Chapter 107 The Guide (Part 1) After opening the door, it was still the same as before...
After opening the door, the same guide appeared, but this time he was not holding a guide lamp.
Bei Liyuan glanced at Li Youyang: So does this mean there is a light or not? What if I follow him and he brings out another one in a while?
Li Youyang: The rules only say to stay away from guides with guide lights. Now that they don’t have one, it should be okay.
The guide also asked, "Are you two waiting for a guide?"
Bei Liyuan nodded.
The guide said coldly, "Please follow me, both of you."
Bei Liyuan continued, "It's getting late. My fellow Taoist and I have been traveling for a long time before we can rest. Can we wait until dawn?"
The guide nodded and said, "I will come again at 1:00 AM tomorrow."
After the guide left, Beiliyuan closed the door.
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In front of the water mirror, the black-robed monk frowned slightly.
White-robed monk: "What's wrong? Did they choose the wrong one?"
"No, it's that the guide is set up to either carry a lantern or not. It's impossible for the same guide to have both attributes at the same time. However, it's not a serious mistake and will not affect the result."
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At one o'clock in the morning, the guide arrived as promised, but he did not have a lantern in his hand. This time, the two followed the guide and left all the way to the most remote paper-making shop in the town.
The guide said calmly, "It's getting dark. We'll continue our journey after daybreak."
Bei Liyuan was about to ask when he remembered that the rules stated that one could ask the guide three questions, and he couldn't waste any questions.
The two found a place to sit.
The guide said: "If there is anything you want to know, please ask me."
Li Youyang said coldly, "Can the same guide mention the guide lamp or not mention it?"
Beiliyuan:???
The guide was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Li Youyang to ask this question.
Not only the guide, but also the two people in front of the water mirror were stunned.
The white-robed monk laughed. "Shouldn't we be asking about the treasure's location and how long it will take to arrive? In short, we should be asking for some key information about the treasure. These two are really hard to describe."
The black-robed monk gritted his teeth and said, "What do you care what my apprentice asks? It's none of your business."
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The guide shook his head. "I haven't met other guides, so I don't know if they are the same as me."
Li Youyang nodded slightly, his eyes darkening. He had just encountered someone from the Yunmai inn, which meant that other cultivators entering the trial would also be waiting here. How could the guides ensure they wouldn't find their targets repeatedly? They had to pre-set rooms and time slots for each guide to meet. And if one guide failed, how would the new guide know? It was impossible for the guides to have no contact at all.
Li Youyang looked at the guide, but the rules only stated that he could ask questions to the guide, but there was no guarantee that the guide's answers would be true and correct.
Bei Liyuan gently pulled the corner of Li Youyang's clothes and wrote the word "no" on his hand.
Li Youyang nodded. He had no intention of believing the guide from the beginning, but the question he raised was irrelevant. Why would the guide lie?
At midnight, the guide suddenly left the paper-making shop, but Li Youyang and Bei Liyuan did not move at all.
In front of the water mirror, the white-robed monk frowned: "Why don't they follow us? If they are worried about danger, they can just make a puppet to follow us."
The black-robed monk curled his lips and said, "It seems that these two little guys don't want to know what the guide wants to do."
White-robed monk: "So what did this guide do? They are not curious, but I am!"
Black-robed monk: "Want to know?"
The white-robed monk hummed.
The black-robed monk chuckled and said, "I won't tell you."
White-robed monk: ...
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At daybreak, the guide returned and said, "You two can continue on your journey."
The two men got up and followed the guide out of the paper-making shop. After walking for a whole day, they returned to the paper-making shop.
At midnight, the guide left again, and this continued for the next five days. This time, they returned to the paper-making shop. After the guide left, Bei Liyuan couldn't help but ask, "Master, have we hit a wall? The route we take seems different every day, but we always end up back at the paper-making shop. Do we have to follow the guide out to get through this?"
Li Youyang hummed, "But I want to see if the guide will keep going this way if I don't follow him out."
Bei Liyuan: ...
In front of the water mirror, the white-robed monk smiled and said, "I feel like his curiosity is misplaced. What would happen if they didn't follow the guide?"
The black-robed monk chuckled again and was about to speak when the white-robed monk raised his hand to interrupt him: "Stop, pretend I didn't ask."
After a while, the white-robed monk couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you afraid that they will stay there forever?"
The black-robed monk smiled and said, "They will get out."
Just as he finished speaking, a cry for help came from the water mirror. A child covered in blood crawled to the door of the paper-making shop: "Big brother, save me, save me."
The child cried for help and looked behind him: "Big brother, please, save me."
Two men in black were approaching behind the child.
Li Youyang's eyes turned slightly cold, and he raised his hand and killed the child and the man in black.
The black-robed monk was stunned in front of the water mirror. This was supposed to test whether the monk had a kind heart, but this...
The white-robed monk's eyes darkened slightly.
Bei Liyuan laughed. "This stingy guy is a fool. He's putting on a show of a kid being chased in the middle of the night. The town is quite far from this paper-making shop. Not to mention how he got here, two strong men couldn't even catch up with him over such a long distance. This kind of plot probably only appears in storybooks. I don't believe it in real life. Even if this kid is really a fast runner and could do it, he must have been shouting while running. But we didn't hear any sound before, not even footsteps. He just appeared out of thin air. Under such circumstances, only a fool would believe it."
The black-robed monk’s face was as black as ink: You little bastard, wait until you become my disciple, and then you’ll see how I teach you a lesson!
The white-robed monk couldn't help but laugh out loud: "This kid's complaints are quite pertinent. You think you can lure them out this way..."
The black-robed monk said coldly: "I have other arrangements."
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Then the scene outside the paper-making shop began to change. First, there was a bustling night market, then a graceful woman, and finally ten boxes of spirit stones...
However, the two of them did not move at all, and when the spirit stone appeared, they hesitated for a moment.
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The black-robed monk said sternly, "Aren't they so poor that they even have to take away the floor? Why don't they take so many spirit stones?"
The white-robed monk smiled and said, "Maybe he values his life."
"Ugh! With their level of cultivation, it's impossible for them to worry about this. They are just deliberately not cooperating, just wanting to see what will happen if they don't go out. I am really impressed by these two."
"Actually, I want to see it too."
The black-robed monk rolled his eyes at him.
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At dawn, the guide came back again, with a gloomy face, and took the two of them around for another whole day before returning to the paper-making shop.
At midnight, the guide left again. The two had no intention of leaving, but they saw countless soybean worms crawling towards them.
Bei Liyuan frowned: "If I had known earlier, I would have brought the spirit stone last night."
Li Youyang stood up and said, "Let's go."
Soon the two caught up with the guide and after walking for about half an hour, they arrived at an underground palace.
Bei Liyuan: "The initial rules say that you can enter the main hall after collecting all the tokens. Could this be the palace mentioned in the rules? We must first find the tokens hidden somewhere else."
Li Youyang nodded.
The guide said, "Just a reminder to you two, you can ask me questions, for example, where is the token hidden?"
Bei Liyuan smiled and said, "No need, we can find it ourselves."
The guide frowned slightly and said, "You two can also ask me where the main hall is?"
Bei Liyuan continued: "No need, we can find it ourselves."
The guide clenched his fist silently: "You two can still ask me what the treasure is."
Bei Liyuan said nonchalantly: "No need, you'll know when you find it."
Guide: ...
"You two really don't have anything to ask?"
Li Youyang said coldly, "Yes."
The guide hurriedly asked, "Excuse me."
Li Youyang curled his lips and said, "If we don't ask three questions, will you be punished?"
Guide: ???
He answered with a gloomy face.
Li Youyang looked at Bei Liyuan and nodded slightly. Bei Liyuan moved his sword quickly and began to search for the spiritual treasure.
Chi Ye followed the guide and walked over. "What a coincidence that we meet here. Don't worry, I will make sure that you two get nothing on this trip."
Bei Liyuan pretended to be surprised: "Eh? I remember that there were ten people from the Yangmai who entered at that time. Why is it that only Chief Chi is left now? Where are the others? Could they... all be dead?"
Chi Ye clenched his fists, and Bei Liyuan sighed with sincerity, "Chief Chi, please accept my condolences and take good care of yourself. Otherwise, the Yang Vein will be completely wiped out in this trial, which will be a huge blow to the Chi Vein."
"You!" Chi Ye sneered, "Then let's see who of us can truly have the last laugh."
Bei Liyuan crossed his arms: "It must be us. After all, only Chief Chi is left out of the ten people from Yangmai. I'm afraid Chief Chi can't laugh anymore."
Chi Ye snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves and left, following his guide.
"Is there any enmity between you two?"
The guide asked.
Bei Liyuan hummed.
Li Youyang frowned invisibly.
The guide added, "We also need to speed up our progress."
Li Youyang looked towards Beiliyuan. Beiliyuan released his spiritual energy, and there were reactions in the north and east. Li Youyang said coldly, "The guide and I will go to the north to search, and you will go to the east to search. If anything happens, release the spiritual talisman."
Bei Liyuan hummed.
The guide's lips curled up in an invisible vicious smile.
After the two sides walked separately for a quarter of an hour, Li Youyang and the guide arrived at a secret room. After the two entered, the guide moved the stone pillar invisibly, and the secret room was sealed instantly.
Li Youyang glanced up but didn't take it seriously. A trace of viciousness flashed across the guide's eyes. He approached Li Youyang carelessly. When they were almost close, he attacked with a palm. Li Youyang had already dodged it and looked at the guide coldly: "There really is something wrong with you."
The guide sneered: "Prepare to die."
The palm strike came again. Li Youyang's eyes darkened as he raised his palm to meet it. However, the next moment he noticed something unusual. His spiritual consciousness was actually being withdrawn from his body. He hurriedly tried to withdraw his palm, but the guide said coldly, "Once the soul-swapping spell is cast, it cannot be stopped. If you forcefully withdraw, your spiritual consciousness will completely dissipate."
Li Youyang did not move again: "What is your purpose in doing this?"
The guide spoke slowly, "I was originally a puppet created by my master, and could only act according to predetermined plans. But one day, I gained intelligence and developed my own ideas. However, this body is restricted by the rules and cannot leave this place. After much deliberation, I can only find a cultivator to exchange consciousness with. This way, I can leave without my master discovering this change. I can only blame you for being born too well. Of all the cultivators who have entered, your appearance is the only one that catches my eye. From now on, you will be my guide here."
Li Youyang sneered: "You think it's too easy."
Then he secretly channeled all his spiritual energy into the opponent, but it seemed to have fallen on deaf ears. The guide sneered, "This secret room is my exclusive domain. Your spiritual energy is useless here. Just accept your fate."
Li Youyang lowered his eyes, and moved his fingertips slightly. A formation enveloped the two of them, and then the formation of exchanging spiritual consciousness stopped.
The guide frowned slightly. "Time formation, you think you can interrupt it by stopping time? You are too naive. Don't forget that this is my territory."
After saying this, Li Youyang's formation dissipated in an instant, and the spirit formation continued.
After a quarter of an hour, the two of them successfully exchanged souls.
The guide fiddled with Li Youyang's body and said, "Freedom is wonderful. I still want to kindly remind you not to make any unnecessary movements, otherwise both you and this body will turn to ashes. Let's go get the token first, and then go find your good Taoist partner."
The secret room opened and two people walked out.
In front of the water mirror, the two had just entered the secret room and had been completely cut off from the outside world. The black-robed monk's eyes were cold and gloomy. It was impossible for the puppet he created to do this. It seemed that something had happened: "No, I have to go..."
The white-robed monk stopped him and said, "If the person you value can be killed by a puppet, then he is not worthy of being your disciple. Give them some trust."
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After exiting the secret room, Li Youyang followed the route he had already planned in his mind to where the first token was. After obtaining the token, the two returned to the original entrance. Bei Liyuan was already waiting there and hurriedly greeted him, "Master, what took you so long?"
Li Youyang said coldly, "The place is too big, it took a while."
Bei Liyuan took out the token: "Master, I found two, how about you?"
Li Youyang took it out and handed it to Bei Liyuan: "There are two left. Once you collect them, you can enter the main hall."
"I've found the remaining two." Chi Ye and his guide came over. "How about putting aside our grudges for now and cooperating?"
Bei Liyuan was about to refuse, but Li Youyang said, "Okay."
Bei Liyuan looked at Li Youyang in surprise for a moment: "Master, are you sure you want to cooperate with him?"
Li Youyang nodded: "It saves time."
Bei Liyuan didn't ask any more questions.
Several people followed the guide to the main hall. There was an isolation formation outside the main hall. Bei Liyuan and Chi Ye threw out the tokens at the same time. The moment the tokens merged into the isolation formation, the isolation formation instantly dissipated, and several people walked in.
Bei Liyuan looked at Li Youyang and said, "Master, let's split up and go together. How about I team up with the guide this time?"
Li Youyang nodded, and at the same time gave the Guide an invisible warning look.
However, they searched the main hall several times but didn't find any treasure. The guide clenched his fists and thought, how could there be no treasure? The thing should have been hidden here by the owner, how could it be gone!
Bei Liyuan crossed his arms and said, "I've searched five times and still can't find it. It seems that there is nothing in this main hall. The rules only say that you can enter the main hall after finding all the tokens, but they don't say that the treasure is hidden in the main hall. This stingy person is really mean. There is no point in staying any longer. Let's go."
Li Youyang clenched his fists silently and didn't listen to what Bei Liyuan said at all.
Bei Liyuan asked doubtfully, "Master?"
Li Youyang nodded: "Let's go."
Guide: "My mission is complete. I bid you farewell."
Li Youyang nodded slightly. Although he didn't find the supreme spiritual treasure, it was good to have freedom.
Li Youyang and Bei Liyuan returned to the inn. Bei Liyuan leaned against the window with his arms folded. "It looks like we haven't gotten past this hurdle yet. The guide has left, too. What should we do next?"
Li Youyang was silent.
"Master?"
Li Youyang raised his head: "What did you say?"
Bei Liyuan sighed: "But what happened? I always feel that Master is a little absent-minded."
Li Youyang said coldly, "I was just thinking that the key to passing this level might lie in the Supreme Spiritual Treasure, but it's not in the main hall. Where else could it be hidden?"
Bei Liyuan asked with a hint of doubt, "Master seems particularly obsessed with that supreme spiritual treasure?"
Li Youyang frowned slightly. "I just wanted to go there early so you don't have to see the soybean worm again."
Bei Liyuan curled his lips and said, "Master, why bother explaining? If you want it, I will definitely find it for you. Now that we have no guide, staying here will definitely not lead to any progress. Master, I will go out and look for some clues."
Li Youyang nodded: "Go early and come back early, be careful."
Bei Liyuan smiled and said, "Don't worry."
After Bei Liyuan left, Li Youyang rubbed his brows with a headache. Where on earth would the magic treasure be hidden? According to the master's design, the magic treasure was indeed in the main hall. He was really cunning and could even deceive them, the puppets.
Although the spiritual treasure is not in the main hall, it is certain that there must be a supreme spiritual treasure hidden in this level. There are four main places for monks to stay in this level, the inn, the paper-making shop, the palace and the temple. The spiritual treasure is prepared for the monks and they will never escape from these four places. Go to the paper-making shop to look for it.
Just as he was about to move, he felt a little sleepy. Li Youyang couldn't help but frown: "This body is really weak. Never mind! I'll get some sleep first. It will be the same if I go again after I wake up."
When Li Youyang woke up, it was already dark. Bei Liyuan still hadn't returned. He left a message on a talisman and headed to the paper-making shop. After searching carefully, he still found nothing. He couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. "It's not here either. That means the only thing left is the temple. But all the guides should be there now. I'm afraid I can't kill them all with this body. I have to take Bei Liyuan with me."
After returning to the inn, Bei Liyuan was sitting at the table drinking tea: "Where did Master go so late at night?"
Li Youyang said calmly, "It suddenly occurred to me that the treasure might be hidden in the paper-making shop, so I went to look for it, but I came back empty-handed."
Bei Liyuan put down the teacup and said, "Master, don't be discouraged. There must be other places we have overlooked."
Li Youyang said coldly, "There's another place. Just now, on my way to the paper-making shop, I saw many guides heading towards Huangjue Temple. I was worried that if I disturbed them, it would cause trouble, so I turned back."
Bei Liyuan picked up the teacup again and took a sip. "Since you've noticed something unusual, maybe the supreme treasure is there. There's no other clues. Master, are you willing to go with me?"
Li Youyang nodded: "That's exactly what I meant."
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In front of the water mirror, the black-robed monk frowned, "Something's not right. I did leave the Qiankun Fan in the main hall. How come I can't find it?"
The white-robed monk said, "I was keeping an eye on Chi Ye for you just now, and I made sure he wasn't found. And it's impossible for Li Youyang to find him in this state. As for Bei Liyuan, if he had found him, he would never have lied to Li Youyang. Could it be that you forgot to put him there, or did you remember the wrong place?"
The black-robed monk shook his head. "Impossible! The Qiankun Fan is the key to passing the level. I can't possibly make such a low-level mistake. Furthermore, I double-checked after putting the Qiankun Fan down."
The white-robed monk said, "Could it be taken away by the guide?"
The black-robed monk recalled the guide's unusual behavior and his eyes darkened. "It's not impossible. It seems I have to go there myself."
The white-robed monk stopped him and said, "Why are you in such a hurry? Li Youyang and Bei Liyuan have already gone there. Let's wait and see. If they can't handle it, you can still go there in time."
The black-robed monk nodded. "Next time we undergo the Secret Realm Trial, I will have to conduct a thorough inspection. I absolutely cannot allow this kind of mishap to occur again."
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Li Youyang and Bei Liyuan walked into Huangjue Temple. Several guides came forward and asked, "Did you two come to the wrong place?"
Li Youyang said coldly, "I left something here and came to look for it. Please help me."
The guide leaned against the door with a sinister look. "It seems you two haven't been here before. How could something be left here? This isn't the place for you two. Please go back."
Li Youyang looked at the Guide coldly, "You weren't with us the entire time, so how can you be sure we've been here? We don't want to embarrass you, so please make way, or we'll have to resort to violence."
The Path Guide coldly reminded, "According to the rules, the Path Guide will not actively attack the monks. However, if the monks attack first, the Path Guide can kill them. You two should think carefully."
Li Youyang sneered, "Since you're seeking death, you can't blame me."
Then he summoned the magic sword to attack the guide. After all, the guide was a puppet, and he was quickly defeated even though he was outnumbered. However, within a stick of incense, most of them were dead, and only the 'guide' was left who could fight.
Li Youyang looked at Bei Liyuan and said, "There's no need to waste time with him."
Bei Liyuan nodded, holding the magic sword in his hand and walked towards the "guide".
'Li Youyang' also approached with a sword in hand, viciousness flashed in his eyes. Although it was a pity that the spiritual treasure could not be found, if he could kill this man, no one would be able to prove his identity from then on, and he would be completely free.
Seeing that his long-cherished wish was about to come true, Li Youyang couldn't help but curl up the corners of his lips.
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