Were Jia Yixiao's words credible?

At least, when he got to this point, I didn't believe him.

Fan Fang told me that the Five Directions Tomb was Tian Lao (Sky Prison).

From ancient times to the present, prisons have only had one gate, to prevent prisoners from escaping.

How could a prison have two entrances?

Moreover, since Hua Wuxin could spend a fortune to build North Water Town, it meant he was at least 70% certain that he had found the correct prison door.

Jia Yixiao continued when he saw my brow twitching slightly, "Hua Wuxin and the Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren (Yang Jian Life Borrowers) both believed their judgment was correct and were frantically trying to seize the initiative."

"Just when they both thought they were about to succeed, sudden changes occurred simultaneously in North Water Town and Horseshoe Village."

"The Life Borrowers were almost completely wiped out, Hua Wuxin burned North Water Town to the ground, and disappeared without a trace."

"It wasn't until more than three years ago, when we were investigating the Five Directions Tomb, that we discovered the notes left by the Life Borrowers and came to Horseshoe Village."

Jia Yixiao stopped here, and I asked, "Did the Life Borrowers have a blueprint of North Water Town?"

"No detailed map. Fifty percent of the facilities in North Water Town were deduced by us." Jia Yixiao explained, "At first, Hua Wuxin and the Life Borrowers took different paths but probed each other. So, they should have grasped half of each other's secrets."

"We haven't been able to place the core secret room because the map is incomplete."

"Hua Wuxin couldn't walk into the Ten-Step Fall because he didn't dare to easily shift his soul."

I said in a deep voice, "Since you want the complete map, why didn't you just capture Hua Lianqing?"

Jia Yixiao shook his head and said, "I only recently learned about Hua Lianqing's existence. Fan Fang never mentioned Hua Lianqing. It's simply being blinded by ghosts."

Jia Yixiao's words were full of loopholes, but I couldn't find a reason to refute him. Besides, now is not the time for us to probe each other. What I want is to enter Tian Lao.

While I was pondering, the direction of the Ten-Step Fall gate changed. Someone shouted, "Commander, there are human bones here!"

I quickly walked to the stone gate and looked into the pit they had dug out.

Under the stone pillar, there were two skeletons holding the stone pillar.

Judging from the direction of the bones' arms, they should have pushed the stone pillar.

According to common sense, bones that have lost their muscle covering should decompose and scatter. The fact that the two skeletons could still exert force meant they were puppets refined using secret techniques.

I tried to lean down and probed, "I understand! The secret prison door is a double-key lock. The mine shaft here in Horseshoe Village should be the second keyhole."

I had heard Ye Yang say that double-key locks were relatively common secret locks. Two keys had to work together to unlock it.

Sometimes, to be on the safe side, locksmiths would make two keyholes, one visible and one hidden. The visible one was there for outsiders to see, while the hidden one had to be carefully observed or the lock head had to be turned to see it.

I continued, "Hua Wuxin had already discovered this back then. That's why he used the rumors to set up a ring in North Water Town and gamble with warlocks, earning the heads of warlocks."

As I spoke, I raised my hand and shot out a burst of energy, sending the skull flying off the bones more than a meter away: "Take a closer look at the two sections of bone below."

Wang the Butcher was the first to react, "His head and body don't belong to the same person. The body skeleton is obviously much larger… No, this body isn't human bone, it's a giant ape."

"The technique used to slaughter the giant ape still comes from the Wang family of butchers."

My eyes lit up, "Has the Wang family recorded who took the bones of the giant ape?"

Wang the Butcher shook his head and said, "The era is too old, I can't verify it. However, judging from the knife skills, the other party should have requested that the giant ape's head be taken down without damaging the spine."

I muttered to myself, "No wonder Ye Yang could open the Ten-Step Fall. It turns out the key was hidden in the pillar. The witchcraft inscriptions on the pillar are the incantations used to control the giant ape's bones."

I looked at Jia Yixiao and said, "Now, do you know what to do?"

Jia Yixiao said in a deep voice, "Send three people down to try and see if they can walk through."

Three Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren stepped forward and walked cautiously towards the depths of the mine shaft in a triangular formation. Jia Yixiao counted their steps in a low voice: "One, two… ten."

When Jia Yixiao counted to ten, the three people stopped at the same time, and the remaining Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren looked at my face.

I could tell that they didn't care about the life or death of their three companions, but wanted to see how I would end things.

What people in the art world fear most is pretending to understand when they don't, and talking nonsense.

Sometimes, a sentence of pretending to understand is enough to kill someone or cause irreparable damage.

Therefore, in matters of the art world, it is better to say nothing than to talk nonsense.

In other places, arguing unreasonably might not have any consequences. In the art world, especially when working with others, if a wrong judgment causes losses to the other party, the problem is big.

Even if you don't have to pay with your life, you have to pay a great price.

If the three people in front really fall, I won't be able to clean up the mess.