When Gu Xinglang ran into the corridor, four monks' bodies fell into the stone chamber behind him. Several others were injured and stood in the stone chamber, but did not chase Gu Xinglang into the corridor. <>
There was a wind running through the corridor from north to south, and the smell of blood mixed with rotting corpses was carried by the wind, blowing in the face, so strong that Gu Xinglang could hardly breathe.
"Xiao Wei?" Gu Xinglang shouted towards the end of the corridor while standing in it.
There were faint flickering lights at the end of the corridor, but no human voices.
Gu Xinglang touched the stone wall and found liquid on it, but it was not water, but mucus.
"Xiao Wei?" Gu Xinglang called again.
Still no sound came from the other end of the corridor.
At this time, Gu Xinglang couldn't leave Xiao Wei and Jiang Zhuojun here and escape alone. Taking a deep breath of the foul-smelling air, Gu Xinglang walked to the end of the corridor.
A monk who was guarding the stone chamber asked his companions: "Should we lower the door? And seal them in?"
“No need,” a monk shook his head, his hand pressed tightly against the wound on his chest, and whispered, “It’s impossible for them to come out of there alive.”
At the end of the corridor were twenty steps. Gu Xinglang stood in front of the steps, his expression a little distorted due to excessive nervousness.
The flat ground under the steps was filled with the same humanoid monsters that Gu Xinglang had seen in the Dali Temple. Five iron cages were hung above the heads of these monsters. Jiang Zhuojun fell in the iron cage in the middle, while Xiao Wei fell on top of the iron cage on Gu Xinglang's left. It was obvious that Xiao Wei jumped onto the iron cage in desperation to avoid these monsters.
I don't know why, Jiang Zhuojun, who was just shouting at Gu Xinglang and Xiao Wei to leave quickly, and Xiao Wei, who had just entered here, were now lying there, and Gu Xinglang couldn't tell whether these two people were still alive.
In the silence, a rustling sound suddenly came into Gu Xinglang's ears.
Gu Shao looked down and saw the candlelight flickering in the wind. Suddenly, it lit up, and Gu Xinglang saw that under the feet of these monsters, no, it should be said that the entire flat ground under the steps was crawling with the long insects he had seen in the Dali Temple.
Fear made Gu Xinglang unconsciously take a few steps back.
A drop of water seeping from the stone wall dripped behind Gu Xinglang with a "tick-tick" sound.
The monsters that were originally standing quietly under the stone steps seemed to be startled by the sound of dripping water. They twisted their necks stiffly and looked towards Gu Xinglang.
The palm of Gu Xinglang's right hand holding the knife was wet. In fear, cold sweat had soaked Gu Xinglang's clothes without him noticing.
The iron cage where Xiao Wei was lying made a "cracking" sound.
Gu Xinglang watched helplessly as a hook supporting the weight of the iron cage fell off the top of the stone wall.
The iron cage lost its balance and began to tilt.
The monsters all looked at Xiao Wei who was about to fall from the iron cage and roared, like gluttons seeing a feast.
Gu Xinglang leaped up and grabbed Xiao Wei just as he was about to fall from the iron cage. After all, he was a general on horseback, and after Gu Xinglang grabbed Xiao Wei, it was impossible for him to take Xiao Wei to another iron cage to hide, or simply return to the stone steps.
The monsters' roars became more and more angry. One of the monsters standing under the cage reached out and pulled the iron cage that was tilted above its head.
"Xiao Wei?" Gu Xinglang barely stood on the edge of the iron cage, hugged Xiao Wei in his arms, and called Xiao Wei several times.
Xiao Wei was hugged by Gu Xinglang, unconscious and like a corpse.
Gu Xinglang freed his hand and felt Xiao Wei's breath. Only when he was sure that Xiao Wei was still alive did he feel a little relieved.
The iron cage shook violently as the monsters pulled it.
Gu Xinglang looked at the stone steps, wondering how he should take Xiao Wei back there.
The rustling sound became louder and louder at this time. Gu Xinglang saw the long worms begin to climb up the monsters' bodies and crawl towards the tilted iron cage.
"Hurry up," Jiang Zhuojun's voice came from behind Gu Xinglang.
Gu Xinglang turned around quickly and saw Jiang Zhuojun holding onto the iron cage, looking at him anxiously.
"Let's go," Jiang Zhuojun shouted to Gu Xinglang, "There is a stone chamber up there with a mechanism that can retract and release the iron cage."
"Are there monsters there too?" Gu Xinglang asked.
Jiang Zhuojun said: "I didn't see them. What kind of monsters are these?"
Gu Xinglang shook his head. He had no idea what kind of monsters these were.
"Can you take Xiao Wei to the stone steps?" Jiang Zhuojun asked Gu Xinglang.
Gu Xinglang hugged Xiao Wei tightly, and with the help of the monsters' heads, it was possible for him to take Xiao Wei away. After finding the stone chamber that Jiang Zhuojun mentioned, he could rescue Jiang Zhuojun.
"They will go up the stone steps," Jiang Zhuojun reminded Gu Xinglang, "After you take Xiao Wei over there, leave quickly. Gu Xinglang, leave quickly."
Gu Xinglang wanted to ask why Jiang Zhuojun and Xiao Wei were unconscious, but at this moment, a deafening bell sounded from deep in the plain.
"No!" Jiang Zhuojun shouted.
The loud sound of the bell made Gu Xinglang's blood boil.
Jiang Zhuojun spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted again.
After hearing the bell, the monsters quieted down, and just like what Gu Xinglang had just seen, they stood quietly looking into the depths of the plain.
The movements of the worms seemed to be affected by the bell. They crawled slower, but they were still climbing up the iron cage.
Gu Xinglang knew that he couldn't faint, otherwise he and Xiao Wei would fall into the monster group and be torn to pieces by them. But as the bell continued, Gu Xinglang's eyes went dark.
Yu Xiaoxiao held the copper bell in her hand and showed it to Tianxing, saying, "Master, is this thing valuable?"
The old Taoist looked carefully at the copper bell that Yu Xiaoxiao hooked on her little thumb. The copper bell was carved and hollowed out, and the workmanship was very delicate, but how much could such a small bell be worth?
Yu Xiaoxiao put the bell under her nose and sniffed it, saying, "It smells like blood."
The old Taoist also leaned over to smell it, and then said, "I don't smell anything."
Ergou said, "Could this be gold?"
The old Taoist rolled his eyes at the young man. Couldn’t he tell the difference between copper and gold?
"It has been stained with human blood," Yu Xiaoxiao said affirmatively.
The old Taoist looked at the big Buddha whose head was smashed by Yu Xiaoxiao, and just looking at the place where the copper bell was hidden, this thing must be extraordinary. But the old Taoist couldn't figure out what was so special about this small copper bell?
Ergou said to Yuxiao: "Princess, shake it and see, maybe the sound of this bell is very nice."
"Really?" Yu Xiaoxiao shook the copper bell on her hand, and then Her Royal Highness the Princess and Ergou were silent. Not to mention that it sounded nice, the sound of the bell was also softer, right?
"What the hell is this bell?" Ergou shouted.
Yu Xiao: "It's pretty bad. It's not as good as the wind chimes Xiao Gu gave me."
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