Chapter 12 The Sealed House

"This must be the enchanted treasure in the game!" Xiao Chen, like a child, switched the sword from his left hand to his right hand, and then from his right hand back to his left hand, swinging it in different ways. The flames on the sword formed a thin layer of fire film, tumbling closely against the blade.

Luo Ling and Liu Yisheng were also startled by the sword, but seeing Xiao Chen's look, they both laughed.

Luo Ling smiled, and Liu Yisheng smiled foolishly.

Xiao Chen: "What's wrong?"

"Nothing." Luo Ling's mouth was still curled.

"Hehe. This fire is really fun." Liu Yisheng continued to smile foolishly.

"You guys look relaxed, don't you think this sword is unscientific?"

"We've already encountered Zhou He's incident, what else can surprise me? There's no benefit in thinking too much." Luo Ling patted Liu Yisheng, "Big guy, don't you think so?"

Liu Yisheng continued to look at it foolishly without any reaction, proving Luo Ling's point of view with his actions.

"There's something about this sword." Xiao Chen found that the more focused his mind seemed, the more intense the flames became. When he focused all his energy on the dagger, a blaze of orange-red flame rushed straight to the roof, passed by his forehead, and left a black scorch mark on the blue-gray rock.

Xiao Chen was startled by the fire and hurriedly threw the sword away. As soon as the sword left his hand, the fire went out immediately.

Xiao Chen touched his forehead, as if there was no change, "Do you feel the temperature?"

"Of course, just like in front of a stove." Luo Ling said.

"But I don't! Holding this sword can make you immune to high temperatures. It's amazing."

"Let me try." Luo Ling picked up the sword and concentrated her mind like Xiao Chen. The dagger also emitted a faint flame. As her mind changed, the flame also grew and shrank. "Really! And this sword is so obedient, it's like it's alive."

Liu Yisheng said strangely: "We are all alive, what's so strange about this? I think the things in the other box above are also alive."

Xiao Chen was also curious, and he took down the box after hearing the words. There was indeed a treasure with runes painted on it. It was a ring inlaid with milky white gemstones. None of them had ever seen such gemstones. It was translucent, like a glass of water with a little milk poured into it, with white light flickering in the middle.

"Do we really want to take these things? What if the master comes?" Xiao Chen suddenly asked hesitantly.

"I think we need something to protect ourselves in this strange place. Even if we ask the master to borrow it," Luo Ling said.

Xiao Chen nodded, then inserted the dagger into the scabbard and pinned it to his belt. He gave the throwing axe in his hand to Liu Yisheng, "I already have this sword for self-defense, so I'll give you the axe."

Luo Ling fell in love with the ring at first sight. After taking it and examining it, she put the ring on her middle finger, but the ring did not show any strange reaction.

"Nothing strange?" Xiao Chen asked with concern.

Luo Ling did not answer him directly, but closed her eyes for a while before saying: "I can't tell, I always feel something is different."

"Then for safety, let's take it off first."

"No!" Luo Ling refused without thinking, "I can feel that it's not a bad thing! I want to study this ring slowly."

Women always lose their minds when they see the ring, so let her figure it out slowly.

Xiao Chen saw Liu Yisheng holding the axe and swinging it hard. It was like a child holding a toy that suits his hand. But the strange thing is that no matter how hard he swings, the axe is silent.

"I didn't realize before that this axe didn't make any sound of breaking through the air, which is suitable for sneak attacks. It seems that it may not be worse than my dagger."

Liu Yisheng nodded with satisfaction. It seems that this should be very convenient for cutting things to eat.

They opened the other boxes one by one and found that only the top two boxes had such strange treasures. Some of the other weapons and armor also had a small number of runes on them, but Xiao Chen was sure that none of them were as good as the three items in his hand.

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Liu Yisheng looked a little funny now. He had a fiery red cape wrapped around his bare upper body, and his lower body was changed into a pair of golden puffy pants and long leather boots. His waist was bulging with gold bars, and he was holding an axe in his hand. If it weren't for the lack of a helmet, he really looked like a Viking warrior returning from robbery.

In addition to the ring on her hand, Luo Ling also added a pair of "sapphire" earrings to her ears. She also put the necklace and brooch she had taken a fancy to into her bag.

"This is also borrowed. If the owner jumps out, we can discuss it with him." Seeing that Xiao Chen hadn't made a move yet, Luo Ling said openly, "Don't you boys like to open treasure chests and look for treasures in games the most? In the real world, you dare not take it?"

"Of course I dare not." Xiao Chen also picked up a few gold bars and put them in his bag, "I was just thinking, how can this place be like the real world? First there were mysterious runes, then warrior statues, then white light balls, and now there are enchanted weapons and a lot of treasures."

"It's useless to think too much. The truth will be revealed when you find a way out." Luo Ling comforted, "Let's find the passage to the ground first. I have a hunch that it seems to be only possible with this ring." Luo Ling walked a few steps in the room, as if feeling something, and then pointed in a direction, "You can get out by going that way."

"Then let's go and see."

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The passage twists and turns, one after another, giving people the illusion of walking through the belly of a huge monster.

The road that Luo Ling pointed out was very smooth. They walked much longer than before and finally saw a staircase leading up at the bottom of the passage. The staircase was only wide enough for one person to pass through and looked very old. It seemed that no one had walked here for a long time. Every step on the ground would raise a cloud of dust. Xiao Chen took out the flaming dagger and used it as a torch, but he couldn't see the other end of the passage clearly. They had to walk up the stairs step by step until they reached the top, only to find that there was a horizontal wooden door at the end of the passage.

"Ahem..." Xiao Chen pushed open the wooden door and was covered in dust by the dust.

"This door hasn't been opened for many years." Luo Ling said while patting Xiao Chen's back. When the dust cleared, Xiao Chen stuck his head out and found himself in a room similar to a basement.

The three people walked into the room cautiously. It was full of miscellaneous items, including stacked tables and chairs, damaged furniture, and piled rags. The secret door they passed was well hidden among the scattered piles of debris. Everything was covered with a thick layer of dust, so thick that Xiao Chen reminded him of the snow in winter. It looked like no one had been here for at least decades.

This room didn't even have a window. With the help of the firelight, Xiao Chen found a door in the corner of the room, pushed it open and walked out of the room. Through the firelight, they vaguely found themselves in a dark hall.

"I hate the stone road, but it's not much better here." Liu Yisheng said.

"Are we still underground? Why is there no light?" Luo Ling also took out her mobile phone and turned on the flashlight to shine around.

Xiao Chen concentrated, the flame of the dagger became brighter and brighter, and they could see the room clearly.

The hall is very wide, about 200 square meters. In the middle is the door leading to the outside. The door is two people tall and carved with some exotic plant patterns. There should be three large windows on the walls on both sides of the door, but strangely, all the windows are covered tightly with heavy floor-length curtains, without a single ray of light.

Looking at the two sides of the hall, there are stairs leading upstairs, and under the stairs is the corridor leading to the rooms on the first floor. In contrast to the gray stone style here, the decoration of the room is very simple, with no tables, chairs, sofas, vases or sculptures. The only thing that can attract attention is the several incomplete animal skeletons nailed to the wall above the fireplace. Xiao Chen guessed that this should have been the owner's prey, but because of the long time, these specimens are rotten and even the bones are not complete.

"Oh, these are big guys." Liu Yisheng compared his axe with one of the heads and found that the eye sockets of the beast were bigger than his axe, but he grinned and said, "They will definitely not be able to withstand my axe."

"This is a stone villa. We are definitely not around the school." Xiao Chen ran to the huge floor-to-ceiling curtains and wanted to open them to see what was outside. But the curtains seemed to be made of rubber. No matter how hard Xiao Chen tried, the two curtains were tightly stuck together. Once he let go, they would twist and bounce back to their original positions, as if there was a goblin hiding behind them who was competing with Xiao Chen in strength.

"Iron sheets tormented me, stone statues tormented me, and now even curtains are tormenting me?" Xiao Chen used a dagger to scratch the curtains, but the curtains seemed to be separated by an invisible barrier. Even if Xiao Chen ignited a flame, he could not hurt the curtains at all.

Xiao Chen tried three windows and it was the same, so he tried to push the door again. Liu Yisheng came to help, and with the combined efforts of the two, the door remained motionless.

Xiao Chen used all his strength to insert the sword into the crack of the door, but the crack was as thin as a hair and he couldn't get in at all. The sword hit the door, splashing sporadic sparks and making a sharp clanging sound. This was just like a plot in a ghost movie, as if some terrible force surrounded the house.

Xiao Chen's palms were all wet. Everything in this ghost place was beyond common sense. He wanted to retreat back to the tunnel, at least it was much more "normal" there.

"Don't waste your energy. I think this house has been sealed. Without a special spell, you can't open the window or get out." Luo Ling looked up and observed the surroundings, saying, "Maybe we really came to a magical world behind the closet as you said."

Luo Ling's soft voice made Xiao Chen happy from the bottom of his heart. He felt that her calmness infected him and gave him something to rely on. However, this girl is too brave. He was very confused: "Aren't you afraid in such a strange place?"

"I... I'm really not afraid. It seems that wearing this ring makes me very calm and my thoughts are very clear." Luo Ling thought for a while and said.

"Then how do you know that you need a spell?"

"Feeling. This ring also gives me an intuition that sometimes comes and goes. It seems that a woman's sixth sense has been strengthened." Luo Ling stroked the gem on the ring, looked up at Xiao Chen and said: "Don't ask me why, I am also confused."

"Does the ring tell you what to do now?" Xiao Chen asked.

"A ring is just a ring... Don't pin your hopes on a ring." Luo Ling gently pushed the ring out and put it back again. "Only here can you rely on it." She pointed to her head.

Xiao Chen felt that Luo Ling's words were a bit strange, as if she meant something else. But at this time he didn't want to make things complicated. "Okay, then what does your smart head tell you?"

"Method of elimination, let's look at each room one by one." Luo Ling said.

"Alas, wandering around in this gloomy building, who knows what we might encounter." Xiao Chen complained.

"Then let Liu Yisheng take the lead. I think he is definitely not afraid of ghosts."

Xiao Chen glanced at Liu Yisheng, who was wearing a cape and had his hands on his waist, looking like a superman, and praised: "Wise command!"