dragon hunter

Chapter 203
Seven-step hall, every step is in danger, we dare not move.

Seventeenth Master took out a glass marble, bent down and rolled it forward, then closed his eyes and listened.

My nerves were tense, for fear that the glass marble would touch the trap, and I looked around uneasily. Fortunately, the marble did not touch the mechanism.

Seventeenth Master repeated the action just now, tried this method several times, and then took a step forward cautiously.

At the moment Seventeenth Lord stepped forward, we all stared at his feet, not daring to breathe.

It worked!The Seventeenth Master took a step steadily, and did not hear the sound of the machine.

"Oh my god, my heart almost jumped out of my throat just now." Fatty Wang heaved a long sigh of relief, his tone somewhat rejoicing.

I reached out and wiped the legs of my trousers. I kept my heart in my hands just now, and my palms were full of sweat.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Yin Xian'er's tense face and relaxed a little. It seemed that this girl was also very nervous just now.

"When I take another step, one of you will come up and stand on my current floor." Seventeenth Master turned his head and confessed in a deep voice.

I nodded again and again to show that I understood, then stared at Lord Shiqi, and tested the surrounding floor tiles with marbles.

"Crack!" There was a sound from inside the stone wall, which startled us.

My scalp tightened, and I saw a glass bead rolling into a small hole in the corner, and immediately knew that the dish was broken.

"Not good, the guy who designed the Seven Steps Palace is a veteran, everyone be careful!" The Seventeenth Master said in a hurried tone with his back tensed.

The sound of rubbing stones sounded from the surrounding walls. In my nervous eyes, several square passages were revealed at the top of the stone wall.

Then, fine sand flowed out from the passage, slowly encroaching on the space of the stone chamber.

"It's over, we won't be buried alive, will we?" Fatty Wang said tremblingly, terrified.

I stared nervously at Lord Seventeen, hoping that this experienced veteran would come up with a countermeasure.

Master Seventeen clenched his fists tightly, hesitated for a moment, and took a bold step forward.

I still remember what he just said, and immediately followed him a step, stood where he was just now, and looked around nervously.

The finely divided sand gradually piled up in the surrounding corners. What's more frightening is that as the sand encroached on the surrounding floor tiles, it would definitely trigger other mechanisms.

There is not much time left for us. Due to the mistake just now, Lord Seventeen was much more cautious in his actions, and he did not measure a safe floor tile for a long time.

"In that passage, a person fell down." Yin Xian'er stood behind and said nervously.

There was a bit of movement just now, and I also noticed that a figure slid out together with the sand.

Inside the surrounding stone walls, there was another sound from the mechanism. When the figure was rolled on the ground just now, it touched other organs.

My heart was pounding, and while staring at the figure, I quickly glanced around, not knowing what mechanism was touched.

The figure on the ground struggled a bit, raised her head with great effort, her long hair covered half of her face, but I recognized it immediately, she was Li Xiaolei.

"It's sister Xiaolei, hurry up and save her." Fatty Wang said hurriedly behind him.

A few crossbow arrows flew out secretly and shot at Li Xiaolei who was lying on the ground. She seemed to be injured and avoided difficulties.

I clenched my fist, ready to ignore it, and rush to save the person first, and the Seventeenth Master moved faster.

A Hooksuo flew over, nimble as a snake, bound Li Xiaolei's upper body, Shi Qiye pulled hard, Hooksuo brought Li Xiaolei together, and flew towards this side.

"Grandpa, you are too strong." Fatty Wang leaned over to flatter him.

"Countless, watch your step and don't step on the mechanism." I hurriedly reminded.

Fatty Wang shivered, and shrank his neck to hide back. His timid and cowardly appearance made Yin Xian'er curl his lips.

Seeing that Li Xiaolei was about to fall, I quickly reached out to support her, and asked with concern: "How are you, where are you hurt?"

Li Xiaolei smiled weakly, surprise flashed in her eyes, and said, "I almost thought I was going to die, but I didn't expect to meet you again."

"Don't gossip, it's serious to go out quickly." After the Seventeenth Master finished speaking, he took another step forward.

I immediately realized that this is not a place for small talk, and everyone is still in danger, so we have to get out of here quickly.

"Let me go first. I was trapped inside for a few days. I only ate a few packs of instant noodles. My body was hungry and weak, but I didn't suffer any injuries." Li Xiaolei supported me with one hand, trying to stand up by herself.

I also noticed that the posture of the two of them is a bit ambiguous now, so I immediately let go of my hands.

Quicksand piled up all around, and some of the floor tiles were already covered. Fortunately, the mechanism that was triggered was just a crossbow arrow, which we escaped by luck.

We followed the footsteps of Seventeenth Master and slowly moved to the opposite side. Time was getting tighter and Seventeenth Master looked a little impatient.

All of a sudden, there was a squeaking sound under his feet, and the Seventeenth Master shortened his body and sank down.

Fortunately, I have sharp eyes and quick hands, grabbed the old man, and pulled him up before he fell into the trap.

Through the light of the flashlight behind me, I saw the spikes in the trap, and a chill rose on my back. If I accidentally fell, my legs would be useless.

The Seventeenth Master was quite strong mentally, before he could stand still, he immediately jumped towards an adjacent floor tile.

"Time is running out. Let's rush over and find the mechanism to open the exit." The Seventeenth Master glanced at the rising quicksand and said hastily.

I gritted my teeth, reminded everyone to be careful, and rushed to the opposite side like lightning.

The two floor tiles I just stepped on touched the hidden mechanism below, and the mechanism inside the stone wall rang. I don't know what triggered it this time.

Several bamboo tubes protruded from the stone wall, and the foul-smelling poisonous water flowed out from the bamboo tubes, quickly flooding the surrounding ground.

"Oh my god, why are you so unlucky? Doesn't this make things worse?" Fatty Wang's voice trembled.

My heart sank. I never expected that the mechanism triggered this time would be so difficult. I felt a little desperate. Do I want to die here?
The poisonous water was extremely corrosive, and it flowed onto the surrounding stone bricks, emitting thick black smoke. Originally, we couldn't get through it, but the quicksand piled up beside the wall gave us our last chance.

The accumulated sand absorbed part of the poisonous water and gave us a foothold.

The Seventeenth Master was as light as a swallow, tiptoed, jumped onto the quicksand piled up by the wall, and beat the stone wall inch by inch with his hands.

I followed suit, jumped to the side of the Seventeenth Master, and groped on the stone wall, hoping to find the mechanism to open the exit.

Fatty Wang yelled and yelled from behind. This guy touched some mechanism just now, and I heard the sound of crossbow arrows being ejected.

"I found it, it's hidden enough!" Seventeenth Master said happily, and smashed a tile on the stone wall with his elbow, revealing a gap.

I looked sideways and saw Seventeenth Master put his hand into the gap and fiddled with it for a while. The stone wall beside me slowly moved sideways, revealing a passage.

The joy of escaping from the dead filled my chest all of a sudden, and I greeted my companions behind me, and I rushed into the passage first.

I couldn't see my fingers inside, so I ran a few steps forward cautiously, and I didn't encounter any danger for the time being.

"Hey, you guys slow down, wait for the fat man." Fatty Wang was fat and heavy, and he fell to the bottom all of a sudden.

Li Xiaolei was weak, and when she jumped over, she staggered and almost fell, but I reached out to hold her in time.

After a lot of tossing, all of us safely escaped from the Seven Steps Hall, one by one leaning on the stone wall of the passage, staring at each other, we can see in each other's eyes the joy of remaining alive after the catastrophe.

After resting for a while, I asked Li Xiaolei about her experience, she gave a wry smile, straightened her messy hair, and began to tell.

"The whole thing started with me accidentally getting this piece of incomplete jade." Li Xiaolei took out half of the ancient green jade.

"Astrolabe!" I blurted out, staring at the half piece of jade in the opponent's hand that looked like a cart wheel.

"Is this piece of ancient jade really related to your Zhang family?" Li Xiaolei asked curiously.

"This is a magic weapon used by Fengshui masters in the pre-Qin period, can you show me?" I took a step forward and stared at the half of the astrolabe.

Without hesitation, Li Xiaolei handed me half of the ancient jade in her hand, and then asked if anyone had brought something to eat.

Fatty Wang had a piece of bread in his backpack, as if offering a treasure, he took the bread to Li Xiaolei, unscrewed a bottle of water, and handed it over.

I carefully looked at the remnant jade in my hand. This ancient jade with unique shape is most likely to be a magic weapon used by the ancestors of my Zhang family.

"Unfortunately, the astrolabe is incomplete, and I don't know how to use it." I sighed in my heart.

Strictly speaking, the function of the astrolabe is similar to that of the compass, and was even replaced by the compass later. However, in the Sutra of Fragmentation, it was mentioned that some of the strange functions of the astrolabe are not possessed by the compass.

"Sister Xiaolei, why have you been trapped in this tomb for so long?" Fatty Wang asked from the side.

"At that time, there were people chasing me. They were running around with guns, and their feet slipped. When I woke up, I found myself trapped in a stone room full of sand, and my mobile phone had no signal. Starved to death." Li Xiaolei took a sip of water and told her experience.

After Li Xiaolei finished eating and drinking, we continued to explore. I was going to return the half of the astrolabe to Li Xiaolei, but the other party didn't want it, saying that it belonged to the Zhang family and should be returned to its original owner.

I'm in a complicated mood. Although this girl has many eyes, after getting in touch with her for a long time, I can find that she is actually not a bad person.

"What's the matter, why is it getting colder as you walk?" Fatty Wang asked, trembling, crossing his arms.

I have Yanghuo body protection, so I didn't feel too cold, but seeing the two women behind me, also trembling with their arms folded, I immediately noticed the abnormality nearby.

"There seems to be something in front, everyone be smart, this ghost place, if you die, you will die in vain." Seventeenth Master turned around and said in a deep voice.

My heart sank, I squinted my eyes, and looked forward, but unfortunately the light was too dark to see anything clearly.

We heightened our vigilance and explored forward carefully. The colder we walked, even I couldn't bear the evil spirit, Fatty Wang was even shivering with cold cheeks.

I looked back at the second daughter with some worry, and saw that they kept rubbing their hands, but they could still persist, so I felt a little relieved.

(End of this chapter)