Chapter Twelve: The Old Mushroom

  The old man's words seemed to have dissipated half of Qin Zhong's anger, and through the old man's introduction, it seemed that many things could be linked together. Moreover, Yingzi kept talking about some things her grandfather had said when she was a child, which suddenly increased the credibility of what the old man was saying.

  Qin Zhong loosened his grip on the knife, squatted down and looked closely at the old man sitting on the ground: "Old man, so you want to go verify whether that so-called great shaman is dead or alive?"

  "Right!"

  Qin Zhong also wanted to know more about the things between the shamans, so he ignored Guo Dafu's suddenly rising anger and suppressed the matter: "Let's go, let him take us there."

  "Uh, old man I don't know the way, how can I lead you?"

  Guo Dafu's heart, which had just calmed down, was ignited by the old man's words: "You bastard, is it easy to cheat an old man?"

  "Alright, don't tell him, he means to follow us together. Let's let him follow on the face of Yingzi, but we've agreed that I'll ask you many things later and you must answer seriously and in detail, got it?"

  Qin Zhong never thought that he would one day use a knife to threaten an old man who was several hundred years old, and it all seemed like a scene from a movie that couldn't be portrayed.

  Along the way, Qin Zhong learned a lot about Shamanism from the old man. That Snow Wing was raised by the old man and was prepared to be his own personal weapon. As a shaman, he had the right to choose whether to control wind, fire, water, or thunder, but the old man simply chose to raise a spiritual creature.

  In Qin Zhong's grandfather's notes, this snow owl was recorded as a group of evil things. His father had also gone to the depths of Daxing'anling to find the Shaman's old residence in order to fulfill his grandfather's wish, but returned without success. However, as a junior, Qin Zhong was surprisingly lucky enough to find the ancient female chastity tribe, and not only that, he also met this person, he didn't know whether to be happy or worried.

  And what the old man meant was that he would follow Qin Zhong to continue deeper into the palace, and he taught Qin Zhong how to open the corner gate.

  Qin Zhong and the others stood in front of the corner gate, and the old man coughed a few times and said: "At the beginning, when designing the corner gate, I asked for my opinion. I told them that this corner gate is the last door to the underground holy land, so it must be designed well. Therefore, to open this door, three people are required, and one of them must be a woman. Fortunately, there is one among you."

  "Still want a woman? Who came up with this stupid idea?" Guo Dafu has always been out of sorts.

  Qin Zhong nodded and said: "Alright, you continue, how should this door be opened?"

  "This gate is called the Mysterious Mechanism Gate. On the top of the gate, there is a carved green dragon, and at the bottom, there is a phoenix. Only when the two sacred objects are placed in their correct positions, directly facing the ice bead in the center of the gate, can the gate be pushed open."

  Qin Zhong observed for a moment, and indeed there were these two things on the door. However, judging by the distance, it would be easy to do this. Qin Zhong grasped the dragon carving with one hand and the phoenix head with the other, exerting force in both hands, and in an instant, the dragon and phoenix faced each other, aligning the ice bead in the center of the door.

  With this movement, the corner door underwent a huge change. The water flow in the middle of the ice-made corner door began to circulate, and gradually, the ice beads seemed to be soaked in hot springs. Qin Zhong's hands touching the door started to feel waves of heat, while the corner door emitted rumbling sounds at this moment, and the door slowly opened.

  But the direction in which this door opens is very strange, and the ice gate seems to be a suspension bridge. On the top of the door, an icy chain slowly pulls the ice gate open, and after the ice gate is opened, it forms a 90-degree angle.

  The old man pointed at the door and a hint of a smile appeared on his lips, saying: "Go ahead, you three are just right, two males and one female, get up there."

  Qin Zhong didn't do as he said, and instead looked out towards the corner door. A vast expanse of white mist stretched out before him, and he had no idea what was on the other side of the corner door. He tried blowing a stream of air from his mouth, but the white mist seemed to have no reaction.

  "What's outside this door?" Qin Zhong asked.

  The old man replied without hesitation: "That is the road to the Holy Land."

  At this time, Guo Dafu grew a mind and stuck to Qin Zhong's ear, whispering: "Boss, I think this matter is not good, we can't see anything there, what if the old man cheated us without knowing it?"

  "Hmm, but if we don't leave from here, are there other roads to choose from?" Qin Zhong asked back, and Guo Dafu seemed a bit disheartened.

  Na Yingzi stood up without hesitation: "I believe in our ancestors, I also believe in our prophet Shaman."

  Qin Zhong bowed his head and sighed, whispering to Guo Da Fu: "Brother, remember this is the power of faith." As he spoke, he also had no choice but to walk onto the ice gate. However, when Guo Da Fu stepped onto the ice gate, it seemed to have no reaction. But standing in the white mist, the three people couldn't shake off a strange feeling.

  "Hold steady, old man is going to start the boat." The old man spoke quickly and without hesitation, his hands moving swiftly as he grasped a supporting point at the bottom of the ice door and pulled it upwards with a sudden burst of strength, sending the entire ice door flying out.

  It wasn't until now that Qin Zhong and the others felt like they had been deceived, because the old man hadn't stood at the door at all, but was just watching from a distance with a big smile on his face, panting with laughter.

  "Old man, what's going on? Why aren't you coming up?" Qin Zhong asked.

  The old man suddenly changed his face, he violently pulled the ice chain and shouted to Qin Zhong and others who had already been buried in the fog: "Hey, I forgot to ask you one thing, is that little girl a virgin?"

  Qin Zhong was taken aback by the question and stared blankly, what kind of question is this? He looked around left and right, but he himself was drifting in the fog, where was the holy land? Was the fog itself the holy land?

  Yingzi replied with great reserve: "Preceded by elders, juniors have never married, and their virginity remains intact."

  At the same time, Guo Dafu swung his big beard and scolded loudly: "Old glass, your grandfather's, I'm still a virgin, are these useful to ask? You old mushroom, you've been deceived by me again."

  "Hey, young man, you're quite hot-headed. The old man didn't have the intention to cheat you all, but this old mushroom's name is quite well-chosen. From now on, I think I'll call myself that too. Since there are virgins among you, the old man isn't afraid anymore. Go down!" As he spoke, his hand relaxed and then grasped the ice chain with both hands, twisting it with force until it snapped.

  The ice gate that Qin Zhong and the others were standing on seemed very stable, but the falling speed was super fast. The ice gate didn't know how long it had shuttled in the white fog before finally revealing the ground.

  The ground here is lush and green, the river flows rapidly, this made Qin Zhong and others tense up: "It's over, we've been cheated after all. Going down from such a height, we're probably going to become ghosts."

  "Old Master, I can die by your side, and with great wealth, I have no regrets."

  Yingzi's hands were clasped together, her eyes slightly closed, and she didn't say a word, as if praying for something. Before long, the ice door fell into the turbulent river with a loud crash.

  The violent shaking made it difficult for Qin Zhong and others to stand firm, as if there was a danger of falling into the river. However, at this moment, Na Yingzi had already been shaken by the impact of the ice door and the water surface, and she sat down on the ice door with a thud.

  "Don't move around, steady yourselves, otherwise if you fall into the river, no one will be able to save you."

  Qin Zhong listened and it was the old man's voice from just now. He turned his head to look, and unexpectedly, the old man was also standing on the ice door, grinning with a big smile: "Heh heh, the old man didn't cheat you guys, this door's design is still quite reasonable. Let's go, follow the river downstream, I'll wait for you at the Holy Land entrance."

  "Hey, is this lush green grass what you call the Holy Land?" Qin Zhong asked curiously. After all, he felt that the old man's words were also right. They had fallen from a height that could have turned them into pancakes, but they hadn't. However, a strange question rose to Qin Zhong's mind - how did this old man get down here?

  Guo Dafu acted quickly, and before the old man's back disappeared from view, he kicked him into the water: "Old mushroom, you dare to cheat us, damn it, scared me to death! Is this green oil a sacred place? Who are you trying to deceive?"