Chapter 578.

The two hands of the statue of the Compassionate God, one of which was placed on his chest, made a gesture similar to that of flicking a flower.

The other hand was bent at a ninety-degree angle, with its fingers making the same gesture.

This was the gesture of the flute tribe when they saluted.

It was just that this gesture of the Compassion God statue was different from the unusual ones.

The slight change made her even more noble, towering over all beings.

Tang Shixiang was pointing at the hand that the Compassion God statue had placed on her chest.

The crowd followed the direction of her finger and saw that there was indeed something odd in her palm.

It seemed to be holding a box?

Of course, this was with the proportions of the statue itself, if it was placed in front of the crowd’s eyes, it would be a not-so-small platform.

Jiang Ran looked at it twice before asking Ana:

“What is that?”

Ana shook her head:

“I don’t know.”

“Haven’t seen it in the past?”

“Seen it.”

Ana said helplessly:

“It’s just that it never felt like there was anything wrong with it in the past.

“The statue of the Compass God was moved over here a long time ago.

“We weren’t even born yet when it was built.

“When we first saw the statue, it had this in its hand ……

“And so we have never felt that there was anything strange about it.”

Jiang Ran understood, they were used to seeing it already.

The first time they were led by their elders and participated in a ritual, when they saw an object in the statue’s hand, they wouldn’t make a fuss and ask about it.

If they saw it again later, they would only take it for granted.

Knowing what is there and not knowing why is one of the most common states in this world.

Jiang Ran didn’t continue to ask Ana about it, but instead leapt forward and headed directly towards the Compassion God statue.

Just as his figure was about to land in the center of the statue’s palm, starry light suddenly flickered from behind the Compassion God statue.

The cloak, which seemed to be woven by stars, flashed with bright spots one after another.

Following that, these bright spots began to float and fly, wanting to pounce towards Jiang Ran.

This was compulsion!

Ana didn’t hesitate for a second, and without waiting for Jiang Ran to make a move, he had already taken out an object from his arms.

It was also a box, and the moment it was taken out, the box had opened its lid.

Immediately following Ana’s other hand, he took out a piccolo and brought it to his lips.

The moment the piccolo was blown, the parasites lying in the box suddenly vibrated their wings.

There was a buzzing sound!

As if it had penetrated the barrier of space and time, it filled the eardrums of everyone present in an instant.

The stars that were originally flying towards Jiang Ran also suddenly stopped their movements and returned to their original positions at this instant.

Only then did Ana put away the piccolo and let out a slight breath:

“Fortunately, I brought the Compassion King with me, otherwise, the losses would have been heavy.”

Naturally, the loss was not Jiang Ran ……

Rather, it was those parasites that didn’t know how to die.

Toward Jiang Ran no matter if it was a person or a parasite, they had to be prepared to die.

Jiang Ran, on the other hand, had already landed on top of that palm by now.

This Compassion God statue was extremely tall.

From afar, it looked like a small box in the palm, and when it came to the front, it was really a stone platform.

Jiang Ran found a suitable position to stand and stabilize his body, and looked at the stone platform …… as a whole, there didn t seem to be any problems.

The top is bare and calm.

Jiang Ran stretched out two fingers and placed them against the stone platform.

In a flash, the overall structure of the stone platform appeared above Jiang Ran’s fingertips.

Inch by inch, he went to measure every corner of this stone platform, and after a moment, stood there thoughtfully.

Just as the crowd was unsure, Jiang Ran suddenly stretched out a hand and ruthlessly slapped it on top of the stone platform.

There was a bang!

Whether the force was great or not the crowd present couldn’t give an accurate answer, but the sound, however, was astonishingly loud.

So much so that Ah Zhuo was a bit startled.

When he was uncertain, he saw that the stone platform suddenly changed.

The four corners suddenly collapsed inwards, followed by the sound of gears turning.

The entire stone platform began to disintegrate under Jiang Ran’s attention, distorting its posture.

The tabletop flipped over, and there were stone pillars rising up from below.

In addition to the sound of the mechanism’s transmission, what made Jiang Ran care the most was that while doing all of this, the sound of running water could be heard in his ears from within the surrounding mountain walls, or under his feet, surprisingly.

That sound was very strong, but it was unknown where it came from.

“Could there be an underground dark river down here?”

This wasn’t really a bizarre thing, underground dark rivers were already normal.

What wasn’t normal was the stone platform that had regained its original shape after flipping.

The downward-facing side twisted to face upwards, while the stone pillars fell back down, and when it was stabilized, a huge button made of stone appeared right in front of Jiang Ran’s heels ……

Jiang Ran blinked and asked Ana from afar:

“This thing, have you guys seen it before?”

Ana’s head bobbed like a rattle.

Who could have seen this thing?

To be precise, looking at the entire Flute Clan, there would be people as bold as Jiang Ran.

Daring to act recklessly in front of the statue of the Compassion God.

Even if the God of Compassion does not send down a punishment, after returning home, it is inevitable that his parents will pack a hard time.

Seeing this, Jiang Ran thoughtfully glanced at the button and casually tapped his hand on it.

If the sound of the water under the previous, Jiang Ran is still a little unsure, this thing in the end is there or not.

However, at this moment, the instant this organ fell, a violent roar filled the area under the statue of the Compassionate God.

The tumbling parasites also seemed to have sensed that something was wrong, and wanted to move out of the way lest they be swallowed up by what was under their feet.

Jiang Ran stood in the center of the Compulsion God statue’s palm, looking down with his hand on the cooler.

After a few moments, he glanced at Ana with a somewhat odd expression:

“There’s a dark passage down here, Ana, bring something.”

Without even thinking, Ah Xia sniffed and took down a chicken from behind her waist.

This chicken wasn’t brought from the side of the Flute Clan, but rather, when they arrived outside the Compassion God Cave, they had taken it by the hand from the chicken pens of the priests.

He wanted to throw it down directly, but looking at the various kinds of parasites beside the hole, he hesitated for a moment.

He was worried that if he didn’t wait for the chicken to fall into the secret passage, it would most likely be devoured by the hungry parasites around it.

“Give it to me.”

Jiang Ran was about to come down at this moment, and seeing that Ana was hesitant, he understood the problem and directly asked him to throw the chicken to himself.

Naturally, Ana had nothing to hesitate and threw it towards Jiang Ran with a flick of his hand.

The big rooster beat a ‘clucking’ chirp and landed in Jiang Ran’s hand, Jiang Ran flung it smoothly, and that chicken was just like a fighting chicken, ‘clucking’ with an unrelenting momentum, heading straight for that cave entrance.

There was also a grass rope holding the chicken.

As the chicken flew towards the cave entrance, it was grabbed by Jiang Ran in a smooth manner.

With his feet on the ground and his internal breath, the surrounding parasites seemed to have encountered some kind of natural enemy, and immediately retreated a large area towards the back.

Jiang Ran grasped the rope and stood outside the pit to look at it, and saw that the chicken went down, then rushed towards the interior of the cave.

Its footsteps were light and fast, as if it was flying.

Waiting a little while, Jiang Ran will gradually look at the rope to tighten it, and yanked it outward, the chicken hit the fluttering, but also wanted to drill machine towards the cave, so as to escape from life.

“Stupid chicken.”

Ana looked at the chicken, then said to Jiang Ran:

“There doesn’t seem to be no problem.”

“Let’s go in.”

Within the dusty cave that had been sealed for a long time, it was likely that some toxic gases would have accumulated.

Though normally speaking, this kind of thing wouldn’t be dangerous to Jiang Ran and the others even if it was there.

But on the way over, they happened to see the avian, so they took it over to test it.

The facts on the other hand proved that there wasn’t anything toxic within this passageway, otherwise this chicken would have already died.

Jiang Ran waved his hand at the top and followed along the tunnel to step into it.

Tang Shixiang, Tang Painting Yi, Ye Shocking Frost, Ye Shocking Snow, the Eldest Princess, the Demon King, and Ah Zhuo also jumped down one after another.

They followed behind Jiang Ran and walked towards the tunnel.

First was a section of steps that faced downwards.

Picking up the steps, the cave was dark.

However, the cave was not silent, there were faint vibrations coming from underfoot, while the sound of surging water could be heard in the ears.

“This door is manipulating the mechanism through the water flow ……”

Jiang Ran said, while stuffing the grass rope to Ana, he took out the fire folders from his pocket and lit it.

It barely illuminated the surroundings.

The cave was damp, and there were still remnants of water stains on the steps.

It looked as if this place had just been covered in water, but the moment the door was opened, the water level dropped.

Tang Yuyi then asked Ana:

“Old Tian, whose handiwork is this statue?”

Ana thought for a moment and said:

“It should have to go back a few generations.

“Exactly when, I’d have to go back and check the dossier to give an answer.

“But it must be at least a hundred years of light.”

“Hundreds of years of light ……”

Tang Yuyi said to Jiang Ran:

“Brother-in-law, this statue’s mechanism was obviously made there on purpose.

“The people of the Flute Clan worship the Compassion God, and no one would disrespect the God.

“Even if they find that there seems to be something in the hands of the statue, they won’t dig into it.

“Especially since the people of the Flute Clan keep a lot of their compotes in a brocade box with them, in addition to their own.

“The organ in the hands of that statue, from a distance, is no different from a brocade box.

“It is expected that no one will have any doubts about it.

“Even if they were skeptical, they would give up probing because of their faith.”

“Not only that ……”

Tang Shixiang followed suit:

“If there are outsiders who are curious about this and want to go up to investigate, the parasites behind the Compassion God statue will also make them pay the price, and it’s estimated that it’s impossible for them to get out in one piece.”

The crowd nodded as they heard this.

Rapunzel then said:

“The Ten Thousand Poisons Pit within the Ten Thousand Poisons Cave, the poisonous insects in the Ten Thousand Poisons Pit, the poisonous snakes, can be transformed into parasites.

“and then coiled at the feet of the Compassion God statue.

“Day by day, month by month, densely packed, just the people of the Flute Clan in this vicinity, because of faith and will not go to check.

“Then in this cave in other places, no matter how to view, also can not find the key.

“The foot is also covered by the parasites, can’t see the traces of the organs at all.

“So everything is obviously deliberate.”

“This ……”

Ye Shocking Frost hesitated for a moment and said:

“This gives the impression that it doesn’t look like the handiwork of the Flute Clan.”

“Why do you say that?”

Ye Jingxue couldn’t help but ask: “Other than people from the Flute Clan, who would build a Compassion God statue in a place like this. Moreover, if it wasn’t someone from the Flute Clan who made the statue, how could it become a place of worship for the Flute Clan?”

“Think carefully, if it was someone from the Flute Clan, would they desecrate the Compassion God like this?

“Placing organs in the hands of the Compassion God, and laying out passages at his feet.

“Empty the stones within the statue of the Compassion God, and plant organs and gears ……

“When one truly believes in a thing, would one not treat one’s faith in this manner?”

Ye Shockfang said:

“Not to mention faith, even if it’s someone precious in the heart, it wouldn’t be treated like this.”

A few people each had a sentence, but it made Ana a little confused.

“Could it be that this really isn’t someone from our Flute Clan that made this statue?”

The statue was a bit early.

Among the things they learned on a regular basis, there was also no origin of this statue.

But at this moment, the more he listened, the more he felt that what they said made sense.

“But why?”

Ana frowned:

“Since the statue was utilized to hide the passageway, it means that the person who shaped the statue knew where the passageway was connected to.

“And if it was this person who presided to do this, the clan leader of the Flute Clan at that time, as well as the disciples of the Flute Clan, might have known about it as well.

“The desecration of the Compass God is something that the people of the Flute Clan cannot do.

“Even if they were to join forces with others, I’m only afraid that they wouldn’t be able to do it.”

“Then maybe, it’s just that the disciples are expanding and need a place of worship.

“It just so happens that someone discovered such a location in between and bagged the heavy responsibility of making the statue ……”

Jiang Ran said softly:

“It’s just that during this process, he secretly did some tricks in which even the people of your Flute Clan were not aware of.”

Tang Shixiang sniffed and looked at Jiang Ran:

“A hundred years ago, because of Chu Nanfeng’s relationship, the Heavenly Demon Treasure Guide was sent to the Heartless Ghost Mansion from the Demon Sect’s general helm.

“The people of the Heartless Ghost Mansion have been storing this Heavenly Demon Treasure Almanac, so it can be said to be foolproof.

“If it is said that someone has known about this place for a long time and it happens to be this point in time ……

“I’m afraid that things weren’t as tightly guarded back then.”

Jiang Ran said softly:

“Perhaps, there are already many people who know about this place.

“It’s just a pity that they just know about this place but can’t get in.”

When Jiang Ran’s words came to this point, everyone in the room fell into silence.

Even the Duo Demon Underworld King couldn’t help but rub his head and said:

“If that’s really the case, then it’s either my master or my master, anyway, in the midst of this, I’m afraid that a traitor has come out, or else he wouldn’t have leaked the matter of this place.”

“The past events are too far away, no need to think too much.”

Jiang Ran said softly:

“The thing to do now is to get that thing …… Well, this road has come to an end.”

This road had highs and lows, and was not flat.

Walking here, Jiang Ran also spent the cost of two fire folders.

Further on, it was a huge stone door.

The stone door was pitch-black, and in the middle of the huge cave, it was as if it was the gateway to the heavenly palace, calling for people to raise their heads and look up.

On both sides of the stone door, no mention of words was visible, yet there was a huge and extremely large text that covered the entire door.

Devil!

The huge character ‘Devil’ was drawn with iron and silver hooks, and the strokes of a dragon and snake.

With an indescribable aura, it came spreading across the sky.

It gave people a feeling of being breathless at first sight.

Jiang Ran, on the other hand, felt that this character was somewhat familiar ……

Immediately afterward, he glanced at Tang Shixiang and Tang Wuyi.

The two were also looking at Jiang Ran.

In the midst of the Devil Sect’s current rudder, there was a stone tablet that carried a legend.

Legend had it that the Demon Kingdom Lord from long ago had personally written the five words ‘Heavenly Demon Great Freedom’ on top of that stone tablet.

Some people even believed that it contained a supreme divine skill.

There was a demonic father who studied it for a long time, and eventually went mad and died.

The ‘Devil’ character on this stone door in front of him was the same stroke as the devil character in that Devil’s Great Selflessness.

“It’s a parody ……”

Tang Shiyi said softly:

“He didn’t write this character with all of its divinity.”

“You can tell even that?”

Jiang Ran was a bit surprised.

“My sister has been an expert in everything since she was a child in zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting, so naturally she can see it.”

Tang Yuyi’s neck craned up, quite proud.

Jiang Ran sighed:

“You’re so uneducated, don’t you feel ashamed of yourself?”

“You’re the one who’s uneducated!”

Tang Yuyi immediately glared:

“Who’s a good person who learns what to cheat, eat, drink, whore and gamble every day?”

“Huh?”

Ye Jingxue was immediately impressed with Jiang Ran:

“You still have prostitutes?”

After saying that, she hurriedly looked at Ye Qingshen:

“Sister, did you hear that, he can whore!!!”

Ye Shockfang was speechless for a while and patted her sister’s hand:

“Be at ease ……”

“Sister, you don’t mean to say that even if he goes whoring, there must be a reason for your Big Brother Lin to do so, right?”

Ye Jingxue stared blankly at Ye Qingshen.

“……”

Ye Shocking Frost was speechless for a while and couldn’t help but look at Jiang Ran:

“Big brother Jiang, shall we open the door?”

“Open.”

Jiang Ran immediately nodded his head.

Tang Yuyi this little girl was too uncouth in her speech, at a time like this saying that she ate, drank, whored and gambled or something like that, she should simply be grabbed and spanked.

But at this moment, even if he explains that he didn t learn to whore …… himself out, it doesn’t seem to be that big of a deal.

Ye shock cream to him to change the topic, he naturally is to have to hurry to borrow the slope down the donkey.

At that moment, a hand reached out and pressed on top of that one stone door.

This stone door was too big, and the group stood before it, small and inconspicuous.

However, the moment Jiang Ran pressed his hand on this stone door, the entire stone door began to shake violently.

Buzz buzz buzz!!!

A huge roar started from here, causing the entire cavern to tremble unceasingly.

Clattering, the stalactites hanging upside down on the roof of the cave also shook and fell off, smashing onto the ground in pieces.

What’s more, there was the sound of the waves rolling and the tide rising and falling, making a great racket in the surroundings.

The sound of roaring was unceasing.

Everyone felt that their feet were unsteady, and the entire heaven and earth seemed to be shaking.

However, when they went to open Jiang Ran again, they realized that the door, had been pushed open by Jiang Ran by a crack.

“This is pushing it open?”

The Transdemon Underworld King had wanted to hurry up and advise Jiang Ran that if he wanted to go deeper into this place, he would need the blood of his Jiang family members as the key, and this was not something that would be useful if he put out a deadly effort.

But what was this now?

Could it be that times have changed?

As he was ruminating in his mind, the door had already been split in two by Jiang Ran, pushing open a gap large enough for three people to walk side by side.