"What's going on?" Zu'an was somewhat lost in thought as he watched the giant Taotie hesitate and not move forward.
Pei Mianman glanced at the high platform not far away: "It must be wary of this platform, or there is some terrifying existence on the platform that makes it dare not approach."
"But there's nothing on the platform." Zuan leaped into the air with his toes, but didn't see anything.
"Let's wait a bit," Pei Mianman suggested. Whatever it is, it's something even this giant Taotie fears, so it's probably beyond their ability to deal with.
"Alright!" Although Zu An is usually carefree, he is quite cautious at heart. Now that there is obviously danger on the high platform, he certainly won't be reckless and rush there.
"I wonder when that guy will leave." The two were at the bottom of the steps, and Pei Mianman frowned as she looked at the giant beast over there.
“I’m more worried about it rushing over than leaving.” Zuan roughly estimated the distance between the two sides to be about ten meters. This distance is something that can be covered with a single leap, whether for a cultivator or a gluttonous beast.
As soon as he finished speaking, the giant Taotie, clearly impatient, kicked off with its hind legs and charged straight at him.
Zuan: "..."
Why do you keep setting up goals for yourself?!
"Has your mouth been blessed?" Pei Mianman was also speechless. It seemed like this wasn't the first time something like this had happened along the way.
With nowhere to run, the two could only run up the steps.
But they had only run a few steps when suddenly a series of ancient musical sounds came from the steps.
Upon hearing the music, the giant Taotie, which had been charging forward aggressively, hesitated and subconsciously took a few steps back.
"Where is this sound coming from?" Pei Mianman was a little scared. There were no musical instruments around, so how could a sound suddenly come out?
"It must have come from the stairs." As Zuan spoke, he stepped on the stairs, and soon another musical sound was heard.
"How can the stairs make music?" Pei Mianman stepped on them in disbelief, and sure enough, melodies began to play.
"I've seen musical staircases in my dreams, and stepping on them can produce all sorts of melodies..." Zu'an doesn't dare to use his hometown anymore, since everyone knows he was born and raised in Brightmoon City, and Pei Mianman knows Brightmoon City quite well, so he can't fool her. He can only push it back to a vague dream.
Pei Mianman already knew he would dream of some strange things, so she didn't doubt it: "The sound of the steps is like a wind chime, or a chime bell, but unlike the melodious tunes played by these instruments, these sounds are always eerie and make people feel cold on the back."
“Something’s strange, let’s not go up there!” Zu’an grabbed Pei Mianman. The eerie music and the giant Taotie’s hesitation earlier were all suspicious.
But the giant gluttonous beast below did not let the two go. Although it dared not come up, it opened its huge, blood-red maw and shot a long tongue directly at the two of them.
Even the skeleton warrior's bones, which were as hard as iron, had been shattered by its tongue in an instant, so the two dared not be careless and hurriedly dodged to the side.
However, the giant Taotie's tongue was like a spear, constantly stabbing at the two of them. Because of the narrow terrain and limited space to dodge, they were almost pierced by the other's tongue several times.
Zu An knew that this couldn't go on and he would eventually be hurt by the other party's words, so he pulled Pei Mianman to continue walking uphill: "Now that things have come to this, we can only go up and take a look!"
Even if the giant Taotie stops attacking the two, it will continue to guard this place, and the two will be trapped and die sooner or later.
Pei Mianman nodded in agreement. Given the current situation, she would rather face the unknown risks than deal with that disgusting Taotie.
The two walked up the steps as if they were playing a piano, producing various scales and melodies that echoed in the empty space, creating an extremely eerie atmosphere.
"Don't you feel that the air around here seems colder?" Pei Mianman asked, arms crossed, with some confusion.
Zuan opened his arms: "Come here, let me give you a warm hug."
Pei Mianman spat out, "You're always so unserious. I'm talking to you about serious matters."
Zuan also stopped smiling: "That's right, there might be some evil spirits here, so we need to be careful."
“There seems to be a stone tablet over there, with some words on it,” Pei Mianman said, pointing to the top of the steps in the distance.
Zu An stared intently at it: "It's a pity I can't see what's written on it."
Logically speaking, given their cultivation levels, this distance shouldn't have been a problem for them. However, the air around the stone tablet seemed somewhat abnormal, causing the characters on it to become blurry.
However, as the two approached, the blurriness lessened, and when they reached the last step, the words on it finally became clear.
Unfortunately, those strange runes were still in oracle bone script, which Zu'an didn't recognize at all. He tried calling out "Sister Queen" a few times, but Mi Li didn't respond at all.
"Turn around quickly, turn around quickly! Do not walk on the forty-four steps!" Pei Mianman looked at the words on the stone tablet and slowly read them aloud.
Zuan stared at her in astonishment: "???"
"You recognize these characters too?"
Pei Mianman shook her head blankly: "I shouldn't recognize it, but I don't know why, I just subconsciously read it out when I saw this line of words."
"Forty-four steps. It seems we came up with exactly 44 steps." Zu An's expression was somewhat unpleasant. This monument was too misleading. He had clearly seen it from below, but couldn't see it clearly until he got to the front.
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