Chapter 53: The Luxury Switch

  PS: There are recommended votes, and more updates at night! Qingfeng Sword, although it can't compare to the world's best swords like Jueshi Sword or Yitian Sword, is still no ordinary sword. It can easily cut hair with a mere blow. As soon as Wu Ming got his hands on it, he was overjoyed, constantly drawing and sheathing it, just like a child who had received a new toy.

  "Little brother, stop messing around and come here quickly!"

  When Wu Ming heard the loud shout of his sworn brother, he hurried over and saw that Hong Qigong was surrounding a large iron cabinet against the wall. No matter how Wu Ming looked at it, he couldn't find anything special about this cabinet, and on top of it were just some knives, swords, and hidden weapons.

  "This cabinet is hollow behind, and there's a secret room in the back. However, this mechanism is hard to find. You can search around to see if you can find it. Looking at how heavily guarded it is, I'm afraid what's inside is not ordinary. Maybe that boxing manual is inside. It's so heavily guarded, there must be many mechanisms set up inside that could put people in danger!"

  "A darkroom? Hehe, possible."

  Wu Ming suddenly became interested and began to search for the mechanism. This kind of secret room generally doesn't allow people to force their way in, although this cabinet only has a layer of iron skin, if one really wants to break in directly, who knows how many switches will be triggered inside, and by that time, even personal martial arts skills may not be enough to solve the problem. By the time the Fist Emperor's men came back to their senses, they could only be caught like turtles in a jar, with their hands tied behind their backs.

  The place where the mechanism is located must be extremely secretive, and Wu Ming wandered around for half a day without seeing it. This made him sigh with emotion about the importance of the treasure map of Wuyuan City back then. If he didn't have that map, even if he entered Wuyuan City, he wouldn't be able to find the place where the secret book was hidden. Now thinking about it, it's no wonder that Tianda Shenhou and Wei Zhongxian didn't directly dig three feet underground. A single fist emperor's secret room is already so difficult to deal with, let alone Dugu Yifan, a generation of heroes, whose secret room design must be even more treacherous.

  "Older brother, the mechanism of this thing is really hard to find! On the wall, those unreasonable places I've all tried, not one is a switch!" Wu Ming sat down on the ground with some disappointment. Originally, weren't the mechanisms in TV shows just these few? One was on the wall, and another was some special object, such as an antique on the cabinet or a hollow space on the floor with a pull ring inside. In fact, all of these had been searched thoroughly, yet still nothing was gained.

  The wisdom of the ancients is really hard to fathom.

  But then again, if the mechanism of the secret room is as simple as it is in TV shows, where a switch can be turned on or pressed by accident, what's the point of having a secret room? Such design doesn't make sense. Since it's a secret room, it definitely won't let people enter easily. The switches are usually hidden in places where ordinary people wouldn't think to look or touch.

  If it were an ordinary person, they would not think so much and just set up some mechanisms inside, feeling secretive enough. But who is the founder of the Quan Huang Men? The son of Wu Shen, Wu Tian, how many enemies does that person have? Growing up in the Wu Shen Temple from a young age, everything he saw and heard was unusual.

  Hong Qigong didn't seem to be in a hurry, and just smiled: "Why not just rush in directly? It's so lively outside, I reckon there won't be anyone paying attention here. Even if we make some noise, who knows? The earlier we go in, the earlier we can come out. My wine worms are starting to get restless."

  Wu Ming thought so too. If it were an ordinary person or himself, he would probably find it difficult to get in. But this cheap old brother's martial arts... no, could it be that he had discovered something?

  Looking back, Hong Qigong may be a person who likes to joke around and not be serious, but he's not someone who doesn't know what's important or not. He probably found the switch.

  "Older brother, have you found the switch?"

  Hong Qigong chuckled and said to Wu Ming, "Don't you know? I'm telling you, little brother, your brain is usually quite sharp, but what's wrong with you today? You've turned over all these suspicious places, but forgot the top and outside?"

  Wu Ming was stunned, and indeed, this house was built with a closed structure, all of which were sealed off. Although it's possible to prevent thieves from entering from above, why couldn't the switch be set up there? After all, no one can enter from above, so naturally, they won't be able to find the location of the switch either. Moreover, who would notice such a large area on the outside? As long as the switch is set up in a corner or some other position, no one will think of it.

  This way, even if someone discovers the secret room, they wouldn't dare to enter easily. Just like Wu Ming now, it's not that he doesn't dare, but forcibly breaking in would be a bit too rash. The setting of the secret room is for two purposes: one is to protect some top-secret things, and the other is for escape; everyone knows that such a place can't just be an empty passageway or stone chamber.

  He turned around and around, but ended up getting himself trapped instead.

  With a single stomp, Wu Ming's body shot up like a flying swallow, soaring several meters high to the top of the treasure trove. He grabbed onto the horizontal beam with one hand and swung himself up to sit on it.

  "Look carefully, don't miss anything. Especially some small details, it's possible that the switch is there." Hong Qigong shouted loudly, his voice transmitted outside, and those two old men from Quanwangmen were so angry they wanted to vomit blood. Not only did they search for treasure in the treasury, but they also thought of breaking into Quanwangmen's secret chamber?

  Too vicious! These two old and young scoundrels are too ruthless, absolutely intentional, deliberate!

  "Ah, found it!" Wu Ming suddenly shouted loudly, his hand seemingly grasping something. Fortunately, he crawled from one end of the beam to the other before finally getting a clue.

  "Oh? What is this......" Hong Qigong's eyes widened, and a hint of divine light flashed in his eyes. Under the support of his profound power, he finally saw clearly what Wu Ming was holding - a thin, transparent silk thread. The top end connected to some point between the beam and the wall, while the lower end hung down several feet, landing beside the large iron cabinet.

  "Heavenly silkworm silk? I've finally seen something today, thanks to your sharp eyes. Tsk tsk, I've heard that the Godless Palace had countless rare treasures back in the day, but I never thought there would still be heavenly silkworm silk around!"

  "Is this the legendary Celestial Silkworm silk?" Wu Ming exclaimed, "Nima, isn't this too extravagant? You're really willing to splurge!"

  Almost ten meters long of spider silk, and it's a whole piece. This thing may look thinner than spider silk, but its toughness after processing is absolutely unimaginable. Just like this piece of spider silk that the naked eye would almost ignore, hanging hundreds of kilograms of heavy objects on it won't cause any damage at all, and this spider silk has another characteristic: water and fire can't penetrate it, nor can knives or guns.

  Legend has it that there was a strange person called the Heavenly Silkworm Old Man, who raised heavenly silkworms for decades and obtained a piece of clothing woven from their silk, known as the Heavenly Silkworm Treasure Robe. It is said that except for those peerless divine weapons that can barely break through the defense of the Heavenly Silkworm Treasure Robe, no other weapon can leave even a slight mark on it.

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