Chapter 61: The Remains of Qin Dynasty

  Although Liang had been scouting for a long time before, he still didn't notice anything unusual. However, the two of them were very careful in front of the pond below and didn't dare to make a single unusual sound.

  Two people crept hand in hand to the edge of the pond, still as before, Liang Stealer blew open the fallen leaves on the surface of the pond with a palm wind; after that, he put in Wan Ren Dao, and waited for all the tiger teeth fish to float up before carefully diving down with Sui Feng.

  As soon as the two of them entered the water, a faint slapping sound was heard, and a hand slapped against the trunk of a nearby tree, with a few drops of fresh blood dripping from between the fingers. With the moonlight shining from behind, it was barely possible to make out that this white figure had a large patch of red blood on its left ribcage, which should be a wound left by being pierced by a sharp object like a long sword.

  The sun had long since set, and the evening was already quite chilly, not to mention being in the water. But tonight's final visit to this pond was somehow different from the previous ones - amidst the chilliness, there seemed to be a faint hint of blood that flashed by, but it was unclear whether it was just an illusion.

  Passed through the light curtain as before, and fell down in a piece of darkness.

  Having had a few experiences of falling, I've also learned to be more careful. At first, I tried using the iron shirt's internal energy technique, with a true energy protecting my body, and indeed, the fall wasn't as painful as before.

  It started with a loud thud, followed by an "ouch". As the wind blew, it felt like something hard had fallen to the ground, and one particularly sharp and long piece had pierced through his iron shirt and was lodged in his ribcage. This time, the pain was almost unbearable for Sima Mangu. Before he could even catch his breath, a faint light appeared, and Liang Zei lit another firework, standing in front of him with a mocking expression.

  "What's wrong with you, hehe, why do you always call out like that..." Liang Tou'er's old habit had struck again. Just as he was about to tease Sui Feng a few words, Sui Feng happened to lift his body up shakily at this moment, revealing a patch of white flowers on the ground below. With just one glance, Liang Tou'er was left speechless.

  "What's wrong?" He suddenly stopped talking and looked down at his feet, startled.

  Underneath him was a piece of white, flower-like bone fragments, and what had just been pressed against his ribcage was actually a complete palm! Moreover, judging from the shape, it should be a human palm! Su Feng was stunned, unable to speak.

  Liang stole the fire and leaned in, crouching down to examine the white bone fragments carefully. "Judging from the color of these bones, they are undoubtedly human. And they have been dead for no more than three months. The edges of these fragments have very obvious tooth marks, if I'm not mistaken, they should be the bite marks of the tiger fish in that pond on the top of the hill. Only...I don't know..."

  His words were left unfinished, and he fell into deep thought, his forehead furrowed with a big "川" character. Su Feng had never seen him with such a serious expression before, not even when Yue Ye was about to be possessed by the demonic spell of Shaolin's Taoist magic. Could it be that thinking back to the bloody smell he detected earlier, a terrifying guess suddenly emerged in Su Feng's mind.

  Liang Ze'er seemed to have read Su Feng's mind, looking at him with a serious expression. "We can't guess any more here, it's useless. Let's go in and take a look. Once I figure out the layout, I'll find a way to flood it with the surrounding mountain and swamp energy. But this place is full of strange things, we must be careful." After finishing speaking, Liang Ze'er turned around and left without looking back.

  Liang Stealer's words were ordinary and couldn't be guessed to have any other meaning. As the wind looked up at the light screen shining with a faint glow on top of his head, he came back to himself and found that Liang Stealer had already stepped into the darkness ahead. The wind didn't think much more about it, quickly cutting off his train of thought, and hastily followed the figure in front.

  This stone cave is completely different from what they saw before. The caves they explored before only had one huge stone room, and at most some carvings or patterns as decorations. But what's in front of them now isn't a spacious stone room, but a dark and quiet tunnel. With the faint light from Liang Ze's hand-held torch, it can barely be made out that the tunnel is surrounded by wave-like carvings similar to those found in the previous caves, but where they lead to is unknown.

  But the faint light of the fire was limited, barely enough to see clearly underfoot, and in front of me was still a rolling mass of darkness. A gust of cold wind kept pouring out from that end of the corridor, blowing on my body, making me shiver from time to time.

  As they walked, a staircase suddenly appeared on the path ahead, leading to an even deeper underground area. Although there was only one way, why did this hidden passage appear? Ran Feng and Liang Ze exchanged a glance, both of them were full of doubts.

  "With a splash", from afar, there seemed to be the sound of water splashing, although not loud, but both Rang Feng and Liang Ze'er broke out in cold sweat. Three souls were scared out of two and a half, the sound was not big, but they heard it clearly, that was the sound made by someone sneaking into this stone cave's Fangtang!

  In the blink of an eye, both of their reactions reached the extreme. Liang Stealer waved his hand and extinguished the flame in his hand with a gust of air flow, then hurriedly followed the stairs in front of him to go down in the dark. Su Feng also started her fantasy step, closely following behind him.

  But even if their stealth was exquisite and they didn't make a sound, they couldn't extinguish the flame of the fire stick, nor could they disperse the faint smoke that lingered after it burned. Although Liang Ze's fire stick was specially made with secret techniques, it still couldn't guarantee that no scent would be left behind. Moreover, in this enclosed tunnel, although the heat from the fire stick was small, for a martial artist, even such a slight temperature difference was extremely noticeable. These were all details that they couldn't handle instantly.

  But at this moment, Liang Ze and Sui Feng, who were fleeing forward at high speed, could hardly consider these things. The lower they ran, the terrain became lower, and the air was very polluted due to the long-term lack of ventilation.

  If it weren't for the two of them having internal energy, they would have fainted long ago. They simply abandoned their mouths and noses, converting everything into internal breath, relying solely on a mouthful of pure primordial true energy to support themselves. Nor did they care whether the sound of water earlier was someone from the Blood Concealment Hall or just an animal that had accidentally fallen into the water. The two of them obviously knew that this wasn't the time to answer these questions, especially since this narrow passageway went deep into the ground, but there wasn't even a single fork in the road. If there really was someone behind them, once they stopped moving their feet, they wouldn't be able to escape like the Earth Escape Technique.

  Liang Ze's endurance was good, but his internal energy was originally relatively shallow. He had to hold his breath and drive the Phantom Step at the same time, barely holding on for a stick of incense worth of time, already nearing his limit.

  Su Feng's internal energy was unstable, his breathing cut off, and he felt a bit dizzy. His footwork also became disordered. As soon as his feet softened, he fell to the ground. Fortunately, Liang Ze heard Su Feng's faint wind sound when his clothes fluttered in the air, and quickly turned around to grab him, managing to catch Su Feng's arm, thus avoiding the sound of Su Feng hitting the ground.

  He was caught by Liang Ze's hand, and before he could even catch his breath, in the midst of a dazed brain, he seemed to hear a faint sound of footsteps coming from far away behind him.

  Upon hearing the footsteps, Suifeng suddenly became wide awake. He could hear it, and naturally Liang Ze also could. The two of them tacitly didn't speak a word, with Liang Ze pulling Suifeng to continue moving forward. It was unknown why, but that one set of footsteps grew fainter yet clearer. Suifeng didn't know the reason, but Liang Ze roughly guessed it - the person's skill was probably at the boundary of perfection, intentionally using supreme internal energy to create this effect in order to warn the two of them.

  But they have no other way out except to move forward.

  Just a few steps away, Liang Zei felt a "click" under his feet, as if he had stepped on some mechanism. At this moment, Su Feng's body was almost exhausted of its Taiji energy, and without fresh air to replenish it, he feared he would not be able to hold on any longer. Just as Su Feng's eyes were about to roll back, and he was on the verge of fainting. His originally sealed nose could no longer bear it, and he suddenly took a deep breath.

  But the air entering his nose was surprisingly fresh, with a hint of rain-washed dust and not a single whiff of stagnation. Unbeknownst to Liang Ze, he furrowed his brow even tighter, as if sensing the movement of the air or hearing the faint sound of panting carried on the wind.

  In this dusty underground, just a moment ago it was an extremely dull atmosphere, how did it suddenly become so fresh? What mechanism did he step on just now? They are probably already several meters below the ground at this moment, and how can they exchange air with the outside world in such a short time?

  A series of strange sounds "puff puff puff" suddenly appeared, and before the two could figure out what it was, they were completely stunned by what they saw in front of them.

  The surroundings were originally pitch black, but since Liang Ze's foot stepped on the mechanism just now, it seemed to have undergone a subtle change. A faint yellowish glow began to shine from a very distant place and gradually approached them. As they drew closer, they found that there was a row of rusty bronze lanterns lined up on both sides of the stone walls of the tunnel, with some unknown fuel inside, which had been lit for over a thousand years.

  Between the lamps were various murals, I don't know what kind of paint was used, but they were still extremely well-preserved, even in the dim light, you could still see the bright colors.

  Just as Su Feng had just looked at a mural of the Qin King's Eastern Expedition, he heard the sound of footsteps behind him suddenly getting closer. This sudden noise startled Liang Tou'er and Su Feng, who immediately scurried out like cats whose tails had been stepped on. In their hasty retreat, Liang Tou'er didn't even have time to see what mechanism they had triggered earlier.

  In fact, both of them were also clear that no matter how they ran, it was difficult to turn the situation around, and the people sneaking up from behind were almost impossible to shake off. Su Feng still hoped that there would be a fork in the road ahead, perhaps there would be a turning point, while Liang Ze thought about finding a favorable terrain, even if the opponent's martial arts were really several times higher than his own, it would be good to have a way to cope.

  Although the two men had different ideas, they both reacted in the same way at the same time. The further forward, the entire corridor became wider and wider, and finally even four carriages could be accommodated, what a magnificent project!

  Liang Ze secretly estimated their position, and was suddenly shocked. He had almost guessed the direction of the entire tunnel, which actually went through the entire Phoenix Mountain, towards the center of the 72 Earthly Fiends Array on the other side of the mountain. The manpower and resources required to penetrate the entire mountain were almost unimaginable.

  Just as this astonishing conclusion was reached, the scene in front of him changed again. The corridor finally came to an end and became a huge empty stone chamber. The top of the stone chamber was also inlaid with something sparkling and shining, starry and twinkling, which was actually a magnificent star chart. It was boundless and endless, just like what he saw in reality.