159 “Blessing from Heavenly Official” Chapter 158

☆, 158 It is not safe to be buried in the same cave

Xie Lian said softly: “…No matter how you say it, it is impossible for you to rush behind us without any movement and do such a big thing.”

Even if Xie Lian doesn’t believe in his own insight, he still believes in Huacheng’s.What’s more, to be honest, he trusts himself very much in his intuition about danger.Huacheng said: “Go back. Take a look.”

The two of them walked side by side, returning the same way they came. After walking in twists and turns in the cave for a while, they stopped.

It was not that they wanted to stop, but that they had no way out and were forced to stop.The cave they came from was twisted and twisted, but there was only one way. However, before they returned to the end, a cold stone wall appeared out of thin air!

Both of them had expressions unchanged.Xie Lian said: “Is this an illusion or real?”

A silver butterfly flew forward leisurely and bumped against the uneven stone wall. It bounced back without any abnormality.Huacheng said: “It’s true.”

Xie Lian nodded and said: “That will be very difficult.”

There are two common ways for ghosts to attack walls: the first is to make you see illusions.That is to say, you think there is a stone wall here, but in fact there is not, it is just an illusion.This kind of thing is also easy to get rid of, just go up and touch it, otherwise slap yourself in the face, pour a basin of cold water on yourself, wake up and go up and touch it again;

The second type causes confusion in your memory of the road, sense of direction and other senses.This one is a little more powerful.For example, at a fork in the road, you thought you chose the left, but in fact, you were distracted and took the right.There is also the so-called “ghost turning in circles”, which is just a little trick: when a person steps with his left foot and steps with his right foot, there is a subtle deviation in the step distance. Inhuman things will confuse your mind and amplify this deviation.Unknowingly, when you walk down, you think it is a straight line, but in fact it is a big circle. When you come back, you will be surprised: Hey, why are you back here?!

But for both of them, these two methods are just trivial skills.This cold stone wall is actually the third kind: it is real.

Xie Lian was thinking about whether to break through the stone wall roughly to see what was going on behind it, then he heard Huacheng say: “Brother, give me your hand.”

Xie Lian: “?”

Although he was confused, he still handed his hand to Huacheng obediently.Huacheng gently held his hand, placed it in his palm, and covered it with his other hand, as if putting something on him.

Xie Lian held his breath for a moment. After a moment, he raised his hand and asked curiously: “Is this?”

On the third finger of his left hand, there was an extra thin red thread, which Huacheng personally tied for him.Moreover, this red line stretched out continuously and connected with the red line between Huacheng’s fingers.

Huacheng raised his hand and showed him the same small butterfly-shaped red knot on both hands. He smiled and said: “They are tied together.”

After hearing this, Xie Lian felt that his face was a little hot. I wonder if he was too sensitive. He quickly rubbed his face twice, as if he was afraid that Huacheng would notice that his heartbeat was much faster than usual. He smiled and said: “Is this some kind of spell?”

“Well.” Huacheng calmed down a little, put down his hand, and said, “Although we will not take the initiative to separate, it is just in case. This line will not be broken or short. If the line is not broken, you will know that the person on the other end is okay. Unless the person is gone, otherwise, you can definitely follow this line to find the person on the other end of the red line.”

Xie Lian said: “What do you mean if it’s gone?”

Huacheng said: “Dead, or disappeared into thin air.”

Xie Lian was about to speak when he suddenly heard a faint shaking sound in the distance.He listened carefully for a moment and said, “Who is boxing?”

With this force and frequency, it was as if someone was punching the mountain heavily.Xie Lian said: “This kind of power must not be ordinary people, it must be a martial god. Could it be General Pei?”

Huacheng said: “It came from the front.”

This “front” naturally refers to the front where they originally planned to go, but had to turn back because Pei Ming and others disappeared halfway.But Pei Ming and others disappeared behind them, how could they suddenly run to the front?And if it wasn’t Pei Ming, who would it be?

The two looked at each other and walked side by side to see exactly what was going on.Halfway through, the sound of punching the mountain suddenly disappeared. I don’t know if it was intentional or because of exhaustion.

But after you have come, how can you give up halfway?So, Xie Lian and Hua Cheng continued to walk towards the place where the sound came from.A few silver butterflies flew in front of the blue and dark cave, lighting up their way forward.Suddenly, Xie Lian glanced at something strange on the stone wall and said, “What is that? Red line?”

Looking at it from a distance, I really don’t know what it is, but it is very strange, like a red line, but much thicker than the red line, and it is still twisting, more like a long red worm.Xie Lian slowly walked to the stone wall, looked carefully, and said: “Isn’t this a half-moon scorpion-tailed snake?”

Sure enough, it was the lower body of a purple-red scorpion-tailed snake, exposed outside the wall, constantly shaking and tangled.Its upper body seemed to be buried in the stone wall. He said with thanks, “Did it get into a hole and can’t climb out?”

Huacheng said: “I’m afraid not.”

The whole body of this scorpion-tailed snake is hanging in the air. Snakes can’t climb walls. How can they swim to such a high place before drilling a hole?Besides, there are a lot of holes in this stone wall. Even if they have to be drilled, why do they have to be so small?This “hole” is also strange. It almost fits the shape of the snake’s body, which is why it is stuck alive.

Xie Lian wanted to grab the snake and pull it out for a look, but the snake was extremely vigilant. It swung its tail wildly and stabbed Xie Lian randomly, almost hitting Xie Lian.So, Huacheng flicked it. Although it seemed casual, the snake seemed to be petrified by this move and did not dare to move.Xie Lian didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. He was about to speak when he suddenly shut up and said, “Did you hear that?”

Huacheng also said: “I heard it.”

The two of them looked forward together.

In the darkness, there was a low sound of breathing slowly coming, very steady, very gentle.

The two dead butterflies played with each other and flew towards the place where the sound of breathing came from. The higher they flew, the silver light also rose higher and higher.Gradually, a pair of hands lit up.

This is a pair of human hands.Man’s hand.The back of the hand was stained with blood and scars, and hung down as if dead.Further up, a messy human head was reflected, and the head was hanging down as if dead.

However, there is no lower body.

Yes, the man “hanging” high on the stone wall has no lower body.Only his upper body was exposed, as if he grew out of thin air from the stone wall!

In the past, Xie Lian had seen some princes and nobles. When they hunted rare prey, they cut off the head of the prey, treated it with potion to make it incorruptible, and hung it on the wall of their mansion for people to see.The current scene reminded him of the tiger, deer, wolf and other animal heads lined up on the wall.But this man is clearly still breathing, he is still alive!

Xie Lian took a step closer and said, “What is this? Is it the body of the mountain monster?”

However, there was no response from the side.Xie Lian’s scalp suddenly felt a chill, and he turned around suddenly, and sure enough – Huacheng was gone!

Thanks for the pity: “Sanlang?!”

Naturally, no one answered, but the man hanging on the wall muttered a few words, as if he was almost awake and talking in his sleep.At the moment, Xie Lian was not interested in caring about him at all. He turned around twice and suddenly remembered the red thread that Huacheng had tied on his hand before, and raised it with great joy.Sure enough, the red line was still there and not broken.So, Xie Lian was a little relieved, and he took the red thread and pulled it all the way. As he walked, the thread came to an end.

The other end of this red line actually connected into a stone wall!

Xie Lian couldn’t believe it. He tugged twice more, and longer red lines continued to be pulled out of the stone wall. It made him doubt whether Huacheng was in this stone wall at the moment?

When he thought of this possibility, Xie Lian said nothing and raised his heart to break the wall. Unexpectedly, before the tip of his sword touched the stone wall, his vision suddenly went dark. The stone wall in front of him seemed to suddenly open a huge mouth, and with a squeal, he swallowed his whole person alive!

The darkness in front of his eyes did not pass quickly, but turned into continuous darkness as Xie Lian was swallowed up.There was sand, gravel, and soil from all directions, pressing down heavily on him, suffocating him.Moreover, the sand, gravel, and soil were still in constant motion. It felt like being swallowed into the belly of a giant demonic beast. In addition to him, the demonic beast also ate a lot of messy things. It turned over in its belly in order to digest it. It was also like being stuck in quicksand, with nowhere to use its strength. The harder it worked, the deeper it sank.Xie Lian just wanted to break through the wall and exit, but then he remembered that Huacheng might be inside. Instead of retreating, he advanced instead. He waved his arms to break through the sand and cut the earth while dragging the red thread to move forward reluctantly.At this moment, a hand suddenly reached out from the front and accurately grabbed his wrist.Thanks for the pity: “Who?!”

He opened his mouth and took a mouthful of mud, spitting it out in unspeakable pain.The hand grabbed him and pulled him into a hug. A familiar voice sounded from above: “Brother, it’s me!”

As soon as he heard this voice, Xie Lian relaxed completely, hugged the other party hard, and blurted out: “…Great, the red line is not broken, I really found you!”

Huacheng also hugged him hard and said with certainty: “It’s not broken! I’ve found you too.”

It turns out that the strange things they encountered just now were exactly the same.Xie Lian was observing the halfling hanging high on the wall, while Huacheng was paying attention to the surroundings to be wary of something lurking in the darkness.Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, Xie Lian standing next to him disappeared.There was also an extra stone wall inexplicably.Huacheng held the red thread and walked all the way looking for it. When he found that the end of the red thread was connected to the wall, he simply went in to find Xie Lian.

In fact, there was probably just an extra wall between them at first, but both of them thought the other was inside the wall, so they went in on their own.Xie Lian repeated in his mind for the umpteenth time that Huacheng really had thought of everything beforehand, and said: “Fortunately you connected a red line! Otherwise it would be hard to say whether they would be found or not. No wonder General Pei and the others disappeared so suddenly. It turned out that it was not a sneak attack at all, but… they were swallowed by the mountain monster.”

Huacheng said: “Yes, the location chosen was unlucky. The shovel just dug into the stomach of the mountain monster.”

Xie Lian couldn’t help but cough slightly.

Yes.At this moment, they must be in the belly of one of the three mountain monsters of “old age, sickness and death”.At that time, Yinyu asked Xie Lian if he wanted to dig upwards, and the location he chose happened to be the habitat of the mountain monster, and Xie Lian readily agreed, since he would not be deceived by his incredible luck.The sand, gravel and soil from all directions made the living space of the two people become increasingly narrow and stuffy. Xie Lian felt that it was not suitable to stay here for a long time, and asked: “How do we get out now?”

Huacheng said: “It was dug through the bottom. It is not very happy. It is digesting us, which is a little troublesome. But don’t worry, brother, you can always get out.” He joked again, “This is probably what it feels like to die in the same hole.”

Xie Lian was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and the corner of his mouth rose slightly. He realized it and quickly suppressed it, saying: “The halfling outside was probably swallowed by the mountain monster. The sound of punching the mountain we heard before should have been caused by him trying to escape and smashing on the stone wall. Like the scorpion-tailed snake, he was not swallowed completely, only half of it was swallowed.” Therefore, the effect looked very scary.Huacheng said: “But he is not the one who came with us this time.”

Xie Lian suddenly remembered the messy hair and said: “Wait, I know who that is. I’m afraid it’s Qiying!”

Huacheng seemed to think for a while before remembering, and said: “Oh, the one with curly hair. It must be him.”

Xie Lian said: “I don’t know if he is okay. Did he faint? I just saw that he was unresponsive.”

Huacheng said: “It’s okay, I fell asleep.”

“…”

Thanks for the pity: “How do you know?”

Huacheng said: “I left a few silver butterflies outside, and just sent them to fly over. My right eye can now see the situation outside.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he softly said “Huh?” as if he saw something strange, and said thankfully: “What’s going on outside?”

Huacheng said nothing, lowered his head slightly, gently lifted his chin, and pressed their foreheads against each other.Xie Lian opened his eyes, closed them, and opened them again, saying: “This is really… amazing.”

His right eye actually saw a different picture than the one in front of him.Although it’s dark, you can still see the general outline clearly.

This silver butterfly that monitors the outside world seems to be hiding in a pile of weeds, and at the bottom of the screen, a black figure is slowly approaching.Xie Lian whispered: “Someone is here, I don’t know who it is. Where is your silver butterfly hidden? Will it be discovered?”

Huacheng said: “It’s in his hair. It’s hidden and will not be discovered.”

The black figure finally came close enough and raised his face, his face pale.

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