Murano Momo is a cunning doctor

Chapter 1273 Dead End

On the wall, the distorted black lotus pattern gleamed with an eerie glow.

The intense dizziness made Lao Liu's head buzz, as if it were filled with a lump of paste, and his legs were so weak that he could barely stand.

Fortunately, the stone wall was just ahead.

After being countered by the lotus platform, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of the sacrificial scene on the mural.

A hundred believers knelt and worshipped around the lotus platform. After the ceremony, the leading priest walked to a corner of the mural and placed his palm on a pattern that corresponded to the lotus platform.

Lao Liu instantly realized that this was a sacrificial formation used in ancient tombs.

Clues to exits are often hidden in murals; finding the corresponding mechanism will open a passage to the outside world.

Along the way, the patterns on the murals all corresponded to the actual path.

As expected, the exit is in the hidden compartment at the end.

He moved a few steps to the base of the wall, looked up, and sure enough, found an inconspicuous mechanism embedded in the stone wall.

Just as I was about to reach out and press it, I noticed out of the corner of my eye that there were also mechanism buttons on both sides.

"...Holy crap? Three?"

The sixth brother was completely dumbfounded. His previous guess was that it was a trap, but this situation was completely unexpected.

He was anxious and scared. He turned his head and saw that Jiang Xiaochuan had been forced into a corner. A blood ball was about to hit his chest and he was about to lose his grip.

"Damn it, let's fight!"

Old Liu's fat trembled, and he pressed a button randomly with his eyes closed.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the stone wall shook violently, and the left wall slowly caved inward, revealing a hidden door.

It was pitch black behind the door, but you could vaguely sense a faint airflow.

"It's done!"

The sixth brother shouted with ecstasy and waved his hand in greeting.

Jiang Xiaochuan kept an eye on Lao Liu's every move out of the corner of his eye.

Upon seeing the hidden door open, he instantly channeled the last remaining trace of spiritual energy in his body into his legs.

He narrowly avoided the blood orb in front of him and headed straight for the hidden door.

In the blink of an eye, Jiang Xiaochuan rushed to the hidden door, grabbed the still ecstatic Lao Liu, and shouted, "Go!"

The two staggered into the hidden door, followed by the piercing shrieks of skulls and the vibrations of blood spheres crashing against the stone walls.

Jiang Xiaochuan slapped the mechanism on the inside of the hidden door with his backhand. With a "clang," the heavy stone door slowly closed, keeping the enraged skeleton and the blood-red aura outside.

Behind the hidden door was a narrow passage, filled with the damp, earthy smell of the air, a stark contrast to the sinister atmosphere of the tomb chamber.

As soon as he entered, Jiang Xiaochuan collapsed onto the floor of the corridor, panting heavily.

"Hey! Don't stop here!"

The sixth brother kept glancing back at the stone gate, his voice still trembling, "If that skeleton rushes in, we're both doomed!"

Clearly, the terror of the skeleton was etched into his very bones, and he was still feeling lingering fear.

"Don't be nervous."

Jiang Xiaochuan slowly shook his head, "It doesn't have the intelligence to open the stone door."

He knew very well that the skeleton was nothing more than an activated wisp of resentment, acting entirely on instinct and remnants of subconsciousness.

If the skeleton truly possessed intelligence, it wouldn't have survived this long; it would have been riddled with holes by now.

Knowing that Jiang Xiaochuan was always reliable, Lao Liu finally felt relieved.

She plopped down next to him, and out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of the blackened wound on his back, her eyes flickering.

He knew that if he hadn't been attracted to Yao Yue's beauty, this disaster wouldn't have happened, leaving Jiang Xiaochuan in such a state.

But the guilt didn't last three seconds. He thought to himself that he was able to escape this time entirely because he found the mechanism and guessed the right button!

I was clearly his savior!

Thinking about it this way, Lao Liu's guilt vanished instantly, leaving only the regret of missing out on the Demon Moon and the Cicada Pearl!

Seeing the lewd and regretful look on his face, Jiang Xiaochuan naturally knew what the fat man was thinking.

Recalling the close call just now, she was furious. "You still have the nerve to think about it?"

After some self-brainwashing, the sixth brother was unwilling to back down, and said without batting an eye:

"If it weren't for me, Fatty, you would have confessed long ago! Speaking of which, I'm your savior! And with those three buttons, I could just press one and it would be the key to survival. Who else has that kind of luck?"

Jiang Xiaochuan had long been familiar with his shameless nature. At this moment, his internal energy was not yet calm, and he had no strength to refute him. He leaned against the cold stone wall and closed his eyes to regulate his breathing.

At the same time, he was determined to find the tomb of the Blood Marrow Ancestor.

Only in this way can we unlock the secret of the fusion of cultivation techniques and completely escape the current crisis.

Thinking this, Jiang Xiaochuan slowly opened his eyes and stood up.

He looked around and discovered that behind the hidden door was a one-way passageway that stretched into the endless darkness, with no end in sight.

When it comes to tomb raiding and exploration, he was indeed not as experienced as Lao Liu. He was only able to escape because the fat man stumbled upon the mechanism by accident.

Jiang Xiaochuan looked at the sixth brother, who was still clicking his tongue in regret, and asked, "What do we do next?"

Old Six, still brooding over not getting the Frost Cicada Pearl, immediately straightened his back upon hearing this and said with a professional expression:

"What else can we do? Keep searching for the next main tomb chamber! I've been through so many near-death experiences and haven't even gotten a penny of benefit. This is unreasonable."

"This passageway looks endless, but in fact, the passageways in ancient tombs are all organized. If you follow one direction, you're sure to find the next key location!"

The sixth brother stood up and stepped forward. The two of them walked along the passageway, which indeed seemed endless.

After walking for about half an hour, Jiang Xiaochuan couldn't help but frown and question, "Why isn't there even a fork in the road? Could there be a problem?"

The sixth brother was walking impatiently, waving his hand dismissively and saying:

"What's the panic? The passageways in ancient tombs are designed to be winding and secluded, and some are long passages like this, used to wear down the intruder's physical strength and mental energy!"

"Just follow Fatty, I don't believe it can really be without limits!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xiaochuan shook his head inwardly, realizing he had overestimated the fat man; he had no other options but to wander around recklessly.

But there was no other choice but to follow him and keep going.

Suddenly, the ground beneath my feet shook!

At first, it was just a slight tremor, but after only two breaths, the tremor became more and more obvious.

The entire passageway was buzzing, as if something enormous was approaching.

At the same time, an increasingly clear "gurgling" friction sound came from the darkness ahead.

Are you sure this is the exit gate?

Jiang Xiaochuan stopped in his tracks instantly. He could feel that the tremor was no small matter.

The sixth brother finally realized something was wrong, but he still stubbornly insisted on his point:

"How could it not be? Otherwise, we've been walking here for so long without encountering any other danger!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the ground trembled so violently that it was hard to stand, and stone chips fell from the walls.

The next moment, a faint reflection suddenly appeared in the darkness.

A gigantic sphere rolled in from the front.

The sphere was neither stone nor iron, and it almost completely filled the passageway!

"Holy shit! What the hell is this?!"