Tang Zhen smiled and said, "What big brother said is right. It doesn't matter if we go tomorrow." After a pause, he said, "Brother, I have another request. Please ask several elder brothers to give a name to your newly born nephew."
At this time, it was already the second watch. The stars were twinkling outside the window. Feng Zhen said, "In my opinion, it's better to call him Maxwell. Tang Maxwell. You are the only heir in your family. Your father-in-law also has only this one daughter. Naming him Tang Maxwell with a 'Maxwell' in the middle can just pass on the family line for both families."
Feng Zhen took out a golden lock plate from his bosom. There was a five-clawed golden dragon carved on it. Then he took out a shiny dagger and engraved the word "Maxwell" on the back of the golden lock plate. Then he handed it to Tang Zhen and said, "In a hurry, I didn't bring any gifts for the child. This golden lock is for the child for good luck."
Tang Zhen was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, big brother."
The next day, several people got up early and packed their things. At this time, it was just dawn.
Tang Zhen came to the next door and explained the situation to Yan Laohan. He told him that he was going to take several sworn brothers to check inside the terror tower. He hung the golden lock on the baby's neck. The baby was sleeping soundly, with a flushed little face.
Tang Zhen said, "Big brother named this child Maxwell. What do you think?"
Yan Laohan said, "Very good."
Tang Zhen said, "Dad, then I'll go." He bent down and kissed the baby's face.
Yan Laohan nodded and told him, "Be careful yourself." And asked him to take the corpse mastiff to guard against the ghost-faced bats in the tower.
Tang Zhen thought for a while and said, "All right." He whistled, and the corpse mastiff rushed over quickly.
After a month of training, this corpse mastiff has become very obedient.
Everyone was envious when they saw the corpse mastiff. Shorty Wang said, "Fourth brother, where did you catch this corpse mastiff?"
Tang Zhen said, "It's in this terror tower."
Shorty Wang said anxiously, "Then let's go quickly. Maybe there are more inside. I'll catch one too."
Tang Zhen smiled and said, "There aren't so many. There's only this one. Let's go, everyone." Leading the way with the corpse mastiff in the lead, the five of them entered the terror tower.
Tang Zhen lit a fire stick and shone it on the handwriting left by the mysterious king on the wall. He said, "Big brother, look. This is the handwriting of the mysterious king. It clearly says that this terror tower is a seven-story pagoda. But when we go down to the second floor, there is no way anymore."
Feng Zhen, Yan Tieshan, Cui Zheng, and Shorty Wang carefully looked at the handwriting on the wall.
Yan Tieshan said, "Did the mysterious king leave anything?"
Tang Zhen took out that piece of red jade and that dark bead and said, "There are only these two things on the mysterious king."
Cui Zheng, who had been standing beside and silent all along, said, "This black one is the Seven Yin Bead."
Feng Zhen nodded and said, "According to rumors in the Jianghu, there are seven Seven Yin Beads in total. This one should be one of them. If so, there must be a fragment of the Kuixing Tidu Tu hidden in this bead. And this piece of red jade must be the key to open this Seven Yin Bead. But how to open it is a problem."
Shorty Wang had already been impatient on the side. He shouted loudly, "Just smash it open."
Cui Zheng was still silent. Yan Tieshan was smiling.
Shorty Wang glared at Yan Tieshan and said, "What are you laughing at?"
Yan Tieshan smiled and said, "Fifth brother, you don't know. This Seven Yin Bead can't be smashed. As far as I know, there is another small ball in the sheepskin drawing hidden in the Seven Yin Bead. There is an extremely corrosive substance hidden in the ball. Once the bead is smashed, it's hard to guarantee that the small ball won't be damaged. Once the small ball is broken, the acidic substance inside will flow out and instantly corrode the sheepskin paper."
Shorty Wang scratched his head and said, "Then what should we do?"
Feng Zhen pondered for a moment and said, "Let's go down and take a look first. Put aside the matter of the Kuixing Tidu Tu for now."
Tang Zhen said, "Everyone pay attention. There are many ghost-faced bats below. This corpse mastiff is the nemesis of the ghost-faced bats. Everyone follow the corpse mastiff and don't stay too far away from it."
Tang Zhen led everyone down layer by layer along the stairs. Inside the terror tower, it was pitch black. Only the firelight of the fire stick in Tang Zhen's hand was flickering, stretching the shadows of the five people long.
When everyone came to the fourth floor and saw the corpses lying in disorder on the ground and that square vat. Although Tang Zhen had mentioned it before, everyone was still shocked.
Shorty Wang murmured, "This vat is indeed a bit big."
Everyone carefully walked around the vat, fearing to disturb the killer bees inside. When they came to the third floor, the colorful paintings on the four walls were still dazzling.
Feng Zhen stood in front of the mural and pondered for a long time. Slowly, he said, "If I'm not wrong, the secret of the disappearing stairs should be here."
Everyone gathered around. The mural on the wall seemed to depict the Guanyin Bodhisattva who saves the suffering. Guanyin had kind eyebrows and eyes, was dressed in snow-white clothes. In her left hand, she held a jade pure bottle with the bottle slightly tilted. In her right hand, she held a willow branch. Her expression was serene.
After looking for a long time, they didn't find anything abnormal. The four people looked at each other.
Just as Tang Zhen was about to speak, Feng Zhen said, "Let's go to the next floor and check it to confirm." Then he walked forward.
Everyone didn't know what he was going to confirm and could only follow closely. When they came to the second floor, it was indeed empty as Tang Zhen had said.
Feng Zhen looked around and came to the dark hole on the left wall. He nodded and said, "Wait for me for a while."
Then he climbed in using his hands and feet.
Shorty Wang scratched his scalp and said, "Fourth brother, what is big brother doing?"
Tang Zhen said with a wry smile, "I don't know either."
Everyone waited for about the time it takes to burn a stick of incense. Then Feng Zhen poked his head out of the hole, full of joy. There seemed to be something in his hand.
Feng Zhen jumped down lightly and opened his palm and said, "Look, everyone. What is this?"
In his palm was a strange-looking walking stick. The walking stick was about one foot long. There was a dragon coiled on the head of the stick. The dragon showed its teeth and claws, and its expression was vivid.
Feng Zhen said with a smile, "Guess what this is?"
Everyone thought hard. Suddenly, Tang Zhen remembered something and said, "Big brother, I know. This is Dragon Pointing Acupoint."