Onmyoji's Secret

Chapter 317 Deep Underground
"Mr. Cai, I specially placed a large tarpaulin under the straw, and the hole below must be well preserved."

A man with the appearance of a farmer accompanying Cai Zhongtang flatteringly said that he is the owner of this farmland, Liu Dachun. The Cai family gave him a large sum of money to requisition this place, so he has always been very concerned about this matter.

"Don't worry, your benefits will not be lost at that time." Cai Zhongtang said lightly, with a wink, several men of the Cai family immediately understood, and together they moved away the straw on it. After a while, the ground was exposed A large piece of oilcloth, with a large part sunken in the middle, and a dark hole underneath.

"Fifth, you and Liu Dachun stay here and don't let anyone get close. If... if we haven't come out before tomorrow morning, you can pass the news back to the family, and Yaqiang (Cai Yawen's second brother) will know What to do." Cai Zhongtang gave instructions to a man, but his words were still full of worry.

The fifth child nodded in agreement, and looked around warily.

"Chen Zixuan, here are the oxygen cylinders and gas masks. Put them on, and don't panic if you encounter anything down here."

Cai Yawen reached out and handed me and Longzhu the equipment for this trip.Although the Cai family is engaged in an inverted business, it is different from the tomb robbery schools that have been passed down systematically. The Cai family is a monk halfway through and has no inheritance, so they basically do everything they can, using a lot of high-tech means , including gunpowder, bombs and the like.I even heard from Cai Yawen that they mobilized excavators and the like when they were digging an ancient tomb in the southwest several years ago, but they stopped because they attracted the attention of the government.

"Master Wang, I, Cai Zhongtang, have the audacity to invite you here this time to save my elder brother. You are always a respected senior in the entire Sichuan practice circle, and you have extraordinary knowledge. Please do your best to help us. The Cai family will definitely thank you very much!" Cai Zhongtang cupped his hands to Wang Yifeng with a sincere expression.

Wang Yifeng waved his hand and said: "No need, the old man is quite interested in the royal city of the ancient Shu Kingdom. Besides, my apprentice also has a good impression of your little girl, hehehe, the two younger generations are about the same age , I think you should get close and close."

Wang Yifeng's simple words made Cai Yawen's complexion change suddenly, she is as shrewd as she, how can she fail to understand what Wang Yifeng said, and immediately glared at Liu Zelong viciously, with a very ugly expression on her face.

"Hey, does this little girl have any opinion on what the old man said?" Wang Yifeng still had a smile on his face, but his eyes were much colder.

Seeing this, Cai Zhongtang quickly smoothed things over and said, "Master Wang is right. I think Liu Zelong is also a good guy. You two can communicate more."

While the Cai family was talking with Wang Yifeng, I walked to the entrance of the cave and looked down the dark cave entrance. This cave was made by the Cai family with a ground drilling machine some time ago. After reinforcement, it was opened. The connection with the underground city was finally slowly advanced by manual excavation.

"Put on the mask, the air below smells bad." Cai Yawen walked to me and reminded Long Zhu and me.

I nodded, reached out to help Longzhu put on the mask, and then put it on for myself. The mask is connected to the concentrated oxygen tank on the back, which can provide people with long-term breathing.

Everything was ready, a man from the Cai family tied a safety rope around his waist, and slid down the hole first. These guys were trained by the Cai family to specialize in fighting, and they were very skilled in their techniques.

After a while, the bell on the rope rang several times regularly, indicating that the guy had arrived at a safe place, signaling that everyone could go down.

"Let's go! Longzhu is following me, don't panic on the road." Cai Yawen saw the rest of the people entered the cave, and slid down after saying that.

Longzhu and I followed closely behind. The slope of the tunnel was slightly steep. Under the action of gravity, the body fell involuntarily, which made Longzhu scream in front of me.

I don't know how deep this tunnel is. Anyway, I feel that it has been a long time. If the skin on my body has not been covered with thick leather armor, I am afraid it will be worn out directly.

When we landed on the ground again, I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Only when our feet are on the ground can we feel safe in our hearts.I looked at the surrounding environment, and there was damp soil all around. This place should still be a tunnel dug by the Cai family. It was narrow and crowded, and everyone could only move forward with their waists hooked.But after walking for a long time, the land under our feet gradually dried up, and some artifacts made of stone or bronze could still be seen on the road, indicating that traces of humans had appeared in this stratum.

It's just that when I entered the ground, I suddenly remembered a very serious problem.It is the buried human city, but it is different from ordinary tombs.

For the tomb, because of the support of the underground palace and the tomb, it can ensure that the things inside will not be buried by the collapsed soil.But cities are different. There is nothing above them that can be covered. As the landform changes and the stratum sinks, the soil will bury the entire city together, just like the ancient city of Pompeii in ancient Rome.

Xue'er seemed to have sensed my thoughts, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, this place is different from what you imagined, and it will become clear when you see it."

I felt at ease, but my doubts about Xueer became more and more intense. This girl seemed to know everything. Xueer actually visited the Qushangcheng ruins buried deep underground more than 300 years ago. and……

At this moment, Cai Yawen, Liu Zelong and others in front of them all exclaimed. I was taken aback, and quickly followed up. I saw everything in front of them clearly with the light of the flashlight in their hands, and I couldn't help but exclaimed, because What was in front of me was really unexpected.

This turned out to be a city built underground!
In front of us are stone houses and buildings, densely packed and extending for an unknown distance. I opened my eyes wide and saw a huge palace complex standing tall at the end of these houses, because the distance is too large. Because of the distance, I can't see the specific appearance, but it still gives me a very grand and spectacular feeling.

Above the city is a world of stalactites. The top walls of the white caves are covered with various stalagmites, stone pillars and stalactites. There are also large and small caves in the mountains around the city. They are long and deep. , I do not know where it leads.

"Karst!"

I couldn't help exclaiming, this is not the buried city ruins I imagined, but a human city built in a large underground cave.

Geologically, karst landform refers to the long-term erosion and erosion of water flow on soluble rocks, eroding them away, thus forming large hollow caves in the ground.As we all know, China's karst landforms are widely distributed, but they are mainly concentrated in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and the southwest of Sichuan. Jiulao Cave in Mount Emei is a very famous large cave.

It's just that I didn't expect that Qushangcheng, the legendary ancient city of Shu, would be built at an unknown distance deep in the ground, which is really incredible.Could it be that the ancient Shu people followed the karst caves on the surface and found this place, and then transported the materials in to build it. Such a project is so magnificent that it is unimaginable!

I was not the only one who was amazed, even the well-informed Cai family members exclaimed again and again, unable to believe everything in front of them.

"Second Uncle, how could this place be said to be a cemetery? Could it be that they couldn't even tell what the city looked like?" Cai Yawen was the first to ask, with an extremely ugly expression on her face.

Cai Zhongtang explained: "I can't blame them for this incident. At that time, the eldest brother led the team in person. After the tunnel was opened, he personally led the people down. The people above did not know the specific situation. Until later, the above received a report from the underground. Signal, when the rope was hoisted up, only the unconscious elder brother disappeared, and everyone else disappeared..."

(End of this chapter)