As he walked, Chen Laizi told us that after he discovered that the Huaxu Realm began to collapse, he came out of the underground palace and waited for us in the wasteland.
He is not sure whether we will believe him or help him, but this is the last chance for him and his wife.
Chen Zizi spoke very briefly, but expressed his meaning clearly and completely.
While he was talking, he had already led us to a dense patch of wormwood. He walked in and pushed aside the wormwood that was half a man's height, revealing a sloping passageway exit.
The passage is very wide, more than two meters high and one meter wide. Dad walked in with the crystal sculpture on his back and did not feel cramped at all.
It's just that it's raining heavily at the moment, and there are no paved stones in this passage, so it's a bit muddy and slippery.
This time, we all followed Chen Cripple into the passage, and no one was left to support him. It was not because we trusted Chen Cripple, but that the realm of Huaxu was collapsing. No matter who was left alone, there would be more dangers.
Estimated danger.
In comparison, it is much safer to get together.
According to Chen Laizi, there is an underground palace below. Since it is an underground palace, there must be a way out.
We followed Chen Laizi and filed into the passage.
After walking for about ten minutes, the terrain in the passage began to become gentle, we changed from going down to going straight, and the ground under our feet became dry.
After walking straight for about ten minutes, a stone door appeared in front of us. The stone door was half open and covered with complicated characters and patterns.
When we stand at the door, we can roughly see what's going on inside the door through the half-open door.
There should be a hall inside, crowded with shadowy figures.
Hao Jingde, who was walking at the front, paused warily.
"It's okay, there are just some ordinary stone figurines inside, there is no danger!" Chen Zizi explained as he walked in first and stood by the door, turning slightly to face us.
His performance showed enough sincerity to us.
If the situation inside is unfavorable to us, Hao Jingde at the front can strangle him by the neck with just one stretch of his hand, and he is facing us sideways. Even if he has the same level of cultivation as Hao Jingde, he will not be able to react as quickly as possible.
What's more, there is a huge gap in cultivation between him and Hao Jingde.
The space behind the stone gate is very large. Judging from the shape, it should be a tomb chamber. There is no coffin. Rows of stone figurines are arranged in a vertical and horizontal square array. They are neatly arranged. There are no giant hand-held weapons like those that attacked us.
Ax figurine.
As Chen Qizi said, there is nothing unusual about these stone figurines. They are just carved from ordinary stones. There is no soul sealed in the figurines.
It should just be an ordinary burial thing.
Chen Qizi led us further inside. The tomb where the stone figurines are placed is almost half the size of a football field. Through the gaps between the stone figurines, we can see a semi-open stone door at the other end of the tomb.
"This should be an ancient tomb. Judging from the posture of the figurines, the owner of the tomb must have a good background." Dongzi said while walking and looking around.
"This is Jiang Shang's tomb!" My father suddenly lowered his voice and said in my ear: "Daughter, don't tell them that the things here are cultural relics and cannot be touched. I'm afraid they will steal them!"
The tomb was extremely quiet. After Dongzi made no sound, we could only hear the rustling sound of our footsteps on the ground. My father thought his voice was very small, but in fact everyone could hear it.
Everyone turned around and looked at the huge hiking bag hanging on my father's chest in a funny way, with the corners of their mouths twitching.
My dad was completely unaware. When he saw everyone staring at his backpack, he raised his hands to protect the backpack with a vigilant look on his face and said, "Why are you looking at me? Don't try to steal my things. I don't have anything good!"
Everyone twitched their lips, turned back silently, and continued to follow Chen Laizi forward.
No one was curious about my father saying that this was Jiang Shang's tomb, not even Dongzi asked.
I had some thoughts of recognition in my heart. This was the third time I heard the name Jiang Shang mentioned here. The first time was when Bai Yao told us that the murals on the city gate were left by him. The second time was
When we first found our father, he told us that he was Jiang Shang. This was the third time.
But when I think about it, I think it's impossible. During the Zhou Dynasty, southern Yunnan was still a barren land and it was not Jiang Shang's fiefdom. He had no reason to put his tomb in this place.
Soon we entered the second stone gate. The space inside the stone gate was larger. There were some stones scattered here and there. There were traces of fine carving on the stones. It looked like they should be stone embryos that failed to be carved, but it made us feel strange.
The question is, if it was a stone embryo that failed to be carved, why was it left in the tomb?
In addition to these stones, there are also several stone figurines holding stone axes in their hands. These stone figurines are different from the stone figurines outside, both in terms of their height and the carvings of their faces. They look even weirder.
The eyes are carved like copper bells, the mouth is high and protruding, there is almost no bridge of the nose, only two nostrils are visible, and the appearance is more like an ape-like creature.
They are exactly the same as those stone figurines that attacked us when we first entered the city.
But they were motionless at the moment, and they could faintly feel some yin energy. This should be the reason why these stone figurines had their souls sealed, but at this time, the sealed souls inside were nowhere to be found.
Bai Yao, Hao Jingde and Lu Xiaohong jumped up almost at the same time and looked at the tops of the stone figurines. After looking at them, they all returned to the ground without saying a word.
"The descendants I sent in all got in through the hole above the head of the human figurine. Once they got in, they couldn't get out. I almost met the same fate as them." Chen Laizi explained to Bai Yao and the others.
Then Chen Laizi pointed to the top of the tomb and said: "After they get in, these stone figurines will fly up as if they are alive and emerge from the ground through those holes."
I followed Chen Laizi's hand and looked towards the top of my head. Sure enough, there were dozens of circular holes about half a meter in diameter on the top of the tomb. The strange thing was that there was no light coming out of those holes, and no rainwater from above poured into the tomb.
inside.
There should be some special mechanism that can only pass in one direction.
But right now we have to save Chen Cripple's wife, and time does not allow us to carefully observe what mechanisms are there.
Hao Jingde nodded and didn't say much. He just looked at Chen Cripple and said, "Where is your wife being held?"
"It's in the tomb inside. There is an empty crystal coffin inside. My wife was trapped in the crystal coffin by that person." Chen Qizi pointed to a stone door at the other end of the tomb and said.
With that said, Chen Qizi led us to continue walking forward.
The stone door is still half open, and next is a dark and straight corridor.
Dongzi shined a strong flashlight into the corridor, but the beam was completely swallowed up by the darkness within two or three meters.