If I add money to become a layman, I can cultivate immortality

Chapter 189
When a group of people carefully grabbed the climbing rope and descended to the bottom of the rift valley, they discovered that there was actually a huge cave below.

Through observation, currently only the east direction is passable, and the other side is the mountain wall.

"Everyone be careful!"

Hu Bayi reminded him.

After all, he has experienced a disaster here and has seen things like fire ladybugs that should not exist in this world, so he must be extra careful.

The group of people walked slowly along the passage and found many colorful mica in the cave.

Soon after, another underground river was discovered.

"Professor, there seems to be writing on this stone wall..."

Suddenly, Ye Yixin shouted in surprise.

"Oh?" Professor Chen and Hao Aiguo quickly turned on their flashlights and came closer to take a look. Sure enough, there were many strange characters carved on the mountain wall.

"Huh?" The fat man also came forward and took a look, with a surprised look on his face: "Why do I feel that the words on this are similar to the words on my jade pendant?"

Professor Chen said with excitement: "It's not similar, it's exactly the same. They are both ghost cave texts."

"What nonsense?" The fat man looked confused.

Professor Chen explained: "Guidongwen is the writing of the ancient Jingjue Kingdom, which was a country located in the Western Regions during the Western Han Dynasty..."

At this point, Professor Chen turned around and asked, "Xiao Wang, I remember you said that you got that piece of jade when you suppressed bandits?"

"Yes, in Niya Oasis, I beat the shit out of the bandit and even killed a bandit leader..."

Hu Bayi couldn't listen anymore, pushed the fat man away, stepped forward and said: "Professor, do you think this text has something to do with Jingjue Country?"

"Correct!"

"So, does this place really have anything to do with finding the ancient city of Jingjue?"

"That's right..." Professor Chen looked excited: "Today's discovery will open a new chapter in the archeology of the Western Regions... Patriotism, please hurry up and let the students record these words."

"Ugh!"

Hao Aiguo also looked excited, like a child who discovered a treasure at home, his face flushed with excitement.

After a while, Hu Bayi went to explore the surrounding areas, then walked back and said, "There are no roads around here. We have to cross the river."

Professor Chen responded: "Then everyone, get ready, let's go there."

"The water shouldn't be deep, right?"

Ye Yixin subconsciously walked to the water's edge and took a look.

At this time, Ding Xiu suddenly rushed to her side and hugged her waist: "Xiaoye, come back quickly!"

Before Ye Yixin could recover, the calm water surface suddenly stirred up a wave, and a long tongue suddenly emerged from the water and rolled towards Ye Yixin.

Fortunately, Ding Xiu hugged Ye Yixin one step ahead and took a few steps back, just in time to avoid the tongue.

Before Professor Chen and others could recover, a huge strange fish suddenly appeared in the water, like a giant salamander with legs...

"Oh my god, this is... this is the prehistoric king salamander. This thing has been extinct for a long time!"

Professor Chen couldn't help but exclaimed in shock.

At this time, the front paws of the overlord salamander had already stepped onto the shore, preparing to attack.

"Bang bang..."

At this time, Shirley Yang suddenly fired two shots.

Unexpectedly, although these two shots injured the Overlord Salamander, they also aroused its ferocity, and it rushed over with a strange roar...

"Run!"

Hu Bayi gave a loud drink.

Everyone was panicked and quickly ran towards the entrance of the cave.

At this time, Ding Xiu did not run away, but picked up a stone the size of a sea bowl and threw it violently...

"boom!"

With a dull sound, a bloody hole appeared on the head of the Overlord Salamander. The pain caused the guy to scream again, then turned around and ran back into the water.

It's estimated that this won't kill it, but it will be enough to keep it injured for a while.

In fact, this was Ding Xiu's mercy. After all, it was not easy for this overlord salamander to survive until now.

Seeing the overlord newt escape, Professor Chen and his party breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay, it's alright."

Ding Xiu smiled at the big guys, then walked to the pale Ye Yixin and asked with concern: "Xiaoye, are you okay?"

"No...it's okay..." Ye Yixin finally came to her senses and said with gratitude: "Thank you, Brother Ding. If it weren't for you, I..."

Having said this, I couldn't help but look at the water that had been dyed red, with a lingering look of fear.

"Awesome, Old Ding..."

Fatty Wang came over and sighed at Ding Xiu.

"So-so..." Ding Xiu smiled modestly.

Hu Bayi also stepped forward, raised his hand and patted Ding Xiu on the shoulder: "Master Ding, good job!"

Next, the group found a place with relatively shallow water and carefully crossed the river.

Ahead, another passage appeared.

After passing through the passage, a shocking picture appeared in front of everyone.

In front of him was a huge space, as if someone had hollowed out the heart of the mountain.

There are many stone pillars, altars and other things scattered inside, and in the middle, a tall tower stands.

The strange thing is that the tower is actually shining with a blue light, which looks both psychedelic and extremely gloomy.

Professor Chen looked excited: "Oh my god, this is the legendary nine-story demon tower. It is the burial form of the tombs of the kings of the ancient demon kingdom..."

Sa Di Peng couldn't help but said: "Professor, I have read in books before that there is also such a ruins in Xuewei, Qinghai, which is similar to this one."

"Yes!" Professor Chen nodded: "It's a pity that the demon tower was severely damaged. No one has ever seen such a well-preserved one."

The fat man couldn't help but said: "Can I understand that this is an extra-large ancient tomb?"

"This is a group of ancient tombs, which are a typical form of family burials."

Upon hearing this, the fat man was happy. He couldn't help but use his elbow to turn Old Hu, winking and said: "Old Hu, there must be a lot of antiques in here."

Hao Aiguo said: "It's more than just an antique? Everything in it is worthy of study."

At this time, Shirley Yang couldn't help but glance at Fatty and Hu Bayi.

Hu Bayi stared at the blue lights and whispered: "It turns out that this is the nest of those fire ladybugs..."

"Professor, look."

Ye Yixin seemed to have discovered something, and the flashlight was shining on a ravine.

In the ravine, there are a few wisps of human-shaped ashes. Since the place is relatively closed, they are still intact.

Hu Bayi sighed and said: "It seems that these are probably the archaeologists from before... Everyone must be careful not to make too much noise, let alone use flashlights to shine on the fire ladybugs, be careful not to disturb them .

My suggestion is to evacuate immediately, otherwise everyone will be in danger. "

However, Professor Hao was unwilling to leave and said to Hu Ba: "Xiao Hu, why are we here? It's for these monuments.

Now that we have finally made such a significant discovery, we have to leave. Wouldn't it be in vain? "

"But Professor Hao..."

At this time, Ding Xiu said: "Okay, let's not argue for now. In this way, I have a way..."

"What way?"

"You all come with me..."

Under the leadership of Ding Xiu, the group came to the dark river again.

However, this is not a cave. There is a place similar to a cave on the mountain wall next to the underground river, but it is not deep and one has to bend down to get in. "In this way, let's move some rocks over here. You can hide in here for a while, seal the entrance of the cave with rocks, and then use tents or the like to block the gaps."

Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi couldn't help being surprised: "What do you want to do?"

Ding Xiu smiled: "I have a way to deal with those fire ladybugs."

"You're crazy...this is absolutely not okay!"

"Comrade Xiao Ding, this is no joke..." Professor Chen also quickly stepped forward to persuade him.

"Professor Chen, Lao Hu, don't worry, I will never make fun of my own life. If I say there is a way, there will be a way."

"Old Ding, you have never seen how powerful these fire ladybugs are. They will catch fire as soon as they touch you..."

"Don't worry, Old Hu, I know how dangerous that thing is..."

"Brother Ding, don't..." Ye Yi'er also stepped forward, trying to persuade him with a worried look on his face.

"nothing……"

Under Ding Xiu's insistence, everyone had no choice but to follow his instructions to find some stones, then walked into the small cave one by one, and finally sealed the entrance of the cave with stones.

However, they still left a gap and nervously watched the situation outside.

The fat man couldn't help but said: "Old Hu, who is Old Ding? He is not afraid of so many fire ladybugs?"

Hu Bayi sighed: "I don't know very well, but I guess he is not a simple person."

Chu Jian couldn't help but said: "Yes, none of us noticed the overlord newt before, and Xiaoye even walked to the river... If Brother Ding hadn't discovered it in time and saved Xiaoye, the consequences would have been disastrous."

"yes……"

Just as everyone was talking about it, Ding Xiu had already started his sexy operation.

He first walked to the bottom of the demon tower and found a corpse there. The corpse didn't turn into ashes for some reason.

Moreover, there was a bag underneath the body, and Ding Xiu put away the bag.

Then he stepped aside, and then, a golden light came out from his palm...

At this moment, all the fire ladybugs were startled and flew down in groups.

Ding Xiu turned around and ran away.

The fire ladybugs followed closely behind.

"Old Ding is out..."

Fatty saw Ding Xiu running out from the gap and couldn't help but drink.

"Fat man, keep your voice down..."

"thump!"

Under the dull eyes of Hu Bayi and others, Ding Xiu plunged into the dark river.

However, an even more astonishing scene occurred.

I saw groups of fire ladybugs flying over, and they also flew into the water.

"This... Xiao Ding, will he be okay?" Professor Chen said softly with a trembling voice.

"It shouldn't be... no?" Hu Bayi replied, but he seemed to have no confidence.

After a while, most of the fire ladybugs that flew over flew into the water, and a few flew back.

"Wow..."

There was a sound on the water surface, and Shen Changan finally surfaced.

"Great, he's fine, Brother Ding is fine." Ye Yixin looked happy and let out a long sigh of relief.

After all, Ding Xiu had saved her, so she naturally cared more about Ding Xiu.

Ding Xiu swam ashore and smiled in the direction of the small cave: "It's okay, everyone, don't worry, I'll lure some more over..."

At this time, everyone finally understood his intention. It turned out that he was to lure the fire ladybug into the water and drown him.

Although these fire ladybugs are difficult to deal with, water can drown them. I don't know what happened to them, but they actually followed people into the water.

"I didn't expect that Xiao Ding would be so bold..." Hao Aiguo couldn't help but sigh.

Professor Chen shook his head: "But this is also very dangerous. What if..."

At this point, he stopped again.

After all, there is no room for error in this kind of thing. How dangerous would it be if I ran a step slower or accidentally fell?
But they can't help with this kind of thing, and if they go out, they might not be able to help.

Fortunately, Ding Xiu repeated it three times and everything went smoothly, which made Professor Chen and others feel relieved.

The fourth time, there were not many fire ladybugs left.

When Ding Xiu came to the surface, he went in to take another look, and then came back: "Okay, the Fire Ladybug has been completely dealt with. It's safe now. Everyone can come out."

"Great!"

Fatty Wang quickly pulled the stone away, rushed to Ding Xiu, and held Ding Xiu in his arms.

"Fat..."

Ding Xiu quickly broke away.

Fatty Wang smiled honestly: "I, Wang Kaixuan, have never surrendered to many people in my life. Lao Hu is one of them. Today, Master Ding, you are one of them."

"Ha, this is really my honor..."

"Amazing, amazing..." Professor Chen walked over and kept giving thumbs up, but then continued: "It's just that it's best not to do such risky things in the future."

Ding Xiu smiled and said: "Professor Chen, isn't it just an adventure for us to come out this time?"

"This... seems to be the same..."

"Hahaha……"

A burst of hearty laughter echoed in the cave.

Before, everyone didn't dare to speak loudly because they were worried about the Fire Ladybug. Now that there is no threat, they feel more relaxed.

Walking to the nine-story demon building again, everyone took a closer look. Sure enough, there was not a single fire ladybug in sight.

However, Professor Chen added: "I think this demon tower is well-preserved precisely because of these fire ladybugs. Now that there are no fire ladybugs, if someone comes in in the future, it may be difficult to maintain the original state."

His worries were not without reason.

After all, it is impossible for them to move this demonic building away. If someone really comes here, they might even demolish this demonic building.

After all, if it can be preserved for so many years, let alone the cultural relics inside, even the wood used in the Demon Tower is very valuable.

Ding Xiu smiled and said, "Don't worry, Professor Chen, no one will break in here in the future."

"Oh?"

Ding Xiu didn't explain the reason, but took out the leather bag he picked up before.

When she saw the leather bag, Shirley Yang couldn't help but exclaimed and said anxiously: "Mr. Ding, where did you pick it up?"

"Just under the tower, there is a body there..."

"This...Shirley, this is your father's bag. I have seen it..." Professor Chen said with a sad face.

Shirley Yang hurried to the tower, and sure enough, the corpse was indeed her father.

"Father……"

Although she had long guessed that her father was in danger, when she saw his body with her own eyes, she still felt sad and knelt on the ground.

"Strange, the corpses we saw before turned into ashes, why..." Sa Di Peng couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Professor Chen and others have not figured this issue out either.

Fortunately, they finally found the notebook in the bag. Sure enough, the notebook contained some clues about the ancient city of Jingjue and the walking route in the desert.

For Professor Chen and others, it was undoubtedly a shot in the arm, giving them great hope and giving them more confidence in finding the exquisite ancient city.

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(End of this chapter)