Book 35 - Chapter 3 – Genuine or Fake Treasure-Trove? (1/2)
Without even thinking, Xu Ziling pressed the button
There was notcould not hold for too long, they did not have time to consider their alternatives
This button was only about ten paces or so from the button that sent theo If this button still led them into another trap, they would si their lives short
Under the two boys’ scalp-went-nuain, ahead, one side of the wall sank in, opening up a square hole
Fro the nail and slicing the iron [ie decisively], he said, “Let ainst him, he only said, “Just be careful” And then he followed closely behind Kou Zhong into the hole
The passageidened; it now becaht ahead, at the end of the passageas a hazy green light
Finding it hard to believe, Kou Zhong stared blankly at the light source He slowly stood up and said, “Is it because I have been in the dark too long that unexpectedly I a his head, he said, “You are not seeing things; that is indeed a light, but it is definitely not a lantern light”
Although the air in this passageas not as fresh and clean as above ground, but obviously there was good ventilation soreedily took a breath and said, “This tiht door”
Finished speaking, he walked forward, upright and unafraid, toward the light source, but this ti step and nursing a grievance of losing his footing
“My Niang!” Kou Zhong exclaiht Pearl? Each side has six pearls If we take it out and sell it, it would be enough for half of our lives to have aeas a steel door with a steel ring on it On each side of the door, six shi+ny pearls eht were eht intensity was not strong, it was enough for the two boys to see everything as clearly as if it was daylight
Xu Ziling’s tiger body suddenly shook severely, “Look!” he said
Following his gaze, Kou Zhong looked at the wall to the left of the door – he saw, engraved using a sharp dagger or siranite wall, was a row of nine characters, ‘Gaoli Luocha Nu Zeng Dao Cidi’ [Luocha (demon – Buddhisushed forth fro wrote this!”
Xu Ziling’s pair of eyes eently stoked the characters, saying, “If Niang knew that we finally see the words that she left behind, she ’s tears flowed, he was unable to speak, thinking about Fu Junchuo’s voice and features, her s face, her last words before she passed away, as well as what they went through these past few years; how could he not sigh with sorrow?
Xu Ziling lightly pushed his shoulder and said, “Go on”
The two boys started to search again After verifying that there was indeed no other button to push, Kou Zhong sighed and said, “In the Book on Mechanism that Lu Dashi+ left behind, there is a chapter specifically dedicated to door ring; there are ten different ht activate the wrong mechanism, the outco his brows, Xu Ziling said, “Is there a way to test this door ring for the propersaid, “It’s not that by nature I don’t have interest to study the h I read it many ti made any sense Let rab the steel ring
Xu Ziling ju?” he asked
Kou Zhong laughed aloud and said, “Don’t worry I re out, there are only tays to test thethe door If we cannot pull it out, then we’ll try otherto voice his opinion, he pulled the door ring, exposing a steel cable attached to the ring “Success!” Kou Zhong happily exclai nodded and said, “Just consider you have a bit of skill [orig skills acquired through religious practice] Now only those tays of opening the door re dejectedly said, “It is either twisting it to the left or turning it to the right Tonight my luck does not see blurted out, “Is that what you called youror bet on the points of the dice”
E said, “There should be a way to test it, it’s just that Lu Dashi+, the Senior, had not taught me Just try our luck then! We have at least 50 chance of success”
In his subconsciousto anticipate any disaster thathis head, he said, “If I had known this earlier, even if you threatened me with the Moon in the Well, I would not have come with you her to suffer calaercautiously swapped his left and right hand’s position and then turned the door ring By the third turn, the steel door produced a crisp, loud and clear ‘Clack!’
The two boys watched with full attention, their alertness was elevated to its highest level
Kou Zhong laughed aloud and said, “You are all right; success!”
Trying to push the steel door, indeed it yielded to his force and opened up; the steel ball running along a track on the ground opened the door wide Another corridor appeared before their eyes, but the end disappeared into the darkness ahead, so that it was difficult to tell just how deep
But the air co waved his hand and bowed, “Ling Shao, please co was about to step in, suddenly the ed with this sudden unexpected change
Ten particularly long and thick refined-steel arrows, appearing to be in confusion and at rando sharp whizzing noise as they flew, splitting the air In this quiet underground corridor, the sound was even
The narrow corridor had barely enough space for one person to stand Unless they could make their bodies as thin as paper, there was sie the arrows
This kind of arrohich were launched bycrossboere a hundred times more formidable than any arrows or darts launched by ordinary crossbow The only way to dodge it was to immediately close the door and hide behind the door
Even for so as his reaction was fast enough, the ti would still allow hi experience; they vaguely felt that such an easy method did not conform to Lu Miaozi’s style
It was obvious that Lu Miaozi deliberately left a sliver of gap in time bethen thethe air, to let one to have the time to ponder deeply and react Anybody as not too sloitted, and at least had so in basic martial art skill – would definitely be able to use the door to block the arrows
But ould dare to guarantee that once the steel door was pulled, it would not autoain and could never be opened?
These thoughts flashed through the two boys’ , immediately they went into action
To block ten of such powerful arrows at once, even if the two boys worked together in one h power If it were other people, without the ability to see things under the faint illuht like they had, to see the arrows clearly was already a proble’s Moon in the Well left his back and swept dohile he cried out urgently, “I’m down you’re up!”
There was a fine tacit understanding between Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong, the two had reached the state of linked- threw hi’s scabbard struck, both his pal close to their body
‘Ding! Ding!’ Kou Zhong’s saber and its scabbard struck doo arrohich were flying close to the ground – in succession, while the two arrows that Xu Ziling struck were coher The other six arrohistled past above theerously close
The technique they were using was deflecting-force technique to deflect the arrows’ direction; however, the arrows still had enough momentum that unexpectedly they embedded the the hardness of the granite, the power of the arrows could be easily i and went numb to the point where they lost all sensation
Watching the tail of the arrows still quivering, they were overwhel
Xu Ziling crawled down fro’s back and said with a wry sht”
While rubbing his nu returned the saber into its scabbard His eyes scanning the floor, he shook his head and said, “We turned the door ring in the right direction, but we didstep Do you see this? This section of the stone slab behind the door is different than the rest; being unaware of the inner workings we stepped on it, we triggered thefelt there was terror on every step; sighing, he said, “Lu Xiansheng seea field for the students of mechanic and mechanis, it could be considered that you graduate already!”
Full of confidence, Kou Zhong said, “Don’t worry; not only ill find the treasure, ill also return safely!”
Xu Ziling laughed and said, “You, this kid, are really weird If it were so a wall like this, he would have lost all confidence, but you, on the contrary, increase your confidence If it’s not weird, I don’t what it is”
Kou Zhong cheerfully said, “I just thought that we came across a barrier, we overcome the barrier, our achievement is remarkable; the treasure-trovefished out a fire stick and lighted it up He saw that at the end of the corridor, the as covered in small holes from which the arroere shot There were perhaps thirty or more such holes If each hole shot one arrow, more than thirty of such arroere shot at the sa the door as a shi+eld fro this, the two boys could not help sucking in asaid, “We are lucky! Soe and thus did not shoot arrows Otherwise, just like you said, ould have to go back to the botto Jie’er [elder sister Feng (phoenix, Dugu Feng)] to co’s scalp went numb as well He said, “Or perhaps the other arrows are for so should have known the mechanism layout in here; otherwise, there would be arrows that were already shot on the floor”
Kou Zhong nodded in agreeerly deep into the corridor When he reached the end of the long corridor, he saw another corridor appearing on the left, connecting it into another roo froer dare to be reckless, but this corridor clearly did not hold any surprises After passing through the corridor, Kou Zhong lifted high the fire stick, the two boys looked intently, and immediately looked at each other in shock
Not because the underground storehouse held too much treasure and weaponry, but because it was too few
It was practically 108,000 li apart [light-years apart; I seem to remember so travelled in Journey to the West] fro’s Treasure that they had in their round room On the top of the four corners of the room there were ventilation holes On both sides there were more than a dozen chests that supposedly contained rare treasure Mounted on the walls were dozens of weapons rack, full of all kinds of weapons
But these were all just ordinary stuffs, and all were rusty and ive it away, nobody would want it