"Okay, okay, stop arguing and find an exit. The important thing is how to get out. We didn't bring much stuff with us. If we get stuck for too long, something might happen." The last one was a girl. She had a beautiful figure, soft eyebrows, long silky hair, and a red-billed blackbird resting on her shoulder.
With the girl's mediation, the two teenagers finally stopped talking for a while.
"Hmph, if it weren't for Xiao Luo's sake, I would definitely report it to my senior brothers and ask them to cancel your results." said the boy with a slightly square face.
"Tongzhu, you!" The young man named Yujian was a little angry and wanted to chop someone with his sword, but he didn't dare to really chop him down.
The girl beside them shook her head helplessly, and then tried to persuade them a few more times before the two stopped arguing.
Afterwards, the three of them groped and searched in the broken hall, looking for a way out.
Loran Hill looked at the scene that happened who knows how many years ago, and her gaze finally stopped on the girl. Her features were so familiar that she was a little surprised.
If I'm not mistaken, this girl is Granny Grove in her youth. No wonder she once said that Yu Jian was someone she knew from the past. Now it seems that the two of them are probably quite familiar with each other.
But how could Granny Grove be with these two people when she was young? And judging from their uniform clothing, they seemed to be from the same faction or organization.
The scene then quickly shifted, showing the three of them groping around in the hall. Yu Jian, tired of searching, sat down on a cushion in front of the statue to rest. Then, another young man named Tong Zhu approached.
"Make way, I'll sit for a while."
"Why don't you sit somewhere else? Why are you squeezing with me? You're so hot, like a furnace." Yu Jian complained.
"There's dust everywhere here, and only these two cushions are clean. If I don't sit on yours, do you want me to fight with Xiao Luo for it?" Tongzhu responded and squatted down.
Yu Jian secretly glanced at the girl sitting next to him and saw that she was talking to the bird in her hand. He couldn't help but look at her a few more times, but turned his head away before she noticed.
"Well, after all, Xiao Luo is a girl, it's really not appropriate for her to sit with you."
After that, several people started talking about it, but for some reason, Yu Jian and Tong Zhu seemed to be born incompatible. They started quarreling again, and finally wrestled on the mat and fell to the ground.
There was a click, and no one knew what mechanism the two men touched while struggling. Just as they were surprised, a hole slowly appeared under the statue, revealing a passage inside.
The three of them climbed in curiously, and then they saw three tall bronze bases that were tightly sealed, with three strange objects tied to the bases with chains.
"What treasure is this?" Yu Jian stepped forward curiously, but was quickly pulled back by Gro. A flash of light passed by, and ghosts rose from the bronze base. They didn't seem to have much intelligence and could only swim around the base.
"Fortunately, Xiao Hei warned you in advance, otherwise you would have been dragged in by those ghosts." Gro patted her chest in shock, and the black bird beside her chirped.
"There are words here!" Tongzhu picked up a bronze lantern he carried with him and placed it on the stone wall beside him to look at it.
There seemed to be inscriptions carved with a knife on the rocky mountain wall.
"Seven Swords Piercing the Heart Cabinet,'Demon-Transforming and Soul-Bewitching Furnace','Drive Away Evil and Chase Away the Mysterious Corner'..." The bronze candle read the ancient words on it word by word.
"Do you even understand this?" Yu Jian said casually.
"Of course, I have learned it since I was a child..." Hearing this question, Tongzhu explained complacently.
Although this young man has an ordinary appearance, several of his elders were disciples of Zhaoye Palace. He has been exposed to a lot of knowledge and history since childhood, so he can roughly understand the texts of the Youchi clan.
"Wow, if we take this out, won't we be rich?" Yu Jian shouted excitedly with ecstasy on his face.
"But, something like this is also very dangerous. I heard that the Yama Palace was very brutal in the past." Gro said with some worry.
"What are you afraid of? Fortune and wealth are achieved through risk. Besides, I don't have the good family background of Tongzhu. I finally squeezed into the selection of Zhaoye Palace this time."
"Yujian, you are wrong." After hearing this, Tongzhu shook his head.
"The mission of Zhaoye Palace is to guard the Sunset Mountains. If the inner disciples discover that we have secretly entered the sealed ruins, I'm afraid we will be eliminated from this assessment."
"Ah, then all my efforts over the years would be in vain." Yu Jian was stunned and his mouth opened wide.
It had always been his dream to enter the Shangmen Ningzi Zhaoye Palace. Now he was sentenced to death like this, which was really hard to accept. For a moment, his voice became low, revealing a bit of sadness and discomfort.
"Alas..." Tongzhu couldn't help but shake his head when seeing Yujian like this.
Although he was involved in this matter, since several of his family elders were in Zhaoye Palace, it wouldn't be a problem for him to find other ways to join. But Yu Jian was different. This guy was born in an ordinary family. Just this trip to Mushan Island cost his family a lot of money. I'm afraid there won't be another chance.
But who could have thought that this was an accident? The three of them entered the outer gate of Zhaoye Palace and came to the Sunset Mountains according to the trial within the faction. As a result, while chasing a monster, they fell into the mountain stream and entered this strange place.
Even if he survived, he would likely be scolded later. After all, throughout his childhood, several elders had told him that the Zhaoye Palace held these underground ruins in high regard, and that people from other factions were not allowed to approach them. Even if they were from the outer sect, rashly entering would be a sin.
"This is the responsibility given to us by the dynasty, and it is also our honor, Tongzhu." He still remembered that an elderly uncle held his shoulder and said that year, with pride and honor on his face.
The reason why Zhaoye Palace was able to become independent from the Xiangyu Sect was precisely because of this honor and mission. Otherwise, with the strength of the Xiangyu Sect back then, it would not have allowed such a thing to happen.
Thinking about all this, Tongzhu finally suppressed his dislike for Yujian and promised that if the three of them could get out on their own, he would not report the matter to Zhaoye Palace, which would allow Yujian to officially join the sect.
And at the end, when the three of them were about to exit, Yu Jian asked the girl.
"As for you, Ge Luo, we killed several demons this time, so you should be able to officially join the sect."
"Me..." Gro stood quietly at the exit and answered after a long time.
"I won't go to Zhaoye Palace. Those members of the Youchi clan may need more help. I think their lives are really miserable." The girl hesitated and struggled for a few times on her face, and finally said this.
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