Chapter 24 Long Yuan
Although the Soul Storage Building has two floors, what is stacked inside the building are basically drawing paper, tools and other materials used to draw souls, as well as various weapons used by demon slayers.

The real place where the soul paintings are stacked is under the ground at the bottom of the building!
Soul paintings are attached with Yin spiritual power, so they must be kept in a dry place where Yin energy is concentrated in order to be easily stored.

Therefore, there is a cave under the Soul Storage Building specifically for storing soul paintings.

Qin Shimiao, holding a fire starter, quickly came to the middle of the Soul Storage Building, only to see that the locks on the two iron doors on the ground had indeed been opened, and the two iron doors were ajar.

Seeing that the iron gate was ajar, Qin Shimiao's expression changed again.

He quickly opened the iron door, and suddenly a cold breath hit him in the face.

Qin Shimiao shone the tinder downwards and then walked in along the stairs behind the door. Seeing this, Su Yu also hurriedly took the white fox into the cave.

The underground cave was freezing cold, like entering an ice cave, and seemed to be filled with endless negative energy.

Qin Shimiao walked in front holding a fire starter, and Su Yu looked behind him in the light of the fire. He saw that the underground cave was a cave with a huge space. On both sides were iron racks that reached the top of the cave, and many scrolls were placed on the racks.

Because the soul paintings of the Demon Slaying Bureau are turned over to the imperial court every once in a while, there are not many scrolls left here.

Moreover, these scrolls do not appear to have been flipped.

Qin Shimiao picked up a scroll, unfolded it and took a look, and found that the soul power in the soul painting had disappeared.

I opened a few more pictures and saw the same thing.

Qin Shimiao was suddenly shocked.

Someone pretended to be him and his disciple and entered the Soul Storage Tower, and absorbed all the soul power in these scrolls!
Su Yu glanced around and finally turned his gaze into the depths of the cave.

The Soul-Hiding Cave seemed to be very deep below, and it was pitch black inside, and no one knew where it led to.

"Master, how deep is this cave?"

"The cave is indeed very deep, but it has been sealed for many years. I have never seen it opened since I was able to enter the Soul Storage Building!"

The Soul-Storing Cave is more than ten feet long, and the iron frames on both sides extend all the way to the bottom of the cave. Just in front of the iron frame on one side in the deepest part of the cave, there is an ancient, heavy small door covered with copper rust.

The lock on the small door had been broken and the bronze door was ajar.

"Someone got in!"

Qin Shimiao frowned and looked at the bronze door.

He didn't have the key to the lock on the bronze door, and it was said that the area inside was a forbidden area of ​​the Demon Slaying Bureau, so even he had never been there.

Someone pretended to be him and his apprentice and entered the Soul Storage Tower. They even destroyed the bronze door and went in. It was just yesterday!
Qin Shimiao became more and more shocked and confused, and then he reached out and opened the bronze door.

The bronze door made a heavy and dull sound before being opened by Qin Shimiao, and an even colder breath rushed towards him from inside.

Behind the door was a narrow cave less than five feet wide and less than ten feet high. The stone walls on both sides were uneven and did not look like they were artificially excavated.

The cave sloped downward, and it was pitch black in front, and no one knew how deep it was.

Although the air here is also very dry, the cold is getting heavier, almost reaching the freezing point, making Su Yu's hair stand on end.

Qin Shimiao walked forward holding a fire starter, as if he was walking into a dark abyss!
The two walked down for a long time and seemed to have reached a depth of about a hundred feet underground. Suddenly, they saw a faint light in front of them.

The light was like starlight, cool and blue, flickering faintly in the darkness ahead.

When we got closer, we found that the top of the cave was inlaid with many fluorites. This fluorite was hidden deep underground and could glow by itself. It looked like starlight in the darkness, bringing some light to the place.

Under the crystal blue light, a heavy stone door appeared on the stone wall in front! The stone door was about five meters high and white, as if it was cut from white marble. On the door was a relief of a green dragon, with its fangs and claws bared and its beard fluttering, full of majesty.

But the dragon's eye part was completely blank, making it look like a dead dragon!
A gap had appeared on one side of the stone gate, just enough for one person to pass through.

A terrifying aura seeped out from the cracks in the stone door.

This is a huge energy that is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people. It is cold, powerful, and terrifying. It seems that there is some existence beyond human power hidden behind the stone gate.

Even the power that comes through a crack in a stone door that is just big enough for one person to pass through is enough to make people tremble with fear!
Qin Shimiao stood there, his face turned pale, and a hint of fear in his eyes.

The thing hidden behind the stone door made him dare not move forward.

He had a vague premonition that if he entered this stone door, it would be like entering an abyss. The power in this abyss was so strong that he could not control it and could even swallow him alive.

But things have come to this point, if we don’t go in and take a look, all the mysteries will naturally remain unsolved!

Who on earth pretended to be their master and disciple and entered here, and what was their purpose?
All the soul power in the soul paintings in the Soul Storage Tower was absorbed, and the bronze door was opened, and the stone door was also opened a crack.

Obviously, the person who stole the soul power entered the stone gate!

Su Yu stood behind Qin Shimiao, holding the white fox without saying a word.

Qin Shimiao is his master. If his master has not made a decision, as a disciple he certainly cannot make a decision on his behalf.

Moreover, he also sensed a sense of danger from the powerful force emanating from behind the stone gate.

Even the white fox in his arms seemed very uneasy, its eyes fixed on the gap behind the stone door, its body trembling slightly.

At this moment, a soft voice suddenly came from behind the stone gate.

The sound was like the cough of a terminally ill person before dying.

Qin Shimiao's heart skipped a beat, and then he walked into the stone gate holding a fire starter.

Seeing this, Su Yu had no choice but to follow.

The stone door was extremely thick, with a gap in the middle that was only wide enough for one person to pass through. The aura coming from inside was terrifyingly cold.

This was not cold, but rather the coldness of the river of Hades deep beneath the earth.

Cold to the bones, cold to the soul!
There was darkness behind the door, as thick and sticky as ink that could not be dissolved. The fire starter in Qin Shimiao's hand could only illuminate a distance of about ten feet.

Walking here, one cannot tell how big this space is. One can only feel a powerful aura looking down on them from all directions, as if there is a huge creature lurking in the depths of darkness, silently looking down at them with cold eyes!

I had just taken a few steps when I saw a person sitting in the darkness in front of me.

When the man heard the footsteps, he turned around with some effort. His face was pale and bloodless, with many bloodstains at the corners of his mouth and on his chest.

After seeing Qin Shimiao, the man smiled miserably, coughed up blood, and shouted weakly:
"Master!"

When Qin Shimiao saw him, his body trembled suddenly, and the fire starter in his hand fell to the ground in an instant.

After the tinderbox fell to the ground, the flame on it suddenly turned into a stream of light, flew out diagonally from the ground, and flew into the darkness in an instant.

In just a moment, the entire space suddenly lit up with phosphorescence.

The phosphorescence is like that of a ghost fire, dim green and extremely cold!
Under the phosphorescent light, the four walls lit up, and a giant black dragon appeared in front of Su Yu.

The black protruding rocks look like hideous dragon scales!
The huge and terrifying dragon head was embedded in the stone wall of the cave like ice, and its eyes were like the water of the underworld, dark and dead!
(End of this chapter)