withered prosperity

Mu Huaijin said that he was not clear, because in the records left by the Mu family, this paragraph was covered by very vague wording.

"It must have been something disgraceful, something that brought shame to the family... because it was really hard to tell the posterity, so I didn't write it down." He did not hesitate to say bad things about his ancestors: "But regardless of these What is the truth about the sword marks, more than 500 years have passed."

What happened 500 years ago, those things that may have changed the fate of many people, it is indeed meaningless to discuss now.

"It's true." Yan Hai faced the long corridor: "We who were 12 years ago couldn't predict the present, let alone so long ago..."

Twelve years ago, he was wearing gorgeous sacrificial clothes, and after killing the palace lord who didn't know what it was, he stood at this place smugly.

At that time, he felt that what he was going to was a new world...a brand new, beautiful, radiant...

"Yan Hai?"

He turned his head sideways and saw Yun Jiwu's eyebrows and eyes that didn't suit him at all.

"I'm glad." He said with a smile, "It's a good thing that I gave it my all and won a chance."

Walking through the dimly lit corridor, they stepped into the equally dim apse.

Like the promenade, although there are windows here, there are only some fine lattice windows near the roof, which project very little light from the outside.

But compared to the dignity and solemnity of the front hall, this place is very gorgeous and luxurious, but the blue gauze curtains and vermilion pillars hanging down make people very uncomfortable for no reason.

Apart from these, except for occasional gold decorations, the rest are also red and blue, including this embroidered blanket on the ground.

Everyone is looking at the blanket.

Of course, it was Yue Liuyi and Yan Hai who stared at it first, and the rest of the two followed suit. Otherwise, even if it was embroidered with such a strange pattern of red peonies and blue branches and leaves, it would not be special in this room of red and blue. conspicuous.

"If there is any secret place in Qianlian Palace, it can only be here. So, Master Mu." Looking at the carpet, Yan Hai asked slowly, "Where is the 'secret room' you mentioned?" place?"

"It should be here." Mu Huaijin replied: "The book says, 'The room of nine fins'."

Hearing this word, Yan Hai and Yue Liuyi glanced at each other.

"I'll do it." Yue Liuyi volunteered to step forward.

She bent down, lifted the blanket in front of everyone, rolled it up and threw it aside.

The floor of this apse is of large carved stone tiles, as well as under the carpet.

But Yueliuyi clasped an engraved pattern with his hands, and lifted one of the patterns directly from the ground.

Then a dark hole appeared on the ground, and she jumped down without hesitation.

It was a boxy space with nothing in it but a strange statue.

This statue is about the same size as Yue Liuyi, but its appearance is very unusual. It depicts a large fish with many fins jumping out of the water.

This is in line with the "nine fins" that Mu Huaijin said.

Yue Liuyi, who was standing below, stretched out his hands and pressed the two eyes of the strange fish at the same time.

After she pressed it quickly, she jumped out quickly.

With the sound of the machine lock, a red liquid suddenly appeared from the part of the fish eye that she pressed down. At first, it only flowed slowly, and gradually it flowed faster and faster, and soon filled the entire hole.

"Stand firm." Yan Hai stretched out his hand to hold Yun Ji, reminding him softly.

As soon as he finished speaking, the ground shook suddenly.

Mu Huaijin was looking up at the statue at first, but at this moment, he was caught off guard and almost fell into the red liquid.

Fortunately, Yue Liuyi reached out in time and grabbed his collar.

He was still in shock, and before he could speak, he felt another tremor under his feet, and the most central part of the apse began to sink.

And as they descended, the dark room located underground gradually revealed its entirety.

After a dull clicking sound, the ground under his feet fit perfectly into the reserved space.

Although there are no windows, the lamps in the four corners are still on, making this place much brighter than the apse above.

"Okay." After confirming that Mu Huaijin was standing still, Yue Liuyi let go of his hand: "We have arrived now, this should be the 'Nine Fins Room' you mentioned!"

Mu Huaijin had only read about this place in books, and now that he was in it, he couldn't help showing an excited look on his face.

This dark room is almost as big as the apse above, and the columns of the apse have also penetrated all the way down, playing a supporting role.

The four walls still depict the scenery of the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter.

But other than that, there are actually not many things in this dark room, except for a desk on the north side.

And the painting hanging on the wall behind the desk is exactly the beauty in flowers that Yan Hai and Yun Ji had seen in the pagoda of Tianzhen Temple.

Yan Hai pulled Yun Ji straight to the desk.

There are three boxes on it.

Yan Hai picked up the one on the far right and handed it to Yun Ji.

Yun Ji took it, only to feel that his hand was very light, and there was nothing inside.

Looking carefully, there are four strange characters engraved on the front of the box, but the words "Da Xiaoyao Jue" are engraved on the side in a correct font.

The others are the same, the side of the box in the middle is engraved with "Secret Meaning of Thousand Lotus", and the one on the left is "Journal of Medicine and Poison".

"When I came here, the contents of those two boxes were still there, but this box was empty." Yan Hai told him: "I didn't know there was such a place as Chaomu Pavilion in the world, nor did I know it In fact, it is a martial arts mind."

Yun Ji put the outer box of Da Xiao Yao Jue back to its original place, and looked at the other two boxes.

"The Chapter of Medicine and Poison is a medical book. It has been lost since it was taken out of Qianlian Island, and now I don't know the exact location. And the secret meaning of Qianlian... After the moon fell into the endless abyss, I took Qianlian The secret technique was also thrown away, and I saw it destroyed in the strong wind of the endless abyss." Yan Hai glanced at Yueliuyi and Mu Huaijin who were talking on the opposite side: "This kind of exercise does not need to be continued at all. remain in the world."

"You don't seem to have told me, how did you know these secret things?" Yun Ji raised his eyes: "Did someone tell you?"

Yan Hai shook his head.

"Actually... it's because of Yue Liuyi." Yue Liuyi and Mu Huaijin had already walked towards this side, and he said, "I'll talk to you again when I have a chance."

"Master Mu, you've seen it too. It's empty and there's nothing there. Did you remember wrongly?" After entering the darkroom, Yue Liuyi followed Mu Huaijin every step of the way: "Where are those things you said hidden?" Where?"

"Mr. Liuyi, please be calm and don't be impatient." Mu Huaijin comforted her and said, "I'll see you soon."

"Master Mu, I wonder who is in this painting?" Yan Hai exposed the painting on the wall to his eyes: "I know you have the same portrait."

In this painting, there is no line of small characters that say "Cultivate into a lotus face, hope you will be sympathetic to you"...

"Yes! I have one, and this painting is the daughter of the Mu family." Mu Huaijin was not interested in the portrait, but was very concerned about the box on the desk. After seeing it, his eyes lit up: "These are ..."

"It's all empty." Yan Hai noticed that his gaze was indeed lingering on the box of Qianlian's Secret Meaning for a longer time, and said with a sneer, "The Chapter of Medicine and Poison was torn by Yue Liuyi, and the Qianlian Secret Meaning was thrown away by me." Entering the Endless Abyss, and the Da Xiao Yao Jue... I have never seen it before."

"It's such a pity." Mu Huaijin showed a distressed look: "These are all peerless treasures."

"Master Mu." Yue Liuyi withdrew her gaze from staring at Yan Hai, and reminded him loudly.

"Okay, everyone, please come with me!" No matter how reluctantly, the empty box was of no use to him, and he quickly cleared up his mood.

They followed Mu Huaijin back to their original positions, which was the position they were standing in when they entered the dark room.

Around that strange statue.

The statue didn't fall with the ground, but stayed in its original position, so everyone is looking up at it now.

"And then?" Yue Liuyi was the most impatient, and then asked again. "Shall we go up first?"

Just press the fish's eye again, the red liquid below will be emptied, and the ground will rise up.

Yan Hai's focus was on the statue itself.

When he came last time, he was anxious to search around in the dark room, but he didn't pay attention to the statue used to open and close the dark room.

In order to make sure that he was not dazzled, he took a step forward and narrowed his eyes to look carefully.

Sure enough, both the statue itself and the supporting square pillar below it were dark green, as if they were made of some kind of jade, and engraved with winding water patterns on the pillar, and among these water patterns, it seemed... ...some odd notation.

These symbols... He turned his head and glanced at the boxes on the desk.

"It's not the same, but it's very similar." Yun Ji saw his question and agreed with his guess. "It should be the same kind, like... text."

"What are you talking about?" Yue Liuyi turned around and asked.

"It's nothing, I think this statue seems to have another purpose, and there may be other uses that we don't know about." Yan Hai pondered: "Master Mu, am I right?"

"When did Mr. Yan guess wrong?" Mu Huaijin said with a smile: "We still have to work on Mr. Liuyi, and we have to open another dark room."