C21

The crowd immediately became restless. A few of them brandished their swords and hacked around randomly. The spiders were not afraid of swords and sabers. The more they hacked, the more they started to attack. Meng Xiaodie grabbed the torch and poked it into the pile of spiders, burning a few of them to death. The rest scattered and fled into the darkness. The stench of burnt flesh permeated the air. Everyone stopped their chopping and stabbing, lit a few more torches, and started burning them into the wall. The spiders were all gone, leaving behind only a layer on the roof as they crawled back and forth.

After repelling the spider, everyone turned their attention to the door. Due to the chaos earlier, they didn't know if there were any other sounds coming from inside. After it quieted down, they turned their ears to the side and heard the sound. Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! It was as if there were many animals panting. Such a heavy sound must have been made by a huge animal.

"What exactly is inside? Are we still going to enter? " Hong Kun asked impatiently.

"Miss Shen didn't say anything, why the f * ck are you in such a hurry?" Jiang Bufan reprimanded.

Hong Kun did not make a sound. He raised his head and looked at the spider on the roof.

A few torches lit up the room as if it was daytime. Many people had panic written all over their faces.

Shen Hong looked at Meng Xiaodie. At this moment, the only person she trusted was Meng Xiaodie.

Meng Xiaodie didn't look at her. She stared at the dragon head lock and firmly said, "Open it."

Shen Hong immediately inserted the key into the keyhole, and with a "pa," the lock on the dragon's head was opened.

Meng Xiaodie told everyone to stand on both sides of the door. He was afraid that there was a hidden weapon inside the door, so he held his sword in his hand and slowly opened the door.

It was pitch black inside. He asked for a torch and probed inside. There was no sound, but the strange sound was still there, and it became clearer, as if the panting sound was right beside him.

Looking further in, one could see that it was a long passage. On both sides of the passage were smooth stone walls. The sound seemed to come from within the stone walls, but if one listened carefully, it seemed to come from within the depths of the passage.

Meng Xiaodie was at the front with Shen Hong following closely behind. Jiang Bufan was at the back, leading the way. They walked along the long corridor, the floor was wet with dew, and some dark green, fungo-like things were growing on it.

After walking for about a hundred meters, a wide stone hall appeared in front of them. In the middle of the stone hall, there was a stone table with half an incense stick remaining. This hall was actually a spacious, square stone house. There were two stone caves on the left and right side of the hall. There was also a stone cave beside the table. The strange sound of breathing like that of a cow could still be heard here, as if it were coming from three different directions.

Jiang Bufan cursed, "Damn it, he's really like a ghost that won't go away." He asked Meng Xiaodie, "There are three tunnels here, which one should we take?"

Meng Xiaodie had always been meticulous. He looked at the three caves carefully. There were some carvings and symbols on them, but if he didn't look carefully, he wouldn't be able to see them clearly. He held the torch close to the torchlight. On the left side of the cave were three curved vertical bars, like moving leeches. The symbol on the right side of the cave was a half circle, with three curved lines carved in the middle. On the right side of the cave, the symbol was a half circle, with three curved lines engraved in the middle.

After he finished reading the marks on the three holes, Wei Ke was completely confused. He scratched his head and asked, "What is the meaning of this? Glyph Devils?"

"Wei Ke, you don't understand. There must be a rotary machine inside."

Jiang Bufan also came forward to take a look. After a moment of contemplation, he said, "There must be three tunnels on the left side of the cave. And it's a curved path."

He looked into the cave and suddenly shouted, "Look, what is that?"

The cave was dark and there were a few flickering fireballs.

Everyone immediately became alert, holding their swords and sabers in their hands, looking at the fireballs, ready to deal with any unforeseen events.

However, after a long time, the fireballs only flickered in the hole and did not move in their direction. Everyone heaved a sigh of relief.

Shen Hong sent two of his men to guard the entrance of the cave. She called Meng Xiaodie and Jiang Bufan together to discuss the countermeasures.

"Didn't the mayor tell you which cave led to the underground castle?" Jiang Bufan asked Shen Hong.

"Nope."

"Think about it, didn't he reveal anything?"

Shen Hong lowered his head and thought for a moment before saying, "The City Lord seems to have said that they dug a few tunnels, but none of them succeeded. The people who came down are also hiding here. "

"Dammit, isn't Sha Tianfeng sending us to our deaths?" When Jiang Bufan heard this, he got angry again.

Shen Hong glared at him and said, "Are you the one who called him 'City Lord'?"

Meng Xiaodie patted his shoulder, "Calm down everyone. If you argue like this, we won't be able to do anything. At the moment, we just need to discuss how we should go about doing our next steps."

The two of them listened to Meng Xiaodie's advice. They glared at each other and didn't say anything else.

"Miss Shen, what do you think of the symbols on the cave entrance?" Meng Xiaodie asked.

"What do these symbols suggest?" Shen Hong wrinkled his brows. He thought for a moment and then shook his head. "There are three curved lines on the left, looking like caterpillars. Could it be that there are some insects inside?"

"Screw you, what about the caterpillar? You might as well say there are leeches in there." Jiang Bufan mocked.

"That's a possibility. Maybe they're leeches." Shen Hong did not deny Jiang Bufan's sneer.

"Haha, those fireballs must have come from leeches." Jiang Bufan let out two hollow laughs, looking a bit embarrassed.

"I actually feel that it is water, and also flowing water. If I'm not wrong, the cave on the left is a waterway, and there are some unknown creatures in the waterway. And at the end of the cave on the right is a crescent-shaped pool of water. It's very likely that the pool is so deep that you can't even see the bottom of it. "

"Then what does the relief at the entrance of the cave represent? Is it a millstone? " Shen Hong followed Meng Xiaodie's train of thoughts and began speculating.

"A plate of grinds? What can a disk of grinding do? " Jiang Bufan asked with a sarcastic tone.

Meng Xiaodie smiled, looked back at the sculpture and said, "Maybe that is a plate of stone mill, but it is not an ordinary mill. Among the three caves, this passage most likely leads to the underground castle."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's hurry up and go in." Jiang Xian raised his treasured sword and urged.

Meng Xiaodie made a gesture with her hand, telling Jiang Bufan not to worry, "This is just a conjecture, the other two caves can't be ruled out either. We need to explore them. "How about this, I'll bring a few people to take a look at the left side first."