Free Web NovelChapter 1164: Chapter 1163: The Last Stone Door
The massive stone door, towering over ten meters high, stands like two mighty warriors ready for battle!
Standing beneath these two stone doors, one cannot help but feel an overwhelming fear deep in their soul!
"Perhaps beyond this door lies the real grand hall!" Lin Fan’s face showed a look of longing!
At this moment, he had been waiting for far too long!
"Let’s first look for any mechanisms to open the door!" Lin Fan said.
"Boss, there’s no mechanism here at all!" Nie Lei said.
"Nothing!"
Lin Fan furrowed his brows, his gaze sweeping around swiftly like a radar!
Sure enough, just as Lin Fan had suspected, there wasn’t a single protruding stone!
"Could it be that this mechanism differs from others?" Lin Fan was filled with doubt!
"Lin Fan, look at those two stone lamps!" Xiang’Er suddenly said.
Lin Fan quickly looked over and indeed saw two stone lamps on either side of the stone door!
However, what piqued Lin Fan’s curiosity was that one lamp was upright while the other was tilted!
"These stone lamps are strange!"
After he spoke, Lin Fan immediately went closer to the tilted stone lamp!
With his hand on the stone lamp, Lin Fan found it wasn’t as cold as he expected; instead, it felt somewhat warm!
"This stone lamp could very well be the mechanism to open the door!" Lin Fan said.
"What are we waiting for then, let’s open it!" Nie Lei exclaimed!
"Don’t rush!"
Xiang’Er suddenly interjected, stopping Nie Lei, before moving towards the stone lamp and carefully examining it!
Xiang’Er said: "I once saw in ancient texts that apart from the protruding stone mechanisms, other mechanisms have a specific order and cannot be moved randomly, or unforeseen consequences could occur!"
"So, what do we do? Did the ancient text say how to open this mechanism?" Lin Fan asked.
"Yes, but I’m not sure!" Xiang’Er’s face was filled with hesitation!
"We have no other choice now, and the wooden bridge behind us has collapsed. We have to move forward, so tell us how to open it!" Lin Fan asked.
Xiang’Er replied: "According to the records, to rotate this stone lamp, you need to turn it three times to the left, three times to the right, and then straighten the lamp’s position."
"Alright, we’ll follow this method. Leizi, you help me, and the rest stay alert!" Lin Fan immediately instructed Nie Lei.
"Understood!"
Nie Lei nodded and then joined Lin Fan in front of the stone lamp!
Lin Fan cautioned Nie Lei: "If we encounter danger, leave immediately, and don’t hesitate!"
"Don’t worry, boss. I know what to do!" Nie Lei nodded firmly!
Then, Lin Fan took a deep breath; he couldn’t afford to be careless in this perilous place!
Any carelessness now might lead to death!
Lin Fan exchanged a glance with Nie Lei. After getting a response from Nie Lei, Lin Fan shouted, "Start!"
As soon as the words were spoken, Lin Fan and Nie Lei began exerting force, first turning to the left!
"One turn!"
"Two turns!"
"Three turns!"
Soon enough, Lin Fan and Nie Lei completed the three left turns without any incidents, and without hesitation, they began turning to the right. Once the three right turns were done, they straightened the lamp to match the position and orientation of the other lamp!
Afterwards, Lin Fan and Nie Lei quickly retreated to a safe distance!
Then, everything plunged into complete silence, without any eerie sounds!
Lin Fan and his companions were extremely cautious, holding their breath, barely daring to breathe, with their eyes fixed on their surroundings!
Crack, crack, crack~
Suddenly, a screeching noise filled the air!
The tightly shut stone door began to open a tiny crack, then slowly moved aside!
The door had been sealed for an unknown duration; when it opened, it stirred a cloud of dust, resembling a dense fog!
Once the dust settled, Lin Fan and the others cautiously approached the door!
Inside the stone door, a vast space lay ahead!
Stone lamps emitted a faint cool light, illuminating the entire hall brightly!
And within the hall stood numerous stone statues!
These statues portrayed various figures and animals, looking incredibly marvelous, unlike anything Lin Fan and his companions had ever seen!
"Is this the place we’re looking for? But there’s nothing here!" Nie Lei expressed disappointment.
"Don’t get excited; this doesn’t seem to be what we’re searching for!" Lin Fan said, relying on his instincts.
Lin Fan walked up to a statue to take a closer look and found it incredibly lifelike. Despite the passage of hundreds of years, it remained intact, radiating a vivid presence, as if infused with life!
But what puzzled Chu Lingtian was that the statue’s eyes were hollow!
Lin Fan then surveyed the surroundings and discovered that other statues had the same feature—hollow eye sockets, evoking a chilling sensation!
Lin Fan said, "We shouldn’t linger here; let’s quickly find a way out!"
"Boss, there’s another stone door here!" Shunzi’s voice sounded!
"Let’s go and take a look!"
With that, Lin Fan quickly looked towards where Shunzi was!
At the end of the hall, there indeed was another stone door, though it didn’t have the grandeur of the entryway’s massive doors, rising only two meters high, rather ordinary!
Lin Fan inspected the stone door’s sides but found nothing resembling a lamp or protruding stones!
"Could it be that this stone door has no mechanism?" Lin Fan furrowed his brows!
"If there’s no mechanism, then how do we get inside?" Nalan Qiankun questioned.
"If worst comes to worst, we’ll just blow it up!" Nie Lei suggested.
"No! This hall has existed for hundreds of years; we don’t know how much it can withstand. If the blast is too powerful, the entire hall might collapse, and none of us would leave alive!" Lin Fan replied.
"So what do we do?" Nie Lei looked troubled!
Lin Fan didn’t panic and carefully approached the stone door, inspecting it closely and reaching out to touch it!
This stone door, like the lamp before, wasn’t cold to the touch; Lin Fan felt as if he was touching a piece of jade, warm and luminous!
"Let’s try pushing it open!"
A sudden thought crossed Lin Fan’s mind, and he applied slight pressure with his palm on the stone door!
"Crack!" "Crack!"
Suddenly, two crisp sounds echoed from the stone door!
Lin Fan was startled and looked up to find that the door hadn’t opened; instead, flakes of paint were peeling off!
