Gripping the Gao Tian Sword tightly, my heart sank to the depths as I prepared to face the enemy at any moment.
The five did not form an array; instead, they scattered, and no deadly intent emanated from them.
"Following you is not to kill you, but to find the traitor."
A Taoist suddenly spoke, his voice deep, "We misunderstood before. We were clearing up our own affairs and didn't intend to make enemies."
Old Gong spoke darkly, "Yes, it was your mistake to identify the wrong person. Clearly, you could have stopped when you started, but you didn't. Your intention to find Ji Kui is real, and following us to seek revenge and kill on opportunity is also real, isn't it?"
Old Gong's words directly hit the point!
"And, why did you suddenly appear under these circumstances? Did you feel that it was time to harvest my life? Or did you sense the presence of others? You are geomancy priests."
"Ji Kui, his two disciples seem to be not very skilled in geomancy; he's been using them as a front. His own blend of spiritual and geomancy arts is quite good, but it seems to be somewhat different from yours. As a traitor, some problems are normal, but it's not so simple for a traitor to plant medicine with bodies."
"Was it because they studied dark arts, discovered by you and fled out of the mountain gate, or was the dark art already within your mountain gate? After stealing it, he left on his own?"
"You should have smelled something from the body and discovered something more profitable, which is why you suddenly appeared and told us that there was a misunderstanding before?"
Old Gong spoke with assurance.
Frankly speaking, his previous conclusion has already touched on places that I had not thought of yet.
This speech was like a slap of cold water in the face, enlightening!
Yes, a serious Taoist with strong abilities would never remain unknown to the world.
Only the dark arts would reveal themselves, like the Tian Shou Temple!
The infamous Heaven Long Taoists are known for their brutality and cruel deeds.
These Taoists, if they are indeed as Old Gong inferred, then they are even more concealed and deeply hidden!
They are even more terrifying cancerous forces!
For a moment, the air seemed to have frozen, and there was an eerie silence tinged with coldness.
The five straw hat-wearing Taoists, without exception, all fixed their eyes on Old Gong.
"Why are you always staring at Grandpa Old Gong, do you want to eat me? I'm so scared."
Old Gong spoke in a sinister tone, "Shi, send a pillow when you're sleepy. I think this skewed door and evil way, long resident in the mountains, may not have a virgin body. All of them will be left alive; is that okay with you?"
The heartbeat, suddenly quickened with a thump-thump.
I cupped my hand and was about to directly use the Summoning Four Divine Beings Incantation!
It must be resolved quickly!
But at this moment, the straw hat-wearing Taoist who had spoken first suddenly raised his hand, pointing directly at the headless corpse of the general in the coffin.
"Our five brothers and sisters are not your match, but our purpose is indeed to find Ji Kui. We have no intention of fighting you; if you force us to, I can ensure that we will break the Immortalizing Corpse and cause the last trace of the mountain's dragon vein to collapse, so that all of us will die here."
"What you said earlier, I heard from above, you want these people to live while we want this fragmented corpse. This is not contradictory."
"You can choose whether to fight or to cooperate, it's all up to you."
The straw hat Taoist's words were polite, as if he was not concerned about life and death!
My heartbeat accelerated even more.
For a moment, Old Gong's eyes moved even faster, as if he was pondering something.
The two sides fell into a stalemate once again.
"I'm at a loss. What can you do?" Finally, Old Gong spoke up in a sinister tone, "Who wouldn't want to covet the Feiyihu corpse? It's possible that it's not worth it, but I'm still clear about that. Don't let your greed lead to the death of our master and me here."
Old Gong's words are indeed correct.
He has all of Wu Zhongkuan's memories and has eaten many Yinyang gentlemen. To some extent, he is even more powerful than the former Wu Zhongkuan. Except for some times when using artifacts is inconvenient, he can be called a god of the earth.
Old Gong is at a loss, and these feng shui Daoists' strength is even weaker than mine. What can they do?
"Each has his own expertise. You are the Yang God and Ghost, with high-level skills and even more ferocious methods, which we have experienced. But the tombs you have buried are definitely not as many as ours, and as a Daoist from Siguishan, you wouldn't often go into the mountains to investigate graves."
"We indeed have a way. As long as we maintain the wind and water here for a certain time, it won't be long, but enough for us to leave."
"I can let these people live and separate from this Feiyihu corpse. I can also help them wake up. However, whether they can live out, still depends on your abilities."
The leading straw hat-wearing Taoist spoke with great assurance.
Old Gong didn't say anything, but his eyes were still slightly closed.
I fell silent for a moment.
After about a minute or two, I asked Old Gong, "Will they die?"
These Taoists with straw hats are skilled in feng shui and divination, while Old Gong seems to be even more proficient in facial features and fortune-telling.
Many times when taking action, Old Gong has seen the auspices and inauspices.
At this moment, if he could discern something, then the problem would be easily resolved!
"Four people don't die, one person is half dead and half alive." Old Gong spoke, "Master, you won't die."
His words caused a huge burden to fall from my heart.
Regardless of the relationship with these straw hat Taoists, they are indeed a timely rain at this moment.
"Alright, you can do as you like. Grandpa Old Gong will also broaden his horizons." Old Gong relaxed, and we agreed to it.
"The first thing to do is to find a way out." The leading Taoist with a straw hat spoke in a deep tone.
"Isn't the way out up there?" Old Gong glanced upwards: "Returning the same way is not bright or safe enough. Do you need to find a road that might not even exist?"
"The main tomb chamber's tomb passage is over there, completely blocked." Old Gong indicated another direction.
Indeed, there was a two-meter-high, one-meter-wide passage on the tomb's wall, but it was filled with loose stones.
The dragon vein was blown, and the main tomb chamber's wind and water were most affected. The loose stones were all piled up here. If it weren't for the Feiyihu corpse's existence or his counter- nourishing vitality, the tomb room might have collapsed. It wasn't just the collapse of the tomb passage.
The air hole of the main tomb chamber transmitted vitality to the upper level, thus maintaining the stability of another tomb, just slightly collapsing externally.
If there really is a path here, the Jinlun and others wouldn't have been confined, and only a few would have escaped, but they all died halfway.
"Is it truly a dead end? I don't think so. Have you overlooked something, your excellency?" The straw hat Taoist suddenly said.
Old Gong's pupils suddenly constricted, but he shook his head and said, "Impossible. That path can't be walked."
My heart gave another jolt.
That path?
What is the other path?
"The mountain may be exhausted, but the water will never run out. If the water doesn't run out, going down means death, youngster, do you want to kill my lord?" Old Gong's face was filled with disgust and horror.
"How can the water not run out? Water without sand cannot be observed. In this location, the water has no source. If there is any water, it is coming from the vitality surging up. That is a shadow dragon. When vitality temporarily disappears for a moment, the water will run out. And the vitality that rises again can only barely sustain the mountain from collapsing and will not flow outside to nourish other things in the mountains. It also cannot attract Dragon Water." The words of that Taoist with a straw hat were too profound for me to understand at all. Only Old Gong could comprehend them.
"The air above is very heavy with malevolence, and there is more of the smell of those who died a natural death. We noticed it when we first came in. Once the Feiyihu corpse here is passive, the aura of those who died a natural death will pour out like water. That is not a path to leave by. If anyone dares to walk that way, everything that gives vitality would be washed away instantly, and they would die on the spot."
"Even a tiny thread can be avoided, but it is like a bursting fountain, how can we avoid it?" The Taoist with a straw hat said once again.
Old Gong snarled and stared at the leading Taoist with a straw hat, saying: "Young man, you have a lot of experience. You must have opened many graves, stolen corpses, and destroyed wind and water."
