This is a road about ten meters wide.
The first half of the road is made of bluestone.
It is connected to a small stone bridge where the river flows.
Behind the small stone bridge is the white jade road.
It looks very abrupt.
It's just a long white jade road.
It's very far and you can't see what it looks like at the end.
It must have been the owner of Yanyun's Eighteen Cavalry who cut off part of the original White Jade Road and made it into steps.
I suddenly remembered the corpse vine I saw in the tomb above, and asked Lao Bai, "Lao Bai, when you fell at the corpse vine, did you see what the ground looked like."
Lao Bai shook his head and said, "No, there were dense corpse vines below.
I couldn't see the bottom.
I didn't dare to stay longer, so I climbed up."
"If the roots of those corpse vines are in the underground palace, then the underground palace should be behind my door, but this road goes forward.
And the heavy fog I just encountered above should be related to this underground river. ."
I said.
At this time, Yin San interjected, "In the past, heavy fog occasionally appeared in the tomb.
I didn't know the reason at the time.
Now it seems that it is indeed caused by the underground river."
Lao Bai nodded and said, "In the underground palace where corpse vines may not necessarily grow, judging from the scale of this underground palace, at least hundreds of thousands of coolies were used.
This underground cave is so wide, there may be many people who died in any place."
People, corpse vines grow in corpse collection areas, and it’s normal outside the underground palace.”
While we were discussing, I suddenly saw a shadow running past behind Lao Bai.
It was very big and looked like an animal.
It moved very quickly, almost in a flash.
Lao Bai seemed to feel it too, and quickly looked back, but found nothing.
The four of us looked around with flashlights, but saw nothing.
Lao Bai shushed us and said, "Listen carefully."
I quickly held my breath and raised my ears to listen carefully to what was going on around me.
There was nothing but the sound of rushing water.
As soon as I took a breath of relaxation, I heard a "squeak" sound, which was very much like the sound of a mouse, coming from under the small stone bridge.
My first reaction was a rat, because the sound was too much like a rat's cry.
No, it was a rat's cry, but it was just a little louder than a normal rat's cry.
I said softly, "It must be a mouse."
After saying that, I felt something was wrong.
If it was a mouse, what was that thing that just ran past behind Lao Bai?
Could it be a ghost?
Thinking of this, I quickly took out the Taoist Talisman and put it in my hand. here, just in case.
After hearing what I said, the three of them also breathed a sigh of relief.
We slowly walked towards the small stone bridge to see if it was a mouse.
After all, this is an underground palace tomb, and strange things may appear.
Mr.
Kai picked up a stone somewhere and threw it under the bridge.
As soon as the stone was hit, a violent "squeaking" sound was heard, as if the stone had hit it "like a rat."
The four of us hurriedly walked to the end of the bridge.
I took a flashlight and shined it towards the place where the sound was coming from.
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I saw a huge rat gnawing on human bones.
This rat was as tall as half an adult and had two red eyes.
The teeth were very sharp and it was chewing on the human skull with relish, and it had already eaten half of it.
I looked at both sides of the river again.
They were all densely packed with bones.
Only then did I notice that this underground river was very deep.
Although the water was clear, I couldn’t see the bottom.
And I vaguely felt that there was something in the river. .
At this time, Mr.
Kai cursed, "Damn it, such a big mouse must have a genetic mutation."
Lao Bai said, "Keep your voice down and don't alarm him.
This underground palace has been around for at least hundreds of thousands of years.
It's good that we haven't encountered any ferocious beasts.
And there's definitely more than just this one rat here."
As soon as Lao Bai finished speaking, there were several more "squeaking" sounds from all around.
We took the lamp and shined it over, and there were dozens of rats as big as them, looking at us eagerly.
Mr.
Kai said, "Damn it, Old Bai, you are such a crow's mouth.
It's over now.
This rat is so big, it can probably bite off one of our arms in one bite."
Lao Bai also frowned and asked, "What are mice afraid of?"
I said, "Cat" Mr.
Kai rolled his eyes at me and said, "This rat is probably trying to beat a cat with bricks.
Can you tell me something reliable?"
At this time, this group of rats was already eager to rush towards us.
The four of us were forced to retreat to the small stone bridge.
There were rats in front and behind us.
We were completely surrounded now.
The four of us can still deal with one or two rats, but the problem is that there are dozens of them here, and the rats look very ferocious.
Mr.
Kai asked, "Can mice swim?"
I thought for a while and said, "I guess so.
Wasn't there a rat plague in Dongting Lake?"
Lao Bai said, "We can't control it so much.
If the mice rush over later, we will jump into the water first.
That's all we can do now."
I looked at the water under the bridge.
It was bottomless, and I felt very nervous, but that was all I had to do for now.
Just when we were about to jump into the water, the group of rats suddenly became restless, "squeaking" and "squeaking".
Screaming and running around.
Before I could figure out what was going on, I heard a splash behind me, as if something jumped out of the river.
Mr.
Kai stared behind me and said tremblingly, "Qin Qinfeng, don't move yet."
I didn't even dare to look back after what Mr.
Kai said.
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I only heard something hissing behind me.
After nearly five seconds, Lao Bai suddenly shouted, "Run" I quickly looked back and saw a huge black snake with a big mouse in its mouth and swallowing it in its stomach.
This black snake was as thick as a bucket.
Without thinking, I turned around and ran.
The four of us ran for five or six minutes until we reached the entrance of a cave and stopped.
The road made of white jade extends into the cave.
The hole does not look like it was dug by humans, but like it was formed naturally.
But so much time has passed, even if it was dug manually, it is difficult to see.
After we stopped, except for Mr.
Kai who was panting at the side, the three of us had nothing to do.
It seemed that Yin San's physical strength was not very good.
After resting for a while, Lao Bai asked me, "Qin Feng, have you ever heard about the guardian beast of the tomb?"
"I heard this from my grandfather before.
In ancient times, some people would use Pi Yao to guard their tombs."
In fact, Pi Xiu is two different beasts, Pi Xiu is a male and Xiu is a female.
Lao Bai nodded and said, "These are the mythical beasts you are talking about, just like Taotie and Qilin.
I heard from the owner of the Burial Sect that some large tombs will specially raise some monsters to protect the tombs.
These guardian beasts are all It can absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth, similar to the cultivation of Taoist priests, so it has a long lifespan.
The big snake just now should be the guardian beast of this underground palace.
Did you notice the pattern on the head of the snake just now?"
After Lao Bai said this, I remembered that I did find a pattern on the top of the snake's head, but I was too preoccupied with escaping to take a closer look.
"You mean if we enter the underground palace, we will encounter that big snake."
At this point, my Adam's apple jumped.
Lao Bai nodded again and said, "It's very possible.
These guardian beasts are all spiritual.
Otherwise, how could such a big snake appear here for no reason."
Yin San also nodded after hearing what Lao Bai said.
Mr.
Kai said from the side, "That's not possible.
Rats are so big, and snakes of that size are considered normal."
I don’t agree with what Mr.
Kai said.
What Lao Bai said does make sense.
Since some Taoist priests could live so long in ancient times, why can’t animals?
"Lao Bai, is it not the custom of our Han people to use snakes as guardian animals?"
I asked.
"It is true that there is no such custom among the Han people, but it is not yet certain whether this ancient tomb was built by other ethnic minorities.
After all, as long as the guardian beast knows how to do it, anyone can find an animal suitable to be a guardian beast.
However, Judging from the momentum of this underground palace, this underground palace looks a bit like the one from the Qin Dynasty.
Let's go.
Since we are already here, we can't care about that much.
Let's go into the underground palace first and then go to the cave.
Go inside.
The three of us quickly followed and walked in.
Now I'm wondering, is there only a big snake placed at the entrance of this underground palace to stop the tomb robbers?
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We ran for such a long distance without encountering any mechanism.
This seems a bit strange.
The four of us walked along the road paved with white jade.
Not long after we entered the cave entrance, Lao Bai suddenly stopped, pointed to the cave wall on the right and said, "Someone has been here.
Look here."
This cave is not too wide, but it is not too narrow either.
There is no problem for four people walking abreast.
The cave wall is made of rock.
I don’t know what kind of rock it is.
After all, I am not a geology major.
Moreover, this cave looks like it was formed naturally, and there are no traces of artificial chiseling.
However, it is not ruled out that it has been too long and some traces have slowly disappeared over time.
There are four small holes on the cave wall that Lao Bai pointed to, two on the top and two on the bottom.
The distance between the two holes is not very wide.
I used a flashlight to look along the cave wall and found that there were two rows of small holes like this on the cave wall, one at the top and one at the bottom.
Lao Bai tried to grab the two upper holes with both hands, and his feet could just fit into the lower holes.
After the test, Lao Bai jumped down and said, "This hole was dug by someone.
It seems that this person walked forward along the wall."
Why do you have to walk along the wall instead of taking a good path?
Is there something weird about this path?
I decided to walk forward and take a look.
As soon as I took a step, Lao Bai stopped me and said, "Wait a minute."
I stopped and watched as Lao Bai took out a Taoist charm from his bag, balled it up and threw it on the road ahead.
As soon as the paper ball touched the ground, it made a sizzling sound, then melted, emitted a puff of white smoke, and disappeared without a trace, leaving not even ashes
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