I think Liang Houzai and Liu Shangang are both people with special abilities. No matter when, I can hand over my back to them without any scruples. On the contrary, I don’t seem to be particularly good at.

Just as I was thinking about this, Liu Shangang had turned off the lights and pulled the curtains. I leaned against the soft pillow and fell asleep soon.

At six o'clock in the morning, Uncle Ke came over to wake us up and said that it was almost noon that was the best time to open the stone door, so that we could get up quickly.

Although it won't take too long to get from the pasture to Ksitigarbha tomb, it will take at least nearly three hours to complete the tomb passage connecting Area 4 and the narrow tunnel in Area 4, so it is reasonable for Uncle Ke to call us up so early.

After breakfast, we checked the supplies again and confirmed that there was no problem. Then we rode on our horses and took Dorji to the tomb of Ksitigarbha.

Although only the three of us took Dorje to the tomb this time, Mr. Sun and Luo Fei and others were all here.

Mr. Sun said that he wanted to stay outside. If an evil spirit came out after the stone door was opened, he would be able to deal with it. Xian'er and Luo Fei's words were almost exactly the same as Mr. Sun. In fact, we all knew in our hearts that the reason why they followed was because they were worried about us.

When we arrived at the entrance of the Ksitigarbha tomb, Mr. Ke asked us not to go to the tomb for the first time, saying that we would set up a formation with Mr. Liu.

I couldn't understand the formation of the Tun Meng lineage, but I saw Uncle Liu and Uncle Ke draw a large talisman near the spring, which were both handprints and spells.

After a long time of struggle, I finished it. I asked Uncle Ke what formation this was. Uncle Ke smiled and said, "The name of this formation involves the inheritance of our Tunmeng lineage, so the name cannot be said. In fact, there is nothing profound. It is just a formation used to make luck. With the blessing of this formation, you will be more lucky when you get to the tomb."

Speaking of this, Uncle Ke's expression became serious again: "But luck is invisible and intangible. After you enter, you still have to be careful. Also, after this formation is launched, no matter what happens in the tomb, everyone should not go in. Once other people enter, good luck will also turn into bad luck, which will harm Youdao and the others."

In the second half of the sentence, Mr. Ke said to Mr. Sun, Xian'er, Luo Fei and the others.

After saying that, Uncle Ke raised his hand at me: "Go. Remember, don't be afraid when encountering things. This time you three will definitely be fine."

I smiled and nodded at Uncle Ke.

Mr. Sun opened the entrance to the tomb of Ksitigarbha. He originally wanted to take us to the stone gate before leaving. Xian'er and Luo Fei seemed to want to go in with us.

But Uncle Ke stopped them and let them wait outside with peace of mind.

Normally, Uncle Ke always looks like he is smiling, but when he stops Mr. Sun and others, he gives people a very majestic feeling, so that even Mr. Sun dares not go against his wishes, let alone Xian'er and Luo Fei.

We entered the tomb of Dizang as usual. Doji walked quickly at the front. He was very familiar with the environment here. As soon as he entered the tomb, he immediately ran towards the tomb path leading to District 4. Because it was too fast, I had to let it slow down.

If we run with its speed, we will probably lose all strength in less than five minutes, and we will not be able to catch up with it even with our feet.

Three hours later, we arrived at the stone door with four murals. The ice layer on the door was thicker than when we came before. The three of us could only take out the climbing picks from our backpacks and start cleaning the ice layer as fast as possible.

Before the start of construction, Liu Shangang looked at his watch and it was already eleven:30. If we want to catch the best door opening time, we only have half an hour at most.

Fortunately, the ice layer was thick, but not hard. At 11:50, we cleaned the ice layer outside the door almost completely, and then the three of us pushed open the stone door with all our strength.

When the door panel opened, the sound of ice cracking came from behind the door.

On the other side of the door is a huge and extremely dark space. The three of us turned on the flashlight at the same time and shone in different directions. However, outside the light beams emitted by the flashlight, there is boundless darkness. Only when the light beam falls on the ground or on the wall behind us can we reflect the luster.

This huge space is very cold and surprisingly quiet, and you can only hear a slight sound of running water far away.

I waved to Liu Shangang and Liang Houzai: "Come on, you two will help me close the stone door and don't let the things in it run out."

The two of them didn't say anything nonsense, and came to the stone door with me, pushing two thick door panels to get them together again.

This time, we were really blocked in this huge dark space.

Before closing the door, I took a flashlight and looked behind me to confirm whether Dorje had come in. At that time, Dorje sat on the ground with his back to me, facing the direction opposite the stone gate.

After the stone gate closed again, I walked to Dorji and rubbed his head: "Let's go, take us to find the Demon-Subduing Pestle, slow down."

Doji let out a low murmur from his mouth, then stood up and walked straight ahead with broken steps.

Although the road surface was unbalanced, it was very spacious. While I was walking, I used a flashlight to shine Doji from time to time. Every time I walked, I would stop and look around for a while. It seemed that it was not sure whether the direction I chose was right or wrong.

After all, in such a place with black surroundings, it is almost impossible to identify the direction.

At this time, I can only place all my hopes on Dorje, hoping that they can surprise us.

In the darkness, people's perception of time will also be distorted. Sometimes, you will feel that a minute is short, and sometimes, you will feel that a minute is very long.

Every time Dorje stopped, I would ask Liu Shangang to report the time to determine how long we had been away.

After walking for nearly four hours, the beam of the flashlight hit a stone wall, illuminating the potholes and the uneven stone surface was pale.

Doji stopped again, and it began to watch from side to side. After a while, it ran back to me.

I asked it: "Have you taken the wrong path? If yes, just nod."

Doji nodded twice very hard.

Why did you make a mistake? In theory, Doji comes here every year and should be very familiar with it.

I asked it again: "Have you missed the walk before?"

This time, Doji made a slight "slut" sound. Since he did not nod, it means that the answer he gave this time was no.

Liang Houzai, who was behind the side hall at the end of the team, came over and said, "Do you said before that you could see the light from the top of your head in the night tummit? It is said that in such a dark place, any little light can be seen far away, but we have been walking for so long, and the only light source here is our flashlight."

I nodded, and Liang Houzai asked Doji again: "Doji, when you came before, you should rely on the light source above your head to distinguish the direction."

Doji nodded vigorously, and then it purred another whimper. Since Xian'er was not here, we didn't know what Doji meant.

It was a little trouble now. I turned around and used the flashlight to show the way we came. After walking for four hours, no matter which direction the flashlight beam was shining, it could not shine on the stone door we opened when we came as I expected.

At this moment, the only thing that appears at the end of the beam is bottomless darkness.

I frowned, took out the map from my backpack, and looked it carefully, but unfortunately it was useless. Even if I had the map in my hand, I still couldn't tell where we were now in such a dark environment.

But I found that the strange buildings drawn on the map have very different sizes, and it is not accurate to say this. To be precise, the size of each building should be different.

Liang Houzai also discovered this problem: "The size of the stone tablet is different?"

Doji had said before that the "buildings" that appear on the map may be some irregularly shaped stone tablets.

I nodded at Liang Houzai and walked straight to the "wall" that was illuminated by the flashlight just now.

The reason I think it is a wall is just because its surface is bumpy, but overall it is quite flat. But when I walked into it, I used a flashlight to search its outline and found that it was a very large stone tablet with some unknown ancient characters engraved on it. Moreover, because of its age, many of these huge ancient characters only have a vague outline.

I looked at the blocked stone tablet, then looked at the map in my hand, and said to Liang Houzai: "We can only find a few more stone tablets and estimate our location by comparing their size."

Liang Houzai frowned: "It will take a long time. We have no reference at all now, and we don't know which stone tablet of this size can correspond to on the map."

Liu Shangang also said: "I have prepared rations for two days. If you do this, Brother Dao, I guess we won't know the direction even if we have ten or eight days."

I asked Liu Shangang: "Do you have any other way now?"

Liu Shangang thought about it and said honestly: "No."

I said, "Let's take the stone tablet in front of me as the reference point. Let's walk to the left. If we encounter a stone tablet smaller than it, find a place like "there is a relatively small stone tablet near a large stone tablet" on the map, and then use the second stone tablet we found as the reference point and continue to walk left. If the third stone tablet we encountered is between the first two, find a place like "there is a relatively small stone tablet near a large stone tablet, and there is a relatively large stone tablet near the small stone tablet". And so on, if we are lucky, when we see the fourth or fifth stone tablet, we can infer our location."

Liu Shangang thought for a while and asked me again: "What if I'm not lucky?"
Chapter completed!