0036. Open the Door

Hearing Yin Mingyao's rebuke, Song Mingzi immediately went on alert, and then saw Yin Mingyao rushing towards him with a sword.
Mingzhenzi muttered under her breath and shouted, "Yin Mingyao, what the hell are you doing? Who killed Lan Ping'er?!"
Yin Mingyao's eyes were clearly bloodshot, burning with anger. "If it wasn't you who killed her, then why was her dagger found in your storage pouch?!"
松明子脸色一怔，眼神更阴沉了。
Just then, a dark figure suddenly surpassed Yin Mingyao and rushed over with an even faster and more fierce posture.
松明子迅速掸了一下拂尘，拂尘迅速变长，缠绕住来者手中的长枪。
"Chase!" Song Mingzi looked at the face of the incoming person clearly and angrily muttered, looking at him with caution. "What are you doing?"
With a fierce gaze, Zhou You stared at Song Mingzi and angrily asked, "Did you kill Lan Ping'er?"
Before Song Mingzi had a chance to speak, a cold light flashed, and Yin Mingyao's sword tip had already stabbed from the oblique front of Song Mingzi.
"Get lost!" Song Mingzi was completely angry this time and rebuked, "One after another, do you really think I'm easy to bully? When did Song Mingzi become easy to bully!"
After a furious roar, he swiftly withdrew his feather duster and instantly produced even more dense strands of white silk, shooting out like a giant snake, launching a fierce attack straight towards Yin Mingyao.
The angry Song Mingzi's combat power has more than doubled compared to before. He fiercely manipulates the duster in his hand, attacking Yin Mingyao and Zhou You fiercely and skillfully at the same time.
At that moment, the momentum of Zhou You and Yin Mingyao was suppressed.
Song Mingzi took out three small knives from behind, each of which resembled a willow leaf, small and thin, but extremely sharp-looking.
While fighting with his broom, he used it to entangle both individuals. Seizing the moment when Yin Mingyao's medicine was entangled, he swung his hand and three willow leaf knives shot out, carrying the night's shadow.
Yin Mingyao sensed the impending danger, turned his head, snorted coldly, and was about to activate his flying sword to intercept the three willow leaf knives. But at this moment, the mighty broom suddenly split apart, forming a rope-like shape that wrapped around Yin Mingyao's personal sword, firmly locking it, preventing Yin Mingyao from activating it.
Yin Mingyao's face changed.
But her storage bag had returned, no longer in the state of sitting and waiting for death without her life sword.
She immediately took out a piece of white silk from the storage bag, swung it and raised it, the pure and soft white silk spread out in the air in an instant, extending more than three meters.
Three Willow Leaf Blades shot at it, but instead of breaking through as expected, they seemed to have been suppressed. In an instant, they lost their spiritual power and fell dimly, landing in the center of the white silk.
Upon seeing the white silk scarf, Yan Qiuling let out a cry of surprise and envy, saying, "This is the legendary Bright Moon Silk!"
Xu Lingshan had never heard of the Bright Moon Silk, but could tell from Yan Qiuling's expression of admiration that it must be a very powerful thing.
He was watching the fierce battle in front when suddenly, he heard a very strange sound.
It sounded like the sound of a lock being opened.
However, the sounds of fighting and rebuking in front were very loud, and the sound of the lock being opened was mixed in, and Xu Lingshan himself didn't know if he was experiencing auditory hallucinations or if he had misheard.
他扭头问雁秋铃和梅织，“你们刚才听到什么奇怪的声音了吗？”
雁秋铃摇摇头，说：“没有啊，有什么奇怪的声音？”
Mei Zhi also looked puzzled, "I didn't hear any strange sound, what's wrong?"
Xu Lingshan shook his head, "Maybe I misheard."
Just as he finished speaking, the ground beneath them suddenly shook violently.
The sudden vibration felt like a giant whale leaping from the sea, causing an instant earthquake that frightened everyone with a sudden and unexpected change.
Even the three fighters who were in the midst of a battle paused momentarily.
No one spoke, and they looked at each other in silence.
A tense atmosphere filled the air.
There was a silence as if the earlier tremor was just an illusion.
Just then, the mountain beneath their feet trembled again.
"Ah --" a girl couldn't help but scream.
"Click." It was that sound that seemed like unlocking, and this time, Xu Lingshan heard it clearly.
"Did you hear that?" Xu Lingshan immediately asked Yanqiuling and Meizhi.
"Hear what? An earthquake?" Yanqiuling's face turned pale, as if she had never experienced such a situation before. She grabbed Meizhi's arm and asked, "What's happening? Is there really an earthquake? Is this mountain going to collapse?"
Mei Zhi calmed down a little, grabbing Yan Qiuling's hand reassuringly, saying: "Don't worry, it won't happen. There has never been a collapsed mountain before."
"Could it be that it has actually happened before, but they all died, so there is no record?" Yan Qiuling's face was full of fear.
Xu Lingshan glanced at her and said, "Even if everyone in the mountains is dead, people outside will also know that no one has come out. Has there been a situation of complete annihilation among those who have entered the mountain before?"
Yan Qiuling thought carefully, her face becoming even more terrified, "It has happened before."
Xu Lingshan didn't expect it to actually happen, so he wordlessly gave up on comforting Yan Qiuling.
The key point is the strange sound of unlocking.
That was not an auditory hallucination, the second time, he heard it distinctly.
But what exactly was that sound?
In the midst of panic, Xu Lingshan looked towards the only building on this mountain terrace, and had a sudden realization in his mind.
Previously, they said that if you encounter a door in the mountains that cannot be pushed open, it is most likely that you have to wait until a certain time for the door to open.
Can the sound of unlocking just now mean...
Xu Lingshan turned to Yanchou Ling and Meizhi and said, "Let's go, we're going in!"
Yanchou Ling and Meizhi were in a state of panic, clueless and confused. Now that someone is telling them what to do, they don't doubt and follow Xu Lingshan without hesitation.
"Boom!" There was another sudden vibration.
The frequency of the vibrations became faster and faster.
The scene became increasingly chaotic, and everyone started to worry that it was an earthquake. But this place was a dead end, with no way down the stone stairs and the temple gate unable to be pushed open.
What should I do?
Standing in the crowd, Song Xian, who was ready to help Yin Mingyao, turned around to look for Yan Qiuling, but they were no longer visible under the big tree.
Song Xian frowned and was about to go back to find Yan Qiuling when he suddenly heard Yan Qiuling's voice calling out, "Brother-in-law! Brother-in-law!"
He turned his head and saw Yan Qiuling waving at him. They didn't know when they had already run to the steps of the grand hall.
"Come up quickly!"
Song Xian immediately passed through the crowd and climbed up the steps.
Yin Mingyao put away the Flying Sword and the Bright Moon Silk, and returned to the others beside Xu Lingshan, asking, "What's going on?"
"I don't know," Yan Qiuling shook her head.
Xu Lingshan said, "Go and try pushing the door!"
He finished speaking and was about to try it himself, but Song Mingzi preempted him.
However, the doors of the palace still did not budge.
"Open the door!" Someone panicked and shouted in desperation, even using their own ax to strike the palace doors.
"Stop!" Zhouyou and Song Xian shouted at the same time.
But it was too late. The axe heavily hit the palace door, and the next second, a deep toll of the bell suddenly rang inside the palace.
A faint golden thunderbolt descended from the sky and struck the person who had just smashed the axe.
The person let out a scream that lasted less than half a second, and the thunderbolt vanished, taking him with it, as he disappeared into thin air.
There were more screams.
Upon seeing this scene, Xu Lingshan's face turned pale. The sudden and unexpected death cast a thick shadow over his heart.
"Do not attack the palace!" Song Xian shouted loudly. "Do not attack the palace!"
In fact, there is no need for Song Xian to shout anymore. The example of someone risking their life to challenge the law was presented in front of their eyes, and no one dared to vent their anger, for fear of being struck by lightning and annihilated.
"Why can't it be pushed open?" Zhou You cursed.
"Boom!" This time, it felt as if the entire mountain shook violently. Half of the people lost their balance and fell to the ground.
"Ka da!" The third sound of unlocking.
"It's the third sound!" Xu Lingshan said, "I heard it again just now, the sound of unlocking."
Song Xian, Yin Mingyao, Mei Zhi, and Yan Qiuling all looked at him with confusion.
"Can't you all hear it?"
Yan Qiuling and Mei Zhi shook their heads.
Xu Lingshan and Yin Mingyao exchanged a glance. It was happening again. Previously, on the stone steps, he could see the eight bronze statues, he could see everything that others couldn't see, and now, once again, only he could hear that strange unlocking sound. Why was that? Xu Lingshan had a suspicion in his heart. Was it because he was the key holder of this mountain?
Xu Lingshan had a few thoughts flashing through his mind like lightning.
Yin Mingyao said, "Xu Lingshan, go and open the door."
Xu Lingshan nodded and went to the entrance of the hall. At this moment, both of his hands were trembling a little.
Matsumi and Zhou You were standing at the gate, constantly trying to open it.
Seeing Xu Lingshan coming over, Matsumi showed a sarcastic expression and said, "What are you doing here?"
Zhou You gave him a disgusted look and only said one word, "Go."
Yin Ming's flying sword rose up again in his hand, pointing directly at the two of them, "Step aside!"
Song Mingzi's face turned pale.
Song Xian came over and said, "If you could open the door, it would have been open long ago. Let us give it a try."
周游冷笑：“我们都打不开，这个小子就能打开？”
就在这时，“砰！砰！砰！”，山峰连续三下震撼，迅猛的力道从他们脚底轰了出来，有人直接喷血，晕厥过去。
Yan Qiuling covered her chest and her lips turned pale as she said, "Why do I feel like my heart is racing?"
"Me too." Mei Zhi's lips also turned pale.
Under the steps, the remaining people had all climbed up the stairs, while a few individuals remained unconscious at the bottom.
Their faces became incredibly pale one by one amidst the shocking tremors.
"This vibration is strange!" the boy who had previously been pierced by the pear needle exclaimed in a terrified voice, "Each time there is a tremor, my pulse is damaged!"
What?
"Is it true?"
Yin Mingyao looked at the young man and asked with raised eyebrows, "You... "
"Believe me, my family specializes in the study of human meridians! Once the heart meridian is damaged, the Qi and blood will lose control!"
Xu Lingshan doesn't understand what they mean by "heart vessels" and "qi and blood". If it's a concept from traditional Chinese medicine, he understands, but what they're talking about is definitely not the same thing.
Yin Mingyao coldly said, "Xu Lingshan, open the door!"
Her sword in hand pointed at Song Mingzi and Zhou You, as if she would attack them directly if they dared to oppose.
Xu Lingshan did not hesitate. Under the threat from Yin Mingyao towards Song Mingzi and Zhou You, he raised his hand and placed it on the temple gate.
The wood used for the door feels just like touching the door of one's own home, without any resistance, just a gentle push.
The door opened.
"Creak," the heavy door slowly opened, revealing the true appearance inside the hall.
“门开了！”众人惊呼。
“进去！”尹明药喊道。
松明子和周游看向徐灵山，均露出了探究之色。