The following day, Ling followed Daoguangzong and others to the quicksand area they had mentioned.
The sun was blazing, but a gentle breeze was blowing. The group stopped in one area.
"Sect Leader Bi, is this the quicksand you mentioned earlier?"
Zero looked at the ground, which was as calm and still as ever, with some doubt.
"Yes, this is the place."
"But... there's no shifting sand here..."
The ground here has somehow returned to its original appearance, including several areas around it, which have also returned to normal, and there is no trace of the quicksand that it used to be.
Bi Hui was also very puzzled.
But they came based on compass directions, so they shouldn't have gone astray...
"Strange...this place wasn't like this yesterday..."
Bi Hui stepped forward, lowered his head, and bent down to touch the sand on the ground.
"This sand is very dry, unlike yesterday."
"Could it be... that we've taken the wrong turn?"
Now Bi Hui couldn't help but wonder if he had led the wrong way.
"metropolitan."
"What is it?"
Here, a person stepped out from the Daoguang Sect, cupped his hands, and said:
"Sect Master, this place seems different from yesterday."
"Do you even need to tell me? Our sect leader has already noticed the anomaly, hasn't he?"
Before Bi Hui could speak, another person stepped forward and hurriedly replied.
He seemed to be expressing dissatisfaction with what the previous person had said, yet it also seemed like he was praising Bi Hui.
Chang'an ignored the person who suddenly interrupted him and continued:
"Sect Master, what I mean by different is not the difference in the overall location. On the contrary, this is actually still the same area as yesterday, except that some things have been added to the ground."
"oh?"
Bi Hui straightened up, turned his head and looked at this ordinary person who could be easily lost in a crowd, a hint of interest flashing in his eyes.
"Then tell me, what happened?"
Chang'an nodded, walked up to Bi Jue, and bent down to touch the sand as he had done before. The difference was that he grabbed another handful and put it in his palm.
He stood up, poked at the handful of sand he had picked up with his fingers, and pointed to the black grains among them, saying:
“Yesterday, the quicksand was just ordinary quicksand, but it was mixed with these black particles, which clearly means that someone deliberately buried it.”
He was interrupted before he could finish speaking.
"Chang'an, how did you know that? You didn't observe the quicksand yesterday, so how can you be so sure today that someone filled in the quicksand here?"
"Yeah, yeah, could it be a staged performance just to curry favor?"
When someone speaks, others will naturally agree. Not to mention, in the Daoguang Sect, they completely look down on this outer disciple with mediocre talent.
They really couldn't understand why the sect leader would let this kid come along for such an important matter.
And now, this kid is spouting nonsense about someone tampering with this place; it's hilarious.
Putting aside the question of who has the capability to fill in an entire area of quicksand, why should we help them?
In his opinion, it was all this kid's doing.
Who knows if he smuggled some black particles from somewhere, mixed them into the sand, then pretended to analyze them to gain the sect leader's trust and make the sect leader treat him differently...
It must be said, their imagination is truly remarkable.
"You're talking nonsense! I didn't deceive the sect leader. This is what I observed. If you don't believe me, you can check other areas to see if they have also had these black particles added, just as I said."
"Hmph, let's take a look then."
After saying that, the group of people went to investigate elsewhere.
Before long, the group returned.
Their expressions weren't good, but considering the bigger picture, they didn't make things difficult for Chang'an. Instead, they looked at Bi Hui and said:
"Reporting to the sect master, the rest of the places are indeed as Chang'an said. There is a layer of sand mixed with black particles on the top. When we dig through that layer, there is still quicksand underneath."
Bi Hui narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Ling.
"Little Zero, what do you think?"
Zero nodded and expressed his thoughts:
"Sect Leader Bi, I think that filling in this quicksand area is not to help you, but on the contrary, to kill you."
"How so?"
"The sand that was added later, due to its weight and density, was not dragged in by the quicksand like people or other moving things."
“The larger the contact area, the less pressure it experiences. Although the sand and soil combined are indeed heavy, their weight is distributed. Given the overall contact area, the pressure on the quicksand is negligible, which is why it doesn't sink. But…”
"Once someone steps in, the contact area between the sand and soil is disrupted, the force becomes uneven, and the person on top will fall directly into the quicksand."
"As for those black particles, I think... the person who did this probably did it on purpose so they could distinguish between the quicksand area and the normal area."
"Imagine someone who has never experienced quicksand before entering such a region without any hesitation. The result would be being swallowed by the quicksand and losing their life."
"Those who have experienced quicksand, like you, will be more cautious and careful, guided by their compasses, and will not easily pass through this area; they may even take a detour..."
"At that point, the sand and soil that were filled in later came into play."
"The person who set the trap certainly didn't expect that you would not only remember the original location accurately, but also discover the clues and not walk directly into it."
"However, even the most meticulous plans can have flaws. The other side certainly didn't expect that these black particles would become the biggest loophole."
"He thought he couldn't fall for the trap, so he deliberately mixed this item in to distinguish it, but he never expected that someone would discover the difference, directly ruining his originally almost perfect plan."
With each word Ling spoke, Bi Hui's face turned paler.
As intelligent as he was, he naturally knew that the problem lay within their Daoguangzong sect.
Ling slightly raised her voice.
"If this brother hadn't noticed something amiss, we'd all be in danger. Don't you think so, this... spy?"
One of the people inside noticed something was wrong and tried to slip away, but Zero noticed his attempt and caught him too.
"The spy... Lin Sheng, it's you!"
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw the person's actions, and they were all furious.
"Lin Sheng, the sect leader has treated you well, why did you do this? Why did you want to take all our lives?"
"That's right, Lin Sheng. We're all from the same sect, why are you trying to harm us?"
After being discovered, Lin Sheng no longer thought about escaping.
A surge of anger flashed in his eyes as he glared at the crowd and roared:
"Hmph? You think I wanted to join the Daoguang Sect? Join the sect that killed my whole family?"
"What?"
"Lin Sheng, what nonsense are you spouting?"
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