Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 290 The Mystery of the Catacombs (1)
Although he has already guessed nine times out of ten, but seeing the "Dragon Gate" open, Feng Shen is still overjoyed.Before he could look inside, he hurried back to the crack behind the waterfall, took off his coat, and waved it downward.

Seeing Feng Shen's signal, the people below knew that the Dragon Gate had opened, and they all couldn't wait to climb the cliff.Xianggua and the brothers and sisters of the Tang family are as light as swallows, no matter how high or dangerous the cliff is.Bahai Shuangjiao is quite heavy, and it took a lot of strength to climb up.

When the five people climbed to the crack, Feng Shen led them all to the stone beam.The space behind the stone gate is not small, but the light inside is relatively dim due to the obstruction of the waterfall.Fearing that there might be some kind of pin trap inside, Feng Shen took out the torch from his pocket and blew it on, vigilantly probing it, while slowly groping inside.The rest of the people also held their breath and followed closely behind.

Not far away, I saw a high platform looming in front of me, surrounded by several circles of railings, and a round pavilion in the center, with doors and pillars, covered with three layers of large rings, similar to the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. Pretty much the same.

Seeing that the railings were all made of wood, Bahai Shuangjiao kicked a few and took them down, lit them on fire, and distributed them to everyone to use them as torches for lighting.

As soon as the fire was lit, the cave became brighter and brighter.In such a big cave, apart from the high platform and round altar, the rest is empty, and there is nothing else.

Seeing this, the six decided to go into the round altar to have a look.The door of the round altar was not sealed, and it opened with a light push.

Unexpectedly, after looking at it, the six people were dumbfounded again. Inside the three-storey round altar, there were actually four empty walls, and only a large stone tablet stood in the middle of the hall.The four sides of the stele are carved with dragon patterns, and a row of curved characters are engraved on the center of the stele.

None of the six people knew the Manchu script on the stele.It's just that there is almost nothing here, Bahai Shuangjiao and others can't help but feel a little frustrated. "His grandma's! Could this broken stone tablet be the 'Dragon Vein'?"

Feng Shen shook his head, "They put so much effort into building an altar here, it's definitely not for the sake of trees and stone monuments."

Cantaloupe asked: "But where is the dragon vein?"

Feng Shen said: "There is an opening and closing mechanism outside, isn't there one inside?"

"Yes!" Tang Zijun nodded and said, "Let's search carefully on this stele first, maybe we will find something!"

One word awakened the dreamer, Bahai Shuangjiao came to his senses, and also circled around the stone tablet to feel it.Except for the column full of characters, this stele is carved with dragons.In front are eight dragon-shaped decorations, all in the shape of flying, guarding a fireball above.The center of the fireball is a semicircular depression, and the side is engraved with patterns of several groups of flames in shallow lines; on the back of the stele, there is only a raised dragon carved out.The panlong swung its tail and raised its claws, its body twisted and twisted, and there was a ball in its mouth.Although the round bead is held in place by the front teeth, it can still be taken out from the side of the mouth by turning it at a right angle.

Tang Ziqi flicked the ball with his fingers, and the ball "tickled" a few times.Cantaloupe's eyes were hot, and he couldn't help fiddled with it a few times. "Haha, it's funny."

Feng Shen looked at the round bead, then stepped back to look at the semicircular fireball in front of the stele. "Stop playing for now, quickly take out that ball!"

Seeing Feng Shen's serious face, Xianggua knew that he must have thought of something, hurriedly squeezed the dragon's mouth a few times, took out the ball and handed it to Feng Shen.

Feng Shen held the bead in his hand, turned it in front of the stone tablet, and put the stone bead towards the semi-circular depression to make a pair, which happened to fit perfectly.

"This should be where the mechanism is located. Everyone, stay away from this stele and be more careful!"

"You have to be careful too!"

"Don't worry!" After Feng Shen finished speaking, he pressed hard, and there was a "pop" in the semicircular depression, and the stone bead was firmly sucked.After the stone bead was embedded in the depression, it slowly turned, and after only three turns, there was a "click, click, click" sound from inside the stone tablet.When the sound stopped, a square entrance appeared on the ground behind the stele.

Everyone gathered around to take a look, and saw that the entrance was dark, and a long stone step slanted out, leading directly to the bottom.

"Haha!" Bahai Shuangjiao said cheerfully, "As long as you walk along the stone steps, you will definitely be able to find the 'dragon vein'!"

"Go down and have a look!" After saying that, Feng Shen turned over and landed on the steps below.The others also raised their torches and followed one by one.

The six turned and turned around along the steps.As he walked, Feng Shen felt a cold wind blowing under his feet. He hurried a few steps, and found that this section of stone steps had reached the end, and further down, there was a pitch-black abyss.Although there are no stone steps, instead, there are plank roads made of logs, which are tightly attached to the rock wall, spiraling downwards in circles.

Seeing this, everyone knew: it turns out that the dragon gate wall is not only hollow at the top, but also has natural cracks at the bottom, except for the part where the platform is built and the altar is built in the middle.Feng Shen picked up a piece of gravel and threw it into the abyss below.Just listening to the boulders hitting and falling on the rock wall, the sound of "cracking" lasted for a long time.

Cantaloupe sticks out its tongue, "My God, how deep is this?"

Bahai Shuangjiao said: "Look at this, it may be comparable to the depth of the lake on the top of the mountain."

Tang Zijun said: "Since there is a plank road, you can go straight to the bottom of the valley. And it's different from underwater, you don't need to hold your breath. Even if it's deeper than that lake, we don't have to worry about it."

"Yes!" Feng Shen nodded, and said again, "However, the plank road is very old, and some places may have decayed. When you walk on it, you must be more careful."

The rest of the people responded and stepped on the plank road one after another.Every time you take a step, there will be a sound on the plank road.The "creaking" sound is enough to make people feel anxious.The footsteps of the six people were all raised and slowed down, for fear that if they exerted too much force, they would break through the wooden boards under their feet.

The plank road spirals down like a spiral, seemingly endless.The further you go down, the louder the "creaking" sound is set off by the empty abyss, as if the whole plank road is moaning, and it feels like it may fall apart at any time.

None of the six spoke, they gritted their teeth and walked slowly down.I don't know how long I walked, but the long plank road finally came to an end.

Stepping on the solid ground at the bottom of the valley, all six of them were exhausted and sweated profusely.The bottom of this valley is extremely wide, and a huge black shadow stands in the center.

At the beginning, several people thought it was a building similar to the high platform and round altar above.Unexpectedly, when they approached, everyone was shocked, and the torches in their hands were hanging on the ground.

"His grandma's... this... what is this thing!?"

Bahai Shuangjiao raised its face and stretched its head, Qiqi was dumbfounded.Xianggua and Tang Ziqi were so shocked that their faces turned pale, and they couldn't help taking a few steps back.Tang Zijun was stunned, and the palm holding the torch was also trembling slightly.Even Feng Shen couldn't hold his tongue, fine beads of sweat had already oozed from his forehead.

In front of the few people stood an extremely huge skeleton, from the toes to the top of the skull, it was several feet high.The entire set of skeletons is pieced together in one place, all bound by large wooden brackets.On the protruding long neck, there is a skull with two jaws wide open.In the middle is a spine, followed by a long telson.There are four thick leg bones stretching out from under the ribs around the chest. The lower ends of the leg bones are complete with toes and claws. Even the tip of the thinnest claw is several circles thicker than the waist of the Bahai Shuangjiao.

For a while, there was no sound around, and the air around seemed to be frozen, and the silence was a little frightening.

After a while, Tang Zijun's lips moved a few times. "Dragon... this is a dragon bone!"

As soon as this remark came out, there was an uproar everywhere.

"Dragon!? Is this a dragon!?"

Yu Renfu looked at it again, and saw that the skeleton had a long head and a long tail, four hooked claws, except that there was no horn on the top of the head, and the hind legs were longer than the forelimbs, it looked like the rumored giant dragon.

Even seeing this bone in person, Feng Shen still felt incredible. "Could it be... Could it be that there are really dragons in this world?"

Tang Zijun said: "If it is not a dragon, what kind of beast in the world can give birth to such a huge skeleton?"

Bahai Shuangjiao said: "Our brothers have seen many big fish in the deep sea, but they were not born with such a big way. Moreover, this skeleton has toes and claws, which is exactly the same as that fish bone without legs. Different!"

"That's right..." Feng Shen pondered for a moment, then wondered, "Could it be that this skeleton is fake?"

Xianggua was stunned, "Fake? Brother Feng, what do you mean by that?"

Feng Shendao: "I mean, maybe this huge skeleton is actually carved by human power. Just like the statues in temples, although there are countless people in the world, it is possible to create a statue that is several feet tall!"

Tang Ziqi said: "If it was made artificially, why didn't they carve a whole dragon, but a skeleton?"

"I don't have a clue now... let's go to the skeleton and have a look first!" Feng Shen finished speaking, and jumped to the toe and claw in a few steps.After beating for a while, he drew out the Ye Bilong knife again, and made a few cuts on the bone.

Tang Zijun asked anxiously, "What about Brother Feng?"

Feng Shen twisted the bone dregs on the tip of the knife a few times, feeling more and more shocked. "It's neither stone nor mud...although it's extremely hard, it's indeed a genuine bone!"

"Hey!" Bahai Shuangjiao patted the giant bone a few times, "So, this thing is really a keel? Open your eyes! His grandma's eyes are really opened!"

Cantaloupe also pointed to the skull and said, "Look, how big is that mouth! If it comes to life, all of us together may not be enough for it to fit between its teeth..."

Taking advantage of a few people's amazement, Feng Shen turned around and walked towards the outside, intending to stay away so that he could observe the whole picture of the skeleton.However, before he had gone far, Feng Shen noticed some large dents on the valley wall on one side after seeing the firelight. "Come and see, there is something strange on that stone wall!"

When the rest of the people heard the words, they rushed over with torches.

With more torches, the dents on the valley wall became more obvious.Those traces are long and short, thick and thin, and they are also incomparably huge.

(End of this chapter)