Chapter 957: The Old Cave Locking Evil Ceremony

After Master Xu gave the order, a group of people rushed in. This time, the total number of people including the original tour group and the subsequent security team was at least three hundred.

There is strength in numbers, and because they are not short of money, they are equipped with a large number of combat creatures and various advanced weapons. Therefore, some wealthy disciples who accompanied them were not afraid at all, but were extremely excited.

Young Master Xu was even more energetic. He was not interested in what was hidden in the secret treasure, he just wanted to go in and take the risk.

Exploring hidden treasures is the most exciting activity in the world. It is not comparable to simply sitting there and watching a fighting game. If you are not careful, you may lose your life.

If he could break into this secret treasure that no one has ever entered and record the whole process on video, it would definitely cause a sensation in the entire circle and it would not be surprising if it were spread abroad. It would be a very face-saving thing.

After crossing a section of pier, there was another section in front of them. There were many missing boards on it, and the long rope hanging on it did not look very secure. So the security team immediately sent a few people over and reinforced the pier.

Young Master Xu, holding up his flashlight, enthusiastically shone it down the mountainside, already brightly illuminated by the searchlights. He asked, "Teacher Fan, how come it's such a coincidence that we've found the road today?"

Teacher Fan is a man in his fifties wearing glasses, and looks like a professor at a higher education institution.

He smiled and said, "Mr. Xu, this could only happen if the rituals governing the entire secret vault have changed. Either the geographical environment has shifted, or someone has tampered with a key location. Perhaps someone got in before us."

Young Master Xu was startled. "Someone went in first?"

Teacher Fan smiled and said, "That's not surprising. For over a thousand years, countless people have explored this area, and quite a few have entered. There's no guarantee they'll emerge safely, but there are definitely some who have specific clues."

As he spoke, he added meaningfully, "Anyone who has the clues and can still go in is not a simple person."

Master Xu thought about it and felt that it made perfect sense! His Xu family was so powerful, but they didn't know the specific information here. How could those who knew it be simple?

He immediately told the security officer beside him, "Lao Lai, don't be impulsive when you meet someone later. Say hello if you can, and make friends if you can. We're all here to have fun, so don't make things unpleasant."

Lao Lai said nothing more and replied, "Yes, Master, I will listen to you and greet you first."

"That's right!"

At this time, a shout came from the front, saying that the pier had been reinforced, so under the leadership of Young Master Xu, the group rushed forward excitedly again.

On the other side, after Chen Chuan walked to the end of the long road, he saw a narrow upward staircase in front of him.

Standing here, he looked back and around. This direction was leading to the mountain ridge. He had come up to take a look during the day, and there was nothing there except a barren slope.

But now, as I walked along, I found that there were flat bricks and steps under my feet, and in the distance I could see some majestic stone men and stone horses.

When he arrived here, the sky was actually slightly bright, looking like the sky at dusk. You have to know that he came here at midnight.

This situation...

He thought about it and thought that the entire secret treasure might be connected to a crack.

Perhaps at this time of year, the rift intersects with the real world, creating a portal of entry and exit, but it could also be another situation...

He glanced at the second self and saw no signs of blurring, which meant that what he saw was absolutely real.

He turned his gaze to the front again. No matter what was going on here, he would put it aside for now and go in to take a look.

At this time, he called out, and Chao Ming, who was originally flying above, landed and followed him.

He walked up the stone steps. At first, they were very narrow, only allowing two people to walk side by side. But after a hundred or so steps, the steps gradually became wider, until he reached a large resting platform with pavilions on both sides for resting and looking out.

Just as he was looking around, the stone tablet in his coat pocket trembled slightly, and the raccoon cat suddenly jumped out. Originally, its body was very illusory, but now it looked much more solid. As soon as it landed on the ground, it began to bite the ground with a crunching sound.

Chen Chuan didn't pay attention at first, but when he looked down, he found that the floor tiles were shining with golden light. His eyes moved. Is this... the powder of Six Yang Gold?

He looked into the distance along the ground and found that except for the place in the distance where the view was blocked by fog, the ground was almost entirely paved with this kind of stone bricks. He couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

Not to mention the difficulty of collecting Liuyang Gold, just melting it and integrating it into bricks and stones would inevitably require the assistance of a large number of fighter-level masters.

Besides the enormous manpower and material resources involved, this obviously also involved some special technology. If all this was simply to show off luxury and majesty, then the sheer magnitude of the power behind it is simply unimaginable.

But if you think about it again, historical records show that Emperor Ying was a very ambitious person, so it doesn't seem strange that he did such a thing.

This should be just the outer area. Even this place can use so much Six Yang Gold. You can imagine how valuable the things hidden inside are.

However, this is the secret collection of the imperial family after all. The things here will not be taken away for nothing. There must be arrangements and protections. Even after a thousand years, it can be seen from the fact that the ceremony outside is still the same, so you still need to be careful.

Continuing upwards, Chao Ming followed him obediently. If he didn't signal, he wouldn't go forward. Instead, the civet cat was running around here, but it seemed to know that it couldn't stay away from Chen Chuan, and always stayed within a distance of about 20 meters in front.

Chen Chuan let it go and at the same time he could explore a way for himself.

After walking up a few steps and turning a corner, he came to a square. The front of the square was still covered by a hazy fog that looked like a dream.

When the civet cat arrived here, it did not move forward, but lay there, making a low hissing sound.

This must be because it felt threatened.

Chen Chuan took a look and did not rush in. Even though he was a fighter, he did not think that he could handle any situation easily.

Moreover, this place doesn't look simple, and he doesn't know whether he will encounter any dangerous situations later, so he won't waste his energy where he can avoid it.

He put down the suitcase beside him, unbuttoned it, opened it, and took out a tubular object with holes in it. With a light shake, the object shattered instantly. With a buzzing sound, a group of bee-like insects flew out from it.

This is a small modified creature, usually used to cooperate in combat and harass the enemy. However, due to its fast speed and flexible body, it is really useful for reconnaissance.

He made a gesture at this time, and the bees and insects surrounding him immediately dispersed rapidly and flew in all directions after receiving this information.

These things can get into many small places, and when danger occurs, they will directly explode into a ball of fire and make a loud noise, so that if there is any abnormal situation, he can discover it immediately.

These were just bugs hanging around outside for a few minutes, and not a single one of them had any problems.

He did not take these things back, but let them fly outside. He walked forward. After walking fifty or sixty meters, he saw stone pillars in front of him. They were all carved with images of dragons and snakes fighting each other.

He had done his homework before coming here. Emperor Ying called himself a dragon and his brother a snake, so these sculptures all depict the dragon crouching over a snake.

When he got closer, he found that the dragon and snake carvings seemed to move slightly, but when his eyes swept over them, they returned to stillness, as if they had never moved.

He didn't investigate further, retracting his gaze and walking through the dragon-snake stone pillars. As the fog in front of him dissipated, he revealed a row of black copper and iron trees with branches growing horizontally. Each tree was about two meters high, and was covered with strings of human and animal bones.

Chen Chuan immediately recognized that this was the "Iron Thorn Forest", a very famous pillar in the ancient Tantric rituals, and a sacrificial pillar that was popular in the Middle Ages.

When the sacrifice needs to be alive, it is skewered on the pillars, and then fire is set from below to burn it alive until it is charred. These sacrificial pillars will be covered with layer upon layer of charred flesh and blood, finally forming the special black-brown color seen before.

Emperor Ying was from Donglu, but at that time he had experienced two or three hundred years of invasion by the northern Rong people, and the grassland farming culture was mixed in, so he did absorb some of the barbaric styles of the northern witch sacrifices.

The object of this sacrificial ceremony might be some kind of god, or some kind of creature from the Land of Blending. The sacrifices were usually slaves and defeated captives, which was definitely not worthy of being worthy of an emperor.

So, from this perspective, this area should still be the edge of the secret vault. As the fog dissipated, he looked up and saw a palace complex faintly visible over there. He thought that was the center of the secret vault.

However, he did not leave in a hurry. Instead, he came to the center of the ceremony and saw a one-foot-tall dragon and snake statue at the pivot position. It was finely carved and lifelike, and the overall shape was a cylindrical column.

As long as this thing exists here, and as long as there are enough sacrifices, the ritual can still be started.

Chen Chuan shook his head. This overly bloody ritual should be left in the archives of history and there is no need to use it again.

He stretched out his hand, intending to take the statue down.

Without this thing, even with the ceremonial pillars outside, the ritual can no longer be carried out.

But as soon as he made contact with it, the entire statue shattered with a snap, and something seemed to fall out from the debris. It was a scarlet egg-shaped object.

He took a look, seemed to think of something, pondered for a moment, then picked up the thing and put it in the suitcase. He looked up again and saw that the swarm of bees had already flown deep into the front. He then quickened his pace and walked towards the palace complex in the distance.

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(End of this chapter)