Chapter 9 Underground Palace

With the continuous crisp sounds, seven round stone pillars appeared on the ground one after another, each of which was about three feet high. Apart from that, no other abnormal things happened.

Fang Ling observed the movements around him, and then felt relieved. Then he walked over and touched the stone pillars. He found that the texture was still quite hard and looked no different from ordinary stones. However, Mo Xiang turned around the stone pillars and gently spit out four words: "Big Dipper."

At first hearing this, Fang Ling stopped and saw that the seven stone pillars seemed to be arranged irregularly, but they were indeed the order of the Big Dipper.

Mo Xiang distinguished the direction and then said softly: "The handle of the Dou is pointed south, and the world is summer. What is the special meaning of the constellation chart representing summer?"

Fang Ling thought seriously, but when his eyes accidentally slid across these stone pillars and found that the luster on it seemed to be a little different from the stones, he suddenly felt his heart moved and said, "Maybe the seven-star handle does not refer to the season, but to this direction. According to the five elements of the south, it just refers to fire."

"Huo?" Mo Xiang tilted her head and said with confusion on her face.

Fang Ling walked to the stone pillar representing the handle of the bucket, picked up the torch and leaned closer. Under the roasting of the flames, the stone pillar slowly melted like wax, and swirled and exposed a plum blossom-shaped key hole on one side.

Mo Xiang has been very talented since childhood. She reads poetry and practices at the age of three, and can recite poems and essays at the age of four. She is known as a talented woman. She has lived in the boudoir for more than ten years and has seen all great scholars and her knowledge is naturally extraordinary.

However, since Fang Ling passed three levels in a row, showing his extraordinary talents on both the chess and the sand table, he opened the Qiansuo Xuan Ji box in less than half a day. Now he has easily solved the mystery of the stone hall. Mo Xiang couldn't help but feel admired and hurried over and inserted the key into it.

The seven stone pillars slowly retracted to the ground. At the same time, a muffled sound came from the aisle outside the stone hall. The two rushed over and saw that the stone wall on one side of the aisle had shrunk in, revealing a passage.

Mo Xiang couldn't help but be surprised and said, "I didn't expect the entrance to be where I walked. If Mr. Fang hadn't thought of the Five Elements, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to find the road below if I dug up the walls of the stone hall."

"I'm just trying my luck, too." Fang Ling smiled modestly, stepped into the passage, and after walking for a while, a stone door appeared in front of him, and on the side of the stone door, there was a stone tablet.

There are a few lines of text written on the stone tablet, with sonorous and powerful handwriting, and even more implicit. After reading it carefully, I saw that it read: "Yu Mozhang spent half his life to build this underground palace, and left the key to open the door in the Qianxun Xuanji box. If descendants can open the treasure box and get the key here, it is God's will. However, the treasures hidden behind this door are related to the general trend of the world and are entrusted by extraordinary people. If there is no great wisdom or cultivation, you will die for a lifetime when you enter the door. Remember."

After reading it, Fang Ling was secretly surprised. It seemed that the Mo family ancestors really had a treasure here, but this treasure was related to the general trend of the world, but they didn't know what it was.

Mo Xiang finished reading all this at this time and couldn't help but sigh softly: "The ancestors left these words to warn future generations that even if they get the key, they may not be able to obtain the hidden things. It can be seen that the stone gate behind this must be full of dangers. The little woman is very grateful for what Mr. Fang has done, but she can no longer let you take risks."

Fang Ling smiled deeply and said, "Miss Mo knows very well that you will definitely not be able to find the hidden thing just by yourself. If you tell your father, he will definitely agree to leave the city after finding the hidden things in the underground palace. Therefore, this stone gate must go over. If you believe me, come with me!"

After saying that, he strode to the stone gate and pushed it away suddenly.

Mo Xiang's heart trembled slightly. Seeing Fang Ling willing to take such a risk for him and entering this life-and-death land, his eyes couldn't help but turn red. He took a deep breath and followed him.

Behind the stone gate is a straight stone path, the road is as high as two people, and it is more than three people who can walk in parallel. The ground is also covered with neat stone slabs, just like a corridor of a prince’s tomb, very formal.

Moreover, because some shiny stones are inlaid on the stone wall, the view inside the cave is quite bright and there is no need for torches.

After walking twenty or thirty feet apart, Fang Ling suddenly reached out and made a stop, because he clearly saw that there was another stone gate a hundred feet away in front of him. However, there were dense holes on the two walls of the stone cave at a distance of hundreds of feet apart. Needless to say, these must be arrow holes, and arrows hidden inside. If you accidentally walk over, you will definitely be pierced by thousands of arrows and die.

Fang Ling understood that it seemed that the Mo family ancestor said that this life-long life was not to scare future generations, but setting up such a murderous mechanism further illustrates the importance of the things hidden.

He bent over and picked up a stone and threw it forward. However, the stone fell to the ground, but the arrow hole did not shoot out the arrow as he imagined.

Fang Ling then picked up another stone, increased the force and smashed it over. However, the arrow hole still did not change at all.

"Will there be no arrows in there?" Mo Xiang obviously recognized that it was the arrow hole and carefully speculated.

Fang Ling didn't think so simply. He shook his head slightly, pulled out the iron sword on his waist, and smiled and said, "The reason why this arrow hole cannot be used is not that there is no arrow to put it on, but because the exquisite mechanism can only judge the stones I threw. It seems that if you want to pass this level, you can only fight head-on."

Seeing Fang Ling pulling out the knife, he obviously wanted to walk over directly, Mo Xiang immediately said with a worried look on his face: "Young Master Fang, you have to be careful."

"When I've walked past, you can follow me." Fang Ling took a step and landed on the stone slab between the arrow holes.

As soon as he stepped on, the sound of arrows leaving the strings suddenly came from his eardrums. Each stone slab had a series of arrow holes on the stone wall, and each had three holes.

As soon as the sound of the string came out, in the blink of an eye, three arrows shot out from the stone wall, directly attacking Fangling's three lower middle and upper routes. The speed was as fast as lightning, and it was only a slightest near.

Mo Xiang was so nervous that her heart was raised to her throat. She covered her mouth and did not dare to scream, for fear of affecting Fang Ling. However, a sudden burst of tears in front of her eyes only felt that a crystal light flashed just now. When she looked at the scene again, three arrows had fallen to the ground, but Fang Ling seemed to have not moved.

Although Mo Xiang knew that Fang Ling had superb martial arts, it was not easy to avoid arrows shot from the arrow holes on the left or right at such a close distance.

However, seeing Fang Ling knocking down the arrow so easily, she couldn't help but feel relieved, and her beautiful eyes were filled with glory.

Every time Fang Ling took a step, arrows would be shot out from the arrow walls on both sides. However, under Fang Ling's rapid wave of the knife, the arrow was cut off before it could approach.

This seemingly casual pass is not as relaxed as it appears. In addition to having a keen hearing to determine which side the arrow came out, it also needs to cooperate with sharp sword techniques and strive for accuracy and speed. Without a decade of hard practice, I would have been lying here as a dead man.

After Fang Ling walked more than ten steps, he found Mo Xiang was still stunned behind him, so he waved to her. Mo Xiang came to his senses and stepped on the stone slab carefully. Seeing that the arrows were not emitted on both sides, he subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief and then quickly followed.

Before stepping over the last stone slab and coming to the stone gate, Fang Ling put his knife into the sheath. Without stopping, he stretched out his hand to push the stone gate open.

As soon as the stone gate opened, there was an iron chain bridge in front of me, which was one or two hundred feet long. Under the bridge was a deep trench that was deliberately hollowed out, which was thirty or forty feet deep. There were dense pointed hooks inside, with a sharp edge. In addition, the two walls of the bridge were extremely smooth. If they fell, they would be a dead end.

The left and right of the iron chain bridge is composed of thick chains, and the base plate is a thick and long wooden board on it. Although the bridge body looks very stable, I am afraid that once I walk up, the bridge body will shake continuously.

On the other side of the iron chain bridge is a wide stone door.

After Fang Ling looked at the bridge, his eyes fell around the stone hall again. He saw that there were half a foot long holes on the two walls of the stone hall, with fifty or sixty, which were arranged evenly on the stone wall.

Just as Fang Ling was speculating about what was hidden in these caves, a flash of fluorescent lights suddenly ejected from the caves, and flashes flew out from them, colliding with each other, dazzling in an instant.

After seeing that it was something clearly, Fang Ling couldn't help but frown. These fireflies turned out to be half a foot long spiral swords. The spiral swords used the power of their impact to fly around the hall, flying over the bridge from time to time, like a graceful butterfly.

Mo Xiang gasped and said in surprise: "Why is this happening? We seem to have never moved anything. How could the spiral knife appear on its own..."

Speaking of this, she suddenly understood again, covered her mouth and exclaimed: "It's the stone gate!"

Fang Ling nodded and said, "Yes, the mechanism was activated the moment you pushed open the stone gate. You, the ancestor of the Mo family, really didn't show any mercy. This knife flew around, and it was really not easy to go there."

"What should I do?" Mo Xiang said worriedly.

Fang Ling smiled slightly and said, "It is not easy to get over, but it does not mean that it cannot get over. However, I will be rude. I may have to carry the lady over with me."

Mo Xiang's little face turned red, but she knew that the situation was urgent. She quickly calmed down and said generously: "Thank you, Mr. Fang, for thinking about me, but if you encounter danger, it doesn't matter if we return."

Fang Ling smiled and refused to answer. This bridge is a life-and-death bridge. Once it enters the attack range of the spiral knife, it does not mean that it has to retreat. Such a spiral knife is hard to defend against. If you want to pass through safely, you need to fight quickly!
Chapter completed!