"do not move!"
"do not come!"
Ye Xun and I roared at the same time, but he couldn't stop me from rushing in quickly, and I couldn't stop him from opening the secret box.
When I rushed to Ye Xun, he had already pushed open the lid of the secret box. There was only a folded piece of cloth and a half-severed finger bone.
Before we could see clearly what was on the strip of cloth, Ye Xun's hands that were pressing on the lid of the box swelled up in an instant. His palms swelled several times in just a moment, and the skin on his hands seemed to be Coated with ink, it is dark and shiny.
"Are you poisoned?" I was about to draw my knife and bleed Ye Xun's hands, but Ye Xun gritted his teeth and said, "Look at that piece of cloth first, hurry up!"
I was just stunned for a moment before I picked out the strip of cloth from the box and spread it on the ground with a knife. There was only one line of big words written in blood on the strip of cloth: Have you been fooled? You use poison to trap Pindao to death, and Pindao also lets you have a taste of poison. My listeners are not people to be trifled with either.
It’s over!
My heart froze when I saw those lines of blood--the sharp strokes of the Taoist's writing were enough to show the hatred he had when he severed his fingers and left the book. The man had gone crazy with hatred and could not have left any antidote.
The poison in Ye Xunzhong...
I felt my hands and feet were getting cold, but Ye Xun said, "Help me up, I want to put the secret box back."
"What did you say? I..." I want to say: Didn't you chop the wooden box in half and put it back
Ye Xun said without any doubt: "Do as I say!"
"Okay!" I helped Ye Xun up reluctantly and accompanied him to the stone pillar solemnly. Ye Xun put the wooden box back to its original place with both hands, took a step back, and bowed and kowtowed to the stone pillar three times and nine times with Taoist etiquette.
I was furious with Ye Xun, but he stood up, leaned against the stone pillar and looked around. Not long after, his eyes fell on a pillar: "Wang Huan, go and smash that pillar. Smash it with your hands, don't chop it with a knife. Don't ask me why yet, hurry up."
I quickly rushed towards the stone pillar, suddenly let out a tiger roar, and punched the stone pillar with both fists like wind.
Ye Xun was injured and Li Binning disappeared. We were trapped in the stone formation with no way out. The anger had been building up in my heart for a long time. Half of this punch was to obey Ye Xun's order, and the other half was to vent it. The anger in my heart. When two fists packed with energy hit the stone pillar at the same time, blood and stone fragments flew into the air, and a fracture broke out in the stone pillar that was over a foot wide.
I froze on the spot. I know very well how powerful my punch is. A small tree as thick as a bowl cannot block my punch, but there is no way I can break open a stone pillar.
Could it be that this pillar originally had a fault
Ye Xun said urgently: "Don't be stunned, smash it."
I raised my fist and smashed it down again. The stone pillar broke with a sound, and a brass bracelet was exposed from the broken pillar.
"Pull out! Hurry up!" Ye Xun's voice changed its tone because of his excitement. I didn't have time to hesitate, so I quickly grabbed the copper ring and pulled it out.
I originally thought that the chain attached to the back of the copper ring would not be too long, but who knew that it was pulled out half a meter away and did not reach the end of the chain.
I was about to stop and see what was going on, but Ye Xun was already urging me: "Hurry up, don't stop, keep pulling until the end! Don't let go, you know?"
I pulled the copper ring back step by step, and the chain behind it was also pulled longer and longer until it was three meters away, and I also retreated to the edge of the two stone pillars. If I take two more steps back, I will walk out of the space I am currently in and fall into the Nine Palaces Formation again.
If you change the direction and pull the chain diagonally, the distance in this space is enough. Do I want...
Ye Xun probably saw what I was thinking: "Hurry and pull back, don't turn, believe me..."
I gritted my teeth and took a step back. Finally, there was a soft "click" sound from the end of the chain. Then, the sound of the mechanism turning was like an earth dragon turning over, rumbling in all directions under my feet.
Not long after, there was a loud sound of a stone pillar breaking from the Nine Palace Formation in the distance. When I subconsciously turned my head to look over there, I heard the sound of the stone pillars collapsing one after another. Stone pillars were crumbling in every direction of the entire formation. No pattern could be found and the direction could not be discerned. The only thing that was certain was that there was roaring and anger everywhere.
In shock, I slowly looked at Ye Xun, who also sat on the ground leaning against the pillar as if he was completely exhausted. I rushed to Ye Xun's side: "What's wrong with you?"
"We are temporarily saved." Ye Xun wiped the sweat from his head and pointed behind him, "Look at that pillar."
I looked at the pillar blocked by Ye Xun and couldn't help but take a breath. I don’t know when the entire pillar revealed a honeycomb-like hole, and each hole contained a poisonous needle. Once the mechanism is launched, even if we are not shot to death on the spot, we will be forced into the Nine Palaces Formation. , it would be difficult to think about it at that time.
I couldn't help but ask: "How do you know there is a mechanism here?"
"I am the Earth Listening Taoist... I am the senior of our sect, and I am as famous as the Tianshi Taoist. At that time, we were collectively known as the Tianshi Diting Taoist." Ye Xundao said, "When I saw his message, I knew that this was actually him. A test for those who come after him, only the disciples of our sect can guess his intentions."
When Ye Xun said this, he suddenly asked, "How did you guess that there was another arrangement here?"
I casually said: "Isn't this simple? A person who can arrange such a large array will definitely not be a fool. Even if he looks like a fool, he is not really a fool. He will usually save a trick; especially when he discovers After the opponent has evil intentions, he will definitely find a way to counterattack. Even if he must die, he still has to leave a fatal loophole for the opponent."
I pointed forward: "This loophole is definitely not too far away. If he leaves the loophole at the core of the formation, it will be in vain. I just broke through by accident."
"I thought you were related to Taoist Tianshi..." Ye Xun muttered in a low voice before explaining, "The test for our sect to identify the younger disciples is actually very simple, that is, the younger disciples must trust the senior master no matter what time it is. They will not harm future generations."
"When I put the box down, the mechanism hidden in this pillar had already been activated. If I can't find the mark on the code note, I will be dead."
Ye Xun pointed to the place where he had stood: "That's the only place that can delay the activation of the mechanism. I leaned on the stone pillar to prevent the mechanism from starting and buy you time. When you pull off the mechanism bracelet, everything will be fine." Damn it. Thank you for always listening to me and not going anywhere else."
Ye Xun spoke in an understatement, but I was so frightened that I broke into a cold sweat.
The test of Ye Xun Sect may seem simple, but in fact it requires a great deal of trust to complete every step. No matter where you hesitate at any step, you will die without a burial place.
What if other detectives come here, even if they know the secret in advance? They will never listen to the Taoist without reservation like Ye Xun.
I looked at Ye Xun's hands with lingering fear: "Your poison..."
"It's healed." Ye Xun raised his swollen hand and said, "I don't know how to use poison, and there's nothing wrong with me. We..."
While Ye Xun was speaking, the stone pillar connected to the copper ring moved back two feet, revealing a sealed underground cave. After Ye Xun and I hurried over, we discovered that it was just a small tomb where the Taoist master Xian Shei was buried.
Judging from the posture of the immortal, he should have sat in the secret room on his own before his death, and left a real secret box in front of him.
After Ye Xun knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times, he carefully took out the secret box and opened a secret letter inside.
Although I was curious, I also knew that it belonged to Ye Xunshi's sect and I couldn't peek at it casually. I simply stepped aside and lit a cigarette and started smoking slowly. Before I finished smoking my cigarette, Ye Xun reactivated the mechanism to seal the tomb, and then burned the secret message.
When I looked at Ye Xun inexplicably, he had already taken out six short knives in the shape of tiger claws from the secret box. Ye Xun stretched out his hand and pressed lightly on the handle of the knife. The blade immediately changed from one to three, connecting into a clockwise rotating petal-shaped hidden weapon.
Ye Xundao: "This is the lost secret weapon of our sect - Sui Feng Zhan. This thing is not suitable for you to use, so I won't give it to you. You can keep this secret book and practice it when you are free."
Inexplicably, I took over the secret book which only had two or three pages: "What is this?"
"Ear training stuff. Heaven sees and the earth hears. You have practiced ear skills and have a foundation. Once you have mastered this set of skills, you can hear people talking a hundred meters away as long as you lie on the ground. It is very useful."
Ye Xun didn't wait for me to speak and said: "Don't refuse, I'm not suitable for practicing this kind of magical power. If you don't accept it, this magical power may be lost."
"Thank you!" I didn't show off to Ye Xunduo, and we didn't need this between us. "What is going on here?"
Ye Xun said: "According to the secret letter left by Taoist Di Ting, when he was traveling in the clouds, he once discovered that the place was overflowing with evil spirits. Many wizards in Miao territory were trying every means to suppress the evil spirits.
Taoist Di Ting volunteered to help Miao Jiang seal demons, and Miao Jiang wizards agreed to his request, so Taoist Di Ting teamed up with several Taoist masters to build the Nine Palaces Demon Sealing Formation.
Just when the formation was about to be completed, he discovered Miao Jiang's secret. At that time, it was already too late for him to remove the formation, because the Miaojiang Gu Master had already controlled several Taoist masters, and those people changed the key aspects of the formation according to the Miaojiang Gu Master's requirements, turning the Demon Sealing Array into a The Qi Gathering Formation. "
I was shocked: "You mean, the Nine Palaces Demon Sealing Array is actually absorbing spiritual energy to nourish the evil spirits that should have been sealed?"
"Yes!" Ye Xun nodded, "Taoist Di Ting knew that he could no longer restore the situation by himself, so he took action on the formation."