After speaking, the white-haired elder man left the room and entered a room to the left. Following him, I found that this room was more like a corridor connecting to other parts, with a statue in the middle. The statue leaned against a wall inside the room, and there was free passage on both sides.
After passing through, there were also statues on the other side of the wall. Facing the door was a doorway, and outside there was another long corridor. The interior of Luo's family was essentially a maze.
The white-haired elder man was in front, and a few more people followed behind me. They did not pass me by, instead weaving and turning around for about five to six minutes before entering a solitary room.
The door of the house was open, and logically, the light should have been good. However, this room gave a feeling of coolness and oppression.
The speed of the white-haired elder suddenly accelerated, and he walked towards a wall. In the next second, he actually "bumped" into the wall, and the wall had a bizarrely curved bend, and he disappeared inside!
I shuddered slightly in my heart and instinctively wanted to follow.
This place is rather peculiar; it must be some kind of mechanism?
Another wave of palpitations surged!
Stopping abruptly, I turned around to leave the room.
The people following me did not enter the room; instead, two of them grabbed the door handle and slammed it shut hard!
On their faces, there was an unexceptionable cold expression.
My reaction speed was already not slow, so I quickly lifted the Gao Tian mace in my right hand, and my left hand ran over my waist, revealing a bronze sword. I directly shot it at the man who was closing the door on the right.
The copper mace was lifted and used to smash directly at the other person closing the door on the left!
A muffled groan was heard as the bronze sword struck the man, spraying blood wildly from his wrist. However, other hands quickly intervened, and half of the door slammed shut with a thunderous sound. I was already near the door, and I fiercely swung down with the copper mace. The man's hand, instantly pulverized into a mangled mess by my strike!
A slight puffing sound was heard, coming from the last person at the edge, who was holding a thin tube in their mouth. A flash of silver light pierced through my chest, causing a mild sting.
It began with numbness and itching, followed by a surge of weakness.
I stepped back two steps, and the other door slammed shut with a dull sound.
The entire interior of the room suddenly dimmed down, as if the sounds had disappeared.
Breathing heavily, the feeling of helplessness grew heavier, and I took another two steps back. The Gao Tian mace clattered to the ground with a loud slap, barely preventing me from falling.
A faint creaking sound, as a small window opened in the door, revealing the cold, white-haired elder's face.
"Liu Dao Zhuang, I ask you to lend me your magical artifact, and you lend it to me. Why don't you give it to me directly, but instead, you have to show it to my son personally. Refusing the gift, let alone accepting it."
My breathing grew heavier, and large beads of sweat trickled down my face.
"The Gao Tian Taoist Temple is indeed a mysterious place. It was through you, Master Liu, that we learned about the High Tao cultivator."
"Such a place, the Luo family has no intention of going now. Part of the dissected corpse has already been taken. If we can control that one strand of soul, it will be of use to our Luo family at present. In the future, when we go to the Gao Tian Taoist Temple again, do I need to cooperate with you, an outsider?"
"Stolen the dissected corpse, with your three words and your ghosts on you, full of lies, can wash off the suspicion? The old man with white hair spoke words that were as hard as steel, paused for a moment and said: "Moreover, there is a faint smell of corpse on your body, as well as the fluctuation of resentful spirits. Stealing the dissected corpse of my Luo family, you will have to pay some price."
"Not from the Guange City, if you die here, no one will know or care. In the end, vultures will eat your marrow bone clean."
"Do you feel a bit of the toxin taking effect? This is a corpse toxin. Within one day, your flesh and blood will gradually rot away."
"You are a powerful Taoist, the Luo family will not directly confront you. Otherwise, they will risk being injured by you in death. After you die, naturally, your things will be searched."
The old man with white hair slammed the small iron window shut after the last sentence was said.
Fine sweat had drenched my forehead, and my clothes were also drenched with sweat.
I immediately kneelled down, placed the Gao Tian mace across my legs, turned my palms upward, and used a concentrated breathing technique.
The heart, slowly sinking to the bottom of the valley...
Actually, I had felt the calmness of the Luo family earlier, and I had analyzed that if the Luo family had no such strong desire for the Gao Tian Taoist Temple, it would be very disadvantageous to me. Therefore, I tried to follow the actions of the Luo family as much as possible.
Unexpectedly...
This calmness was actually a deliberately created illusion!?
The Gao Tian Taoist Temple, they want to go, but not relying on my father.
Only rely on the dissected corpse?
Because the smell of the dissected corpse was emanating from me, and it was detected by this white-haired elder...
They took advantage of the situation and manipulated me!?
It should not be that all Luo family members have this ability.
If they do have this ability, then with Luo Zhizhong regaining consciousness and Luo Kang showing suspicion towards me, and with Old Gong suppressing Luo Kang's thought, the conspiracy began from that moment?
I haven't touched the dissected corpse containing the Gao Tian soul...
Old Gong has not touched it either.
The dissected corpse on me... was just obtained from Luo Kuang.
If this is the case, and the Luo family directly cuts off relations with me, it would be too unjust.
But now, it's too late to explain.
I never thought that revealing Luo Kuang's death would bring me any benefits before.
Moreover, even if we step back a thousand steps to consider.
Then, does that white-haired elder really want my father to regain consciousness?
They don't even know how to use the Fei Yi jade tablet.
If they really wanted to fight me, they could wait for me to save people first.
The colder my inner emotions became, the more I thought about it.
Because the dissected corpse targeting me is just a point.
Another point is that although the white-haired elder speaks of his love for his son and his urgent desire to wake him up, in fact, he doesn't really want my father to regain consciousness!
Just as he said earlier, they intend to use the "relics" on me to resolve the problem of the Gao Tian Taoist Temple's soul being uncontrollable!
All thoughts settled down, and the stinging pain in my chest, along with the numbness and weakness, gradually became faint.
"Big Brother..." I whispered in my mouth, covering my chest.
It was only with all the herbs Master He You Tian used to nurture and nourish my body that I have almost become immune to all poisons.
I have always had little attachment to the Luo family, and now I feel even colder.
Blood-wise, the people of the Luo family should be my relatives. That white-haired elder is my grandfather, but in reality? He is heartless, and even when my father's chance to regain consciousness was right in front of him, he didn't let me go.
Driven by profit, to kill and seize treasure is ruthless and cruel!
Fortunately, I didn't return to the Luo family directly using my own name.
My hand lightly fell on my cheek.
Fortunately, Old Gong had reminded me to do some work on my face.
After a moment, I stood up and walked to the door. I pushed it with all my might, but the door was heavy and unmovable.
The door must be locked from the outside, and although it looks like wood, its material is likely iron, just coated with wood paint.
They are indeed cautious, knowing that even when fighting a rabbit, a lion must use all its strength, and also aware of the possible injuries and deaths caused by a last-ditch effort in a desperate situation.
I did not try to open the door and make a bigger commotion.
The situation outside is unclear, and it's likely that there are people guarding the area. They are waiting for me to be affected by the poison.
I looked up at the ceiling, and my heart sank even more slightly.
