NOVEL NEXT Chapter 330 Tiger Lord Hall_3
Xu Lu looked around in bewilderment, then stuck his head out to take another look. His gaze fell upon the same place where he and his two companions were standing just moments ago.
"This..."
Xu Lu suddenly turned to Su Mo: "Master... when do you plan to teach me this skill?"
"You haven't even mastered the Qiankun Acupoint Technique. You can't even hold Jun Luo with it, and already you're getting greedy?"
Su Mo, pulling Yang Xiaoyun along, surveyed Tiger Lord Hall.
But upon closer inspection, the grand hall, although not small, was quite sparse.
Apart from a statue of Tiger Lord in the center, there was nothing particularly unusual about it.
And this Tiger Lord was merely the image of a ferocious tiger lying on its base.
"Why is there nothing to see?"
Yang Xiaoyun looked towards Su Mo, slightly puzzled.
Su Mo shook his head slightly, examining the statue of Tiger Lord more closely, then suddenly his eyebrows lifted slightly:
"Look at the nose of this Tiger Lord..."
Xu Lu was about to say that the reason he couldn't hold Jun Luo was because of Jun Luo's Great Transformation Rebirth Heart Lotus Scripture, right?
His own Inner Strength was not as good as the opponent's, and after striking the acupoint, his Inner Strength was directly resolved by the opponent's Inner Strength, so naturally, he couldn't hold it...
Now, hearing Su Mo speak, he didn't voice this thought and instead looked up, only to find Tiger Lord's nose gleaming brightly.
He couldn't help but feel slightly startled:
"This nose is bizarre..."
The entire statue was forged and cast from metal.
Although other parts were regularly cleaned and very tidy, this nose alone... It was clearly touched and rubbed frequently.
That's why it was especially shiny.
This detail couldn't be concealed, as one would notice the secret upon looking up.
The three exchanged glances, and with Su Mo's slight nod, Xu Lu already leaped into action.
He tapped his foot on the pedestal, and in an instant, he was atop the head of Tiger Lord.
Crouching down, he felt the nose of Tiger Lord with his hands, which seemed quite smooth and felt excellent.
The next moment, he tentatively tried pressing down, twisting, and finally gave a light turn.
The sound of gears moving could faintly be heard.
Following that, the entire statue of Tiger Lord began to shake.
Xu Lu was startled and quickly leaped back to stand behind Su Mo, only to see the statue of Tiger Lord suddenly slide backwards.
Without a sound or a trace, an entrance was revealed.
Xu Lu, grinning from ear to ear, said:
"Master... another secret passage entrance..."
It wasn't long ago that he had just emerged from the Endless Prison of Wusheng Hall.
He spent quite some time floundering around inside the Endless Prison.
The various mechanisms within had nearly brought him to a torturous end.
Now, seeing this kind of entrance made his scalp tingle.
Su Mo chuckled and flung Xu Lu inside, then pulled Yang Xiaoyun along and stepped into it as well.
Just as they descended, the statue of Tiger Lord above them closed up.
And below this entrance, it was not completely dark.
The walls were carefully constructed and bore marks of time. Fire basins were placed along the walls.
Whatever was burning inside them, and for however many years, it illuminated the entire underground passage.
Yang Xiaoyun looked around and said to Su Mo:
"This place is somewhat strange, it doesn't seem like a hidden location. Otherwise, there's no reason for this secret passage to be built so wide."
This passage was exceptionally wide, something Su Mo and his companions hadn't seen before in all their travels in Jianghu.
In terms of width alone, two carriages could travel side by side.
The way down was a series of steps, the stones of which have been smoothed by the wash of years and the continual trampling, many parts were so worn they were sunken.
The three followed the steps down, not journeying far before the path became level.
And not long after moving forward, a Stone Gate appeared before them.
The gate was immense, taking up the entire space of the secret passage.
Paintings were carved on the gate, depicting a ferocious tiger roaring in the mountain forest.
The three gazed at the carvings on the gate and pondered for a moment. Xu Lu then naturally walked up and started feeling the gate, inch by inch.
After a short while, touching something that nobody knew what it was, he extended his hand and lightly knocked.
The Stone Gate then suddenly opened to both sides.
What came into view was a vast space.
A stone staircase led upwards to a huge platform.
In the center was an incense burner, and rows of bookshelves were erected along the surrounding rock walls.
There were many meditation cushions around the incense burner.
It seemed that on certain days, people would sit around these incense burners, practicing and reading.
And further ahead, another set of stairs led upward.
These stairs were wide, no different from the previous secret passage.
But it was unknown, following this stretch, where exactly it would ultimately lead.
At this point, Xu Lu spoke up:
"Master, from the way we've come in all the way here, we should have already entered the belly of Hu Jun Mountain.
"The White Tiger Clan seems to have hollowed out the middle of the entire mountain to conceal their clan's secrets."
Su Mo nodded slightly: "Let's start looking around to see if there's anything of interest."
Since they were here to play the thief, it was only natural not to leave empty-handed.
The three split up and began to search through the bookshelves.
However, the books here were quite ordinary, all being the typical Confucian classics, some novels, random essays, and miscellaneous historical records.
There were some Martial Arts Secret Manuals as well, but apart from the introduction to the Emperor Heart Technique - the Lin Shen Scripture - the rest weren't particularly noteworthy.
They were all common martial arts widely known on the streets.
Just when Su Mo was thinking there wouldn't be any gains here, he heard Xu Lu saying:
"Master, there's a hidden chamber here."
"Ah?"
Su Mo and Yang Xiaoyun were both stunned, turning to look in Xu Lu's direction, to see how he had fumbled with the wall, and after a moment, a door had suddenly opened on a wall.
Behind this door was not a dark room as Xu Lu had described, but a hidden bookshelf.
Xu Lu himself was puzzled, thought for a moment, and then went searching at the other end, and after a short time, he opened another...
In the end, the hidden bookshelves that opened one after another amounted to a total of eight.