Dafeng Night Watchman
Chapter 306: Chapter 306: Labyrinth and Reunion

Chapter 306: Chapter 306: Labyrinth and Reunion

"Isn't it said that the sect was once highly sought after by dignitaries? The identity of the owner of this tomb is obviously noble." Chu Yuanzhen analyzed.

His meaning is very clear. The owner of the tomb is a fanatical admirer of the double

cultivation technique.

"It's worth the trip to see the long-lost double cultivation technique here." Taoist Jinlian sighed.

"Master, you are not close to women. This double cultivation technique is useless to you." Xu Qi'an smiled.

Taoist Jinlian's face darkened.

"The clothes worn by those people in the mural are a bit strange. They are so old that I can't even determine which dynasty they are from."

Compared with the double cultivation technique, Chu Yuanzhen is more interested in another mural.

Xu Qi'an has already memorized the double cultivation technique on the mural, and hurriedly urged: "Let's go, leave here, and replace No. 5."

Such a good thing, he wants to monopolize it.

So everyone continued to grope forward. Qian You listened to their conversation throughout the whole process and knew that the things on the murals were the legendary dual cultivation techniques.

What a good thing, it can be used for both sex and cultivation.

For men, it is simply an irresistible temptation. Especially for people like Qian You, who lack resources, guidance from famous teachers, and secrets.

He quietly stepped back a few steps, and when Xu Qian'an and others walked away, Qian You immediately turned back to look at the murals.

Time was limited. He only wrote down a few pictures just now, and it was impossible to put together an effective dual cultivation technique, which was equivalent to being useless.

"I will chase them after I write it down. It will be done soon, it will be done soon..."

Qian You held a torch and walked very fast. In the empty environment, only his footsteps echoed.

Slowly, Qian You found something wrong. He had walked for so long and had not yet returned to the mural.

"We didn't walk so far, why haven't we returned to the mural?"

He held the torch and shone everywhere. The tomb was empty and terribly quiet. Not only were there no murals, there were no coffins either.

The murals were gone, and so were the sarcophagus and the zombies... He stood there for a moment, and cold sweat poured out.

Qian You's teeth trembled, and his voice trembled with it: "Big, hero? Hero, I'm here, don't leave me..."

The voice echoed, refracted, and deformed in the empty environment, and when it came back to his ears, it seemed like someone else was calling.

Qian You's back felt cold, his hair stood up, and he closed his mouth tightly, not daring to speak again.

He turned around and walked back, trying to catch up with Xu Qi'an and others. However, he went from running fast to running wildly, running out of breath, and never caught up with Xu Qi'an.

There was no one in sight, and in the silent tomb, only his footsteps echoed, making people feel like they were falling into an ice cellar, and experiencing the coldness from hell.

Suddenly, Qian You, who was running wildly, tripped and fell to the ground hard, groaning, and he grabbed the torch in panic and shone it over.

It was a corpse, or to be more precise, half a corpse.

He only had the upper body, and the lower body was cut off by something, with blood and flesh all over the wound. The organs in his abdomen were also emptied.

Qian You screamed "Ah" and rolled back in fear.

There are evil things, evil things that eat people...... It's nearby, I may encounter it at any time... Huge fear exploded in my heart, and Qian You's face turned pale little by little.

"Leave, leave here quickly."

Qian You's hand holding the torch trembled slightly, took a deep breath, and forced himself to calm down.

He was an old man of the Hou Tu Gang, and he had been to the tomb and experienced all kinds of crises, but none of them were as weird as the one in front of him. Fortunately, he still had courage and was not scared out of his wits.

"The fire may attract evil things, but if there is no torch lighting, I may run into it head-on without knowing it. Moreover, staying underground for many years will definitely degenerate my eyes and make me less sensitive to light.

"What I need to do is not to extinguish the fire, but to remove the smell on my body."

As a mature tomb robber, he has all these things. He took out a porcelain jar from the package he carried with him. The jar contained a pungent powder. If you smell it carefully, it is somewhat similar to the stench of corpses.

Qian You sprinkled the powder on his body, held the torch, and walked forward carefully.

He had completely lost his sense of direction and went wherever he went.

Suddenly, a surprised voice came from behind: "Qian You?"

After walking forward with a torch in his hand for a while, Taoist Jinlian suddenly frowned: "Are we missing someone?"

As he spoke, he glanced back, and the old Taoist's pupils shrank slightly.

There was nothing behind him, and the leader of the Houtu Gang disappeared.

Xu Qian'an, Chu Yuanzhen and Hengyuan noticed something unusual, and their faces changed slightly, as if they were facing a great enemy.

"When did he disappear? I didn't even notice it." Xu Qian'an closed his eyes, stared and

sensed it for a while, frowned and said:

"My divine sense was not affected. If it was swept away by something, I would not be unaware of it. Because since that thing is hostile to him, it will definitely have the same hostility

towards us.

"And once hostility arises, my divine sense will quickly capture it and give feedback to me."

Chu Yuanzhen's face was solemn, and he analyzed: "Not only that, there was one less footstep, and we didn't even notice it? This is unusual in itself."

Hengyuan frowned and said nothing.

Taoist Jinlian's heart moved, and he took out the fragment of the Earth Book, looked at it for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "The fragment of the Earth Book can't be used."

Xu Qi'an, Chu Yuanzhen and Hengyuan all made a move to take things out of their arms at the same time, but the latter two successfully took out the fragment of the Earth Book, and Xu Qi'an woke up in time, stopped at the brink, and scratched his chest without fireworks........ "It's really unusable." Chu Yuanzhen tried to send the book, but his face sank after failing. The reason why No. 5 drifted to Xiangcheng and lost contact was figured out. This underground tomb blocked the fragment of the Earth Book.

"I, I seem to know where this is, well, to be precise, I know our situation." Zhong Li raised her

little hand.

When the four looked over, she lowered her head and whispered:

"Generally speaking, the structure of a tomb is divided into three layers: inner, middle and outer. The innermost layer is the main tomb, where the owner of the tomb is buried. In the middle are the side rooms and corridors, where important accompanying figures of the tomb owner are buried, and the outer layer is the defense of the tomb. We are now in the outermost layer, which is also the most dangerous layer.

"There are mechanisms and traps everywhere here, as well as formations... If I'm not mistaken, we entered the formation from the moment we entered the tomb with the murals."

The four men looked at her at the same time, and Xu Qian'an glared and said, "Why didn't you

say it earlier."

"I forgot," Zhong Li lowered her head and said aggrievedly, "I don't know why I forgot." Hearing this, the four men were silent, unable to bear to blame her anymore.

"What kind of formation is this, can you see it?" asked Taoist Jinlian.

"It should be a kind of maze. The outer layout of the underground palace fits this formation.

We are now in a huge maze. We must replace the right way to leave, otherwise we will be trapped

here forever." Zhong Li said.

"Take us away quickly." Chu Yuanzhen said hurriedly.

"I, I will lead you to a dead end." Zhong Li lowered his head even more.

Everyone: "......"

Unlucky prophet..... Xu Qi'an sighed in his heart.

Chu Yuanzhen frowned, glanced at Xu Qi'an, and immediately found inspiration from him: "If

you can't break the formation by conventional means, then violent breaking is the best choice, just like the two knives Xu Qi'an chopped during the fight."

Taoist Jinlian rejected this proposal and said with a serious face: "It's best not to do this

before you figure out the identity of the tomb owner. The outer layer is made of Qinggang stone. It is so luxurious. Not to mention in ancient times, even the current Dafeng, the Yuan Jing Emperor, can't afford so much Qinggang stone.

"The ancient dual cultivation technique is the secret method of that school. It will not be handed over in full, but it is in the tomb.

"The maze we are in is so exquisite, and it was set up at least two thousand years ago. There were no sorcerers at that time. All of the above shows that the owner of this tomb is not simple. If you break the formation rashly, it may lead to unpredictable consequences. Ha, if you are a third-grade master, then just ignore what I said."

Chu Yuanzhen nodded silently.

Hengyuan frowned: "What should we do now?"

He is a martial monk and does not understand these. Chu Yuanzhen practices swordsmanship.

Although he is well-informed because of his scholarly background, he is also not familiar

with formations.

Xu Ningyan is just a martial artist, so he can't be counted on.

"The Taoist sect does not know Fengshui, but it has a little knowledge of formations. I can try

to take you to explore." Taoist Master Jinlian said.

The Taoist sect knows formations. When Zi Lian and Yang Yan fought outside the city, they

had set up a large formation. It's just that they are not as perverted as the sorcerers. When

they stepped on it, the formation pattern appeared.

A quarter of an hour later, Taoist Master Jinlian's face was stiff. He looked at the dark front

and frowned without saying a word.

Jinlian failed to explore the way and doubted his life.

Taoist Master, you are also a fake......Xu Qian'an complained in his heart.

No one present knew that Taoist Master Jinlian was the remnant soul of the leader of the Earth

Sect, and was the good side, so they didn't know that behind his serious expression, there was

a heavy fact hidden.

They were in trouble, a huge trouble.

"Before the sorcerer, who else had such a powerful array attainment?" Taoist Master Jinlian

pondered silently, searching for "suspicious targets" in his mind.

"Is there nothing the Taoist master can do?" Hengyuan and Chu Yuanzhen looked at each other and saw the heaviness in each other's eyes.

Too careless, I should have checked the local chronicles of Xiangcheng and the history books first, and found clues of the tomb, and then considered whether to go to the tomb... The lineup of our team, even a fourth-grade master would have to flee when seeing it, which

made me swell my mentality and be careless.

Chu Yuanzhen secretly regretted it. Hengyuan chanted the Buddha's name in a low voice, and he felt guilty. No. 5 disappeared for

several days and was waiting for rescue in the dark and strange tomb. But his group had just come down, and they had encountered a problem that they couldn't solve.

Taoist Master Jinlian sighed and looked at Zhong Li: "What do you think? You don't have to tell me your choice, just elaborate on the secret of this formation." Zhong Li pondered and said: "This kind of formation is usually built in a dark room and

underground. Otherwise, the person entering the formation only needs to locate the direction to easily identify the correct path.

"If you can't identify the direction, you can only rely on the experience and judgment of the

person entering the formation to get out of the formation. I, my experience and judgment, once "blinded by lard", I'm afraid it will cause more trouble."

Now, Taoist Master Jinlian was silent.

The members of the Tiandihui finally realized the despair of No. 5. They were in the

underground palace, unable to get out, and unable to contact the outside world. As time passed, their physical condition gradually declined.........

In the solemn atmosphere, Zhong Li raised his hand again and whispered: "In fact, there is

another safe way."

Chu Yuanzhen and Xu Qian'an looked happy and asked anxiously: "What way?

Hengyuan looked up at her, his eyes full of expectation.

Taoist Jinlian's heart moved. Zhong Li poked Xu Qian'an with his finger, lowered his head and said: "Let him lead the way,

we can go out, yes, it is likely that we can. "

He?!

The eyes around him shifted from Zhong Li to Xu Qiyan.

Chu Yuanzhen looked at him in disbelief, and many thoughts flashed through his mind. Xu

Ningyan was just a warrior, and it was impossible for him to understand the formation. It would be better for me to break the formation.

But this prophet from the Sitianjian would not joke casually, so, is Xu Ningyan special, or does he have something that can break the formation?

However, judging from Xu Ningyan's expression, he seemed quite surprised by this...

Thinking of this, Chu Yuanzhen couldn't help but glance at Taoist Jinlian, but found that he

seemed to be suddenly enlightened.

Taoist Jinlian also knew? Chu Yuanzhen secretly noted this detail.

Xu Ningyan seemed to have some secrets... I am getting more and more curious about him.

"Master Xu knows the formation?"

Hengyuan's inner drama was not as rich as the top scholar, and he asked directly.

Xu Qiyan's mouth twitched: "I don't understand."

Qian You suddenly turned around, drew his weapon and took a defensive posture, then squinted his eyes and stared at the darkness in front of him, and whispered: "Who?" The footsteps approached, and a figure approached the edge of the torch light illumination area, and the outline became clear from blurry. This was a middle-aged man in his forties.

His face was thin, his eye sockets were deep, and his eyes were bloodshot, like a sick man who had been seriously ill and his body was hollowed out.

The jaw that had not been trimmed for many days grew a circle of short blue-black beard,

sloppy and decadent.

"Boss?"

Qian You's eyes widened, his face showing ecstasy. He moved the torch and found many familiar faces, all of whom were brothers from the Hou Tu Gang.

I didn't expect to meet the gang leader here, and it was easy to get them... Qian You was about

to go up to them, but suddenly his face changed, pointed his weapon at everyone, and shouted fiercely: "Don't come over, don't move, otherwise my knife won't recognize anyone. Well, how do you

prove yourself?" The sick gang leader smiled with relief: "Very good, you are not careless. It seems that the

human skin corpse ghost you met in the underground of Jingzhou two years ago left a deep impression on you."

The gang members behind him cursed: "Mr. Qian, don't you know why I left you up there? With your mediocre skills, going down to the tomb is like sending yourself to death." "Haha, it's really you. "Qian You did not get angry but laughed, and happily went to meet him. When he was close to the sick man leader, he suddenly sprinkled a handful of cinnabar. "Damn it, this broken thing can only deal with low-level ghosts, and it is useless for

zombies." The sick man leader slapped the cinnabar on his body and cursed.

At this point, Qian You no longer had any doubts.

He held the torch and looked over one by one. He saw the deputy leader, the old wild warlock,

with gray hair, deep eye sockets, and the same haggard look.

At this time, the white robe on his body was dirty and torn.

Then, he saw the girl in southern Xinjiang. The girl's originally round face was thinner, and

her chin was a little pointed. She still looked pretty, but her eyes were bloodshot. It seemed that she had not slept for a long time, and her expression could not hide her haggardness. After he finished looking at them one by one and counting the number of people, he felt quite

heavy in his heart.

There were 32 people in the tomb palace this time, and now there are only 12 people left.

"Are you all starving? I brought you dry food and water. "Qian You untied the baggage on his

back and distributed dry food to everyone.

Including the girl from southern Xinjiang, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up, staring at the sesame cakes, as if staring at a naked and beautiful woman.

The food of this team had long been exhausted, and they had been starving underground for

several days.

While distributing food, Qian You noticed that the brothers of the gang were all injured, some

even had an arm broken, and the sleeve disappeared together. The wound was simply bandaged, and blood was faintly visible. "Boss, what's wrong with you?" Qian You asked.

Hearing this, the people who were eating voraciously paused at the same time, and the sick

boss whispered: "We are in trouble."

This, even a blind man can see it. Qian You thought.

"This is a maze, no matter how you walk, you can't get out. After I took the brothers down to the tomb, I entered a tomb full of zombies. Many brothers sacrificed their lives to kill those evil things. This is all thanks to Lina, otherwise there would be more brothers killed and

injured. " The sick gang leader glanced at the girl who was eating a cake with her head down, and continued: "After entering the tomb, we never went out again. We have been wandering around for several days, and the water and food have been reduced one by one.

"For this reason, the gang and the invited masters had a quarrel... This is not the worst. Once we woke up and found that the brothers who were "watching the night" were gone. "Since then, several brothers have disappeared for no reason every day. The team fell into a

huge panic. The invited masters had a disagreement with us. After a fierce quarrel, they parted

ways.

"Not long after, we found that those who left the team were all dead. The death was very miserable, as if they had been eaten by something."

Qian You's heart sank, and he inexplicably thought of the horrible corpse that tripped him.

The sick man leader took a sip of water, swallowed the food in his mouth, and said: "That is a

monster, a very powerful monster. It is hunting us. It eats two people every day. No more, no

less."

When he said this, there was a slight tremor in his voice.

"We have beaten it back twice. Thanks to Lina, otherwise, you may not see us." The sick man

leader said in a deep voice:

"But Lina's condition is getting worse and worse. Without food and water, we will eventually run out of energy. By the way, why did you come down?"