Liang Wude said: "Is it blocked?"

Sima Rulan said: "Yes, my father wants to use this place as a place to store things. Of course he will not leave any tunnels that can be entered and exited at will. If Mr. Liang Wu doesn't believe it, you can search again and see if you can find it again.

The second hole."

Liang Wude winked, and the four pirates immediately began to search the four walls of the cave. Although the cave was not small, it was very flat on all sides. Before long, the four pirates had searched the entire cave.

After checking it again, there was indeed no second entrance.

Liang Wude did not give up, and asked them to enter the stone gate and check the various warehouses inside, but still could not find any passage. When Sima Zhufeng and his party were trapped in this secret cave, the disciples of the "Feiyanmen" outside the cave spent a lot of money

It took a month to dig out a passage. Now even if Qian Baqianjiu and a group of pirates outside the cave do the same thing, it will probably take the same amount of time. In that case, the few people locked in the cave will starve to death.

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Seeing that the hope of getting out of the tunnel had been shattered, Liang Wude was so angry that he walked to Sima Rulan with a fierce light in his eyes and said fiercely: "Since this tunnel is impassable, it seems that you really don't know the other way out, so what's the way to go out?"

It’s no use holding on to your little girl’s life!”[

As he spoke, he reached out and grasped the handle of the dagger at his waist, and was about to draw the knife to kill.

Xiong Tiannan, who was standing by, was shocked when he saw this. He wanted to say something to stop him, but his mouth moved but no sound came out.

Xiong Tiannan has always admired Sima Rulan very much, and of course he does not want to see her killed. However, this young master Xiong is now a clay Buddha and cannot save himself when crossing the river. Just now, Liang Wude held a dagger to his neck, and he almost died.

I lost my life, but now I am too timid to confront Liang Wude anymore.

At this time, someone could only be heard saying: "Master Liang, wait a minute, I have something to say!"

Liang Wude turned around and saw that the person speaking was none other than Hua Bushi.

In fact, Liang Wude did not really want to kill people. He was very cunning. Seeing that Sima Rulan and Hua Bushi were very calm, he secretly thought that these two people probably knew other ways to escape from this place, so they deliberately pretended to be intimidating.

They speak out.

At this time, Hua Bushi stopped him, and Liang Wude stopped, but with a fierce look on his face, he said: "If you have anything to say, just say it! If you can't get out of here, I will kill both of you immediately."

If you kill me, you will never show mercy!"

Hua Bushi said: "I suddenly remembered something just now. Although I may not be able to escape from this place, I at least have some opportunities. I wonder if Mr. Liang wants to hear it?"

Liang Wude said: "You don't have to be nagging, just tell me quickly and listen!"

Hua Bushi said: "I just suddenly remembered that the stone snake statue on the altar is very similar to the stone snake statue at the entrance to the top of the mountain. It must be the same snake god."

The stone statues on the altar and the stone slabs at the entrance are all carved with strange snakes with wings on their backs. They must have been the totems worshiped by the pirate king Tuoba Qingtian to worship the sea god. This is an obvious thing. You can tell at a glance that it is not the same.

No need to say much.

When Liang Wude heard this, he couldn't help but get angry and shouted: "Even a blind man can see this! Are you just trying to amuse me by saying such nonsense?"

Hua Bushi said: "Master Liang, don't be anxious, just listen to what I have to say. Previously outside the cave on the top of the mountain, Miss Lan'er put the Panlong Jue into the mouth of the stone snake statue, which triggered the mechanism and opened the door to the secret cave.

, if we put the Panlong Jue into the mouth of the stone snake statue on the altar, it might have the same effect."

If Liang Wude realized something, he said: "Okay, I will listen to you and go up and give it a try!"

After a while, everyone returned to the stone platform about ten feet high in the center of the cave. But when they saw the statue of the stone snake, Liang Wude's face darkened again. It turned out that this stone statue of the snake god was the same as the stone snake carved on the stone slab at the entrance of the mountain top. Although they are quite similar, they don't open their mouths and bare their teeth like the stone snake on the top of the mountain. Its mouth is actually closed, and Panlong Jue cannot fit in at all.

Liang Wude pulled out the dagger in his hand, glared at Hua Bushi and said, "You kid is really full of nonsense and wants to amuse us! It seems that if I don't let you suffer, you don't know how powerful I am!"

Hua Bushi quickly waved his hand and said: "Master Liang, don't be angry yet, I have something else to say!"

Liang Wude said: "If you have anything else to say, tell me quickly!"

Hua Bushi said: "Mr. Liang, have you forgotten that when we were outside the cave, Deputy Hall Master Xiong pressed down five stones to open the cave entrance and expose the stone slabs? Now there must be corresponding mechanisms on this altar!" [

Liang Wude frowned and said, "Even if there is an agency, where can we find it at once?"

He suddenly turned to Sima Rulan and said sternly: "Little girl, you already knew how to open the mechanism on the altar, but you deliberately concealed it, didn't you?"

Sima Rulan said: "I don't know, do you believe it or not?"

Liang Wude's eyes widened, and he was about to have another attack, but he heard Hua Bushi say: "Master Liang, please be patient. Now that we know there is a mechanism on this stage, we will definitely be able to find it."

Liang Wude said: "How do you want to find it?"

Hua Bushi walked a few steps on the altar, walked to the stone statue of the snake god, bent down and squatted down, looked at the ground in front of him, and said: "Earlier, Mr. Xiong stepped on the ground here and triggered the mechanism. The entrance is locked, look, does the pattern on this stone slab look like a ball of flame?"

The green and black stones paved on the altar were engraved with strange patterns and patterns everywhere. Everyone's eyes followed Hua Bushi's direction, and they saw that the patterns carved on the stones looked a bit like... A burning flame.

Hua Bushi stood up and said, "Look at the seal characters on the sacrificial table. It says, 'The five elements come together, and the divine robe appears.' This fire is one of the five elements. If we can find it again on this table, Make out the remaining shapes of gold, wood, water, and earth, and step on the stone slabs with the Five Elements logos on them, maybe you can open the mechanism."

Liang Wude's eyes suddenly lit up again, and he immediately ordered: "Go look for it quickly and see if there are any patterns engraved with the five elements on these stone slabs! Be careful where you step, and don't touch the mechanism indiscriminately again!"

This stone platform is not too small. There are more than a thousand stone slabs paved on it. However, with the joint efforts of everyone to search, it only took less than a stick of incense to find the stone engraved with gold and wood. Stone slabs with the four patterns of water and soil. Of course, unless you look carefully, these stone slabs will not be noticeable at all on the ground carved with many kinds of patterns.

Liang Wude was still doubtful about Hua Bushi's guess just now, but now he has believed at least 70% to 80% of it. This is not only because the stone slabs engraved with the five elements can be found on this altar, but also because of the location of these five stone slabs. , and it happens to be in a symmetrical pentagonal shape. This was obviously the deliberate intention of the pirate king Tuoba Qingtian when he built this platform.

All five stone slabs were found. Liang Wude ordered the three pirates to stand in front of three of the stone slabs, and said to Hua Bushi and Sima Rulan: "Master Hua, go step on the stone slab with the wood grain pattern, Miss Sima."

, you go to this fire-patterned stone slab!"

Stepping on five stone slabs can trigger the mechanism on the altar. This is Hua Bushi's guess. Whether it is true or false is not yet certain. Even if the mechanism is really touched, what will happen? Is there any danger to people who step on it?

, is also unknown.

Liang Wude was very cunning and did not take the risk himself, but asked Hua Bushi, Sima Rulan, and his three pirates to try.

The three pirates did not dare to disobey, so they walked to the stone slab cautiously.

Hua Bushi didn't seem to care, and he walked to the side of the wood-grained stone slab. Sima Rulan, without saying a word, walked towards the snake statue in the center of the stone platform, and stood on the piece of stone that was previously stepped on by Xiong Tiannan.

In front of a stone slab that has been touched once.

Seeing that the five people were already standing in their respective positions, Liang Wude took a few steps back and shouted: "Five of you, listen to my order, count to three, and then step on the stone slab together!"

At this time, the Xiong family, father and son, and the remaining pirates had all retreated, especially Xiong Tiannan, who had retreated the farthest and had reached the stone steps, wishing he could just escape down the stage.

Liang Wude took a deep breath and shouted: "One, two, three!"

The five people in the center of the stage stepped on their respective stone slabs together, but they heard several soft noises, and the five stone slabs were stepped down three inches. Everyone's hearts were in their throats, they held their breaths and stared.

I just wanted to see what kind of mechanism would be activated.

In fact, I only waited for a few breaths, but it felt as long as several hours had passed. Apart from the first few sounds, there was no movement at all on the stone platform. There were no hidden weapons being fired, and no poisonous snakes or beasts appeared.

"Master Hua, what's going on? Where is the mechanism?" Liang Wude finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked loudly.[

Hua Bushi thought for a while and said, "I remember that Mr. Xiong just jumped away from the stone slab before triggering the machine to lock the exit. We might as well give it a try."

Liang Wude said: "Okay, let's try again. I will count to three, and you will jump away from the stone slab together!"

"one two three!"

There were a few more soft sounds, but after the five people jumped away, the five stone slabs rose again and returned to their original positions. Everyone stood breathlessly again, but this time the stone platform was still quiet and there was no movement at all.

When everyone was disappointed, they suddenly heard the pirate named Liu Da shouting: "Look, the mouth of the stone snake is open!"

By the dim light of the fire, everyone looked towards the center of the stone platform, and sure enough they saw that the mouth of the snake statue, which was originally closed, had opened its mouth silently at some point, and became exactly the same as the previous relief at the entrance of the mountain top.
Chapter completed!