"Are you saying there is something wrong with this ancient temple?"
Song Xiaofeng said in a deep voice.
He asked Lin Fan to wait outside, and walked into the ancient temple alone. Everything in the ancient temple was as usual, except for a fish-shaped statue.
Moreover, in the mouth of the fish-shaped statue, there is a fist-sized bead in its mouth. This bead is made of jade. Although it is not a precious jade material like Hetian jade, it is definitely worth a lot of money.
"Master! There are indeed people watching here. There is a jade bead in the mouth of the statue here. It can be sold for a hundred or ten taels of silver at least, but no one comes to take it."
Song Xiaofeng said in a deep voice.
Lin Fan said: "That bead is probably the key to triggering the mechanism. You should exit first."
Song Xiaofeng took the order and retreated directly. Lin Fan picked up a stone from the ground and threw it out, knocking the jade bead out of the fish's mouth.
Whoosh!
The next moment, hundreds of crossbow arrows flew out, turning the place where Song Xiaofeng was standing into a hornet's nest. When Song Xiaofeng saw it, he couldn't help but gasp.
this!
"Master, these people are so vicious-hearted. If someone is greedy for money and comes to get this jade bead, he will die here!"
Song Xiaofeng said in shock.
Lin Fan said: "This Lingyu Ancient Town is full of weirdness. It is an important place and has many mechanisms. It is very normal."
"Well! I have obviously knocked down the jade beads, why is there still no change in it?
Is this just a place to kill people?"
Lin Fan looked around and saw that there was indeed no movement. At this time, Lin Fan noticed that the arrangement of the crossbow arrows was obviously very irregular, but they avoided the middle area.
Lin Fan picked up a stone and smashed it hard into the middle area. Sure enough, there was a mechanism there. After being touched, the stone statues in the stone temple slowly opened.
As the stone statue opened, an entrance half a man's height was revealed. Song Xiaofeng saw this and wanted to go in first to take a look. Lin Fan said: "This is probably the secret gathering place of those people. Let's go in together. It will be safer this way."
When Song Xiaofeng saw Lin Fan making a decision, he didn't say much. He just walked in front to ensure Lin Fan's safety. However, there was nothing inside the cave entrance.
"kindness?
It’s not as big as I thought.”
Song Xiaofeng said speechlessly.
"Look, there is an underground river here. If my guess is correct, the river connected here is the river in the center of Lingyu Ancient Town."
Lin Fan said.
"Looking at the direction of the water flow, it should be like this. Master, what does it mean that the underground river here is connected to the river over there?"
Song Xiaofeng asked.
"If I put a lot of strange fish here, do you think those fish will swim from here to the river?"
Lin Fan asked.
"This! I will definitely swim there. This can explain the regular fish tides in the river over there."
Song Xiaofeng said.
"No! It can also explain why the fish fairy appears in the river. If a woman appears with the fish tide, even though she is stepping on a boat, what will the villagers think?"
Lin Fan said again.
"This...if I were a villager, I would definitely think that it is the fish fairy. She is swimming in the water. After all, everything is just a show?"
Song Xiaofeng said again.
Ahem!
At this moment, in the underground river, a woman suddenly appeared. She lay on the bank and coughed a few times, then climbed up with difficulty.
After seeing Lin Fan and Song Xiaofeng, the woman hurriedly took a few steps back and looked at the two of them warily.
"Who are you?"
the woman asked.
"Who are you?"
Lin Fan also asked.
He could see clearly just now that this woman should have swam from another direction. Not surprisingly, this woman probably came from the upper reaches of the underground river.
An underground river, the front and back are outside, only the middle section is underground, which is quite rare.
The woman lay on the water's edge and refused to come up, saying: "This is the secret place of my Lingyu Ancient Town. You are not from my Lingyu Ancient Town, how did you get in here?"
kindness!
It seems that this woman knows many secrets.
"We are here to save people!"
Lin Fan said.
"Rescue?"
The woman looked at Lin Fan doubtfully.
"One of my maids was arrested in Lingyu Ancient Town. We chased her all the way to a temple. We cut off the clues and accidentally triggered the mechanism, so we entered here."
Lin Fan explained.
After hearing this, the woman's expression changed slightly. Because the water was bitingly cold, the woman climbed out of the water and said, "This is an altar in Lingyu Ancient Town. Our annual event in Lingyu Ancient Town also starts here."
"How come you know Lingyu Ancient Town so well?
May I have your name?"
Lin Fan asked.
"My name is Lin Qingyu. I am the daughter of the mayor of Lingyu Ancient Town. However, I was the previous mayor. My father was killed more than ten years ago, and I was also imprisoned. I just escaped today."
Lin Qingyu said in a deep voice.
"I understand, the fish fairy that people in Lingyu Ancient Town call is you, right?"
Lin Fan asked.
"You actually know about the Fish Fairy. It seems that you came here because of its reputation. In fact, Lingyu Ancient Town is not as magical as the outside world rumored. Everything is man-made."
Lin Qingyu said in a deep voice.
"I have never believed this at all. I want to save my maid now. Tell me, is there anything weird about this spirit fish altar?"
Lin Fan asked.
"What if I tell you?
Can you save your maid from over a thousand people?"
Lin Qingyu asked rhetorically.
"More than a thousand people?
What's the meaning?"
Lin Fan asked.
"Ten miles outside the Spirit Fish Altar, there is a mountain. There is a village on the mountain called Heifeng Village. There are more than a thousand people in the village."
"My father was killed by those bandits. It's hateful! Because they are so numerous and powerful, the county magistrate of Lingyu Ancient Town does not dare to make an enemy of them. No matter how I report to the official, he ignores me!"
"Woo! In the end, he sent me to Black Wind Village. I was imprisoned for more than ten years before I escaped."
Lin Qingyu cried and said.
After hearing this, Lin Fan couldn't help but feel that Lin Qingyu was very pitiful. At the same time, he also had murderous intentions towards the Black Wind Stronghold and must destroy them.
"Besides Heifeng Village, are there others?"
Lin Fan asked again.
"This! Not anymore. Black Wind Village is full of extremely vicious people. There were chivalrous people who tried to deal with them in the past, but they all failed in the end."
Lin Qingyu said in a deep voice.
"Now, a large number of chivalrous people have come to Lingyu Ancient Town. You and I will tell them about this. I believe they will take action to help Lingyu Ancient Town destroy Black Wind Village."
"When the time comes, you can also avenge your father."
Lin Fan said in a deep voice that if he wanted to save Liu Qingqing now, he could only rely on the strength of the knights in the ancient town of Lingyu.