A huge high wall was pushed down with force, and the dust stirred up a wave. Yu Xiaozhou held a wooden stick in one hand and covered his mouth and nose with the other, fearing that the dust and smoke would enter his throat.
"It's here!" Fan Zhuyi opened his eyes and looked at the darkness in front of him, "It must be here!"
He turned around and picked up the lamp holder on the side, stepped across the stone threshold, and saw Yu Xiaozhou standing there panting, Fan Zhuyi shouted: "What are you doing standing there, come in!"
Yu Xiaozhou wiped the sand from his forehead and followed him.
It was surprisingly empty inside, and the boundless darkness shrouded it everywhere, making it suffocating. The air around it was cold, turbid, and windy.
The light from the lamp holder was limited. Fan Zhuyi took off the lampshade, held it up with difficulty, and said softly: "Do you feel it? It's the wind."
Yu Xiaozhou nodded: "Yes."
"Great, it's probably here!" Fan Zhuyi said happily, "The Palace of Eternal Life, I'm finally going to find the Palace of Eternal Life! Let's go, walk faster!"
Yu Xiaozhou looked at Fan Zhuyi's tall back, feeling very uncomfortable in his heart, and followed him with a wooden stick.
In his heart, Fan Zhuyi has always been a serious, deep, unsmiling, knowledgeable, wise and knowledgeable person. He is also proficient in medical skills and is known as the "Sage of Qingzhou". Many people want to ask him for help. He opens a medical clinic at will and treats patients all his life.
I won’t worry about food and clothing.
Now, Fan Zhuyi has become like his master. He doesn't treat him as a human being and orders him around.
Moreover, Ji Hong mostly made things difficult for him regarding his money, but Fan Zhuyi was irritable, irritable, and a stubborn old man with a very bad temper.
"Eternal Life Palace, Eternal Life Palace." Fan Zhuyi murmured, looking around in the darkness.
Yu Xiaozhou lowered his head and looked at the ground. The ground was uneven and filled with dust. There were no insects or bones like snakes or rats.
Suddenly, Fan Zhuyi's footsteps stopped.
Yu Xiaozhou looked towards him.
"That!" Fan Zhuyi looked up at the southwest direction in the darkness, "That's really it!"
Yu Xiaozhou also looked around, and there seemed to be something in the darkness, something extremely huge.
Yu Xiaozhou felt scared, clenched the wooden stick in his hand, and did not dare to step forward.
"Yes, yes," Fan Zhuyi said excitedly, "The sky is thick and the earth is thick, the yin is turbid and the yang is clear, the eternal life is not dry, it is Kun! Kun is the soil, the soil is thick and carries things, spring and autumn are fruitful, and the vegetation is luxuriant! The soil breeds all spirits, endlessly
Immortal, endless life and death, yes, it is Kun, it definitely means eternal life!"
"Let's go!" Fan Zhuyi turned around and looked at Yu Xiaozhou, "Quick!"
Yu Xiaozhou hesitated and followed slowly.
The closer we get to that direction, the more obvious the shadowy behemoth becomes in the darkness.
When the light in Fan Zhuyi's hand finally shone on it, Yu Xiaozhou was stunned and realized that he had overthought it. It was not a monster, but a stone statue.
Yu Xiaozhou quickened his pace and stopped behind Fan Zhuyi. He looked up at the stone statue with surprise in his eyes.
He had never seen such a tall stone statue. He couldn't tell how tall it was, but it was taller than all the houses in Hengxiang City, including the five-story Wenhe Building.
There are nine women in the stone statues, with wide sleeves and ribbons. Some are dignified and quiet, some are posing, some are flying into the sky, and some are burying flowers with low eyebrows.
Nine women are connected together, as if they were carved directly into the mountain.
"Is this a goddess?" Fan Zhuyi looked at the stone statue, "Look, does it look like a goddess?"
Yu Xiaozhou nodded blankly: "Similar."
"The Goddess Hall... the Hall of Eternal Life, yes, that should be right here!" Fan Zhuyi said excitedly and ran over.
Yu Xiaozhou suddenly felt puzzled.
The ground is full of pits and not flat at all, and even the simplest floor tiles are not laid. How can any "palace" look like this?
The stone statue was really tall, and the closer it got, the more magnificent it became. Fan Zhuyi raised his hand and placed the lamp holder on the instep of a goddess, looking around in the dim light.
Yu Xiaozhou walked to the corner of the stone wall and sat on the toes of the stone statue.
Hungry and thirsty, he just wants to drink water now.
Glancing out of the corner of his eye, Yu Xiaozhou was stunned for a moment and looked down.
In the dim candlelight, a dark yellow bone was exposed in the gap between the toes of two stone statues.
Yu Xiaozhou raised his hand and pulled out an adult tibia.
"Uncle!" Yu Xiaozhou said in shock, "Uncle, come and see!"
Fan Zhuyi heard the sound and came over.
They pulled out more and more bones from the gaps. As more bones came out, there was a sliding movement inside the ankles of the stone statue.
Yu Xiaozhou's eyes widened and he looked up at the stone statue's calves and knees.
"Uncle, is it hollow inside?!" Yu Xiaozhou said in shock.
"Shut up," Fan Zhuyi said fiercely, "Don't yell!"
"This, so many people died." Yu Xiaozhou murmured.
Suddenly, a huge crashing sound came from the stone statue, and the ancient stone statue's skin made a crisp cracking sound.
"No!" Fan Zhuyi shouted, quickly picked up the candlestick on the other foot and ran out.
When the two of them ran out, the stone statue's knees suddenly broke apart, a large number of bones washed down, and dust and smoke flew in, cutting off their sight.
Fortunately, the nine members of the stone statue are connected, and the disconnection of this lower leg does not affect "bystanders". The body of this goddess stone statue still stays firmly in the air.
After a long time, the dust and smoke finally cleared away.
Yu Xiaozhou raised his hand and waved, looking at the mountain-like pile of bones in front of him, dumbfounded.
"Look!" Fan Zhuyi said, pointing ahead, "Did you see it? There is a road inside!"
road?
Yu Xiaozhou followed his gaze to the left front, and there was actually a road, right at the original calf position.
"Let's go," Fan Zhuyi pulled him emotionally, "Let's go quickly!"
Yu Xiaozhou could only follow him with a wooden stick.
The entrance to the cave was full of bones, and they had to step on the piles of bones to carefully walk up to avoid sinking deep and being buried alive.
Passing through the calf, both sides of the cave wall were also covered with dead bones. A foul smell came out, making Yu Xiaozhou raise his hand to cover his nose: "It stinks!"
"It's corpse odor..." Fan Zhuyi said in shock, "Only corpses that have recently died can emit this kind of smell. How is it possible?!"
Soon, the two of them saw it.
Next to the bone pile where they came down, there was a highly decomposed male corpse.
In the dim light further ahead, there was another rotting corpse. Next to the corpse fell a long sword and a hosta.
"That corpse seems to be a female..." Yu Xiaozhou said.
"How is this possible?" Fan Zhuyi murmured, "Where is the Palace of Eternal Life? Where is the Palace of Eternal Life?"
Yu Xiaozhou covered her mouth and nose tightly, the smell was really too unpleasant.
"Huh?" A charming male voice suddenly came from a distance, "Is there really someone?"
Fan Zhuyi and Yu Xiaozhou quickly looked up.
A slender and thin man in red slowly walked out of the darkness, holding a Sanming maple leaf red lantern in his hand with clear finger bones. The craftsmanship of the lantern was exceptionally fine. It seems that such a lantern should appear during the Lantern Festival, not here and now.
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Yu Xiaozhou clenched the wooden stick in his hand in fear, looking at this handsome man. Maybe the man in red clothes was too glamorous and unpredictable, which made Yu Xiaozhou full of uneasiness.
"I came here after hearing the news," the man in red squinted his eyes and said calmly, "Who are the ten or two from the East?"
Fan Zhuyi had never heard of this name before, so he looked around and asked, "Where is this place?"
"Ah, here," Dongfang Shiya used his eyes to scan the surroundings, "This is Feng Qingang's private cabin. Ah, by the way, Feng Qingang, do you two know each other?"
Fan Zhuyi was confused: "Feng Qingang?"
Then...where is his Palace of Eternal Life?
Where is the Palace of Eternal Life that he is pursuing so hard?
"Huh?" Dongfang Shizi just saw the two corpses on the ground, "There are two dead people here."
Yu Xiaozhou stared at the bridge of his nose. The bridge of his nose looked straight and straight, but there must be something wrong with it. Otherwise, whoever came over would not smell the stench first.
There was a sound of rapid footsteps.
Two swordsmen walked over quickly: "Sir, all the poisonous snakes in that house have been removed!"
