I felt weak in the body, and my heart was about to burst out of my throat.
Instead of standing up directly, I shuffled my body, lay down, twisted around, and looked at the Lei Shen Cliff below again.
This time, I saw the place where the previous Taoist practitioner's body hung, the broken vines that had snapped one by one.
Are they animated corpses?
By its name alone, Lei Shen Cliff sounds like a place impervious to gods and demons.
I have this subjective feeling, and combined with Lao Gong not coming out, it feels even stronger.
That's why I never thought this place could be haunted.
Even more terrifyingly, that ghostly thing... actually knows a deep secret of my heart.
It's not that he said the wrong thing before he could get his hands on me, making me realize.
Perhaps I would simply jump off the cliff by myself, without any apparent reason?
For an undead to possess such ability, what level of a Taoist was he before his transformation?
The mountain wind was still blowing, the coolness entered my neck, besides the fear, there was an indescribable heartache.
The bronze hammer is gone.
That was a magical artifact stronger than the Four Regulations Mirror, even capable of breaking through prison. A considerable part of my strength came from it.
There are also magical artifacts from the Du'e Daoist Temple. I barely used them and they fell into the cliff bottom, somewhat mixed up...
Only two bronze swords remained in the backpack, the rest were gone.
"Grandpa... did you get scared silly?" Lao Gong shouted into my ear.
"The bronze hammer cannot be abandoned, the corpse needs to be taken care of." I spoke in a low voice, hoarsely.
Lao Gong's head tilted slightly forward, he whispered: "A cliff as high as ten thousand zhang, I don't know what's down there, it's not easy to find."
"That corpse is a risk, he saw many things, the bronze hammer was the basis, and now this situation... it's very troublesome." I stood up.
After the incident just now, even though the corpse was no longer there, I still felt a sense of fear towards Lei Shen Cliff, my legs were slightly weak.
Step back, along a path of a few meters with no cover, back to the place of rest.
The two books of Four Regulations True Method and Four Regulations True Heart were still on the bed.
Fortunately, I didn't put them in the backpack earlier.
The backpack... it's too simple. If it had more layers, I wouldn't have to stuff all the magical artifacts in such a chaotic manner...
"Seven days..." My face showed a constant alternation of good and bad moods.
Today is the first day. In fact, it hasn't passed yet. I have to stay here for seven days to be able to leave Lei Shen Cliff.
Otherwise, it would be equivalent to giving up the 'identity' that He You Tian fought for me.
Just then, I felt a complex mix of emotions.
The words I said earlier were not said by myself, but by the ghostly entity who peered into my heart and guided me.
It was akin to the subconscious fear and suspicion I had for Mao You San.
Pawns and discarded pieces...
Mao You San is using me, what does he want to achieve in the Four Regulations Mountain?
It should not be a long-term plan, after all, my presence, and Sun Zhuo's presence, are both temporary matters.
If I walk down Lei Shen Cliff, I will probably be able to uncover Mao You San's deeper calculations and also abandon He You Tian's help.
However, I cannot use it as a basis to obtain the recipe for the Four Regulations Mirror, and I still dare not mention that the Four Regulations Mirror has been destroyed.
After a moment of contemplation, I drove away the extra thoughts in my mind. I cannot leave Lei Shen Cliff!
In the following dealings with Sun Zhuo, I still need Mao You San, and besides, Mao You San is more trustworthy. If I were to do that, it would be like killing the donkey after it has served the rider.
Returning to the bed and sitting quietly, I looked at the Four Regulations True Heart for a while, letting my heart completely calm down, and only then did I lie down and fall asleep.
Lao Gong stayed silently by the bedside the whole time, I don't know what he was thinking about.
When I woke up the next day, the sunlight shone into the cave, slightly ironing out the discomfort in my body.
I didn't eat the compression cookies. There was water, rice chest, and stove pot and utensils nearby.
I opened the rice chest and took a look inside, there were still some salted meat and dried sausages.
It's only been one day, there are still six days to go. I don't have enough food with me, I will have to start making it myself eventually.
I steamed a bowl of rice, and added a block of salted meat.
Not long after, the rich aroma spread out.
After eating my meal, I took a scoop of water from the bucket and drank it. I felt refreshed, like last night's events were just a dream.
After a brief hesitation, I walked back to Lei Shen Cliff.
Feeling the mountain wind howl, I looked down, gazing at the cliff below.
The dense layers of clouds and mist make it impossible to see what's down there.
I squinted my eyes, looking at the vines on the cliff wall. Beads of sweat formed on my forehead.
An undeveloped plan popped into my mind.
Just like what I said to Lao Gong before going to bed last night, the bronze hammer is the basis, and the corpse is a risk.
He knows too much.
Seven days later, when I leave Lei Shen Cliff, the Immortal of the Four Regulations Mirror will definitely look for the body that is missing from below. That will also cause trouble.
Even, if he finds the bronze hammer, I am actually giving him a "weapon".
On our way to cross the mountain, we climbed the vines and walked across half of the cliff wall.
Now, my strength is even stronger than before. If the vines were to cover the entire cliff wall, it would be something worth trying.
Just not now.
When it's dark, with Lao Gong as the backhand card!
I turned away and sat cross-legged on Lei Shen Cliff, beginning to flip through the Four Regulations True Method.
The feeling of tranquility and clarity came again.
I was stunned for a moment, and my palm slightly sweated.
I seem to have seen through something.
Lei Shen Cliff definitely doesn't just serve to verify whether outsiders are disciples of the Four Regulations Mountain!
If there were a lot of foreign disciples on the Four Regulations Mountain, that would be a big problem.
This must be a place for tempering!
The corpse hanging below the cliff can reveal the secrets in people's hearts, guiding and troubling people's minds.
If I could experience the past, I could meditate and cultivate in Lei Shen Cliff for a while!
The corpse should not kill orthodox Taoists. Failure is not scary, and for them, it may not be death?
I don't know how Sun Zhuo managed to get past it back then, but the ghost pavilion is specifically designed to attack ghosts, and so is the Tiantsou Temple. They should have a way to deal with it.
I didn't dwell on my thoughts anymore, simply reading and copying the scripts, feeling the profound progress of the symbols!
Even, there was a breath in my chest that kept growing, full and abundant vitality, I wanted to burst it out!
My fingers began to pinch, and I moved at an incredible speed.
First, I made a seal with my two hands in the form of the Tortoise, and then I covered my fingers with my palms!
Vaguely, I seemed to hear a low rumble in my ear, as if the world were just about to explode with a thunderous white light!
I quickly changed the hand seal, with the forefinger and middle finger arched, the thumb pinching the ring finger, and the little finger pinching the thumb.
The faint sound in my ear disappeared.
Instead, my legs felt a slight vibration, as if there was some kind of surge of qi from beneath the ground!
My breathing became heavy, my face slightly pale, and a feeling of exhaustion washed over me.
Although I haven't really used these two types of thunder magic yet, the consumption has already almost exhausted me.
However, there's a feeling in my chest that if I miss this opportunity, I might not be able to fully understand these Taoist arts anytime soon.
My hands trembled slightly, the two fingers raised first…
A resounding muffled sound, as if the mist in front of me was shaking!
"Little brother! Stop! Quickly!" A loud shout came from the back, outside the Lei Shen Cliff trail, it was He You Tian's voice!
