Chapter 31 The Middle Trap
Although they knew that there might be a passage leading directly to the general's tomb in the middle of the mountain, everyone searched for it for a long time but could not find it, so they had to leave the underground palace first and climb Pingshan Mountain from the back of the mountain.
The ridge of Pingshan Mountain is steep and covered with thorns and shrubs. In addition, they were afraid of venomous snakes and centipedes, so a group of people walked cautiously.
Everyone walked for three hours to reach the top of the mountain that was within sight.
"This road is really not accessible to humans." Ye Bai couldn't help complaining.
During this trip to the top of the mountain, Chen Yulou and Sijiqing arranged for many people to stay at the foot of Digong Mountain. Knowing that the mountain road was steep, they did not bring many people up.
Hua Ling, the old foreigner who moved the mountain, and Wu Puppy Wu Guangyuan also stayed at the foot of the mountain.
The people who were arranged to go up the mountain this time were all old people from the Xiling and Bai families and had rich experience.
Speaking of which, Ye Bai is the youngest among this group of people.
Because he was worried about Ye Bai, Partridge Whistle specially used a rope to connect Ye Bai together to prevent Ye Bai from losing his footing and falling off the cliff.
"This mountain road is not meant for people to walk on. This mountain is shaped like a vase, as if it were made in heaven. I really don't know if the magic weapon dropped by the immortal formed this vase mountain." Sijiqing stood at the height of the vase mountain, looking at the surrounding arches.
Xiaoshan couldn't help but exclaimed.
Chen Yulou also nodded in agreement and said: "Fourth Master is right, this Pingshan Mountain is indeed a rare treasure. Unexpectedly, the foot of the Pingshan Mountain is full of yin and poisonous miasma, but the top of the mountain is overflowing with spiritual energy and has hundreds of years of medicinal herbs.
You can see them everywhere. Look at the rainbows and clouds around here, even if you don’t find the treasure, your trip is not in vain.”
"It depends on the scenery. Mr. Chen has to pick up this treasure even if he puts it on the ground!" Si Jiqing said with a smile.
"Haha, Fourth Master is right."
While the two were chatting and laughing, the group finally reached the top of the mountain.
The top of the mountain is the mouth of the bottle, and in the middle is the Yijian. At first glance, it is so dark that you can't see the bottom.
Ye Bai and Chen Yulou had amazing eyesight. They could only see the lush vegetation below and many herbs growing on the cliffs, but they could not see anything deeper.
Ye Bai opened the system and carefully checked the passage of the Yuan Dynasty general's tomb. If he went down from the top of the mountain, there was only one way.
It's in a cave in the cliff below.
Several people discussed it and decided to go down the cliff to explore first.
Two groups of people and three factions each used their own methods to get down the cliff. Ye Bai thought about it and felt that hanging a centipede on the mountain ladder was more reliable, so he followed Chen Yulou and went down the cliff.
Although Ye Bai has been in this world for more than half a year and has experienced a lot of dangers, climbing a cliff for the first time in person still made him a little frightened and trembling.
Looking at the falling gravel above, Chen Yulou couldn't help but joked: "Brother Ye Bai, please don't miss the mark and fall off the cliff. That would really make you the first to die."
Become a captain."
Hearing the noise, the partridge whistle that was descending along the sky cable also came closer, wondering if he could catch Ye Bai if he fell.
Ignoring Chen Yulou's joke, Ye Bai took a deep breath and cheered himself up secretly.
Then he climbed steadily downwards, showing great agility.
Seeing Ye Bai's steps becoming more and more steady, Chen Yulou admired him in his heart and no longer worried about Ye Bai's danger.
He turned around and looked at the surrounding cliffs to see if he could find any traces of the general's tomb.
There is a thick layer of duckweed growing on the rock wall of Pingshan. The humidity is very heavy, and many plants and vines have water droplets hanging on them.
The color of the rock gradually becomes darker as it goes down, and it is surrounded by purple vines that hang down into the deep cliff. The vines are covered with small fruits, and I don't know if they are edible.
After everyone crawled down for more than ten feet, they heard Honggu say: "Boss, it smells fishy, it's a cat's eye."
Cat's Eye is a golden plant that only grows near tombs. Many tomb robbers use this plant to determine the location of tombs.
"It seems that the place is nearby, brother, look carefully." Chen Yulou said happily.
Soon, one of the Xieling brothers discovered a cave entrance blocked by vines.
"Boss, there's something going on here!"
Chen Yulou quickly grabbed a vine and carefully swung it over.
"I'll do some research first, you guys wait here." After saying that, he stopped caring about everyone and went into the cave.
After waiting for a while, Ye Bai couldn't help it. He remembered that in the original work, it was Partridge Whistle and Chen Yulou who triggered the mechanism, causing Pingshan to collapse and many people to be buried alive.
He didn't want this to happen.
"I'll go in and take a look."
So Ye Bai swayed the vines and quickly got into the cave. Seeing this, the partridge whistle also followed in.
When Hong Gu saw Partridge Whistle entering the cave, she became even more worried. She also grabbed a vine next to her and prepared to come over. However, she was far away from the cave and it would take some effort to enter the cave.
"Fourth Master, why don't we also go in and have a look?" Seeing the people in Xiling making some noise, the Bai family's boy said.
"Don't worry, no matter how many treasures there are, they all belong to Chen Yulou. I brought you down just to see what the three factions are capable of. If there is danger, life should be the first priority."
In the cave, Chen Yulou saw a stone door made of three cylinders. The cylinders had to be rotated in the correct order to open the stone door.
Chen Yulou knew that the setting of this stone gate mechanism should be borrowed from the principle of the nine stars and eight gates of Qimen Dunjia. He happened to have a little experience with Qimen Dunjia, so he became interested in trying it.
Soon, two of the three cylinders were untied, leaving only the last cylinder. Just as he was about to turn, he saw Ye Bai coming to his side without knowing it.
"Mr. Chen, are you confident? Why don't we wait until Hong Gu comes in?" Mr. Ye Bai was a little worried. If Chen Yulou collapsed, his small body would really not be able to escape from this bottle mountain.
"Don't worry, nothing will happen!" After saying that, Chen Yulou turned the last cylinder with confidence.
Immediately afterwards, a slight trembling sound came from the mountain, and after a few breaths, the stone door slowly opened.
Ye Bai took a deep breath. Just now he was ready to run away.
Seeing Partridge Whistle come in again, Chen Yulou was just about to show off a few words when he heard the sound of a mechanism.
"No, leave quickly!"
Ye Bai reacted the fastest and pulled the two of them to rush out. Before they reached the entrance of the cave, he felt that the entire bottle mountain was shaking.
The soil and gravel on the rock wall are falling down.
As the mountain shook continuously, many people fell from the rock wall.
"Boss, are you okay?" Hong Gu shouted worriedly from outside.
"It's okay, you take the brothers and leave first, don't worry about me!" After Chen Yulou explained, he was about to look for the centipede ladder, only to find that the centipede ladder had already disintegrated due to the vibration of the mountain.
Although there is a partridge whistle and a sky-drilling rope next to it, it cannot be used by three people anyway.
Seeing this, Ye Bai made a quick decision and pulled the two of them back into the cave.
"follow me!"
Chapter completed!