Chapter 1025 The Unfathomable Young Master [Requesting Monthly Tickets!]

The Kui Xing talisman within this pitch-black door can only be perceived by Huang Xuan's innocent and discerning eyes.

Upon hearing this, Ouyang Rong remained silent for a moment, then suddenly spoke:

"It was the work of a top scholar of Confucianism."

"It should be..."

Ouyang Rong then asked Huang Xuan:

"Xiaoxuan, besides this, is there anything else?"

"have."

Huang Xuan took a step closer and examined the inside of the door for a moment.

From Ouyang Rong and Miao Si's perspective, the area inside this door was completely dark.

However, in Huang Xuan's eyes, it seemed that a different scene was unfolding.

"Brother Tanlang, I see... I see some orbs of light, emitting multicolored glows, distributed throughout the cave. We have to go inside to see them clearly; they're not visible from the outside because the orbs of light are obscuring them..."

The aloof young Taoist nun murmured for a while, then raised her hand to rub her temples, as if her head was getting a little heavy. However, she still stared intently into the room, speaking softly.

"A ball of light?"

Upon hearing this, Ouyang Rong frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and then a look of bewilderment appeared on his face.

Huang Xuan's innocent and insightful eyes must see things completely differently from what the naked eye sees.

Although it can see through illusions, this does not mean that it can directly penetrate the darkness inside the door and see the true appearance of what is inside. Rather, it means that it can discover the outline of what is inside the door through another dimension and perspective.

Therefore, what appeared to her as the object inside the door of light did not radiate any light to Ouyang Rong and other normal people. If the darkness inside the door were removed and they went inside to take a look, they would find that it was some kind of real object...

In short, the so-called "colorful orbs of light" are a form in which they appear in the innocent eyes.

Just as Ouyang Rong had figured it out, Huang Xuan had already slowly stepped forward and approached the dark door on the wall.

Ouyang Rong realized what was happening and was about to speak when she turned around and asked first:

"Brother, why don't you let me go in and take a look? I can see it more clearly then."

Ouyang Rong subconsciously said:

"No, this door is strange. It's easy to get lost inside. Miaosi and I have already tried it..."

At this point, his eyes met Huang Xuan's clear gaze, and he paused, his words trailing off.

He then thought of Huang Xuan's innocent and bright eyes, which were different from ordinary people's eyes. Perhaps the darkness inside the door was another form of manifestation for her?

As he paused, Miaosi, who was standing to the side, became somewhat anxious. Riding her white sturgeon forward, she grabbed Huang Xuan's sleeve:

"Xiaoxuan, it's dark in there. Don't go in yet. Check it out first. Besides, someone has died in there before. I don't know if you can smell it. Also, I don't know what that dripping sound is. It's all weird and unpredictable. It's very dangerous..."

Huang Xuan paused for a moment, then gently patted the back of Huang Xuan's hand, as if offering tender comfort, and said:

"I know."

Then she turned her head to Ouyang Rong, her small face serious, and said:

“Brother Tanlang, I think I should be able to find the way. If I follow the direction of the light, maybe I can… However, outside the door, I need the female immortal and the white sturgeon to stand there and guide me. Because in my eyes, the female immortal and the white sturgeon are actually light orbs of a certain color, which can serve as two anchor points to help me get out… Brother Tanlang, I think this method is feasible.”

Ouyang Rong frowned, glancing sideways at Miao Si and Da Bai. He vaguely understood what Huang Xuan meant.

After a moment of contemplation, Ouyang Rong murmured:

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, let me think about it some more..."

A thoughtful concern suddenly arose, and someone raised their hand, suggesting:

"Why not let Da Bai go in and scout ahead? Anyway, it's invulnerable and incredibly tough. Besides, it and you, Xiao Rongzi, are connected by mind and can sense each other, right? They can be each other's anchor points to find each other... Hmm, Xiao Rongzi is standing right outside the door. Let Da Bai go in and scout."

Ouyang Rong: ...

Huang Xuan: ...

Big White: ?

Miao Si noticed that neither of them spoke, but just stared at her, so she couldn't help but ask again:

"Why are you just staring at me? What do you think of this method? I think it's wonderful."

She paused, seemingly sensing the "resentful aura" emanating from her good friend Baymax, glanced down, covered her mouth with her fist, coughed twice, cleared her throat, looked around nervously, and muttered:

"Ahem, actually, it can be reversed, how about this, Da Bai stays outside the door, and Xiao Rongzi goes in, and Xiao Rongzi anchors Da Bai, it's all the same, ahem."

"...?"

Ouyang Rong stared at the female immortal with a stern face, not uttering a word.

Her expression seemed to say... "My lady, listen to the nonsense you're spouting."

From beginning to end, Ouyang Rong wasn't afraid of death and hiding behind to avoid going in. Rather, from the moment he saw this pitch-black door, his first instinct told him that this door was suspicious and that once he went in, he would probably never be able to come out again. Otherwise, he wouldn't have patiently waited a month to go out and find Xiao Xuan to help him.

If he didn't have this dangerous intuition, he would have gone in to explore anyway, and if he fell into the trap, he would have accepted it.

However, if you know it's dangerous and you might not be able to handle it, why would you pretend to be a tough guy and force your way in? Isn't that just foolishly throwing your life away?

Ouyang Rong would never do something so foolish as to die without knowing why.

Similarly, he was so intuitive that he hesitated to go in, and he was also reluctant to let Xiaoxuan go in recklessly alone. He was just as cautious about her.

At this moment, the somewhat guilty female immortal's eyes darted around for a moment, but seemingly unable to bear this humiliation, she turned around after a while and glared at him fiercely:

"What are you looking at, you brat? You're the one. Hurry up and go in. You can't let Xiaoxuan go in without any preparation. She's here to help, not to be used as a chore to block the way."

He really wanted to ask, "None of you are consumables, so I'm the only consumable you're talking about, right?"

Ouyang Rong shook his head, withdrew his gaze, and remained silent once more.

His eyes were fixed on the black door on the mural in front of him, as if he were pondering something.

Huang Xuan and Miao Si exchanged a glance.

Huang Xuan reached out her small hand and stopped Miao Si, who was about to urge Ouyang Rong, from speaking.

She shook her head at Miaosi, as if telling the fairy not to disturb Ouyang Rong.

Little Mo Jing sat on the back of the white sturgeon, arms crossed, and snorted. He temporarily suppressed his urge to disturb him, or rather, he decided to listen to what good ideas his follower, Little Rongzi, could come up with.

If it's still some unreliable and bad idea, Little Ink Spirit will most likely still resist and bite it.

Ouyang Rong stepped forward, shielding Xiao Xuan behind him. He arrived at the "Dark Gate," leaned forward, and carefully examined the edges of the gate and the darkness inside.

He hadn't seen the Kui Xing Talisman that Huang Xuan mentioned. The array formation of such a top-tier Confucian Qi Refiner was so skillful that even he, a mid-level Qi Refiner who was relatively proficient in Kui Xing Talismans, couldn't find a trace of it. It was only because Huang Xuan, with her Innocent Spiritual Eyes, reminded him...

The rank of the person who set up this gate is unknown.

Ouyang Rong suddenly felt that compared to this, the Kui Xing talisman displayed on the blood bronze door outside was nothing but child's play, a mere drop in the ocean.

However, it's also possible that they were made by the same person, but the person who made the blood bronze gate outside didn't take it seriously at all and just did it casually.

Thinking of the blood-red bronze gate, Ouyang Rong suddenly had a guess.

Both use the Kui Xing talisman array. Since he could open the Blood Bronze Gate using the blood and merit purple mist of the direct descendants of the Lu family of Fanyang, what about this pitch-black gate? Can it be opened using the same method, restoring light to the gate's interior?

Ouyang Rong did not lock his eyes, but fell into deep thought.

It's worth a try, but there's a prerequisite: you need to have enough merit purple mist.

Ouyang Rong had already consumed 1,500 merit points just by opening the Blood Bronze Gate outside. Considering his merit point reserves, this was already a painful blow.

Xiaoxuan and Miaosi only saw his effortless ease in opening the Blood Bronze Gate, but they didn't see the financial difficulties he faced behind the scenes.

Thinking of this, while Xiaoxuan and Miaosi waited patiently behind him, Ouyang Rong faced the dark door, reached out and touched the edge of the door frame, and then boldly reached out to touch the darkness inside the door.

Most of the hand passed through the door and was swallowed by the darkness. After a while, nothing happened.

Behind them, Huang Xuan and Miao Si watched the strange behavior of the dull young man in front of them with curiosity. They were puzzled by his "probing" actions of touching and reaching into the door. However, the two of them remained quiet and did not disturb him.

Meanwhile, before the dark gate, Ouyang Rong waited for a while, but did not hear the expected sound of the Blessing Bell vibrating in his ears, and his face showed some disappointment.

However, after a short while, he withdrew his hand, closed his eyes as usual, and went into the Pagoda of Merit to take a look.

Inside the Pagoda of Merit, Ouyang Rong, in a state of mental focus, went straight to the little wooden fish.

The blessing bell above his head remained motionless, silently suspended, clearly indicating that no blessing had been triggered by Ouyang Rong.

He shook his head and began to carefully examine the cyan-gold characters above the small wooden fish in front of him.

[Merit: 377]

He spent 1,500 merit points to open the blood bronze gate. Now, Ouyang Rong was unsure how many merit points he would need to open this pitch-black gate, if possible.

Normally, activating just one Kui Xing talisman would consume between twenty and thirty merit points. The number of Kui Xing talismans on the outer blood bronze gate was around sixty or seventy, which is why it consumed 1,500 merit points.

According to Huang Xuan, the dark door in front of them was filled with Kui Xing talismans, which were invisible to the naked eye.

The merit points might not even be enough to fill a tooth gap, but it's always worth a try.

At the door, Ouyang Rong opened his eyes again.

He reached out to the side, grasped at the air, and summoned the Peach Blossom Spring painting, his palm reaching into the paper.

A moment later, Ouyang Rong took out a small bamboo tube stained with blood, along with talismans and a brush that he had prepared in advance.

Under the questioning gazes of the two women behind him, Ouyang Rong sat cross-legged on the ground.

He held the talisman brush, opened the bamboo tube, stained it with blood, and then began to plan with a focused expression.

Soon, a Kui Xing talisman, designed to achieve great results with minimal effort, was formed.

Having seen many ingenious ideas, she was quite used to Ouyang Rong's actions. However, Huang Xuan, standing to the side, was somewhat taken aback by his fluid and effortless movements.

And most importantly, Brother Tanlang is so proficient in these strange runes, and can draw them flexibly, as if he has also mastered the same technique on the two inner doors.

Huang Xuan was greatly surprised and couldn't help but look at Ouyang Rong again and again.

Thinking back to the purple mist she had just seen, she was incredibly curious about just how many Qi cultivation techniques her brother Tanlang possessed that she didn't know about.

There was a detail that she still found terrifying when she thought about it... The purple mist was silent and invisible in her innocent spiritual eyes. That is to say, the naked eye could see that it was purple and misty, but when she looked at it with her innocent spiritual eyes, she could not see anything... This was obviously very abnormal.

Huang Xuan pursed her lips.

Speaking of which, Brother Tanlang must be a Confucian Qi cultivator, just like Sister Xie. He must be cultivating the Sword-wielding Dao lineage based on the scholar's Dao lineage...

Once the talisman was complete and the purple mist of merit had been secretly infused into it, Ouyang Rong stood up, flipped his hand upwards, and flicked his finger, sending the Kui Xing talisman flying out with a "whoosh".

The Kui Xing talisman landed at the edge of the dark gate.

For the first three breaths, there was no movement.

Just then, the Kui Xing talisman suddenly lit up, and in the next instant, with a "whoosh," the talisman was violently sucked into the dark door.

It was unclear what was causing the suction, but the pitch-black space inside the door, like a whirlpool at the bottom of the sea, swallowed up the Kui Xing talisman drawn by Ouyang Rong!

Almost simultaneously, in Ouyang Rong's mind and consciousness, the connection with the Kui Xing Talisman, which he had been able to sense all the time, was severed, disappearing without a trace, like finding a needle in a haystack.

Ouyang Rong looked surprised.

It was uncertain whether the Kui Xing talisman had been assimilated by the other Kui Xing talismans inside the door, or whether it was simply a characteristic of this pitch-black door that would sever the connection with anything that entered, completely blocking the inside from the outside!

"Can't even last three breaths...?" Ouyang Rong frowned, staring at the pitch-black door in front of him.

Three breaths were not enough time for him to use the Kui Xing Talisman to infiltrate the formation inside the black door. In fact, during those three breaths, he did not even sense the Kui Xing Talisman inside the door that Huang Xuan had mentioned seeing.

That's the scariest part, because you don't even touch the hem of the other person's clothes.

There is only one way left: increase the number of Kui Xing talismans and increase the investment in merit purple mist. Quantitative change will lead to qualitative change, and great efforts will produce miracles.

Because now it seems that the Kui Xing talisman he drew can indeed be sensed by the Kui Xing talisman inside the dark gate, which means that in general, his method is correct.

This is like a person of mediocre martial arts skills who, when they exert all their strength, can make a peerless master glance at them – that is already a significant breakthrough.

However, Ouyang Rong only has a little over three hundred merit points left. This idea is obviously not feasible, at least not in the short term. Does he have to wait a few more months to accumulate enough merit points before trying again?

At this moment, Ouyang Rong's expression changed slightly.

“Brother Tanlang”.

A soft, feminine voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Why don't you let me give it a try?"

(End of this chapter)