Chapter 379: Exploring the Forbidden Land
Chapter 379: Exploring the Forbidden Land
"Let's go!" Following Feng Wuhen's order, the group quickly moved and left Yunlai Villa without looking back.
At this time, the man called the second owner was still lying on the ground, dying, his body covered in blood, his face as pale as paper.
He stared with wide eyes, watching the backs of everyone leaving, his eyes filled with despair and unwillingness.
However, no one looked back at him, as if he had become an unnecessary existence.
Within half an hour, Jiang Yimo, Feng Wuhen and others successfully arrived outside the forbidden area of Yunlai Villa.
Jiang Yimo took out two parchment maps from her arms and put them together.
After taking a look, she said to everyone, "According to the map, we need to walk through a swamp to reach our destination."
After that, she handed the map to Feng Wuhen and asked him to confirm whether the route was correct.
Feng Wuhen took the map, studied it carefully, and nodded: "Yes, this is the road. However, this swamp looks very dangerous, everyone should be careful."
Everyone nodded to show their understanding.
Then they walked carefully into the swamp, trying to avoid getting stuck in the mire.
Every step is taken with extreme caution, for fear of getting stuck in it if not careful.
Jiang Yimo and Feng Wuhen were seen holding maps and leading the way. The people behind them did not dare to relax at all and could only follow closely in their footsteps, for fear of getting lost accidentally.
The footprints they left behind were also very strange, disappearing in just a dozen seconds.
However, they still walked smoothly into the heart of the swamp, which was the entrance to the forbidden underground palace.
However, as soon as they arrived at the heart of the swamp, they saw a group of men in black following them from afar. Unfortunately, they were too late and could not keep up with them.
At this time, Xie Hefan, who was standing behind Jiang Yimo and Feng Wuhen, laughed. He felt very relieved: "Those people must have been pissed off by us."
After saying that, he burst into laughter.
Jiang Yimo looked at the group of people outside the swamp who were in a state of frustration. She was not as happy as Xie Hefan. Instead, she felt a little worried.
She didn't know why she felt this way, but she knew it had nothing to do with those people.
"Master Xie, what were the Madam and Xiao Min doing when you went out with us this morning?" Jiang Yimo suddenly asked.
Sheikhfan recalled the scene and replied, "When I arrived at your yard, they were still asleep."
Hearing this answer, Jiang Yimo felt even more uneasy.
She always had a bad feeling, but she couldn't tell what it was.
"Let's go, we'll open the door to the underground palace and go in immediately, and don't let those people catch up with us." Jiang Yimo urged.
"They don't have a map. If they want to reach where we are, a lot of people will probably die." Xie Hefan laughed.
Feng Wuhen also said calmly: "But... we can't rule out the possibility that some lucky people came here by accident. So we have to hurry."
After saying that, Jiang Yimo had already opened the entrance to the underground palace. She found the switch of the entrance to the underground palace according to the map - a snow-white oval stone. She pressed it lightly, and a piece of grass at the entrance of the underground palace suddenly rose up, and then it slowly revealed a rectangular black hole more than two or three meters wide.
The black hole looked somewhat eerie and scary, but Jiang Yimo and Feng Wuhen did not hesitate for too long and they quickly walked in.
When they entered the black hole, the grass behind them slowly dropped again and returned to its original state, as if nothing had happened.
Jiang Yimo and Feng Wuhen walked along the black hole. It was dark and damp inside, filled with a foul smell.
There was a faint light flickering on the wall, as if it was emitted by some mysterious gem or rune.
They walked carefully, alert to possible dangers around them.
At this moment, Jiang Yimo suddenly became very curious about where Feng Wushou and Anying fell on the day they were poisoned.
"Your Highness, did you and Shadow also find another entrance to the underground palace that day?" she asked.
Feng Wushou nodded: "Yes, the Japanese king and several people led by Shadow were chasing a man in black. His figure was very familiar. We chased him all the way to the swamp."
"That person also fled into the swamp. We are not familiar with the terrain of the swamp, but in order to find out the identity of that person, I led people to follow him carefully."
"It turned out that the man was very familiar with the swamp. He wandered around in the swamp for a while and escaped from the other side of the swamp. We were not familiar with the swamp, so we could only try to get out... Later, Shadow and the other three fell into a poisonous trap."
Jiang Yimo listened and asked, "Didn't you find anything unusual?"
"Later, I rescued the three of them and jumped in. Although it was a passage to an underground palace, it was a dead end." Feng Wuhen said.
Jiang Yimo's eyes widened. "So, the man in black deliberately led you into the swamp? Did he know there was a trap there?"
"I guess he must know some secrets about the underground palace, so he deliberately led us in and wanted to poison us." Feng Wushou said coldly.
"But why?" Jiang Yimo was puzzled.
"Maybe he doesn't want us to find the things in the underground palace. Or, he wants to use us to open the mechanism of the underground palace." Feng Wushou speculated.
Jiang Yimo's heart sank. If it was true as Feng Wushou said, then the man in black must also want the things in the underground palace, but he just hadn't found the right way yet.
After hearing this, Jiang Yimo couldn't help but nod repeatedly, indicating that she agreed with Feng Wuhen's words.
She felt that what Feng Wuhen said made a lot of sense, so the two continued chatting as they walked.
They walked along the passage and after about half an incense stick of time, they arrived at a spacious hall.
This hall is about ten meters square and is surrounded by some exquisite stone carvings and murals, making it look very gorgeous.
At this moment, Feng Wuhen suddenly stopped, as if he had discovered something unusual.
He frowned, carefully observing the surrounding environment, then turned to everyone and said, "Everyone be careful!"
When everyone heard his reminder, they all became more vigilant.
The hall was very spacious. Apart from the stone carvings and murals on the surrounding walls, the sixteen huge stone pillars supporting the dome, the oil lamp stands mounted on the stone pillars with dim flames leaping on them, and the lotus-carved floor tiles underfoot, there was nothing else here.
Just as everyone was looking at everything in the hall, someone stepped on a floor tile.
"Crack!"
The crisp sound seemed to have triggered some mechanism. The originally quiet hall suddenly emitted a low roar. Everyone was startled and looked down at their feet vigilantly.
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