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Shen Tucheng took out his mobile phone and tried to take a picture, but the weak light could not even illuminate the cave wall clearly.The rainwater slid down his forehead, covering his head and face, making him unable to open his eyes.

Should we go down now, or wait until the ginseng baby finds him?

The three people under the cave had made no sound at all, just when Shen Tucheng was hesitating, someone behind him tugged at the hem of his clothes.Shen Tucheng turned his head, and saw a ten-year-old girl standing in the heavy rain, still wearing the hospital gown, her whole body was covered with hazy moisture, but her whole body was not wet at all.As if all the rainwater evaporated instantly the moment she got close to her, the little girl showed an extremely lovable smile on her face shrouded in mist: "Brother, I'm here to find you."

"En." Shentucheng said gently, "I want you to help me find two things."

"I know what you're looking for." The little girl said with a smile, "Only I can find it..."

Shen Tucheng laughed when he heard the words, reached out and touched the little girl's head: "Go."

Right in front of Shentu City, the little girl plunged into the mud, only showing her head, and said, "Brother, do you want me to take you down? There is a baby in that hole..."

"Thank you." Shen Tucheng broke off two branches, "I can go down by myself."

"See you later!" The little girl giggled again, and got into the dirt as she spoke.

Shen Tucheng tried the hardness of the branch in his hand, took a deep breath, and jumped into the dark hole.

The air in the cave was very filthy, Shen Tucheng held his breath, and thrust the branch into the cave wall forcefully with one hand.The branch only slid down a few inches before bearing his weight. At this moment, he was equivalent to half hanging in the hole.His eyes were still able to see in the dark, and he waited vigilantly in the distance for a while, and then he did the same thing, inserting the branch in the other hand to the position a little lower on the other side... Just like this, he rushed down, Soon they reached the bottom of the cave.

As soon as he landed, Shentucheng felt the soft soil under his feet. When he raised his head, he saw a cloud of gray, and he couldn't see the entrance of the cave.As if entering another world, not a single drop of rain fell outside the cave, not even the earth-shattering sound of rain...

The bottom of the cave was very wide, without light coming in, the surroundings were completely dark, and Shentucheng instinctively put on a defensive posture.Gao Jie and the others seemed to have disappeared out of thin air. Shen Tucheng looked around and only found Gao Jie's police ID on the ground.However, it was precisely because of this document that he discovered the blue-black stone slab buried under the soil.

The slate was strangely black, about two meters long and wide, with a totem in the middle and densely packed characters engraved on the four corners.Shen Tucheng observed carefully for a while, and found that those small characters were all the characters used in the former Qin Dynasty, using two engraving methods of yin and yang.The Yang engraved part is two scriptures, in Shentucheng's memory, they should be used to confine souls and suppress evil spirits respectively.And the dark part is a confession, to the effect: I used my soul to make a deal with the devil, and I got what I wanted most, and after I died, I kept my promise and guarded him here from afar the gods.

After reading the fine print, Shen Tucheng moved closer to look at the totem again.The main part of the totem is an animal similar to a turtle-the reason for saying "similar" is that the mouth of this "turtle" is in the shape of an eagle's beak, and the sculptor carved it extremely sharply, which makes people see Fear arose in my heart.And another thing that makes Shentucheng feel strange is that the tail of this "turtle" is very long, so long that it wraps around it several times... The whole totem is lifelike, as if it will move in the next moment.

At this moment, the water droplet in Shentucheng's hand emitted a burst of dazzling water blue in an instant, and the light gradually expanded, illuminating the entire bottom of the cave in an instant, until it gradually receded after several minutes.And when the light disappeared, Shen Tucheng saw Gu Panhao kneeling in front of that strange totem with a pale face.

"Ah good!" Shen Tucheng quickly hugged him in his arms.

Gu Panhao smiled at Shentucheng, and caressed the water splash pattern around the "turtle" with his long and slender fingers, but he dared not touch the "turtle".

Shen Tucheng took Gu Panhao's hand, wrapped it in his own palm, and asked, "Who are you in the tomb?"

Gu Pan looked at the totem in awe, and after a long time, he said: "Great God of Xuanwu, how can I not kneel." He pulled Shentu City with his backhand, and gently placed his hand on the totem of Xuanwu. Shentucheng immediately felt a chill.The feeling of water flowing away came from the palm - that totem is actually alive? !

Shen Tucheng withdrew his hand in amazement, Gu Pan smiled and pointed to the tail tightly wrapped around Xuanwu, motioning him to take a closer look.Shen Tucheng stretched out his hand to stroke back and forth, and found that the tail was covered with fine scales. "This is……"

"It's a snake." Gu Panhao pointed to the end of the "tail" wrapped around the neck of the "turtle", which is the snake's head.There was majesty in the vivid snake eyes, Gu Panhao respectfully clasped his hands together and said to Shentucheng, "I feel that the jade plate is below, let's go down."

Shen Tucheng embraced Gu Panhao without saying a word, and the two stood side by side. Gu Panhao's body exuded a soft light. After a while, the Xuanwu totem disappeared, and the vacant place became a downward staircase.

The two glanced at each other, and Shentucheng led Gu Panhao down slowly. At the end of the stairs, he saw Gao Jie and the other three sleeping there.The two didn't try to wake them up, but walked around them tacitly and went deeper.

The space below was not very large, and after walking along the long and narrow corridor for about a few minutes, the two of them saw three small rooms.Among them, the middle one is larger than the ones on both sides, and it is due north.The two smaller ones are located due south and due east respectively.

Since they were facing a large room, the two walked in without much thought.The furnishings in the room are very simple. There is a small statue of Xuanwu enshrined on the incense table, and green smoke curls from the incense burner in front of it, which seems to have been inhabited all the time.

"Immortal incense." Shen Tucheng glanced at the incense burner and said calmly.Thousands of years ago, this incense burner was placed in his bedroom.

The so-called immortal incense does not mean that you will not grow old after smelling it, but that the incense will last forever.In the past, Fu Sheng didn't take it seriously, and kept it because Gu Pan liked it so much. Now, after a thousand years, Shentu City saw it again and witnessed its immortality.But instinctively, Shentucheng doesn't like things that belong to him and that belong to Gu Pan to be possessed by others.He frowned slightly, and began to look at the room - there was a blue sky lock in the birdcage, as long as it was buckled on the bird's feet, no matter how far or how high it flew, as long as the owner made a move, it would come back immediately .The bone blade of the wolf king on the bookshelf is a short blade made by Fu Sheng after dealing with the most vicious and cunning wolf king on the grassland alone for several months. Familiar things that once belonged to Fu Sheng.

Shentucheng finally set his sights on the black long knife hanging on the wall. It is called Zhuo Juewo, which means "slaughter" in Fu Sheng's language.It was Fu Sheng's saber, Shen Tucheng took it off, and caressed its blade fondly.

"You told me before that something that can only be used for self-defense can never be called a weapon. As a weapon, it must have murderous intent. A knife that can kill is the king's knife." Gu Panhao said behind him.

"Yes..." Shen Tucheng responded.He also said that the sword was too light and agile to suit him.What he wants is the strength and dominance of the knife.

The jet-black blade gave off bursts of cold light, Gu Panhao said with some nostalgia: "Dream Falling Wine, Slaughtering Knife." Those are the two things Fu Sheng loves most, wanton drunk and wanton killing.

Shen Tucheng smiled, took off his coat, wrapped the knife and held it in his hand.The knife made a sound, as if to express the joy of returning to the owner's hands after thousands of years.Not surprisingly, Shen Tucheng felt that it was in his hand.

"It suits you very well." Gu Panhao smiled gently and appreciated.

"En..." Shen Tucheng responded, and pulled Gu Panhao towards the hut on the left due south.

Different from the orderliness of the north house, the south house is very messy.A large number of bamboo slips and weapons were thrown randomly on the ground, Shen Tucheng only glanced at it before turning and walking into the room in the east.And the east room is a completely opposite picture - there is nothing in it.At this moment, Gu Panhao's hand holding Shentucheng suddenly tightened, and Shentucheng immediately understood, and asked vigilantly, "Where is it?"

"Due north."

Shen Tucheng rushed back to the north room, and saw at a glance that the Xuanwu God statue on the incense table was gone, replaced by a piece of paper and an upside-down jade dish.Gu Panhao stepped forward, took Shentucheng's hand and put them on the jade dish together: "As long as he is a dish fairy, then he has to come even if he doesn't want to." Since he has been avoiding him, then he let He cannot be avoided.

There are usually two kinds of "die immortals" invited by people, one is wild ghosts, and the other is real dish immortals.But the real Die Xian is not a fairy, it used to be a wild ghost - when a person is playing the Die Xian game, if the wild ghost puts his hand on it, then from then on, it has become a Die Xian.And at this time, as long as someone invites Die Xian near it, it will have to come.

Sweat broke out from the tip of Shentucheng's nose, and the air suddenly became thinner, as if he was trapped in a closed space, and his throat felt a burning pain.He opened his mouth to breathe heavily, and suddenly, a cool air blew on the back of his neck... The jade plate left the blank space bit by bit, and circled on the paper.

Die Xian is here.

Shen Tucheng's eyes were deep, and he asked word by word in a hoarse voice: "How do you want to die?"