Twenty-Eight Tower Underground Dungeon

  Cheng Junmu escorted the monk Na Heshang into the door with a kick, counting in his heart while listening to the movement inside.

  But in an instant, the inside was filled with the sound of gongs and drums, mixed with the loud shouting of monks and the scolding voice of the Taoist priest from the Purple Cloud Temple, rising and falling in a chaotic mess, like a big pot of porridge.

  It's just like this, still not enough. Cheng Jun is still waiting.

  Wait until the old Taoist shouted: "Fellow Taoist, who are you? Why do you come to me in the middle of the night and make things difficult for me?" Cheng Jun listened carefully to the voice, confirmed that it was him without mistake, and immediately took a step with his foot, quickly rushing towards the back of the temple.

  At first, he was able to tread the snow without a trace when he entered the Taoist temple three times. What about now? His figure flashed and disappeared in the dark of dawn, as light as a ghost, as swift as a demon.

  That monk boasted that he had almost entered the Tao through martial arts, but Cheng Jun didn't know what was true or false. However, in his past life, he indeed stood at the threshold of the Innate, only one step away from entering the Tao. At that time, he also proudly said: "Now that I have entered the gate of the Immortal Cultivation Realm, it is truly a blessing for the Northern Martial World. They no longer have an unattainable mountain above their heads."

  Although this is self-boasting, Cheng Jun is not a reckless person and has the capital to be arrogant.

  For example, at present, under the restraint of the Bo Ling formation, Cheng Jun's movement skills have not slowed down in the slightest. The speed is so fast that it is no less than the light and agile spell, and at least in the entry period of the cultivation world, there are few people who can compare with him.

  Arriving at the corner gate, Cheng Jun raised his head and found that the wall was less than one zhang high. He didn't go through the door, but instead stepped lightly onto the wall, standing on top of it to gaze down into the courtyard. Seeing no one inside, he jumped down gently without trampling the snow in the courtyard.

  The place where he landed was the woodshed and backyard kitchen, next to the woodshed was a courtyard, which was the Chan house. It used to be the residence of ordinary monks, now it must have been occupied by the disciples or children of Yue Hua Lao Dao.

  He glanced up and saw that the pagoda was on his left, to get past it, he would have to go through the courtyard of the Chan house. If it were an ordinary dark night, even if he sneaked through the garden, he might not disturb others. But now, with the fierce fighting in front, it's hard to sneak past unnoticed. However, Cheng Jun was not in a hurry, the people in the courtyard were just a few cultivators who wouldn't be able to stop him. Others were not enough to make a sound, even if they were discovered, there was nothing to worry about. Cheng Jun stepped lightly and got onto the roof, walking along the ridge of the house.

  Just as he entered the courtyard opposite, he heard a door creaking open and someone came out of the Chan room. Cheng Jun was taken aback, lowered his body, sat on the roof beam, and looked down at him. He was in a high place, and that person had his back to him when he went out, so he didn't notice for a moment that there was still someone above. In the darkness, only the person's head with two buns could be seen, dressed as a child, it was unclear whether it was Qingfeng Mingyue or Chunfeng Huayu.

  Just then, another sound of the door was heard, and a person stuck his head out from inside the house, shouting: "Spring Breeze, Spring Breeze, don't go!"

  Cheng Jun thought: It turned out to be Chunfeng. Among the four children, only Chunfeng was mature and had some thoughts.

  That spring breeze turned around and said, "Huayu, you go back to sleep, I'll go take a look over there. The front is getting lively, if we don't go take a look, we might fall into the bandits' trick of luring the tiger away from the mountain."

  Cheng Jun's heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself: This kid is quite quick-witted!

  Huayu sighed and said, "What's the point of using the 'Tiger Leaving the Mountain' strategy? We can't lose our things anyway. Why bother with them? Now that Master is fighting in front, Eldest Brother must be accompanying him too. What abilities do we have? You went alone to investigate Song Niangzi, if you didn't fall for the enemy's 'Tiger Leaving the Mountain' strategy, but instead fell for their 'One Knife Two Cuts' strategy, wouldn't that be even more miserable?"

  Chunfeng said, "Worst comes to worst, I'll just use the protective charm given by our master. I reckon it's no big deal. Huayu, if you're not afraid, come with me. A strong wind reveals a sturdy grass, and a storm tests a loyal minister. Today is the day we make a name for ourselves. Qingfeng and Mingyue have always been one step ahead of us. If we can achieve something this time, do we still need to look at others' faces?"

  Huayu was silent for a moment, then said: "Whether it's meritorious or not, I don't care. If I lose my life, what's the use of merit? You take care." As she spoke, she closed the door with a creak and locked it.

  Spring Wind's face sank, and he muttered: "You'd better not come, it would be a hindrance to my business." He turned around and walked away.

  Cheng Jun said quietly, "You're going to see that Song girl? How convenient, I'll have you lead the way. As he followed him at a steady pace, he secretly observed and listened to his words, wondering what kind of protective charm he had on him.

  That spring breeze went out of the courtyard gate and rushed straight to the pagoda. When it arrived in front of the pagoda, instead of pushing open the door and entering, it turned around a few times, circled behind the tower, and with one push on a wall, revealed a dark entrance to an underground cellar.

  Cheng Jun followed behind, took a clear look, and thought to himself: "So the dungeon is actually here, not beneath the tower? How strange, could it be that the dungeon and what the monk said are not one and the same?"

  That spring breeze walked down the cave entrance, Cheng Jun saw that the cave entrance was deep and dark, and he secretly frowned, lightly flashed his body and followed in.

  All that could be seen was a winding tunnel below the entrance, sloping downward, getting lower and lower. Cheng Jun's footsteps were silent as he swept through the darkness, only seeing a distant light in front of him, which was the lamp lit by Chun Feng, and it happened to guide him along a bright path.

  Suddenly, the lights went out, and the spring breeze stopped in its tracks. Cheng Jun also came to a halt, his body tilted to one side as he hid at a bend in the path. He glanced sideways, and all he saw was that the end of the tunnel was illuminated by a fiery glow, which revealed a dead end - a black iron wall with no seams or gaps, clearly an ordinary dead end.

  That spring breeze stopped, and with a gentle tap on the wall, he said, "Cloud girl." His voice was very soft, almost tender.

  Cheng Jun's heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself: Yun Niang? This form of address is somewhat problematic.

  After a while, a soft sigh came from behind the wall, saying: "Spring breeze, you're here again." The voice was exactly the one that Cheng Jun had heard before, spoken through the mouths of several demons, Song Yunjiang's voice. Her own voice sounded even softer and weaker.

  Spring breeze used his hand to press against the wall and said: "Cloud girl, I've come to let you out."

  This sentence was beyond everyone's expectation. Cheng Jun's eyebrows moved, and Yun Niangzi behind the wall exclaimed: "You want... how can this be... how is it possible..."

  "Chunfeng said: 'Yun Niang, since I spoke to you that one time, although we haven't met face-to-face again, there hasn't been a single moment when I wasn't thinking of how to let you out. It's just that I've never found the opportunity.'"

  Song Yun Jiang said softly: "I know, you are a good person."

  Chun Feng said, "I'm not a good person, but I just want to let you out." This sentence was firm and decisive, with a strong sense of determination. After a pause, he hastily said, "Today is a great opportunity, outside it's chaotic, Shifu and Shixiong are busy taking care of themselves. I've already talked to Hua Yu about the 'borrowing a tiger to leave the mountain' plan, at this time if we let you out, everyone will think that the enemy has come with a few people, take advantage of the chaos to rescue you, they won't suspect."

  Cheng Jun said secretly: So that's how it is, but it's not that you saw through the situation, but rather you're using a trick to use an outsider to release Song Yunjiang - this time you were actually deceived, I'm right behind you. If you personally release him, it would have saved me some trouble.

  Song Yunjiang shouted from inside the wall, "What's going on? Has an enemy appeared in the temple? The fight sounds intense, is the opponent powerful? Is anyone injured?"

  Chunfeng said: "I don't know about this either. Anyway, the opponent's background is not small, I think it's a fierce fight."

  A knocking sound came from behind the wall, and Song Yunjiang hastily said: "You go take a look... Ah, no, let me out, I'll go see for myself."

  "Alright, I'll let you out now," said Chun Feng, rustling through his pockets. Cheng Jun was too far away to see what he was doing, but assumed he was pulling out the key.

  Song Yun Jiang suddenly sighed and said, "It's useless, I'm afraid I've let you down. I remember you tried several times, the lock on this door is extremely tough, even with a key it can't be opened. You don't have any skills, so don't try again, okay?"

  Chunfeng said, "Don't worry, Cloud Maiden. This time I'm well-prepared. In the past, when I couldn't open the door, I assumed it needed to be repaired in order to open it. But I happened to overhear a secret, and only then did I realize my previous guess was wrong - this door only needs one thing, which is something that even I can open."

  "What's that?" asked Song Yunjiang.

  Chunfeng said: "I've already stolen it out, right here——" As he spoke, he held out something in both hands. In the firelight, all that could be seen was a black and rough-looking stick, which didn't look very impressive.

  Cheng Jun narrowed his eyes, finally seeing clearly. If he hadn't looked, it would have been fine, but after looking, his hair stood on end and he cursed, "Damn it!" He didn't dare look again and hastily retreated backwards.

  It turned out that thing was actually the ebony sword where the old demon resided!

  Cheng Jun's voice was not small, and Chun Feng heard it immediately. With a guilty conscience, he shouted loudly: "Who—?" His hand shook, and the black wooden sword fell to the ground.

  At the moment when the ebony sword fell to the ground, a black smoke rose from the ebony sword and quickly enveloped the entire tunnel. Chunfeng turned around, only to see a pitch-black scene in front of him, shouting: "How did I..." The last word didn't come out, as he was engulfed by the black smoke, everything went dark, and he knew nothing more.

  Jing Yun's footsteps were swift, and he flew out of the narrow tunnel in just a snap of his fingers. Even so, he still felt a wave of dark energy surging from behind him, as if slowing down even slightly would cause him to be dragged back into hell.

  He burst out of the dungeon, and suddenly everything in front of him was bright and clear. It turned out that as time went by, there were already morning glows on the horizon. He exerted his lightness skill to the extreme, and with a push of his foot, he flipped his body out like a swallow skimming the water, landing several meters away. In mid-air, he made a light and agile turn, and when he landed, he was already facing the pagoda.

  All that can be seen is that the native mouth has been covered by black smoke, and large pieces of fog are emerging from underground. Except for the rolling black fog, a black gas pattern has begun to condense in the air, roughly looking like a skull shape.

  Cheng Jun's heart sank, he didn't expect to encounter this old devil so soon.