Fish only seek revenge, not leap over the Dragon Gate

Chapter 254: Entering Tianfeng Mountain

Tianfeng Mountain

Tianfeng Mountain is surrounded by cliffs on all sides. Lu Xian tried many ways but couldn't find a way to climb Tianfeng Mountain.

But in the end, they found a cave leading into the mountain.

"Count one, two, three, and push together." Lu Xian's men took a huge wooden stick and inserted it into the hole dug under the boulder.

Several people held one end of the wooden stick and pressed down hard, just to move the boulder away.

"One"

"two"

"Three, use force!"

With a "crack" sound, the wooden stick broke and many people fell to the ground.

Zhou Yunfeng brushed off the dirt on his body and stood up. He walked to Lu Xian and said, "General, why don't we dig a bigger hole and directly find a main tree trunk to pry it out."

I have tried this many times before, and the stick broke every time.

Lu Xian had a blank expression on his face, and his hands behind his back were constantly rubbing. After listening to Zhou Yunfeng's words, he slowly shook his head.

Even if you use a thick tree trunk, you probably won't be able to move the stone.

Wuwang is not an ordinary person. If he wants to hide here, he will definitely not let anyone get the boulder easily.

I guess some kind of magic was cast to keep the boulder in place.

He looked at the hole dug under the boulder and realized that it was definitely impossible to pry the boulder open.

But...it's not completely impossible, it just takes a little more effort.

"Yunfeng, go find some more tools for digging and shoveling."

"Yes." Zhou Yunfeng heard it, without any hesitation, and without asking why, he took the two people to the town.

Not long after, Zhou Yunfeng and his two subordinates came back carrying three baskets of various tools.

Lu Xian pointed to the hole under the boulder that was originally used to pry the stone and said, "Continue digging down through that hole, and then dig to the right."

After he said this, everyone understood what he meant. He meant not to move the boulder, but to directly dig a path into the cave from the ground.

This is a good idea. Although it is a bit time-consuming and laborious, there is still hope of getting in.

It is really time-consuming and laborious. This mountain is almost entirely made of stone, so digging is very laborious.

Even the three baskets of tools Zhou Yunfeng brought back from the town were all broken, so he made three trips back and forth to buy more.

The cave was finally dug through after ten days.

It must be said that they were very lucky. Wuwang had been heading here since they left the capital.

Logically, they should have met each other earlier, but he was delayed because of Lu Kong's matter. Otherwise, it would be hard to say whether Lu Xian and his group would still be alive, not to mention that they spent so much time digging the hole.

When Lu Xian and his men entered the cave, they felt a cool breeze. The passage inside the cave was not large, only wide enough for two people to walk side by side.

They lit a dozen torches and walked inside.

There was no sound in the cave except for footsteps or even the chirping of insects. It was so quiet that it was a little scary.

However, Lu Xian and his group who were walking inside unexpectedly found that their physical fatigue disappeared unknowingly.

"General, is there any elixir here that can help people get rid of fatigue?"

Zhang Tu approached Lu Xian and whispered this. As for why he spoke so quietly, it was not because he was on guard against anyone, but in such a quiet environment, speaking loudly seemed abrupt.

Lu Xian's eyes were calm and he only said, "Breathe more."

In fact, he noticed something wrong the moment he entered the cave, that was the faint smell in the air.

He had smelled this scent once before, more than ten years ago in his father's study in the Duke's Mansion.

I didn't notice anything at the time, but now when I smell this smell, I think carefully about the strangeness in my father's study.

He guessed that the only thing that could produce this smell was the plate of fruit on the study table.

Some of the fruits on the plate were normal for that season, but some were very abnormal.

Even though my father is very capable, he cannot control the weather and make the fruits that grow in winter ripen in summer.

Therefore, the origins of those fruits are not simple.

His eyes suddenly lit up. If we talk about mystery, it must be Xiaoyuer. Perhaps those fruits were Xiaoyuer's gift to his father.

I was happy, but at the same time, my heart ached.

Because Xiaoyuer never gave it to him.

But this is what he deserves, he doesn't deserve any respect from Xiaoyuer.

He put his hand on his chest, where there was a jade pendant that had not yet been carved.

Over the years, he had wasted many pieces of jade and not completed any carving. He felt that God was punishing him. Otherwise, why couldn't he complete such a simple task?

"General, there is a stone staircase ahead."

Someone shouted this, and Lu Xian came back to his senses and walked over with a torch to take a look. Sure enough, it was a stone staircase leading upwards.

There is only one way, so naturally we have to go up.

"The stone stairs are very steep, everyone please be careful."

"clear."

The staircase is spiral and only touches the stone wall on one side, while the other side is suspended in the air.

They had been walking for nearly half an hour, but still hadn't finished the journey.

“I don’t know who carved it out, and how many years it took.”

"Yes, this is no small project. It must have taken a lot of manpower to carve out such a long stone staircase."

"But we have been here for so long and have inquired a lot about Tianfeng Mountain, but no one has ever mentioned that Tianfeng Mountain is hiring people for work."

"How can you be so stupid? This stone staircase is very old. If it was dug hundreds of years ago, what can you find out by asking people today?"

"You're right, I was mistaken."

Everyone was talking at once, but Lu Xian remained silent. He guessed that this stone staircase must have been made by Wuwang, and it definitely did not take hundreds of years as Zhou Yunfeng said.

Because the road to Tianfeng Mountain was cut off more than ten years ago.

First, the road leading to Tianfeng Mountain was destroyed, and then a road leading to the top of the mountain was dug out to prevent others from going up.

The reason can be imagined to be that he has something important on the top of the mountain that needs to be protected.

but……

If the road was destroyed and others couldn't get up, could he not get up as well? Otherwise, why would they deliberately carve out such a passage?

This passage is not just a stone staircase, there is also space for people to live in, but it is also carved out of the solid mountain.

Ok?

No, he stopped and shone the torch towards the stone wall.

If it was just chiseling a stone staircase it would be acceptable, but even Wuwang would not be able to dig out such a large space.

"General, what's wrong?" Seeing him stop, the person walking behind asked, and the person in front heard the voice and also stopped and looked back.

Lu Xian stroked the stone wall carefully. It was very smooth, very smooth, without any roughness at all.

He squatted down and touched the stone steps again. They were very rough and had tiny bumps. This was probably because they were not polished after being chiseled.

If even the stone steps were not polished, it would be even more impossible to polish the stone walls.

Therefore, this stone wall and this hollow place were not carved out, but were natural. Only the stone stairs were carved out later.

If that's the case, then it's understandable.

They walked up all the way and it took about two hours before they reached the flat ground. Except for Lu Xian, everyone else lay down in a disgraceful manner.

It was really tiring, as we had to climb the stairs the whole way, although we could sit on the stone stairs to rest in the middle.

But they didn't dare, after all, the stone stairs were suspended in the air. If they took a nap, they would easily fall down and be smashed to pieces.