Chapter 16: The Golden and Silver Errors

  Although Su You had retorts such as "How is this possible", "I must be thinking too much" and "Maybe someone intentionally misled me", he also knew that if he really wanted to determine the truth, at least he had to wait for Jiang Si to wake up.

  "It can't be helped..." Su You muttered under his breath. After confirming that he was a bit hungry, he put Jiang Siqi and Qin on his back again and continued walking forward.

  It's useless to think about anything else, leaving the underground is the priority!

  After turning two intersections, the road ahead suddenly became clear. Su You walked for more than two hours and encountered this situation for the first time, her feet quickened by several steps unintentionally.

  "Ah..."

  After seeing clearly what it was, Su Youyou involuntarily opened her mouth wide——

  In front of him was a large octagonal pit, in the center of which was piled up with miscellaneous objects about 20 meters high, including spheres, triangular prisms, cubes, and dodecahedrons. But the focus is not on their shapes, but on their materials -

  These objects are either gold or silver!

  From a distance, it seemed to be shrouded in a layer of mist. Only when you got closer could you feel the piercing brilliance and splendor of gold and jade. Su Yu was stunned for a while, vaguely remembering that everyone used to joke about wanting to be killed by gold during their university days.

  And the mountain of gold and silver in front of him, killing a few Su You wouldn't be a problem at all! Seeing them, he seemed to have already seen his future where he would get promoted, become the general manager, take office as CEO, marry a rich beauty, and reach the pinnacle of life! No, no, no, promotion and raise can be exempted, this money can make him the CEO of a multinational company without any problem!

  Su Yu was admiring a golden, smooth pearl in his hand, turning it over and over again, reluctant to let go of it, lost in his own imagination. After a while, he vaguely felt that something was off...

  Wait? He wasn't carrying it on his back after all? Where did this golden bead come from?

  Su You turned his head and saw that Jiu Xianqin and Jiang Sizhi were both lying on the road he had come from. He looked down at Jinzhu, then turned his head to look at Jinshan, suddenly realizing that he didn't have any memory of putting down the person and the zither.

  Was he tempted by gold? For money, did he abandon Jiang Siqi?

  This thought poured down like icy water, making Su Yu's whole body shudder. No, having money is good, but you also need to have a life to spend it!

  As he thought of this, Su You didn't hesitate to throw the golden bead behind him and re-shoulder what he should be carrying. Then he looked around and found that there were eight forks in the hall, which made his head ache even more. In the usual way, he chose the nearest one on the left side and drilled in, only then did he feel that his mind was slowly recovering to its normal state.

  Those gold and silver are definitely not just gold and silver! There must be something else attached to them that makes people become obsessed and unable to leave!

  Su You shivered again and quickened his pace. He sincerely hoped that the path he had chosen was not problematic, otherwise he would have to go back and undergo the trial again!

  After he left from Xunmen, another person walked out of Zhenmen on the opposite side, only half a minute later.

  This man was indeed Jing Sheng. His reaction to the gold mountain was similar to Su You's, except that he added an extra step, which was to carefully identify whether it was real gold and silver. After confirming that it was true, he began to consider the compatibility of leaving safely and taking a piece of gold with him, and quickly came to the conclusion that they were not compatible.

  "Cutting is no match for eating and drinking!"

  Jing Sheng disdainfully threw away the gold brick in his hand. He had been walking for more than two hours since he fell, and it was already late at night. At this time, he only felt tired, thirsty, and hungry, but still had to continue persevering.

  In the vast hall, eight forks suddenly appeared, and even if Zhang Sheng was clever, he couldn't determine which way to go. He hesitated, sometimes thinking that Mu Lian should have told him the underlying rules of this place, and sometimes thinking that if he had taken a few more steps back then, it would have been fine... But all these were now just hindsight, and he could only grit his teeth and continue forward.

  Perhaps due to the same logic thinking from the same department, Jin Sheng also chose the same carpet-style maze walking method as Su You, and both chose the left side. So he turned out and entered the left hand side, which was just opposite the door.

  Compared to the two who were wandering around blindly, Du Ying was much better. Every time he came to a fork in the road, he would carefully deduce the direction and try his best to find the nearest route. However, with his limited physical strength now, he couldn't afford to expend too much energy on divination, so he couldn't infer enough useful information. He had encountered illusions and mist more than once, but had easily turned danger into safety each time.

  It seems that the legend is about 80% true, Du Ying thought as he walked.

  In the mountains, the wood spirit family has been worshiping the Qin Saint since ancient times. They knew that there was a Qin Temple on the mountain, and the Qinggang pine trees relied on the blessings of the Qin Temple to survive for thousands of years. Therefore, whenever a tree spirit appeared, they would make a vow to guard the Qin Temple for life, not allowing outsiders to set foot in it, nor themselves.

  It's unexpected, but the saying that Qinggang relies on Lishan Qinmiao is definitely true. Otherwise, with Guqin Sheng's incredible abilities, how could the trap set up be so easily solved? It must be the protection of Qinmiao Fengshui!

  Actually, this idea is not entirely wrong, nor is it completely right. Feng shui protection is only one part of the reason; more importantly, the main object that Qin Temple's setting is to prevent is living creatures with vital energy. A tree becoming a spirit still has its essence as wood, so the effect is discounted upon discounted.

  No matter what, after confirming this point, Du Ying's mood became lighter and he could finally walk a bit faster. And when he turned around another corner, he suddenly smelled a sweet fragrance in the air. Even if his original body was a piece of wood, he felt that the fragrance had stimulated some nerve in his body, making him feel a little hot and dizzy.

  But this feeling was only a little, Du Ying quickly suppressed it. Aphrodisiac? He slightly raised an eyebrow, which is basically useless for the Jingguai. Then he carefully distinguished and found that the smell came from the right fork in the road. He pinched his hand again and found that the right side was the main road, and stepped on it without hesitation.