Beast Taming Chapter 123: The Mysterious Tunnel

Shi Yan's ears moved slightly, and he listened attentively. He could faintly hear footsteps, intermittently, coming from a very far distance. He was startled and listened carefully.

Amidst the myriad of noises, he could clearly hear strange cries and howls one after another, mixed with the sound of fluttering clothes and the sharp sounds of weapons breaking through the wind, as if countless people were rushing towards here on the wind, getting closer and closer.

He made a quick assessment and saw that there were at least a hundred people, shouting and roaring, coming towards this side with a lot of noise.

"Someone is coming!" Shi Yan was startled, his eyes were full of fierceness, and he said in a deep voice: "There are at least dozens of people. We can't stay here any longer, we have to leave."

Cang Lan was speechless, "The person who knocked him out earlier must have been discovered. I told him to just kill him to avoid unnecessary trouble, but Yi'er refused to do so." He sighed, "Yi'er is too naive. This is not good for her future. I've told her so many times, but she won't listen. I really don't know what she's thinking."

Yi'er pouted and glared at Canglan, saying unhappily, "All you talk about is fighting and killing. Do you have any legal awareness at all?"

"Legal awareness?" Canglan looked confused and bewildered. Such a strange word popped up again. I really don't know what's in her little head.

Shi Yan smiled bitterly. He knew Yi'er's background, so he was not too surprised by Yi'er's idea. "Okay, let's not dwell on this. Let's think of a way to leave here quickly!"

Cang Lan snorted coldly, "What's the point of thinking of a way? Why not just kill your way out? The people in Zhongtong Sword Gate who can stop me haven't been born yet!" Suddenly, he groaned, his breath became short and rapid, a lot of sweat oozing from his forehead, he gritted his teeth and cursed, "Damn it, you didn't come earlier or later, but you had to come at this time, you have to go through the nine tribulations of Nirvana and start all over again, only then can you break through the sky, but you come at such a bad time!"

"What, Nirvana!" Shi Yan had also heard Canglan say before that the Fire Phoenix clan's Nirvana period is different from that of other clans. There will be nine Nirvanas, and the cultivation level will be restored to the starting point. Each Nirvana will ascend to a higher level, until the Nine Tribulations Nirvana is completed, and then a breakthrough can be made.

"This is the first calamity of Nirvana. That is to say, before Nirvana is completed, my cultivation will stop at the wisdom transformation stage, which is the meridian transformation stage for you cultivators. Damn it!" Cang Lan held back the pain, "Sorry, I can't help you this time."

Shi Yan shook his head. "It's okay. You can go to the mind space and rest for a while. Leave this to us."

Canglan was helpless. If he stayed here now, he would not only be of no help, but would also be a hindrance. It would be better for him to return to his state of mind and prepare for nirvana.

"Then I'll trouble you." Canglan sighed, transformed into a blue fire and shot into Shi Yan's body and disappeared.

As the pursuers were approaching, Shi Yan first wanted to figure out the structure of the palace so that he could escape. He grabbed a boy cultivator and tried the formation in the soul-searching furnace, but he didn't know which of the twelve formations was the soul-searching formation. In the end, Shi Yan just gave it a try and tried every one of them.

His fingers slid quickly, and patterns formed wherever his fingers passed. The pictures glowed, but there was no response.

He drew ten in succession, but there was no response. Shi Yan's forehead was already covered with sweat. The sound of footsteps in his ears was getting closer and closer. He estimated that they would arrive here in a few minutes. Shi Yan knew that if he didn't know the topography of the palace clearly, he would run around like a headless fly, and no one would be able to escape.

Shi Yan gritted his teeth and finished drawing the last two pictures in one breath. Suddenly, the twelve pictures intersected and merged together, emitting a red light that penetrated into Xiu Tong's brain.

Shi Yan was overjoyed, it worked!

It turns out that no single array pattern is the Soul-Searching and Consciousness-Seizing Great Array, but the twelve array patterns combined together to form a complete array is the Soul-Searching and Consciousness-Seizing Great Array.

A small ball of light flew out from the boy's brain and merged into the top of Shi Yan's head. Shi Yan closed his eyes and suddenly opened them after a few seconds. The structure of this palace was already imprinted in his mind.

It turns out that this palace is an underground palace under the Chatian Peak. There is only one entrance and exit, which is winding and tortuous like a maze. There are countless mechanisms and traps in it, and there are even many spiritual beasts guarding it.

Apart from this exit, there is only one teleportation array used by the sect leader alone. That teleportation array has recognition capabilities and can only be used by the sect leader.

Shi Yan frowned. With pursuers in front of him, he naturally couldn't move forward. However, there was no other way out of the entire palace except for the teleportation array. What should he do?

Well, instead of waiting to die here, I might as well play hide-and-seek with them! Shi Yan smiled slightly, grabbed Ye Yier's hand, and said, "Follow me, this way!"

"Yeah!" Ye Yier nodded and followed happily.

Shi Yan ran wildly in the backyard of the palace. From Ju Xiutong's consciousness, Shi Yan learned that there was a huge tree root behind the palace. The roots were intertwined and complicated. There was a deep tree hole in the middle that could hide people.

This tree hole was also discovered by the cultivators when they were playing. After all, the cultivators were all children who loved to play. When the headmaster was not around, there was no one to supervise them, so they often hid here to play. After accidentally discovering this tree hole, they did not tell anyone. In other words, except for the four cultivators, no one else knew about this tree hole. It was simply a perfect hiding place.

After running for a few minutes, Shi Yan and Ye Yier finally arrived at the backyard of the palace. The backyard was very spacious, like a small square. There were no flowers or trees planted in the backyard, only tree roots growing from the Chatian Peak. The trunks went straight into the mountain. Among them, there was a particularly large root in the innermost part. It was probably the one with a tree hole discovered by the cultivators.

Behind him, there was an interweaving of light and shadows, the sound of weapons, the cries of beasts and the chirping of birds. He knew that he was already not far away.

"This way!" Without thinking too much, Shi Yan hugged Ye Yier and suddenly sprinted forward, wandering in the forest formed by tree roots, and rushing towards the huge tree root.

As they got closer, Shi Yan found the hole under a raised tumor on the dark side of the back according to Xiu Tong's memory. The hole was blocked by the tumor and covered by roots, so it was impossible to find it at first glance. Shi Yan was overjoyed and hugged Ye Yier and jumped down.

"Ah!" Ye Yier was startled by the sudden feeling of weightlessness. She quickly hugged Shi Yan tightly and buried her head in his chest. The sound of Shi Yan's heartbeat gradually calmed her flustered heart.

It was pitch black in front of him. It took him a while to get used to the darkness. He looked around and gradually saw his surroundings clearly. This was a tree hole, which was very large. It could accommodate three people, not to mention two people, and they could move freely. There were many cracks on the four sides of the tree trunk, and you could feel the slightly moist soil. Looking up, the top of the hole was more than 70 or 80 feet high, small at the top and large at the bottom, like a gourd.

This is such a perfect place to hide!

Ye Yier felt the weightlessness disappear, and then she raised her head, looked at Shi Yan, and smiled at each other. But then she realized that she was leaning on Shi Yan's chest, she cried softly, blushed, and left in a panic.

She felt that her face was running a fever and must be as red as an apple. Fortunately, it was dark in the tree hole. Although she could see the things around her clearly, she could not make out the colors because there was no light.

But what she didn't know was that because of the contract with Dongqi, Shi Yan's eyes could see things exactly the same in the dark as in the sun, so he had already seen Ye Yier's appearance clearly. It's just that Shi Yan's mind was not here, and he listened carefully to the situation outside, so he was not in the mood to tease her. If she knew that Shi Yan saw it clearly, and she was exposed to him like this, she would be so ashamed.

In order to avoid embarrassment, Ye Yier moved to the side and sat on a bulge. Suddenly, there was a click and the bulge became concave. Ye Yier stood up in shock and looked down. She found that there was a hole where the bulge was.

"Hey, Shi Yan, come and see, there is a hole here!" Ye Yier called Shi Yan.

Shi Yan looked over and saw a small hole. He could not see the bottom of the hole, but there were a few bumps on the wall where he could step on. Shi Yan took out a long sword and inserted it into the hole to dig for a while, expanding the hole to more than ten feet wide.

Shi Yan looked at Ye Yier and asked, "Want to go in and take a look?"

Ye Yier was naturally eccentric, but she was a little suppressed in front of Shi Yan. But when she saw the cave, she couldn't help but become curious and nodded quickly.

Shi Yan climbed up, hugged Ye Yier carefully, and jumped down. A cold wind blew up from below, chilling his body. Shi Yan was overjoyed. If there was wind coming in from below, there must be an exit. He was greatly encouraged and gathered his spiritual power to float down with his own strength.

After flying down for more than an hour, Shi Yan's arms were sore and numb, which was quite unbearable. Moreover, after flying for so long, his spiritual power was running low. Even though he had excellent endurance, he could not help feeling tired. But he was very strong-willed, constantly spurring himself on, gritting his teeth and continuing to descend in this dark and unpredictable tree hole.

After walking for another quarter of an hour, the walls became wider and were inlaid with bright luminous pearls.

Now, the two became even more curious. They originally thought that this deep hole was formed naturally, but from the current situation, it was clearly man-made!

The two wondered who could have dug such a deep hole?

Finally, after flying for another half an hour, he finally slowed down and stepped on solid ground.

This is a stone chamber, about half the size of a room, with a six-meter-high stone door in front. The stone door is simple and covered with moss and vines. The ground is covered with dead branches and leaves, which mostly cover the six-meter-high stone door. One can imagine how long this stone door has existed.

With both palms dancing, dark blue balls of light shot out one after another, and the dead branches and leaves were instantly burned to ashes. The stone door creaked open, revealing a dark corridor, like a huge mouth, ready to devour anyone.

The two looked at each other, overjoyed, and without hesitation, they quickly rushed in. Ye Yier seemed to be on an adventure, extremely excited, "Let's go!"

“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!”

Suddenly, there was a loud bang, a sharp wind blew in the face, silver light danced wildly, and thousands of arrows burst towards him!

"careful!"