As soon as I put it on, I met a sickly man

The thick fog came like a tide, instantly engulfing the entire valley.

Ding Chen and Xiaoxuan walked in hand in hand cautiously. There was slippery moss under their feet and a strange fragrance in the air that made them dizzy.

"Be careful!" General Lin's voice seemed a little erratic in the thick fog.

An invisible force wrapped around them like a ghost, pulling at their clothes, trying to drag them into the dark abyss.

Ding Chen felt a strong suction pulling his arm. Xiaoxuan exclaimed and held his hand tightly.

"Everyone gather together, don't disperse!" Ding Chen said in a deep voice, circulating his internal energy to resist this strange force.

Yingfeng snorted coldly, and cut through the thick fog with his dagger, trying to cut off the invisible restraints, but found that it was useless.

"What the hell is this?" He cursed, but his body involuntarily stepped back.

The white-haired wise man was leaning on a cane, with a solemn expression on his face, muttering to himself, as if he was performing some ancient ritual.

Mr. Qinglian sat cross-legged with his hands in seals. A faint golden light surrounded him, forming a protective barrier.

"It seems that this valley is not a good place." General Lin said in a deep voice, looking around vigilantly.

After walking for a long time, the thick fog gradually dissipated, and an ancient stone gate appeared in front of us. It was carved with complex patterns and exuded a mysterious atmosphere.

On both sides of the stone gate stand two huge stone statues with ferocious faces, as if they will come alive at any time.

"This is..." Xiaoxuan looked at the pattern on the stone gate, a hint of doubt flashed in her eyes.

Yingfeng walked forward impatiently and tried to push open the stone door, but found that it didn't move at all.

He pulled out his dagger and stabbed it hard into the stone door, leaving only a shallow scratch.

"Damn it!"

"Wait!" The white-haired wise man stopped him. "There's a mechanism on this stone door. If you touch it rashly, you might end up in even greater danger."

He walked to the stone gate and carefully observed the patterns on it, muttering to himself: "The sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers... This seems to be an ancient mystery."

"Puzzle?" Ding Chen walked forward and began to study the pattern on the stone gate.

"Let me try." Mr. Qinglian stood up and walked to the stone gate. His hands moved quickly on the stone gate, as if plucking invisible strings.

Suddenly, the stone door made a dull sound and slowly opened.

A cold breath rushed out from the door, making people feel creepy.

"Be careful!" General Lin drew his sword and stepped into the stone gate cautiously.

Yingfeng followed closely behind, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

He likes challenges, danger and the thrill of it.

Ding Chen and Xiaoxuan looked at each other and followed him in.

Inside the stone gate is a deep passage with flickering torches lit on the walls on both sides, illuminating the road ahead.

"What is this place?" Xiaoxuan asked with a trembling voice.

"I don't know." Ding Chen held her hand tightly, "But we must keep moving forward."

Suddenly, a sharp whistling sound came from the depths of the passage, accompanied by the sound of metal colliding.

"Not good!" General Lin's face changed, "There's an ambush!"

Yingfeng sneered: "Finally here!" He flashed and disappeared into the darkness.

"Wait!" Ding Chen shouted, but it was too late.

Deep in the passage, there were flickering fires and the glint of swords and sabers.

"Hurry up!" General Lin pushed Ding Chen and Xiaoxuan, "I'll cover your retreat!"

"General Lin..." Ding Chen wanted to say something, but was pushed away by General Lin.

"Go! Protect Xiaoxuan!" General Lin roared, his voice full of determination.

General Lin groaned, and the sharp arrow shot by the machine gun scratched a deep groove in his heavy armor, and blood instantly dyed his clothes red.

He staggered a few steps and used his body to block the subsequent attacks directed at Ding Chen and Xiaoxuan.

"Go!" He gritted his teeth and persisted, his voice trembling with pain.

Xiaoxuan held General Lin with concern, and her slender fingers moved deftly over his wound. A soft green light enveloped the wound, miraculously stopping the bleeding and quickly repairing the damaged muscle tissue.

"General Lin, you must hold on!" Xiaoxuan's voice was choked with sobs.

Ding Chen ignored the chaos behind him. He stared at the constantly running mechanism with his hawk-like eyes, trying to find the pattern in it.

The attacks from the machinery came in waves, pouring down like a rainstorm, each time carrying deadly danger.

Ding Chen's brain was working rapidly, analyzing the trajectory, speed and attack method of the mechanism.

He noticed that every once in a while, there would be a brief pause in the mechanism's attack, and the duration of this pause was related to the flashing runes on the mechanism.

"Xiaoxuan, please take good care of General Lin for me!" Ding Chen suddenly said, with a gleam in his eyes.

He leaped forward, nimbly dodged several flying arrows, and rushed towards the core of the mechanism.

Xiaoxuan knew that Ding Chen had found a solution, and she felt relieved and focused on healing General Lin.

Ding Chen's figure shuttled through the mechanism, as elusive as a ghost.

He accurately grasped the gap between each attack, and each dodge was just right.

Finally, he came to the core of the mechanism and reached out to press on the mechanism with flashing runes.

The speed of the mechanism suddenly increased and the attack became more fierce, but Ding Chen was not at all panicked.

He quickly adjusted the order of the runes according to the patterns he had observed before.

With a click, the mechanism stopped working and all the attacks disappeared.

Ding Chen let out a long sigh and turned to look at Xiaoxuan and General Lin.

"let's go."

The crowd continued to move forward along the passage. At the end of the passage was a spacious hall. In the center of the hall, a huge divine beast was crawling on the ground. Its body was covered with golden scales and it exuded a suffocating pressure.

The divine beast slowly raised its head, staring at everyone with its scarlet eyes, and let out a deafening roar.

"Protect Xiaoxuan!" General Lin and Yingfeng said almost at the same time.

"No..." Before Xiaoxuan could finish her words, the beast opened its bloody mouth and pounced towards everyone...

Ding Chen, General Lin and Ying Feng formed a triangle and attacked the divine beast at the same time.

Ding Chen's sword energy is sharp, General Lin's knife skills are powerful, and Ying Feng's dagger is as fast as lightning. The three of them cooperate with each other tacitly and every move is deadly.

However, the scales of the divine beast were extremely hard, and their attacks only caused a few sparks, unable to hurt it at all.

The divine beast roared angrily and swept out with its huge tail. Ying Feng was unable to dodge and was knocked away, hitting the wall and spitting out blood.

"Shadow Wind!" Ding Chen exclaimed, but the divine beast seized the opportunity, slapped his chest with a claw, and knocked him back several steps.

Seeing this, General Lin roared angrily and swung his sword at the giant claws of the beast, but was easily blocked by the beast.

Just when everyone was engaged in a tough fight, Ah Hu suddenly rushed out. He roared, grabbed one of the beast's legs, and pulled it with all his strength.

The divine beast felt pain and struggled frantically, but was unable to escape Ah Hu's grip for a while.

"Good job, Ah Hu!" General Lin shouted and swung his sword at the divine beast again.

Xiaoxuan was observing the battle from behind. She found that the divine beast would show obvious uneasiness when it heard a certain kind of music.

She immediately thought of the white-haired sage's mastery of musical magic, and hurriedly shouted, "Sage, use your musical magic to control the beast!"

Upon hearing this, the white-haired wise man immediately sat cross-legged, clasped his hands together, and muttered something.

A strange melody came out of his mouth and echoed in the hall.

When the divine beast heard the music, it stopped struggling and its eyes became confused.

Seeing this, everyone immediately intensified their attack.

Ding Chen seized the opportunity and stabbed the beast's abdomen with a sword. The beast let out a shrill scream and fell to the ground with a bang.

At the moment the divine beast fell, a golden light flew out of its body and fell into Xiaoxuan's hands.

It was a crystal clear jade pendant that emitted a soft glow, and it was exactly the artifact they had been searching for.

Everyone returned to the village with the artifact and used its power to successfully seal the evil forces underground, and the village returned to its former tranquility.

The villagers cheered and thanked Ding Chen and others for saving their lives.

Ding Chen and Xiaoxuan hugged each other tightly, and their love became stronger through this test.

However, just as everyone was immersed in joy, Ah Hu suddenly pointed at the fields and exclaimed, "Look..."