"If my hexagram is correct, the builders of this Yunmengze Kingdom should not be human." Jian Buyan said.
"Not human?" Su Jian frowned slightly, but he did not seem to be embarrassed.
When ordinary people think that the powerful person who built the secret realm is not human, the first thing they should worry about is that the other party may dislike humans and even deliberately target humans in the secret realm.
But Su Jian's thinking process was different from others. When he heard that they were not human, he felt relieved:
In this way, wouldn't it be possible to have a satisfying fight?
In a sense, An Zhisu's "love for sword practice" was not the result of a genetic mutation.
"Then how do we open it?" Su Jian asked again to confirm.
"I dare to guess that one needs to drown." Jian Buyan said, "When a person is drowning, he is trapped on the brink of life and death, which triggers the opportunity to open the secret realm."
Everyone fell silent.
Ignorant villagers who can't swim would be afraid if they fell into the water. But those present were all monks, so let alone drowning, even if they were thrown into the sea without food, water or breath, nothing would happen, so how could they be afraid of drowning?
If the Demon Cult was here, it would be easy. They could just go and find a nearby villager, press him into the water and prevent him from breathing, and the opportunity would naturally come.
But since Shushan considers itself to be righteous, it certainly does not have the face to do such a thing of bullying the weak, so everyone was in a dilemma.
"Why not offer a large reward?" an elder from Mount Shu suddenly suggested.
Under the huge reward, the greed was blinded, and they found someone who couldn't swim to swim over. When he drowned and the secret realm was opened, we could just rescue him, and it wouldn't be considered a violation of the bottom line of the orthodox religion - after all, he volunteered.
When Su Jian heard this, he immediately made the decision and said:
"That's it!"
Anyway, the gold, silver and jewelry that are useless to the immortals are attractive enough to these mortals, so each of them can get what they need.
Several Jindan Sword Immortals were ordered to disperse. Not long after, they returned to the river with dozens of people.
Su Jian was very straightforward in his work. He paid half of the deposit first, and then paid the remaining half after everyone swam across the river, regardless of success or failure.
Of course, those who are willing to take risks to fight for this life-saving money are not kind and honest people. Someone immediately questioned:
"If we drown in the river, and you fish us out, you don't have to pay a penny, right? You have to pay the full amount first and let us send it back home to keep it, then it will count."
This statement seems to make some sense, but in fact, once the money is taken back home, this person will definitely find an opportunity to run away.
Su Jian nodded upon hearing this and said:
"Please ask this person to leave."
The man who spoke changed his expression greatly, but the sword masters around him all drew their swords, so he thought he had just met a tough guy who was difficult to talk to, so he could only retreat.
With this lesson learned, the others did not dare to bargain anymore. They had to go to Shushan one by one to collect the money, and then swim to the other side of the river.
Ling Yunpo was watching from the side. He saw these people take a few steps along the riverbed. Gradually their feet became airborne and they could only struggle by dancing - they really were all unable to swim.
Soon, these guys ran out of strength and sank without a sound.
The people of Shushan looked at the river in silence. On the one hand, they wanted to save people, but on the other hand, they were afraid that going directly to save people would hinder the opening of the secret realm. For a moment, they didn't know what to do. Suddenly, they heard Jian Buyan say:
“Someone disappeared!”
Disappeared? That means you have entered a secret realm!
"Rescue!" Su Jian gave the order quickly, and everyone used their magic to rescue the remaining drowning people, and then treated them with elixirs, and then paid the money promised in advance.
These people had a close call with death, and they were all still frightened. They didn't dare to say much to the people in Shushan. They just took the money and ran away. They probably wouldn't come near this river again for the rest of their lives.
Jian Buyan quickly stepped on the Seven Star Steps and began to calculate the whereabouts of the missing person.
Long before everyone stepped into the river, he had asked about everyone's birth dates and knew that the person missing was a village woman.
He made hand gestures and spun his feet for about a quarter of an hour before Jian Buyan finally said:
"The mechanism to open it is at the bottom of the river."
He took the Shushan Sword Immortal and flew over there, found a spot at the bottom of the river, dug several feet deep, and indeed found a strange human figure.
This statue was buried in the mud at the bottom of the river. It was pitch black all over, with three eyes on its head, a green face and fangs. Its shape was rough, and it looked weird.
"It is this thing that connects to the Yunmengze Kingdom." Jian Buyan and Su Jian said, "If there is someone who is good at illusion and injects the seven emotions and six desires into it, I think it will be possible to open the passage to the secret realm."
"Is there anyone who is good at this kind of illusion?" Su Jian immediately looked around at everyone and asked.
"I recently got a sword of the Six Desires and Seven Emotions from the Heavenly Demonic Dao." An elder suddenly said, "When this sword technique is activated and performed, it will silently invade the opponent's mind with illusions. I thought it was of little use, but I didn't expect it to be used here."
"Then please ask Elder Qingyan to cast a spell." Su Jian said impatiently.
The elder was not angry. After all, everyone knew Su Jian's temper, so he just walked over calmly and performed his sword skills.
The swordplay seemed graceful and beautiful, but a strange aura emanated from it.
After a while, the statue's eyes suddenly lit up, emitting a deep purple light. Everyone felt a suction force pulling them in quickly.
The crowd did not resist and just let the world spin as it teleported them to another place.
The area was indeed covered in swamps, with no dry ground to be found. Looking around, puddles and mud intertwined like patches of color on a zebra's fur.
A bit ugly.
What makes people feel even more uncomfortable than this ugly and harsh environment is the large amount of demonic and disgusting aura that is spreading unscrupulously in the air.
Of course, to the Shushan monks, the breath of demons is just the breath of demons, just as obvious as the unique earthy smell of freshwater fish.
But for Ling Yunpo, who had been in the Eastern Emperor Realm for a long time, he could distinguish a different smell from these auras.
There are mainly two types of aura: one is the Scale Clan, and the other is the Kun Clan.
These two kinds of demons are aquatic demons, so it is not surprising that they would appear in the swamp. However, there is no pressure from the dragon clan among the scale clan, but it is more like a snake.
On the Kun tribe's side, there was no scent of black tortoise either, but rather a faint, rotten smell, which should be an insect-like demon.
If a snake and an insect appeared in front of the girl at the same time, she would probably be scared to death and scream. However, those present were all Shushan sword immortals who were good at exorcising demons and monsters, so they would not feel any fear at all.
"First, divide into four teams and explore twenty miles in the east, west, south and north. Then return along the original route and report the results." Su Jian gave the order quickly.
Under his command, the crowd quickly split into four groups, and An Zhisu suddenly asked:
"What about me?"
"You are not allowed to go anywhere!" Su Jian said angrily.