The moon is bright and the stars are sparse.

Around the lakeside camp, a team of two black yamen workers, armed with probe poles and shovels, dug into the yellow sand, looking for traces of stone tablets.

As the Night Terror Hall left, the girls lost interest in enjoying the scenery and each entered their tents to rest.

Because it was not yet time to go to bed, Hua Qingzhi did not go to bed. She just sat in the small triangular tent, secretly took out her purse, and took out a jade article to play with.

The jade object is a small jasper turtle. Ye Jingtang bought it when he was in Yun'an as a small ornament for birds. Later, Hua Qingzhi came to deliver a pen, and Ye Jingtang took this object as a return gift and gave it to Hua Qing.

Zhi.

Hua Qingzhi took advantage of the moonlight and gently rubbed the little turtle, which symbolized longevity, and recalled every moment since they met.

It's a pity that she just started to get up this time, and before she could think about it for a long time, she suddenly noticed a gust of night wind blowing into the tent:

Phew~

Then the light suddenly dimmed, and a handsome young man in black robe appeared very close to her eyes, almost directly in her face.

?!

Hua Qingzhi was caught off guard and almost screamed, but after reacting, she quickly hid her hands behind her waist. Before she could speak, she felt her body light up, and then she felt a strong push on her back, forcing her down.

The man's chest and surrounding scenery were instantly blurred under acceleration.

"Eh eh eh?"

Hua Qingzhi's eyes were blurred, she hugged Ye Jingtang's waist tightly and said at a loss;

"Mr. Ye, what are you doing?"

Night Jingtang was afraid that the people in the tomb would come out and find something strange, so he went back and forth very quickly. At this time, he held Hua Qingzhi's waist with one hand and walked quickly in the sea of ​​​​sand, and responded:

"I found an ancient tomb with a stone tablet inside. Please help me read the inscription."

"Tomb?"

Hua Qingzhi heard this and looked back at the camp that was quickly moving away:

"where?"

"just in front."

The distance between Bali and Bali is not that close, but for a warrior of Ye Jingtang's level, the round trip only takes an instant.

Ye Jingtang hugged Hua Qingzhi and quickly returned to the entrance of the cave. The two guards and horses were in their original positions, while Niaoniao squatted on the sand dune and watched. When she noticed him coming, she shook her head to indicate that no one was coming out.

Seeing this, Ye Jingtang jumped directly from the entrance of the cave and returned to the underground tomb passage again.

After Hua Qingzhi encountered Ye Jingtang, to be honest, it opened her eyes.

She is the eldest daughter of a wealthy family. She stays at home all day long, reading poems, and has never even seen a chicken being killed.

As a result, after encountering the Night Terror Hall, he either watched the Night Terror Hall chop people like chopping vegetables, or went to explore underground in Jiuyou, kicked me in the head, and stayed in an inn where others were killed.

And that's not enough, now he takes her to start robbing tombs!

Hua Qingzhi had no ability to protect herself. She was timid at first. She didn't dare to crawl into the tomb of the dead. After falling into the hole, she closed her eyes and hugged Ye Jingtang's arm tightly, not daring to look around:

"Young Master Ye..."

"Shh~"

Ye Jingtang knew that she was afraid, so he hugged her around the waist and walked deeper into the tomb passage:

"There are other people here, please try not to make any noise."

other people?

When Hua Qingzhi heard this, she naturally misunderstood it and hugged Ye Jingtang's neck, not daring to express her anger.

Ye Jingtang was suddenly pressed tightly against the girl, and he could even feel the soft touch of the skirt of his clothes. However, the identity of his opponent was not yet clear, and he did not dare to be distracted at this time. He just paid careful attention to the disturbances in the tomb and walked deeper.

go.

This large tomb buried underground obviously does not belong to ordinary people. It is quite large and is strictly speaking an 'underground palace'.

Ye Jingtang hugged Hua Qingzhi and walked around for a while, then came to the stone chamber with the stone tablet. According to the structure, this should only be the tomb door, and they had not yet entered the inside.

As the light appeared, Hua Qingzhi also opened her eyes. After making sure that there was nothing dirty around, she carefully looked at the stone tablet with dense writings.

Ye Jingtang paid attention to the tunnel behind him. After waiting for a while, he asked:

"What did you write?"

Hua Qingzhi read it from beginning to end and whispered:

"This is the Mausoleum of the First Emperor. It was probably erected after his death. It records the merits and demerits of the First Emperor Wu's life and warns future generations not to disturb the First Emperor's mausoleum."

Ye Jingtang frowned: "Didn't the First Emperor climb the last mountain? Why was he buried here again?"

Hua Qingzhi was familiar with history books, thought about this and said:

"Historical records clearly record that the First Emperor died at the age of sixty-three and was buried in the First Emperor's Mausoleum.

"Generally after an emperor ascends the throne, he will arrange for the Ministry of Industry to build the imperial mausoleum for him. It will take at least ten years to build such a large underground palace.

"I estimate that the construction of this imperial mausoleum was completed before the First Emperor sought immortality. After the First Emperor attained enlightenment, he did not want future generations to know this, and the imperial mausoleum that happened to be built was no longer needed, so he buried the stone tablet in the

He came here and let the world think he was dead."

After listening to it, Ye Jingtang felt that this statement made sense, so he put his arms around Hua Qingzhi and entered the tomb passage at the back.

Because someone has been here before, all the dragon-breaking stones, mechanisms, etc. along the way have been eliminated, making the journey smooth and smooth.

After walking for a while, Ye Jingtang arrived at a palace in the deepest part of the underground palace. In the center was a large golden coffin, which had not lost its luster after thousands of years. You could see the Buddha statues and coiled dragon patterns on the surface.

The golden coffin had been opened at this time. Ye Jingtang and Hua Qingzhi came to it and looked inside. Sure enough, they found that there were no corpses inside, but a downward staircase leading to nowhere.

Hua Qingzhi stood inside the tomb, feeling a little scared and whispered:

"Are we still going into the coffin?"

I had already come to the Night Terror Hall, how could I not go in? I hugged Hua Qingzhi and silently fell into the golden coffin, walked down the stairs, and then continued forward.

This road obviously does not belong to the tomb. It is a long journey. There seems to be light at the other end, but the distance is at least a few miles, and even the Night Terror Hall is not clearly visible.

After walking for a long time, the light spot at the other end gradually became clearer. Ye Jingtang slowed down and covered Hua Qingzhi's mouth.

Seeing this, Hua Qingzhi's heart suddenly reached her throat, and she carefully held her breath.

As we continue to go deeper, the speed of the Night Terror Hall becomes slower and slower, and the light in the distance of the tunnel gradually becomes clearer.

Ye Jingtang looked inside carefully and was stunned.

At the end of the tunnel, there is a rather solemn and solemn hall, surrounded by various murals and texts, and in the center stands a black stone tablet with a section cut off.

In front of the stone monument, fourteen people sat in a neat cross-legged position, staring straight ahead. There was no movement except breathing. The scene was a little strange, and it looked like an unknown cult ritual.

Most of the fourteen people were familiar faces, except Cao Aning, Xu Tianying, Uncle Hua, Li Si, Eunuch Yin, Eunuch Xu, and the four Beiliang masters whom they had met in Duolan Valley.

Ye Jingtang felt a little embarrassed when he saw so many familiar people. After all, many of them were his hidden targets, and he obviously couldn't cut through the mess quickly.

But with so many of Beiliang's main forces blocked, he couldn't let them all go and leave. He had to kill two of them.

While Ye Jingtang was thinking secretly, he looked at the stone tablet that these people were observing.

The black stone tablet is engraved with a Buddha statue. Judging from the shape of the six arms, it is the three-faced and six-armed Buddha statue outside Panlong Cave, but the head has been chopped off and the whole picture cannot be seen.

The carving of the Buddha statue is so delicate that you can even see fingerprints. Ye Jingtang frowned and observed secretly, and soon discovered that the Buddha statue had another mystery.

Because of the experience of studying the Ming Dragon Picture, Ye Jingtang discovered that the way this Buddha statue conveys information has the same origin as the Ming Dragon Picture. Wu Taizu should have referred to this method when he created the Ming Dragon Picture.

However, the recording methods are the same, but the contents recorded are quite different.

Ye Jingtang carefully studied the Buddha statue and found that the hidden context was consistent with the Minglong Diagram in general, but the route was different.

To put it simply, they are like two exercises from different sources. Although the purpose is to "train the muscles, bones and skin on the outside and one breath on the inside", the training methods are completely different.

In addition, Wu Taizu taught everything in detail. It can be said that he chewed it up and fed it into his mouth. Even a miscellaneous fish like a 'wingless owl' could be learned by studying it carefully with the Singing Dragon Picture.

And this stone tablet is obviously a bit obscure. It is a pure stream of consciousness, as if it only tells the answer without solving the problem. Whether you can learn it depends on your own understanding.

Ye Jingtang has the experience of practicing the Minglongtu, has a profound sense of martial arts, and a good talent and understanding. But in this case, after looking at it for half a quarter of an hour, he could not figure out the exact veins of the first arm. He could only see

This arm and the dragon-elephant figure have the same destination.

He is like this. The warriors below Wu Kui basically read the heavenly book. It is no wonder that these dozen people are sitting here thinking about their mistakes.

Ye Jingtang is also a martial artist. When he found something so difficult, he was naturally more focused on it and didn't pay attention to the time.

And just when both parties were seriously comprehending, and Hua Qingzhi was on tenterhooks, two voices suddenly came from above the hall:

Boom~

Boom~

Ye Jingtang suddenly came back to his senses, looked up, and then secretly thought that something was not good - judging from the distance of the tunnel, this place was near Crescent Bay, which was under the former Tiantan; the sound came from the surface, and it should be that it was being explored.

The black man's hand accidentally poked a stone under the sand layer.

Ye Jingtang accidentally blocked Uncle Hua's retreat. As long as these people ran out, he would obviously not be able to get out of the way. He immediately wanted to retreat quietly and wait until they were out before taking action, so as to give Uncle Hua a chance to escape.

But he obviously underestimated his general Aning!
To be continued...