Chapter 197

Chapter 192

The morning dew first soaked everything, then evaporated with the rising sun, taking away all the noise from last night.

Fat Gold Brother's family woke up early and started tidying up this homestay that had been neglected for a long time.

Tan Wenbin also got up early and helped Fat Gold Brother tidy up while chatting with him.

Some time ago, Fat Gold Brother's prospective father-in-law was hospitalized with a serious illness. The hospital even issued a critical illness notice. Fat Gold Brother temporarily put aside all his business and brought his parents to visit.

The good news was that after Fat Gold Brother's visit, his prospective father-in-law's condition improved immediately. He narrowly escaped death and came back from the brink.

This was originally a great thing, but his father-in-law's ten-year-old child, Fat Gold Brother's future brother-in-law, somehow heard a folktale and ran into the mountains alone, wanting to pray for his critically ill father.

His intention was received, but the person was nowhere to be found.

The reason Fat Gold Brother hadn't been able to return for so long was that he had brought his parents to help his fiancée and her relatives search the mountains for the child.

Hearing this, Tan Wenbin looked towards the distant Jade Dragon Snow Mountain through the window of the guesthouse room.

In the past, children running into the mountains didn't need to be too worried about; they would just play until they were tired and come back. But now, how could small children have this ability?

They searched for many days. Several times, everyone was ready to give up. Even the prospective mother-in-law wiped away tears and planned to accept the outcome. But every time they were about to give up, they would find fragments of the child's clothes, a peace lock, or other things he had left behind.

Fat Gold Brother himself couldn't understand how a ten-year-old child, without any dry food, could run so far and so deep into the mountains.

Finally, in a mountain cave, Fat Gold Brother found the unconscious child and carried him back to join the search party and descend the mountain.

Tan Wenbin noticed that when Fat Gold Brother spoke up to this point, he stuttered a little and his eyes flickered.

Under Tan Wenbin's specific questioning, Fat Gold Brother had no choice but to put down his work first. He led Tan Wenbin to the ventilation opening on the second floor, and they each lit a cigarette.

"Brother, since you want to hear it, I'll tell you. If you believe it, then believe it. If not, just take it as a story about our Lijiang tourism."

Originally, Fat Gold Brother went into the mountains with everyone to search. But as they searched, one day, he saw a tall figure leading a small boy, standing on the opposite mountaintop looking at him.

The figure of the boy was very similar to his little brother-in-law.

Fat Gold Brother shouted to the others while waving his hand and running forward. As he ran, he suddenly discovered that the others couldn't see it, and the tall and small figures were also gone.

As the searcher, Fat Gold Brother not only lost contact himself but also got lost.

This was a very hard thing to imagine. He had played in the mountains often during his childhood. After entering the tourism industry, he became a guide more often, leading tourists on mountain hikes.

Originally, this was also an item in Tan Wenbin's team's tourism project. And the hike would definitely not be on a fixed tourist route with stairs and stone slabs, but a new path the guide had found and developed himself.

Fat Gold Brother said that at that time, he completely lost his sense of direction. Even standing on the mountainside and looking around, he couldn't distinguish directions. He only felt that the sky above his head and the mountains around him were so strange.

Fortunately, he had brought enough dry food, plus rich wilderness survival experience. He simply searched for his little brother-in-law while finding a way out for himself.

Later, either at dawn or at night, he could always see the tall and small figures standing in the distance looking at him.

He started to feel scared, but he had no other choice. He could only follow the direction they indicated each time.

Finally, he entered a mountain valley. In the middle of the valley, there was a wide upward staircase that extended all the way up. Above it was a white haze, indistinguishable whether it was snow or clouds.

In the corner at the bottom of the stairs, there was a stone temple. The temple door was very small, only allowing one person to squat and enter. But inside it was very high, and a tall and thin stone statue stood there. It was a man's appearance with a very long beard, but there was also a tail behind his head.

And his little brother-in-law was lying unconscious below the stone statue.

He carried the child up, took him away, and on the way back, he could often see the tall and thin figure standing in the distance. He just followed the direction indicated by the figure and very soon walked out of there and came to the mountain environment he was familiar with.

The last time the figure appeared, he brought his little brother-in-law towards the direction the figure was located and knelt down, bowing repeatedly.

The little brother-in-law said he had a long dream. In the dream, Grandpa Muwang took him to many places. He gave him food when he was hungry and found him a bed when he was tired. He didn't suffer any hardship.

After Fat Gold Brother finished speaking, Tan Wenbin smiled and asked:

"Generally, after this kind of story, there should also be some small gifts given, like a golden axe or a silver axe?"

Fat Gold Brother quickly waved his hand and said: "How can that be? Being able to find the person safely is already thanking heaven and earth, truly grateful."

Tan Wenbin knew he was lying and that something should have been given or picked up.

It was understandable that people didn't want to talk about it.

After the conversation with Fat Gold Brother ended, Tan Wenbin immediately went to find Little Yuan Brother to report.

Looking at the current situation, it was indeed an extremely correct step to stay in the homestay and not leave. After the first round of battling for the broken jade ended, Fat Gold Brother did bring back a new clue.

The stairs extending to the sky, whether they were real structures or a mirage, were the place they needed to go to in the next stage.

Inside the room, Li Zhuoyuan was eating a poached egg with brown sugar.

Conditions were good now. In previous years, this was a high-grade tonic that women ate when giving birth.

Ever since Li Zhuoyuan melted that piece of red broken porcelain into his palm, whenever he cast spells to control the array, some blood mist would always float out. This detail was noticed by Runsheng.

So, every time Runsheng made himself a large bowl of noodles, he would also make this poached egg with brown sugar for Little Yuan. He felt this was the most nourishing.

Zhao Yi sat on the floor with a thick bandage on his forehead. At this time, he was personally using needle and thread to stitch up his chest.

Needle and thread continuously shuttled, like weaving a mosquito net for that black damaged small heart. From time to time, he still needed to pick up scissors and cut off some black rotten flesh.

When Tan Wenbin came in, he just happened to face this scene. He sighed in his heart that only his Little Yuan Brother could still eat normally facing this scene.

Zhao Yi pulled up the end of the thread, brought it to his mouth, bit it off with his teeth, and asked:

"Did you find out?"

"Hmm." Tan Wenbin saw Little Yuan Brother nod, and he recounted the process he heard from Fat Gold Brother.

Zhao Yi stood up and saw Li Zhuoyuan looking at the last egg with a solemn expression.

He finished his bowl, helped him eat, and also drank all the brown sugar water in the bowl. He immediately wiped his mouth and opened it to say:

"Grandpa Muwang should be an honorific title that folk people use for mountain spirits, wild ghosts, or mountain and river gods. It shouldn't have a big relationship with the local Muwang Mansion. It's similar to the call of the Great Immortals in the Northeast."

Li Zhuoyuan: "Hmm."

Zhao Yi continued: "The scene he described should be real, but due to the location, it will inevitably be somewhat beautified, making it sound like a heavenly palace. But where would the entrance of a heavenly palace have a stone statue with a tail enshrined?

But that should be the place. We need to persuade him to take us there.

Giving money won't be very useful, after all, it involves matters of gods and ghosts.

How about this, copy the imprint inside our two palms and show it to him. If I'm not mistaken, the thing he got should also have a similar imprint.

As long as it matches, the matter of guiding the way will be easier to discuss."

Li Zhuoyuan: "Hmm."

Tan Wenbin: "I'll go now."

After Tan Wenbin left, Zhao Yi smiled and said: "Sorry, I might have overstepped my bounds."

Li Zhuoyuan shook his head: "It doesn't matter. That's all you're good for now."

Zhao Yi: "Heh, hehe."

This was the truth.

If the clue had come a little later, he could have recuperated at ease.

However, last night's old matter ended, and the news came this morning.

He had no time to rest and could only push through with his damaged body and thick skin.

"Just in case, even if Sun Yan wakes up, it's impossible to take her. As for Xu Ming, he'll just continue to stay here and recover from his injuries."

He, Zhao Yi, understood the rules; guests don't bring guests.

Li Zhuoyuan took out the copper coin sword and asked:

"You said last time that this copper coin sword needs to be matched with a set of techniques from your Zhao family to exert its maximum effect."

Zhao Yi's face twitched.

"You want to teach me now?"

"I'm idle anyway."

"Then you should at least teach me something."

"Okay."

"Deal!"

Zhao Yi taught Li Zhuoyuan the set of techniques specifically for urging the copper coin sword.

Li Zhuoyuan gave Zhao Yi a set of "Heart Peace Solid Foundation Nourish Origin Scripture". Its auxiliary use was to nourish the body, but its main purpose was to strengthen bedroom secrets.

After receiving the method, Zhao Yi's face turned red again. If he had a kettle on his head at this time, perhaps it could boil water.

But he couldn't say that the young man was not honest, because the value of this "Heart Peace Solid Foundation Nourish Origin Scripture" alone far exceeded the technique he taught.

After the exchange, Li Zhuoyuan asked again:

"Does your Zhao family have any other interesting skills? For example, your Zhao family's basic essentials. We can continue to exchange them to avoid boredom on the mountain road."

"Don't you have a lot of this kind of bedroom technique in your hands?"

"Hmm."

In the basement of his great-grandfather's house, there were many books of this kind.

And almost every health book had a volume on bedroom techniques.

The ancestors were very honest and did not at all avoid the important purpose of health.

"But what's the use of me bringing back so many of these things?"

"Spreading branches and leaves, isn't that also a major family matter? People from your Zhao family can also save on the expense of Rehmannia pills."

"That makes sense. But I prefer 'Qin Clan View Jiaolong Method' and 'Liu Clan Look Qi Art'."

"How about 'Fengdu Twelve Law Edict'?"

"Want it!"

"I only have two or three remnants here. If you want to get all of them, you need to go to Fengdu, burn incense and make sacrifices to seek them."

Zhao Yi's eyes widened: "Do you have a grudge with the Great Emperor of Fengdu?"

The young man's fingertips shook slightly, and the copper coins twisted according to his rhythm, becoming a sword one moment and a plate the next.

He focused on playing with the copper coins and didn't speak anymore.

Tan Wenbin's efficiency was very high. When Fat Gold Brother carried his little brother-in-law back, he also picked up a gold ingot under the stone statue. There was a pattern carved on the gold ingot, which was exactly the same as the copy Tan Wenbin showed him.

Fat Gold Brother felt this was the guidance of Grandpa Muwang and agreed to take them into the mountains to that place.

Under Tan Wenbin's urging, Fat Gold Brother changed the departure date from tomorrow to noon.

This action was not only to not give Zhao Yi's people time to recover, but also to not give the first broken jade obtainer a chance to breathe.

It was unclear whether they could open the table if not everyone arrived, but no one would blame you for getting on the table first, eating some cold dishes, and grabbing a handful of peanuts.

After lunch, Fat Gold Brother drove a small bus to carry the crowd.

The bus was loaded with many local products, which Fat Gold Brother's parents had collected from the village neighbors to send to his prospective in-laws.

Originally, they had these things at home, but they were all eaten by Runsheng and the others in the past few days.

The first stop was the prospective in-laws' home. Fat Gold Brother carried the gifts in.

The prospective father-in-law was very enthusiastic and invited everyone to stay for dinner.

Tan Wenbin refused and took out their university student IDs, work IDs, and other documents. Anyway, they were a set of documents with official seals. The old man couldn't understand them, only knowing that a scientific expedition team had come to investigate.

Fat Gold Brother parked the car at his in-laws' home. He originally wanted to remind everyone to prepare supplies, but he saw that each of them had a large hiking bag, and the supplies and equipment inside were even more complete than his own. He didn't say anything else, waved his hand to lead the way, and set off towards the mountains.

The mountain road they opened themselves was not easy to walk on.

Walking into the night, Runsheng just carried Little Yuan up so he could rest.

Zhao Yi said he couldn't walk anymore and begged Lin Shuyou to carry him. Ah You didn't refuse.

The group walked until dawn. Fat Gold Brother was already panting and felt very tired. He turned his head to look at the people behind him and found that they were still full of energy even while carrying people, as if it was no big deal at all.

They found a flat spot with a mountain stream nearby. The crowd stopped to rest and conveniently cooked some hot food.

Fat Gold Brother secretly told Tan Wenbin that after this time leading the way ended, he would hand over that piece of gold ingot to the government.

After speaking, Fat Gold Brother seriously observed Tan Wenbin's reaction.

Tan Wenbin hugged Fat Gold Brother's shoulder and said that he followed him. He conveniently chatted with him about his college entrance examination, university life, and internship work.

He knew that Fat Gold Brother was starting to have doubts, thinking that their purpose was impure, possibly spies or tomb raiders.

Saying it was a matter of ghosts and gods could only manage for a while. After a long time, Fat Gold Brother would definitely be able to taste a different flavor himself.

However, under Tan Wenbin's intimate comfort, Fat Gold Brother somewhat believed their identity, and the doubts in his heart were resolved. After eating and resting for a while, he regained his spirits and led the way for everyone again.

The mountain road was difficult to walk, but the scenery on the mountain was very beautiful, especially during the day, with layers of peaks and towering snow peaks.

Because both the child and the injured person were carried, no one was lagging behind. With travel day and night, they reached the place where Fat Gold Brother kowtowed last time on the morning of the third day.

"I can't lead the way any further here, because next, we need to wait for Grandpa Muwang to appear."

Just as Fat Gold Brother finished speaking to the crowd, he discovered that everyone's gaze was looking behind him. He immediately turned his head back and saw two figures, one big and one small, on the mountaintop in front.

"Mu... Grandpa Muwang?"

It wasn't Grandpa Muwang, it was Yu Miaomiao and Ah Yuan.

Their appearance here meant that they had snatched back the first broken jade they had thrown away.

That night, when everyone was bluffing and delaying time on the homestay balcony, Li Zhuoyuan was actually also paying attention to the compass.

The location of the first broken jade stopped moving in the last small period of time.

This meant that an extremely tragic fight and snatching broke out there.

Zhao Yi: "They may have problems with their brains, but they are indeed very strong. As expected of the genuine Dragon King family."

Li Zhuoyuan: "We'll discuss the 'genuine' part later."

Zhao Yi: "You also noticed?"

Li Zhuoyuan: "Hmm."

"Haven't you heard anything about the Yu family's affairs from your family?"

"You don't know the situation of the Qin and Liu families. What my family knows might be even less than your Jiujiang Zhao."

"Heh, it's not the same. We have more news, but the whispers of the truly top family sects in Jianghu only spread within that small circle. The notices and letters your old lady can receive, my old men are not qualified to receive.

However, matters involving the secrets of the Dragon King family were originally not so easy to inquire about."

The fact that the Qin and Liu families of the Dragon King were almost out of succession was a public secret at the high level of Jianghu. But even so, with the old lady in charge, no one dared to openly cause trouble.

His Yu family had just sealed its doors for sixty years, not been wiped out for sixty years. Naturally, no one dared to truly go and see the reality. The cost of this curiosity was too high.

But now, it was not the time to consider the matters of the Dragon King family's courtyard.

Zhao Yi: "Guess what state they are in now."

Jianghu never lacked unknown heroes. That night, when facing a crowd of people, Li Zhuoyuan also sensed that there were two people who were deducing his array, and the deduction was very profound, which even surprised him.

If those two people were the main ones, and the rest of the people cooperated unconditionally, the maintenance time of his array would definitely be greatly shortened.

Later, when the time came, the team those two people were located in said loudly 'Congratulations' as they left.

This was also a recognition of his array skills. Since there were no longer necessary conflicts or contradictions, a sense of mutual sympathy naturally arose.

Li Zhuoyuan: "Definitely injured."

Zhao Yi: "Being injured is certain. The main problem is how serious the injury is."

Li Zhuoyuan: "This depends on how nonchalant she pretends to be, or how miserable she pretends to be."

These two extremes both indicated that the injury was very serious.

Zhao Yi: "Congratulations, you have successfully started to substitute yourself into her thinking. I hope you don't get stuck in it later, haha."

Fat Gold Brother was arranged to stay here. There was a mountain cave nearby. The crowd also provided him with more supplies and told him to calculate the time here and wait for them to come out.

Subsequently, without waiting for the real Grandpa Muwang to appear, Li Zhuoyuan and the others continued to move forward.

With the two people from the Yu family present, that Grandpa Muwang probably wouldn't dare to appear. The tail after the stone carving almost clearly indicated its certain identity.

The most important thing was that since the Yu family could get here first, it explained that they had a method to enter deeply, and Li Zhuoyuan had known for a long time that that girl had certain information.

Yu Miaomiao and Ah Yuan didn't specially stay there to wait for people, but they also didn't deliberately leave and hide. They maintained a kind of uniform speed.

Not long after, the distance between the two sides narrowed.

Yu Miaomiao and Ah Yuan stopped and turned back to wait.

As soon as they stopped, Li Zhuoyuan and Zhao Yi dismounted from Runsheng and Lin Shuyou's backs.

Runsheng held the Yellow River Shovel in his hand and stood at the very front. Lin Shuyou held the trident and stood beside him.

In the earliest days, Lin Shuyou's position was Yin Meng's. Runsheng was the main attacker and main defender, and Yin Meng provided assistance. But now, Lin Shuyou was obviously more suitable for this role, while Yin Meng shifted to battlefield compression.

Tan Wenbin then acted as Little Yuan's guardian and reserve team.

This was the most reasonable tactical configuration for their current team.

The advantage was that the upper limit was very high, and the disadvantage was that they were likely to collapse collectively after the fight.

The fundamental reason for this phenomenon was the special care Jiang water gave him.

This time, having the opportunity to exchange experiences with Zhao Yi about walking Jiang, Li Zhuoyuan obviously sensed the difference in difficulty between the two sides.

Regarding this point, Zhao Yi disagreed. He felt that the difference in difficulty was not big. He almost perished in Guizhou last time.

However, what Zhao Yi didn't know was that Li Zhuoyuan's every time he walked Jiang was basically based on fighting wits and courage with unpredictable people, often gaining an extremely large first move advantage. According to reason, this would greatly reduce the difficulty of each wave.

And the difficulty after it was reduced was consistent with Zhao Yi's difficulty...

The most obvious example was Xu Yijin.

Because that black-robed person actively appeared in Ah Li's dream, he only got the broken jade after several waves. Originally, he should have steadily suppressed everything and passed the first round without showing off, but unexpectedly, there were two waves of people living in one homestay, and one of them was Xu Yijin.

Yes, that's right, in the end, he killed Xu Yijin, but the price was that everyone under him was overdrawn and in a coma.

Thinking from another perspective, if Xu Yijin killed or used them as a shield, wouldn't that be a classic play for her to step on the Dragon King family and gain fame?

Yu Miaomiao threw something over. Yin Meng's whip flicked out, steadily catching and retracting it. It was an opened bottle of soda with a straw inside.

In the farmhouse at the bottom of the mountain, although the temperature difference between day and night was large, the sun was bright and pleasant during the day, so drinking soda was fine. But here they were on the mountain, and there was still snow visible nearby. Drinking iced drinks here?

Li Zhuoyuan handed the soda bottle to Zhao Yi: "You drink it."

Zhao Yi took the bottle, frowned, and didn't dare to drink it. He turned his head to look at Yin Meng behind him.

Yin Meng understood, opened her hand, and a Gu insect flew out, circling around the mouth of the soda bottle. Then two feelers quickly crossed, indicating that something was added inside.

Zhao Yi was a bit angry and funny: "She actually poisoned the soda."

"Pa!"

The soda bottle was thrown to the side. The bottle broke, and the liquid fell into the snow, staining the white snow with various colors and emitting a tempting fragrance.

Just smelling a little of it made people feel like floating and desiring to become immortals.

This wasn't poison, this was a tonic. But at a specific time, a strong tonic is like a strong poison. For example, no one would take cold medicine before an important exam.

If this thing was drunk, it could definitely nourish and recover the body, but the premise was that you needed to sleep heavily for a long time.

Sleeping at such a critical moment, what was the difference from being heavily poisoned?

In the distance, Yu Miaomiao stamped her foot angrily and shouted:

"How precious that thing is! I kindly took it out to ask you to drink, and you don't even drink it, so why waste it like that!"

Zhao Yi couldn't help but look away: "How did her brain come up with this? Did she think this guy surnamed Li would brazenly drink with her here?"

Yu Miaomiao was dressed neatly, full of vitality, and even her hair was combed very neatly. That kind of young lady's temper was still thick.

Ah Yuan beside her was bent at the waist and back, his clothes were torn, many parts of his body were injured, some places still had things embedded that couldn't be taken out, and some wounds were deep enough to see bone.

Especially the forehead, there was a very large pit. An ordinary person would have died from such a blow, but he was fine.

Zhao Yi and Li Zhuoyuan exchanged glances.

Okay, it matched.

Yu Miaomiao was heavily injured, and Ah Yuan was also heavily injured.

These two people were indeed very strong and successfully snatched the first broken jade at the last moment, but they also paid an extremely high price for it.

If they had snatched a piece of broken jade earlier, with their strength, they wouldn't have been in such a sorry state. After all, Li Zhuoyuan had arranged an array that could make the surrounding hunters hesitate.

Yu Miaomiao's lips moved slightly, and she said in a very low voice:

"Ah Yuan, don't worry, these two definitely can't see our true condition."

Ah Yuan grinned, stuck out his tongue, and licked the ferocious wound on the side of his face.

In the distance, Li Zhuoyuan's ear moved slightly.

He instinctively wanted to analyze whether this was a deliberately set up array within an array, but under his eyes, he could only spend a great deal of effort to forcefully restrain himself from guessing too much.

His heart told him again and again not to think of her as too complex, it wasn't worth it.

Zhao Yi raised his hand and made a gesture of shaking dice.

Meaning: Take a gamble.

Take advantage of her illness and take her life.

Li Zhuoyuan didn't respond.

Zhao Yi again deliberately swayed his body, meaning that he could go up and pretend to be injured. He would create a reasonable reason for making a move.

The way of heaven had a special influence on Xuanmen people, but this was still within the realm of being overcome. However, for lamp lighters, this kind of influence would be particularly obvious, and the karmic backlash would also be extremely clear.

Therefore, that night, if it weren't for the Jianghu people who didn't light lamps surrounding the homestay, the last group would probably have to fight another battle, even if it was just to vent some anger.

Li Zhuoyuan believed that Zhao Yi had that ability, and he also knew that this guy himself didn't dare to gamble several times and wanted to borrow his addiction to gambling.

But soon, a human figure with a long tail appeared on the slope in front and to the side, interrupting this process.

Grandpa Muwang really appeared.

However, at this time, Grandpa Muwang seemed a bit dull, and the yellow tail behind him was swinging regularly on the snowy ground.

It was being controlled.

Zhao Yi bit his teeth, knowing there was no opportunity.

The Yu family had controlled Grandpa Muwang.

Without it, even with an invitation, they wouldn't find the place to eat.

Of course, Zhao Yi also knew that this guy surnamed Li would definitely not go all out at this moment. Even if the opponent was heavily injured, a hundred-footed insect was dead but not stiff. Gambling on this would yield no income.

Yu Miaomiao was also very uncomfortable in her heart. Her original intention was also to get seated earlier, but this Grandpa Muwang was elusive. If it didn't appear, she couldn't control it either.

It just appeared and was controlled, and just happened to be bumped into by the other party, losing this opportunity.

Yu Miaomiao opened her mouth and said: "Together?"

Li Zhuoyuan opened his mouth and said: "Mengmeng, throw her a detoxifying agent."

Yin Meng: Detoxifying agent?

Zhao Yi understood and immediately shouted: "He's injured, and seems to be poisoned! My Little Yuan Brother's team happens to have an excellent physician who is proficient in pharmacology! We are kindly offering you good medicine to help you heal!"

Yin Meng understood, took out a well-prepared poison container, threw it up first, then bound it with her whip, and pulled. The poison container quickly flew away.

Physician Mengmeng sent out her detoxifying agent.

Ah Yuan kicked up a stone with his tiptoe and hit the poison container. It exploded in the air, and a cloud of poisonous mist fell down, not only melting the snow but also corroding a large piece of stone.

Yu Miaomiao's face turned cold.

Zhao Yi covered his damaged heart:

"You, you, you, how can you be so poisonous? Haven't you heard of attacking poison with poison? You really don't understand! A dog bites Lu Dongbin, not knowing good intentions!"

Before entering the destination, they couldn't fight, but it didn't prevent them from also responding here. It had no actual effect, but at least it could disgust each other.

Li Zhuoyuan opened his mouth and shouted: "You lead the way! Even if you are going to attend a banquet, you need to uphold the heart of guarding the upright path. We suspect that the host family is doing things that violate the way of heaven and are going to investigate. We hope you are not colluding with it and trying to cover for it."

When Zhao Yi heard the words, he blinked and didn't think this guy surnamed Li was so skilled at guarding the upright path.

Yu Miaomiao's chest fluctuated: "Since we are both invited to the banquet, we should go together."

After speaking, she turned around and continued to move forward with Ah Yuan.

Li Zhuoyuan and the others followed behind.

As for that Grandpa Muwang, who was very likely transformed from a certain mountain spirit, he walked at the very front, leading the way.

On the way forward, the surrounding scenery continuously changed. The environment that looked distant originally, when you really set foot here, you would find that it had already changed.

But Li Zhuoyuan didn't sense any array aura here, and the Feng Shui pattern was also very chaotic.

So, this place should belong to the category of nature's ingenious work, that is, the so-called secret realm.

No one proposed resting, and everyone's footsteps didn't stop.

Finally, when they walked into the night, they saw the mountain valley mentioned in Fat Gold Brother's narration.

There was indeed a wide staircase extending forward, but Fat Gold Brother should have arrived during the day, so he saw a feeling of floating fairy air. But now it was night, the stone steps were deep, the surroundings were dim, and there was a faint sound like crying and complaining.

A small temple stood there, seeming out of place with its surroundings.

This should have been built later.

Ah Yuan waved his hand and released the control on Muwang. Grandpa Muwang knelt on the ground, his body trembling, and blood continuously overflowed from his eyes, ears, mouth, and nose. In the gaze he turned back to look at the crowd, he carried deep resentment.

Zhao Yi sighed helplessly: "This is making us also hate."

Li Zhuoyuan: "It should have found this treasure land and borrowed it to cultivate. It was indeed an unwarranted disaster."

Being able to safely send Fat Gold Brother's little brother-in-law away was an act of doing good and following the upright path, but in exchange, it was the domineering behavior of the Yu family.

Zhao Yi and Li Zhuoyuan both suspected that something had changed with the Yu family, and it was based on this, because with the style of the Dragon King family, the details wouldn't be so rough and domineering.

Ah Yuan seemed to glare at Grandpa Muwang, and Grandpa Muwang suddenly trembled and immediately knelt down, kowtowing to Ah Yuan and begging for mercy.

This should be a certain natural suppression, and it was also the reason why the Yu family could control monsters.

Ah Yuan let out a low roar from his throat, and Grandpa Muwang turned around and drilled into his small temple.

Subsequently, Yu Miaomiao turned back to look at Li Zhuoyuan and the others, stepped onto the stairs, and Ah Yuan followed closely behind.

When Li Zhuoyuan passed the small temple, he saw the shivering Grandpa Muwang curled up at the mouth of the short temple door. His human appearance was fading, yellow fur was floating on his face, and his eyes were also becoming more and more round.

His original form was a yellow weasel.

At this time, in its eyes, there was both fear and resentment.

Li Zhuoyuan looked at it and said to it: "You are human."

The yellow weasel was stunned, immediately trembled, and the fur on its face gradually faded.

When Zhao Yi passed by, he also added a sentence: "You are human."

The yellow weasel's eyes slowly became like human pupils.

It knelt down again, and the resentment in its eyes disappeared, leaving only gratitude.

When the crowd was on the stairs, Zhao Yi smiled slightly: "I didn't see that your heart is still quite soft."

Li Zhuoyuan answered very calmly: "It saved Fat Gold Brother and that child. We can know this place. This is a piece of karma."

Zhao Yi: "After this time ends, if we have time, we can exchange experiences on this aspect. I feel you are hiding something from me."

Li Zhuoyuan: "Okay, exchange it with the basic essentials of Jiujiang Zhao."

The stairs were very deep, but not too long. They walked to a platform where three large stone doors appeared in front.

The stone doors were embedded in the rock wall, integrated with the mountain peak. Different murals were carved on them, simple and ancient.

The murals had endured wind and frost. Although they were already mottled, they still retained their charm, and what was painted could be clearly seen.

But the closer they looked, the more startled they were.

Zhao Yi: "I see many people I know recently, and people who were harmed by me."

In the previous period, Zhao Yi was very active and contacted many people.

Li Zhuoyuan didn't contact many people, but he also saw five familiar people on the murals: Xu Yijin and the four people who were killed on the first night on the second floor.

The images of the people who died battling for the broken jade this time were all copied and imprinted.

Li Zhuoyuan remembered that one night, at the place where Tan Wenbin buried Xu Yijin and others, several virtual shadows appeared.

At that time, Yu Miaomiao should have let Ah Yuan try to attack the virtual shadows, but it didn't have any effect.

On the left stone door, the images of the dead people were very violent, like wild beasts crawling on the ground, tearing and fighting.

On the middle stone door, the images of the dead people were quiet and peaceful, even somewhat dull, lining up in neat teams, following step by step.

On the right stone door, the dead people were divided into several layers from top to bottom. Some were holding hands, some were standing alone, forming an organized pattern.

Zhao Yi: "Oh~"

After saying "Oh", Zhao Yi didn't speak anymore, because he knew that the young man beside him could also see what he could see.

Li Zhuoyuan's gaze swept over the three stone doors again, from left to right, representing: beast control, puppet, and array.

What did this count as, the host family's enthusiastic hospitality to him?

Li Zhuoyuan's eyes showed contemplation. If this place was really one of the nine great secret realms, it meant that this place had existed for a very long time. However, the black-robed zombie in Ah Li's dream had an enmity with the ancestor Dragon King, and it said that its whole clan would rise here.

So, was it that someone later occupied this secret realm and built this place?

Behind the three doors, it definitely didn't mean inheritance. It should represent a certain danger after entering the door. But blessings and disasters are always interdependent. Whatever danger you encounter, you will also have the opportunity to obtain a certain chance in the corresponding danger.

The way of heaven is like giving a slap and then a sweet date. Here, it should be the place to give the sweet date.

Yu Miaomiao placed her palm on the leftmost stone door. The imprint was triggered, and the stone door slowly turned, opening by one-third.

As a member of the Yu family, she definitely chose beast control.

However, she wasn't in a hurry to enter, but turned around to look at Li Zhuoyuan and Zhao Yi:

"Let's make a deal. If you choose this door, you can mention what you want to me."

The door was only open by one-third. It was possible to enter, but she was still not satisfied.

This also meant that selecting one of the three doors with the three invitations would open it, but the degree would be different.

More invitations meant a higher degree of danger, but also a greater chance.

No wonder she actively sought him out at the beginning, wanting to be the boss as soon as she opened her mouth. Originally, she wanted to collect invitations here.

Seeing that Li Zhuoyuan and Zhao Yi didn't react, Yu Miaomiao opened her mouth again and said: "Dragon King Yu owes you a favor this time!"

Li Zhuoyuan looked at her lazily.

Zhao Yi covered his heart.

Yu Miaomiao said hatefully: "Remember, it's you who didn't appreciate the offer!"

After speaking, she stepped into the first door, and Ah Yuan followed her.

Zhao Yi: "This place is not bad, it nourishes people."

Li Zhuoyuan: "Hmm."

Immediately, Li Zhuoyuan looked at Zhao Yi: "You choose first."

Zhao Yi pointed to the bandaged spot on his forehead, which was the location of his life and death seam:

"If I were to choose, I would definitely choose the array. This would be the biggest increase for me, and I could appreciate it."

Li Zhuoyuan: "Okay, you go."

Lin Shuyou put down Zhao Yi, who was on his back.

Tan Wenbin acted like welcoming guests, making a gesture to lead the way:

"Young Master Zhao, please."

"Hahaha hahaha!"

Zhao Yi laughed until his heart ached.

In his current state as a sickling, with no companions, entering the door alone would probably result in him being ground to death by a simple array.

"I'm kidding, kidding. I'll definitely choose the puppet.

My Brother Zhuoyuan is young and can't practice martial arts temporarily. If he can master some advanced puppet techniques, that would be a huge increase!"

Saying that, he jogged over and placed his palm on the stone door. The stone door opened by one-third.

Li Zhuoyuan also walked forward and placed his palm on it. The stone door continued to open, reaching two-thirds open.

Xu Yijin's puppet technique was very useless to him, even saying it was flashy but not practical.

He hoped that what was inside wouldn't disappoint him.

"Let's go in."

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