Meng Wanwan glanced at the two of them, then suddenly smiled and said, "Let's go then."
The group walked to the far right, and Meng Xiuyi asked Shangguan Liuyue in a low voice, "Why did Young Master Shangguan choose this side?"
Shangguan Liuyue: "Hmm... I guess it's intuition. What about you?"
Meng Xiuyi: "Intuition."
Helian Xiao...
Did these two unlock some incredible ability after they came in?
Shangguan Liuyue and Meng Xiuyi walked ahead to guard against any sudden dangers, while Meng Wanwan and Helian Xiao darted around like mice.
Once they entered, they realized that this cave might indeed be the location of the Linggu Sect.
From the entrance, there is a side opening every ten feet, and each side opening has a door made of rattan.
Meng Wanwan pushed open a door and saw a table, chairs, and bed made of bamboo inside.
Some of them also had cabinets, but Meng Wanwan opened them and looked inside; there was nothing there.
Helian Xiao said, "This should be where the people of Linggu Sect live. Look, there are even bowls and chopsticks!"
Helian Xiao pointed to a broken bowl under a table.
He stroked his chin and said, "Could there be treasure in this place?"
Meng Wanwan dragged him quickly through the rooms on both sides, but found that almost every room was like this.
Meng Wanwan: "Could it be that the people from Mirage took it?"
Although they didn't come for that reason, who wouldn't want an unexpected bonus?
Helian Xiao was very disappointed: "I feel like there's no treasure at all."
The two were whispering to each other inside when Meng Xiuyi suddenly appeared at the door and said softly, "Come out, the people from Mirage are just ahead."
Meng Wanwan and Helian Xiao exchanged a glance and quickly went outside.
They entered the cave about the time it takes to brew a cup of tea later than the people from Mirage. They deliberately slowed their pace to avoid revealing their presence, so logically, they shouldn't have been able to catch up with the people from Mirage.
As soon as Meng Wanwan came out, she smelled a fishy, foul odor, which was no different from the soil on the mountain.
Then came the sounds of weapons clashing and screams.
Shangguan Liuyue suddenly reached out and stopped Meng Xiuyi, saying, "Step back."
Meng Xiuyi hugged Meng Wanwan and took a few steps back, spraying bright red blood onto the cave wall not far away.
Shangguan Liuyue waved her hand to open the door to a room and set up a barrier inside.
"Go in." He gestured with his fan, and everyone quickly went inside.
Shangguan Liuyue was the last to enter. He stepped into the area of the barrier inside the door, and the barrier emitted a faint green light before instantly becoming transparent.
At the same instant, several more streams of blood gushed out, splattering onto the path in the cave.
The pungent, fishy smell of fresh blood almost made Meng Wanwan faint: "How can it smell so bad?"
A shrill roar exploded in her ears. Meng Wanwan shuddered and quickly looked outside, only to see a bright red... red humanoid creature baring its fangs and claws as it lunged at the retreating Mirage disciples.
The disciple of Mirage circulated his spiritual energy and slashed down with his sword. The crimson humanoid thing instantly turned into a pool of bright red blood that splattered on the ground, emitting a foul stench.
Meng Wanwan immediately covered her nose!
Helian Xiao was a step too late and was immediately disgusted by the stench, his eyes rolling back in his head.
Shangguan Liuyue quickly frowned and added a barrier to defend against the scent.
It really stinks.
From a distance, it smells just like that black soil.
But once you get closer, you realize it smells much worse than black soil.
The humanoid monsters behaved like humans, walking upright on two legs and brandishing their claws, but they had no faces and emitted mournful roars from who-knows-where.
Their attack capabilities don't seem very strong; an ordinary disciple could be killed with a single sword strike.
Meng Wanwan suspected that this thing was not a physical attack in the first place.
They're using chemical attack!
It stinks!
"Netherfire!" Chi Yun suddenly shouted, and a cold flame shot towards the monsters.
The flames burned on their bodies, making a hissing sound. Meng Wanwan and the others couldn't smell it, but Chi Yun almost fainted.
This smells worse than stench!
"Retreat! There are only these people. Let's lure them out, kill them, and then come back in."
Chi Yun shouted, and the disciples of the Mirage Tower all followed him and ran outside.
Meng Wanwan and the others saw a large group of bright red humanoid monsters running past the door.
It wasn't until three breaths later that the monsters had all run away.
Meng Wanwan woke Helian Xiao, and the four of them ran out of the room in perfect unison, heading towards the cave entrance.
Isn't this a great opportunity?
The monsters have all been lured out; they can go in now!
Although it smells bad, it's not insurmountable!
For those who cultivate themselves, simply holding their breath is sufficient.
In any case, apart from Helian Xiao, none of the people present were afraid of not having spiritual energy to support their bodies.
As for Helian Xiao, he readily took out the spirit stones.
"It's okay, I'm rich, I can handle it."
Helian Xiao forced a smile.
It stinks horribly!!!
Now that those people have run away, Meng Wanwan and the others don't need to walk slowly. They can move forward quickly and search slowly from the place where those people in the mirage retreated.
The cave is very large and deep in a straight line, so it's not hard to guess that a lot of people must have lived here in the past.
The bloodstains only stopped at a particular spot, which must be where the red humanoid monster was located.
Here, the buildings on both sides no longer stand; instead, it appears to be a very spacious area. Several people enter a room and find themselves in an area no smaller than the sacrificial site outside.
The grounds were covered in footprints, and the walls were covered in bloodstains.
The door was made of a special type of metal. Shangguan Liuyue said, "This should be where those monsters are imprisoned. This door is made of Moon-Locking Iron, which can be used to exorcise evil spirits and set up formations. The people from Mirage destroyed the formation on the door, which is why those things were able to escape."
Although the area was large, the smell wasn't too strong. It's safe to assume that unless you directly kill the monsters, the smell won't be too noticeable.
Several people began to observe the special features of the place, while Meng Xiuyi and Shangguan Liuyue discussed what that thing was.
Shangguan Liuyue said, "It should be a blood corpse."
Meng Xiuyi asked, "How can you tell?"
Shangguan Liuyue pointed at the wall: "So much blood, and it can still make sounds, it's humanoid, what else could it be but a blood corpse?"
Meng Xiuyi asked, "Oh... does Young Master Shangguan know what a blood corpse is? And where does a blood corpse come from?"
Shangguan Liuyue tapped her chin with her fan: "Hmm, a blood corpse. You cut off its flesh, leaving only its bones and blood, refine it into blood, shatter its two souls and seven spirits, and seal them inside. That's a blood corpse. As for how it came to be… it's refined, I guess. How is it refined again…?"
He felt like he'd seen him somewhere before, but where was he?
Why can't he remember?
Suddenly, Shangguan Liuyue woke up with a start. He looked at Meng Xiuyi, who had a calm expression, and asked, "What did I say?"
Meng Xiuyi smiled and said, "A blood corpse!"
Shangguan Liuyue frowned slightly: "A blood corpse?"
Helian Xiao was shocked: "You haven't forgotten what you just said, have you?"
Shangguan Liuyue looked bewildered: "I said that?"
All three nodded.
"I said it!"
Suppressing the turmoil in her heart, Shangguan Liuyue looked up at the sky with a cold gaze.
Meng Xiuyi said, "Young Master Shangguan, let's continue watching. Don't dwell on things you can't remember."
The memories that come to mind unexpectedly are the true memories.
If you deliberately recall something, you won't know if it's true or false.
Meng Xiuyi's eyes flickered with light.
All three of them had entered the painting, and now, when they made those connections to their memories, their hearts were filled with turbulent emotions.
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