Chapter 229 Gourd is Yang and can suppress evil

Since Yun Jin said that Ji Qingling was good at swimming, Yunnan felt that this cousin would not harm him.

Ji Qingling looked at Yunnan's submissive expression. If it wasn't for the need to leave here quickly, he really wanted to kick him with his uninjured leg.

Then Ji Qingling held the rope with one hand, and Yunnan tied the other end around his waist. This way he didn't have to exert any effort, and Ji Qingling swam under the water to lead him.

In Yunnan, you only need to pull the rope when you need to change air, which really saves a lot of time.

As for Ji Qingling, she didn't want to stand out too much, so every time Yunnan came up to breathe, she would also come up to take a breath.

The next day, the two finally moved the situation at the bottom of the lake to the sandy ground by the lake.

Yunnan's understanding of the formation was indeed strong. He noticed many details that Ji Qingling had overlooked. When he set up the formation at the bottom of the lake ashore, everyone fell silent.

Ji Qingling had previously only displayed a few obviously large rocks, but the one in Yunnan displayed all the small details, including those that looked like just an ordinary ditch at the bottom of the lake.

"Hey, look!"

Someone looked at it for a long time and said, "This pattern has rounded lines and is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. Doesn't it look like a gourd?"

Others also began to stand in his direction and observe, "It really does look like it!"

A cultivator from the Jiang family said, "If it is a gourd, we must be cautious."

Ji Qingling was puzzled, "Why should we be cautious with gourds? Is there any different meaning?"

The man thought for a moment and said, "From the perspective of Feng Shui metaphysics, the gourd is a very yang object. It can suppress evil and yin energy. So the bottom of the lake may not have anything to do with our ability to leave, but it may be suppressing something!"

Ji Qingling sighed deeply in his heart. Isn't this ape and giant tortoise enough? Several people have died! Is this broken secret realm going to kill them? Ji Yuting sat beside Ji Qingling in frustration, "Do we have to stay here for ten years? Ten years without being able to practice, just for these spiritual medicines?"

"I think we can try to break this mechanism!"

"If any evil creature is released, we can just stay here."

The group of people had two different ideas. Someone suggested not to move and continue collecting herbs while looking for other exits.

Another group of people felt that they could not just sit there and wait for death, so they decided to solve the problem first. What if there was no evil thing at all, and it was just the exit?

For a while, the two sides were arguing.

Among the three captains who had not participated, Jiang Songqing stood up and said, "Quiet!"

He walked into the crowd and said, "It's too early to talk about this now. Let's first find a way to break the mechanism."

In the following days, Ji Qingling and his friends lived by the lake.

The giant turtle did not come back and no one knew where it went.

In addition to Ji Qingling and Yunnan, other people also started to go into the water, hoping to solve the mystery of the mechanism as soon as possible.

Then a month passed like this, and some people started to give up. Maybe they were really unlucky and would have to stay here for ten years before they could get out.

Everyone has lost the glamour and beauty of the immortal cultivators they had when they first entered the secret realm. Now they spend their days hunting with sticks in the woods and flowers, no different from savages.

Everyone had a gray face and ragged clothes! One of Ji Qingling's trouser legs had been bitten by a giant turtle and was already in a mess. She had to wrap the skin around her waist, which looked very wild! She finally understood why the wild people in the past did not live long. They had to spend too much time hunting every day to get food.

They also had to face attacks from other monsters, such as the big rat that was as big as a cat! This was the guy they encountered the most. This guy was extremely cunning and had sharp claws, which was really difficult to deal with.

Due to various reasons, their group has suffered heavy casualties from the original 36 people to 28 people now!

It's only been a few months. At this rate, in a few years, all the people will be gone!

Yunnan was even more exaggerated. It was as if he had grown in front of the mechanical pattern he had set up. He even slept next to it, looking obsessed.

If no one offered him food, he could go a whole day without eating or drinking and devote himself to the work.

That day they found a wild boar in the woods, and their eyes lit up. The food they had found in the past few days was just barely enough to share.

These monks never knew that they could eat so much when they were not fasting! The wild boar was finally frightened by these hungry tigers and its legs became weak. In the end, it was made into pieces of roasted pork to fill everyone's stomach.

Yunnan was full and feeling sleepy, so he wrapped himself in animal skins and fell asleep next to the gourd pattern.

After about an incense stick of time, Yunnan, who had been sleeping, suddenly sat up and said, "I figured it out!"

~ Lakeside.

Ji Qingling looked at the two people behind him and exhaled, "I really don't need your help!"

The big man Jiang Cong smiled innocently, "Fellow Daoist Ji, how can you push such a big rock by yourself? Although I am not as good at swimming as you, I am very strong."

Yun Jin at the side interrupted, "Daoyou Ji is also very strong, even stronger than you! If she says she doesn't need you, then you don't have to follow her."

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Yun Jin felt that someone was following Ji Qingling, so her secret underwater skills would be difficult to use and would affect their ability to open the mechanism.

Ever since coming to the lake, Yun Jin would involuntarily observe Ji Qingling's swimming habits. She could conclude that this woman had some secret method that allowed her to stay in the water for a long time.

After discussing it finally, they decided to try to get out of here through the mechanism!

So many people died that we’re all scared.

Ji Qingling turned around and felt that Yun Jin's words "also big" were very strong. Anyway, it sounded like she was saying something sarcastic.

"How about this, I saw Yunjin is pretty good at swimming, so I'll let him go with us to help. Too many people will only make things difficult. Fellow Daoist Yunnan doesn't need to go with us, as he still needs my care in the water. I've already memorized the method you mentioned!"

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Yun Jin felt that Ji Qingling was targeting him, as he never said he would go into the water to help.

Ji Qingling thought that Yun Jin should know that she could stay underwater for a long time.

Every time she came out of the lake, she felt Yunjin was looking at her.

The two dived to the bottom of the lake. Yun Jin saw Ji Qingling and felt as free as if he were walking on land, and he had to hold the rope in Ji Qingling's hand to prevent himself from floating up.

He picked up a stone and finally managed to stand on the bottom of the lake.

Ji Qingling in front pointed to a large rock not far away and stretched out four fingers.

This means that stone number four needs to be pushed away.

All they have to do is push the designated stones to the designated location in Yunnan.

When a new pattern appears, that's when the mechanism is broken.

Ji Qingling looked at Yun Jin holding a stone, and walked to her to help her push a bigger stone. She looked so embarrassed!

(End of this chapter)