Chapter 247 Queen's Tower

As soon as the wind chime was mentioned, Cang Yao immediately fell silent.

She lived there and dealt with the wind chime all day long, but as soon as it was mentioned, she immediately became a different person and became silent. If she hadn't run out of options, she wouldn't even want to say a word about it.

"It's great inside, and it's of great help to my situation, but it's just too scary. How should I put it? It's like you're camping on a mountain, and the mountain is full of free-range tigers. Yes, that's it. You never know when they'll be unhappy and eat you up without leaving any residue!!"

This is what Cang Yao once said.

It was the same at this moment. After a long time, she said, "Are you planning to hit those things again? I advise you not to. You really can't control it. Although I don't know why they saved you last time and even borrowed your life for you, I always feel that it's better to separate them clearly."

I thought about it and asked, "They don't have a good temper?!"

"It's very bad!"

Cang Yao said, "Although I don't know why they tolerate me sleeping on the floor inside, I have a hunch that if something else comes in, it will definitely be beaten and unable to take care of itself."

I said "Oh". I listened to Cang Yao's warning, but at this time, who would care about those things? So I asked again, "How do you get in and out of the wind chime freely?"

"This is a Horcrux!"

Cang Yao said, "As long as it is a soul, it can naturally get in and out freely!"

I didn't say anything, thinking about this in my head.

At this time, the ghost-faced lice outside seemed to be tired and gradually quieted down.

At least, the "squeaky" scratching sound on the door could no longer be heard.

"It should be... gone?!"

Brother Yaozi was not sure and looked at Lao Bai.

Lao Bai lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then said, "I'm not so sure either. I just know that the ghost-faced lice can't move for a long time. How about... opening a crack in the door and taking a look?"

Brother Yaozi stood up, walked to the door carefully, opened a very small crack, glanced outside, and after a moment, opened the door completely...

The ghost-faced lice were indeed gone.

When we got out of the big mound, we saw the surroundings and gasped...

Before, there were huge mushrooms everywhere, forming a white ocean, which looked amazing. Now it was even more amazing, because there was no one left, they were eaten clean, not even the residue was left. Looking around, it was a mess, with bare black soil everywhere.

We even saw many body parts, all of which were from ghost-faced lice.

"They are left by cannibalism."

Lao Bai took a look and said, "Every time these things wake up, they need to consume a lot of nutrients stored in their bodies. If they are not full, they will die when they fall into hibernation again. It should be that the mushrooms here cannot feed them, so they can only kill each other to get enough nutrients."

I felt a little creepy when I heard it. Fortunately, this kind of thing cannot be seen in the light. Otherwise, if it runs outside, who knows what kind of natural disaster will happen. I heard that locusts eat people during locust plagues. That's because there is nothing to eat. These things are much more brutal and powerful than locusts. They are meant to eat people. People can kill animals, but when they encounter this kind of thing, I'm afraid they may not be able to deal with it...

However, there are still many mushrooms near the Queen's Tower in front. It seems that these ghost-faced lice are afraid of it and dare not approach it, so many of them are left behind.

These mushrooms have amazing vitality and strong reproduction ability. I am afraid that they will grow a lot soon, just right to feed the ghost-faced lice, forming a strange ecological balance. There are as many mushrooms as there are ghost-faced lice. If there are not enough mushrooms, the ghost-faced lice will eat themselves, and they can always maintain a certain number...

After the loss we suffered before, we dared not make loud noises anymore, let alone stay here for too long, for fear of disturbing the ghost-faced lice again. Fortunately, the Queen's Tower was in front of us, and we arrived in a short time.

This tower is quite amazing. The height is almost the same as this underground ruins. It is more than nine meters and has three floors. It looks black and is covered with mottled rust everywhere.

This is an iron tower! !

Below, a huge iron gate blocked our steps forward. It was also a ground gate, which seemed to be made entirely of solid iron.

"This door... should be opened often."

Brother Yaozi stroked the edge of the iron door and said, "The air underground is humid, and the iron door rusts quickly. It has been sealed for thousands of years. This iron door should have rusted to death long ago, but you see, the edge here is polished and shiny, which means that someone often opens this door. Is it that fairy?"

"Who cares!"

I said, "Open the door first, we will always meet when we are supposed to meet!"

Brother Yaozi thought what I said made sense, so he pulled Lao Bai to work.

This is obviously a mechanism door. There should be some mechanism that can be directly controlled. We can't find it, so we can only use stupid methods. There are too many similar doors. It can be said that it is a very common door. Brother Yaozi has rich experience in dealing with this kind of door. First, use a crowbar to lift the door from both sides, then put the jack in, and lift the door a little bit. A gap, people can just drill through it.

Not long after, I heard the iron door "creaking".

Brother Yaozi was lying on the ground and about to go in, so I immediately stepped forward and held him down.

Brother Yaozi looked at me in confusion, and I smiled and said, "This place is laid out according to the Luoshu, which is very particular. The road I chose is suitable for young men, so it's better for me to go in first."

Brother Yaozi looked at me with some suspicion, but in the end he chose to believe me. After all, I am a ceremonial officer. Along the way, no matter what mechanism I encounter, I am always the first one to go.

Seeing him move aside, I took off my backpack and threw it in first, then lay on the ground and drilled in through the crack of the door.

It was dark inside the iron tower, and there was an unpleasant fishy smell in my nose.

I just stood up and saw Lao Bai's head poking in. This grandson's movements were neat and followed me.

The moment I looked back and saw him, I immediately yelled, "Get out! There's something wrong here!!"

Lao Bai shrank back on the spot, probably because he thought of the Seventh Master whose head was chopped off when he entered the door. He moved so fast that he almost left an afterimage, and his head "slipped" out, just like the turtle that shrank back.

As soon as he withdrew, I immediately hooked the jack with the crowbar in my hand and pulled it inwards. The iron door lost its support and fell down with a "boom". I was swallowed by the darkness...

"Jingzhe! Jingzhe!!"

Faintly, I heard Brother Yaozi yelling outside the door. He should have seen what I did last and knew that I had withdrawn the jack. He was furious outside and yelled: "What the hell are you doing, you bastard? Is there anything that can't be done together?! You fucking..."

I didn't even look to see if there was any danger behind me. I sat down in front of the iron door with a smile on my face, and listened quietly to Brother Yaozi and Lao Bai yelling outside the door.

After a long time, I finally bowed my head and said, "You'd better not come in. Although everyone's strength is strong, but... what if there is a jade pillar in front of us? What's the use of having more people? Can it be shaken? It's just a few more deaths..."

"What are you talking about!"

Lao Bai said in a hoarse voice: "Could it be that we have become a burden to you at this point, and you despise us so much?"

"Why do you say that? You know I don't think so."

I sighed and said, "It's just... the other party wants me, and we can't beat them. It's such a simple question of one death and four deaths. Do we still need to choose?"

At this point, I subconsciously looked up, and finally didn't say the rest of the words, because I didn't dare to say it! !

Lao Bai wanted to say something, but I interrupted him. I quickly said, "We only have this one jack. You can't get in. Don't take risks. Just listen to me and wait outside for half an hour. If someone brings the medicine out, you can take the medicine and leave. Don't be impulsive. Impulsiveness can't solve any problems!!

I took the medicine that my master used to save his life. It's fair for me to do this!"

After saying that, I stood up suddenly. Lao Bai and Brother Yaozi were still talking outside the door, but I had said what I should say and would not respond. I turned on the flashlight and looked around.

The first floor of the iron tower was empty, with nothing. The steps were on the left.

If there was only one unusual thing, it was that there was soil here, thick soil.

When the flashlight shone on it, the soil showed three colors, red, black, and green.

I grabbed a handful of soil and put it to my nose and smelled it. There was a fishy smell of a corpse. This was three-smelling soil, no mistake.

I was more certain of my guess.

Then, I walked up the stairs to the second floor.

This place looked like a warehouse, like a wine cellar, with small jars densely packed inside.

I picked one up and took a look. The jar was a pottery jar, but the outside was painted with cinnabar and sealed with yellow paper in a cross shape.

This jar was naturally not for wine, but for calming the soul.

To be precise, some people in the Xuanmen would seal the ghost in this kind of jar after catching it.

Most of these jars in front of me were open, and only a few were still sealed, and there should be ghosts inside.

One of the jars attracted my attention. The yellow paper on this jar was obviously torn not long ago. When I saw this jar, my heart tightened for no reason, and I actually had an inexplicable sense of fear.

I knew that it was not me who was afraid, but the sparrow ghost that I had lost and found was afraid. It was sealed here before, but it was called away later.

"Hey, Cheng Yi, the soul-catcher... How many people have you harmed?"

I sneered, and continued to climb up the stairs to the third floor.

Here... there is only a huge coffin!

The coffin is made of copper, covered with rust, and the carving is very complicated. It can be regarded as an extremely expensive coffin.

After seeing the coffin, I stopped and did not approach it directly. Instead, I looked at the coffin and sighed softly: "It has come to this point, why continue to pretend to be dead? You have heard what I said to my friend. I came here with the mentality of dying. Don't you plan to come out and meet me?"