I continued along this path, leading the horse, basically racing against time, but when we reached the corner of a mountain, Sanfu refused to go on. Perhaps this was the end of our fate. I thank it for riding all the way, otherwise I would not have been able to bring Yunwen here with me.

After helping Yunwen off the horse, we untied the reins and set the horse free, and then prepared to go at the same time. Before leaving, Yunwen hugged the horse's neck for a long time before letting go, saying: "Thank you, go quickly and find your family."

After saying that, she let go of the horse's neck and went forward with me. After passing the corner, we saw a dilapidated temple. The dilapidated temple was located on stone steps, which had about two hundred steps. I helped Yunwen go up step by step. She was struggling and she collapsed to the ground with exhaustion after every step. Perhaps she should have been ill earlier, but she was forcing herself to hold on.

Finally we arrived at the dilapidated temple, pushed open the shabby wooden door and walked into the temple. Yunwen said she wanted to go and worship, so I took her in. There were bronze guards on both sides. When we entered the temple, there were stone tablets with words similar to oracle bone script, which were unrecognizable. After entering, there was a yellow stone statue sitting in the middle. However, due to the erosion of time, the statue was still mottled and it was hard to tell which god it was.

However, at this time, I heard Yunwen kneeling down and kowtowed several times. Although she was muttering in a low voice, I could still hear it with my ears: "Ju, Jade Emperor Forgives Sins, Your Majesty, I am seriously ill and will report to the underworld soon. Although I know the date of my death, I am still concerned about the life and death of the man next to me. I only hope that he can live safely and live a stable life. If he can be rescued, it would be the best. Also, please do not harm others after my death. I pray here and pray for your fulfillment."

It turned out that he was praying for me. I also learned that this was a Jade Emperor Temple and that the person worshipped was the Jade Emperor.

After finishing the recitation, Yunwen kowtowed three times and five times on the ground. I also bowed my head, muttering in my heart that I had no offerings and asking for forgiveness. Then we left the Jade Emperor Temple and went up the mountain through the back door.

This mountain is really as Yunwen described. There are tall trees at the mouth of Xun. There are four "dragon claws" lying on the ground on Claw Dragon Mountain. When you come to the third one, there is a ventilation canyon in front of you. You can hear the sound of wind that sounds like a dragon's roar, which lasts for a long time. And there are really towering trees next to them. They are huge and tall trees, taller than redwoods. They are like four pillars standing near Claw Dragon Mountain. You can't see the end when you look up.

The rest are basically the same as the ancient words that Yunwen recited. There are two mighty statues holding weapons, and there are mountain springs and waterfalls nearby. Under the Baqilong Town, there happens to be a cave with crooked words written on it. The word "Taicong" can be vaguely seen. There is a stone cave door, which is mostly made of diamond and weighs about two to three thousand pounds. It is difficult to push or open it with external force. Chopping and even bombs may not be effective. This is basically designed to prevent people from entering.

The only way is to use the rusty keyhole next to the stone door. Only by turning the switch inside can you open the stone door and enter the Taiqiong Cave.

"Let's start." Yunwen pulled out a few strands of hair and walked to the switch. Her movements were basically the same as Yingchun's at that time.

I went over and listened to the noise. The clicking sound continued. Yunwen should have touched the switch. When she pulled it, her hair broke, but there was still no other movement of the switch.

Her face was full of disappointment and she looked at me with guilt. I was about to say something but she immediately pulled out a few more of her hairs with force. She frowned in pain, and this time it was even more than last time. She tried again to open the keyhole, and I continued to press against the hole to listen to the movement. She touched the key part again, and I thought it should succeed this time. However, with a click, a few hairs were broken.

She was not convinced and wanted to pull out more hair, but I stopped her. She shouted anxiously: "I'm dying soon anyway, and all these hairs are going to rot, so I might as well keep trying."

"Don't try it. The objects inside are rusty and very old. Hair can't touch them. If you really want to try it, you can pull mine. Men's hair is harder." I said.

"I'm pulling your hair out. How much pain must it be?" Yunwen said with a pout.

"It's the same for you, why don't you think of another way?" I asked.

She nodded.

I found the reins from my backpack, split it into a thin piece, tried again, and it still broke. The Dragon Camp has more methods than us, and they can't open it. Our tricks are of no use at all.

Yunwen started coughing up blood again and collapsed to the ground. The time for her to "transform into a corpse" was getting closer and closer. I helped her sit down next to the statue. At this time, she leaned there weakly, and her face began to look unnatural. It seemed that the black ball was about to devour her consciousness, but I had no more medicine to inject into her.

At this moment, I suddenly remembered the sound when Yunwen was groping in the stone hole when she was unlocking the lock. I seemed to have heard that hollow sound somewhere before. I held my head and thought about it, and suddenly, I got it!

It was the sound of Yunwen knocking her head to the ground when she kowtowed three times and five times, and there was also a hint of ethereal sound in it.

I quickly asked Yunwen to wait for me here, and I ran back to the Jade Emperor Temple and knocked on the ground in front of the statue of the Jade Emperor. Sure enough, there were two kinds of sounds, one was more ethereal, and the other was fuller. So there was an empty groove underneath the place where Yunwen had just kowtowed?

So I immediately picked up the axe in my hand and was about to swing it, but thinking that this would be disrespectful to the gods, I asked for permission first. Then, as I bent over, I caught a glimpse of a protruding piece of wood on the ground. It was extremely hidden, but it could only be seen when I bent over. I squatted down and pressed it, and suddenly a piece of the stone floor lifted up. I moved it away and saw another string of jade pendants inside. I took it out.

It was really thrilling. If I had used an axe just now, I would have smashed the stone and the jade pendant, and the secret would have been discovered in vain. This shows that it is good to respect the gods and maintain awe of them.

But I don’t understand why a string of jade pendants should be hidden so secretly. Moreover, this string is basically the same as the previous one I had. I hurriedly took off my backpack and searched for it. Fortunately, that string had been hidden in the backpack all the time. I compared the two strings.

The patterns on the top are basically the same, they are two identical strings, which makes me even more confused, could one string be a fake? But who could forge a string hidden in a secluded place like this on a deserted island and in a dilapidated temple?

Since I couldn't see with my eyes, I tried with my ears. I took the two strings and knocked them next to my ears. The materials were exactly the same. While I was wondering, I knocked them again and suddenly heard a very slight clacking sound. I was immediately shocked. These two jade pendants were actually spliced ​​together!

I tried to put it under the sunlight, and sure enough, the bottom piece of the two jade pendants was a kind of jade inlaid with jade. I pushed the middle inlaid part of the bottom piece with my hand, and there was a click, and a strange curved shape suddenly appeared. I pushed it again, and it fell off. I picked it up and took a look, but didn't understand what it was. The same was true for the other string. When I pushed the middle inlaid part of the last jade pendant in the string, another identical strange shape fell off.

If you look at the two individually, you can't tell anything, but when they are connected left and right, they transform into an extremely clear key shape!

"The other way around? Can jade from another mountain be used to polish stone?" I laughed out loud.

No wonder the soldier risked his life to return the jade pendant to the headquarters. I think they wanted to open the Taiqiong Cave and had the clue. They thought the jade pendant was the key, so the soldier was determined to return the item before he died. Unfortunately, he failed to do so. After his tragic death, the jade pendant was taken by me.

There are many skilled craftsmen in the Dragon-Seeking Camp, but the Dragon-Seeking Envoy Li Mufeng is a member of the Imperial Guard. He is acting on orders and is eager to succeed. He passes by the temple without worshipping, so he lacks the key to open the cave.

As for me, because the Black Skull Organization found a string of jade pendants and I got it, and because Yunwen was pious, she found another string, and I cleverly discovered it, and all kinds of coincidences, I found the secret key. If I missed a link, I couldn't open the stone cave door. Now I dare to say...

More than three thousand years have passed, and throughout the world, both ancient and modern, I, Zhou Bo, am the only one who can open the stone gate.

Enter Taiqiong Cave!