Martial Arts: Gain a Jiazi internal force at the beginning!

Chapter 170 Array Network
"Not long after he died, the person who killed him should be around."

Jingtan layman's eyes suddenly looked at the top of the wall.

Suddenly surprised:
"That is?"

Everyone followed his gaze and saw a figure with a faint glow of fire standing on the wall.

He was wearing Feng Wu's clothes, but there was nothing above his neck.

"Headless ghost!?"

Tang Huayi felt his scalp numb and scolded Jiang Ran half to death in his heart.

The reason why Jiang Ran was scolded was naturally because she also went to Ruan Yuqing's room just now.

As a result, these two people were not found.

He left his sister-in-law behind and was frightened, but he ran out with another girl for a tryst. If he didn't get scolded, who would?

But as 'Li Tianxin', she couldn't show too much fear.

Suddenly everyone felt bad.

At this moment, a cry of surprise came:
"Feng Wu!!?"

Looking back, it was Dao Wuming and others who were also coming out of the post.

It was Ning Jiuyuan who shouted this.

She shouted as she flew up and was about to rush over.

But he was stopped by a hand in the slanting stab:
"Wait a minute, girl!"

"what are you doing?"

Ning Jiuyuan stretched out her hand to push the man away: "Don't block me!"

They exchanged hands with each other and stepped away, then heard the man say:
"He is not Feng Wu!"

"what?"

Ning Jiuyuan looked at the person opposite.

Tang Huayi also looked at him:

"Tianyu, what did you say?"

The person who stopped Ning Jiuyuan was Li Tianyu.

He frowned:
"Can't you see? It's just a piece of human skin...

"Moreover, there is a fire source inside. If you approach rashly, if there is any mechanism..."

As soon as Li Tianyu finished speaking, he saw the figure of 'Feng Wu' gradually flying up.

It really doesn't seem like something a human being can do.

On the contrary, it is like a sky lantern...

"Sky lantern."

Several people had strange expressions.

Could it be that this Feng Wu had his human skin skinned and lit a sky lantern?
Ning Jiuyuan also looked pale.

Regardless of whether that person is Feng Wu, at least what appears there now is indeed Feng Wu's clothes.

Thinking of this, she wanted to rush forward again.

However, the sky lantern had already flown into the mid-air, and suddenly, it made a loud bang!
The whole thing exploded that night.

Its momentum is actually not much weaker than the thunder in the sky.

"This……"

Ning Jiuyuan's eyes were blank:
"Junior brother, junior brother...how could this happen? How should I explain to my master and my wife after I go back?"

Dao Wuming stared at the scene in front of him, slightly silent:

"Miss Ning, don't be anxious. We haven't seen the body of Master Feng Shao yet, so we can't be sure of his life or death.

"Now listen to Xiaosheng's words, please be patient for a moment.

"There is something strange in this hotel... It's best for us not to get separated now and go find the old man together. Maybe he can give us an answer."

Ning Jiuyuan immediately became energetic after hearing this:
"What Senior Dao said is true. This inn has been abandoned for many years, and the old man has a strange origin. This matter must be related to him.

"us……"

As she said this, she heard footsteps coming out of the post again.

This time it was Cheng Tianyang and others who came.

They had already heard screams just now, but as an escort, the first priority was to remain calm.

So they didn't come out to check immediately, but made sure the dart was safe.

After counting the manpower and confirming the darts, Cheng Tianyang finally heard the sound of the lights exploding that day. Only then did Cheng Tianyang leave the manpower to guard the darts and come out to check the situation.

At this time, when everyone gathered together, Tang Huayi looked at him with a strange expression:
"Mr. Cheng's bodyguard is really unusual. His men are dead, but they are here even slower than us."

When she spoke at this time, her tone was all "Li Tianxin".

But after saying these words, Cheng Tianyang was stunned:
"Why did Mr. Li say this? When Mr. Cheng came out of the hotel, he even counted his people. There was no shortage of people under his command. How could it be..."

When he said this, he also saw the headless body.

At the same time, I noticed the clothes he was wearing.

His face suddenly changed:
"How is this going?"

The escorts under his command were also stunned.

"Shouldn't be."

"The head escort just counted the number of people, and they are all here."

"Then who is this person? Why is he wearing the clothes of an escort from our Tianyang Escort Agency?"

"Did you steal it? You wanted to sneak into the hotel and get the things we escorted, but you were killed by the headless ghost?"

In a few words, this group of people listed a possibility.

Tang Huayi even felt that this possibility was not small.

At least in this case, the Tianyang Escort Bureau has a large number of people and is indeed the best breakthrough point.

If someone really wanted to take the opportunity to cause trouble and pretend to be one of them, others wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

Thinking of this, Tang Huayi thought of the sky lantern that exploded earlier, and suddenly asked Wuming:

"Speaking of which, where did you hear Jiang Ran's nickname?"

This title, Mr. Big, had only been given to him for more than ten days.

Only the people in Benleitang knew about it, and since they claimed to be going to do something, logically speaking, they shouldn't have the time to spread this kind of thing everywhere.

When Dao Wuming heard this, he glanced at Tang Huayi in surprise.

Shaking his head slightly:

“We have met Chi Lin from Benlei Hall before.

"I heard what he said about what happened in Wusheng Town... Only then did I know that Brother Jiang's Nine Shocking Swordsmanship has improved again."

"..."

Tang Huayi let out a breath and suddenly said:
"Besides the [Thunder Thunder Shocking Palm] and the secret "Thunder Thunder Technique" taught within the sect, what is the most famous... thing?"

"Tian Leizi!"

Almost no one hesitated in the slightest.

The three words Tianleizi blurted out directly.

But as soon as these words came out, everyone looked at each other in shock.

Cheng Tianyang took a deep breath:

"Brother Li, you mean that this corpse wearing the clothes of my Tianyang Escort Bureau is from Benleitang?

"That loud noise just now was caused by the Tianleizi from Benleitang?"

"It's just a guess. Ben Lei Tang hasn't shown up yet, but now he doesn't dare to talk nonsense."

Tang Huayi frowned slightly.

Dao Wuming's words made her completely sure that the people from Benlei Hall had never been far away.

It's just that it didn't appear in their field of vision.

Thinking of Wu Sheng Zhen Jiangran's speculation about them that day, I am afraid that what happened today really has something to do with them.

It's a pity that Jiang Ran is not here now. Although she has some speculations, she feels a little unreachable in her heart.

Dao Wuming pondered:
"If this is true, tonight's events may not be as simple as we thought.

"We can only investigate one by one... Go to the old man first and ask. Before going outside, you must first settle down inside. If Benleitang really has intentions, they don't dare to come in now, I'm afraid they have some scruples.

"Another key point is, who did this corpse?"

Tang Huayi nodded.

What Dao Wuming said makes sense.

Even if it was true as she thought, the sky lantern that looked like Fengwu was made by Benleitang, and the corpse wearing the uniform of Tianyang Escort Bureau was one of Benleitang's own.

How did the latter die?

The two appearing at the same time can be interpreted as wanting to cause confusion and thus fish in troubled waters.

But no matter what, he won't kill his own people.

Unless the person who killed him was in this hotel.

From this point of view, there is no peace inside or outside Guanyi.

"Speaking of which, where did Young Master Jiang go?"

Cheng Tianyang looked around: "Why don't you see him?"

"And where is Sister Ruan?"

Gu Shengyan also spoke softly, but there was a bit of teasing in his eyes.

After all, this man and woman disappeared at the same time late at night, so it was worth gossiping about.

Tang Huayi glanced at her and shook her head gently:

"Jiang Ran Shenlong has seen the beginning but not the end. Who knows if he has discovered something or if he has other plans.

"But his martial arts skills are superb. Even if he encounters any problems, it's not our turn to worry about."

"It is."

Cheng Tianyang nodded in agreement:

"Jiang Shaoxia's martial arts is indeed powerful. People like Shi Pingzhang are helpless against him."

"It can't be taken lightly."

Although Dao Wuming likes to read local chronicles on weekdays, when it comes to critical moments, he becomes extremely cautious.

Everyone nodded after hearing the words.

Immediately, the group of people did not separate and searched in this inn.

However, after searching for several times, there was still no trace of the old man.

This person seemed to have disappeared from this inn...

…………

Just when Tang Huayi, Dao Wuming, Cheng Tianyang and others joined forces to search the inn.

Jiang Ran and Ruan Yuqing also discovered the weirdness of their place.

"Under the corpses on the ground, there are channels of blood. I thought they were just simple patterns, but when I looked carefully, I found they were connected to the outside world.

"Is killing people and taking blood to practice some kind of magic power?"

Ruan Yuqing spoke softly and turned to Jiang Ran:

"Jiang Shaoxia, what do you think?"

Jiang Ran nodded gently, pressed his finger on the wall, and when he clicked lightly, he heard a click.

This seemingly doorless room suddenly had a secret door.

Ruan Yuqing's eyes lit up:
"How did you find it?"

Jiang Ran smiled:
"It's just luck."

It's hard to explain the Qiqiao Heavenly Hands, but for things like finding mechanisms, there really is nothing better.

Ruan Yuqing nodded slightly and did not ask further questions.

When the two people came out of this room, they found that the outside world had the same pattern.

It's just that the blood channels extending out are only on both sides of the building ground.

He walked forward along the corridor and finally disappeared into a hole.

Jiang Ran and Ruan Yuqing looked at each other and saw the strange color in each other's eyes.

I originally thought that this blood channel could directly bring them the answer.

But I didn't expect that it would disappear so suddenly.

The two people circled around the hole, looked at the surrounding environment, and found that there were several passages connected to this place.

After thinking for a while, Jiang Ran said:
“This should be the core of Guanyi’s underground.

"Perhaps in every room with a canopy bed, there is a trap like this, corresponding to a secret room.

“The blood of people who died in the institution will flow here along the blood channels.

“Eventually gathered in this hole and seeped into the ground...

"I'm afraid the key point is what is there underground.

"But if my guess is correct, there should be other entrances to the underground."

If there is no entrance and no one knows what is underground, all this arrangement will be in vain and will be meaningless.

No matter whoever arranged this means here, what is their ultimate goal.

If you give something, you must gain something.

But if you can't even reach the place of harvest, wouldn't it be like trying to get water from a bamboo basket?

Ruan Yuqing nodded slightly:
"Then let's look for it?"

Jiang Ran didn't refuse. Since he was already here, whether he was looking down or up, he had to find something.

If you don't go find out, you have to find a way to escape.

The entrance is not as difficult to find as imagined.

In fact, there are only two paths except for the passages connecting several other rooms and secret rooms around here.

Jiang Ran and the others were lucky, the first entrance was the entrance downward.

Just standing at the entrance and looking down, I felt that this place was a bit weird.

"You said...does this look like a burglary cave?"

After Jiang Ran struggled for a while, he finally expressed his guess.

This hole is not naturally formed, nor is it repaired.

Rather, it seemed as if someone had dug it out bit by bit with a shovel.

Although Jiang Ran and Ruan Yuqing were both laymen, they could vaguely feel that the person who dug this hole must be very skilled.

Ruan Yuqing hesitated for a long time:

"I'm really not sure about this. I haven't seen it before."

"Go, go down and have a look."

Jiang Ran suddenly became interested again.

Robbery caves, ancient tombs, treasures... things like this can still make people feel uneasy.

When I was in Benma County, there was an ancient tomb.

But that area was almost trampled to pieces.

This should not be the case.

Moreover, if this is really an ancient tomb, then there is probably a reason why the old man is pretending to be a ghost in the inn.

Is he trying to protect this ancient tomb?

Or is it to protect the things in this ancient tomb?

As Ning Jiuyuan said, is the murder that happened in this inn seven or eight years ago also related to this ancient tomb?
When these questions lingered in their hearts, the two of them had already jumped out of the hole.

There wasn't much room to live in, and it looked like it had been dug out with shovels.

The two of them could only crawl forward inside the cave.

This feeling is actually quite awkward.

The air circulation in the cave is not good, it is narrow and cramped, and it seems to have no end, which will bring a lot of psychological pressure to people.

That is to say, Jiang Ran and Ruan Yuqing are both people with profound internal skills.

You won't feel dizzy just because the air is bad.

Otherwise, it would be really unbearable over time.

“These gophers, just dig holes, even bigger ones.

"With such a small hole, even a fat man might not be able to get through it."

Jiang Ran climbed forward without forgetting to scold him.

Ruan Yuqing sighed:
"At least it means that the person who made this hole is definitely not a fat man."

"Miss Ruan, who do you think would build an ancient tomb here? And who discovered it?"

Jiang Ran crawled forward and said:
"Who was that court official who died here seven or eight years ago?

"When I heard Ning Jiuyuan tell it before, I felt that the story was a bit weird...

“An official died and a follower was lost.

"Do you think it's possible that the official didn't die, but just the follower?
"And that high official is actually hiding secretly?

"Disguised as a confused old man, guarding an ancient tomb passed down from an unknown age, and wandering around like a ghost all day long for his own ulterior purposes?"

Ruan Yuqing was stunned when he heard this, but nodded seriously:

"Don't tell me, after hearing your analysis, it still makes sense.

“From what Na Ning Nuxia said, this case has never been solved.

"That is to say, even now, no one has found the head from back then, and it is impossible to verify the identity.

"So whether it was an official or a follower who died... it is still a mystery so far."

"exactly……"

After Jiang Ran finished speaking, he fell silent again:

"Miss Ruan, do you think there is a Nine Nether Purgatory in this world?"

"……How would I know."

Ruan Yuqing was stunned: "Young Master Jiang, don't try to scare me. You know I'm timid...is there something in front of me?"

"We seem to have reached the exit."

Jiang Ran said:

"It's just that there is such a strong fire in this underground place."

"Firelight?"

Ruan Yuqing was confused when Jiang Ran suddenly disappeared.

Ruan Yuqing was quite surprised at this time and hurriedly stumbled forward a few times before he noticed that there was indeed an exit in front of him.

At the exit, dark red firelight came into view.

When she came to the exit, she found that Jiang Ran had jumped from the entrance of the cave and was standing on a platform, looking forward.

In front of it turned out to be a circle of underground lava.

"This is……"

Ruan Yuqing was surprised: "Is there such a place under this inn?"

This scene was really beyond the two people's expectations.

Moreover, there are artificial traces on the lava.

You can see bluestone paving on both sides, with huge swords standing on them, and then these swords are linked by chains to form a large net.

In the middle of this lava sword network is another platform.

On the platform, there is a coffin faintly visible.

Ruan Yuqing came out of the hole at this time, Jiang Ran reached out to catch her, and patted the dust and soil on both of them.

After looking at each other, they both saw the astonishment in the other's eyes.

Neither of them acted rashly. This place was not a good place at first glance, so they had to be careful.

Jiang Ran pondered slightly, found a stone on the ground, and threw it away.

The stone hit the chain between the swords and made a clanging sound.

As the chains rattled and shook, fire suddenly shot into the sky, covering the area where Jiang Ran had hit with the stone in lava.

"It's really weird."

Ruan Yuqing took a deep breath.

"It's a formation."

Jiang Ran frowned slightly:

"I don't know where this underground lava came from. Someone used it to set up a formation, using the right time and place to connect it with the lava, and then hung iron ropes to form a formation.

“If you don’t know the root cause and get involved rashly, you will definitely be burned to death by the lava.

"If we had come here ten days ago, we would have had no choice but to turn back the same way we came. But now, I am a little bit nervous and want to see if I can break this formation..."

……

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ps: My physical condition has started to change again. I’m worried. It’s a small cold. Why are you so reluctant to get better?

(End of this chapter)