Chapter 254 Entering the Underground Palace
With a clang, the stone under the chisel rolled down and fell in front of Qin Xuanling, who was walking over, splashing up sand and soil.
"Your Majesty, be careful!" Ah Chen hurriedly stretched out his hand to protect him, and the torch shone on Yun Xi and his frowning face.
Qin Xuanling stretched out his hand to protect Yun Xihe behind him.
"Are you okay?" he asked with concern.
Yun Xihe raised his hand to stroke the scattered gravel on his shoulder, shook his head and said, "It's okay."
The craftsmen who were cutting the rocks on both sides admitted their mistake with trepidation.
"It doesn't matter." Qin Xuanling said, "It's just a rock falling, it's not your fault."
The leader of the craftsmen saluted respectfully and said, "Don't worry, noble man, everything is fine inside. It's just that the rocks outside were blown up and are a little unstable."
Qin Xuanling nodded and said yes.
Looking at the beautiful woman standing behind Qin Xuanling, who was clearly a woman disguised as a man, the leader of the craftsmen said flatteringly, "My lord, it's dangerous here, so you should be more careful."
Yun Xihe smiled, "...This is the safest place."
After that, he urged Qin Xuanling, "Go in..."
She pointed to the surrounding tomb passages with obvious traces of artificial repairs, "The craftsmanship of Zhou Dynasty in repairing the tomb chamber is very special. Not even a silver needle can be inserted into it, and even if some gravel falls, it will not collapse."
As he spoke, he walked forward in steps. There were torches stuck on the rocks on both sides of the road, illuminating the inside as bright as day.
"Ah Mo, you stay at the door." Qin Xuanling ordered.
Ah Mo responded and stopped at the entrance.
There were also many Yun family soldiers standing outside the cave with expressionless faces. They didn't know why. They only knew that the military orders were like mountains, and they had to protect the safety of those who came.
The leader of the craftsmen secretly shrank his head and curled his lips, thinking that Qin Xuanling and the others were nobles who came to hunt for novelties, and shook his head and went on his own.
"So this is what's going on here."
The further you go, the narrower the road becomes, the traces of artificial repairs become more obvious, and the cold atmosphere becomes more obvious. The torches on both sides turn on and off, creating a dim light.
Qin Xuanling also looked around and said, "It really takes a lot of effort."
Qin Xuanling looked at the front of the passage and stepped forward. Yun Xihe looked back and followed closely. The sound of footsteps echoed in the passage, and the dim light seemed to have no end until black appeared in front of him.
The black figure standing suddenly in the dim light looked like an open door to hell.
This is indeed a door, made of dark stone and tightly fitting together, standing here like a god.
"It is indeed an underground palace...I think this is the entrance." Qin Xuanling said, seeming to be asking and sighing, standing with his hands behind his hands and looking up.
Yun Xihe also looked up and explained in a low voice, "I went to the Imperial Tomb of the Great Zhou Dynasty in my previous life to offer sacrifices. This stone gate is only found in the Imperial Tomb of the Great Zhou Dynasty. This one was specially transported from the Imperial Tomb."
Opening your eyes hard, you can see strange lines all over the dark stone door, which look like star charts. Astrology charts are indeed used in tombs, especially the royal family, because ordinary people are not allowed to stargazing, it is mysterious
It represents strength,
She raised her hand forward, but it did not fall on the stone door. It seemed that there was an invisible barrier, "The lines on this stone door are the lock, and the key is the blood of the Emperor of Zhou...other than that there is no one."
It can be opened. Not only is this stone door indestructible with tools, but it can also cause collapse if it is forcibly exploded..."
Yun Xihe said, raised his arm and tore open the bandaged forearm, "...Didn't you say that my mother is the Yongde Emperor? I'll give it a try
..."
There was a "bang", not the sound of the door opening, but the ground they were standing on collapsed in an instant.
The entire ground collapsed downwards, and the originally hard rocks suddenly turned into sand, wrapping the people who fell with it and rolling down, disappearing in an instant.
The sand is like water, and even if I hold my breath, it instantly fills my mouth and nose.
"Xihe!"
Yun Xihe only felt suffocated, but the sand and water were knocked away again. She was pulled by someone in a daze, and then she fell into Qin Xuanling's familiar and warm embrace. Qin Xuanling hugged her with one hand and waved his sword with his backhand.
Downward, as if a road was split, the group of people passed through the sand and fell to the ground with a thud.
Earth again?
Yun Xihe lowered his head and put his legs and hands on the ground. When he raised his head, it was dark all around. There were sand and dust falling like drizzle on the top of his head, but he could feel the flow of air... She took out the Huozhezi and gently
The light was ignited, and the light suddenly filled up. Although she had already guessed that the underground palace was unusual, the scene in front of her still shocked her.
She fell into a huge hole, which could not be filled by the light of the small fire twister, but it was not empty. Under the fire twister, the huge tomb beast looked down at them like a mountain...
"Tomb-suppressing beast." Yun Xihe said in surprise. He stood up and turned around to look around. As Huo Nianzi moved, more stone sculptures came into view.
They are completely natural but bear traces of artificial excavation and construction. They are intertwined vertically and horizontally and smoothly as if they were made from nature. The winding chains around their necks extend up and down in all directions into the deeper darkness...
Is this the real underground palace?
Is the gate above just a cover?
Yun Xihe turned her eyes around and saw that she was standing among these tomb beasts, and the top of her head was the place where she fell. She raised her head, and the falling sand had stopped. It must have been that the mechanism that had been opened was closed again.
Yes, it’s just that the chains are like spider webs...
Yun Xihe looked at the huge wooden frame next to him, cautiously not daring to touch it again, for fear of touching some magical mechanism.
"There is such a superb mechanism here..." she murmured, "Now that we are in the underground palace, where is the jade seal?"
The few people who fell down together were all skilled in kung fu. Although they were not injured, they were all very vigilant.
Qin Xuanling hugged her who wanted to move on, "Be careful."
Yun Xihe's eyes searched, walking carefully, like an ant in the gap between the huge wooden frames in the darkness.
I don’t know how far we have walked, but there are fewer and fewer tomb-suppressing beasts. The area that the fire can illuminate is getting smaller and smaller, but the area it is filled with is getting larger and larger. This means that this road is coming to an end. Although I don’t know
Is it a dead end?
Yun Xihe looked around carefully. There were fewer tomb beasts, but the chains around their necks were getting denser and denser, all pointing to the same place...
At this time, several jumps of Huozhezi were extinguished.
Before Yun Xihe had time to feel regretful, he discovered that his vision did not fall into darkness, but became brighter and brighter... The walls on both sides were glowing with light.
"It's really amazing." Qin Xuanling sighed with emotion, "When you light the fire, you can't see clearly. When the light is turned off, your vision becomes brighter. Who would have thought that?"
He raised his hand and looked around, and suddenly a human face appeared in front of him. Although he was used to seeing life and death, Qin Xuanling's body was tense and hairy, and he drew his sword and blocked it in front of him.
But the man's face remained motionless...
Everyone looked closely and realized that it was a corpse, hanging on the wall and already mummified. Perhaps after special treatment, the corpse did not rot into bones...
There is more than one body, there are them on both sides, neatly arranged and inlaid. They have different descriptions and are of different ages. They are wearing simple brown clothes, with quiet expressions and humble postures...
Yun Xihe felt that all the hairs on his body stood up, "I was really scared to death."
Qin Xuanling hugged her tighter and became serious, "Don't be afraid."
Everyone looked forward. Under the illumination of fluorescent lights on both sides, a wall appeared in front of them. Dense holes were cut into the wall, and the chain that locked the tomb beast was fixed on this wall.
Qin Xuanling looked at it and stabbed it tentatively with the sword in his hand.
choke.
There was a soft sound, but the ground did not shake, the ground did not collapse, and there were no hidden arrows whizzing around.
Qin Xuanling raised his sword again.
choke.
Sand and dust are flying...
Choking.
Choking, choking, choking...
Chapter completed!