Wu Jinluan's arms around his fists, he looked around the environment, finally towards the outside of the dark night, deep bow.
"I thought this mansion had no owner, that's why we came to explore. Now that we've found it's occupied, we should leave. I hope you can open this convenient door for us. I, Wu Jinren, do not want to cause any unnecessary disputes. I apologize."
"Manners, Wu Jinluan has used enough."
Inside, Liu Tai Xian watched us, his face unchanged.
On the shoulders of the rest of the spiritual horse Taoist priests, foxes, weasels, and some snakes emerged.
Quiet, there was no sound outside the cave. The water droplets kept falling without stopping, truly like a gentle rain dripping.
Wu Jinluan's expression gradually became difficult to look at.
"We have lost a gentleman, and you have taken away his chance of rebirth. We have already been punished. If you insist on a fight to the death, then Wu Jinren will have no choice but to challenge you! The outcome of life and death is then uncertain."
Wu Jinluan has never been a soft target, just that there are rules and constraints.
The other party, having the upper hand, would not let it go. He couldn't just sit back and wait for his demise.
Suddenly, a sense of chill ran down the spine.
Even though there are no sounds yet, I still feel the pressure of death!
He pushed his hand fiercely to the side!
Wu Jinlan and He Lin'an were both pushed back by me.
The other gentlemen also had a reaction, retreating several steps suddenly.
In the clanging sound, in front of the gentleman who was originally standing, there was a piece of thin needles. All the needle heads pierced into the ground, and the needle tails shook slightly.
I didn't dodge because pushing Wu Jinlan and the other two slowed my reaction by half a beat. However, my other hand had already pulled out the copper sword and swung it quickly in front of me!
In front of me, there is a sea of broken needles.
"That was your own fault, refusing to let us leave and wanting to kill us. Soon you will have to beg us to let us out." Old Gong licked his lips and sinisterly smiled.
I stepped back two steps and looked down at my wrist. There was a sharp pain, indicating a needle had pierced through it.
Pull it out, revealing a small blood point. The blood quickly turned black.
There were too many needles, and I was at a disadvantage. I missed one.
However, there was only a slight fainting sensation. I squeezed out a bit of black blood, and there was no serious harm done.
The medicine liquid given by He You Tian when I was younger made me immune to many poisons. At the door of Tian Shou Dao Field, Jia Jin, who had so many poisons, failed to knock me down.
Wu Jinlan and the others heaved a sigh of relief upon seeing me unharmed.
With a loud boom, it was another door with a hole made by Liu Tai Xian that was blasted open!
Liu Tai Xian and the group of horse Taoist priests rushed in.
"Follow," Old Gong said immediately.
The others immediately followed Liu Tai Xian and the others.
Squeaking sounds came from about ten white-haired rats running in circles within the house.
Later, all of them gathered at the back of this room, at the entrance of the right door hole, as well as in the middle of the left staircase. They kept digging holes non-stop.
The rock is tough, it will take a while to dig through.
Wu Jinluan stepped forward, and Liu Tai Xian made an odd sound in his mouth. The gray spirits all retreated, and some digging marks had already appeared on the wall.
After observing for about a few minutes, Wu Jinluan's hand pressed on a certain spot on the wall, and he pushed hard.
A heavy sound echoed, and the wall, it moved!
"Hehe, indeed so. How can there be a ghostly wall for no reason at all? That's just absurd. Here is a hidden paradise." Liu Tai Xian laughed loudly.
Wu Jinluan's strength was not enough to push it. He just pushed and then retreated. A few out-ma xian Daoist priests were quite perceptive, so they immediately stepped forward to apply force.
It's said to be a wall, but in fact, it's a stone door. When the door is pushed into a vertical position, there are gaps of half a meter on both sides, enough for people to enter.
Inside, it was bright.
Although the light source was slightly swaying, it was clearly identifiable as being of the same type of oil lamp as in the first room now.
Entering from the right door, there is no light. It's dark all along the way, requiring the use of a flashlight for illumination. This path is designed to wear out unexpected guests and test their patience. When they finally emerge, desperate to leave and without choosing their path carefully, they will meet their end at the main gate, leading to death!
As the group of people entered in a row, there were no unexpected incidents.
I was the last to enter. This room was much narrower. There were many square recesses chiseled into the walls, and some porcelain bottles were placed in them.
On the table, there was a mortar and pestle, even a furnace. The air was filled with a strong aroma of medicine.
The bronze lamps that extend from the wall have no signs of rust.
A fortune teller checked it out and immediately said, "This is not an eternal lamp; it must be that someone is continuously pouring oil into it."
"This person is very secretive. Our team is too many, and the gray spirits couldn't find them immediately. However, when they settled down, they identified a smell that didn't belong to our group, and found his direction. He must be here." Liu Tai Xian had full confidence.
"This is the true appearance of the mountain cave master's mansion!" Zhang Zhiyi spoke up in succession.
The horse Taoist priests began to search and loot the room.
After opening the porcelain bottles, if there are elixirs, they will be taken directly.
In a blink of an eye, the room was in ruins.
The way to the next room is a narrow staircase, and after we pass, there is an extremely long corridor.
After reaching the second room, it is slightly bigger. There are cabinets made of stone excavated from all sides, and many books are placed in them.
"Humph, everything outside is a illusion to confuse us, making people take a little elixir, look at a little book and leave. Here, this is what the Taoist master has been hoarding all his life." Liu Tai Xian spoke with even more certainty.
Not only were the gray spirits guiding the way in the forefront, but all their spiritual beings had dispersed. At this level, we faced no risk at all, as if locusts had passed through...
"Zhe zhe." Lao Gong pursed his lips and said, "Xiao Wu Zi, do you think that kid in the shadows regrets it? Shouldn't he just let us all go out?"
Wu Jinluan remained silent for a moment before saying, "Letting us go won't do any good."
Lao Gong emitted a sound and spat on the ground.
He felt that they were destroying the situation, but Wu Jinluan's words made sense. Liu Tai Xian and his group would never leave.
"Danger, it must still be ahead." Wu Jinluan suddenly spoke again: "He probably thinks that we will enter the previous path. There must be danger there the second time, but because of the spiritual beings, we have entered the true mansion. He still needs to prepare. Of course, he may also be behind us, but can only stand on tiptoes and sigh in regret."
The path in the mountain belly is winding, and we have passed through at least dozens of rooms, seeing quite a few things.
It's not just a place to refine elixirs, but also a study room where people do their homework, and even some rooms for making machines and dark weapons. The value of the term 'Taoist' is constantly increasing.
Halfway through, there was not even the slightest danger...
Finally, when we reached a location, Liu Tai Xian and the others stopped.
Here, it is very wide, a particularly large cave. The air is filled with a strong smell of medicine. However, there are no buildings in sight, and there is no place to refine elixirs.
Thin wisps of white mist swirled like thin columns, rising from the ground. By the time they reached the top, they had almost become thick fog.
"Outside, there are the three tower-like chimneys!" Wu Jinlan suddenly said. "This is where the Taoist refines elixirs!"
