158 “Blessing from Heavenly Official” Chapter 157

☆、157 The mountain is high and the road is far and narrow. 3

Hearing this title, Xie Lian was startled, and then he noticed that the young man’s voice was a bit familiar. He must have heard it a few times, and the next thing he looked at was his wrist.Although the wrist was covered by the sleeves, he was sure that there must be a black cursed shackle hidden at the bottom of the sleeves.

Pei Ming also stood up and further confirmed the identity of the young man in black: “Your Highness Yinyu? It’s true. I didn’t expect to meet you here. Are you…”

Yinyu scratched the bridge of his nose with his fingertips and returned the greeting, saying: “Zhenjun Lingwen, General Pei, little General Pei.”

Suddenly, a voice hummed: “Yinyu? Are you the Yinyu who beat his junior brother to a complete defeat?”

The expressions of several priests froze, and the voice continued: “I said, you are too hopeless, right? After being demoted, you just went to work with Guanyin. Compared with Quan Yizhen, you are really bad at it. Fortunately, you are still his senior brother…”

This sound was made by Rong Guang who was shrinking in the jar.Pei Su immediately put a talisman on it to shut him up.

Although I was working as an errand under Jun Wu, and I was also an errand under Hua Chengzhu, there was no difference. However, the former priest was now a ghost envoy, and now he was in the same room with so many former immortal friends. To use an analogy, it was like a policeman who had become a thief and was caught by his old colleagues. The air was filled with an awkward atmosphere.No one knew what to say, so Yinyu had to turn around silently and continue digging holes with the earth master’s shovel.

Everyone moved forward while clearing the road. Pei Ming was still thinking about the whereabouts of his friend’s brother and said: “Since Lord Huacheng can get the earth master’s shovel, it means that you two are still in contact? Remember when I asked His Highness the Prince, TaiYour Highness also excused you, saying that you are not familiar with the black water ghost, so you must not know his whereabouts.Can you please tell the mysterious ghost that if he did not kill Qingxuan, please put him back?”

Huacheng said: “You are wrong. I really don’t know the whereabouts of Black Water.”

“Then where did you get this shovel?”

Huacheng said: “I picked it up.”

“…”

He just refuses to admit it, so what should I do?They couldn’t do anything to him, not to mention that in this situation, everyone still wanted to ask for help from him, so Pei Ming had no choice but to say: “Okay. The Lord of Flower City is really lucky, and he can pick up magic weapons easily.”

Lingwen, who was carried on Pei Su’s shoulders, habitually said: “This treasure shovel belongs to the priest of Heavenly Court. Has the Lord of Huacheng returned it to its original state…” Before he could finish speaking, he realized that he was not working for Heavenly Court now and there was no need to help collect debts, so he shut up.

Xie Lian rubbed his eyebrows and was still wondering whether he should ask secretly, then he heard Huacheng whisper in a voice that only he could hear: “Heishui threw it. After he stopped pretending to be the Earth Master, he threw the shovel into the ghost market and ran away. Before entering Tonglu Mountain, I thought it might be useful, so I sent someone back to get it.”

Xie Lian said: “That’s it, I thought I could know the whereabouts of Master Feng Master… This treasure shovel is just right for dealing with mountain monsters. Sanlang is really thoughtful and has every plan.”

Huacheng said: “It’s just that I was chased so hard by this mountain monster that I have a long memory.”

Xie Lian couldn’t help but imagine what it would be like to enter Huacheng for the first time in Tonglu Mountain as a novice going through the levels one after another. At this time, a few small groups of silver light lit up in the darkness. It was the faint phosphorescence emitted by the dead butterfly that acted as lighting.Xie Lian held up a small silver butterfly, looked upward, and said, “What exactly is this mountain monster? Why is it attacking us?”

Huachengdao: “It’s hard to say what they are. When I came, they had been there for a long time. However, they are not attacking us. They will block everyone who wants to enter Tonglu Mountain. If they can’t block it, they will attack.”

Xie Lian said: “Indiscriminate attack? If you think about it this way, it is consistent with our purpose. Right now Master Yushi and His Highness Qiying are also in Tonglu Mountain. I hope they will not be in danger.”

Yinyu had been digging the soil diligently to clear the way. When he heard him talking about Quan Yizhen, his movements seemed to lag slightly.Xie Lian noticed it and glanced at him, remembering that he had met Quan Yizhen before when he was wearing a mask, but at that time, Yinyu acted as if he didn’t know Quan Yizhen at all. What if Quan Yizhen knew that the person standing in front of him was his senior brother?

Lingwen reluctantly raised his head and said: “Your Highness Yinyu, have you met His Highness Qiying? He came to my Lingwen Palace and asked me to help find you many times.”

Yin Yu stuck for a moment and said, “Yes, really?”

Lingwen said: “Yes. When you first went down, he came almost once a day. Later, there was no news. He only came once every three days, once a month. Not long ago, he came once a year. He always felt that there was a misunderstanding between you about the Jin Yixian incident. He wanted to hear your explanation and help you explain to others, but there was still no news from you.”

Yinyu stopped talking, just sighed and dug deeper.Xie Lian said heartily: “He doesn’t want to talk anymore.”

Lingwen was also a smart man, so he kept silent after hearing this, leaving Yinyu to concentrate on clearing the way.After an unknown amount of time, Yinyu said, “City Lord, His Royal Highness, we have advanced thirty miles underground, shall we continue digging?”

When the earth master shoveled through the soil, he moved the shovel like the wind, just like cutting tofu, and there was no accumulation of debris. Coupled with the escape mentality of the group, they walked faster than on the ground, and actually ran thirty miles in a short time.Xie Lian felt a little strange when he heard that he also asked himself, and said warmly: “You don’t need to ask me.”

Huacheng said: “It’s the same for everyone. What do you think, brother?”

Xie Lian thought for a while and said: “We were almost out of the canyon when we were attacked by the mountain monster. Thirty miles should be far enough. There is not enough air circulation underground. I’m afraid I will faint if we stay any longer. Let’s dig up.”

Yinyu responded: “Yes!” He immediately changed direction and dug upward diagonally, even building beautiful soil steps.Xie Lian said heartily: “This person is really good as a deputy. He is very agile and doesn’t say a word of nonsense.”

Everyone followed Yinyu and walked up dozens of steps. Suddenly, Xie Lian felt that he stepped on a hard protrusion under his feet. It didn’t look like stone or mud. He lowered his head and squatted down, digging lightly with his hands. For a moment, he frowned slightly.Huacheng saw it and said: “Brother, don’t move!” However, it was already too late. When Xie Lian stood up, he was holding a skeleton in his left hand and a skeleton in his right hand. He said: “Everyone, I have a question. Have we dug into a mass grave?”

Pei Ming also pulled out a thigh bone from the earth wall on the side and sighed: “That’s right. Looking at this bone, she must have been a stunning beauty with slender legs during her lifetime. It is really a pity that her bones are buried here.”

Huacheng said: “It’s a pity. The legs are long, but these are the bones of a man.”

When Pei Ming heard that she was not a woman, she dropped the thigh bone without interest.Huacheng added: “To be precise, it is the bones of a man who transformed into a ghost, so there must be corpse poison on it.”

Pei Ming spread his palms, and sure enough, the place where his hands touched the bones showed cyan corpse aura.Lingwen said: “Can you control your hands? Can you?”

Pei Su said: “The corpse is poisonous and has no harm. The general is a priest. After a while, he will be fine!”

To be honest, the thigh bone was not only slender, but also quite strong. It was very powerful when swinging it. Pei Ming picked it up anyway, wrapped a few strips of cloth around the end and held it. It seemed that he planned to use it as a weapon. He said, “Your Highness, how can you be okay with those two heads?”

Xie Lian gently put down the two skeletons and spread his hands to everyone.It turned out that the palms of his hands were also green, but the green color was fading rapidly.

Xie Lian said: “I will tell you the truth. The number of times I have been poisoned by corpse poison is not one thousand but eight hundred, so my resistance is very strong now. This level of corpse poison is okay.”

After hearing this, everyone felt inexplicably funny and wanted to laugh.Huacheng didn’t seem very happy. When he walked over, he trampled the two skeletons to pieces.

Xie Lian was quite relieved at first, but after hearing the rough and even fierce “click” sounds, he sensitively captured Huacheng’s unhappy mood.I wanted to ask what was going on, but somehow felt that his unhappiness seemed to be caused by myself, so I didn’t dare to ask.

After a while, Huacheng said softly: “Why did it take so long to dig?”

The distance between this tunnel and the surface should be only two feet at most. Even if the distance is slightly longer if dug diagonally upward, it shouldn’t take that long.Yinyu said depressedly: “I’m surprised too… Wait, we’re here, we’ve dug it!”

As soon as Huacheng finished asking, the front end of the earth master’s shovel dug out a hole and dug it through. He used a few shovels to dig out a big hole and jumped out first, saying: “Are we out…?”

Everyone climbed out, but when their feet stepped on the “ground”, they all felt strange.Pei Ming said: “This is back to the ground? No, right? Where is this place?”

The place where they came out was definitely not on the surface.Because the light is very dim.Lingwen said: “It was still daytime when we walked through the canyon. There is no reason for it to get dark so soon.”

Several death butterflies flew out with faint phosphorescence and circled around.Everyone finally saw clearly where they were.

This is a huge cave.The sky is vast and the dome is extremely high and wide, like the ink-colored night sky.There are countless small caves in all directions, each leading to a different direction.Xie Lian wondered: “Is this place man-made or formed naturally?”

Huacheng crossed his arms and glanced at it, saying: “It is naturally formed.”

Although he still answered Xie Lian’s questions, Xie Lian was always thinking about his little problem just now.Huacheng said again: “The upper excavation point we just picked is just above the mountain. It has been dug into the mountain.”

Xie Lian nodded and said: “That’s it. Then let’s find an exit quickly.”

Pei Su said, “But where are we going?”

This is really a problem.Except for those holes that are too small for people to get through, there are only seven or eight holes that people can pass through.Xie Lian crossed his arms and thought, Pei Su said: “Divide, group, move, move? The fastest.”

Xie Lian put down his arm and said: “No. It is taboo to act separately. If there is something lurking in the dark, it will be too easy to be defeated one by one. It is better to find the right path slowly than to spread the strength.”

Pei Ming was holding the new weapon made of the thigh bone in his hand. He seemed to be addicted to wielding it. As he waved it, he said, “Let’s act together. Let’s take this first.”

So, everyone chose a path and acted together.Huacheng and Xie Lianxing took the lead.After walking silently for a while, Xie Lian tentatively whispered: “Sanlang?”

Huacheng’s color has already softened, and he said: “Brother, what do you want to ask?”

Xie Lian couldn’t help but ask him if he was a little angry just now. He said casually: “It’s nothing. It’s just… this cave is curved like an intestine, and I feel a little dizzy when walking.”

Huacheng listened and immediately said: “Do you want to take a rest?”

He wasn’t even joking.Xie Lian hurriedly said: “No, no, no.” Afterwards, Pei Ming said: “Did I hear you right? Your Highness, do you still get dizzy after walking?”

“…” Xie Lian also felt that his casual remarks just now were a bit embarrassing. He seemed to have nothing to say. He pretended not to hear what Pei Ming just said and said solemnly: “Everyone, the people behind you must follow closely. It is easy to cause trouble at the corners of this cave…”

As he spoke, he looked back, but was stunned. He grabbed Huacheng and said: “Sanlang!”

Huacheng said: “What?” As he turned back, he also frowned.

There was no one behind them!

Just a sentence ago, Pei Ming was taunting not far behind him, but now, only the two of them were left in the dark cave.Huacheng immediately hugged Xie Lian’s shoulders and said in a deep voice: “Brother, stay with me and don’t wander around.”

Xie Lian also held his breath, focused on alert, and said: “Is there something hidden in the mountain?”

Huacheng said: “No. But it’s scary not to have it.”

Because this shows that there is something that can approach them unnoticed and kidnap everyone!