Chapter 447 The Bell is the Key

Hu Xiner felt that the reason why there was a passage here was very simple.

The Lingyin Temple is so grand that it must have been built in a long time.

No matter how advanced the martial arts skills are or how powerful the monk is, he would not spend so much time building a house for himself.

Therefore, its construction must have been inseparable from craftsmen, but the workers were not very skilled in martial arts. If there was no passage, how could they transport the materials in?

After she finished explaining, Erdong suddenly understood and looked at her with admiration: "I didn't expect you to be so smart!"

"Maybe you're just too stupid." Jiang Yao came back to her senses from her inexplicable emotions. She thought he was very noisy, so she looked at him with disdain.

Erdong closed his mouth and silently said to himself that a good man does not fight with a woman.

At this moment, footsteps were heard outside the cave. Mu Qing and others who had gone out to look for an exit came back.

However, they did not find an exit on the cliff.

Erdong's expression could not hide his disappointment.

Hu Xin'er was also surprised. Could it be that she guessed wrong?

Taoist Master Yiqing laughed and said, "I won't tease you anymore. The exit is not on the cliff, but right next to this cave!"

It turned out that everyone searched everywhere beside the cliff but couldn't find it. Just when they were feeling depressed, Taoist Yiqing suddenly remembered that he seemed to hear a strange sound when he was sleeping last night, and he suspected that the exit was next to the cave.

After all, the cave looks fine at first glance, but the stone texture is of the best quality. Although it is built with great wildness and has more traces of natural weathering due to the passage of time, it can still be seen that it is man-made.

Some places even have Sanskrit inscriptions on them, and there are traces of incense burning on the cave ceiling.

Taoist Master Yiqing once heard by chance that some eminent monks would refuse admission to their doors. This eminent monk of Lingyin Temple was obviously a very solitary person. Those visitors were unwilling to leave after being rejected, so they would linger at the temple gate.

Therefore, people speculated that this cave might be the residence of people who came to visit Lingyin Temple.

In the weeds next to the cave, everyone found a tunnel.

There was a layer of loess above the tunnel. Due to its age, it was even covered with weeds, so it took everyone some time to find it.

Taoist Master Yiqing used his internal force to knock the yellow soil away, revealing the iron plate underneath.

And on the iron plate, there was a bell-shaped keyhole.

Hu Xiner's eyes lit up, and she quickly took out the string of green gold bells in her arms and stuck them on the keyhole.

There was a clicking sound from under the iron plate. She took out the bell and carefully pushed the iron plate open.

Under the iron plate was the entrance to a dark tunnel. As it opened, a rotten smell blew in, making everyone cough uncontrollably. No one knew how many years it had been since anyone had entered here.

Before going in, Hu Xin'er took out the string of bells, shook them, and smiled at the air, "Thank you, Master Yunhua!"

Although the attitude of the young monk from Lingyin Temple was not very good, it could be seen from his actions that he was a very kind person.

If they hadn't had this adventure after jumping off the cliff, they would never have been able to get out alive so easily.

And Erdong will probably be trapped in this cliff for the rest of his life.

Lu Yunjue carried Mother Lu on his back and said without thinking, "Brother, you can rest assured."

Except for Erdong, everyone couldn't help but laugh.

The little monk had said before that the bell could predict love affairs, so Mu Qing became jealous and wanted to throw the bell away, but was stopped by Hu Xiner.

Because she felt that the bell looked very mysterious, even if it had no special effects, it should be an antique.

How could such a fine antique be thrown away so casually? Even if I pawned it somewhere, I could still get some money!

Although he knew that Xin'er chose to keep the bell because of greed, Mu Qing's mood has not been very good these past two days, and there is a hint of resentment in his eyes.

The smell of vinegar was so strong that even Jiang Yao couldn't bear to look at it.

Hu Xin'er waved it towards Mu Qing. "Look, it's a good thing I didn't throw it away then. I think that little monk's talk about peach blossoms and true love is all a lie. This is just the tunnel key he gave us~"

Mu Qing's expression eased slightly, but he couldn't bear to be laughed at by everyone, so he defended himself proudly, "But it rang when it hit Erdong. How do you explain this?"

"It was just a blind cat that caught a dead mouse, and the ring just happened to ring." Erdong muttered softly.

He felt that he was so unlucky. He was still a single man, but he was unreasonably labeled as a scumbag and a bad lover. At the same time, he was targeted by Jiang Yao and Mu Qing, two cold-faced evildoers.

Alas, life did not let this macho man go after all.

He whimpered a few words in his heart, and was just complaining when the owl on his shoulder suddenly made an eerie cry, scaring everyone.

Mu Qing took the frightened Hu Xin'er into his arms, his face full of displeasure: "Tie your owl's mouth!"

The owl was very human-like. Upon hearing this, it immediately turned its head and stared at him angrily, with a hint of grievance in its eyes.

Mu Qing responded with a cold face.

The owl wilted, flapped its wings listlessly, closed its eyes and pretended to sleep.

In fact, apart from its creepy cry, it is very cute most of the time. It will find food by itself when it is hungry, squat on Erdong's shoulder when it has nothing to do, and even poop secretly by itself.

Hu Xin'er couldn't help but feel envious: "How did you end up with such a great pet?"

Everyone was very happy to have successfully found the exit. They arrived at the exit while chatting and laughing.

Breathing the fresh air again, everyone felt relaxed both physically and mentally. Even looking at the autumn grass around them, they felt that it was full of vitality and very pleasing.

The sun was high in the sky, completely dispelling the gloomy feeling brought by the tunnel. There was a village not far away, and the Taoist priest volunteered to interact with the villagers.

To be conservative, Hu Xin'er changed everyone's appearance.

Soon, Taoist Master Yiqing returned: "I asked, this is Qiutian Manor in the suburbs of Beijing, about fifty miles away from the capital. If we rent a few carriages here, we should be able to return to the capital before curfew!"

"Okay, then we'll set off after having lunch early." Jiang Yao was delighted. She originally thought that she had been washed far away by the river, but she didn't expect that it would only take half a day to return to the capital.

"We can ask our godfather to treat our mother first, and then go to Beijing," Hu Xiner suggested.

Jiang Yao couldn't help but show some excitement at the thought of getting Mother Lu treatment as soon as possible. "Xin'er, where does your godfather live? We can bring him to Beijing with us!"

There is a shortage of medicinal herbs on the mountain where Old Man Dou lives, so Jiang Yao thinks it would be best to treat Lu's mother in the Lu Mansion.

They left too hastily that night, and they could have taken the opportunity to check on their friends.

With the joy of having escaped death, everyone rushed to the capital...