Descent

Tong Yu fell into a deep sleep this time, and when he regained consciousness in a daze and wanted to open his eyes, he heard the sound of someone hastily opening the door and running out. The pain spread rapidly from the neck.Only then did Tong Yu realize that his muscles were stiff all over. He lifted the thin blanket and tried to sit up with his waist, but his whole body felt weak.

Soon there was a knock on the door, and then the door was gently pushed open, accompanied by a concerned word: "Master, you are finally awake."

Tong Yu lay back on the bed, turned his head slightly and looked at Ye Jin who came in in confusion, his mind was muddled, if he heard correctly, Uncle Ye just said that he finally woke up, did he sleep for a long time?

Ye Jin walked to the bed and stroked Tong Yu's forehead: "The fever is gone, are you hungry now? I have prepared porridge, eat some first?" Ye Jin asked Tong Yu, and Tong Yu was really hungry and panicked , as if he hadn't eaten for a few days, he nodded and asked, "Uncle Ye, have I slept for a long time?"

Ye Jin helped him sit up and leaned against the head of the bed, and while ordering his servants to bring vegetable porridge, he replied: "Two days, you have been comatose for two days, and you have a high fever."

After Tong Yu slowly finished eating a bowl of vegetable porridge and regained his energy, Ye Jin invited Shen Siping to do a physical examination for him. During the examination, Tong Yu noticed that the birthmark on his chest showed signs of enlarging again. Moreover, he clearly felt that the temperature of that piece of skin was much higher than that of other places.

"Everything is normal. Even when you are drowsy, except for the fever, all other values ​​are within the normal range." Ye Jin waved away the others, poured a glass of warm water for Tong Yu and put it next to him, and glanced at Tong Yu's chest The previous birthmark, "You rest for two days first, and when you feel better, we have to go to the basement to meet someone."

Tong Yu knew that "basement" was just an abbreviation used between them. In fact, the biggest secret of the Tong family was hidden in that place, and there was always someone in charge. The guard was extremely mysterious. Tong Yu met that person many years ago and knew The guard's name is Yan Ling.

In early summer, the climate is warm and humid, and the golden sun shrouds the entire island. The vegetation on the island is lush and lush, and the fragrance of flowers in Tong’s manor is overflowing. It’s just that the infiltrator that night has not been found yet, which makes Tong Yu’s face look a little pale. Haze, with a cold face, he walked back and forth on the lawn in the manor, and the security chief not far away, Ji Hao, followed suit.

Unless that person jumped into the sea, he would still be on the island, but as soon as they found the intruder, the whole island was on alert, and the surrounding sea area was also supervised. In such a short time, it was impossible to escape, but that person was like It was as if the world had evaporated, which made Tong Yu puzzled.

"Ji Hao, have you searched the entire island? Are you sure you haven't missed anything?"

"Yes, I have searched three times. After the trace disappeared in the forest behind, it has never appeared again." Ji Hao is the person in charge of the security of the manor, and he is also an external guardian inherited from the Tong family. He is cautious and rigid in character, but With a baby face, this is also the place that has always puzzled Tong Yu. Isn't it said that things come from the heart?

"The forest in the back?" Tong Yu suddenly stopped, "It's not far from the basement, have you searched there too?"

Ji Hao also stopped, and stood at attention respectfully: "The area in the basement is a restricted area, no one is allowed to enter without your company."

"You..." Tong Yu really wanted to slap Ji Hao on the forehead, although the rules are here, he can't be blamed for this matter, "Notify Uncle Ye, bring someone, we will go there immediately."

The basement is located at the end of the manor. It occupies a corner of the island by mountains and rivers. It takes about an hour to walk from the main hall of Tong’s house. After crossing the initial vast lawn, there are dense forests. There are two lakes in the forest. The lake water is very clear, this place looks familiar, Tong Yu remembers that he came here alone when he was a child, and jumped into the lake to take a bath for fun.

After bypassing the lake, there is a mountain forest with more complex terrain. The forest is very humid and covered with moss. The trunks gradually become thicker and the branches are luxuriant. The rotten wood and dead branches that have come down cannot see the soil, and walking up is extremely unstable, and it is easy to sprain your feet.

Surrounded by towering trees, which block most of the sunlight, it looks a bit gloomy. There are also many rotten trees lying on the ground. It is slippery and wet, and if you don't pay attention, you will roll over and get hurt, and you must also guard against snakes, insects, rats and ants.Ji Hao walked in the front with a dagger in his hand, cutting off the dead branches and vines that entangled his body, and the group walked through the dense forest that blocked the sky and the sun.

After walking for more than 20 minutes, the sight suddenly became clear. There was a depression in the middle of the dense forest. There was a wooden house on the depression.

Tong Yu sped up his pace and dived down, and rushed into the wooden house, Ye Jin and Ji Hao followed closely, and the rest of them consciously stopped at the edge of the woods outside the depression, and formed a small team to search for traces of the infiltrator.

The search team did not find any obvious abnormalities along the way. Tong Yu knew very well that in places like the woods, it is easy to hide traces. I am afraid that the search personnel will not have any clues in a short time.

He turned his head and glanced at the situation inside the wooden house, and saw that it had not changed much from many years ago. The floor inside the house was paved with large stones, and there was still a small square wooden table and two wooden chairs in one corner of the wooden house. It was covered with dust, while the other was very clean, the surface of the chair was polished, obviously someone often sat on it.

Tong Yu went to the table, sat on the clean chair, bent down and groped the ground under the square table, and soon found a slightly raised square stone in an inconspicuous corner, he bent down and clasped it firmly Turn the stone [-] degrees counterclockwise, then sit up straight and ask Ye Jin and Ji Hao, "Are you ready?" While the two nodded, Tong Yu put his foot on the square stone and stepped on it hard .

Immediately afterwards, there was the sound of objects rubbing and vibrating, and a hole slowly cracked in the ground at the other corner of the wooden house, until it was wide enough for a person to pass through.

It was a descending tunnel, and the three of them walked to the edge of the crack, led by Tong Yu, and entered the passage one by one.

The aisle is narrow but there is a steady flow of fresh air, and every interval there is a moonstone inlaid on the side wall, emitting a faint white light for illumination.

After descending to a flat ground, the field of vision suddenly widened. In front of it was a two-meter-high stone gate. There was a flower-shaped notch in the middle of the stone gate. Tong Yu took out a piece of jasper from his pocket and pressed it into the notch. The size was just right.

With a faint sound, there was a "click", and the stone door slowly opened, but it didn't open completely, it just opened a gap of one person's width and then stopped.

Tong Yu had doubts when he was a child, since such a wide stone gate was designed, why can only a small slit be opened for people to enter and exit. No one has given him an answer to this question so far.

After the three of them entered the stone gate, they saw a completely different world in front of them. It was a hole full of strange fruits. There was a tree in the center that ran through the top of the hole. To be precise, it should be the root of the tree.

There are three passages on the surrounding walls of the cave. Tong Yu also stopped here when he was a child, and did not go deep into each passage to find out.He stood still and watched for a while, and found a red blood stain under a fruit tree.

Following Tong Yu's gaze, Ji Hao hurried forward to check. He pinched a handful of soil, sniffed it close to his nose: "It's blood!"

Ye Jin also walked over to examine it carefully, then nodded to Tong Yu.

Just when the three of them were full of doubts, an old voice came out, "I haven't seen you for many years, and you are finally here!" Tong Yu followed the voice and slowly walked out of an old man from a passage in the middle. Although he was quite old, Tong Yu He recognized it right away, it was Yan Ling who came.

Ye Jin stepped forward and bowed slightly: "It's true that we haven't seen each other for many years. We came today to ask for some information." After Ye Jin finished speaking, he glanced at Tong Yu.

Yan Ling suddenly laughed, "I've finally waited until this day, finally I've waited for you!" He walked up to Tong Yu, looked at Tong Yu, and said, "Follow me." Then he turned and walked into the passage on the far right.

The three of them followed Yan Ling in the dark passage, and after turning a few turns, another stone door appeared. Yan Ling pressed the button on the side of the stone door, and the stone door opened a small gap. Seep through the cracks in the door.

After several people were in the room, they discovered that it was an underground ice-stone chamber, inside which was an empty stone coffin, and the surrounding stone walls were covered with intricately patterned runes and murals.

Tong Yu frowned and looked at the empty coffin and asked, "Who is this coffin?"

"It's for myself." Yan Ling replied with a smile, but didn't say much.

Ye Jin walked into Yan Ling and said in a deep voice, "The birthmark on Young Master Tong's chest shows signs of expanding."

"I've sensed it a long time ago." Yan Ling motioned Tong Yu to unbutton his shirt, he stretched out his hand to caress the birthmark and said slowly: "It would take two years before it will appear, it is the invisible threat of the infiltrator, triggering the early awakening of power."

Ye Jin: "You already know everything?"

Yan Ling: "That infiltrator just fell into my hands two days ago."

Tong Yu was a little confused when he heard that, "Awakening of strength?"

Yan Ling sighed: "This is a long story." He walked to the side of the sarcophagus, bent down and took out a thick book inside. The writing was yellowed and the footer was slightly damaged. He handed the book to Tong Yu : "After reading this family history, you will have a basic understanding."

Tong Yu took the book and asked: "Then you will go out with us later?"

"Well, since there are already awakened ones, my task is to protect and assist."

The intruder controlled by Yan Ling was covered in scars and lost a leg. He was bitten by a poisonous snake in the process of fleeing in a hurry, and because the treatment was not timely, he had to abandon his leg when Yan Ling took him back. The bloodstain under the tree inside was his.After questioning, Tong Yu only learned that he spoke fluent Japanese and was from Japan.