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Leaving the side courtyard where the well was located, Jiang Yan and his companion followed the long corridor to the Iron Flower Garden.

"These flowers..." Little East Evil's eyes lit up when he saw the bright purple and red flowers, and he immediately rushed into the garden to examine them carefully.

Jiang Yan stood under the corridor and said, "I've checked them all; these flowers are all made of iron."

Xiao Dongxie ignored Jiang Yan and instead paced back and forth in the Iron Flower Garden, muttering to himself as if searching for something.

When Jiang Yan saw the Little Eastern Heretic's appearance, two words involuntarily came to mind: Professional!

So Jiang Yan waited quietly, and after about ten minutes, Little East Evil actually found a key covered in green rust from a flower bud of iron flower!

"Boss, I've found something!!" Little East Evil excitedly waved the key.

Jiang Yan silently gave a thumbs up and said, "Little Eastern Heretic, how did you know there was a key here?"

Little East Evil, hands on hips, exuding arrogance: "Boss, the iron flowers here may seem chaotic, but they actually correspond to the Bagua (Eight Trigrams) symbols. It's just that there are a lot of useless things in the middle, and it took me some time to decipher them."

With that, Xiao Dongxie walked into the corridor and handed the key to Jiang Yan.

After Jiang Yan took it, he carefully examined the key, which was covered in green rust.

【Dungeon Key】(3/3): Can open all the secret doors in the dungeon.

"A master key that can open all the secret doors in the underground palace?" Jiang Yan looked up at the end of the corridor, then asked, "Little Eastern Heretic, is there anything else unusual here?"

After looking at it carefully twice, Xiao Dongxie shook his head and said, "There shouldn't be any left."

"Alright, let's go to the underground palace!" Jiang Yan strode forward.

Before long, the two passed through the Iron Flower Garden and arrived at the foot of that huge rock wall.

Jiang Yan took out the Water-Repelling Pearl, and the hazy light dispelled the darkness, revealing the dust-covered stone steps.

"Boss, I'll lead the way!" Little East Evil's eyes lit up, and he took the lead down the steps after turning invisible.

Jiang Yan followed closely behind.

The stone steps initially went straight down, but after walking for more than fifty meters, they began to bend and spiral downwards.

The two paid no attention and continued forward, but after an unknown amount of time, the stone steps seemed to have no end, and no matter how they walked, they could not reach the bottom!

"How long have we been walking?" Jiang Yan asked in a low voice.

Little Eastern Heretic answered from the front, "It's been at least an hour! Boss, I feel there's something wrong with these stone steps!"

"The Suspended Soul Staircase?" Jiang Yan had previously watched a tomb raiding TV series, which had a similar plot. In the end, it seemed that they found a way out by relying on feng shui and divination.

However... Jiang Yan looked around at both sides of the stone steps, and there were airtight stone walls. Even if they could break through, there was nowhere to jump!

Little East Evil had obviously watched that TV series too, and said, "Boss, I know a little about gossip, how about I give it a try?"

Jiang Yan nodded: "Please, Little Eastern Heretic!"

"Hmm!" Little East Evil nodded emphatically, then began to mutter to himself, saying things like "one mountain is one hexagram" and "finding the burial site by looking at the eight trigrams," looking quite serious!

Then, Little East Evil strode forward, only to stop a short while later: "Boss, I've figured it out, it's here!"

Jiang Yan strode forward, but after checking left and right, there was no way out!

"Are you sure?" Jiang Yan asked, somewhat doubtful.

Little East Evil nodded emphatically: "I'm absolutely certain!"

Jiang Yan frowned and continued searching. After a while, he actually found a keyhole in the corner of the wall!

"Boss, that [Dungeon Key]?" Little East Evil perked up.

Jiang Yan took the key out of his backpack, but for some reason, something felt off.

"Little Eastern Heretic, step back a bit," Jiang Yan said in a deep voice.

"Aww!" Little Eastern Heretic responded, then immediately disappeared and retreated.

Jiang Yan then inserted the key into the keyhole.

Although the key was covered in green rust, it was still easily inserted into the keyhole. As Jiang Yan gently rotated it, a slight vibration suddenly appeared beside the stone steps.

Click click click!

With a dull metallic clang, the stone wall in front of Jiang Yan slowly opened, revealing a scarlet passage!

This is… Jiang Yan only glanced up once, and his expression changed drastically: “Retreat immediately!!”

boom!

The next instant, scorching flames erupted from inside the crimson passage, like a volcanic eruption, and were unstoppable!

Jiang Yan reacted extremely quickly, casting a lightning shield around himself while swiftly pulling out the [Dungeon Key] and putting it into his backpack.

boom!!

In that instant of delay, the lightning shield on Jiang Yan's body was shattered by the raging flames. Seeing that the flames were about to reach him, Jiang Yan quickly unleashed a thunderous strike, transforming into lightning and hurtling downwards!

When Little East Evil saw the scorching flames, his face turned pale, and he hurriedly retreated frantically!

Flames erupted, spreading both upwards and downwards along the stone steps.

Jiang Yan transformed into lightning, moving with lightning speed. In no time, he left the raging flames far behind. But soon, he noticed that the stone steps ahead were gradually turning red. The next instant, a violent surge of flames rushed towards him!

"These stone steps are indeed a closed circle!" Jiang Yan quickly spun around in mid-air and flew backward.

"Boss!!" Little East Evil ran over at this moment, flames surging behind him.

Jiang Yan broke free of his lightning transformation state and said in a deep voice, "These stone steps form a closed loop; we can't escape."

"I'm sorry, boss, it's all my fault for not finding the right way out." Little East Evil felt somewhat guilty.

"Don't blame yourself. Don't give up until the very last moment!" Jiang Yan led Xiao Dongxie uphill again.

Before long, flames surged in front, and flames also erupted from behind, surrounding the two from both sides!

"Hey boss, there's another keyhole here!!"

The flames illuminated the stone steps, and Little East Evil immediately spotted a keyhole next to the steps beneath their feet!

Jiang Yan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly took out the [Underground Palace Key], but soon he stopped.

The [Dungeon Key] can only be used three times. I just used one, and now I have two chances left.

If this suspended staircase is indeed designed according to the principles of Feng Shui and the Eight Trigrams, then it should have eight keyholes.

In other words, there are eight secret doors inside these stone steps, but only one way to survive, and they only have three chances to try and fail.

No, there are only two left now!

Jiang Yan looked at the raging flames attacking from both sides, his expression gradually becoming serious: Could this be the way out?

Or perhaps, those who set up the trap wanted to exploit their anxieties about life and death, making them waste another chance to try and fail here?

"Boss, what's wrong? Hurry up, the fire is about to reach here!" Little East Evil urged anxiously.

"Wait a little longer!" Jiang Yan said in a deep voice.

"But..." Little East Evil was extremely anxious, looking up and down repeatedly.

boom!!

Finally, the flames swept up to the stone steps where they were, but strangely, the flames seemed to have reached their limit. Although they were very close to them, they never burned the stone steps where they were!

"Holy crap!" Little East Evil stared in utter disbelief.

Jiang Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He was now 80% certain that there was a mechanism hidden in the stone wall behind the keyhole!

When new mechanisms appear and flames block their way from above and below, they will have nowhere to escape!