C103 Part2

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"This smell...It seems to be the smell of Opium Poppy."

Murong Ci pushed him away, and went to open the wooden boxes near them, picked up a delicate wooden box from inside, and opened the lid,

"It really is Opium Poppy."

"There are dozens of boxes."

Layers of haze appeared in his eyes,

"If we hadn't found out his activities, these dozen boxes of Opium Poppy would have continued to poison our Officials in the Northern Yan Kingdom."

"It would be great if these could be destroyed."

She said bitterly,

"Do you have any fireworks with you?"

"Yes."

Murong Yu took out the fireworks,

"Let's find the mechanism to open the wall first, otherwise we will be burned to death."

They searched the four walls for a long time, but couldn't find the mechanism to open the stone wall.

She believed that there was a way,

'There must be a hidden mechanism!

After all, if the enemies themselves were trapped inside, how could they get out?

So there must be a mechanism to get out.'

Murong Yu grabbed a big wooden box, knelt down and knocked on the steel plate on the ground, one by one.

There was no gap between each steel plate, but somehow he pried a steel plate open.

It was dark below, and he didn't know where it would lead to, and there was the possibility that it was another stone room.

"Do you really want to do this?"

Murong Ci was a little worried.

'It would be good to burn these Opium Poppy, but it wouldn't be worth it if we also end up being killed.'

"The next layer should be the bottom layer of this underground world."

Murong Yu said firmly.

Once they were ready, Murong Yu lit up those Opium Poppy boxes.

Watching the fire becoming bigger bit by bit, and the bright tongue of flame swallowing the Opium Poppy that had poisoned many people, they smiled at each other.

Then they jumped down from that small hole.

He jumped down first, caught her below, and the steel plate closed automatically.

The surrounding was dark, with no fingers in sight.

Murong Yu held her small hand tightly, and slowly explored forward.

Just by the light of the fire, he looked down and it was indeed a stone room.

Murong Ci suddenly remembered the small lantern that she was carrying with her, so she took out the kit and lit it.

The pearly light shone, and finally there was a glimmer of light in the dark world, like it was a dawn of hope.

"Do you feel that it is getting wetter?"

Murong Yu asked in a low voice.

"Well, indeed it's cold and wet."

She felt slippery under her feet, and no longer a hard ground.

They walked forward for a while, dumbfounded, and found out that there was a dark pool of water before their eyes.

He bent over and reached into the water,

"This water shouldn't be stagnant water. And strangely, the water isn't cold."

'Even in the scorching summer, lakes and rivers water would still be cold, and in such a dark and damp place with little sunlight like here, how can the water not be cold?'

"There is only one explanation."

Murong Yu raised his eyebrows with joy.

"I see, the water here is connected to the hot spring water in Xuanyuetan."

Murong Ci smiled happily.

"If it's really connected to it, then swimming out from here should be feasible."

"Let's try it."

She put the lantern away and took a step, but because the ground was slippery, she slipped and fell out of control as she stepped down.

Murong Yu brought her back quickly with his hands, and hugged her in his arms.

She felt the warmth of the hug and calmed down.

With eyes facing each other, time seemed to have stopped.

He couldn't bear to let go, and as she looked into his eyes, there seemed to be a touch of tenderness deep there.

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END of CHAPTER 103 PART 2

.....................to be continued