The map was large enough that even if two people were holding it, it would not sink into the mud. Master Ming Zong broke off a long thick branch and used it as a support pole to draw the map deep into the swamp.

The swamp is full of silt, and there is not a single piece of intact soil. The silt has been deposited for countless years. Every time the pole is pushed down, a thick black paste will be stirred up, and a disgusting putrid smell will assault your nostrils.

Master Ming Zong shook the pole while looking up at the peaks on both sides. One peak is in the southwest and the other is in the northeast. They should be Cangqiu and Mangqiu on the map.

These two peaks are very low, less than half as high as those nearby, and they really look like mounds. Looking at it, Master Mingzong discovered a strange place. The top of Mangqiu is relatively flat, and the side of Cangqiu is relatively flat.

There is also a large straight mountain wall.

He tilted his head and raised his hand to draw two hills. Hey, the outlines of the mountain wall of Cangqiu and the top of Mangqiu are very similar. Could it be that this was the same mountain before?

A flash of light flashed in his mind, yes, this is definitely the same mountain. Waterfall Tan Cangwu does not refer to Cangqiu and Mangqiu, but Cangwu Mountain.

Immediately, a new question arose in his mind. The words on the stone tablet said that a building was built to store the roulette wheel. However, the practitioners who drew the map had to check the terrain on the map and make corrections every year.

, if there is a building on the mountain, why has no one noticed it?

Unknowingly, Master Mingzong and Zheng Qiu entered the center of the Roushui Swamp. The place was still overgrown with weeds, but there was no longer mud under the weeds, but a layer of black, thick, smelly water.

Master Mingzong raised the pole and stirred the smelly water, his brows gradually furrowed. It was so strange. Although it was a swamp, he didn't see any water birds, snakes or insects. The pole couldn't touch anything, not even crabs and shrimps.

There are no shells.

In my impression, this situation was mentioned in the book "Wandering on the Cloud Sleeves" and was called a place of death.

The book records that dead lands are mostly cliffs, swamps, deep valleys, and caves. There are no living creatures in these places, and there are no signs of living creatures passing by. In some dead lands, even vegetation will not grow.

There are two possibilities for the appearance of the dead land. One is that there are a lot of harmful things in the dead land, such as poisonous gas, poisonous water, soil that will make people sick after being contaminated, etc. The other possibility is that there is a strong force that drives away the living creatures.

This place.

Master Ming Zong squatted down, carefully dipped some black water with his fingers, put it to his nose and smelled it. It smelled bad, but except for the bad smell, the black water did not make people feel uncomfortable. So the formation of this dead land is more

It may be the latter, which has great power.

As he was paddling, Master Mingzong felt that the pole seemed to have hit something. He stopped and used the pole to explore the previous position. Tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk, the head of the pole hit a hard object, as if it was a stone.

He adjusted the distance of the probe and felt the shape of the stone. Dudu, the stone seemed to be square and long. Such a regular shape was definitely man-made. Master Ming Zong moved the map farther away, and then put down the pole.

, raise your hands to encourage energy.

Boom, a wave of air hit the swamp, black water splashed everywhere, weeds rolled up, and the swamp was suddenly separated. Boom, another wave of air hit the previous location, black water mixed with silt, jumping wildly to both sides.

Sure enough, there was a stone strip two feet long and half a foot wide lying in the mud of the swamp. The stone strip had some pits and pits, but Ming Zong could tell at a glance that these pits were the marks of chiseling with manuscripts.

The air wave he unleashed was so strong that it not only exposed the stone bar, but also opened up the swamp in front of it. There was an identical stone bar in front of the stone bar. Master Ming Zong had a guess in his mind, and he rowed forward.

After a few feet, I used my strength again to open up the swamp.

There are stone strips in front! These stone strips are connected together to form stairs. Cangmang Mountain is divided into two, and there are stairs buried in the rotten swamp in the middle. It is unmistakable. The building where the roulette wheel is hidden must be there.

Here, it's just not on the surface, it's buried somewhere.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, Master Mingzong kept inciting the air waves, opening up foot after foot of swamp, and explored along the stone steps. The air waves hit again, but the stone steps did not appear. Strange, why didn't they appear?

?

He looked up and looked around and found that he was near the mountain wall of Cangqiu.

Looking at the bare mountain wall, a thought flashed through Master Mingzong's mind. He flew to the mountain wall, raised the pole and knocked on it. Tuk-tuk, Tuk-tuk, there was no hollow sound. Could it be that it wasn't inside?

He retreated into the air and incited the air wave to hit the mountain wall hard. Boom, gravel rolled down like raindrops, and a large pit appeared on the mountain wall with dense cracks around the pit. Boom, Master Mingzong smashed into the big pit.

The second time, the pit was deeper and the cracks were bigger, but other than that, nothing changed.

It seemed that it was not inside the mountain wall. Master Mingzong turned his head and looked at the map.

Just as he turned his head, there was a cracking sound from the bottom of the mountain wall, and the stone surface fell apart, revealing a two-foot-wide black hole. As soon as the black hole appeared, the black water from the swamp poured in. It seemed to be a direction.

The hole below.

"Master, master!" Zheng Qiu's shout suddenly came from below.

Master Ming Zong lowered his head and found that his apprentice was waving to him anxiously, and the map he was stepping on was floating along the black water towards the entrance of the cave.

"Apprentice, don't panic! The master is here!" Master Mingzong kicked in the air, air waves exploded in the air, and his body flew toward Zheng Qiu like an arrow from a string.

When he stepped on the map, half of it had floated into the cave entrance. He hurriedly squatted down and at the same time stretched out his hand to push Zheng Qiu down: "Get down!"

The map floated completely into the cave entrance, and the light quickly dimmed.

"Master, okay, it's so dark..." Zheng Qiu was very scared and hugged Master Mingzong's arm tightly.

"Apprentice, don't be afraid, look, isn't it bright?" Master Ming Zong spread out his palms and urged energy into his palms. A light yellow halo suddenly lit up in his palms, illuminating the environment in the cave.

The cave went all the way down, twisting and turning. Master Mingzong and Zheng Qiu squatted on the map, sliding down the black water. From time to time, upside-down stalactites passed by above their heads. Master Mingzong shook his body, causing the map under his feet to change direction.

Avoid the sharp points of stalactites.

After a long time, the cave suddenly became open. Whoosh, the map slid forward about ten feet and hit a rock to stop.

Master Mingzong brightened the halo on his hand, stood up and observed the surrounding environment. This was a large cave, no, it should be said to be a karst cave.

The inside of the cave is flat and irregular in shape. The high places are three feet tall, the short places cannot be passed by even squatting down, the wide places cannot be illuminated by light, and the narrow places have to be passed sideways.

But the cave is very beautiful, with long stalactites, blooming stone flowers on the stone walls, and clusters of crystals in the corners, shining like stars under the halo.
Chapter completed!