Fantasy Mirror Travel Records

Lu Xiaofeng and the others slid down the corridor, and the space became wider as they went down. Only when they got to the bottom did they find that it was a huge cave, and there were two corpses lying on the ground.

Seeing the newly added corpse, Lu Xiaofeng's face changed slightly: "Tarot..."

"I killed him." Tarot wiped off the bloody knife in his hand, and spat on the ground, "Although it is common for people in this line of work to eat black people, but now the major events have not been accomplished and the poisonous injuries have not been healed. Regardless of life or profit, I will not allow anyone to stab a knife in the back at this juncture, otherwise..."

His sinister gaze swept over everyone present, including Chu Liuxiang and Lu Xiaofeng.

Tarot's words were not pleasant, which made many people look gloomy, but some people secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Chu Liuxiang touched his nose, wisely dismissed this topic, and turned to look at the situation in the cave.

The ever-burning lamp hanging above the head illuminates the entire cave in a dim yellow, which makes people feel depressed and irritable for no reason.The round place of the cave looks like it has been turned upside down by a sea bowl. Except for the passageway behind them, there is only a closed stone door in front and a honeycomb of densely packed holes on the cave wall. The round chopsticks are big.

"This hole..." Lu Xiaofeng has a good friend like Zhu Ting, so he has seen many ingenious mechanisms. He carefully observed the hole, "The hole is smooth and unscratched, so there should be no hidden weapons like crossbows."

Hearing this sentence, some people were relieved, while others were more vigilant.

Tarot took a deep breath: "Don't worry about these things, look for the tomb door!"

Everyone dispersed to look for clues, Chu Liuxiang and Lu Xiaofeng went to the long burning lamp and looked carefully, and saw a stone statue of a young girl standing on the base, wearing a Hu suit and pigtails, but she could vaguely discern some Central Plains people's facial features When it comes to the taste, its posture is holding the lamp in hand and looking up to beg for mercy, the charm is lifelike.

The white candle as thick as a baby's arm in the lamp was more than half burned, and the candle's tears condensed into thick grease.At such a close distance, Chu Liuxiang's nose was not so good that he couldn't smell anything, but Lu Xiaofeng keenly smelled a faint fragrance, like... the smell of peach blossoms.

The ever-burning lamp is made of fish or animal fat, so it should have a smell, but how could it carry such a smell?

While Lu Xiaofeng was thinking about it, he suddenly heard a splash from behind, as if something heavy had fallen to the ground, and then someone cursed in a low voice: "Liu Liu, be careful, get up!"

It turned out that a person suddenly fell while climbing up to find the mechanism. The heavy sound startled everyone. The companion next to him reprimanded angrily, but saw that the person struggled on the ground a few times and failed to sit up. Instead, he rolled his eyes. Soon he collapsed to the ground without a sound, and black blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

The face of the person who asked the question changed, and he tried his breath and pulse with trembling hands. After a while, he was so frightened that he sat down on the ground, his voice trembling: "He, he, he died—"

In the middle of his speech, he suddenly grabbed the front of his chest tightly, his eyes were wide open, his expression was ferocious and painful, and his body fell to the ground and began to twitch continuously.

As if infected by an epidemic, people fell to the ground one after another in the cave, with the same symptoms. Seeing that Tarot also knelt down on one knee, covering his heart, only Lu Xiaofeng and Chu Liuxiang were standing still.

Lu Xiaofeng immediately realized that this candle is not poisonous, but it can be used as a trigger to trigger the toxins in these people's bodies to attack. When the sealed acupuncture points are broken by qi and blood, and the toxins flow into the heart channels, these people are all hopeless!

Thinking of this, Lu Xiaofeng immediately blew out the ever-burning lamp, and the cave was plunged into pitch-black darkness.

Chu Liuxiang heard the groan gradually weakened, and asked, "How are you doing now?"

There was silence for a while in the darkness, and then came Tarot's deep panting voice: "One."

"two."

"three."

"..."

"ten……"

Chu Liuxiang couldn't help sighing.

Among the fourteen Faqiu people, apart from the two who had just taken a step earlier, two more died now.

Going forward, what else will happen?

A terrible silence spread, and shadows hung over everyone's heads.

"I, I quit!" Suddenly someone yelled, accompanied by the sound of panicked footsteps, "This place must be cursed! If you go any further, we will all die!"

"Stop!" Someone shouted, "Even if you want to leave, you have to find that bitch to get the antidote. Are you courting death?"

"I don't believe I can't find it... ah!"

The end of the man's voice suddenly turned into a scream, which shocked everyone's hearts. Tarot got close, and heard the sound of Bianwei and slashed at him.

A stream of blood splattered on the back of the hand holding the knife, accompanied by a fishy smell, apparently the sneaky thing was cut in half by Tarot.

Someone took out a fire pocket and ignited it. With this faint light, everyone saw that the two snake corpses that fell to the ground were slender and colorful, with a triangular head facing the fleeing person. The distance is no more than half a foot.

Where did the poisonous snake come from?

Chu Liuxiang's ears moved, and he heard a "rustling" sound coming from all directions.

With a serious expression on his face, he opened the folding fan in his hand, and moved his foot lightly in front of the crowd. The fan waved diagonally from left to right, and his internal force turned into a strong wind, forcing back several poisonous snakes, scorpions and centipedes that fell from the hole.

There are poisonous nests hidden behind these holes. When the long light is on, the nest will not move, and once the light is turned off, the nest will come out in full force. It is a terrible situation anyway!

People in Faqiu fight all the year round, and they often encounter snakes, insects, rats and ants, and they will naturally carry preventive medicines on their bodies.Seeing the tide of snakes and insects approaching, Tarot and the others immediately took out the medicine powder packs and sprinkled a circle around them, and the colorful poisons lingered outside the circle, making horrible crawling and spit sounds, which made people's scalp hair tingle. numb.

"I have to find the secret door mechanism quickly, or simply kill all these things." Tarot glanced at Chu and Lu, and then seemed to glance at everyone around him unintentionally, his eyes sinking slightly.

Lu Xiaofeng glanced roughly, there are probably hundreds or even thousands of snakes and insects all over the ground, they are indeed sure to fight with their martial arts skills, but they will definitely not be able to retreat completely, someone will inevitably become a victim of a strong attack to break through.

He could think of this, so Chu Liuxiang naturally wouldn't ignore the undercurrents in Tarot's words, but seeing him close the folding fan, he said: "If my guess is correct, the mechanism should be on the ever-burning lamp, please, brother Lu, please light the lamp again." .”

"What nonsense are you talking about? What if we get poisoned?!"

"The candle itself is non-toxic. It is the smell that is mixed with the burning things in it and the poison in everyone's body. Therefore, as long as you don't smell it, you will be fine for the time being." Chu Liuxiang paused, "As for the mechanism, Brother Lu Are you sure?"

Lu Xiaofeng stroked his mustache and chuckled lightly.

His laughter was not loud, but it had a kind of lighthearted and joyful power. In today's dark environment, he comforted the terrified people, and even Chu Liuxiang couldn't help smiling.

However, not everyone is willing to put their lives on two strangers.

As soon as Chu Liuxiang's words fell, someone objected: "I can only hold my breath for a moment, what if I don't find the mechanism? You come to pay... eh!"

The man snorted, Tarot retracted his elbows, and said coldly: "Those who don't want to gamble, and those who plan to turn back, rush out now, no one will stop you! Go!"

He spoke harshly and bluntly. Naturally, some people were offended. Chu Liuxiang shook her head lightly and said, "If anyone wants to leave, I will escort you for a ride. Please come to me if you are interested. Brother Lu, light the lamp. "

Behind Lu Xiaofeng was the ever-burning lamp, and when Chu Liuxiang's words fell, he had already taken the torch from a Faqiu man, and relit the extinguished ever-burning lamp.

The moment the light came on, Chu Liuxiang grabbed the two Faqiu people with both hands, and with a touch of his toes on the ground, the people shot out of the air like arrows leaving the string.He brought two tall and strong adult men, who were still as light as swallows whose feet did not touch the ground, and there was a distance of six feet from the medicine powder circle to the entrance of the corridor, which was only an instant for Chu Liuxiang.

At the same time as he was leaving, Lu Xiaofeng had already turned to face the lamp holder.

The stone statue of the girl in the Hu suit is about six feet high with the base, when the lights are bright, Lu Xiaofeng can see it completely, even the lines of the pigtails, so naturally he can't miss the pair of half-closed eyes.

There is no dust on the stone statue, someone should have cleaned it regularly, but compared to other parts of the body, the half-drooped eyelids are much smoother, as if they have been touched and rubbed many times.

At this time, Chu Liuxiang had already arrived near the entrance of the corridor, but when he saw that his feet were wrong, he swept away the surrounding poisonous snakes with the strength of his legs, then swung his arms, and threw the two of them onto the "pure land" that had been temporarily cleared out .Without his order, the two immediately got into the entrance of the tunnel. Chu Liuxiang took out the prepared medicine powder from his bosom and sprinkled it to prevent the snakes and insects from chasing them. The wind fell in front of Tarot and the others.

When his body settled down, Lu Xiaofeng's two fingers also landed under the eyelids of the stone statue, and at the same time he exerted all his strength to lift it up!

The eyelids were actually movable. At the moment when the stone statue "opened its eyes", everyone felt their feet tremble—a hole with a radius of two feet collapsed around the lamp base!

Tarot almost wanted to scold his mother. He had been in this business for many years, but it was the first time he encountered such a tomb structure. Compared with a mausoleum, this place was more like a nest of snakes, insects, rats and ants.

Fortunately, the hole was not deep, so they stabilized quickly after falling, and at the same time, there was a stone slab across their heads to prevent snakes and insects from chasing them down.

Lu Xiaofeng patted the dust off his head, and asked: "Everyone okay?"

Responses came one after another, Chu Liuxiang blew on the torch to illuminate the corner, and found that it was a secret road paved with stone slabs, winding and extending in all directions, like twisted intestines, which would go off if not careful.

Tarot took out the parchment, compared the routes carefully, then carefully took a piece of paper and placed it upright for perception, and then said: "The wind comes from the second hole on the left, and there should be a way to survive."

This time it was still Lu Xiaofeng and Taluo who took the lead. After Chu Liuxiang died, a group of ten people formed a long snake and walked into the entrance hole.After walking dozens of steps, a fire gradually appeared in front of my eyes. It was the unburned lamps on the side walls along the way.

Someone came here not long ago.

Lu Xiaofeng thought of the missing "proprietress", narrowed his eyes, and walked in front.

This corridor is much straighter than just now. There are oil lamps every ten steps on the right side, but a wide and long mural on the left side. Since they entered the corridor, mountains, rocks, plants and trees began to appear. In the middle section, human figures, birds and beasts have been seen.

Lu Xiaofeng's footsteps slowed down unknowingly, a group of people turned their heads and stared at the murals intently——

In the prairie fire, there was a nine-headed giant python, which opened its bloody mouth to the crowd, and its long tail swept over, making the ground a mess;

Snakes, insects, rats and ants come out of their nests, birds and beasts choose people and devour them, and human bones lie on the ground.

Warriors rode horses and drew bows, while herdsmen held knives and raised sticks, fighting bravely against giant pythons;

The survivors knelt by the water and prayed. A naked goddess walked up to the water and stopped in front of a man...

It has been dusty for so many years, but many parts of the murals are still clearly identifiable, the characters are lifelike, and there are only a few scenes, which have vividly depicted a long-standing myth and legend.

"It turned out to be the story of the Longevity Goddess subduing the snake god." Chu Liuxiang heard a Faqiu man say this.

He raised his eyebrows, and Lu Xiaofeng in front of him also turned around: "Please enlighten me."

The man said: "I told you before that the Modi royal family worshiped the seven-headed snake god because of this myth. It is said that in Mobei in ancient times, a giant python swallowed the sun and moon and became a god, but it It is a different kind, not only not recognized by the gods, but also suppressed under the ground. The giant python was resentful, and ate the resentment scattered between heaven and earth, and grew eight more heads, swallowing wind and dew, breathing fire and spitting water, It also enjoys eating people. Its body is too large, covering the sky, so that the sun and the moon cannot disperse the darkness, and summons countless birds, beasts, insects and snakes to attack human tribes, and the gods do not value the life and death of mortals. Humans can only rely on themselves Go fight the python."

Heaven and earth are not benevolent, and all things are dogs.

Chu Liuxiang asked softly, "What happened next?"

Tarot interjected: "Later, all the warriors who went to kill the giant python died. People are people, how can they fight such monsters? After fighting for three years, only women, children and few men are left in the tribe. He chose to use women to sacrifice to the gods to beg for help, and killed seven women in a row, but the gods were still indifferent, and seeing that the head of the eighth woman was about to be beheaded, a goddess finally came from the lake."

She is the goddess of longevity, in charge of the continuation and reproduction of life. Naturally, she can't bear such a tragic situation, let alone seeing them continue to kill each other, give up the high rules and go to the world, marry a man, and give birth to a child blessed by the gods. That, my boy, is Mordie.

Modi grew into an adult seven days after he was born, and possessed incomparable strength. He took a bow and arrow and shot the python's four eyes blind, and then chopped off its two heads with a knife.The giant python was defeated, and surrounded a piece of land with its tail, and used all the surviving creatures in it as bargaining chips to negotiate with Mo Di. In the end, the Longevity Goddess came forward to reconcile.

She put away Mordi's bow and arrow, moved the giant python with her broad mind and kind love, eliminated its remaining resentment, and then expressed that she would give it a chance to be reborn as a human.

Under the direction of the goddess, the giant python was buried in this land, and her soul entered her belly, becoming the second child of the goddess of longevity.After seven years of pregnancy, the goddess exhausted her divine power and gave birth to a psychic baby girl named Ulan.

"The remnants of the local people gathered together to live together, and the tribe named it 'Modi' because of this incident, and after the birth of Ulan, the heavenly girl turned into a breeze and returned to heaven and earth. Ulan grew up like an ordinary child, but she had special The extraordinary insight can even accurately predict the outbreak of natural disasters and man-made disasters." Seeing that Chu Liuxiang and Lu Xiaofeng listened intently, Tarot sneered, "Mo Di was born with supernatural powers and led them to fight everywhere on the grassland, while Ulan used his talent to Helping the tribe to overcome the dangers again and again, making her brother invincible, and finally becoming the great witch of the Modi tribe... When they all returned to the arms of the gods, the clan elders set the rules—every generation of male kings and witches from then on. Inheriting the two names of Modi and Ulan, the king will fight and Wu Shanbu, in order to achieve long-term glory."

Lu Xiaofeng raised his eyebrows: "It sounds like a very complete story."

His tone was a little joking, and Tarot's smile was ironic.

This man seemed to know Mo Di's affairs very well, and he also had unconcealable unwillingness and anger.

Chu Liuxiang suddenly said: "But the real ending of this story should be the end of the Modi clan. They are not invincible after all."

There was silence in the passage for a while, Lu Xiaofeng turned his head and led everyone forward again.

The next content of the mural is exactly the same as what Tarot said. Surprisingly, there is no road at the end of the passage, but a wall covered by felt cloth.

A slight wind blew from the gap, and they concluded that the wall was not sealed, so someone raised his hand and tore off the felt cloth, but froze in place the next moment.

There is also a mural hidden on this wall.

Standing under the wonderful scene of the sun and the moon in the same sky, there is a tall woman in a hu skirt. Her long hair is slightly curly, and her exotic face is delicate and beautiful. Holding a precious mirror in both hands, her expression is lifelike, and she seems to be looking at it with a smile. These uninvited guests.

This should be a beautiful painting, but everyone who saw it took a step back in unison—the woman's brows, eyes and lips were painted in bright red, and her hands and the mirror she was holding were also painted in a ball Thick red, at first glance, it seems that her face is bleeding, and there is a heart in her bloody hand!

"This!"

"The smell of blood! It's really blood!"

"Curse! It must be a curse! Ulan's curse!"

The murals naturally wouldn't bleed by themselves, Lu Xiaofeng stood close, and if he smelled it carefully, he would find that the smell was surprisingly strong, it was clearly snake blood.

Chu Liuxiang noticed the bright spots, one is the precious mirror held by the woman on the mural, and the other is the "Ulan Curse" that someone blurted out just now.

The style of the mirror is the same as what he saw before he came, and it is basically certain that the clues for them to go back are in this ancient tomb.As for the curse... Chu Liuxiang pondered for a moment, thinking of the strange expressions of these people and Tarot's sneer when he told the legend just now, his heart sank slightly.

Although he has gone through this experience, he doesn't think everything in the world is based on strange powers and gods. Compared with the so-called spells, Chu Liuxiang believes that there are unknown secrets behind this.

Lu Xiaofeng's gaze was still on the mural.

He stood too close and looked too carefully, his nostrils were filled with the smell of blood from the painting, and other things gradually disappeared in front of him, leaving only this beautiful and terrifying woman.

In a daze, Lu Xiaofeng seemed to see that blood-red lips move, the person in the painting seemed to come to life, smiling sweetly at him, hesitant to speak.

By magic, Lu Xiaofeng stretched out his hand, and when he felt a cold touch in his palm, he jerked violently, but the wall under his hand suddenly flipped, throwing him into the darkness...