Chapter Thirty Can Only Walk Six

  The sky above us suddenly cracked into pieces, like tempered glass shattering, and the fragmented sky gradually disappeared, revealing a clear blue sky.

  The thatched hut twisted and disappeared before our eyes like a phantom, the corpse was exposed to strong sunlight, instantly losing its strength, the wet skin began to turn white, and soon fell to the ground with a thud. From his mouth flew out the souls of several people, which returned to our bodies respectively, and we suddenly felt much more comfortable, full of energy throughout our body.

  I don't know if anyone else noticed, but when Wu Zihan was reciting the incantation and reached the last word "po", for a split second I saw his entire skin turn blue, only to immediately recover. My mind was filled with doubts: what is his true identity, could he also be a Blue Faced Man?

  Xiao Lao coughed a few times and opened his eyes. Yang Cangcang also woke up, stretched her waist and said: "It's like I had a very long dream." Wu Zihan saw that everyone was fine and also showed a relieved smile.

  I just realized that Wu Zihan's face is angular and clear-cut, and his deep and mysterious icy eyes are also very approachable when he smiles.

  "Everyone is okay, right?"

  A faint voice came from beside: "I... have... something!"

  I followed the sound and couldn't help but burst out laughing, Old Three's lips had turned dark purple and were swollen to a ridiculous size, like two overcooked sausages. It was then that I remembered, earlier Old Three had been biting onto the leg of the corpse with his mouth.

  Everyone saw it and burst out laughing, I laughed so hard that tears almost came out. "Old Three, what does a corpse taste like? Is it delicious?"

  Lao San rubbed his two sausage-like lips with a wronged expression and said clumsily, "If it weren't for me, could you guys have blocked the dark corpses? Hmph!"

  Yang Cangcang laughed and covered her stomach, saying: "Old Xiao, is Ah Long's mouth okay?"

  Xiao Lao went over and took a look, saying: "It's nothing serious, he'll be able to get down in a bit."

  Lao San's face was full of smiles: "It's still my family Ceng Ceng who cares about me."

  Yang Cangcang gave him a sideways glance: "Who is your Cangcang?"

  After the thatched hut disappeared, the sickle weasel that was wrapped around us outside also disappeared. I observed the situation around me and said: "We seem to have broken through the whirlwind array, it seems there's no danger anymore, the seal in the sky just now has shattered."

  "The vengeful spirit is the malevolent corpse. Now that the malevolent corpse is dead, this curse is broken." Wu Ziheng said.

  Yang Cangcang exclaimed loudly: "Great, let's continue moving forward!"

  Just as they were talking, six basket-like objects suddenly descended from the sky. The baskets were very large and could hold a person standing up. They were suspended in mid-air by ropes that slowly lowered them down. The ropes seemed to be floating in the air, with no visible origin.

  Karamay excitedly shouted: "Tongtian basket!"

  "What is this thing?" I asked in puzzlement.

  "This basket can take us into the next formation," Kalamai explained.

  "But... " I looked around at everyone, "We have seven people, right?" After I reminded them, they all paused and counted the basket again. Indeed, there were six, and the basket slowly fell to our feet.

  "That's easy, just have two people stand on a basket." Yang Cang said with a wave of his hand.

  Xiao Lao touched the basket in front of him and said, "I'm afraid it won't work. This basket can only hold one person. If we add another person, I'm afraid no one will be able to get on, and this array is probably set up to make us abandon one person."

  Xiao Lao's words came out, and everyone fell silent, looking at each other with strange eyes. Everyone knew what the others were thinking in their hearts, no one wanted to be left behind, and whoever stayed would certainly come to a bad end. I thought to myself, this move is really ruthless, wanting us to kill each other.

  Xiao Lao sighed and spoke first: "I, an old man who has seen and known much, have traveled the length and breadth of this great land in my lifetime, which is enough. You all go ahead, leave the future to the young people."

  "Alas, you're so willing to sacrifice yourself. Forget it, I'll stay instead. I wasn't part of your team to begin with, and I've already been trapped in the Scorpion's Tomb for 40 years. At worst, I'll just be trapped here again." Yang Cangcang said lightly, but couldn't help gazing at Wu Zihan.

  "You stay with me." Lao San said firmly.

  Karamay cleared his throat and said, "Everyone, let's not fight over it. Let's draw lots instead. Whoever gets it can stay behind. Let's leave it to fate." The crowd nodded in agreement.

  Wu Zihan glanced at us lightly and said indifferently: "You all leave, I'll stay."

  "No way!" I exclaimed loudly, "How can we go on without a road under you?"

  Wu Zihan seemed to chuckle: "Aren't you still here? Don't waste any more time, soon the basket will disappear and none of you will be able to go up, I have my own way out."

  Few people dare to oppose Wu Zihan's words, but he has become a psychological support for everyone. Without him, many people would suddenly feel less secure. However, what Wu Zihan said makes sense, and perhaps only he has the ability to survive and get out alive.

  We stared at each other in silence, no one speaking. Wu Zihan handed me the dagger: "Take good care of everyone." I was about to respond, but he had already turned and walked into the depths of the desert. Xiao Lao watched his receding back and muttered: "This young man, what's his background after all?"

  Karamay reminded me: "Get on the basket quickly, it will disappear soon."

  We several returned to our senses, and with a flurry of hands and feet, we climbed into the basket. The basket slowly rose higher and higher into the sky. I looked down from above, and in the distance, all that was left was a patch of yellow sand; Wu Zihan's figure had already disappeared from view. The basket continued to rise until finally, we were surrounded by clouds on all sides.

  I don't know how long it took, but I started to doze off and was suddenly awakened by Yang Cangcang's loud shout of "Arrived". We had already landed on a piece of land, in front of us was an endless expanse of black seawater, and in front of the seawater stood a stone monument. This monument was similar to the one at the entrance of Xunzhen Gate before. The sun here was level with the horizon, looking very bright from afar but quite dim near the shore.

  Lao San touched his mouth, which had already swollen a lot. He asked Xiao Lao: "Have we arrived in heaven? Is this the Milky Way?"

  Xiao Lao shook his head and replied, "Although it feels like we're going up, in fact, it's parallel." Xiao Lao carefully looked at the painting in front of the stone tablet and continued, "This is the Kan array in the Bagua formation, naturally representing water in the midst of heaven."

  "It's all water around us." Fu Ma put his hand in the water, testing the temperature, and immediately withdrew it as soon as he made contact with the water.

  "What's wrong, is there something wrong with the water? It's too cold?" Karamay asked tentatively.

  Fu Ma said: "The water is fine, I feel a huge resentment coming from the water, it's very penetrating."

  Yang Cangcang took a deep breath and said, "This stele says that this water is called Huangquan Water. Could it be the legendary weak water flowing from the underworld? Otherwise, how could there be such great resentment?"

  "No, there's no hell. What people say about the Yellow Springs is just a myth. In ancient times, when people dug wells deep into the ground, the water that flowed out was yellow in color. The ancients mistakenly believed that there were Yellow Springs in the underworld. It's all just legend." Old Xiao explained.

  "Wu Zihan is not here, we must be careful with everything." Yang Cangcang said, looking around, "At present, except for this sea, there is nothing else. It seems that the mystery should be at the bottom of the sea."

  "It seems we have to dive in, haven't gone swimming for a long time."

  "Dive to the bottom?" I was shocked and turned pale, "Although I can swim, but we didn't bring professional diving equipment, how can we go down like this, who can hold on for so long?"

  Karamay pulled out a small pouch from his bag and said to me, "Don't worry about this. This is the Bi Shui Dan that Director Mu specially instructed me to bring. After eating it, you can breathe through your skin for an hour temporarily. However, there's only one hour, and if you eat it again next time, it will take effect after 12 hours, so our time is limited."

  I thought to myself, there's such a high-end thing, and Director Mu really thinks about everything.

  Yang Cangcang learned from Xiao Lao's proud words: "I don't need to, our Xuan clan can breathe underwater anyway."

  Lao San suddenly pulled my sleeve a few times and whispered: "Second Brother, what's that over there?"

  I looked in the direction he pointed, and on one side of the coast, there was a black shadow crouching. We had been chatting all along and didn't notice that direction. I squinted my eyes for half a day and said: "Is it a stone?" The black shadow moved slightly.

  Fu Ma said in a low voice: "It shouldn't be a living person! Looking at it, it seems like a child."

  Yang Cangcang said with a big smile: "Just take a look at the past and you'll know, why bother guessing?"

  We walked towards the coast, and the black shadow saw us coming, took a few steps back. Yang's night vision eyes had already emitted a green light, if I hadn't known her before, she would have scared me half to death.

  "It's just a kid!" Yang Cangcang shouted loudly. The black shadow was probably less than one meter tall, with dark skin all over his body. He wasn't wearing any clothes, only using water grass to cover his lower body. His hair was messy and unkempt, looking no different from an ordinary child, except that he was a bit dirty. He showed an innocent expression, watching us vigilantly with his bright and alert eyes.

  Yang Cangcang stretched out her hand to hug the child, but was stopped by Fu Ma: "This child doesn't have a heart's voice at all, there must be something wrong."

  Yang Cangcang hesitated for a moment, perhaps loving children was a woman's nature, she still squatted down and asked with a gentle smile: "Child, how are you here? Where is your family?"

  As soon as the family was mentioned, the child's eyes sparkled with tears, but he didn't say a word. He kept backing away in the direction of the sea water. Yang Cangcang went up and hugged the child, saying: "Be careful, don't fall into the water."

  That child also hugged Yang Cangcang, earlier still with an innocent expression, suddenly changed to a sinister smile, I was shocked at once. Lao San rushed to the side of that child immediately, but it was too late. Yang Cangcang seemed to have lost consciousness, and that child dragged Yang Cangcang into the water with a swoop.

  Lao San rushed forward and charged into the water, but Karamay blocked his way: "You're not a fish, hurry up and take this medicine, let's go down together."

  Lao San swallowed it in one gulp and jumped into the sea.