One joke from the witch, I open the gate of heaven with one sword

Chapter 31 The Wonderful Book of Heavenly Works
"That's all, the bottom has collapsed."

Sun Hongying waved her hand and said, "The people inside are probably either dead or injured, let's inform the people in the yamen first."

……

At the same time, in the cave, Xu Lan and Chen Ci stepped on a falling boulder to stabilize themselves.

After a while, maybe ten seconds, maybe a minute.

The boulder suddenly fell to the ground and turned into fragments. The two people standing on it were not affected by the force. At most, they had some trouble with their energy and blood.

"Under the ground, there is such a magical work?"

It took Chen Ci a while to gradually adapt to the surrounding environment.
If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she wouldn't have been able to imagine that there was a cave underneath the Qingzhou Dragon Vein Land.

"It's more than 1000 meters underground."

Xu Lan knew where she was by just looking at the color of the rock formation, and she was also shocked by the scene in front of her when she looked around.

a cave,
Although the surrounding area has long been dilapidated, some traces of people who once lived here can still be clearly identified.

"It may be the cave of a strong man."

The knowledgeable Chen Ci narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "We must be careful. A strong man with such great power may leave many restrictions in his cave."

A strong man who can dig a cave thousands of meters deep underground is probably only a practitioner of the fifth realm who has overcome the tribulation of heaven and man. It may be higher than he imagined.

"It's okay, there is no restriction here."

Xu Lan glanced around briefly and came to a conclusion,

From some of the things placed around it, it can be seen that the owner of this cave seems to think that it is extremely hidden, and there is no trace of any formation at all.

"How do you know the way of formation?"

Chen Ci on the side asked the doubts in his heart,

The same is true just now, Xu Lan was able to accurately tell the weakness of the formation.

"I am a scholar. I will naturally understand it if I read a lot."

Xu Lan said calmly,

Scholars will understand it just by looking at it. There is nothing wrong with this, right?
Chen Ci: ...

For a moment she didn't know whether to believe it or not.

It wasn't until she came into contact with Xu Lan that she realized how mysterious he was.

Rumor has it that Xu's eldest son didn't like martial arts since he was a child, but he was able to break through the realm in just one day and advance to the second realm in two days.

In addition, he also has a set of extremely mysterious swordsmanship,

The third sword that broke Qin Changhe's protective energy just now made her feel a chill in her heart.

Now I still have some attainments in Zhanfa.

You must know that even in the capital, there are not many practitioners who have mastered the way of formation.
Can this really be seen by reading a book?
"To be honest, sometimes I suspect that you have been taken away by people from the Devil's Cult."

Chen Ci sighed slightly: "But it doesn't look like it."

Xu Lan:......

For a moment, he didn't know whether to say Chen Ci's intuition was sharp or a woman's sixth sense was naturally so keen,
In a sense, her suspicion was correct.

"how is this possible."

Xu Lan laughed dumbly and said, "Have you ever seen that Duoshe can take out an innate sword body?"

"That's true."

Chen Ci also nodded, and didn't think too much about this question.

"Now all we have to do is how to get out here."

Then Chen Ci raised his head and glanced above with a thoughtful expression,
Not to mention how deep it is from the ground,

The surrounding walls alone were extremely smooth, making it impossible for them to climb out.

"Go in and you'll know."

Xu Lan focused his attention on the entrance of the cave in front.

His intuition told him that a strong man who could create a cave 1000 meters underground couldn't just jump out of the house, right?

That's a bit of a drop in price.

"Well, you still have to be more careful."

Chen Ci was quite cautious, for fear that if he was not careful, he would touch the restriction here.

"rest assured."

Xu Lan strode forward,

There is a heavy stone door at the entrance of the cave, but it is not closed and remains ajar.

"I'll go in first."

Seeing this, Chen Ci opened his mouth and said that he was a little stronger than Xu Lan, so he should take the lead.

"Row."

Xu Lan didn't stop him, and the next moment he almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

Although the stone gate is in a false position, there is only a gap in the middle for one person to pass through.
At this time, Chen Ci turned sideways and wanted to enter but found that he was stuck, which seemed to be a bit of a dilemma.

"I usually don't notice it."

Xu Lan couldn't help but secretly laugh when her eyes fell on Chen Ci's chest. Who would have thought?

"Still laughing?"

Chen Ci's face was flushed, she gritted her teeth and said softly, "Come and help me."

"Okay, here we come."

Xu Lan coughed a few times, and put her hands on Chen Ci's shoulders with a little force, but they were still stuck.

"Try harder."

Chen Ci's voice was as thin as a mosquito, and this scene was too embarrassing.

"Oh oh oh, then I can use my strength."

Xu Lan showed a strange expression, and then pushed Chen Ci's body in with all his strength.

"It's safe inside."

After a moment, Chen Ci's voice came from inside, and Xu Lan followed and passed easily.

What came into view was a secret room of more than ten square meters, and some spaces were carved out on both sides of the stone wall to serve as bookshelves.

Perhaps because it has been too long, some of the books placed above have become dilapidated.

In the center of the secret room was a skeleton meditating on a futon, and nothing else.

"He is the strong man who opened the cave here?"

Because the episode just now made Chen Ci feel a little ashamed, she didn't even dare to turn around and look Xu Lan in the eyes at this moment.

"may be."

Xu Lan stepped aside to pick up those moldy and yellowed books, trying to get some useful information from them.

Unexpectedly, the books turned into powder as soon as they were touched.
"At least more than 500 years ago"

Xu Lan suddenly knew that it was difficult for ordinary paper to be preserved for more than a hundred years, and it might have been 500 years or more if it was rotten to this extent.

"500 years ago."

Hearing these words, he felt slightly absent-minded, which meant that the owner of this cave was also a powerful person 500 years ago.

The next moment Xu Lan walked up to the skeleton and silently clasped his hands together to salute, without any look of disrespect between his brows.

Seeing this statement, he couldn't help but asked in confusion: "What are you going to do?"

"The dead are the greatest, and there should always be some respect."

Xu Lan said softly: "I wonder if I can find some clues from his body."

This is the habit he left behind when he was an archaeologist in his previous life.
Although there are some feudal superstitions, it can make me feel a little more at ease.

finished,

Xu Lan carefully pushed aside the remaining pieces of clothing on the skeleton and carefully observed every detail of the skeleton.

After about half a stick of incense,
Xu Lan just stood up and said: "If there is no accident, he should have reached the limit of his body function and then died naturally. Oh, it should be said to be sitting."

"Can you see this too?"

Chen Ci was taken aback for a moment, his face was full of disbelief.
This is just a skeleton that has been dead for hundreds of years, how could he come to such a conclusion?
"The strong man who can dig out such an underground cave will naturally not die from ordinary injuries. Secondly, the bones do not have deep visible bone scars, which can rule out the possibility of death from injuries."

"Secondly, although his bones are close to corruption, they are overall complete and there are no black marks left at all, which can rule out the possibility of internal injuries or poisoning."

"A strong man with such great power died in his own cave. After ruling out the possibility of injury and poisoning, there is only one conclusion of natural death."

These are Xu Lan's special skills. Archaeologists examine not only cultural relics, but also corpses that are hundreds or even thousands of years old.

"Did you learn this from reading a book?"

Chen Ci's face was filled with questions. What kind of book could teach this?
"nature."

Xu Lan said confidently: "You will naturally understand after reading thousands of books."

Chen Ci: ...

It's justifiable and compelling.

"But these findings are not enough to get us out of here."

Naturally, Chen Ci was not in the mood to argue with a scholar, and how to get out of this place was the most urgent matter for the two of them.

"Look around."

Xu Lan looked around and said, "Let me bury this senior for Haosheng first."

This damn occupational disease has happened again.

Chen Ci: ...
"Okay, then I'll look around to see if there are any other clues."

Then Xu Lan found an uneven place not far away. After thinking about it, he planned to transfer the skeleton to place there, and then find a few pieces of gravel to bury it.

However, when Xu Lan carefully picked up the entire skeleton, he accidentally moved the futon, and a golden light flashed under the futon.

"what?"

Xu Lan was slightly shocked, could there be something under this futon?

Immediately, they called Chen Ci over and the two of them worked together to bury the skeleton safely and then returned to the futon. It was only then that they discovered that some twisted writings were vaguely visible on the dusty ground in front of the futon.

If you hadn't moved the skull away, you wouldn't have been able to notice it.
"What's written on it?"

Chen Ci carefully blew off the dust on it, revealing a few lines of handwriting.

"My generation has worked hard for more than a hundred years in order to seek longevity, but after all, I was unable to peek into the gate of heaven. Looking back on the hundreds of years at the end of my life, Muran realized that this longevity is not worth seeking."

"There is only one thing that can't be let go, so I left a scroll of heavenly craftsmanship, and I hope that those who can see this handwriting can continue it."

"Tiangong Qishu, have you heard of it?"

Xu Lan asked after a few seconds of silence,
"No."

Chen Ci shook his head, there was no record of the Heavenly Works Book in the Xuanjing Division.

Maybe there is, but I really haven't seen it.

"Is it possible to leave here by mastering the magical book of Tiangong?"

Xu Lan suddenly had a bold idea in his mind.

"It's possible."

After saying that, their eyes fell on the futon. Xu Lan gently picked up the futon and discovered that there was indeed a golden book emitting a faint light hidden under it.

"This is not a book."

Xu Lan frowned. Although it looked like a book, if you look closely, you will find that it just looks like a book on the outside.

"Natural spirit."

Chen Ci squinted his eyes and said: "After passing through the calamity of heaven and man after the five realms, the true energy in the body will evolve into true essence. At that time, practitioners can find some rare materials and use their own true essence to nourish and evolve them into a A natal spirit."

"If I'm not mistaken, that strong man should have left his own inheritance in the natal spiritual object, and its name is Tiangong Qishu."

"I see."

Xu Lan nodded, then looked at Chen Ci and said, "Would you like to try?"

"No, I can feel this natal spiritual object resisting me."

Chen Ci shook his head,

From the moment she saw this wonderful book of natural craftsmanship, she felt that the other party was extremely resistant to her.

Very mysterious,
She couldn't tell where this feeling came from, but it was there.

"Have it?"

Xu Lan was puzzled, why didn't she feel anything?
"Then you can try."

Chen Ci then said: "If you can get the inheritance of this senior, maybe you can leave this place with the help of the heavenly work."

"Okay, then I'll try."

After finishing speaking, Xu Lan stretched out his palm to Tiangong Qishu.

Without any accidents, I came into contact with this wonderful book of heavenly craftsmanship easily.

Just in the blink of an eye,
The wonderful book in front of him turned into a golden light and sank into Xu Lan's palm.

Suddenly, a huge flow of information emerged from his mind, and countless unfamiliar knowledge continued to surface in his mind and was deeply imprinted on it.

A full half-stick of incense time passed before Xu Lan slowly opened his eyes.

"How's it going?"

Chen Ci on the side showed concern,

"Fortunately."

Xu Lan smiled and said: "This senior is a master of formations, and the things recorded in the Tiangong Qishu are basically related to formations. It can be seen that his attainments in formations should be very high."

"Array Master."

Chen Ci thought for a while and said, "It seems that in the history of the Great Chu Dynasty, there has never been a powerful formation master."

"Let's see if we can get the answer in some ancient books that record history after we go out."

Xu Lan said softly,
He knew it was time to get out of here.

Now it seems that this trip has been quite fruitful.
The Devil's Cult wanted to cut off the dragon's veins in Qingzhou and steal the luck of the dynasty, but in the end it allowed him to take advantage of it. In addition, he also obtained the inheritance of a formation master through a blessing in disguise.

"Did you find a way out?"

Hearing the words, Chen Ci's eyes lit up,
"There is a teleportation circle in this cave. You only need to infuse true energy to activate it, and you can use the formation to reach another magic circle prepared in advance."

Although he has not fully mastered the Tiangong Qishu, he at least has mastered how to leave.

"That's good. This way we can also avoid the demon sect rebels guarding outside."

Chen Ci also breathed a sigh of relief,

It was difficult to leave here, but what was even more difficult was to deal with the demon cult rebels outside.

You must know that there is an elder of the Demon Cult in the four realms sitting in that group of people, and she and Xu Lan may have no chance of winning with her.

"But the problem is, I don't know where the other magic circle connecting this magic circle is."

Xu Lan raised his head slightly and said with a smile: "So, you must be mentally prepared."

Although it wouldn't be teleported as far as one hundred and eight thousand miles, he didn't know where he would reach through the teleportation circle.

Chen Ci: ...

Although it sounds unreliable, it is always a good thing to be able to leave here.

(End of this chapter)