The two said no more and walked slowly inside.
Zhao Changhe carefully observed the stone walls on both sides of the passage and felt that it must have been excavated for many years. It was not a recent thing, but it should not be as outrageous as in the last era.
Sisi was also watching. She seemed to be much more knowledgeable about this than Zhao Changhe. She frowned as she watched, "This was excavated nearly a hundred years ago. There are traces of expansion, and they have been digging for years. It shows that the Lu family has been exploring the secrets here. Maybe they started exploring since the founding of the family."
Zhao Changhe was stunned: "Why didn't I see any new marks?"
"Here." Sisi reached out and tapped a corner of the wall on the right, and then pushed it gently. Zhao Changhe was surprised to find that this wall could be pushed open...
Then both of them covered their noses and stepped back, their eyes widening at the same time.
Behind the wall were countless corpses piled up in a mess. Among them were some intact clothes, which were obviously the coarse cloth clothes of civilian craftsmen.
"They hired workers to dig, but they were afraid of leaks, so they killed all the workers inside..." Zhao Changhe quickly came to a conclusion, his face looking very ugly.
No matter how dissolute the Tang family is, they would not be like this. Compared with these "aristocratic families", the Tang family is much more lovable.
The two of them silently closed the stone wall and continued walking down.
The road was quite long and it took a long time to reach the end. It was much larger than the secret cave in the White Lotus Temple. That secret cave was only excavated in recent years, but this place was explored by a whole family for a hundred years.
Along the way, you can see many side roads that were dug in the wrong place, but it is obvious that these side roads were abandoned after the main road was found. The main road is paved with stone bricks and illuminated by pearls along the way, while the side roads are extremely dark and full of spider webs.
This made it convenient for the two of them to explore this time, as they didn't have to go through a maze.
Going further ahead, they actually saw some stone houses with signs of people practicing inside, but they had already left, apparently going to the Tang family... This also made it convenient for the two to explore this time.
Sisi admired Zhao Changhe's previous inference more and more. It was impossible to come to this place on ordinary days, but now was the opportunity. The Lu family had been planning to deal with the Tang family for a long time, so they must have come out in full force to kill the enemy in one fell swoop. Who would have thought that a third party would be watching them from behind
The two men's footsteps simultaneously slowed down and became lighter - the existence of a stone house used for spiritual practice proved that the core area was nearby, and that people would practice spiritual practice here only if they could gain some benefits from it. The answer to the mystery that this exploration wanted to uncover seemed to be right before their eyes.
After going around the end of the passage, a small hall appeared in front of me. I looked inside and saw an old man with white hair and beard sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed in the hall, facing the passage and the wall, as if he was in meditation.
What surprised the two was that there was no other passage in the hall. It was already the end of this journey, but there was nothing unusual about the wall the old man was facing. It was just an ordinary stone wall. Instead, there were strange scratches on the stone wall behind the old man, which seemed to be sword marks.
The two were confused by this scene. If they were to comprehend the ancient sword marks, they would be facing the sword marks, how could they be facing away? Moreover, these sword marks looked relatively new... Could they have been caused by themselves when comprehending the sword
Sisi whispered in my ear: "This old man is dying. He may only have one or two months to live."
Zhao Changhe didn't know how she knew that, and when he was about to ask, his chest and back began to vibrate simultaneously.
There is a dragon bird on its back, and the vibration is a warning of murderous intent.
The chest is covered with gold foil, what is the vibration for
Zhao Changhe had no time to think. The vibration of the dragon bird was fatal. He immediately grabbed Sisi's hand and quickly rushed forward.
Sisi: “?”
Just as Zhao Changhe started, the old man opened his eyes: "I didn't expect that while I'm the mantis, there's another one here. Now that you're here, don't leave... Huh?"
Before his eyes was the blade of a knife that was slashing at his head. The dragon bird had already chopped him less than three inches above the head...
The old man showed an expression of both anger and amusement, and gently stretched out his hand to slap the side of the knife. Zhao Changhe's swift and powerful chop was easily deflected by the slap.
"I didn't expect that when you realized I had discovered you, your first reaction was not to retreat, but to attack!" The old man said with a sigh, "You are so brave, you are not an unknown person in the martial arts world..."
"Swoosh!" A dagger quietly stabbed into the old man's back.
The old man's expression of being neither amused nor helpless became even more intense. He seemed to be sitting there motionless, but his body twisted slightly somehow, and Sisi's dagger just brushed past it without even damaging the corner of his clothes.
There was a strong sound of wind at his waist, and Zhao Changhe took this opportunity to make a horizontal slash.
The old man finally couldn't keep his composure anymore, he pressed down the blade with his right hand and stood up.
Zhao Changhe took a few steps back, staring at the old man with his tiger eyes, and showed a fearless attitude to continue the attack. The old man sighed: "Such a person... wearing the clothes of my descendants, but it's a pity that he is not my son... What a pity, what a pity."
Zhao Changhe also said: "Same here, Senior's strength is definitely on the human list, but he is so well hidden that it is not even listed in the book of troubled times."
The old man said calmly, "The Book of Chaos is ultimately based on combat performance... Actually, I haven't fought anyone for a long time, and I don't know if I am strong enough to be on the Human Ranking. How can you judge?"
Zhao Changhe did not answer. Isn't it obvious? Yue Hongling and Chi Li are definitely at the bottom of the human ranking. Even if they are a little bit behind, they are not that far behind. I wonder if they can deal with my slash and chop so calmly. It seems effortless. Maybe it's hard to judge without actually fighting with them, but this old man is definitely at that level, maybe even higher.
Fortunately, it didn't give me the same feeling as Tang Wanzhuang's finger, which was unavoidable. Otherwise, I would be on the Earth List and I could just forget about it.
But even if it was at the bottom of the human list, it was not something he could handle at the moment... But Zhao Changhe surprisingly found that he had no fear at all, and his mind was clearer than ever.
He slowly said, "Senior, your family is doing something big, but you are so powerful as to not go and participate. Aren't you afraid that your family plan will fail and be wiped out?"
"Is this why you dare to come and explore the secrets?" The old man said calmly, "The Maitreya Sect Master has arrived, and the Tang family is powerless. What else should I do?"
Zhao Changhe's heart skipped a beat, and he sneered, "But Tang Wanzhuang is here too. Can Maitreya really defeat Tang Wanzhuang?"
The old man's expression changed slightly, and he said slowly: "Thank you for telling me. Then I will have to kill you two first, and then go to the Tang family."
After saying that, with a "clang" sound, the sword was unsheathed.
Zhao Changhe suddenly laughed: "Don't bluff me, you are definitely not strong enough for a fierce battle. You probably ran out of energy and didn't dare to participate in the fierce battle. You just pretended here. Otherwise, you would have killed us with one sword. Why are you complaining so much? I know why your family chose this time to launch the plan. It turns out that you are dying..."
"Swoosh!" The old man's eyes were filled with ferocity, and he thrust his sword straight into Zhao Changhe's throat: "I can handle you without a fierce fight!"
He was not bragging. With just this one sword, Zhao Changhe could not see through the consequences. He knew that no matter how he resisted, the next move would be able to pierce his throat.
But he didn't even try to resist.
Zhao Changhe grabbed Sisi's hand and suddenly rushed towards the stone wall where the old man was facing: "But I know how to get you into a fierce battle!"
The stone wall that seemed to be a dead end suddenly rippled, and Zhao Changhe and Sisi disappeared at the same time.
The old man was furious and anxious, and chased him in angrily: "Die!"
Light and shadow flicker, and dimensions travel back and forth.
When Zhao Changhe looked again, what he saw was the ancient and solemn interior of the mausoleum, which was interconnected and magnificent.
The air belonging to the last era spread around me again.
There must be a reason for the gold foil to vibrate. Combining various speculations about the cause and effect, the most likely one is that the stone wall the old man is facing leads to an alternate dimension, and the sword marks on the stone wall behind him were caused by the sword energy shot out from this dimension.
Zhao Changhe guessed right.
Before they could see the surrounding scenery clearly, they were filled with sword energy and murderous aura, and the fierce murderous intent was a hundred times more terrifying than in front of the old man.
A word that she had known before came to Sisi's mind: Sword Emperor.
This is the Sword Emperor’s Tomb!
It’s not under the Huqiu Sword Pond, but at the Lu family
But looking at Zhao Changhe's expression, which seemed to indicate that he had expected this... Had he guessed it a long time ago
Recommend a book by a friend, "I Have Many Substitutes" - When life becomes so difficult that you can't survive even with cheats, you might as well use bigger cheats!
(End of this chapter)