concave and convex shapes. , forming a staircase that continuously extends downward.
Yue Guanchao looked at his flashlight and climbed down the stairs. The cave was higher than him, and there was plenty of space above his head when he stood inside. The whistling wind was always ringing in his ears, which meant that there must be gas exchange at the end. He took a deep breath. Instruct everyone to turn on their flashlights and disappear into the dark cave.
Ding dong, ding dong, river water often drips to the ground in the cave, and cold underground water falls on the neck, which must make people's hair stand on end. They are eager to rescue the pregnant peacock, and their pace speeds up significantly.
After walking for about half an hour, the surrounding caves changed from regular and clear to rugged and winding. Most of these caves are naturally occurring, which also means that they have reached the end of the artificial secret passage.
Yue Guanchao listened carefully to the movements in the rugged cave. Instead of the whistling wind in his ears, a vague and terrifying howl began to appear, like a ghost crying, which could penetrate his ears wherever he went.
Everyone had to stop, and he turned around and said: "According to the distance, we have probably reached the end of the secret passage. We may be close to the Altar of the Witch God. Everyone, please be careful."
After finishing speaking, everyone turned off their flashlights and hurried forward with this faint light. When the light of the torch appeared in front of them again, Yue Guanchao told them to stop where they were, and he and Xu Xiake poked their heads to look in the direction of the light.
The underground cave in front of them is indeed the Altar of the Witch God. The cave is wide and empty, and it can be seen that there are countless stalactites interlaced on the stone wall, like stalagmites extending upward, completely filling the cave around the altar. The position where they stand is exactly at To the south of the altar, there are countless stalagmites hidden in the stone wall, making it extremely hidden.
Yue Guanchao observed carefully by candlelight that the north of the altar was the real altar.
There are four floors in this altar, about 20 meters above the ground. The bottom floor is a square rectangular green brick base. Above that, the three-story pavilion increases from top to bottom and is built into a circle. On the altar, you can see reliefs of twelve gods carved everywhere, and there are also totems of mountain elves, flowers, trees and seals carved on the altar. The golden light shines when illuminated by candlelight.
On the pedestal, you can see the jade steps connecting the sky to the highest point, and countless bronze ghost trees covered with gold and silver jewelry and five-color silk ribbons, blowing and swaying in the cold wind.
Some people died, but not completely...
