Chapter 219: Very dangerous little wooden prison
When the iron door was closed, the path in front of her eyes immediately became dark. She could feel the two gazes behind her like poisonous snakes landing on her body, full of coldness. But she had no way to retreat so she pretended to be afraid as she said. "So dark ah!"
"No need to be worried, there will be light soon." In the darkness, one only saw that Daoist priest wave his hand and suddenly with a whoosh sound, a flame appeared in the stone by the side of his body. And that flame seemed to be alive, slowly following the groove in the stone and rushing along it. Very quickly, it lit up one lantern after another.
Chu Qing-Yan smelled the kerosene in the air, now she understood. It turned out that all of the grooves in the stone were filled with kerosene, it only required a tiny flame to light up the entire tunnel. And at the highest place there was a place that cut off the bucket of kerosene. If that little board wasn't opened then after the kerosene was all burned up, the light would automatically go out. She couldn't help but admire the intellect of the people in ancient times.
Now wasn't the time to admire these things, because the Daoist priest behind her had already shoved her, trying to make her go down quicker.
Step by step she slowly went down the stone steps, using the light from the flame her eyes squinted as she looked down. How deep did they dig this ah, to have so many stone steps! After walking for about 15 minutes, she began to walk on level ground again.
Then there were three stone doors in front of her. Chu Qing-Yan couldn't help but frown, what were so many doors used for? Is it possible the crafty rabbit had three burrows?
She only saw that Daoist priest advance forward and place his hand on the lion lock of the door to the right. He turned it to the left for three turns then turned it to the right for seven turns. Afterwards he retreated several steps back, that heavy stone door slowly rose up.
This was the first time Chu Qing-Yan saw this kind of scene, she gaped in awe.
Seeing Chu Qing-Yan's astonished expression, that Daoist priest was even more certain that this fellow's mind was very simple, easily fooled. So he let go of his worries.