Chapter 121 Underground Passage

After arriving in Kaiyuanzhou, the first thing Su Qingwu did was to buy a map.

The environment in one quarter of this continent is extremely harsh. Not only can spiritual plants not be grown, but even ordinary crops cannot grow.

For this reason, the corresponding area is sparsely populated and there are basically no monks.

Su Qingwu intuitively felt that the headquarters of the Curse Puppet Sect was in a place like this.

She waved her sleeves and took out Gong Ningliu's soul lamp, then performed the secret method taught by the sect leader Xie Wenshu.

The next moment, a red light slowly emerged from the soul lamp and quickly floated towards the northwest.

Su Qingwu's escape light suddenly rose up and he quickly chased after him.

About half a cup of tea later, the red light came over the desert, circled a few times, and gradually dissipated.

According to the map, this place is a remote place. Her intuition was right!

The red light hovering over this area indicated that the person was in this area.

As far as the eye can see, there is nothing but yellow sand.

Plants that were common in the desert in the past, such as poplar, red willow, and cactus, are no longer visible.

Su Qingwu put away the soul lamp, landed on the desert, and performed an underground escape technique.

His figure suddenly disappeared from the spot without leaving any trace.

In the blink of an eye, she was already a hundred feet underground.

There is no yellow sand here, but instead very firm dry soil.

Occasionally you'll bump into rocks, which is inevitable when performing the earth escape technique.

With Su Qingwu's current defense, if he encounters rocks, only the latter will be shattered.

Since she came underground, she went all the way down to a depth of nearly three thousand feet, and finally made a discovery.

The speed of escaping underground suddenly slowed down, and not long after, a dim light came from below.

Su Qingwu landed silently in a narrow secret passage.

The secret passage is built with golden limestone, which is extremely strong and can withstand attacks on the foundation without being damaged.

As soon as I landed, I heard footsteps in the distance.

Su Qingwu quickly took out an invisibility talisman that he had obtained from an enemy before, activated it, and stuck it between his eyebrows.

The next moment, his figure disappeared completely.

Whether observing with the naked eye or scanning with the mind, nothing abnormal can be seen.

However, once this talisman is attached to your body, you cannot continue to use spiritual power, otherwise you will be exposed immediately. In addition, the talisman can only last for half an incense stick, and when the time is up, it will automatically turn into ashes.

After putting on the talisman, Su Qingwu stayed there for a moment. Soon, two people wearing devil masks came from the front.

Seeing this attire, she immediately remembered the ship carrying the magic cultivators that she had seen in the sea before.

The people on the boat also wore devil masks.

If nothing unexpected happens, they come from the same force.

The two men in front of me had black wooden plaques hanging around their waists, with the words "Zhu Kui" engraved on them.

Seeing this, Su Qingwu immediately confirmed their identities.

At this moment, the two of them kept talking, and their voices kept reaching my ears.

"Something went wrong with the latest batch of puppets, and Elder Tan was furious. Sigh, these days are getting harder and harder."

"Who says it's not true? Senior Brother Feng worked for Elder Tan for many years and was always loyal to him. But he lost his life because of a mistake. It's really chilling!"

"We are currently recruiting new personnel and hope everything goes well."

"Brother Yang, I have a bad feeling..."

"Stop it, you crow-mouthed fool, don't say anything nonsense! Remember this in the future, don't say anything unlucky!"

"oh......"

The two people talked as they walked. Su Qingwu listened attentively for a while and decided to follow them to see where these people were gathering while the invisibility talisman was still effective.

The secret passage was winding and there were more than ten forks in the road along the way.

She looked carefully and found that there was a barrier at every fork in the road.

It was not difficult for her to break the ban, but once she did, she would expose herself.

The purpose of her trip was to rescue Gong Ningliu, but there would be no benefit in making a move and on the contrary, it would only harm the other party.

The monks of the Curse Puppet Sect easily passed the ban by relying on the wooden tokens they were wearing.

The entrance was open for about five breaths. Su Qingwu followed behind them and passed through at the right time.

Not long after, the two of them walked to a heavy stone door.

The taller monk on the right side raised his left hand and pressed a button at the top of the secret passage.

There was a clicking sound of a chain turning.

Along with it came the loud sound of the stone gate being pushed.

The moment it was opened, a puff of dark green smoke gushed out.

Su Qingwu didn't know what it was, so for the sake of caution, he immediately blocked his sense of smell.

At the same time, Su Wen's thoughts came from across the sea.

"Don't go in. This is a corpse mist that is extremely poisonous. If the invisibility talisman comes into contact with this mist, it will become ineffective immediately!"

Hearing this, Su Qingwu paused and stepped back a little to avoid the dark green smoke.

"The monks of the Curse Puppet Sect can directly come into contact with the mist. Could it be because of the evil ghost mask?"

"That should be the case. The material of the mask is very special. I can't tell what it is made of."

"Can this mist be touched by spiritual consciousness?"

"No, it will pollute the sea of ​​consciousness. This corpse mist has a very strong adhesion. Once it sticks to you, it is very difficult to clean it off."

"If that's the case, then I won't be able to sense what's going on inside."

At this moment, a burst of roar was heard from the front, and the two monks from the Curse Puppet Sect disappeared in the corpse mist, and the stone door closed again.

Su Qingwu felt a little strange. There should be more than just the two monks gathering here. Why didn't they see anyone else along the way?

Could it be that... there are many secret passages like this one underground, and there are more than one stone doors like this?

The golden limestone can block spiritual detection, so she has no idea what is happening outside.

After telling Su Wen this guess, a thought quickly came to his sea of ​​consciousness.

"I am a ghost cultivator. In this environment, some methods are very convenient to use and are not easy to be discovered. How about this, I will go out and investigate the situation."

"Alright, be careful. If things get out of hand, come back immediately."

"Well, Qingwu, don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

After the thought transmission ended, Su Wen appeared from the side and easily passed through the golden limestone wall.

With the soul contract, Su Qingwu can sense its status at any time, so although he has some worries in his heart, they are not many.

While waiting for news, she paid some attention to the murals on the distant wall.

Overall, it looks like a sacrificial ceremony.

On the altar in the central area, there was a golden coffin, and people wearing devil masks were kneeling around it.

This is what the first mural shows.

Then comes the second painting, in which forty-nine people lie flat on the ground, arranged in a swastika shape. In the outer circle, forty-nine black coffins are placed in a circle.

A dark green candle was lit on the lid of each black coffin.

Next comes the third mural.

An endless river, with no one knowing where it leads to at either end, and a desolate bridge. In the center hangs a plaque with the word "Danggui" engraved in blood red.

There is nothing else.

After reading the contents of the mural, Su Qingwu's brows wrinkled consciously.

Just as she was thinking about the meaning of the mural, a thought from Su Wen came to her in her sea of ​​consciousness...