Chapter 56: The Great Demon
Although the Lu family does not pay attention to the number of children from side branches and outside families, they will assume that all those who come to the Lu Mansion to take the trial are members of the Lu family.
Just like when he was waiting outside the Lu Mansion before, the Lu family, who were also from a branch of the family, would mistakenly think that he and Jian An Ning were siblings, not husband and wife.
Therefore, the "Lu Zixi" in front of him must not be a member of the Lu family.
Lu Fei had already made his stance clear, but that "Lu Zixi" was still trying to quibble.
She waved her hands repeatedly and said, "I am Lu Zixi. Let's not kill each other and let the big monster inside take advantage of us."
At this time, Jian Anning said softly: "Your fox tail has been exposed."
"Lu Zixi" was stunned when she heard this, and subconsciously looked behind her. Seeing the empty space behind her, she suddenly realized that this woman might be cheating on her.
She instantly became angry and embarrassed, her eyes turned into scarlet snake-like pupils, her hair stood on end, and then the voice that came out of her mouth turned into a deep male voice.
"I want to leave here! No one can stop me! We are all transformed from the spirits of all things, so why should they be worshipped by people, while I am trapped here, only able to be fed a little food like a captive livestock?"
While speaking, "Lu Zixi" could no longer maintain her human appearance, and her huge body almost filled the narrow cave.
Lu Fei reacted quickly. Before it could fully reveal its true form, he pulled Jian An Ning through the gap.
The ferocious monster behind them kept chasing them.
Fortunately, this narrow cave blocked the big monster's footsteps to a great extent, giving Lu Fei a little breathing time.
However, after a while, the narrow cave became wide, and the night pearls embedded in the rock wall also increased here, illuminating the dark cave and allowing people to see everything around them clearly.
There was no longer any way out ahead, and many pale human bones were scattered around. Some were arranged like altars, and some were scattered aside. There were also many grayish-white baby-sized eggs scattered on the ground as if they had been burned by flames. There were originally traces of words engraved on the rock wall, but they were completely obscured by huge and numerous claw marks, and it was unclear what was written.
The overall look is like the scene of some unfinished cult ritual, which is a bit chilling.
And behind him, the terrifying monster was chasing him.
He was still shouting at the top of his lungs, "Leave! I want to get out of here!"
The huge claws stepped forward, crushing the bones and gray-white eggs on the ground. Only one gray-white egg rolled towards Jane An Ning under the action of inertia and survived.
Even at such a critical moment, Jian Anning showed no sense of urgency. She leaned over and picked up the gray-white giant egg, pointed at the exposed rock wall, and said to Lu Fei, "There are words over there."
Upon hearing this, Lu Fei flipped over, avoided the sharp claws, and headed in the direction Jian An Ning pointed.
If they just passively responded to the attack of the big monster in this way, then obviously both he and Jian An Ning would be trapped and killed. Although the death rate of the trial is high, someone will be able to leave alive in the end, so there must be a way to leave here.
Lu Fei looked down at the exposed rock wall and saw words engraved on it that he could understand.
"Place the egg on the altar of human bones to open the passage out of the trial ground."
The traces of these carved words are obviously much newer than the traces of scratches by claws. In this situation, there is no other choice but to believe these words.
Lu Fei could only choose to believe.
In the cave, the monster lowered its body, and its palm-sized scarlet eyes watched Lu Fei's movements. Its huge tail was like a long whip, rushing straight towards killing Lu Fei.
Lu Fei didn't dare to delay any longer and said to Jian An Ning, "Give me the egg. I'll put it on the human bone altar, and then we can go out!"
As Lu Fei spoke, he quickly rushed towards Jian An Ning, and Jian An Ning handed the egg to him. She watched as Lu Fei's figure moved as smoothly as flowing water, and he leaped over to the altar made of human bones and placed the gray-white egg on it.
In a flash, a beam of white light shot up into the sky.
Lu Fei's eyes lit up and she quickly ran towards Jian An Ning, wanting to take her away.
However, this halo deeply stimulated the big monster that had been trapped here. He roared and wanted to destroy this narrow cave and rush into the leaving halo.
However, even though the cave was shaking, even Lu Fei and Jian An Ning's actions were affected by him.
However, not a single stone fell off, and even the inlaid night pearls were intact.
He could only watch Lu Fei and Jian An Ning leave from here, while he could only stay in this cage built for him, which became a test day after day.
Until someday in the future.
Inside the temple, a flash of white light appeared.
Lu Fei, Jian An Ning and a grayish-white egg appeared out of thin air.
Beside them, the two young men leading the way both looked unhappy. One of them looked at the incense sticks nearby and said to the other, "We only have a little time left. Only two people have come out so far."
Another person comforted him and said, "At least you brought one out."
As he spoke, he picked up the gray-white egg at Jane Anning's feet and said, "See if this one is still alive."
He touched the eggshell with his hand, and a slight halo appeared on the surface of the eggshell, but soon fell into silence.
The young man immediately showed a look of disappointment and threw the egg away.
Lu Fei was startled and reached out to take it back.
"It's dead, it's useless. If you like it, take it back as a souvenir."
Lu Fei suddenly thought of the eggs piled in the corner of the cave. He wondered if these were the so-called treasures that could be taken out extra to increase their value?
What exactly are these eggs? Why can they open the teleportation array that leads out of the trial ground?
Furthermore, he watched helplessly as all the eggs except this one were destroyed by the monster. If someone else entered one of them in the future, wouldn't they be unable to get out?
He thought about these questions and asked them directly.
The young man replied, "If there is no 'key' to leave that place, then it will not be opened as a trial ground."
As he was speaking, the last bit of the incense and candle burned out. At that final moment, another figure appeared out of thin air.
The man was from the main branch of the Lu family, but he looked much more miserable than Lu Fei and Jian An Ning. He was covered in blood and his clothes were torn. Blood was even flowing from his ears and nose. The calf of his right leg seemed to have been cut off, revealing flesh and white bones.
The two young men, who looked knowledgeable, shook their heads at him and said, "Lu Xun, I told you not to be greedy. Not only did you not bring back anything, you also lost a leg. You have failed the trial."
The young man named Lu Xun slowly lowered his head upon hearing this, but he could not suppress the unwillingness in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.
The next moment, golden light suddenly appeared in front of Lu Fei and Jian An Ning, and kept flashing.
"Take it, this is the reward given to you by God."
Lu Fei reached out and grabbed the golden light, and a white porcelain bottle appeared in his hand. He opened the porcelain bottle and saw that it was filled with a golden liquid.
"Drink it, and you will be qualified to practice cultivation." The young man next to him continued to speak.
At this time, Lu Fei remembered what Huang Xian said in the pharmacy. Is this what Brother Huang wanted?
Thinking of this, Lu Fei only drank half of the liquid and put the porcelain bottle close to his body.
He turned around and saw that the golden light was still flashing in front of Jane An Ning, but she had no intention of taking it.
Even when the young man tried to persuade him, he said bluntly: "I don't need this thing."
Lu Fei certainly hadn't forgotten why he had dragged Jian An Ning along, so he asked the two young men, "She wants to go outside Dongchang. Is there any way to get there?"
Lu Fei was so stupid that she didn't tell the truth that Jian An Ning was not a member of the Lu family and was not even from Dongchang, but used ambiguous words instead.
The two young men looked at each other, and then said to Jian Anning, "Why do you want to leave Dongchang?"
"The most fertile and abundant land in the world is occupied by four different gods, and the gods will only protect their own people. If we from Dongchang go there, we will only be rejected and resisted."
"As for the extremely barren Zhongzhou, it hides countless vicious monsters. All the monsters expelled by the gods hide there. In ancient times, a great war took place there, and even gods perished there. As a result, it has become an absolute forbidden zone, with no return."
Lu Fei frowned and asked, "Have you ever left Dongchang? If not, how do you know what's going on outside of Dongchang?"
The two young men said very naturally, "These are the teachings of the gods. You will have the opportunity to hear them in the future."
Lu Fei scratched his head and thought that it would be difficult for Jian An Ning to go home.
But he now understood why she didn't want the bottle of golden liquid, but it would be a waste.
Lu Fei whispered in Jian Anning's ear, "Take it. You deserve it."
Jian Anning turned her head slightly and glanced at him.
Lu Fei didn't know how to describe that look. It seemed as if there were many complex and obscure words condensed in it, as if from that moment on, Jian An Ning had already foreseen what would happen in the future.
It’s just that people nowadays are unaware of it.
He watched Jian An Ning hold the bottle of golden liquid in her hand, and began to ask how to leave here and return to Luming City.
The two young men still bowed respectfully to the statue, and then they lined up in a row as they did when they came, walked out of the temple, crossed the stone bridge, and returned to the starting point.
There, they chanted incantations and cast spells, opening a passage out of thin air and taking him, Jian Anning and Lu Xun away from this place.
Their figures appeared in front of the gate of Lu Mansion. The sun was setting at this time. Lu Fei and Jian An Ning said goodbye to the two young men from Lu Mansion.
One of them reminded him, "Drinking the blood of the gods will allow you to practice cultivation, but you must often go to the temple to worship the gods, otherwise you will be punished by the gods."
Lu Fei wrote down these words one by one, then turned and left, not noticing that while he was talking to the young man from the Lu Mansion, Lu Xun, a member of the main branch of the Lu family who lost his right leg because of greed, had been staring at the bottle of undrunk divine blood in Jian An Ning's hand.
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