Chapter 27: A Clever Plan to Escape Difficulty

  I and Old Qian simultaneously sat up with a start, while the three people on the ground still didn't react.

  The stone gate opened lightly and closed with a loud bang. A black shadow emerged, two large fireballs, it was Nanmanzi.

  Old Qian patted me and said in a soft voice, "You're right as expected."

  I stared at the barbarian tightly. As he entered the cave, this guy took a look at the three people on the ground with one eye, turned his head to me, two red balls were scorching and pressing, illuminating the entire cave in red light.

  "I've come to save you," said the Southern Barbarian with an air of mystery, but it didn't look like he was there to save them at all - more like he wanted to eat them. "I've actually always wanted to save you, it's just that old guy who wouldn't let me."

  The old fellow in Nanmanzi's mouth is naturally the master of Wuyingmen.

  As soon as Nanmanzi spoke, I was even more convinced of my previous guess. This guy really had his eyes on the position of the sect leader.

  "The Wind and Dust Sect deceived you into getting the Ghost Sun Blade. It was that old man who forced me, and I also promised to become the Great Protector of the Wind and Dust Sect. But that old man went back on his word and didn't allow it, so I want to save you." Nan Manzi desperately tried to get close to us. Mother...it's really ridiculous, we're trapped, but the person who trapped us is now trying to save us.

  "How are you going to save us?" I asked softly, but my eyes kept darting at the three people on the ground.

  "You can give me the Soul Transformation Pill, this Refining Soul Cave has a secret passage behind it, which is used to discard the failed souls that have been refined. Therefore, few people know about it because it's not recognized by the Yin realm. I'm in charge of this passage, so I can help you escape from here." said Nan Manzi.

  It turns out that everyone has their own thoughts.

  "What about these three friends of mine?"

  Nanmanzi said: "As long as you hand over the Dan medicine to me, I have an antidote. These three people actually took our sect's corpse poison and got lost in it. Right, you also took it, so you became a ghost, while they can't wake up."

  No wonder, I thought Daozhang was still so clever and mysterious, after all, he is a man of the Way. It seems that this aphrodisiac is really potent.

  I said: "I don't know how to cultivate either. Besides, with these three people lying here, I'm so anxious that I won't be able to cultivate."

  The Nanmanzi was anxious and couldn't help but say quickly: "This is simple, you just need to calm your mind and focus your intention. The so-called three souls and seven spirits, three drops of spiritual blood are enough. Spiritual blood is the most refined and yang substance, when it encounters yin it transforms into countless fine particles, one particle can transform one spirit."

  Alas, I didn't expect that my old man's blood would have such a wonderful use.

  I said: "Then you might as well kill me, and all the blood on your body will be mine, isn't that more convenient?"

  The Nanman child managed to squeeze out a smile, but it was more pitiful than crying. " Envoy, you must not get angry. Don't you have a saying too? A forced melon is not sweet. The spiritual blood communicates with the spiritual nature. If it's forced, it's no different from ordinary blood. Therefore, it must be done by the envoy with a calm and peaceful mind in order to be effective."

  Damn it, now I'm even more confident, all the doubts are cleared up. No wonder they've been carefully protecting me, afraid that I'd get hurt or touched. Clearly, they could have just killed me with one knife and taken my blood, why bother with such trouble? It turns out the mechanism is here! Screw you, now I've got a bargaining chip!

  "I quickly said: 'Then you first save my three friends, I will believe you.'"

  The southern barbarian was anxious and had no choice but to say in a low voice: "I originally sneaked here with the blood bat, if we take too long, the old man will become suspicious. If you continue like this, not one of us can be saved. You have to trust me."

  "Only a ghost would believe what you're saying." Old Qian said hastily from the side.

  "Aren't you ghosts? I advise you to make arrangements quickly, after seven days, if you don't return to the world of the living, it will be chaos in the mortal realm." Nan Manzi suddenly changed his tone and became eerie and frightening again.

  "Then let's play together", I spread my hands, and the lazy strength came again, "Anyway, Laozi is dead, being a wandering soul here is not bad, to avoid suffering from the worldly intrigues."

  Old Qian saw me like this, and also helped to say: "Be careful, we are all graduate students, damn it, IQ is higher than you. If I get annoyed with Laozi, I will drink the Ling blood that you guys keep talking about. At that time, be careful when Laozi climbs on your head, controls you, and kills you."

  The southern barbarian didn't pay any attention to Old Qian's mad words, and Old Qian was just happy to have a quick mouth.

  "You saved three people, can you go or not, it's still up to you. At that time, I won't give you the Revival Dan, you can just trap us again, what are you afraid of? Aren't you very powerful?" I deliberately used words to provoke Nanmanzi.

  "No more time, I'll leave it to you." Nanmanzi said, taking out a handful of black powder from his body and sprinkling it on the three people on the ground.

  No movement was seen, and I was about to get angry.

  Nanmanzi said: "It will take an hour for him to wake up, but I can't wait that long. I hope you keep your word."

  I nodded. In my heart, I thought, mom, which of your words count?

  The stone gate creaks open, and a southern barbarian floats out.

  I and Old Qian nervously looked at the three people on the ground. Unexpectedly, Nan Manzi was really desperate for his own future, and the antidote he gave was actually an antidote. After a while, the three people on the ground woke up slowly.

  Qingshan stood up, not saying a word, his eyes dull and his body even more gaunt. Ling Miao Ran and Li Yan, on the other hand, looked like they had aged ten years overnight, their hair disheveled. Damn, this is what it means to be bare-faced? No wonder some girls don't dare go out without makeup.

  Qingshan Daochang slowly opened his mouth, "Forcing you, eh? Want your Zhuanling Dan?" I nodded.

  "This time, it seems we are still not skilled enough in our cultivation. It looks like the Underworld is really getting out of hand."

  Li Yan quickly walked up to me, grabbed my hand and looked me all over, "Are you okay? Haven't lost anything, I was worried to death."

  I smiled and said: "You were dead from the start, I'm also dead. Two dead people, what's there to worry about?"

  The Taoist priest Qing Shan said with a gloomy face, "You still have the nerve to flirt and banter."

  Li Yan and I both blushed.

  Qingshan Daochang continued, "For now, we still have to pretend that we haven't woken up and deceive the Southern Barbarian. But this guy has been clever since he was young, and even Zunshi said that he would definitely have a great future. He's very cunning, so we should give him the Transcendence Pill, but not all of it. When you're cultivating, I'll perform a technique to extract its true essence. Without its true essence, the Transcendence Pill is just a superficial thing, and after an hour, it will return to its original state. But with this time, we can deceive the Southern Barbarian. For now, let's take advantage of the Southern Barbarian's ambition and escape first. Moreover, you two have yin energy entering your bodies, and in seven days, there's less than a day left. I don't know what kind of chaos Nan Village has become, so it's better to hurry up and return to the world of the living before making further plans."

  I nodded.

  Suddenly, a strange noise was heard outside the stone gate. The three of them hastily lay down on the ground. A red shadow flashed by - it was Nanmanzi entering again.

  "I said: 'Your medicine is fake, and none of the three woke up.'"

  "Nanmanzi said: 'It's impossible. It must be that the yin energy is too heavy, but once we get to the outside of the cave, you'll wake up. Trust me.'"

  Believe me, it's nothing but nonsense.

  I followed Nanmanzi's words, concentrated and calmed down, suddenly biting through the middle finger, three drops of spiritual blood fell with a sound.

  I felt a gust of yin wind blowing by, probably the Daoist's spell. Just as three drops of spiritual blood fell down, suddenly five colors shone brightly and the cave was filled with great light. Nanmanzi was overjoyed and everyone was stunned. Before the spiritual blood could hit the ground, it transformed into countless tiny particles, which Nanmanzi hastily collected in a small bottle.

  The Nanmanzi softly called a blood bat over and had it ingest an almost imperceptible fine particle.

  "My goodness, suddenly there was a loud cracking sound, the blood bat's body shape suddenly grew longer, and it actually transformed into a human figure in an instant. It only had a pointed head and mouth, and its arms were much longer than those of ordinary people. This is what it looks like when a spirit transforms into a fierce ghost."

  It's true, the Nanmanzi was overjoyed. The blood bat that had transformed into a human figure knelt on both knees, kowtowing to the Nanmanzi non-stop, muttering in his mouth: "From now on, I will listen to your orders, and I will also let my brothers come to you to listen to your orders."

  The southern barbarian carefully put away the small bottle, feeling extremely pleased and proud, as if he had already seen himself sitting in the position of the master.

  I said: "I've kept my promise, now help us escape."

  Nanmanzi said: "That's natural, but it must be said well. From now on, when we meet, we are friends, and you still have to help me refine the medicine for this Dan medicine."

  It's really "the heart of man is never satisfied, a snake swallowing an elephant". I nodded in agreement.

  That adult bat with a human form said with a flattering tone: "I'll go and keep watch outside the cave, you quickly take them away."

  It seems there is a medicine that can make ghosts push mills.

  I picked up Li Yan from the ground, Old Qian picked up Ling Miao Ran, I let out a shout, and Nan Manzi carefully picked up Qing Shan Dao Chang.

  The barbarian child led the way, and the cave grew deeper as they walked. The barbarian child muttered to himself, suddenly a loud rumbling sound was heard, and a small door opened, behind which was a precipice. Below the precipice was a turbulent river. Upon closer inspection, oh my god, I've lived in this small town for decades, of course I recognize it - isn't that the Liu Lang River? And isn't this cliff the legendary Wan Gu Cliff, where that pair of star-crossed lovers took their own lives?

  The little southern barbarian put down the green mountain path and quickly turned around, saying to us at the same time as he closed the small gate: "You guys take a look, this is the way out, I'm going back, if the old guy finds out it won't be good."

  The small gate closed. Qing Shan Dao Zhang, Li Yan and Ling Miao Ran all stood up together. Qing Shan Dao Zhang said: "We can't stay here for long, let's leave quickly. If Nan Manzi finds out, it will be too late."

  In a moment of desperation, I said: "Dào Zhǎng, forgive me. The copper bell was struck out by me and your true form was summoned, another calamity, the copper bell is also gone."

  Qingshan Dao pulled out a copper bell from his bosom and handed it to me, saying: "Take it back, the copper bell that can summon my true body is still on me, so be more careful in the future."

  I nodded. Thinking about how to get away from here. Suddenly, under the cliff, a red-clad old man appeared, it was Hong Yizi, rowing a small boat, looking up anxiously, with a black cat standing at the bow of the boat. Damn, Ling Mao is also here.

  Qingshan Road dragged me and Lao Qian down together, while Li Yan and Ling Miao also floated down together.

  The boat arrived, and Hong Yizi said anxiously, "Quickly, quickly, something's happened."