Chapter 1104 Akagi Shrine, Entrance!
There is a large lake on Mount Akagi called Onuma. In mid-April every year, thousands of cherry blossoms stretch 2 kilometers from north to south to form a cherry blossom tunnel. The scenery is extremely beautiful. However, it is July now, and the cherry blossom tunnel can only be enjoyed next year.
There is Akagi Shrine in Onuma. Unlike ordinary small shrines that only cater to one wish, Akagi Shrine covers almost all of them. It is one of the famous shrines that you visit for the first time after the New Year.
Li Xuehao and his group of five people, led by the round-faced girl Mizuno Aso, came to Onuma, which is surrounded by mountain peaks. Akagi Shrine was built on Onuma.
Although Akagi Shrine was right in front of them, few of them were interested in admiring it and accompanied Mizuno Aso to determine the specific location of the red dot on the map.
I looked for several places in a row, but were rejected by several people, until I came to a small mountain col on the mountain directly behind Akagi Shrine.
The place is overgrown with weeds and surrounded by shrubs. It looks deserted. Apparently no tourists have been here before.
The reason why several people determined that the "treasure point" is here is because after opening the map, they found that the terrain here resembles the head of a "ghost". The protruding terrain on both sides is the ghost's two corners, and the mountain col happens to be at the ghost's two corners. The middle. And after carefully comparing the map, Mizuno Aso was sure that this was the right place.
Unlike Suzuki Fiana and others who guessed and compared, Li Xuehao also determined this place, but he used his spiritual perception to invade the underground and found that there was indeed a large empty space inside. There are some other things...
But because it was too far away, and there was actually a formation inside that could block perception, he wasn't so clear about what was inside.
But one thing is certain, even if there is something very special inside, it will not bring danger to him, because the greatest instinct and perception of a practitioner is to seek good fortune and avoid evil. There was no ominous premonition in his mind at this moment, which in itself showed that his current state was enough to cope with what was inside.
"I'm sure it's right here, but where is the entrance?" Suzuki Fiana stood in the center of the hill, looking around with sharp eyes.
"I don't know where the entrance is, Sister Fianna." The round-faced girl Mizuno Aso looked ashamed that she couldn't help.
"It's not your fault, Aso-chan, it's already good that you can lead us here." Suzuki Fiana patted her shoulder comfortingly.
Chiba Sayuri, Sawai Midori and others have no choice. After all, it is not that easy to find the entrance to a treasure cache hundreds of years ago. First of all, time is the biggest "accomplice". Hundreds of years have passed, enough to change Some terrain conditions, otherwise a few people would not have searched several places before confirming that this was the place.
"I'll do it." Li Xuehao volunteered. Although he could not clearly perceive some things deep underground, it was not difficult at all to know where the entrance was.
"Manaka, do you have any idea?" Suzuki Fiana's eyes lit up when she heard this. She almost forgot that there was also a super powerful Onmyoji here. It's not surprising that he would have some special ways to find the entrance.
Sayuri Chiba and Midori Sawai also looked over, their eyes full of expectation.
Even Mizuno Aso was doubtful and had some hope. Can this guy, who is a high school student like her, help Sister Fiana find the entrance?
Li Xuehao didn't speak. He walked back and forth a few steps, stepped on the ground with his feet, and then stopped a little to the left of the center of the hill: "Here."
His relaxed demeanor and tone were as if he was joking. After all, I didn't see him making any moves. He just stepped on the ground with his feet?
"Manaka-kun, this joke is not funny." Mizuno Aso didn't understand him, so his eyes were a little dissatisfied. How could this guy joke so casually? Helping Sister Fiana find the entrance was a very serious issue.
Of course Suzuki Fiana and others don't have the same worries as she does, because they all know clearly that someone with their strength will not make such a joke. So they pretended not to hear what Mizuno Aso said and walked over together.
Except for bushes, there were weeds and some low trees around, but nothing else was found.
"Machinaka?" Suzuki Fiana looked at him, but she was not suspicious, but wanted him to find the entrance.
Li Xuehao nodded, randomly broke off a branch, and then scratched a few times at his feet.
The freshly broken branches were originally very soft, but in his hands, they were as hard as iron. After a few strokes, he pushed away the soil about thirty or forty centimeters deep, revealing something completely different from the soil. Color stuff comes.
"This is..." Suzuki Fiana's eyes lit up again.
Li Xuehao continued to dig out the soil with branches. Soon, he dug out a one-meter-square space, and those things with different colors were completely exposed. It was a bluestone slab, also one-meter square in size.
"Really here?" Aso Mizuno's eyes widened when she saw it. This must be such good luck. She still didn't think it was someone's strength. After all, the joking behavior just now was too relaxed. It was so random that it can only be described as a matter of luck.
There is also an iron ring on the bluestone slab for people to pull through.
Under the eager eyes of Suzuki Fiana and others, Li Xuehao reached out and grabbed the iron ring and pulled up the bluestone.
The bluestone was as thick as a fist, and weighed at least hundreds of kilograms by visual inspection. He pulled it open easily, but the few people didn't pay attention, but looked into the inside of the bluestone.
It was so dark inside that it seemed so deep that you couldn't even see the bottom.
"Minako, flashlight." Suzuki Fiana reached out to her sister behind her.
Suzuki Minako quickly took out a strong flashlight from her backpack and handed it to her sister.
Fiana Suzuki turned on the flashlight and pointed it at the dark and gloomy underground tunnel that led to an unknown place. Sayuri Chiba and Midori Sawai also looked around. Despite the light, the underground tunnel seemed really real. The depth is unfathomable, and I still can't see clearly what is at the bottom. I can only see some close places, which are steps going down step by step, all made of bluestone slabs accumulated piece by piece.
The steps are so long that even several people cannot reach the end with their eyes.
Li Xuehao was also looking at the dark tunnel with hesitation in his eyes. The moment he opened the bluestone slab, he sensed that something inside seemed to be connected to the Akagi Shrine surrounded by mountains.
What could it be?