Chapter 241 This damn place makes my nose choke
Chu Xuanyi patted Xiao Yu's shoulder and said in a deep voice, "Drive the carriage under the shade of the rocks over there and cover it with the 'Anonymous Talisman'. We'll go in and you stay outside. If the talisman moves, immediately take the prince away and don't look back."
Xiao Yu's face changed, and he said anxiously, "I'll go in with you. More people means more strength."
"The situation inside is unclear. If we are trapped, the prince must have a trustworthy person by his side. This is an order."
Xiao Yu wanted to argue, but was stopped by Chu Xuanyi's stern look.
In the end, he could only nod vigorously, "Okay, you guys...be careful."
Ah Jiu walked to the side of the carriage and whispered to the unconscious Xiao Yu through the curtain, "Brother Xiong Xiong, wait for me, I'll be out soon."
After saying that, he took a deep breath, turned around and followed Chu Xuanyi into the bloody fog.
As soon as he stepped in, an extremely strong smell of blood and decay hit him in the face, as if someone had poured a bucket of old blood over his head. Jiu choked and coughed violently, tears streaming down his face.
The "Purify the Heart and Avoid Filth Talisman" stuck to her chest instantly lit up with a faint golden light, and a cool current flowed through her limbs and bones, suppressing the nausea.
"Concentrate and calm down, don't breathe through your nose." Chu Xuanyi's voice came.
Ajiu quickly took shallow breaths through her mouth, but even so, the smell still penetrated into her brain.
The fog in the valley was much thicker than it looked outside, with visibility less than five steps. What was under my feet was not mud, but a sticky and slippery moss. I could slip at any time if I took one deep step and one shallow step.
"Sir, it's so quiet here." Jiu said in a low voice.
"It's too quiet," Chu Xuanyi's voice was filled with a hint of caution. "This kind of place is filled with evil spirits and should be home to the most haunted ghosts. But now, not even a ghost's cry can be heard. There are only two possibilities."
"Which two?"
"One possibility is that there are even more terrifying things here, and even the resentful spirits dare not approach. The other possibility..." Chu Xuanyi paused, "is that all the resentful spirits have been 'captured'."
When Ajiu heard this, her scalp went numb and she subconsciously grabbed the corner of Chu Xuanyi's clothes. She activated her spiritual pupils and the world in front of her changed instantly.
In her eyes, the blood-colored mist transformed into countless fine black and red threads, entwining every inch of the valley. And at the deepest point of these threads, a massive source emitting a faint golden light greedily absorbed the resentment.
"Sir, there is light ahead..." Ajiu said, pointing ahead.
Chu Xuanyi looked in the direction she pointed but could only see a thick fog. "Let's go over and take a look. You follow me closely."
The two walked forward for about an incense stick of time, and the moss under their feet gradually disappeared, replaced by a hard, uneven touch.
Jiu looked down and couldn't help but gasp.
What they were stepping on were actually pieces of eerie white bones. Looking ahead, they saw a road paved with countless bones that extended to the end of the thick fog.
These bones include those of humans and various animals, piled up layer by layer.
Even though Chu Xuanyi was a calm person, his face turned extremely ugly when he saw this scene.
"How many people will die..." Ajiu's voice was trembling.
Chu Xuanyi did not answer. He silently took out two talismans from his sleeve and held them between his fingers, looking alert.
The two of them walked along the road of bones, step by step, into the depths of the thick fog. As they went deeper, the golden light in Ajiu's eyes became clearer and clearer.
Finally, when they stepped over the last piece of bones, the thick fog in front of them suddenly cleared.
An extremely huge altar suddenly appeared before them.
The altar is made entirely of bones, is dozens of feet high, and has a simple and hideous shape.
Each "brick" of the altar is a complete skull, and densely packed black eye holes form a giant human face, staring silently at all intruders.
At the top of the altar, a spiritual plant about one foot tall was growing quietly.
The spiritual plant was crystal clear all over, with leaves spread out and a longan-sized fruit on the top. A faint golden halo flowed on the surface of the fruit, emitting a strange fragrance.
"Ambergris." A hint of excitement flashed in Chu Xuanyi's eyes.
"That's it." Ajiu also nodded affirmatively. She had seen it in the remaining causal line of Prime Minister Yun. It was exactly the same.
Found it.
As long as he gets it, Brother Xiongxiong will be saved.
A huge joy surged in his heart, and Jiu was about to rush to the altar.
"Don't move." Chu Xuanyi grabbed her and said, "Look around the ambergris fruit."
Upon hearing this, Ajiu looked carefully and saw that the ambergris fruit was surrounded by a layer of transparent ripples, like a water curtain isolating it from the outside world. The silk threads on the altar eventually merged into this layer of ripples and became its nutrients.
"It's a restriction," Chu Xuanyi said in a deep voice. "It's a very powerful ancient restriction. It draws upon the resentment of the entire valley and uses this bone altar as its core. Breaking it by force is absolutely impossible."
Ah Jiu's heart sank to the bottom of the valley, "Then...what should I do then?"
Chu Xuanyi didn't say anything. He walked slowly around the altar, carefully observing every corner of the restriction. His brows were furrowed tighter and tighter, and even fine beads of sweat seeped out of his forehead.
After a long while, he stopped and shook his head. "I can't find the center of the formation, nor can I find the escape route. This restriction is completely integrated, unless... I have a key."
"Key?" Jiu repeated blankly.
Ajiu suddenly felt something strange. The "Purify the Heart and Avoid Filth Talisman" on her chest had become boiling hot at some point, and her blood began to flow uncontrollably in her veins. An inexplicable impulse surged up from the depths of her blood, making her want to get closer to the ambergris fruit.
She lifted her feet uncontrollably and walked towards the altar step by step.
"Ajiu, come back." Chu Xuanyi's face changed drastically and he immediately reached out to grab her.
But just as his hand was about to touch Ajiu, the entire bone altar suddenly shook violently.
Buzz——
A dull thud was heard from inside the altar.
The runes carved on the bones of the altar lit up with a strange red light one after another. The blood-colored mist that originally served as the nutrient for the restriction seemed to be drained away in an instant, and gathered madly towards the top of the altar.
"Not good," Chu Xuanyi pulled Ah Jiu behind him and shouted, "Keep your mind."
Before he finished speaking, the thick fog formed by the poisonous miasma in the valley underwent a surprising change.
The mist began to roll and condense, transforming into one painful and distorted human face after another. Shrill screams came from all directions and filled the entire space, as if there were thousands of resentful souls wailing in hell, and the sound drilled straight into people's brains, trying to tear their minds apart completely.
"Ah——" Jiu couldn't help but cover his ears, his little face turned pale.
The scene seen by the Spirit-Suppressing Divine Eye was even more terrifying. Countless residual souls transformed into evil spirits and roared as they pounced on the two from all directions.
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