Chapter 183: The Red Gate Pattern Begins to Open
Lu Ying walked to the door and touched the knocker on the door. He felt that the knocker seemed to be quite old. The gold paint on it had peeled off and was covered with dust. It seemed that no one had been here for a long time. However, this place looked very gloomy, and there were lush trees all around that blocked out the sun. He thought it must be someone’s secret room.

“What is this place…” He wiped the dust from between his fingers, feeling very curious. Although secret rooms were seldom visited, there wouldn’t be so much dust. It was obvious that no one had been here for many years.

Everyone was curious and looked at Lingxiang who was casting the spell, but Lingxiang didn’t know where this place was. She accidentally saw the talisman when she was looking for something in the scroll storage room of Wuji Palace. The runes on it were six talismans in Sanskrit. The annotation said it was a divine travel talisman that could take people a thousand miles, but it didn’t say where it would take people.

Besides, this kind of talisman is usually used by one person. This time she asked everyone to touch the talisman. In fact, she was not sure about it. It was just that the situation was urgent and she only copied one, so she tried it with a fluke mentality, but she didn’t expect it would work.

But she would not say such things, after all, as an elder of a sect, she still had to maintain some face. Even when Banxia, ​​a talisman fanatic, asked her about the talisman, she only told her the insignificant details and did not say anything else.

Damn her vanity!
“It looks like no one has been here for a while.” At this time, Xinyi walked to Lu Ying’s side, looked at him while twisting the dust between his fingers and said.

After hearing this, Lingxiang looked at the door carefully. The door was bright red, and the door nails were dark gold. There was also a lot of dust on it. Among the door nails, there were two dragon patterns engraved, and it seemed as if they were swimming between the door nails.

She reached out and swept the dust off the door. It was at the dragon head that she saw the dark-patterned dragon was lifelike, with its eyes half-open, as if it were real. But…

But why does this pattern look so familiar? I feel like I have seen it somewhere…

Just as he was about to pinch his chin and frown, he heard Long Qi’s muffled voice: “This dragon pattern is the pattern of the Long family.”

Upon hearing this, Lingxiang then remembered that the dragon pattern on the door was exactly the same as the dragon pattern engraved on the Panlong Jade that Long Qi gave her, except that the dragon pattern on this door was much larger and was not coiled. Instead, the two dragons on the two doors had their heads and tails opposite to each other.

Could this be the secret room of the Long family? That would be a piece of cake!
……

Seeing Long Qi taking Xin Yi out, Ling Xiang poured a glass of water for Long Sheng, and then handed it to him, smiling and saying, “Senior, I have one more thing to ask, and I hope you can tell me the truth…”

Long Sheng was struggling with the relationship between Ling Xiang and Long Qi. He was a little surprised to learn about Mai Dong’s identity. Plus, with Long Qi present, he was afraid that asking would embarrass the two of them. Now that there was only one left, he was not afraid of the others.

This Miss Lingxiang seemed to be a straightforward person, so she probably wasn’t afraid of his questions.

“Miss Lingxiang, please feel free to speak. It just so happens that I have something unclear, and I want to talk to you about it.”

“In that case, I won’t be polite,” Lingxiang said, recounting what she had heard about the Penglai branch in Kunwu Sect. She then took out the Panlong Jade and asked Long Sheng, “Master Xuanhuai hinted that the Pure Spirit Water was related to this Panlong Jade. Could it be that it was hidden in the Long family?”

Hearing this, Long Sheng frowned and immediately fell into deep thought. His patriarch was a generous man. When he was alive, he had made friends with the heads of many Taoist temples. Although he always stayed by his side, it was a long time ago, and he couldn’t remember who this Xuan Huai Zhenren was for a while, but…

“I think it should be related. I remember that some weak dojos that focused on subduing demons would seek help from the Long family’s patriarch, and even entrust something to them. But I really don’t remember what kind of relationship they had…”

Lingxiang couldn’t help but feel disappointed when she heard this, but Long Sheng said again:

“But if he entrusted something, I think it should have been placed in the Longxuwu, the secret room of the Long family. There are many dangerous things or treasures of the Long family. But only the head of the Long family knows the whereabouts of the secret room, and it is said that there are many traps and magic arrays in it, which is extremely difficult for outsiders to enter.”

Hearing this, Lingxiang’s eyes lit up immediately. The danger of the mechanism is not a big deal. Although she is not familiar with the art of the mechanism, she can’t think of the Yin-Yang Bagua. Besides, there is Banxia by her side now, and her Bagua plate is a very powerful magic weapon! But the location of the Long family’s secret room, I think I have to look for it carefully.

Lingxiang was thinking about the secret room when she heard Long Sheng suddenly ask, “Miss Lingxiang, there is one thing I don’t understand. It is said that you are Elder Fu Cang, and my seventh brother’s master is Elder Fu Cang. Could it be that your Taoist names are the same?”

“Uh…” Ling Xiang suddenly heard Long Sheng ask her this, and for a moment she didn’t know how to start. She hesitated for a while before saying, “There is only one Elder Fu Cang, and I am Long Qi’s master, the chief elder of Qingwei Peak of Yuanqing Sect, and my Taoist name is Fu Cang.”

Hearing this, Long Sheng was stunned. The two of them had just behaved intimately, which was not like the behavior between a master and a disciple. They were clearly a couple in love. This…

This……

This is somewhat against etiquette!
Seeing the expression on Long Sheng’s face, Ling Xiang smiled awkwardly and said, “I am only Long Qi’s nominal master. Although I have taught him some Taoist techniques, he has never performed the ceremony of becoming his disciple. I just said this to make it easier to deal with my senior brothers at that time.”

Lingxiang told Long Sheng the whole story of how she and Long Qi met. After hearing this, Long Sheng was even more dumbfounded.

He never imagined that the person in front of him was the daughter of Fairy Tumi, and that his seventh brother was such a scoundrel that he had the audacity to live in a girl’s house!
This……

It’s really too shocking!
He remembered that Qi Ge’er was a very quiet child when he was young! Why is his current behavior somewhat like that of the head of the family…

……

After hearing what Long Qi said, Lingxiang carefully observed the dragon pattern on the door. It was indeed very similar to the jade. It seemed that this was really the secret room of the Long family.

Long Qi was also puzzled. He had only heard about this secret room from Brother Wu and his father since he was a child, but because he was too young and his father never revealed more, he did not know the exact location. Who would have thought that he would encounter it in such a situation.

It is not uncommon for some big families, especially those with a history of exorcising demons, to have a secret room. However, although it is now a cave entrance, it is blocked by vines on all sides. There is no other way out. The only way out is the door in front of you.

Liu Xia tried to push the nailed door, but it didn’t move at all and couldn’t be pushed open at all. Banxia couldn’t help but roll her eyes when she saw this. Since it was a secret room of this wealthy family, it must have some mechanism. How could it be opened so easily? I really don’t know whether it’s better to say that he is simple-minded or honest.

Looking at the tall gate in front of her, Banxia took out the Eight Diagrams Plate from her waist, but there was no clue on the plate now, it just lay quietly in her hand. She couldn’t help but feel angry. She had led everyone into danger before, but now at this critical moment, it was useless. Could the spirit of the Eight Diagrams Plate be a spy of the demon clan?
Seeing Banxia shaking the Bagua plate in his hand, Lingxiang knew that he could not rely on it, so he stood up and observed the surroundings.

Apart from the dragon pattern on it, there is nothing special about this door. There are no mechanical handles or other objects around it, let alone keyholes.

Does this door require chanting of incantations to be opened?

Just as Lingxiang was thinking this, she noticed something unusual. The two door knockers on the door were covered in dust, but the gold paint on one of the knockers had obviously fallen off, which showed that it had been touched frequently before.

Lingxiang leaned over to the door knocker and looked at it carefully. She saw that the two door knockers were each embedded in a dragon head carving. The dragon head carving on the door knocker whose gold paint had not fallen off had a round inlaid hole inside, which was extremely hidden. The dragon head carving on the other door knocker whose gold paint had fallen off was also empty, with nothing in it.

Upon seeing this, Ling Xiang immediately took out the dragon-patterned jade that Long Qi had given her, looked at Long Qi and said, “I remember you once said that the dragon-patterned jade would only be given to the mistress of the Long family for safekeeping, is that true or not?”

Hearing this, Long Qi looked a little embarrassed. Why did Ling Xiang bring up this matter at this time? Besides, he didn’t say that at the time. He just said that he would give the dragon pattern jade to whoever he liked.

How could he speak in front of so many people?

Even the other people present felt somewhat embarrassed when they heard Lingxiang ask this. No one had expected that Lingxiang would say such a thing so directly.

But Lingxiang didn’t seem to be embarrassed at all. She waited for Long Qi for a long time, and seeing that he was just being shy, she turned around and looked at the dragon head carving on the door.

Seeing this, Long Qi couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the girl didn’t ask too many questions, otherwise he would have lost face. But just as he let out a sigh of relief, he immediately raised it again.

I saw Lingxiang extending the Panlong jade into the dragon head carving on the left door. From the sound, it seemed that the jade was scraping against something, and a very loud noise was coming out.

That is the precious jade heirloom of his Long family. Even if he is a spendthrift, he can’t waste it like this, right?
Just as Long Qi was about to step forward to stop it, he heard a “click” sound from the dragon head carving on the door. Just as Ling Xiang took her hand out, the dragon head carving, which had its mouth open, suddenly closed its mouth.

Just as the dragon head sculpture on the left closed its mouth, a rolling sound was heard from the dragon head sculpture on the right door, and soon the dragon head sculpture that had stuffed the spiritual incense into it spat out the Panlong jade.

Lingxiang quickly reached out to catch it, and at the same time, a heavy “creaking” sound came from the right side of the door ridge, but the door did not open. However, the dragon pattern on the door seemed to come alive, opened its eyes, and kept moving among the door nails.

Everyone then realized that the spiritual incense had triggered some mechanism, but why did they only hear the sound of the mechanism operating but not see the door opening?

At this moment, Lingxiang pulled the door knocker on the right, and the dragon head carving fell off along with the door knocker, followed by two golden chains.

At the same time Lingxiang pulled the door knocker, the half of the nailed door on the right slowly opened.

Lu Ying and others were extremely surprised. On the one hand, they were amazed at the ingenuity of the mechanism, and on the other hand, they admired Lingxiang’s meticulous observation. If it were them, they would not think of the door knocker as a mechanism.

As the door opened, a gust of cold air, carrying dust, rushed out from the door. Everyone quickly covered their faces to avoid it, and Long Qi even pulled Lingxiang into his arms and turned around to hold her back.

This was seen clearly by Banxia who was standing by, and her eyes revealed envy. Her gaze was also seen clearly by Liu Xia who was standing opposite. He couldn’t help but be extremely surprised – could it be that Banxia likes Long Qi?

After a few moments, the dust settled. Everyone looked inside the door, but it was pitch black. They couldn’t see what was inside at all. However, there was a trace of spiritual energy coming from it, which was vague and difficult to detect.

Everyone quickly twisted their fingers to open their spiritual vision and hearing, only to discover that behind the door was a tunnel with a staircase winding down.

Just when everyone was wondering whether to enter, Lingxiang took out a fire stick and blew it up, then raised his foot to step in.

Seeing this, Long Qi quickly pulled her from behind and said, “It’s pitch black in here, how can you just walk in like this?”

Lingxiang was very confused when she heard this: “Isn’t this the secret room of your Long family? Are you still afraid?”

Long Qi blushed, but he was unwilling to admit it. He stiffened his neck and said, “Who said I was scared? It’s just a secret room after all, and I’ve never been here before. Who knows what kind of traps there are?”

Lingxiang glanced at him with disdain on her face: “You must have read too many books. How can there be so many traps in this tunnel built on the mountain? It is already very difficult to work on the door. Besides, even if you don’t go in, do you have any other place to go?”

As the two were talking, they saw Banxia blowing up a fire stick and swaggering into the tunnel, and the others followed in. When Xinyi passed by Long Qi, she patted him on the shoulder, and the meaning in her eyes was self-evident.

Long Qi’s face turned even redder, and he hurriedly chased after him, still defending himself: “I’m not scared, it’s not what you think, I’m just being cautious…”

Looking at Long Qi who was chasing after her, Lingxiang smiled softly and suddenly felt that he was quite cute.

She blew on the fire stick in her hand, and just as she lifted her foot, she felt a burst of heat coming from her bosom. Lingxiang reached into her bosom and took out an object. It was the Fire Spirit Pearl!
However, the Fire Spirit Pearl now had lost its usual gentleness. It was extremely hot when held in the hand, and its spiritual energy was disordered, as if it was about to explode.

Lingxiang was extremely surprised. Could it be that there was something in the cave that it could sense, so it became like this?
Master Xuan Huai once hinted that the pure spiritual water was in the Long family. Could it be that the Fire Spirit Pearl was afraid of it, so the spiritual energy became like this?
Pure Spirit…Pure Spirit…

Lingxiang kept muttering in her heart…

Pure Spirit…Pure Spirit…

Looking at the Fire Spirit Pearl in her hand, she suddenly thought, the so-called pure spirit is the purest spiritual energy, just like the Fire Spirit Pearl, which is pure spiritual fire.

So, pure spiritual water…

It’s the Water Spirit Pearl!

The Fire Spirit Pearl was not afraid of anything, but it sensed the spiritual energy of the Water Spirit Pearl, so it resonated with it.

(End of this chapter)