Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 1113 Dragon Throat
  "Are you sure, Qianlong?" Shaoyu frowned.

According to the results of your analysis, it sounds like you fainted due to the intense heat!

Chitaki nodded slightly, "I'm sure."

"Tianming's condition... is very complicated. I can't figure out the reason. It may be some kind of illness."

"However, his condition is improving on its own and he should be back to normal soon."

Shao Yu squatted next to Tian Ming and sighed, "Alas...does this kid have some congenital disease?"

"But I've never seen him behave like this before..."

Chitaki guessed, "Maybe...it needs special circumstances to trigger it, right?"

"Tsk...I don't know if it's serious or not..." Shaoyu smacked his lips, feeling helpless, "By the way, Qiantaki, do you think Mr. Gai knows about Tianming's problem?"

Qiantaki shook his head, "It's... hard to say, but if Tianming really has some kind of hidden disease, I'm afraid it will be a very difficult and complicated disease."

"Why do you say that?" Shao Yu was stunned. Why did he suddenly give his good brother a critical illness notice?
  "..." Qiantaki hesitated and then explained, "Sister Rong never mentioned that there was something wrong with Tianming's health."

"There are two possibilities. Either Sister Rong failed to see Tianming's problem, or Sister Rong saw it but couldn't solve it for a while."

"No matter what the possibility is, Tianming's situation is very bad..."

Shaoyu immediately nodded suddenly, "That makes sense."

It is not easy to be an untreated patient under the nose of Jinghu Medical Fairy.

In fact, the reason that made Qianlong make this judgment was not only Duanmurong's performance, but also her old father.

His father had been to Jinghu Medical Village some time ago and had met Tianming.

At that time, he did not mention that Tianming had hidden health risks.

When it comes to medical skills, the most famous person in the world in recent years is indeed Jinghu Medical Immortal Duan Murong, but in the field of medicine, her father is an out-and-out senior.

The two great doctors were all looking after Mingming alone, so it was no wonder that Chitaki sentenced him to death.

After the two reached a consensus on this point, Shao Yu's face completely fell, "What...what should I do?"

"Tianming..."

Shao Yu frowned and paced back and forth, tapping his head with his right hand. He couldn't come up with a clue for a long time.

Seeing this, Qianlong could only comfort him, "Don't be anxious yet, Shaoyu."

"Anyway, everything will be fine for the time being. After we go out, we can find a chance to ask Sister Rong and the others."

"Yes, yes!" Shaoyu stopped his anxious pace, nodded repeatedly, and then sighed, "I was also confused and worried."

"Anyway, let's wait until we see Miss Rong. She... will definitely have a solution."

Qianlong warned again, "By the way, Shaoyu, remember not to talk about this when you wake up in the morning."

"I think it's best not to let him know until we ask Sister Rong."

"I understand. I won't mention it if I don't tell you."

After the two of them discussed this back and forth for a few words, Tianming, who had only fainted temporarily, woke up.

Blinking his eyes, Tianming adjusted to the dim light. He was stunned and looked at his two friends.

"What am I?"

"Oh!" Shaoyu reacted quickly and immediately made up an explanation, "You just fainted."

"Qiantaki gave you a brief look. It should be caused by the poison that he was exposed to before has not dissipated, plus a moment of excitement."

Qiantaki immediately followed Shaoyu's lie and said, "Well, although it's not serious, you'd better control your emotions tomorrow."

"I..." Tianming scratched his head and showed an embarrassed smile, "I'm sorry for making you worry."

"Hey!" Shaoyu laughed and stretched out a hand towards him, "It's nothing, get up."

Tianming grabbed the hand that Shao Yu held out and used his strength to stand up. Then he turned his face and glanced at the mural, muttering silently.

Seeing this, Shao Yu directly pulled him forward, "Our time is limited, so don't waste it here. Let's move forward quickly."

Chitaki also echoed, "Yeah, it's better to go out early."

Tianming knew that the two friends didn't want him to be entangled with the mural anymore, so he scratched his head and left the place obediently.

As for the assassination of Qin... he kept it in his heart silently for the time being.

When I turn around, I’ll go ask the uncle myself… and Uncle Gu.

Starting from the section of road where the mural of the Plan to Assassin Qin was painted, the passage that Tianming and the others passed through became much more refined. Not only did the original uneven stone walls no longer appear, they were all replaced with neat walls, and there were also neat walls at regular intervals. There is a stone statue standing there.

It gives people the feeling that they are in a new area.

Of course, a new area also represents a new challenge, so Tianming and the others are silently waiting for the new levels to appear.

And after not walking too far, they... didn't encounter any new levels, they just saw a new mural.

To be more precise... top painting?
  In short, it is a mural painted on the top of the passage.

The three little ones came not far from the painting and raised their heads to look at the painting.

The overall pattern on the painting is circular, and the bottom layer is entirely made of dark green. There is a circle in the shape of a flame mixed with orange and red. In the center is a golden ball, with a red dragon coiled into a circle inside.

"Is this a dragon?" Shao Yu crossed his arms and made a judgment on the only part of the mural where a specific image could be directly identified.

"Dragon?" Tianming was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why is there a dragon drawn here?"

"This... I don't know, but it must be intentional." Chitaki replied.

There are no strange murals along the way, except for a dragon painted here, which is definitely not something the ancestors of the Mohist family painted for fun.

Just when the three of them were wondering about the dragon on the mural, a dull and loud unknown roar suddenly came from deep in the passage.

"Roar...ouch..."

Following this, a strong gust of wind blew past Tianming and others, forcing them to raise their arms and lower their heads to resist, causing their clothes to make a loud noise.

After the roar, Tianming raised his head and glanced at the depths of the dark passage, then looked up at the mural, and said with slightly chattering teeth, "This...this...isn't there really a dragon here?"

Shao Yu slapped him angrily, "What are you thinking about! How could there be a dragon here..."

But just after he finished speaking, Shaoyu seemed to be confused because of the unexplained roar. He turned around and asked Qianlong again, "Qianlong, do you understand this?"

Chitaki shook her head, "No, Sister Xue and the others never told me about dragons."

"But...it shouldn't be possible for such a legendary creature to exist in the forbidden area..."

"But that roar just now is really not like what ordinary animals can make!" Tianming stared carefully into the depths of the passage, and still questioned in a uncertain tone.

"This kind of thing..." Shao Yu waved his hand, "It is probably the effect of some kind of mechanism."    "In short, the existence of dragons is too ridiculous."

Qianlong heard this and immediately nodded in agreement, "I also agree with Shaoyu's view."

The minority obeyed the majority, and Tianming no longer raised any questions. He just expressed his last opinion on this, "I hope what you said is true..."

"Hey!" Shao Yu curled his lips in disdain upon seeing this, and stepped forward first.

After Tianming hesitated for a moment, he also followed.

Chitaki was left alone at the end, watching the two people in front of him, laughing and walking.

Just when Shaoyu walked directly under the mural and stepped on a certain floor tile, there was a sudden sound.

Click!

The sound was not loud, but it was crisp and textured, and it was immediately caught by the ears of Shao Yu and others.

Chitaki immediately warned, "Be careful, there is a trap!"

Shaoyu's reaction was not slow, but he was the one who was hit, so his first reaction was not to alert others, but to jump out himself.

Tianming was the slowest. He didn't hear the sound of the mechanism triggering. Qianlong reminded him half a beat too late. Fortunately, he was still two or three steps away from Shaoyu, leaving him a relatively long braking time. After reacting, , immediately jumped back, and the distance he escaped was no worse than that of Shao Yu.

Unfortunately, the Mo family's mechanisms cannot be avoided simply by reacting.

After Shao Yu stepped on the floor tile that would trigger the mechanism, the floor in this area immediately began to collapse outwards from the trigger point at a very rapid speed.

Although both Shao Yu and Tian Ming escaped a certain distance in time, it was not enough. They both stepped on the air and fell into the trap.

Only Chitaki was the furthest away and was not within the scope of the trap at all, so he survived.

When the mechanism was fully triggered, all the floor tiles that were supposed to sink fell down, leaving a large square hole on the spot. Chitaki hurried to the edge of the hole, looked down, and saw only a cloud of dust. Dense fog:

"Tianming! Shaoyu! Are you okay!?"

"Tianming! Shaoyu!"

After shouting twice, there was finally feedback.

"Cough cough... cough"

"No...ahem...it's okay, Chitaki!" Tianming coughed violently while responding to Chitaki, "We're all fine...ahem!"

"It's just...cough...it's just a little choking!"

"Um...cough!" Shaoyu's voice came immediately, and of course he coughed.

After all, both of them are now wrapped in dust.

With the help of the two useless waving hands, the dust quickly settled down, and Chitaki was finally able to see clearly what was going on below.

In fact, there was nothing going on. They were just two silly boys standing in the middle of a circular hall, looking around at the surrounding environment.

After a brief observation, Shao Yu made a judgment, "It doesn't look dangerous."

Then he shouted to Chitaki who was watching the situation above his head, "There is no danger, it just fell. Tianming and I will climb out immediately."

After saying that, he waved to Tian Mingyi, "Come on, I'll ask you to come up."

Tianming was about to come over and use his strength to jump up when suddenly there was the sound of the gears turning.

Click, click, click...

Following the sound, an iron plate quickly extended from the edge of the collapsed hole above and closed towards the center.

Upon seeing this, Qiantaki hurriedly urged the two people below, "Tianming Shaoyu, come up quickly!"

Shao Yu was also anxious, waving his hands repeatedly to urge Tian Ming, "Hurry, hurry, hurry up!"

However, Tianming did not move, and gave up escaping directly, "The entrance to the cave closed so quickly, I need a hammer!"

"If you're not careful, you might get squeezed to death!"

Of course, another reason why he didn't leave was that with the closing speed of the hole, even if he could escape, Shao Yu would definitely be locked down underneath.

In this case, it is better for both of them to stay and take care of each other.

Young Hero Tianming is not very smart, but his loyalty is always good.

Chitaki above saw that the hole was about to close, but the people below did not do anything, so they could only worry in their hearts.

At the last moment, she simply became heartbroken and jumped down with her eyes closed.

"We still...ah!"

Seeing that the hole was about to be completely closed, Tianming simply took Shao Yu with him to discuss how to get out. Unexpectedly, as soon as he said the words, it turned into a scream.

Because justice from heaven fell on him.

Chitaki carefully opened her eyes and found to her surprise that she had not fallen. It seemed that she had hit some not-so-soft cushion.
  Shaoyu looked at the girl in front of him with a complex expression, twitched the corners of his mouth, and reminded, "Qianlong... you'd better stand up first."

Qianlong was looking down to the side at this time. The first thing that caught her eye was the familiar back of Tianming's head. Coupled with Shaoyu's timely reminder, she immediately realized what had happened and stood up hurriedly.

"Sorry, sorry, Tianming!" Qiantaki blushed and apologized shyly, "I didn't expect you to be down there..."

Tianming stood up shakily, holding his waist, waving his hands and saying, "It's okay...it's okay, it's just an accident. I'm used to it today."

"But, Chitaki, why did you jump down!?" After relieving the physical pain, the often reckless boy immediately began to blame the occasionally reckless girl, "It's great for you to stay up there, there is no danger."

"You two are down there, I don't want to stay up there alone." Chitaki explained playfully, stroking the hair that ran to his ears.

"But..." Tianming didn't want the goddess to fall into danger, but she was still a little unhappy.

It was Shaoyu who interrupted him, "It's okay for the three of us to stay together, but it would be bad to leave Qianlong alone in case there is any danger."

"Anyway, it looks pretty safe down here."

When Tianming heard this, it seemed to make sense, so he stopped worrying and immediately turned to greetings with a playful smile, "You didn't fall just now, did you, Chitaki?"

Chitaki smiled slightly and shook his head, "I'm fine."

Shao Yu witnessed this scene from the side and could only roll his eyes, then turned his head to carefully consider the things in the hall.

This area is also equipped with self-igniting torches. In addition, the space is small and it is a closed secret room, so the light is actually better than the passage above.

Shao Yu squatted on the ground, placed his palms on the floor tiles and groped carefully, and found that there seemed to be some gaps.

He simply lay down on the ground and put his eyes to the gap, "Well... there seems to be a space below here, as well as some strange things."

"Really?" When Tianming heard this, he also became interested. He followed Shao Yu's example and lay down on the ground to look at the gaps. "Hmm... I can't see clearly... But there is definitely something there."

"It feels weird."

(End of this chapter)