Chapter 175 The Cunning Old Witch
Chu Xingnan said, "The entrance is a bit far. Get in the car, I'll drive you there!"
"good!"
Yun Shu got back into her sports car and soon arrived near a large river at the other end of the abandoned business district. The river was about two or three kilometers away from the abandoned business district.
Chu Xingnan arrived in no time by sports car, but it would have taken quite a while to walk.
After getting out of the car, Yun Shu looked at the river in surprise, "The entrance is so far away?"
"That's why it's so hard to find."
Chu Xingnan put away the sports car and then jumped into the water. "Yun Shu, come down. The entrance is hidden in the water."
"Um."
Now that they're closer, Yun Shu can feel her peach wood sword; it's indeed underwater.
She jumped down after Chu Xingnan.
One of them was a ghost messenger, and the other was a cultivator. Their movements underwater were not hindered, and Chu Xingnan quickly led Yun Shu to the entrance.
That was an underwater opening hidden by aquatic plants. After clearing away the plants, you could see a barrier formed by ripples in the water.
Passing through this barrier, there is a dry underground passage leading to the underground palace not far away.
However, the underground passage was filled with mazes and traps, and Chu Xingnan and Yun Shu encountered other underworld messengers not long after they started walking.
"Miss Chu, there are several forks in the road ahead, and we don't know which one to take."
A messenger from the underworld came and said...
That old woman, the Green Demon, has been hiding in the mortal realm for so long, and the underworld has sent ghosts to catch her several times, but they haven't been able to because she's skilled at setting up formations.
The underworld has experience dealing with her; among the colleagues Chu Xingnan brought this time, there was a Yin official skilled in formations.
However, the underworld official skilled in formations was also somewhat troubled by the combination of this maze and the illusionary formation, as this combination was difficult to break.
One of the underworld officials said, "We've walked this path several times, almost every route, but we always end up back here. We just can't get to the underground palace."
"This way."
Before Chu Xingnan could say anything, Yun Shu's voice suddenly came.
Everyone turned to look at her, and saw her point to a passage, saying with certainty, "This is the way to find that old woman."
“But we’ve walked this path, and in the end, we’ve returned to where we started, which is right here where we’re standing now,” one of the underworld officials said.
Yun Shu said calmly, "You just said that you've tried every path, but in the end you'll still return to the starting point, which means you can't go any further."
The underworld messengers remained silent.
Yun Shu continued, "Obviously that's impossible, otherwise how did that old woman get back? It can only be that you overlooked some details during your journey, causing you to take the correct route but end up going the wrong way."
"Okay, then let's do it your way."
The other underworld officials also knew that Yun Shu was Chu Xingnan's informant in the human world. They often worked together and she was not just a pretty face. Therefore, they were quickly persuaded by Yun Shu.
They headed down the road Yun Shu had pointed out.
After walking for about ten minutes, Yun Shu suddenly stopped and stopped walking forward. Instead, she began to study the nearby stone wall.
The other underworld officials were still ahead. Chu Xingnan noticed this and said, "Everyone, stop for now. Yun Shu has made a discovery."
The ghosts turned to look at her.
"What discovery?"
Yun Shu felt around on the wall for a while before saying, "Don't go any further. If you go any further, you'll just end up back where you were before."
"But there are no other roads here. If we don't go that way, where else can we go?"
"This way."
As Yun Shu finished speaking, a loud cracking sound of stone slabs breaking accompanied the sound of the stone wall beside her shattering into pieces, with fragments falling to the ground.
As the rubble fell, a scarlet light appeared from within the stone wall, carrying a heavy aura of bloodlust, and attacked Yun Shu.
"Protect Yun Shu!"
Upon seeing this scene, Chu Xingnan's expression turned solemn, and she and the other underworld officials reacted swiftly and took action.
Because they acted quickly, Yun Shu remained unharmed while standing still, but a scream came from inside.
As the light faded, everyone could see the scene inside: a large underground palace with an altar built in the very center.
Beneath the altar lay many white bones, while the outermost layer above it was piled high with antique treasures, though the luster of these artifacts was somewhat dull.
Instead, a faint red light shone from the center of the altar, vaguely revealing what kind of formation it was. A figure sat cross-legged in the center, none other than that cunning old witch!
"Nie Baohua! Come back to hell with us!"
Upon seeing the old woman sitting on the altar, Chu Xingnan gave a stern shout and ordered the others to surround the altar.
"Hehehe, you bunch of trash? Pfft...!"
The old woman saw them and sneered, but as she laughed, she exhaled a ghostly aura, and her soul dimmed.
Yun Shu saw that her peach wood sword was still stuck in her soul body, and the old woman seemed unable to remove it.
She narrowed her eyes and said to Chu Xingnan and the others, "My peach wood sword is still inflicting heavy damage on her, preventing her from recovering. Let's put a protective barrier around her now!"
"good!"
They attacked simultaneously.
At that moment, a strange smile appeared on the old woman's wrinkled face.
The array on the altar shone brighter and brighter, her soul became more distinct, and her power grew stronger. Then she stood up and pulled out the peach wood sword.
Her smile grew wider, her scarlet eyes looking at Yun Shu with mockery.
"Little girl, you're still too naive, daring to bring these underworld officials along. Little do you know, I'm just waiting for them to activate the formation; you'll all become my nourishment!"
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