The years of reselling the haunted house

Sanjin held the token in his hand, squatted down, stretched out his hand tremblingly, and started his first attempt.

He was going to press the token into the groove on the stone seat.

Everyone was very nervous, subconsciously watching the movement around them, and prepared to deal with any crisis that might arise at any time.

We got closer to Sanjin, and I saw the whole process of him putting the token in.

Just when he put the token out of the groove, it seemed that he encountered some resistance and some force was pushing the token out.

Sanjin was also a little puzzled, so he turned the token over to try again.

Chapter 1571 Turning the Stone Statue

Try again this time, and it turns out that there seems to be some suction in the groove, and the token is sucked in with a snap.

"Sanjin, come back quickly." Old Jia reminded Sanjin loudly.

Sanjin hurried over from the stone seat.

After the token was embedded in the stone seat, there was no movement for a full 2 ​​minutes.

Whether it was the Shimen or the stone general, there was no reaction at all.

This makes me doubt whether our actions can successfully open the stone gate.

And just when we were about to step forward to take a closer look, there was a sudden crunching sound from the stone general.

The sound was like the sound of a chain drive, and it continued after it came out.

"There is movement." Chuan Shanjia shouted.

We have already heard it, and we are all nervously looking in the direction of the stone gate.

The sound of the chain transmission came from General Stone, and after a few minutes, the sound gradually stopped.

And the stone gate has not been opened, obviously the stone gate cannot be opened with only one token, which is completely consistent with our previous judgment.

And the dangers that we were worried about from the agency did not appear.

This made us relax our vigilance a little bit. I was about to get closer and observe the stone seat when suddenly another voice came from the stone general.

The sound this time was different from last time. It was the sound of friction between stones and stones. It made a rattling sound, which made my skin crawl.

"It's moving, the stone man is moving." Sanjin was the closest to the stone statue, and suddenly pointed at the stone statue and shouted.

Sure enough, the body of the Stone General Xu Zhao was turning slowly.

But it wasn't that the stone man came alive, but that the stone statue was rotating mechanically around the stone base.There should be a rotating bearing underneath, and after the token was put in, the mechanism was triggered.

It's just that the chain transmission takes a certain amount of time, and after it's tightened, the stone statue starts to turn.

"Attention everyone." Our nerves are already very sensitive, and I have also subconsciously reminded everyone of this change.

The people on our side, including those led by Helian Qi, lowered their bodies at the same time, and all those who had the conditions fell on the ground.It's just that the warriors who stood close together couldn't get down, but they all squatted down, protecting their scimitars in front of their chests, and maintained full vigilance.

Obviously, everyone was afraid that the mechanism would be triggered, and they didn't know where the crossbow arrows would come from.Hiding arrows is also the most common mechanism in ancient tombs.

In ancient tombs hundreds of years ago, due to the extremely limited conditions, if there were organs, they would most likely be built as secret doors for crossbow arrows.Once the mechanism is triggered, all arrows will be fired, and the arrows of the crossbow are more viciously coated with poison. As long as they are injured by the arrows, they are easy to be poisoned and die.

In fact, even if we squat or lie down to avoid crossbow arrows, we are likely to be shot.But at this moment, these people would rather take the risk and witness the process of opening the stone gate.Everyone doesn't want to fall behind, and let the other side take the lead.

In addition, I think the reason why most of them did not hide further was not because they were so bold, nor did they take their own lives so lightly, but because they believed in the method of Helian Banner to open the stone gate. .

They are sure that there will be no danger in using this method to open the stone gate.They squatted down subconsciously, just in case.

And all of us, only four of us are still standing in the arena.

One is Helian Qi, and the sea wolf behind him.Sea Wolf was looking at the hostage with a gun. He was planning to squat down to avoid it, but seeing that Helian Qi was still standing there, he didn't move, and stood behind Helian Qi.

The remaining two standing people are the Taoist robed Xuanmen master not far away, and the Gumen man next to him.

These two guys are not only proficient in mystical arts and Gu arts, but also have strong psychological qualities.If it really confronts us, it will be a difficult opponent.

I know that in Xuanmen, there are not many masters like this.The few masters are also well-known by the people in the sect, such as the Taoist Thirteen Evils who have been compiled into a catchphrase.Could it be that this guy is also a figure in the Thirteen Evils of Xuanmen?

Anyway, I didn't know that there was such a number one person in Xuanmen. If the third uncle was there, he might be able to find out some clues from it.

I focused my attention on the stone statue again, and the stone statue turned 180 degrees on the stone seat, from the direction facing away from the stone gate to the direction facing the stone gate.No accidents happened from the beginning to the end, and those of us who squatted down also stood up from the ground one after another.

In this way, we still seem a little too cautious.

Liang Yue muttered in a low voice: "Aren't we being too careful? This will make Helian Qi laugh."

I also responded in a low voice: "Be careful, and you must not let your guard down."

At this time, the stone statue of Xu Zhao had already turned around, facing the stone gate, and stood still again.

He Lianqi nodded and said: "Very good, the next step is the silver order. Young man, you take the silver order and place them on the base of the next stone statue in order, and that's it."

The first shot of Sanjin was fired, and he was also ecstatic.

In order to be on the safe side, we did not give all the tokens to Sanjin before.This time I took out the silver token, threw it to Sanjin, and said, "Sanjin, this is the silver token."

Sanjin received the order in his hand, and responded: "Okay, look at me."

Chuanshanjia continued to tell him: "Sanjin, don't be careless, you should be more careful. If you find something wrong, withdraw it immediately."

Sanjin nodded: "Don't worry, Master... Master Jia."

Sanjin took the silver token and walked towards the second stone statue.Thanks to his first experience, this time he seemed to be at his fingertips.

He squatted down, fixed the direction of the token, and stuck it directly to the groove of the stone seat.

I have been observing Sanjin's movements, and at this moment I found that Sanjin was a little taken aback when he released the silver order.However, the silver token was placed into the groove smoothly.

"Crack...crack..."

The sound came again.After going on for 2 minutes, the stone statue also moved.

Everything is exactly the same as before.It seems that there is nothing wrong with this silver order.

"Squat down." I ordered, and we quickly squatted down.Liang Yue wanted to stand up, but was also pulled down by me.

Chapter 1572

But this time, except for a few of us, no one else squatted down.Not only did they not squat down, but they also laughed a lot when they saw us.

The laughter was obviously a joke at our timidity and caution.

We didn't stand up until the stone statue turned in a different direction.Liang Yue muttered in a low voice: "It's a shame, it turns out that it's all right."

I don't pay attention to her either, Liang Yue still doesn't have much experience in this regard.And I always believe in the principle of being careful first.It doesn't hurt to be careful, they laugh if they want to.

The stone statue also quickly turned 180 degrees.Like Xu Zhao in the first one, facing the direction of Shimen.

I can't remember the name of the second stone statue. In short, the prototypes of the remaining three stone statues are all Baihu under Rui Ning's account.It is a kind of official position slightly inferior to Xu Zhao's Qianhu.

Who their prototypes are and what their official positions are should have nothing to do with opening the stone gate.The important thing is that the rotation of these stone statues should be an important link in opening the stone gate.

"Good job Sanjin." Chuan Shanjia patted Sanjin on the shoulder, apparently satisfied with his performance.

This hard-won praise made Sanjin extremely excited, his face flushed.

Sanjin yelled at me: "Brother Li Yang, give me the copper order."

I saw that the procedure for opening the stone gate was indeed on the right path, so I nodded and threw the copper order to Sanjin with confidence.

With the Sanjin Commander in hand, he did the same thing and embedded the token into the base of the third stone statue.

The third stone statue also turned in the same direction, facing the direction of the stone gate.

This time I also ask everyone to squat down to avoid possible accidents.

But also no vision happened.

However, everyone fully implemented my caution, except for Liang Yue who muttered a few words, the others did not have any objections.

After all, in such an environment, no one can tell what will happen the next moment after doing such a thing.It doesn't hurt to be careful.

I also noticed that Helian Qi also looked at me meaningfully. There was no contempt in his eyes, but more approval.

Maybe he didn't expect that at my age, I would think about so many things.

Things at Sanjin's side were progressing very smoothly. In fact, he didn't have to do much, he just needed to place the token in the groove in the right direction.

I don't know what the reason is, once the direction of the token is reversed, it will repel each other like the same level as the magnet, and it cannot be placed in the groove.

Only when the direction is correct will it be sucked into the groove.

Sanjin became more and more excited, and soon took the fourth and last token from me, the Iron Token.

Sanjin was full of confidence and was already very experienced in doing this. He took the token and put it into the groove of the stone seat smoothly.

After a rattling sound came from the stone seat, the stone statue turned again.

Everyone looked at the stone statue or the stone gate excitedly.

Because this is the last stone statue, if all goes well, when the stone statue turns around, the stone door should be opened.

Even I relaxed my vigilance a little this time, because there were four tokens in total, corresponding to four stone statues.I feel that these tokens should be that each token corresponds to a stone statue, which is regular.

As Helian Qi said before, Gengxin gold in the west, so we put the gold order on the westernmost stone statue, and put the other silver, copper and iron in order.

But I have been thinking about this matter, will it be as simple as Helian Qi said?This is also the reason why I have been on guard when the stone statue is turning.

And as the last piece of token was put down, nothing happened.This shows that these tokens are all placed correctly. If they are misplaced, at least two stone statues will have problems if they are turned upside down.Now that there is only one stone statue left, it must be right.

The stone statue was also turning in the same direction, and quickly turned around ninety degrees.

We are standing on the other side of the stone statue and the stone gate, and they are exactly at a [-]-degree angle.

In this way, the stone statue turned around and happened to be facing us.

Although it was the last time, my mind was a little relaxed, and I still shouted: "Be careful, squat down."

Those of us still complied, but Helian Qi still stood there, and the sea wolf behind him also did not squat down, implementing all-round supervision of Helian Qi.

But at this time, when the stone statue turned to [-] degrees, suddenly there was a louder noise from the base.

clack clack...

The noise continued, and the stone statue did not continue to turn in a 180-degree direction, but stopped suddenly, and kept facing our direction.

At the same time, the other three stone statues that turned to the direction of Shimen also turned back at the same time.

This time they turned very fast, not as slowly as before.

There was only a sound of the chain, and there was a bang, and they turned in an instant as if a spring had been installed.

In this way, the four stone statues all turned to our side.

"Something's wrong, Sanjin, come back quickly." I had a bad feeling, but found that after Sanjin pressed the token, he didn't retreat to Chuanshanjia as before, but only retreated two steps. Follow the rotation of those stone statues.

And when the stone statue didn't continue to turn like before, he was also a little dazed, staring at the stone statue in a daze, he didn't retreat at the first moment, but seemed to be thinking about why this happened.

I yelled three catties, but it seemed too late.

I saw the mouths of the four stone statues opened at the same time.

A cold light flashed inside, and each shot more than a dozen crossbow bolts.

The target of those crossbow arrows is us.

My heart sank, and I seemed to be afraid of something.We were attacked by back arrows, Sanjin was the first to bear the brunt, and several crossbow arrows were shot in the chest at once.

But at the moment when Sanjin hit the arrow, his body was torn down by someone.

This allowed him to dodge most of the arrows, many of which flew over his head.

And we, because we still squatted down according to my instructions, and those arrows were shot from the mouth of the stone statue, we just escaped this round of attacks.

Sanjin was rescued by Chuanshanjia.

Lao Jia should have been on guard all the time, and when he realized that something was wrong, he got down on the ground and rushed over to pull Sanjin down.

This is also thanks to Chuanshanjia's skillful crawling.I have seen it before, in the Devil's Forest, Chuan Shanjia landed on all fours, imitating the running of animals, extremely fast and stretched.This guy is like an elf in the mountains.

It was the same this time, if he still stood and acted, he would probably have been shot into a hedgehog by the crossbow.

He maintained a crawling posture, allowing Sanjin to escape most of the crossbow attacks.

Even so, Sanjin was shot by several crossbow arrows, and he fell to the ground in response.