Chapter 308: Chapter 218: True Form of the Serpent Armor Army
On the bronze door, there are numerous snake motifs. Behind these long snakes, there are monstrous creatures with snake heads and human bodies, or human heads and snake tails, holding hook-shaped staffs and following along.
Because many years have passed, a lot of dust has accumulated on this door, and even some black droppings as small as mung beans. Surprisingly, the bronze door has not rusted, indicating it is not ordinary bronze.
"Open the door," Feng Nan commanded.
All the members of the White Lotus Sect he brought with him this time were skilled individuals, including both ordinary martial artists and external martial artists, with greater physical strength than common people.
Following Feng Nan’s order, these people put on their leather gloves, walked to the bronze door, and began to push the giant door.
However, they clearly underestimated the weight of this giant door. Even with so many people working together, they couldn’t move the bronze door even an inch; it remained completely still. Finally, these members of the White Lotus Sect had no choice but to stop, panting heavily.
"Could there be some hidden mechanism?" Feng Nan wondered internally, immediately moving to the front of the bronze door to start searching.
Just then, a figure suddenly emerged from the stone staircase. Feng Nan turned to look and saw it was Qin Yuesheng, quickly stepping forward to greet him: "Reporting to the Holy Envoy, this place is indeed where the Snake Armor Army’s cache is hidden. The items desired by the sect should be behind this door."
Looking at the bronze door before him, Qin Yuesheng couldn’t help but exclaim, "Creating such a grand project underground is truly impressive."
"Holy Envoy, we’ve already tried opening this door with brute force, but it won’t budge. I suspect it requires a mechanism to operate. I’ll go have others look for a mechanism."
"Let me give it a try." Qin Yuesheng thrust the Celestial Demon evil blade into the soil and suddenly leaped forward, taking several steps toward the bronze door.
Boom! Boom!
He then unleashed inner strength from his palms, his momentum like a rainbow, and in an instant, he collided with the door’s surface like a meteor.
Feng Nan subtly nodded, thinking to himself, "The Holy Envoy is arrogant by nature; it’s normal for him not to listen to my advice. But the weight of this bronze door is likely over several thousand pounds. Even if the Holy Envoy is extremely powerful, it would be difficult to move such a heavy object."
Crash!
With one strike from Qin Yuesheng, the bronze door was hit with tremendous force, resulting in a resounding crash. Yet, aside from two palm imprints on the door surface, there was no impact at all. Not only did it not open, the door seam didn’t even budge.
Feng Nan thought to himself, "I knew it would be like this; this door must require activation of a mechanism to open. Otherwise, with human strength alone, it’s absolutely impossible to push open this giant door."
Floating in mid-air, Qin Yuesheng looked at the two palm imprints on the door and instantly had his own judgment.
Feng Nan hurried forward, intending to give Qin Yuesheng a way to save face so he wouldn’t feel embarrassed and angry for failing in front of the sect members.
Just as he was about to speak, behind Qin Yuesheng suddenly emerged a Thousand-Handed Buddha Dharma Aspect towering three people high. Under Feng Nan’s gaze, the Thousand-Handed Buddha launched a storm-like barrage on the bronze door.
A thousand hands and a thousand palms all rained down on the door’s surface, quickly causing a large area to be deeply dented. This was not the end; the Thousand-Handed Buddha Transformation struck faster and harder, and then came a vibrating sound. The bronze door, originally thought impossible to open, slowly opened a gap, and the entire door suddenly moved inward.
"What?" Feng Nan widened his eyes, shocked at this sight.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
After the Thousand-Handed Buddha Transformation delivered several hundred or thousand strikes, the bronze door opened a gap wide enough to allow three people to walk in side by side. Looking at Qin Yuesheng landing from mid-air, everyone present was instantly astounded, each kneeling with their knees and shouting, "Holy Envoy’s divine skill is unparalleled; we are in awe."
Qin Yuesheng looked into the gap of the door and saw that inside was a large pit.
"Go in and have a look," Qin Yuesheng said, standing his ground.
Feng Nan naturally wouldn’t risk his own life and randomly pointed at four sect members to go in and scout. Under Qin Yuesheng’s gaze, these four quickly entered the bronze door and reached the edge of the large pit.
"How is it inside?" Feng Nan asked loudly.
"Master Feng, it’s very dark; it’s not clear, but there doesn’t seem to be any danger."
Feng Nan instructed the remaining sect members, "Everyone, go in. Be careful and alert; leave no corner unexplored. If we can bring back the Snake Armor Army’s cache this time, everyone will be rewarded."
"Yes."
Soon, dozens of White Lotus Sect members went inside. Seeing that there was no danger, Feng Nan also followed them in.
Behind the bronze door was an enormous cavernous space, the rocky ceiling resembling stalactites, while a pile of rocks formed a high platform in the distance, faintly outlining a chair.
"Master Feng!"
Soon, the White Lotus Sect member’s voice echoed. Feng Tang ran towards the sound and quickly arrived at the edge of the pit.
"What have you discovered?"
"Master Feng, take a look."
This White Lotus Sect member forcefully threw the torch in his hand, the firelight fell toward the bottom of the pit, and shortly after, it landed on the ground.
By the light of the fire, Feng Nan saw the bottom of the pit. Instantly his expression changed, his body trembled uncontrollably with a clearly visible arc, it was obvious he was frightened.
Qin Yuesheng immediately walked over, curiously looking at the bottom of the pit, planning to see what could make this Inner Strength expert behave so improperly.
The pit was about three fathoms deep, filled neatly with a large number of tall and sturdy armored soldiers. The armor of these soldiers was purple, with a very peculiar design, giving an indescribable awkward feeling.
In Qin Yuesheng’s words, it was described as an ’alien style’.
And in the very center of the pit, a huge hole was clearly visible, leading to who knows where below.
"Snake armor soldiers, these must be the snake armor soldiers from back then!" Feng Nan shouted excitedly.
Since the snake armor soldiers are here, the relics should be nearby. He was going to achieve great merit this time!
"Snake armor soldiers..." Qin Yuesheng frowned. For some reason, the shape of these snake armor soldiers’ bodies gave him a very strange feeling. Upon closer inspection, it gave the impression that these soldiers were not human.
"Quickly weave the ropes." Feng Nan was overjoyed, immediately taking the lead to untie his own robe, and then it was seen that his waist was wrapped with several circles of extremely fine gold rope, appearing well-prepared.
"Holy Envoy, it’s all thanks to you sitting in command this time, otherwise how could we have the power to open that bronze door? This time’s merit is entirely thanks to the Holy Envoy." Having set down the gold rope, Feng Nan didn’t forget to flatter Qin Yuesheng.
Qin Yuesheng, not being one to care about such merits or accomplishments, was quite interested in these snake armor soldiers and directly ignored Feng Nan’s words, immediately jumping down into the pit with one leap.
With the ability of the Carefree Heavenly Travel Skill, a height of three fathoms was no pressure at all for Qin Yuesheng, and he landed steadily with ease.
Not waiting for those White Lotus Sect followers to slide down along the gold rope, Qin Yuesheng immediately walked up to one of the snake armor soldiers and began to scrutinize him closely.
These snake armor soldiers were wrapped all over with tight-fitting armor, and the joints were flexible hinges. There was not a spot not covered by armor, resembling an iron man.
Their weapon was a hook-shaped long staff, matching perfectly with the patterns on that bronze door.
"This armor seems pretty nice." Qin Yuesheng reached out to pull off the arm armor of this person, and suddenly a strange arm covered with purple scales and five elongated fingers appeared before him.
"Huh!" Qin Yuesheng exclaimed in surprise.
Clearly, this was not a normal human arm, looking quite like a demonic entity.
"Holy Envoy."
At this time, Feng Nan had slid down the gold rope and was running over excitedly.
"Take off this person’s helmet and have a look." Qin Yuesheng said.
Not understanding what Qin Yuesheng meant, but since the Holy Envoy personally ordered it and there were no other sect followers around, Feng Nan had to do it himself.
The helmet of the snake armor soldiers seemed like it was stuck on the head, unlike the Central Plains troops where you could just pull it off easily.
Feng Nan exerted quite a bit of effort before suddenly pulling off the helmet, causing a cloud of dust to rise. Qin Yuesheng waved his hand and immediately cleared away the dust.
"Hiss!"
By the firelight, Feng Nan could also clearly see the appearance of the snake armor soldier without the helmet. Even though he was an Inner Strength expert, even though he experienced numerous dangerous situations over the years, he couldn’t help but take a sharp breath at this moment.
"What the hell is this!"
Qin Yuesheng remained calm and composed, showing little emotional fluctuation.
What they saw was that the snake armor soldier, on its neck, was actually topped with a snake head!
A snake’s head!
This was truly chilling.
Feng Nan hurriedly discarded the helmet in his hand and ran to the next snake armor soldier, forcefully removing its helmet.
Sure enough, it was another snake head.
Feng Nan repeated this a dozen times, only to get the same result each time.
"This..." Feng Nan was stunned.
Who would have thought that the snake armor soldiers, who once roamed the world, were not human, as their name suggested, they were truly just snakes wearing armor.
Qin Yuesheng was very composed, as his experience and knowledge far exceeded Feng Nan’s. He had dealt with plenty of water ghosts, fox demons, faceless people, Ghost Venerables, mountain ghosts... these snake armor soldiers merely having snake heads couldn’t stir a ripple of surprise in Qin Yuesheng.
"Master Feng, that’s enough of daydreaming, don’t waste time." Qin Yuesheng suddenly reminded.
Feng Nan was startled into action and quickly responded, "Yes, Holy Envoy, I’m going to find the relics now."
A large number of White Lotus Sect followers also descended to the pit bottom along the gold rope. Under Feng Nan’s lead, they began a thorough search, hoping to discover some clues related to the relics.
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