Nightmare Card House

The search was fruitless, so Fang Tian and the others were about to go back first. When they were waiting to see the Qintian Prison's reaction tomorrow, Li Xiang discovered some strange architectural traces. He thought there might be a secret passage in this place.

Unexpectedly, after some fiddling, Li Xiang actually found the entrance to the secret passage below on the first floor.

"This secret passage is unusual. The triggering method will change according to the rotation of the sun and the moon." Li Xiang shook his head and said: "If he didn't have a thorough understanding of the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, he would have to recite at least more than 3,000 decryption methods just by rote memorization. …”

Fang Tian's eyes were shrouded in darkness. He looked along the entrance of the dark tunnel and saw the steps leading downwards going downwards.

There seemed to be a long way down.

"It looks like this road is very long. Let's go down and have a look. Be careful."

Fang Tian said as he took the lead in stepping into the secret passage, walking at the front and leading the way.

Cat Master followed the second one and stepped in. He raised his hand and a ball of light appeared in his palm, illuminating the surrounding area.

"I hope I can find the formula for the blue dragon's blood."

Although several bottles of Azure Dragon Blood have been found, there is a chance that if one returns to the Shadow Realm and is studied by the alchemists, the formula for Azure Dragon Blood can be obtained. However, the success rate is still too low. Obtaining the formula is the safest option.

Li Xiang followed at the end. After entering the secret passage, he also closed the entrance to the passage behind him.

Gradually go down the steps, and after about ten meters in depth, the steps reach the end, and a long walkway appears in front of you.

Several people groped forward carefully.

The passage is quite wide and can accommodate about four or five people moving forward side by side. Since there is no bifurcation, several people can only go straight forward.

After a few minutes, Mr. Cat frowned and said, "Something's wrong."

"Yes, indeed."

Fang Tian nodded in agreement.

"What?"

Li Xiang looked confused.

Fang Tian explained: "There is a lot of dust here, which means that no one has been here for a long time. If it is a place where valuables are kept in Qintian Prison, it should be cleaned frequently. Even if it is not cleaned, it will not be so dirty. , and this passage is too long, we have already gone deep into the ground. "

"This..." Hearing this, Li Xiang reached out and touched the wall, and found dust on his hand. He shook his hand and asked, "So we are in the wrong place? Then what the hell is this secret passage leading to?" ?”

"I don't know. The origin of Qin Tianjian is mysterious. Anyway, it's better to be careful."

There was no danger along the way. The three of them walked forward for more than ten minutes. The front of the passage was blocked by a bronze gate.

There are also some crooked words engraved on the door.

Li Xiang became energetic as soon as he saw it. He hurriedly took two steps forward, took out the pen and paper he carried with him, stared at the ancient characters on the door and began to study them, writing and drawing in his notebook.

This door was obviously not a product of this era, and exuded an ancient atmosphere. Fang Tian did not test it immediately, but waited quietly for Li Xiang, until Li Xiang put down the pen and paper in his hand, revealing a look full of dissatisfaction. With a puzzled expression, he asked: "How is it? Did you see something?"

"It's weird, it's really weird..." Li Xiang seemed to have not heard Fang Tian's question and was in a trance, staring at the bronze door and murmuring to himself.

Fang Tian stepped forward, put his hand on Li Xiang's shoulder, and repeated, "What did you see?"

Li Xiang suddenly came to his senses. He pointed at the bronze gate and explained to Fang Tian and Mao Ye, "Look, the ancient characters on the gate are from an ancient dynasty, but strangely, the characters of this dynasty are used. The time should be more than a thousand years ago. Judging from this, this bronze gate should be more than a thousand years ago. "

"More than a thousand years ago? That's really an antique." Mr. Cat sighed and asked, "But what's so strange about this?"

"The problem is, the history of Qintian Prison is not more than a thousand years..."

Fang Tian looked at the stone gate and asked, "When did Qin Tianjian build the mountain gate here?"

"I'm not sure about this..." Li Xiang was stunned for a moment, then blinked, "But I can check."

With that said, Li Xiang quickly took out his iPad from the backpack behind him, and then retrieved the document, "Hey, yes, yes, according to records, the original birthplace of Qintianjian was not this place. Later, after Qintianjian developed and expanded, Some things were settled by the imperial court, and it was at that time that Qin Tianjian's power expanded rapidly. It was roughly during that time that he moved here and established the mountain gate here. "

Master Mao understood what Fang Tian meant and said, "Master Fang, do you think Qin Tian Prison chose to move here because of the secret behind this door?"

Fang Tian nodded, "I have this idea, but it's just a guess."

Li Xiang suddenly realized that this guess was quite reasonable.

Mr. Cat asked again: "Brother Li Xiang, you can recognize that it is ancient writing, but do you know what is recorded in these writings?"

"No, this ancient text has been lost for a long time. It is too difficult to fully analyze and translate, but I understand the meaning of some of the symbols." Li Xiang pointed to several common symbols that appeared in the text, "For example This, this means seal, and this, this means disaster, this means stars, and it also means the future..."

The more Li Xiang explained, the more confused Fang Tian and Mao Ye became.

"By the way, there is also this, this represents the blue dragon, one of the ancient mythical beasts."

"Qinglong?" Mao Ye's eyes lit up. He raised his head and looked at the place where Li Xiang pointed. He narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Qinglong blood can restrain powerful curses. According to our current understanding of the Imperial Observatory, they do have some means to break evil, but they are not outstanding in dealing with curses. Is it possible that Qinglong blood was not made by the Imperial Observatory at the beginning, but was a treasure or secret recipe obtained by the Imperial Observatory from behind this bronze door?"

"That makes sense!"

Li Xiang nodded repeatedly. He felt that what Mao Ye said made sense, but apart from this, he could not find any other evidence to support or refute this speculation.

"Well, we don't have to delay here any longer. If we delay any further, we may be discovered by the people of the Imperial Observatory." Mao Ye tried to step forward and put his hand on the bronze door to push it open.

However, the bronze door was embedded in the wall, and Mao Ye could not push it at all.

Helplessly, Master Mao looked at Li Xiang again and asked, "Brother Li Xiang, is there any way to open this door?"

"It's difficult... To open this door, you need to solve the puzzle above and also need a special key." Li Xiang smiled bitterly and pointed at a compass-shaped pattern above. "This puzzle is the same as the puzzles in the outside world. It involves the ancient Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, the Four Symbols and Eight Trigrams. I have some knowledge of this, but I don't have the key and can't open the puzzle."