Chapter 49049 Ah Huai is infected with corpse poison
Wanjian Mountain is located on a snow-capped mountain that has never melted.
Several people came on flying swords and arrived outside the mountain gate, but they felt resistance the moment they were about to approach.
Ah Huai obediently did not resist, letting the sword slowly land on the ground. After everyone stood firm, he took the nameless magic weapon back into his hand.
He paused for half a second in the rare act of sheathing the sword because he still felt pain in the area of his arm that had been grabbed.
He felt something strange in his heart, but now was not the time to delve into it. He remained calm and suppressed the pain.
"Why do you know how to fly a sword?"
Shui Wu was outspoken, but he was slow to react. He didn't feel confused until he got off the sword.
“…”
This is a question that has yet to be answered.
Fortunately, Shui Wu didn't mean to ask too many questions. She merely sighed, then immediately flew into a rage at the snow as the icy wind blew snow dust into her face. She cursed, "What kind of sect would choose such a shabby place? Are they satisfied with just freezing everyone who comes here?"
She looked up at the only road leading to the mountain gate amidst the pale snow. Seeing it winding up into the clouds, her anger grew even more intense. "Do you want us to walk up it?"
"...Since you are out of danger, why don't you leave?" Zhuang Rong'er asked suddenly.
"How can that be? I have to supervise the people from Wanjian Mountain to clean up Hanzhou! Otherwise, what will happen to my missing maid? And sister Xiaozhen..." Shui Wu said.
She was worried that Zhuang Rong'er would not want to take her, so her tone became a little weak and her fingers moved together.
Zhuang Rong'er didn't express her opinion, which made her feel relieved, because this meant that they could join the team.
The stone steps leading to the mountain gate are covered with white snow. When you get closer, you can see the long stone road going straight into the sky.
Several disciples were guarding the perimeter. They wore snow-white sword robes and stood with swords in hand, their expressions stern. Upon seeing them approach, they calmly followed the instructions and blocked their way, saying in a deep voice, "Wanjian Mountain does not accept outsiders. Please return."
"What do you mean? There's an outbreak of corpse poison in Hanzhou at the foot of Wanjian Mountain! Did you know that?" Shui Wu rushed forward and glared at them one by one, "Why won't you let us in?"
But the disciples guarding the mountain just glanced at Shui Wu and said calmly, "If the news is true, someone will be sent to handle it. But now... please return."
"What a grand display! Do you know who I am? Who is my sister Rong'er?" Shui Wu snorted in anger, not changing her stubborn nature. She raised her hand and tried to push them away. "I can't be stopped from going anywhere I want!"
The disciple guarding the mountain remained expressionless, stepping back to avoid the attack, a flash of contempt in his eyes: "The master is in seclusion, the mountain gate is sealed, please do not interfere."
Wanjian Mountain has many rules, which are comparable to those of Tianque Sect.
Zhuang Rong'er also frowned.
It is not impossible to force her way in, but she is asking for a favor, asking for a magic weapon, and if she acts like a robber, she is afraid that she will not be able to achieve her wish.
"The master of Cuihuan Valley is here, understand? There's no reason to be stopped outside!"
Shui Wu clenched her fists and introduced herself on behalf of Zhuang Rong'er, but those disciples didn't even raise their eyelids. It was obvious that they didn't regard her words as a threat.
Zhuang Rong'er interrupted Shui Wu, who was about to explode, and said, "What about Dongtian Dao?"
"..." The two leading disciples exchanged a glance, and one of them replied, "If you wish to enter my Wanjian Mountain to discuss the Dao and achieve immortality, you can naturally enter the 'Dongtian Dao' trial."
Dongtian Wengao is the only place open to the public in Wanjian Mountain, and it is also the entrance test.
Only those who hold fast to the Dao in the "Dongtian" are qualified to go deep into the Wanjian Mountain and glimpse a higher realm.
"That's it, let us in!" Shui Wu said unhappily.
The disciple was strangely silent for two seconds, then turned sideways.
He said: "Walk up along the mountain gate, and you will find a different world."
When passing through the mountain gate, Shui Wu adjusted his position and inserted himself between Zhuang Rong'er and A Huai.
She got closer and closer, and finally whispered in Zhuang Rong'er's ear in the lowest voice she could, "Sister Rong'er, I have a plan. After we go in, we won't go up through the mountain gate. We're going to charge straight into Li Ruohui's lair! Anyway, the door is open, so who cares where we go?"
"..." Zhuang Rong'er glanced at her, then looked towards the distant mountaintop. She opened her mouth and said, "There is only one road open here."
Shui Wu's cultivation was even worse than she had imagined. She didn't even realize that she had entered the secret realm the moment they entered the mountain gate.
The journey to the cave heaven will not begin after they reach the top of the mountain and find the so-called "cave heaven", but has already begun.
This is indeed a waste of time, but we have no choice but to cooperate for the time being.
Anyway, for her, it was just a matter of taking a detour before entering Wanjian Mountain so as not to create an obstacle - after all, it was impossible for her to fail the entry test of a sword cultivation sect.
As long as there is no problem with the trial itself.
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After they disappeared, the disciples outside the mountain gate slowly showed a hint of hesitation on their faces.
"Has the corpse poison really broken out in Hanzhou?"
"That's not something we can control... But it's been a while since any cultivators have come here to ask for advice. Perhaps they're trapped in Hanzhou."
"But those few people came today... I'm afraid their identities are really not simple?"
"Some basic cultivators, without an orthodox path to cultivation, hope to enter our Wanjian Mountain through the cave heavens and ask for the Tao. That's about it."
"Anyway, everything is what the eldest brother wanted. He said that no matter who it is, they should either leave or be brought into the cave to ask questions. For people like you and me, there's no need to think too much about it."
"...Could something go wrong?" One person frowned, feeling uneasy for some reason.
The other person smiled bitterly and pursed his lips, saying, "...Similarly, this is not something we can control."
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The conversations of the disciples outside the mountain gate were also blown away by the cold wind, while in the secret realm, Zhuang Rong'er and the other three had already distanced themselves from each other as they walked.
As a mortal, Lu Baozhen only felt that her chest tightness and shortness of breath became more and more severe with every step she took. Within two or three minutes, she was completely left behind and sat on the snow to catch her breath.
Maybe the environment was too harsh, she felt a little homesick, missing her own home before she got married, her father and mother... Occasionally she would also think of her infected husband for a second, but would immediately want to go back to the comfortable days before she got married.
Once she started thinking about it, she couldn't stop. Her mind was filled with the warmth and security of her former home. She didn't even think about moving forward. She just sat there wiping away her tears.
However, Ah Huai, who is also a "mortal", is very different. He has even gone further than Shui Wu, who is a cultivator but has mediocre cultivation. He can almost be on par with Zhuang Rong'er, but he follows behind her.
Shui Wu stood in the middle and yelled to Lu Baozhen, "Little Sister Zhen, just stay where you are. We'll come pick you up after we get out!"
At the same time, he kept turning back to look at Zhuang Rong'er's back, fearing that she would go too far and he would not be able to catch up with her.
She gritted her teeth and tried to sprint, but was hit in the face by a small paper man blowing in the wind.
She was about to explode with anger, but she saw that the paper man actually jumped onto the snow on the side and clumsily wrote words with his paper hands - "Do what you can". Is this what Zhuang Rong'er wanted to tell her?
Shui Wu blinked, then stopped and continued to watch the paper man write.
"Shui Wu, you did a great job. You are so talented, you will become a famous figure in the world of cultivation in the future."
"Stop and rest when you're tired. This place isn't worth your energy. You need to stay in shape and become the main force against the living dead in the future."
"When I was your age, I couldn't be as good as you. Of course, the same goes for your brother. We're all far behind you, so it's okay to slack off for a while. I'm rooting for you..."
Shui Wu's face flushed and her heart felt warm. She wanted to continue reading, but unfortunately the body of the little paper man was completely soaked by the snow and it was so limp that it couldn't stand up.
She walked over, held the wet paper in her hand, and sat down.
She didn't care that she couldn't see the backs of Zhuang Rong'er and the others when she looked up. She just held the paper in one hand and held her face with the other. There was a mixture of shyness and joy on her face. It was obvious that she was still savoring the affirmation of her by "Sister Rong'er, who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside."
Every step she took here was indeed very uncomfortable. She should really stop and recuperate so that she could join the team to eliminate the corpse poison and take on the role of savior.
Shui Wu stopped with peace of mind.
Zhuang Rong'er actually had some sense of the two people who fell behind her, but this was also something she expected, so she didn't pay much attention to it.
The so-called "asking for the Tao in the cave" can actually be understood as a huge spatialized cinnabar borer. Only by dispelling the inner demons can one stick to the Tao and walk out of the cave.
Therefore, many distracting thoughts and even fantasies will appear on this road, in order to make people stop and no longer move forward.
She basically anticipated what her inner demons were and what would appear to torture and trap her.
She had made preparations in advance, so she didn't look at Ah Huai again after entering the secret realm.
So when she felt Ah Huai suddenly grabbing her sleeve from behind, her first reaction was to shake him off, without looking back, and continue walking forward.
She hadn't taken two steps when she felt that it might not be the method used by the Cave Heaven to stop her distracting thoughts.
She only heard the slightly heavy breathing sound behind her getting farther away, as if it had stopped there and was not bothering her any further, which was not in line with common sense.
If it is false, he will hold on to it tightly and not let go until her mind wavers.
…Why didn't he speak to her? Why did he stop?
Zhuang Rong'er looked back.
She saw Ah Huai standing a few steps away with a sword in hand, his head slightly lowered, a layer of cold sweat on his forehead. His face was pale, his lips faded, and his hair was soaked with sweat, like an evil spirit who bewitched people with his beauty.
However, the "evil ghost" now seems to be suffering from some kind of pain.
Zhuang Rong'er's breathing stagnated, and she stepped forward and ripped open his sleeve.
The wound caused by the zombies was clearly intact at the time, but now it has begun to fester.
The flesh around the wound was faintly showing an abnormal bluish-black color, spreading rapidly like venom.
——This is not false, this is true!
She should have known this long ago. Since the World-Devouring Whale had been strengthened by the evil creatures from the Abyss and had become different from the one she had fought decades ago, then the corpse poison might have naturally been strengthened as well, making it completely different from the one she had fought a hundred years ago.
It no longer requires a wound to become infected, just touching it can cause infection... Ah Huai has been infected with corpse poison!
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