Chapter 78: Secrets (3)

“Don’t look, who would feel comfortable looking at this?” I was startled by a sudden tap on my shoulder, and I immediately broke into a cold sweat. I looked back and saw Gao Ning, and I was relieved. I was really afraid that a moth demon would appear and tap me on the shoulder.

From my master’s mouth, it is rare but not impossible for animals to transform into demons. At least he has not explicitly denied it. There are so many blood-thread moths here. If they transform into demons…

Now, not only did I get goosebumps on my back, but I also got goosebumps all over my body. I listened to Gao Ning and quickly turned my head away.

But at that moment, I was very curious. Why did the bloodline moth have a faint glow? I thought of many things. The purple plant had a glow, and the smelly cream Gao Ning had just smeared on me had a glow…

But at this moment, Gao Ning had already walked ahead, and I had to hurry up and follow him.

It was only at this moment that I realized where I was. It was a tunnel built underground, no more than two meters high, very narrow, and only wide enough for two people to pass side by side.

The tunnel was dark, except for the top layer, which was covered with cement, and the surrounding area was the natural color of the soil. I saw small holes in the tunnel where torches had been inserted, but there were no torches left.

Gao Ning didn’t lie to me. This road is probably really abandoned, or semi-abandoned.

Like the cave, there was no suffocating feeling in the tunnel, but I didn’t know where the vent was. I caught up with Gao Ning in three steps and asked, “Is there any danger in this tunnel?”

Gao Ning said as he walked briskly, “The danger of this tunnel is up there.” As he spoke, Gao Ning pointed at the top of our heads.

Is there something on the ceiling? I suddenly felt my scalp tingling, and I looked up in a state of trepidation, but the ceiling was still a cement ceiling, with nothing on it, not even a tiny moth.

Gao Ning pulled me and said, “Hurry up. Today, I took the risk to come here. I just want you to get familiar with the environment so that you can cooperate with me. If we are late, it will be bad if our actions are exposed.”

I looked at my watch. There was still plenty of time. We climbed down, and it took us nearly an hour. It was only a little after 5 a.m., but I couldn’t help speeding up when I thought about the consequences of being discovered.

But this did not prevent me from asking Gao Ning, “What is above our heads?”

Gao Ning said to me very briefly, “There are spirits, a very powerful kind of spirit, dog spirits, which have been imprisoned in a special way at the top of this tunnel. There are no less than 10 dog spirits up there. Although they are not as well-nourished as the spirit of the host, you should not doubt their power.”

Spirit? It was the same thing that Ruoxue didn’t have time to tell me about last time! I didn’t know what a dog spirit was, but seeing Gao Ning’s serious expression, I thought it must be very powerful.

But at this time, I had no idea that this kind of gourd was already involved in witchcraft, and it was really insidious. The consequences of touching it were really terrifying…

“Why do you have to hide the dog spirit on top? Can’t you do it in the tunnel?” Gao Ning and I were almost running all the way, so when I asked questions, I was panting. Damn, the aftereffects of excessive blood loss were too strong, and I didn’t know when I would recover.

“Do you know where we are? We are underground, between two mountains, and we are only two or three meters from the ground.” Gao Ning was panting even more than I was, but his words made my heart burn.

Because if the distance is only two or three meters, if I dig upwards, can’t I escape? I immediately understood why these Miao people hid 10 dog spirits on the top, to prevent this kind of situation? But can anyone walk into this secret passage, other than the inner circle of the Black Rock Miao Village?

As if he had read my mind, Gao Ning said, “This path is not only for the people of the Black Rock Miao Village. In the past, some special people were escorted in here, and this was set up in case they suddenly tried to escape. In addition, we were also afraid that someone from above would dig down, understand?”

I see!

“Then why are there so many traps here, with 10 dog spirits hidden, and why is this passage abandoned?” I have always been bothered by this question.

Gao Ning thought for a while before explaining to me: “First, because this passage is too simple and dangerous, as you can see. Second, because this passage only leads to one place, and that place now requires a certain amount of time, and the new passage also has a way to lead to this passage, so this passage has been temporarily abandoned. In fact, it is because there is a nest of blood-thread moths here, and the dog spirit cannot be transferred, so the people of the Black Rock Miao Village are reluctant to abandon it.”

Gao Ning’s words were ambiguous. What did he mean by saying that it would take some time? How could a normal person understand this? But he obviously didn’t want to say, so I didn’t ask. I just needed to understand that this passage was a useless passage that the Black Rock Miao tribe had abandoned.

We quickly walked through the tunnel with Gao Ning, and time passed by little by little. I glanced at my watch and realized that we had probably been walking for 40 minutes in the tunnel, and we were still not at the end.

After walking for about five minutes, my eyes suddenly brightened. The long passage finally came to an end. What made my eyes light up was the fact that a small hall suddenly appeared in front of me, surrounded by torches.

Torches? Could there be someone here? I hesitated at the entrance to the passage, not daring to enter the small hall. It would be no laughing matter if I was discovered, because there was something in the middle of the small hall that resembled an altar. Who knew if there was someone behind it?

But Gao Ning didn’t care. He walked out boldly, walked all the way to the altar, sat down, and took a deep breath. It looked like there was no one there, so I also walked out and sat down next to Gao Ning. Since there was no one there, what was the deal with the torches here?

Gao Ning glanced at his watch and said, “There’s still plenty of time. It’s not even six o’clock yet. When we go in later, you must stay calm no matter what you find, okay?”

I wiped the sweat off my forehead and asked Gao Ning, “Why are there torches here?”

“Of course there are torches. People often come back here. Didn’t you see that over there?” Gao Ning pointed to a place and said to me.

I looked in the direction of his finger, and there was a small stone door diagonally opposite the altar. It was said to be a door, but it was only a stone door frame, with a totem carved on the door frame that I couldn’t make out. Because that diagonal corner was almost a dead angle of vision, that’s why I didn’t see it just now.

“That’s the entrance to the new road here! Didn’t you feel a bit tired after we ran to the back half? Because the slope is slightly inclined upwards, it is designed to confuse people into thinking that they are underground. In fact, we have already arrived at the belly of another mountain, which is the key location. It is normal to have torches here.” Gao Ning explained to me in a jumble of words, but I understood what he meant.

He was telling me that this was no longer an abandoned passage, but a key location, and it was normal to have torches. This key location was in the mountainside.

After a five-minute rest, Gao Ning stood up and pulled me towards the altar. In this small hall, the altar occupied most of the space, and to get to the other side, you had to pass by the altar.

I was anxious, so I grabbed Gao Ning and said to him, “Since this is the key location, if you walk out like this, aren’t you waiting to be discovered?”

Gao Ning first looked at me strangely, not understanding why I was holding him back. After hearing the reason I gave, he suddenly laughed strangely and assured me with words full of confidence: “Brother, don’t worry. No one will come here today, no one!”

I didn’t react, but he pulled me over and continued mysteriously, “Trust me, there are only three days like this a month, but today is one of them. You can go up with me with confidence.”

Go up, where else? I followed Gao Ning foolishly, passed through the altar, and arrived on the other side. Only then did I see that there was another passage on the other side of the altar. Compared to the simple yellow earth passage we came through, this passage was obviously much more magnificent, with door frames and some bluestone steps that slanted upwards. I didn’t know where it led to.