After the old turtle finished eating all five pieces of meat, he stretched his neck, opened his mouth, and roared to the sky, making a weak "hissing" sound.
But it made all the big and small snakes in the surrounding area move. They retreated into the woods beside the pool, and some even jumped into the trees.
At this time, Xiao Hei had slipped down from the top of the pavilion and reached the old turtle with his head on the ground. He looked very obedient. The old turtle climbed up on his head very naturally, and then Xiao Hei got up smoothly again. , the thick body swept towards the direction of the three people.
They immediately moved out of the way for no apparent reason, and retreated back for more than a dozen steps. They stopped when they reached the steps, and Xiao Hei also stopped in front of them.
Just when the three of them were wondering what was going on, the ground suddenly shook, and at the same time there was a dull "bang" sound rolling in, from far to near, and finally a deafening sound, and the ground also shook. It became even more powerful, like an earthquake.
After the three people stood firm with each other's support, there was another loud "bang" sound, and then there was a sound like a toilet flushing.
Su Han immediately pulled the two of them down and pointed to the roof of the attic. Xiao Muting put his arms around her waist. The three of them touched the ground and rushed up there. Standing on the roof, they saw the pool that had just filled up. The water in the pool was disappearing at a very fast speed. A clear whirlpool was formed in the pool, and the bottom of the pool was soon exposed.
"Oh my God! What is this!" Su Han exclaimed.
Puyang Hongjun was shocked by the sight in front of him, his eyes widened. This was the first time in his life that he had seen such a spectacle.
Xiao Muting was only calm on the surface, but he was already extremely surprised in his heart at this time. Is there such a wonder in the world? It has never been recorded in ancient books that houses can be built under the pool.
At this time, there was no water in the pool, and the entire pool was presented in front of them. Previously, they only saw a platform with a flying dragon pattern, but now it seems that it is not at all. There are buildings on the four sides of the platform, more like the eaves of a house. , roof ridges and other things, and there are corridors extending in all directions, which are paved with neat stone bricks, each brick is one meter by one meter, which is rare nowadays, even in the palace of Sheng Qin It is impossible to lay such square tiles.
While they were sighing about this, Xiao Hei had already carried the old turtle to the edge of the pool again, and was sliding towards the pool.
Halfway down, Xiao Hei stopped and turned to look at them. It was obvious that he was nodding, as if he was asking them to follow him down.
Su Han didn't hesitate, pulled the two of them, jumped down, and then rushed towards the edge of the pool with his feet on the ground.
Her skills now are no better than before, no worse than Xiao Muting and Puyang Hongjun. This made the two people following her worried. After catching up, they stretched out their hands to hold her arms tightly one by one.
"Don't run around in a hurry, be careful." Xiao Muting said with concern.
"You don't even look at what kind of body you are in now, how reckless!" Puyang Hongjun also said.
Su Han knew their concern, so he could only smile innocently in return, and both of them shook their heads helplessly.
Seeing this, Su Han could only change the subject and said: "You can see from the direction where the water flow disappeared just now that it was a large water hole. There should be underground water here, but why did it suddenly disappear? Then we have to go back What time is the water? Xiao Hei and Lao Gui obviously want to take us down, and they will definitely not visit the courtyard on this platform, so can we still come out?"
"But judging from their appearance, it seems that we can't do it if we don't follow them. I guess they won't let us get trapped in there." Puyang Hongjun raised his head to Xiao Hei and Lao Gui, who had already reached the bottom of the pool.
"I think so too, they must have a method." Xiao Muting also agreed.
"Okay, then follow and see where they want to take us." Su Han's previous worries were gone. He held Xiao Muting's hand tighter and nodded to Puyang Hongjun with a smile.
The three of them quickly stood at the bottom of the pool. Xiao Hei had already swam towards the wide corridor in the direction of the mountain, but the old turtle looked back from above its head and turned around when he saw the three of them following.
"I've become a sperm!" Su Han muttered.
"You already knew that." Xiao Muting smiled.
"But I didn't expect it to be like this. I thought Xiao Hei asked us to come down to see the crystallization of their love. Who would have thought that this is such a thing? You can tell from the structure here that this is a tomb.
, I don’t have any interest in visiting places like this." Su Han said with a grin.
"Haha... It's impossible not to follow him now. Xiao Hei was not so domineering before. He was always naughty. The first time I saw him be so serious was on the day he was appointed as the clan leader. There were twenty people who came here at the same time.
Children who are only ten years old, I was the only one who walked out of here in the end, and I only reached a place not far from the entrance of the cave where we just came out. Do you still remember that there is a tiger head on the mountain wall there?
Each of us is required to put his arm in. When the palm is cut and blood flows out, take it out after half a quarter of an hour. Only if there is no poison." Puyang Hongjun said as he walked.
"What about the poisoned ones?" Su Han recalled why she didn't see the tiger head statue he was talking about when she passed by.
"The whole body rotted and died. It was as fast as corpse water. It turned into white bones right before your eyes. It was very scary." Puyang Hongjun didn't look very good on his face. It seemed that his shadow had been affecting him.
Xiao Muting also frowned and said: "This kind of selection is a bit too cruel. Even if they can't become the clan leader, they don't have to die."
Puyang Hongjun shook his head slightly: "I don't understand either, but the patriarchs of the past generations were selected in this way. I remember that I was not the only one who passed the examination, and there were two other children, but they... were...
Xiao Hei was taken away, and I watched them go down the steps, and I never saw them again from then on."
"Taken away?" Su Han looked suspiciously ahead at Xiao Hei who had entered the corridor and walked towards the darkness.
Puyang Hongjun nodded: "I didn't understand it at the time, but after I took over as the clan leader, I realized after reading the clan annals that there is not only one place where a clan leader is needed."
"What do you mean? You don't mean to say that this is also..." Su Han pointed to the darkness ahead.
Xiao Muting pulled Su Han to a stop and looked at Puyang Hongjun reproachfully: "Isn't it inappropriate for you to tell me bit by bit like this? Can't you make it clear once and for all? Where are those coming down? We are going there
Do you know where the place is? What is the result!"
Puyang Hongjun shook his head honestly and without any annoyance: "I don't know, I've never been here before. I just saw this mentioned in the clan annals. It just means that our clan is not the only place where the clan leader needs to be appointed. You previously
The same goes for Lingxiandu, where I have been. The great elder there was actually one of the people selected in the primary election that year."
"Wait a minute! Is this what you mean? Not all of you Puyang clan have settled in Fengwei Mountain. For example, there is Lingxiandu, where there are still a group of your clansmen, and you were selected from there, but
Being the clan leader in Fengwei Mountain, does that mean that there is another place where your clan members are, and those other selected people have gone there to become clan leaders." Su Han told them what he understood.
Puyang Hongjun nodded: "I understand it too!"
"It's still wrong. If it was in another place, why did Xiao Hei take the person away and never come back from there? Where is the person?" Xiao Muting asked again.
"After my brother was selected, after he left here, did he go back directly and wait until he was old enough to take up the post here, or did he go directly to live in the clan area of Fengwei Mountain?" Su Han asked Puyang Hongjun.
"I'm living in this clan. Even my parents have moved here." Puyang Hongjun replied.
"When did you come here again after that time?" Su Han asked again.
"It was on the day that I succeeded as the patriarch of the clan. It was almost twelve years since I was elected and succeeded!" Puyang Hongjun answered truthfully, understanding what she meant.
"In the past twelve years, wherever these people have been sent, there is no trace left. We cannot say that they have not left here. I can only say that you don't know." Su Han grinned and looked into the darkness.
place.
Xiao Muting and Puyang Hongjun also looked there together. It was dark here, but the three of them could see clearly. At this time, Xiao Hei and Lao Gui were less than a hundred steps away from them, waiting for them.
"Let's go! See where this place is!" Su Han took a deep breath and said.
The three of them stepped forward together towards the corridor.