"Changing Consciousness" by David Ingalls: The Power of Vulnerability
The three remaining people in the Coffin Corpus, along with Fèi Fang and Xu Jìn, all had expressions of confusion and bewilderment.
The Liang family members, to speak of, had sweat beads as large as one could imagine.
The rest of the Yin and Yang masters, on the other hand, mostly had serious faces. Everyone was indifferent to Chang Xin's words.
"Ghosts beating walls is the most rudimentary way of lingering evil energy, which is far from comparing with the hellish prison. Even if this is a hellish prison, it is just using the mystery of the hellish prison, combined with the profoundness of Fengshui, designed as a special region. We have been walking straight ahead without retracing our steps or taking detours." Ding Ruipo spoke up, providing an explanation.
"How did you see the situation inside?" asked Feng Huai Gu suddenly, "Is it the snake on your body? The spirit horse fairy indeed has some abilities."
Chang Xin did not calm down. His face was still pale, and he looked uneasy, saying, "I saw it by the immortals. There were five willows, four of which died directly, and the last one barely survived with half a breath and told me to run for my life."
"This place is a deception. Returning to the deep cave entrance, there must be another path to walk, not for people to circle around..."
"Noisy." Tao Mingyi turned to glance at Chang Xin and shouted, "Be quiet! Do not disturb!"
Xu Wang's eyes, filled with blood vessels, carried a trace of contemplation.
Chang Xin was about to speak to explain further.
Suddenly, a fetus that was neither jade nor non-jade silently appeared at the door of his heart, tilting its head, grinning widely, and smiling sweetly.
A low groan, Chang Xin softly fell to the ground, indicating that the vitality was taken away.
Liang Jieshi quickly moved forward to support him.
Tao Mingyi didn't even glance at Chang Xin; instead, he pointed to a location and said firmly, "Go up there!"
He looked at another person who had not yet explored the way.
With the experience of having connected two circle layers before, the man was much more calm and directly stepped onto the location said by Tao Mingyi.
The man's face changed dramatically, and he let out a painful cry. His body twisted and struggled frantically, but it was tightly enveloped by a mass of mist.
Tao Mingyi appeared cold and ruthless, not bothering to save him.
Soon, there was another tree in that place.
"Don't use any more sounds to disturb me, or else, you will come to explore the path." Tao Mingyi rebuked Chang Xin.
"Tao Mingyi, don't lose your composure because you're wrong. Can he affect you too?" Xu Wang spoke in a faint voice.
"And besides, what if it's true? What if there really is a deep pool ahead, and next to the pool, there really is a lama? Perhaps what Luo Xian saw was not just an illusion of the mind, but another layout of this place? The lama is there both before and after, to prevent people from peering in and to confuse them?" Xu Wang continued.
"There is certainly that possibility." Feng Huai Gu took up the conversation.
Tao Mingyi fell silent, following the stone path to the front on the other side. The only person left to explore the path walked closely beside him.
"Ro Xian Shen, describe again what you saw earlier?" asked Feng Huai Gu.
I was silent for a moment and described the clothing and accessories of the lama.
Feng Huai Gu asked Chang Xin again.
Chang Xin's answer was similar to mine.
"It seems that the perilousness of this place far exceeds our expectations," Feng Huai Gu mumbled: "We thought we could return when we couldn't go any further, and the water corpse blocking the way, we can indeed walk through the waterway, but a lama on the edge of the deep pool, we might be killed if we pass by. And the peril of the path ahead is unknown, at least knowing that through this round, there are still people in charge."
"Are they living people, or corpses? It's hard to say whether they are living people, but corpses are possible. It's just unclear what kind of special characteristics this corpse has." Ding Ripei opened his mouth at the right time.
For their analysis, I feel it's wrong.
Is there not a possibility that the lama could be the same person?
Could there be a way to cross this corpse forest and reach the deep pool in the center through the waterway inside the deep pool?
I don't think so, the people in this place can't capture the lama from Hēichéngsì and turn him into an evil corpse.
As for the lama from other places, I don't think it's that coincidental.
I just know that, but I haven't mentioned it.
The lama is a variable.
If I were to have an accident due to a moment's carelessness, if they were to make a mistake, they would die.
I took out a ceramic bottle from my chest, which was the fetal spirit pill given to me by Tao Zhi that day.
I approached Xu Wang and presented the pill with both hands before saying, "Mr. Xu, you were also overthinking and setting your mind on fire earlier. You spoke on behalf of Chang Xin, so this pill is a fetal spirit pill from the Yutai Dao Field. After taking it, there might be some benefits."
Xu Wang's eyes contracted slightly, and he looked down at the porcelain bottle without reaching out to take it.
Far away, Tao Mingyi did not turn back, but the spirit masters from the Yutai Dao Field far in the distance, without exception, had a touch of confusion in their eyes. There was more envy.
Old Gong on my shoulder paid particular attention to Tao Zhi.
"Fetal spirit pill, the Yutai Dao Field is indeed generous." Xu Wang suddenly smiled and said, "So you're giving it to me? Don't you worry about Tao Mingyi being unhappy? He gave you this fetal spirit pill, there must be a reason for it."
My actions clearly reminded Xu Weguo of something.
"There's no purpose. This medicine was a gift from Mr. Tao Zhi when we were at the Sigu Mountain."
I answered truthfully.
Tao Zhi's expression didn't change much, and he even smiled and nodded to me.
"I'll take it. This doesn't count as a favor from the Yutai Dao Field to me; it's between you and me." Xu Wang took the porcelain bottle and placed it on his body.
I had a tiny bit of disappointment in my heart. If he took it now, perhaps there would be other variables?
At that moment, the wailing screams sounded again.
The crowd hurried towards the direction from where the sounds were coming, and we also left our original position.
However, we saw a tree man taking root on the stone path, with Tao Mingyi nearby, his eyes filled with blood vessels, not much better than Xu Wang.
Another master approached and spoke a few words.
Tao Mingyi looked up and gave me a glance, his expression unchanged.
"It seems that we two are not that far apart, it's up to Mr. Feng now." Xu Wang's demeanor had improved a lot compared to before.
Firstly, it's because Tao Mingyi has suffered a setback. Secondly, it should be because I gave him the medicine, making him feel that I had chosen a side?
"Huh... Brother Huai Gu?" Xu Wang called out.
There was no one from Feng Huai Gu in the crowd, including the last row.
Farther away, there were no people in sight.
The stone path was shrouded in mist both in the depth and ahead, making it impossible to see any further, and the path back was also blurred beyond recognition.
Feng Huai Gu has disappeared.
Not only did Feng Huai Gu disappear, but also Ding RuiPo, who vanished into thin air as well!
"Where are they? Find them!" Xu Wang's tone was particularly solemn.
I looked at the old Gong on my shoulder.
Old Gong shook his head and his big yellow teeth showed out: "Sir, I haven't seen him either. He's a senior master. He should be the most powerful among us. He can directly avoid your Daofa, and the Five Elements of Yin and Yang, both before and after the birth of Heaven, must have been stepped on more smoothly than anyone else. If he wants to take my mistress away, there's nothing we can do to stop him."
"There's a possibility that he has already discovered the mystery here and taken my mistress to pass through while the opportunity arose, leaving us all behind."
The crowd followed the narrow path and dispersed, looking for it in the distance.
The expressions on Xu Weguo and Tao Mingyi's faces became increasingly somber, and without exception, a touch of coldness and murderous intent emerged in their eyes.
Old Gong was also laughing.
I was thinking that it was either Feng Huai Gu who discovered the secret, or it was this place itself, and perhaps Ding Ripei already knew about it. Was it Ding Ripei who led Feng Huai Gu to take a step ahead?
My pupils constricted slightly, and I felt as if I had also found a way and knew where Feng Huai Gu and Ding Ripei might have gone.
