allonlinenovel Chapter 832: Two Route, One Dead End
Chapter 832: Two Route, One Dead End
"Guan Qiyu has been in there for so long, why haven't these ghosts left yet? Are they really planning to trap us to death here?"
"What should I do next? I should have retreated earlier."
"Be prepared. If there's really no other way, we'll have to force our way out. As for whether we live or die in the end, we'll just have to leave it to fate."
"Damn it! The academy clearly said there was no danger before, but now it's getting more and more dangerous. Are you guys at Taihang Academy deliberately trying to kill us?"
"..."
At this moment.
In the valley below the Golden Light Divine Gate, which looked like a mass grave, the monks from Penglai and the Confucian scholars from the academy were still surrounded by a large number of living dead.
These living dead did not take any further action, but they did not retreat either. The nauseating smell of blood emanating from them, coupled with the endless hatred in their eyes, made people feel frightened and uncomfortable even if they did nothing.
In such a tense situation, no one could remain calm. Among them, several monks from the Penglai Immortal Sect could not help but start to hold the Confucian scholars in the academy accountable.
In their view.
All this was caused by the academy. If it weren't for the academy, they would never have fallen into such danger.
However, they obviously overlooked that if they had not rushed to come here on their own initiative, how could they have encountered such danger?
Just when everyone was extremely nervous, the zombie who had invited Gu Xiu to climb the ladder suddenly let out a sharp scream. The scream seemed to be able to pierce a person's eardrum, making everyone shudder and become more nervous.
But it was unexpected.
As the howl was heard, the zombies that had previously surrounded everyone suddenly retreated in unison. Then, under the gaze of everyone, they returned to the position where they had originally lay.
Even some of the living dead who crawled out of the pit would dig themselves out of the pit again, lie down in it again, and then rely on their companions to help bury themselves again.
This scene makes people feel inexplicably funny.
But no one could laugh at this time.
Everyone was confused and frightened by this scene. It was not until they were sure that all the zombies seemed to have no intention of paying attention to them anymore that they looked at each other.
next moment.
"run!"
"Get out of this damn place!"
"Go, go, go, don't just stand there!"
Everyone ran away as fast as they could, fearing that they would encounter something as terrible as what had just happened again.
Only Xiao Ping'an was still standing there.
Looking at the golden gate in the sky.
Somewhat uneasy.
The teacher hasn't come back yet and she doesn't want to leave.
"Why are you still standing there? Are you stupid?"
On the other hand, Yuchi Chunlei, who had already run out, was halfway through when she saw Xiao Ping'an and Yun Zheng still standing there stupidly. She had no choice but to hurry back and said, "Come with me! If those ghosts show up again, we won't be able to escape even if we want to."
"But..." Xiao Ping'an hesitated and looked towards the Golden Divine Gate.
"But what but? Guan Qiyu is a physical cultivator. Even if all of us die, it will be difficult for him to die. You are not still worried about him, are you?" Yuchi Chunlei said:
"If you have the time, you might as well worry about what we're going to do next. Now you can't go back even if you want to."
"Besides, the group in Penglai is really strong. You still have a bet with that bitch. If you lose the bet, you will lose the Azure Dragon Key."
As soon as the group of zombies dispersed, many people wanted to go back and leave.
But they found out.
The way back was completely blocked. The gate of the Cangming Holy City ruins had collapsed, and there was no way to go back, which meant that they could only move forward.
Although Yuchi Chunlei is stupid and foolish, at least what she said this time makes some sense.
Xiao Ping'an finally gave up.
After taking another nostalgic look at the golden gate above the sky, she finally turned around and followed Yuchi Chunlei forward.
The teacher's absence means she has to rely on herself from now on.
She hopes.
Don't embarrass your teacher.
As everyone in the valley, which looked like a mass grave, left, Gu Xiu, who was in that special space, finally turned around and looked at the Lord of the Cangming Divine Realm sitting on the golden throne and asked:
"Are they going to die?"
"Someone might die." The other party replied, and then seemed to see that Gu Xiu and Xiao Ping'an had a special relationship, and added:
"But don't worry. Not to mention that I need them to buy you time, even those evil spirits from outside the domain want to absorb the flesh and blood power of these people. This means that the closer they are to the Star Skeleton Dragon Tree, the better. So as long as they don't really want to die, normally they will be able to reach the Star Skeleton Dragon Tree safely."
"But there is a prerequisite."
"If you don't want them to die, you need to hurry up and destroy the Star Skeleton Dragon Tree before they reach you. Otherwise, once they successfully pass the next two tests and really reach the Star Skeleton Dragon Tree, they will be in trouble."
"By then, no one will be able to save them."
At this moment, the Lord of Cangming Holy Land had a face full of sincerity and seriousness.
but.
Gu Xiu didn't agree directly to his words. Instead, he looked directly at him and after a moment's silence, he asked, "You keep talking about the evil spirits from outside the domain, but what are these evil spirits from outside the domain you're talking about?"
"People, very powerful people." The other party replied, his eyes extremely serious. "The people they left behind can no longer leave and can only be trapped here. But if they succeed, once they leave, it will be an unimaginable disaster for you Haoyu."
"Then how can I believe that what you said is true?" Gu Xiu still stared at the other person, with unimaginable sharpness in his calm eyes.
"I have no reason to lie to you." Facing Gu Xiu's sharp gaze, he remained calm. "You've been talking to me for so long, trying to see through me. I guess you must be feeling weird, right?"
Gu Xiu raised his eyebrows. He had indeed been observing the person in front of him since he met him.
and……
"I do feel strange."
Gu Xiu nodded and said bluntly, "Your body doesn't feel like a living person to me, but more like a dead person. Moreover... your body and soul are difficult to merge. It feels very awkward, as if you are just a puppet. So I suspect that you might be the evil spirit from outside the domain you mentioned. You said all this to me just to lure me."
"It's normal to have this doubt."
But the other party was silent for a moment, struggled to sit up straight, and then slowly reached out and pulled open the golden silk robe that had been covering his body, revealing the flesh underneath the robe.
Just one glance and Gu Xiu's eyelids couldn't help but twitch wildly.
Under the golden silk robe was a very strange body. It was clearly a human body, but the lower half looked like a rotten tree, with only some black dead branches left. The upper half was grayish white, looking like a dead tree that was slowly rotting from the roots, and it was barely normal until the collarbone.
The moment his golden silk robe was opened, a rotten smell like leaves and dead wood wafted out.
"Ordinarily, when I meet a guest like you, I should stand up to greet you, but I'm sorry, my condition has reached the point where I can't even stand up." The other party sighed and said sadly:
"In order to fight against the evil spirits from outside the domain, we have all paid a heavy price without exception."
"Those people outside are in a state of half-death, half-living. They are using a kind of survival technique unique to our Cangming Holy Land to barely maintain their spirits. But it is only barely maintaining. In fact, during these endless years and waiting, many people have truly turned into zombies, and their spirits have completely collapsed."
"As their chosen one, I am their only hope, so my situation is better than theirs."
"My physical body has been completely destroyed. My current body is a branch of the Star Skeleton Dragon Tree that I snatched back during the great battle. This branch is also the key to my survival until now. Because theoretically, as long as the Star Skeleton Dragon Tree survives, I can continue to exist."
"But existence doesn't mean immortality. This body has been separated from its original body for so long that it has already decayed to the extreme."
"Right now, I can do nothing except understand everything here, control the ruins of Cangming Holy City to a certain extent through this special realm, and communicate with Xiaolan."
"and."
"Because of my physical condition, when you shattered the Star Skeleton Dragon Tree, I would have died."
"In other words..."
When the other party said this, he put down his golden silk robe again, covering up the horrific scene, and then said to Gu Xiu:
"If you succeed, it will be a dead end for me personally."
"so."
"I don't have to lie to you, and I have no right to lie to you."
"I took this position countless years ago and assumed this body. My only mission in life is to complete my plan from that year, to protect the Cangming Holy Land and drive out those invaders."
"It's too late now."
"Even if I do nothing, I will still be liberated when they succeed."
"but……"
"I can not be reconciled."
"I'm going to die anyway, so I might as well use my death to win a great victory!"
"Even if this victory is meaningless, even if this victory has no effect, in the end, it is me, the only obsession of everyone in the Cangming Holy Land!"
"and……"
"It's not necessarily too late."
At this point, the other party smiled bitterly:
"If the rumors about the Three Realms Sea of Sin are true, and Cang Ming is merely a clone of the Dragon Ancestor, then once this world is completely destroyed, this clone can return to the embrace of the Blue Dragon."
"always……"
"It's worth a try."
"Three Yuans Sea of Sin?" Gu Xiu immediately noticed that this was the first time the other party mentioned this matter, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "You know Three Yuans Sea of Sin?"
"Until, I heard what the people who came in said, although I'm not entirely sure."
"Who's coming in?"
"Yes, the person who came in." The other party nodded and said something that made Gu Xiu's eyelids twitch wildly:
"In fact, a while before you came in, two people came here and came to see me. Strangely enough, they both told me about you, asking me to cooperate with you and telling me that you are the only hope for our Cangming Sanctuary."