Chapter 49 Conspiracy Clouds Gather

  "My goodness, this house is the lair of the Blue Devils! You're leading us into a den of wolves, what are you thinking?!" Old Three said, trembling with fear as he looked around at the ferocious faces.

  "Can you stop blaming Zi Han? If it weren't for others, we would have turned into blue demons long ago." Yang Cangcang said with a somewhat displeased tone.

  Lao San hummed: "There were only fifty or sixty outside just now, but there are several hundred here, I...I..."

  "Since Brother Zi Han can bring us here, he must have a way out." Fu Ma said firmly.

  Karamay glanced at the hundreds of heads that emerged from the jar and said, "It's still safe here for now. These Blue Devils haven't taken shape yet. Look at their eyes, they're not completely white. As long as there are no orders, they won't attack us on their own initiative."

  "How did you know?" I suddenly wondered.

  "Me... me too..." Karamay's nose was sweating fine beads of sweat, "I also saw it in an ancient book."

  "This ancient book is really complete, even including methods for making the Blue Demon? I'm curious to know which ancient book this is." I kept asking without letting up.

  "Don't mention it, but indeed there is. I, Lao Jiu, have read it before. However, this ancient book isn't a good edition, just a rare one. Most of them are already damaged and can't be remembered by name." Xiao Lao explained, but his expression wasn't very sincere.

  "That's right, I saw it at a low-key agency years ago, now I've completely forgotten, who can remember." Karamay said straightforwardly.

  "I just feel that it's not that simple here, you see these people are obviously modern people, how did they break through the layers of the big array? If they can break through the big array, why would they still be trapped here? I suspect they were all caught and brought here, someone is using the natural barrier of the ancient country of Dahu to mass-produce Blue Devils."

  Everyone nodded in agreement, and Yang Cangcang chuckled: "Junyang now speaks more and more like a superior, analyzing problems more accurately."

  "What's the point of them mass-producing Blue Devils?" Lao San asked in puzzlement.

  "That's something you'd have to ask the manufacturer about, at least their ambition is certainly not small." Xiao Lao said with deep meaning.

  Fu Ma lowered his head, deep in thought: "The key is who can freely enter and exit the great array of this ancient country. Even if it's Jun Yang or the reincarnation of Huang, they would have to break through the array to enter. This person's background is probably not small."

  Lao San suddenly raised his head, as if he had suddenly thought of something: "My second brother is the reincarnation of Emperor Huang, and Emperor Huang was the king of the ancient country of Dai Yun. Then your grandfather is...the Supreme King, could it be that your grandfather?" My heart suddenly skipped a beat.

  Yang Cangcang sighed: "You don't believe me when I say you're brainless, do you? Your grandfather would pretend to disappear and lead his own grandson into the lair of the Blue Demon?"

  Lao San thought for a moment and nodded in agreement, chuckling, "That's not necessarily true, what if he's not my own grandson?" Karamay's gaze was fixed straight on me, this gaze felt so familiar, it was my first impression.

  We were discussing heatedly, Wu Zihan didn't say a word, he drew a large hexagon on the ground with his own blood, almost big enough for all seven of us to stand in, around the hexagon were many strange symbols, he made several handprints in the middle at a speed we couldn't see clearly, his mouth kept making sounds like a poisonous snake spitting letters.

  He opened his eyes, looking at us with great fatigue, his face covered in sweat. I had never seen Wu Zihan look so weak before, and the atmosphere of the entire team began to tense up. "I can only protect them until now, the road ahead will depend on you, my time is almost up." He looked at me with a faint breath.

  "What? What does 'my fate has arrived' mean?" I hastily asked in pursuit.

  Yang Cangcang's eyes sparkled with tears: "Zihan, what's wrong with you?"

  Wu Zihan smiled slightly and sat in the center of the hexagon, gesturing for us to come closer. We exchanged a look and stepped forward. Wu Zihan uttered a single word, "Open", and the hexagon suddenly radiated a blood-red glow that enveloped us. The blue demons seemed to sense something was amiss, their faces streaming with bloody tears as they struggled out of the jar and chased after us.

  "Didn't they say they wouldn't come out if there were no orders?" Lao San's face was covered in sweat as he watched the commotion.

  "This thing is bloodthirsty, has it smelled the smell of blood?" Yang Cangcang guessed.

  "No, they were ordered to attack." Karamay said with a serious face.

  The unformed blue demons in the barrel rushed towards us quickly, one of them was the fastest and had already run to my side. He stuck out his tongue and grinned at me with a ferocious smile, then swiftly reached out to grab me. I barely had time to react, all I could do was close my eyes. I could hear my heart beating violently, wondering if I would still be able to feel its beat after turning into a blue demon.

  "Zhou Junyang, are you asleep?" Yang Cangcang shouted from beside me, "I just praised you, look at your little temper!" She gave me a white eye.

  When I opened my eyes again, we seemed to be no longer in the palace. The surroundings were pitch black, and they were shining their flashlights to observe the environment. Wu Zihan was lying on the ground with a bloodless face, and Yang Can was guarding him by his side. I rushed over to check the situation, and Wu Zihan had already shown signs of death - no heartbeat, no breathing, and an icy body that wasn't stiff at all.

  Fu Ma sighed: "What kind of person is Zihuan brother? Can't you worry, he's been like this before and will get better." As he spoke, he carried Wu Zihuan on his back.

  "Are you okay on horseback? I saw that you seemed to be injured earlier, if not, let me carry you on my back." I said hastily.

  "It's okay, I was just exhausted from fighting the blue demon earlier. Didn't Zihan say that we'll be relying on you for the road ahead? Or should I carry it instead?"

  Looking at Yang Cangcang's tear-stained face, Lao San muttered: "Tsk, always crying and making a scene, not that great after all." His voice was extremely low, and Yang Cangcang didn't hear it, so Karamay hurriedly nudged him.

  The place we are in seems to be a very large cave, surrounded by steep rocky cliffs. The cave appears to be naturally formed and there is no sign of artificial excavation.

  In front of us was a black river, about five meters wide, with an invisible depth. On the right side, there was a pavilion that looked ordinary, like the kind we often see in our daily lives - a four-cornered gazebo. In front of the pavilion stood a stone stele, on which words were faintly visible. Xiao Lao walked closer to take a look and said: "It's an ancient five-nation script, Can you take a look at what it says?"

  Yang Cangcang glanced at it and said: "Oh, it should be the name of this pavilion, but this name is strange, called Zidu Pavilion."

  "It sounds like it has a bit of Buddhist meaning, doesn't Buddhism emphasize universal salvation? But self-salvation is difficult, isn't it just self-cultivation?" Karamay analyzed.

  "This ancient country is really strange, building some pavilion underground, where did Zi Han bring us to?" Lao San said after looking around.

  Xiao Lao showed a pleased expression and said: "In my opinion, this place is probably the underground of that palace. Since we're here, let's just make ourselves at home. I believe Xiao Huan has brought us here for a reason."

  I had little mood to join their discussion, standing stupidly by the river, staring at the slowly flowing water. "Second brother, what are you looking at?" asked Old Three, patting my shoulder.

  "Old Three——" I paused, "haven't you noticed that there's no bridge on this river? How are we going to get across? And the water in this river..." I stopped and furrowed my brow, carefully looking down.

  "Hey——" Lao San drawled, lazily saying: "What's the big deal, just go for a stroll, Karamay has Director Bi's Baidu water."

  Karamay blinked at us with an awkward expression, "I lost it during the mirror array."

  Lao San was startled at first, and after a while, he came back to himself and said: "It's nothing, let's just swim over. This width shouldn't be a problem for either of us."

  Yang Cangcang gazed out at the river for a while and said, "Huh? Isn't there a boat up there?" She pointed to the left side of the river. Before that, we had only noticed the pavilion on the right side of the river and hadn't looked over there.

  When Ceng Ceng said that, Lao San happily walked over: "I told you, the people of Gu Wu country are so smart, if they didn't build a bridge, they must have a way to get across." Lao San bent down and took a look, suddenly shocked, "This this this... how come the boat has no bottom?"

  We rushed over to take a look, and were all shocked. This boat was strange, it looked ordinary, just an ordinary fishing boat. The boat was very small, only enough for one person. It was made of bronze, but it had been in the water for who knows how long, yet there was no sign of corrosion, still shining brightly. On the bow of the boat was carved a bronze human head.

  This person's portrait is quite peculiar, looking like a man in his thirties with half-long hair, and the facial features are all carefully carved. The man has narrowed eyes and an open mouth, and from the side, it seems as if he is yawning again.

  "Can this boat carry people? Isn't this nonsense?" Lao San said with some indignation.

  Karamay was very interested, walked closer and examined it for half a day: "I don't think so, you see this boat can float on the river without sinking, the water hasn't even entered the hull, there must be some trick to it. Junyang, your swimming skills are the worst, otherwise you take this boat and go first?"

  "Then I'll give it a try."

  I stepped into the boat with the help of Old Three, trembling and unsteady. To prevent leakage, I first used my left foot to test the water by stepping on the hull. As soon as my foot landed, I thought it would be flooded with water, but unexpectedly, the seemingly leaky bottom of the boat felt like a transparent glass, and the feeling was no different from standing on land. With both feet carefully placed, although I couldn't see the bottom of the boat, I felt very secure in my heart.

  "Let's go together with Baozi Huan, it's also inconvenient for you to bring him." I said to Ma.

  I patted the horse and nodded, I carried Wu Zihan on my back, only to find that this kid was surprisingly light, completely disproportionate to his height. Just as I was thinking about how to start the boat, a yawn came from the bow of the boat. I focused my attention and saw that the bronze human head at the bow of the boat had actually moved.