Bai Ye looked at the small sign in Zhuge Qingyang's hand, was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Shi Zhu.
When he got closer, he discovered that there was a depression on the top of the stone pillar, and the shape was almost exactly the same as the small sign in Zhuge Qingyang's hand.
"It's really a key."
Bai Ye blinked and looked at the stone house isolated by the pond.
"Damn it, this safety feature is really high."
"Put it on."
Zhuge Qingyang handed the small sign to Xiao Chen.
"I will observe and respond if anything happens."
"good."
Xiao Chen nodded, and under the gaze of everyone, slowly pressed the small sign into the groove on the top of the stone pillar.
When the small sign fell into the groove, a "click" sound was heard, and the stone pillar slowly started to rotate.
Xiao Chen took a step back and looked around, fearing there was some hidden weapon.
However, since the small sign is the key, the possibility of setting up a hidden weapon or something is very small.
Zhuge Qingyang, who was next to him, was also staring at the stone pillar to see its direction of rotation.
Kaka!
The stone pillar stopped.
"Gone?"
When Bai Ye saw Shizhu stop, he looked around and seemed to have no other reaction.
"Is it possible that it has fallen into disrepair and is broken?"
"Don't be so arrogant."
Xiao Chen was not angry.
While they were talking, they heard sounds coming from the pond.
Immediately afterwards, I saw something burning in the middle of the pond, rising slowly.
"This is……"
The eyes of Xiao Chen and others were all attracted.
Soon, stone steps rose up from the bottom of the pond and exceeded the water surface, reaching a height of half a meter.
"this……"
Xiao Chen and others were surprised when they saw this scene.
This kind of mechanism has only been seen in ancient movies and TV series in the past, but not at all in daily life.
Only brother and sister Zhuge Qingyang and Zhuge Qingxi were not surprised.
The Zhuge family is a family of formations, and families of formations are often proficient in mechanisms and the like.
All kinds of mechanism skills are also available in the Zhuge family.
"Can you pass?"
Feng Manlou looked at the steps and asked Zhuge Qingyang.
"Yeah, but it's best to wait until the water dries up. This water is quite toxic."
Zhuge Qingyang nodded and said.
"If you want the water to dry, isn't it easy?"
After the Vulcan finished speaking, he raised his hand and several fireballs formed in front of him.
Under his control, the fireball floated up the stone steps.
Soon, under the fireball, the water on the stone steps was quickly evaporated.
Just as the fireball evaporated the water, there was movement in the pond again. The strange fish seemed to be stimulated and jumped out of it, trying to swallow the fireball.
All of a sudden, the scene of more than a dozen strange fish jumping out was quite shocking.
Especially in their mouths, there are long teeth and three eyes, which look a bit penetrating.
"Dare to swallow fireballs? Then I'll burn you to death."
Vulcan sneered and shrank one of the fireballs, just enough to be swallowed by a strange fish.
The moment the strange fish swallowed the fireball into its belly, the fireball exploded directly under the control of the God of Fire.
Bah!
After the strange fish made a strange cry, it fell into the pond and soon turned belly up.
"Is this killing?"
Bai Ye was surprised. Judging from their ferocious appearance, they must be very powerful.
The other strange fish seemed to understand that the fireball was powerful and not something they could swallow, so they dived into the water one after another.
"I'll go there first."
Xiao Chen was worried that when someone walked up the stone steps, the strange fish in the pond would jump out of the water and be the first to move forward.
"Be careful."
Suddenly, three voices sounded from different directions.
Upon hearing these three voices, the scene suddenly became silent, and his eyes wandered.
"Ah? Oh, I know."
Xiao Chen was also stunned, looking at Zhuge Qingxi, Nangong Ling and... Black Widow in turn, a little confused.
Zhuge Qingxi didn't expect that Nangong Ling and Black Widow would also remind him, so his pretty face turned red and he lowered his head.
Nangong Ling's face was expressionless, with a cold face, but there was something strange deep in his eyes.
Black Widow was the most calm. She glanced at Nangong Ling and Zhuge Qingxi, wondering what she was thinking.
"What a great luck."
Vulcan also looked at the three women with a little envy.
"Don't be envious. If your luck is too strong, it can easily turn into a disaster."
Feng Manlou whispered.
"Hmm... a peach blossom catastrophe? If there is such a catastrophe, then let me experience it."
Vulcan is serious.
"..."
Fengmanlou was speechless.
"Ahem, I'm going up."
Xiao Chen also felt that the atmosphere was a little strange, coughed dryly, and stepped onto the stone steps.
As he stepped onto the stone steps, he threw away all the messy thoughts and focused his attention on his surroundings at all times.
What he was most worried about was that these strange fish would jump up.
Even if you can't bite him and splash water on him, it's still very troublesome.
Xiao Chen raised his spirits and took the second step.
The stone steps were very solid, and there was no shaking when stepping on them, which made Xiao Chen feel a little more at ease.
Xiao Chen took one step at a time and soon reached the middle of the pond.
He looked down and saw that there was no movement in the pond. Except for the strange fish that was burned to death by the fireball just now, the other strange fish were nowhere to be seen. They should be hiding under the water.
Xiao Chen breathed a sigh of relief, quickened his pace, and arrived in front of the stone house.
"You can come here, please slow down and be more careful."
Xiao Chen turned around and said to Bai Ye and others.
Whoosh!
A white shadow flashed past, and Nangong Ling was seen holding a sword in one hand, tapping the stone steps with his toes, and his white clothes were fluttering. He quickly walked across the stone steps and landed next to Xiao Chen.
"What an amazing light body technique."
Xiao Chen looked at Nangong Ling and flattered him.
"..."
Nangong Ling ignored Xiao Chen and turned around to look at the slightly quaint stone house.
"Let's go there too."
Bai Ye and others also came over one after another, but Vulcan's men and Scorpion's men were left on the outside, alert to the surroundings.
"Let's go in."
Xiao Chen came to the stone door and pushed it gently.
Click~
As he pushed gently, the stone door slowly opened inward, making a friction sound.
When the stone door was opened, a musty smell came out from inside.
Xiao Chen and others did not go in immediately, but waited for a while before walking in.
After entering, Xiao Chen and others looked around.
It looks very ordinary, with a futon on the floor.
However, because it has been too long, the futon has weathered, and when it saw the fresh air, it was blown by the wind and slowly cracked.
"It looks like no one has been here for a long time."
Bai Ye looked at the cracked futon and said.
"Well, Old Man Xia said that it was a matter of his ancestors. It was his grandfather's grandfather's grandfather... for hundreds of years."
Xiao Chen nodded, feeling a little excited.
If you guessed correctly, this should be the place where Old Man Xia’s ancestors stayed!
"There is a row of bookshelves over there..."
Suddenly, Vulcan said.
Hearing Vulcan's words, Xiao Chen hurried over and saw a simple wooden shelf next to the wall, which was filled with books and looked quite ancient.
Xiao Chen reached out and touched it, and the book broke and turned into decay.
Xiao Chen let go of his hand and shook his head. It looked like there were many books, but in fact they were all destroyed... As long as they were touched, they would break.
If these are the inheritance of the Xia family, then the inheritance of the Xia family will also be ended.
"I guess that ancestor of the Xia family didn't expect that no one would come here for hundreds of years."
Bai Ye came over, looked at it, and said.
"Um."
Xiao Chen nodded.
"It would be a pity if it is really inherited by the Xia family."
"Brother Xiao, come here!"
In the distance, Zhuge Qingyang shouted to Xiao Chen.
"Um?"
After hearing Zhuge Qingyang's words, Xiao Chen stepped forward quickly.
"What's wrong?"
"There are things left from the parchment rolls, which have been preserved."
Zhuge Qingyang pointed to the table and said to Xiao Chen.
Xiao Chen bent down and gently picked up the parchment, and saw many words written on it.
Although it was in traditional Chinese, Xiao Chen had no dyslexia, so he read it carefully.
As soon as he read two lines, he understood that this parchment was left to the descendants of the Xia family, and he was told to keep it here forever.
Obviously, this Xia family ancestor also wanted to prevent accidents. For example, no one from the Xia family came in, or it took a long time for someone to come... Therefore, he left this to explain some things.
A few minutes later, Xiao Chen finished reading the parchment and looked thoughtful.
"Brother Chen, what did you write?"
Bai Ye is curious.
"It's similar to what Old Man Xia said. His ancestor followed a great master back then... After that great master discovered this space, he left the inheritance here, waiting for the destined person! But the great master had no descendants, and the ancestors of the Xia family left.
After that, I plan to let the descendants of the Xia family guard this place and wait for the arrival of the destined person."
Xiao Chen explained.
"However, the ancestors of the Xia family said that it is not that simple to obtain the inheritance of great power, and it will also be dangerous."
"Danger? Is it a test?"
Bai Ye guessed.
"It's not a test, it should be really dangerous."
Xiao Chen shook his head.
"Did you mention the Wolf King's Order?"
Vulcan also asked.
"No."
Xiao Chen shook his head.
"The information left on it is not that much. It is similar to what Old Man Xia said... However, he said that he has included part of the Xia family's inheritance. What he is afraid of is losing the inheritance."
"It's included? Where is it?"
Bai Ye asked.
"If we can really find the inheritance of the Xia family, it can be regarded as fulfilling old man Xia's wish."
"Well, the stone house has a basement."
Xiao Chen said, his eyes falling on the stone ball next to the stone platform.
He put his right hand on the stone ball and twisted it slightly. The stone floor, which originally seemed to have no gaps, suddenly opened to both sides.
"The Xia family's inheritance is down there."
"Then let's go down?"
"Well, let's go down and have a look."
Xiao Chen nodded and handed the parchment to Zhuge Qingyang.
There were some things he didn't say just now, such as about this space, and he also mentioned some formations.
It's not that I'm hiding it from others, but it's useless even if I say it. I'd better leave this aspect to Zhuge Qingyang.
Zhuge Qingyang took it over and didn't look at it immediately, but held it in his hand.
