Chapter 185: The Trap in Front of the Dragon Patterned Gate

Long Qi held the sword and groped carefully. As he expected, there was something strange in the secret room. A living person was still talking, but he disappeared in an instant. But he didn’t understand, how could such a big living person suddenly disappear?

Just as he was walking cautiously, feeling unsure, he saw a magic circle glowing red light slowly opening under his feet, expanding continuously in the endless darkness, and then gradually disappearing.

Seeing this, Long Qi was so shocked that he dared not move, fearing that something might happen. He held his breath for a long time.

However, there was no movement, and the magic circle seemed to have dissipated into the darkness…

After concentrating for a long time, Long Qi finally relaxed after making sure that nothing happened. But as soon as he raised his foot, the magic circle that had originally dissipated suddenly opened again, and there was a burst of mechanical sounds around him, and then oil lamps lit up one by one in front of him. Immediately, a staircase appeared in front of him, winding down, and it looked extremely strange in the swaying flames of the oil lamps.

This time, it seemed as if he was being invited to go deeper. It was so strange. It seemed that there was nothing good ahead! But now, apart from continuing to move forward, there seemed to be no better way…

Long Qi frowned and pursed his lips, his face full of solemnity, as he walked along the stairs. After a while, he stepped onto a flat ground, but the front was dark, and there was no oil lamp burning like the stone steps just now.

Just as Long Qi was looking intently, a bright fire suddenly appeared in front of him. It turned out that there was a long corridor paved with square bricks in front of him, and at the end of the corridor were two stone doors with faintly visible dragon patterns engraved on them. There were also two stone pillars with coiled dragons on each side of the door.

My ancestors were really interesting! A good secret room was made to look like a tomb, which is really weird.

However, this corridor was square, and both the floor and the left and right walls were made of square bricks, completely unlike the previous tunnel.

It looks extremely strange, there must be something fishy going on!

However, he couldn’t retreat in his current situation. He had no choice but to move forward.

Long Qi held the hilt of his sword tightly and stepped into the corridor, holding his breath and staring, paying attention to the movements around him at any time. However, halfway through the corridor, it was unusually quiet, and only some small sounds like the crackling of candle flames could be heard.

Just when he thought there was no danger in the corridor, he felt his feet sink, and then he heard a mechanical sound. Long Qi looked down and saw that a square brick under his feet had sunk.

This really made him panic. According to the story in the book, this must be a trap. There might be hidden arrows or flying knives popping out from all directions!

Long Qi paid close attention to the movements around him, but still nothing happened.

This is strange. Could it be that this secret room has been unattended for years, so the bricks and stones are just loose?

He stretched his neck and pricked up his ears, and took a step like a thief. At this moment, he heard a noise above his head. He looked up and saw the candlelight on the ceiling. It was strange that the corridor was as bright as day. But for some reason, the candlelight was sinking.

Looking more closely, Long Qi was immediately shocked. The things that had been sinking were not candle flames, but rockets! And those rockets were pouring down like a rainstorm, and they were about to fall down!

Long Qi quickly drew out the Longyuan Sword, dodging and cutting off some of the rockets that he couldn’t avoid. But just as he was dodging, his feet suddenly sank, and it turned out to be another square brick mechanism!
There were “click” sounds coming from the wall, and the wall, which was originally made of square bricks, had many small holes like a hornet’s nest, and thin needles shot out from the holes.

Long Qi used his magic, and his whole body was filled with spiritual energy. Although he deflected the rockets, the needles were able to cut through the spiritual energy. Seeing this, he quickly turned his body, while maintaining the spiritual energy shield, he waved his sword to deflect the needles. However, the needles were too dense, and he was injured in a short while.

But no matter how painful it was, Long Qi did not dare to stop, because the flying needles in the wall seemed endless and had no intention of stopping. Just when he landed, the bricks under his feet sank deeply again – there was actually a trap!
Long Qi couldn’t stop and immediately bounced off the brick, because the small hole in the wall was still shooting out needles. At this moment, the dragon eyes of the dragon sculpture on the stone pillar at the end of the corridor suddenly lit up, and daggers kept shooting out of the open dragon’s mouth.

Those sharp blades seemed to have eyes and all flew towards Long Qi’s direction. It was already extremely difficult for Long Qi to deal with the rocket needles, and now with the addition of flying blades, he had no strength to resist.

Daggers with sharp blades flashing with cold light flew towards Long Qi. Long Qi was also anxious, but he really couldn’t spare the energy to deal with it. He was about to be stabbed like a hedgehog.

At this moment, Long Qi’s body moved involuntarily for some reason, completely out of his control. With a few flips and somersaults, he not only dodged the flying blade, but also leaped to the dragon-patterned stone door at the end.

He was very confused, and as soon as he stood still, he looked up quickly. He saw Lingxiang sitting at the entrance of the corridor, twirling her fingers, and in front of her stood a paper man with a red talisman on it.

Long Qi understood immediately. He reached behind him and grabbed a yellow talisman, which was a puppet talisman!

It turned out that it was Lingxiang who saved him just now!

Fortunately, Lingxiang appeared in time, otherwise I would have died!

Lingxiang was sweating profusely. If she had not arrived in time, Long Qi would have had to meet all the ancestors of their Long family!
“It looks like a place full of traps. Why are you so desperate to go in?” Lingxiang said as she picked up the talisman on the ground.

Hearing this, Long Qi scratched his head and laughed awkwardly. He knew there was a trap, but apart from moving forward, what other options were there? What he didn’t understand was that Xinyi and the others should have been hit by the magic in the secret room, so why was Lingxiang safe and sound?
Looking at the mechanism that was still working, Long Qi was full of questions, but Ling Xiang was not in a hurry. She kept groping at the entrance of the corridor. After a while, she touched a loose stone and immediately twisted it hard.

As soon as the stone was turned, the mechanism of the corridor stopped immediately. Long Qi was surprised to see this. At this moment, the square bricks on the ground suddenly retracted to both sides, and all the mess leaked into the ground.

Only then did Long Qi see that the ground was full of gears and chains. It seemed that the entire cave was full of mechanisms.

Just as Long Qi was marveling at the sight, the separated bricks came together again as the gears underground rolled, and Lingxiang was now walking towards him leisurely.

Seeing that Lingxiang was about to step on the trap he had just stepped on, Long Qi shouted loudly, but as soon as he said “be careful”, he saw Lingxiang stepping safely over the square brick, and the square brick did not move at all.

Ling Xiang was already close to him, but Long Qi was still dumbfounded. Ling Xiang pulled out two needles from his body with force, and he regained his consciousness. He did not cry out in pain, but asked, “Why doesn’t this mechanical formation work on you?”

Lingxiang rolled her eyes at him and said, “I clearly turned off the mechanism just now. Didn’t you see it too? As for the formation, I guess it has no effect on me because of the Ming Dynasty bell on me. The old man with the bamboo stick once said that this bell is a treasure!” As she spoke, she pulled out two thin needles from Long Qi’s body.

Long Qi felt the pain only then, he hissed and cried out in pain, and hurriedly asked Lingxiang to be lighter. Thinking of the old man with the bamboo stick, Long Qi felt a headache, and even the wounds on his body seemed to hurt more.

That old man is really hard to deal with! Lingxiang used a neat trick to finally treat Long Qi’s injuries, but the two of them were in trouble in front of the stone door – this stone door was different from the dragon-patterned nail door at the beginning. Apart from the two dragon patterns on the door, there were no other objects similar to mechanisms. How could they open it?
The two looked at each other, not knowing what to do…

……

Xinyi came to the front yard with a smile on her face. The servant behind her had no expression on his face, as if he was used to it. When Madam Lu saw him, her face was full of curiosity.

“What good thing happened to you? Why are you so happy?”

Hearing this, Xinyi changed her smile and returned to her usual serious expression. Seeing this, Madam Lu looked at the servant behind him and asked with her eyes. But the servant just stepped forward and bowed expressionlessly, saying, “Just now, Miss Guining blamed the young master for not taking her to the town with him, and she got angry with the young master.”

Mrs. Lu immediately understood that the reason why her son laughed so hard must be his return to his parents’ home. After hearing the servant’s reply, Xinyi blushed and turned her head to pretend to scold him not to talk too much, hiding her shame.

After all, he was still a young boy, how could he be embarrassed by such things? Madam Lu knew this in her heart, and she told him to go out quickly with a teasing look on her face, and helped Xinyi out of the predicament. Seeing Madam Lu like this, Xinyi’s face turned even redder.

When the three of them were leaving the house, they happened to meet the Patriarch of the Lu family who had just returned from outside. The Patriarch of the Lu family was a long-winded person, and after the two of them exchanged greetings, he gave Madam Lu a lot of instructions, as if he was afraid that she would encounter some danger on this trip.

Now it was Mrs. Lu who felt a little embarrassed. Even when they arrived in town, she kept avoiding his gaze. But Xinyi’s mind was not on this at the moment. She was constantly thinking about other things.

When he met his father just now, he always felt that something was unusual about his father, just like when he was in the mansion before. But no matter how he recalled, he couldn’t figure out what went wrong.

Xinyi was puzzled. At this moment, she heard the shopkeeper, Madam Tong Lu, say, “This year, the Nan Huailong family sent a pair of precious jade ruyi. Madam, do you think we should take them back to the mountains now, or wait two days to send them with other goods?”

The Long family…The Long family!
Xinyi didn’t hear much of what was said next. One sentence kept lingering in her mind: “The reason why the Lu family was wiped out was because…”

Why? Why did they say that the entire Lu family was wiped out? Isn’t his Lu family doing well now? Who can break the mechanical array in the Lu family mountain? !

Who said this? Where did he hear it from?

Xinyi felt a splitting headache. He covered his head and rushed out of the door. However, Madam Lu behind him seemed to have noticed nothing and continued talking to the shopkeeper.

He walked aimlessly in panic, perhaps because of his headache, the scenery around him was inexplicably blurry, just like his confused thoughts.

The Long family… The Long family… Why did the mention of the Long family make him so uncomfortable? Who on earth had he heard this from…

“The Lu family was wiped out because of Cheng Nuo’s betrayal!”

Cheng Nuo…Uncle Cheng!

……

Xin Yi was led out of the house by Long Qi. He frowned and looked serious: “Did you really mean what Senior Long Sheng said just now?”

Long Qi was startled by the question and didn’t know how to answer for a moment. After all, this kind of thing was really hard to accept. After hesitating for a moment, he said, “Of course I believe it, but this kind of thing happened too long ago. Maybe Uncle Sheng didn’t find out the truth…”

Hearing this, Xinyi lowered her head and said nothing. After a long while, she said in a muffled voice, “When I returned to Lujiabao, I clearly saw Uncle Lu’s body. If it was because of his betrayal, how could I have ended up like that?”

“Since the person has passed away and it happened so long ago, what can you do by pursuing the matter? Do you really want to know the truth?” Long Qi said as he looked at Xinyi, his eyes calm.

It is said that Long Qi had also experienced the destruction of his family, but now he can be so calm. This made Xinyi think of the words of the deer horn double-edged sword spirit: “Master Lu, you should remember that the dead are gone and there is no need to investigate. Follow goodness and virtue, be kind and righteous, abide by the family rules, and eradicate demons and evil.”

Yes, Uncle Cheng is already dead. Even if the Lu family suffered a catastrophe because of him, he has paid the price for it. Perhaps because of the blessing of the sword spirit, she has now forgotten her past and changed her name to Maidong. He should protect her well. If she gets hurt because of pursuing this matter, he will never forgive himself in this life.

Ophiopogon japonicus is innocent!
……

Ophiopogon japonicus……

Yes! He is no longer Lu Xingyi, just like Gui Ning is no longer Gui Ning. He is now Xin Yi!

Xinyi’s mind suddenly became clear, a bright light flashed before her eyes, and the surrounding scene suddenly cracked and shattered, falling to pieces.

……

Lingxiang Longqi was in a dilemma in front of the stone door. Apart from dragon patterns, there were no door knockers or bolts on the door. There were flat walls all around. How could he get behind the door?
“Come to think of it, I have the Ming Dynasty Bell protecting me, so I won’t fall into the psychedelic formation. Then how come you can get here safely?” Ling Xiang suddenly remembered this and asked Xiang Longqi hurriedly, “Didn’t you encounter any strange things before?”

After hearing this, Long Qi remembered that he had stepped on a magic circle before, but nothing strange happened. If there was something strange, it was that these things suddenly appeared in front of him.

Thinking of this, he told this story. Lingxiang frowned and pondered: I think the reason why Xinyi and the others disappeared was that they were taken to other places by the magic circle in this secret room. But since Long Qi also stepped into the magic circle, why was he safe and sound?
“You said that the magic circle flashed red light, and when Xinyi disappeared, what magic circle’s spiritual light did you see?”

“That’s not the case,” Long Qi said, stretching out his hands to gesture, “The magic circle I stepped on was open for a long time before it dissipated, but Xinyi suddenly disappeared without a trace, without any flash of inspiration at all.”

Hearing this, Lingxiang lowered her head in thought for a long time, then suddenly looked up at Long Qi.

Could it be…

(End of this chapter)