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Chapter 61 Ancient Pagoda Underground Palace (2)

I was curious and looked down on my grandma's lower arm on the right. I saw a small thing in the palm of my hand that was slightly half-shaking on the right. Seeing that I was staring at me, my grandma said, "Xiao Nan is so old, she is still so naughty. Haha, don't stare, grandma gives you all the things you like, just take them."

Grandma raised her right hand and spread it in front of me. She saw a worn-out copper coin full of green, black copper rust in her palm. The literals of the copper coin were extremely blurred, and the word "Tongbao" could barely be seen. I was very surprised. Why is grandma holding such a broken copper coin in her hand? Just as she was about to ask, her brain blew, her scalp numb, and her body was full of goose bumps. This copper coin... Isn't this copper coin the hand? In my hometown, the old man passed away many years ago, and they were buried in the ground. After the body was put into the coffin, she had to put a few hand coin in her hand, which meant to give gifts to the ghost officer on the road to the underworld, so that the ghost officer would not be sad for the old man who passed away. Moreover, I suddenly remembered that grandma passed away many years ago!

I stayed in the moment and couldn't move. Grandma's charitable face still had a smile, but my hair had already exploded: "Mmmm... Grandma, where are you? Don't scare me, I'm Xiaonan."

"Of course I know you are my baby grandson Xiaonan. I'm so happy to see me. Where is this? This is the old house between you and your grandfather. Your grandfather just went out and came back soon."

"Grandma, I'm in a hurry now, so I won't wait for grandpa. Please help me take it for him. I'll leave first!" After saying that, I gritted my teeth, lifted my legs hard, and turned around and wanted to leave.

Before I could walk out of the main hall, my grandmother had already chased me and shouted, "Xiao Nan is getting more and more unruly! I've come here, I'll leave after seeing your grandpa." After that, he rushed over and grabbed my hand.

A cold wave hits the brain from my wrist, which is the dead hand! I was scared in my heart, closed my eyes and bit my tongue suddenly. A wave of heat rose from my dantian, and strength suddenly came to my body. I opened my eyes, but it was a dim and stuffy underground palace.

Grandma and the old house were gone, and scholars, Linglong and Lao Xu were lying around.

It was another illusion. It seemed that we were all wearing masked man's Tao. I don't know how long this dream took. My head was still drowsy, but there was no fragrance around me. Are the others still trapped in the dream? But after looking around, I didn't find the Fourth Master, A Tu and the others.

After my mind was a little clearer, I barely got up and woke them up one by one. The scholar shook his head and kept wiping the sweat on his forehead. Linglong also looked haggard, and he sorted out his hair, saying, "The Keyan tribe is very good at hypnosis. The fragrance we smelled at the beginning was a medium for hypnosis. If you open your eyes a little, you will be caught. It seems that the statues and murals of the eyes are not groundless along the way. This tribe attaches great importance to the eyes and influences the brain through the eyes, thus creating illusions. So it is said that 'seeing eyes may not be true'."

"Miss Linglong, don't summarize here. The Fourth Master and A Tu are gone." said the scholar.

"Although we were all hypnotic, we were just sleeping here and our bodies were not hurt. The Fourth Master and A Tu are both masters, so there is no danger. The most urgent thing is to explore here first to see if there is a way out. However, be careful of the masked man." The Fourth Master was not here, Linglong was the palm of his eyes again, and everyone followed her orders.

Throughout the journey, although we lost our helmets and armor and many backpacks were thrown away, there were still some important supplies. Everyone replaced the battery of the headlights, and their vision suddenly became much wider. This underground palace was very empty, the ground was uneven, and it might be a bit hasty when it was built. We didn't dare to disperse the masked man. Basically, we were in groups of two or three, and each group was kept within sight to carry out activities.

My scholar and Lao Xu are naturally in the same group. When checking the surrounding environment, Lao Xu talked to me about his analysis: "This Keyan tribe is not simple. Unexpectedly, in a unknown tribe in the Western Regions in the pre-Qin period, there was such an advanced civilization that such a city could be built. The stone tower we are in should be the core building of the Keyan tribe. Although this stone tower has many mechanisms, as Xia Nan said, it does not mean that all channels are completely blocked. Many mechanisms and traps are set up very coincidental.

Wonderful, just like why people leave a safe passage for entry and exit. So, I judged that this stone tower is not a tomb. The masked man here should be seen on the third floor of the soul cloud bed. But it is difficult to draw a conclusion now. In addition to this question, there are several doubts: First, what is the purpose of building this stone tower? Second, what is the fourth floor of the stone tower for, and who is the mummy on the fourth floor? Third, is the masked man living or dead? Fourth, is the ancient silk book here?"

"Lao Xu, what you are talking about is exactly what I want to say. I think that masked man is the key to all problems. There must be many secrets on him. However, now we must find a way out. Otherwise, we will be trapped here sooner or later." I said to Lao Xu.

"Is there really a way out here? The Sa family doesn't believe that little boy A Tu," said the scholar.

In fact, I can't be sure. After all, A Tu is a member of the ghost clan, so his words may not be trustworthy. But the Fourth Master said he believed him at that time, and let's just pretend he was saying it was true. He walked around, except for stones, and there was nothing special. But a little farther away, there were four passages parallel to the stone wall. The people from the Cao family also discovered this place. Everyone gathered together and stared at the four roads in front of him.

"There should be one here leading to the outside of the stone tower. There are only three remaining, and there must be many mechanisms. We must find the right passage to go out safely." Without Linglong's words, everyone can realize this.

Ashun and Ali squatted on the ground, searching for something, I thought they had found something. Ashun shook his head and said, "The Fourth Master, A Tu and A Tu's men are gone, and the masked man is gone. Although this underground palace is very open, except for this place, there are dead ends. I think the Fourth Master and the others have entered this passage. But there are stones here, and there are no footprints at all. It is difficult to judge which one they entered."

"Miss, let's do it. My brother and I will take two brothers to choose one to visit each other. No matter who can find a safe way out, we will come back to pick you up." Ali said.

"No! Everyone comes out with me, I can't let you take the risk. Let's go together." Linglong said.

"But, Miss, if you drag it like this, I'm afraid..."

"Stop talking, I'm the palm of my eyes, and I listen to me. We share life and death, and we advance and retreat side by side!" Although Linglong is not old, she is chivalrous and deserves to be the granddaughter of Mr. Cao.

Brother Shunli was about to argue again, but suddenly he heard a scream in the passage. We were all stunned, and when we carefully distinguished, there was no sound. The scream was too sudden, and no one could tell which passage came from.

While we were discussing which one to go, Lao Xu asked, "Who of you has candles?"

"Candle Xu, I have two here, what do I want to do?" Ali said.

"In archaeology, sometimes we encounter many holes. Some of these holes are tomb passages and some are robbers. We archaeologists will distinguish them by candles. Generally speaking, robbers lead to the ground and are unobstructed, and the air will naturally flow. The tomb passages are generally sealed, and the air is difficult to circulate, and the air flow is relatively still. It can be basically judged by the flames of the candle." Lao Xu said, folding the two candles into two sections, and then lit half a candle in the opening of each passage.

"Mr. Xu is worthy of being an archaeological master. This method is really effective!" said the scholar.

Sure enough, among the four candles, only the flame on the right side kept flashing, and the flames on the other three candles were very stable and almost motionless. It seems that there must be air flowing in the right side channel, which should be the one leading to the outside of the ancient tower.

It’s really hard to find a way out, and there’s no way out. There’s another village when the willows are dark and the flowers are bright. Without further ado, we all carried our backpacks, lined up and entered the rightmost passage. The passage was winding and twisted, and there were many traces of manual digging on the stone walls on both sides. Although this may be a road of life, everyone was impressed by the mechanism in the stone tower and did not dare to be careless at all. The leading Ashun held a hijab in his hand, and walked carefully every step, constantly knocking around with the hijab to prevent the mechanism from triggering it.

The passage is not long, and the road is smooth, so we quickly passed through the passage. At the end of the passage is a stone chamber, which is not large in area. Under the light of the headlight, we suddenly discovered the Fourth Master. He was lying on the ground with his back towards us and he was on the side. We ran over a few steps and found that the Fourth Master closed his eyes and had no sense.

Aliluo understood some medical skills, hurried over to check it out, and said, "The Fourth Master has no scars, his pulse is slightly slippery, and it seems that he has been illusionized."

"Illusion? It's impossible. How could the Fourth Master be hit?" We didn't believe it very much, and since we met the Fourth Master, we kept calling him. If we were hit by the Illusion, we should be woken up by us.

"I don't know much about this. Maybe the illusion in the Fourth Master is even more powerful." Ali said.

Ashun picked up the Fourth Master, leaned him against the wall, and then said, "Master Xu, come and take care of the Fourth Master, I will take my brothers to check around."
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