"Ahhh!" Feng Ling was so scared that she hugged me and almost cried.
This guy has been scared several times in one day, and he's still so timid! I picked up the Seven Star Sword and slashed it fiercely towards the lake. The water split in two, and the bloody face disappeared. I thought it was an illusion, but when I picked up the sword, I found that the blade had been dyed blood red...
I was stunned. Could that not have been an illusion? Was it really the boatman? But he was fine just now, wasn't he? How could he suddenly go under the water? And look so scary? Is he dead? No way!
Countless questions popped up in my mind, and just when I was about to figure it out, Feng Ling screamed again, pointing to the other side of the lake and said, "There's this too!"
I looked over and saw that terrifying face really was there. I chopped it down with the Seven Star Sword again. After chopping it apart, my Seven Star Sword became even redder.
Seeing the situation was not good, Su Xiaoniu hurriedly stopped me and said, "This is the 'See Blood, Run Shadow Evil'. Don't use the Seven Star Sword anymore. The Seven Star Sword belongs to the element of metal, and metal produces water. The more you chop it, the more blood it will cause, and it will even damage the sword."
I put away my sword, looked around, and frowned, "To control water, we need soil, right? But there's no soil in water!"
Su Xiaoniu said angrily, "Didn't I tell you this is 'Seeing Blood, Shadow Evil Dissipates'? If you drop some blood on it, these dirty things will naturally dissipate."
I see! I thought you had to use dirt to smash these things to get the effect! It seems sometimes you can't just rely on the five elements; you need a special method!
I bit my finger and dripped blood onto the water. As my blood dripped, those terrifying faces faded and disappeared... Feng Ling saw that my method had worked, and seemed surprised and amazed. She also tried biting her finger and dripping blood onto the water. The lake immediately returned to calm, and those terrifying faces finally disappeared.
I breathed a sigh of relief and asked in surprise, "Why did these things appear out of nowhere? Who is that boatman?"
"That boatman isn't a ghost, after all. Perhaps he knew it was dangerous down there, so he set up this blood-seeking demon to scare you away. He's doing you a favor." Su Xiaoniu said with a tut. "Do you still want to go in? Maybe something even scarier than what just happened is waiting for you."
I thought about it and said, "Since I'm here now, and I've already promised Yu Jie, I can't just leave like this..."
Su Xiaoniu smiled and said nothing more.
The boatman has disappeared. He can't just sit there in the middle of the lake forever, right? But manipulating the oars is not something that just anyone can do, especially for a novice like me. I let Feng Ling handle the right oar while I rowed the left.
It took a lot of effort for the two of them to finally row the boat to the opposite shore, get on the shore, and tie the boat to a tree beside the shore. Then they walked inside. Perhaps because of what he had just seen, Feng Ling didn't dare to walk so fast at this moment, and he kept following behind me.
Once you enter the woods, the sun is completely blocked by the dense leaves. The whole road is filled with chill and gloom. The further you go in, the more foggy you become, and even the atmosphere becomes increasingly eerie.
After walking for about half a day, it was probably afternoon now. The Yang energy was extremely strong, but beneath this dense forest, even the strongest Yang energy was blocked, becoming more and more Yin. After walking for a while, the road ahead suddenly opened up, as if from a dark forest, and a clearing appeared.
This open space was blocked by a large patch of leaves, with no sunlight reaching it. The ground was bumpy with several holes of varying depths, as if someone had dug there before. There was a small stele near each hole, and at the back, there lay a large stone stele with the words "corpse digging ground" written on it.
This is it!
I was so excited that I was about to go up, but Su Xiaoniu stopped me: "Don't go!"
I frowned and asked why.
Su Xiaoniu said, "The excavation site is always out of the sun, so normally it doesn't need any Yang energy. But from what the boatman said earlier, it seems like something big is going on, and they desperately need a lot of Sheng Qi... Look at this piece of land, there's not a single blade of grass growing on it, and any Sheng Qi has been sucked away. If you rush over there like this, your Yang energy will be sucked away too."
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