Chapter 230 Familiar Back
After a long silence, the master finally said, "The three of us will continue to move forward. If you all want to go back, we will say goodbye now. We met by chance, and we don't want to interfere with the grudges between you. But Master Tian, you and I both know that Master Shen didn't kill He Ya from the village. Taking the inner elixir for no reason is still against the teachings of our ancestors... I advise you to return it to him."
"Of course this is just my idea. It's up to you whether you want to return it or not." The master continued, ignoring Shen Zhaozhi's wailing.
In the master's opinion, since you have chosen the path of a Taoist priest, you must follow the principles of Taoism.
At that time, Xu Chuchu did not like the rules and regulations of Taoism and often had to fast and recite scriptures. Her master did not force her and just let her practice as a fortune teller.
But in fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Taoist Master Tian had already gone astray on the Taoist path.
It was impossible for him to return the inner elixir to Chen Zhaozhi.
Seeing that the master and his group had expressed their neutral stance, Taoist Tian calmly glanced at the eldest ambassador of the Five Drunk Brothers, who nodded imperceptibly.
The two men suddenly stood up at the same time, Taoist Tian ran outside, while Zui Wuqing rushed straight towards Chen Zhaozhi!
They were going to divide up Chen Zhaozhi's body and his inner elixir as they had said before!
"Benefactor, benefactor, please save me once!" Chen Zhaozhi was shocked.
Unexpectedly, just as Zui Wuqing used his spiritual power, the ground beneath everyone's feet suddenly began to shake violently.
Everyone subconsciously thought it was an earthquake, but unexpectedly the ground began to slowly crack, turning into clods of earth, and then into sand and gravel!
The ground even began to tilt, and everyone couldn't stand steadily on the fine sand, sliding down like upside-down dumplings.
Even Taoist Master Tian, who had run far away, was rushed back and into a huge deep pit along with the others.
They didn't know how long they rolled on the slope. The scenery on both sides was changing rapidly, seeming real and unreal. It seemed like they had circled the earth for a whole time before finally stopping.
If rushing out of the fire just now was embarrassing enough, now everyone can only use the word "miserable" to describe it.
My skin was rubbed raw all over, and I felt pain and numbness. Sand had gotten into my clothes, my hair, and even my nose and mouth.
All the water in the kettle was spilled when it rolled over, leaving no chance to even rinse the throat. Several people with good physical fitness had already stood up and retched, while those with poor physical fitness were still unconscious.
"Pah, pah, pah! Damn it, what trap have we triggered?" Taoist Tian spat out the sand in his mouth and immediately started cursing, "You guys are just jealous of others doing well. Can't you wait until I'm gone before stepping on the trap?"
Xu Jiji slumped on the ground and analyzed seriously: "Just now, the mechanism just now should be related to the fluctuation of spiritual power. Whenever someone uses spiritual power, the land will deflect and bring us here. Huh."
"Now there's no going back." Taoist Master Tian looked at the road he came from and felt a chill in his heart.
The steep mountain and the slippery sand made it impossible to climb up without any plants or rocks to use as leverage.
Even if he could climb, he would probably starve to death on the way.
The five drunk brothers also woke up and helped each other clean the sand and stones on their bodies.
The second child was most concerned about his image and was so anxious that he went crazy. The third and fourth children were not afraid at all and just treated sand and stones getting into their clothes as mud.
The noise and cursing of the crowd woke Xu Chuchu from her headache.
She opened her eyes and saw the masked man standing not far away.
At first glance, it seems too familiar.
Is it...that person?
She rubbed her eyes and looked again. No, it wasn't him. This person was about the same height as Xiao Yu, but his shoulders were broader and his waist was thicker.
If it was really Xiao Yu, he would have to wear at least three more layers of thick clothes inside to have this width.
Who could be so boring.
Xu Chuchu smiled self-deprecatingly. It was just a somewhat similar back view. How could she remember it again and even misread it? She was so useless.
I should have forgotten him long ago.
She looked in the direction the masked man was facing and blurted out, "There's a lake over there!"
Hearing the sound, everyone looked over and sure enough, after passing the stone forest in front of them, there were lush plants and blue lake on the opposite side.
That was most likely the fox demon's lair, but the crowd had no choice. They had no way to turn back, and their throats were so dry that they almost smoked. They really wanted to jump into the lake and drink their fill.
"Chu Chu, can you still hold on?" The master sat next to Xu Chuchu, let her lean on him, held her hand, and slowly transferred spiritual power to her.
"I'm fine, just a few scrapes." Xu Chuchu calmly moved his master's hand away.
Spiritual power has no effect on her now, it can only make her body feel better, but if the master's spiritual power gets out of control, no one can help her at this moment.
"Okay, overcome it, and everything will be fine once you see the fox fairy." The master whispered to comfort her.
Xu Chuchu didn't know where her master got the confidence from that the fox fairy would give them an inner elixir instead of eating them directly, but looking at the look in her eyes, she felt that she was full of confidence.
"But this stone forest... is a bit strange, isn't it?" Taoist Tian stood next to the masked man. He had been trapped twice in a row and was already a little nervous.
The so-called stone forest is a group of thin and long stones extending from the flat ground, like trees growing out of the ground to form a forest.
There is a legend that the Stone Forest was created when someone stole the Jade Emperor's mountain-driving whip and drove it out from the Dragon King's garden in the East China Sea.
But from a scientific point of view, it should be a natural wonder formed by crustal movement and sea water erosion.
But looking at it here, it is not difficult to guess that it has nothing to do with the fox clan.
No one dared to step forward for a moment. The masked man picked up a fist-sized stone beside him and threw it into the stone forest.
Just as the stone fell to the ground, a slender rock rose from the ground and knocked the stone away!
At the same time, several rocks around it shrank back into the ground.
Looking at the ground again, it was still the ordinary yellow soil, without any signs of cracks.
"Play, whack a mole?" Daju was stunned.
"No, this is an illusion," the master judged. "What we see is an ordinary stone forest, but it's actually a sophisticated mechanism. The rocks might not just be rocks, but sharp blades. If we step wrong once, the blades from underground will pierce out and kill us. Because it's covered by the illusion, it's difficult for us to defend ourselves."
"Then what should we do? Can we still fly over?" Zui Lao Er looked around. There were wolves in front and tigers behind, and the roads on the left and right were endless. It was estimated that they would not be let go easily.
It really proves the saying: trespassers will be killed.
"There should be a pattern." The master frowned and said, "There are eight gates in Qi Men Dun Jia. Among the eight gates, there must be a gate of life. It's impossible for all of them to be dead ends."
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