Siheyuan: The Temptation of the Mountains

They walked into the castle cautiously and the door opened slowly. It was dark and damp inside, with a foul smell.

Lin Ze walked in front with a nimble figure, and Su Yao followed closely. When they just stepped into the spacious and slightly dark hall, they heard a loud bang behind them, and the door that was originally open suddenly closed! This sudden change startled both of them, and they almost drew their swords at their waists at the same time, concentrating on guarding against possible dangers around them.

At this moment, a creepy scene happened - the surrounding walls suddenly glowed with faint green light, and the light seemed to have life, flowing slowly and interweaving together to form strange lines and patterns.

Then, these lines and patterns gradually became clearer, and finally turned into strange runes that exuded a mysterious atmosphere. At the same time, the ground beneath their feet sank without any warning, and in the blink of an eye, a bottomless pit was formed. Lin Ze and Su Yao fell into it without warning.

When they steadied themselves and looked carefully, they found themselves in a closed secret room. In the center of the secret room was an extremely large crystal ball, which was several feet in diameter. Through the crystal clear surface of the ball, they could vaguely see that there seemed to be some kind of object surging inside, sometimes turning into a vague shape, and sometimes disappearing without a trace.

Seeing this, Lin Ze took a few steps forward cautiously, wanting to take a closer look at the mysterious crystal ball. However, just as he stretched out his hand and touched the crystal ball, an unimaginably strong force suddenly gushed out from the inside of the ball, hitting Lin Ze like a bolt of lightning, and knocking him back. Su Yao, who was standing by, was horrified when she saw this, and quickly ran over to support the shaky Lin Ze.

At this moment, a ethereal and ethereal voice echoed in the secret room like a ghost: "Ignorant intruders, if you still want to leave here alive, you must find the three keys hidden here..." Hearing this, Lin Ze and Su Yao looked at each other, and each saw a hint of determination in each other's eyes. Without any hesitation, they immediately took action and began to search for the so-called key in this secret room.

After some hard work, the two finally found something in a remote corner. There were some shabby wooden boxes and sundries piled up there. Su Yao reached out to flip one of the wooden boxes with joy, but she accidentally triggered the hidden mechanism inside. In an instant, countless sharp arrows shot towards them like a rainstorm! At the critical moment, Lin Ze quickly grabbed Su Yao and took her to avoid this wave of fatal attacks in an extremely thrilling posture.

Although they had experienced such a thrilling scene, fortunately, their hard work was not in vain. Not far from where they had just dodged the arrows, a tall and majestic statue caught their attention. When they got closer, they found that under the base of the statue, there lay a golden key that was flickering with a faint light. Looking at the hard-earned first key in front of them, Lin Ze and Su Yao could not help but be overjoyed.

But just as they were immersed in joy, suddenly a low and terrifying roar came from the depths of the secret room. The roar was deafening, like thunder, and it made people tremble with fear. Along with the roars, the whole secret room began to tremble slightly, as if a peerless beast was about to wake up from its deep sleep. Feeling this unprecedented crisis, Lin Ze and Su Yao did not dare to be negligent, and quickly grasped the swords in their hands, ready to face the next unknown challenge...

The roar was getting closer and closer. Lin Ze and Su Yao stared at the darkness nervously. Suddenly, a huge beast covered with black scales and glowing eyes rushed out. It opened its bloody mouth, revealing its sharp fangs, and pounced on the two.

Lin Ze shouted and rushed towards the beast, stabbing his sword straight at its eyes. The beast dodged with its head tilted, and swept Lin Ze away with a wave of its claws. In a flash, Su Yao quickly circled around the side of the huge beast like a ghost. The sword in her hand flashed coldly, and with a cry, she slashed fiercely at the beast's thick hind legs. There was a crisp sound of "click", and the beast was in pain and let out a low roar.

Its huge body turned rapidly, and its tail, as hard and powerful as a steel whip, whistled towards Su Yao with a sharp sound. At this critical moment, Lin Ze jumped up without hesitation, and the whole person flew out like an arrow from a string, landing steadily on the broad back of the beast. He held the hilt of the sword tightly with both hands, and used all his strength to hit the huge head of the beast with the hilt of the sword.

The beast was stunned by the sudden attack and began to twist its huge body wildly, trying to throw Lin Ze off its back. However, Lin Ze held the beast's neck tightly and nailed his feet firmly on its back. No matter how the beast struggled, it could not get rid of his restraints.

At the same time, Su Yao's eyes were as sharp as an eagle's, and she calmly looked for its flaws and weaknesses in the beast's violent movements. Suddenly, her eyes lit up and she found a bright red scale on the beast's abdomen. The color of this scale was obviously different from the other parts around it, which was particularly abrupt. Su Yao was secretly happy and hurriedly shouted to Lin Ze who was fighting fiercely with the beast.

Hearing Su Yao's cry, Lin Ze was refreshed, gritted his teeth, and used all his strength to stab the red scale with the sword in his hand. In an instant, a stream of bright red blood gushed out and splashed everywhere. The beast suffered such a heavy blow that it let out a shrill howl in pain. Then its huge body could no longer support itself and fell heavily to the ground, raising a cloud of dust.

Seeing the beast finally fall to the ground, Su Yao and Lin Ze both breathed a sigh of relief. After an arduous battle, they finally defeated this powerful enemy. After a short breath, the two immediately cheered up and continued their journey to find the remaining two keys.

Soon, they found the second key at the place where the beast fell. However, when they looked around, they could not find the last key. Just when the two were feeling a little confused, Su Yao suddenly noticed a crystal ball not far away. The crystal ball emitted a mysterious light, as if it was hiding some secrets.

Lin Ze took a deep breath and mustered up the courage to walk towards the crystal ball again. Although touching the crystal ball had caused a series of dangers before, he had no other choice now. He carefully reached out his hand and gently touched the surface of the crystal ball. At the moment of contact, a strange light flashed, and then the last key slowly emerged from the inside of the crystal ball.

Lin Ze was quick to grab the key. As all three keys were collected, the door of the secret room that was originally closed began to open slowly. In the end, Su Yao and Lin Ze successfully walked out of this secret room full of crises and challenges and welcomed the dawn of victory.