Uncle Jiu's Senior Brother

"Did you just kill the nine-tailed snake like that, Taoist Lu?"

Partridge Whistle has not yet recovered from the shock. That was an ancient alien species, and it died so easily in a hot spring.

Lu Li said with contempt: "What kind of nine-tailed snake is that? It's just a fake, and it's also a grafted snake poison. I don't know where they got a bunch of big snakes from. Because they are of the same origin, they naturally have no rejection. They were grafted and cultivated from birth and fed with drugs and poisons, and finally got this thing."

"Witchcraft and Gu are inseparable. Many Gu techniques are based on the idea of ​​parasitism. One thing is parasitic on the inside of another thing, and then poison and medicine are used to make them merge into one. Then they are observed. This is also an experiment for longevity."

"The ancients were so powerful." Partridge Whistle was also shocked by this fantastic idea.

"He has power and status, and he can kill anyone he wants. He will not let go of any chance of immortality."

Lu Li sighed, saying that the development of the world is inseparable from desire, but desire that loses control will eventually destroy the world.

I am just a small Taoist priest, so I should save myself first.

The two left the hot spring area and crossed a wetland.

Finally, we arrived at a tightly closed stone door.

Partridge Whistle looked at the ancient characters on the stone door and read: "The immortal and the mortal are reversed, and death turns into life."

Lu Li sneered, "This white nose wants to live another life and become an immortal?"

After saying that, he wanted to punch the stone door open. He now just wanted to find those Fuso people, torture them, and find out their purpose.

But there is no time to play guessing game with White Nose.

"Wait, Taoist Lu, leave it to me. If this mechanical stone door is broken, the whole tomb will be buried."

Partridge Whistle was really afraid that Lu Li would collapse the tomb with one punch, which would be a shame.

Lu Li thought about it and realized that the Japanese couldn’t escape from the tomb, so there was no need to rush.

The lightning in his hand dissipated.

Partridge Whistle used the method of a mountain-moving Taoist to grope on the stone gate for a long time, and finally Lu Li saw Partridge Whistle press his finger.

The stone door suddenly opened a crack.

Lu Li could still deal with the Nine Palaces and Eight Diagrams Formation, but he was not as professional as others in mechanical arts.

This time I finally showed my usefulness, so it wasn't a wasted trip.

Partridge Whistle smiled and turned around and said, "Originally this was a deadlock, the door was locked by the doorpost, but some craftsmen would leave a trick and tamper with the post to leave a steel wire, so that the lock would be hidden on the door and would not be discovered."

"They do this because they know they will die, so they leave a chance for future generations and also collect their bodies. Usually, as long as they press the trigger mechanism, the top door post will slide down, and the door will leave enough space for one person to enter and exit."

Lu Li felt like he had learned a new trick: if you want to offend anyone, don't offend the craftsman.

The two walked into the stone gate, and behind it was a tomb passage.

As the stone door opened, air flowed in, and the two rows of torches in the tomb passage lit up again after six or seven hundred years.

However, both of them had serious expressions, and Lu Li's fists were even clenched so tightly that they made crackling sounds.

Even the usually elegant Partridge Whistle had anger in his eyes.

Because this torch was actually made from a child's body.

The child's insides were hollowed out and filled with stone milk solution, then placed in a position with both hands in front of the chest to receive something and allowed to dry.

Finally, refined human oil is poured into the head.

A bronze lotus is placed on the palm of the hand, and the wick is inserted into the child's palm to make a lampstand.

This kind of lantern is also called Boy Holding Lotus.

"The boy holds the lotus, and the immortal returns to his palace. If this beast can become an immortal, I will kill him first when I become an immortal."

Lu Li looked at the tomb passage in front of him and saw that there were at least a thousand such lamps.

This shows that on this road alone, thousands of boys and girls were made into human-shaped lampstands for burial.

After reciting the Heart Cleansing Mantra, Lu Li walked forward with a gloomy expression.

The murderous aura emanating from his body even made Partridge Whistle take two steps back and follow him.

At the end of the tomb passage is a huge burial pit filled with bones in various strange postures.

There were also many hoes and tools scattered on the ground.

"These are the craftsmen and slaves who built the tombs. As expected, they all died here."

The current situation was commonplace for many partridge whistles that had been planted in the tombs of princes and ministers.

With so many burial objects, everyone is afraid that they will be dug up after death, so the location of the tomb is best kept secret.

The dead are undoubtedly the best at keeping secrets.

The two of them walked over the bones, and Lu Li didn't say a word along the way.

Apparently, the boy holding the lotus had made him extremely angry. He had originally wanted to leave White Nose's body intact, but this time he must have been turned into ashes.

After the two of them passed the burial pit, they saw a stone staircase leading upwards. At the entrance to the staircase stood a stone tablet with three characters written in ancient Chinese: "Stairs to Heaven."

Partridge Whistle didn't understand why there were such long upward stone steps under the water.

"We have been walking downwards since we entered the water cave. Now we are probably a thousand meters below the river. This place can be regarded as a secret place in itself."

Lu Li discovered this when he reached the stone door in the corridor.

"Be careful, this staircase is not simple. It's not that easy to climb to the sky. There may be a trap here."

After hearing this, Partridge Whistle took out the King Kong Umbrella just in case.

The two began to climb the stairs.

All the steps are made of splash stones with a smooth surface and simple patterns.

Such fine stone is actually used to build steps here.

When the two of them had walked about halfway, Partridge Whistle felt a little exhausted.

After all, I haven't rested since the last cave and have been walking all the way until now.

Lu Li took out some food and the two of them ate something.

"Master Lu, how long have we been here?"

Partridge Whistle felt that time seemed to have disappeared here.

“About three days.”

Lu Li calculated and found that it was easy to calculate based on the speed and distance the two were traveling.

"It's only been three days. How long is this stone staircase?"

"The ancients regarded nine as the limit. This White Nose wanted to become an immortal, so he had to use nine hundred and ninety-nine steps, which meant that the end of the steps was the gate to heaven."

"Master Lu, what do you think this white nose looks like now?"

"It's impossible to become an immortal. Even a ghost may not be able to do it. To use your jargon, you are just a big dumpling at best."

The two of them rarely relaxed in this environment, and the depression they had just felt disappeared.

Partridge Whistle sighed, "I spent so much money, but in the end I ended up with nothing. What's the point?"

Lu Li snorted coldly, his eyes cold.

"This is all caused by greed. When you get something good, you want something better. You are never satisfied and end up falling to the bottom. Everything that rises must fall. This is the law."

"The human heart is not enough for a snake to swallow an elephant."

Partridge Whistle finally concluded with one sentence.

Then the two of them stood up and continued to climb up. Here they could vaguely see the end of the stairs.

Tired of the monotonous scenery here and wanting to reach the destination quickly, they both sped up.

Suddenly, the stone steps under his feet sank, and Partridge Whistle thought to himself that something was wrong.

But it was too late. Several short arrows shot in from the stone walls on both sides. The arrowheads were black and must have been smeared with poison.

Lu Li reacted when Partridge Whistle stepped down, and at this moment he used the shield technique to protect the two of them.

After a series of clanging sounds, the two were finally unharmed.

With this experience, Partridge Whistle followed Lu Li and only stepped on the places where Lu Li had stepped.

Finally, I reached the end of the stairs safely.