Chapter 40: Howling Ecstasy Ladder
After all, the sight in the dark is limited. As soon as the strong light of the flashlight swept over, I felt a stinging pain in my eyes. As soon as I closed my eyes, Yang Xiaolan's shocking voice rang out directly, echoing directly at the entire stairs.
Hearing this sharp scream, I didn't know what happened, but my heart contracted, and inexplicably felt a cool breeze behind me, and suddenly drilled towards the back of my neck. It was so cool that I was so scared that I sat on the ground with my eyes open. It didn't matter if I didn't look at it, but once I took a look, I was scared to death - it turned out that the road we had just come down from above had disappeared out of thin air, empty and nothing, just a ball of black, the light of the flashlight shone through, the stairs were empty, and there was no real thing at all.
I held the wall and got up in surprise. Before I could stand firm, a strong wind flew from behind. I subconsciously reached out to copy, caught a long and beautiful leg, turned my head to see, but Yang Xiaolan scolded fiercely: "It's all your fault. It's your delay, which made my father disappear and the way back disappear!"
She also wanted to reach out to hit me, but at this moment, I steadily avoided the slap she waved, grabbed her wrist with her backhand, and said in a deep voice: "If you still want to go out alive, put away your little temperament and think of a solution with me!"
Yang Xiaolan's practice for more than ten years is naturally much higher than that of me who had just entered the path. However, seeing that I was no longer weak, I forgot to break free for a moment, but looked at me in a daze.
I shook Yang Xiaolan's arm away, followed the light of the flashlight in her hand, and began to walk back, and walked to the end of the stairs. Sure enough, it suddenly disappeared. I touched my hand and felt nothing at all. I looked at the empty place, it was dark and I could see nothing, and when I walked up, it was really empty. Yang Xiaolan came to her senses and did not beat and scold me again. Instead, she squatted down and looked at the suddenly disappeared steps with me. After touching it twice, she picked out a little bit of mud and debris from the wall and threw it down below.
The mud fell below and disappeared into the darkness under the light of the flashlight, without any movement.
It was dark ahead and there was no way behind. Fear climbed up to Yang Xiaolan and me. The little girl looked around and asked me carefully: "How many steps have we gone down?" How could I remember? I recalled it and said it was about thirty levels? Yang Xiaolan lost the stones a few times, all of which were empty, and then discussed with me: "When we came down just now, the steps were still there. If I hadn't guessed, it might be that we were illusions. Everything we saw was fake. There was no road in front of us. In fact, there was a road. As long as we walked back, we would be able to..."
Yang Xiaolan has been following her father Yang Erchou since she was a child and has a lot of knowledge. But I, a farmer in the mountain village, know nothing, so when she said this, I nodded and asked, "So, what do we do next?"
Yang Xiaolan's eyes rolled, then gently pushed me, pointed to the circuit above and said, "In this way, you don't care about anything else, just walk back. Believe me, you will definitely be down-to-earth."
She tried her best to calm her tone, but I could still feel her nervousness. When I turned my head, I knew that she was going to let me try the waters. My heart immediately became disgusted and took a step back and disagreed: "No, if you fall down, you will die; if I don't go, I want to go."
Yang Xiaolan saw that I was obedient in my daily life and frequently violated her will. She was so angry that she screamed and reached out to catch me, wanting to shave two big ears. Although I couldn't beat Yang Xiaolan, I could still avoid her hand. She took two steps back and pulled out the little sword, and said word by word: "Yang Xiaolan, the dog is anxious and jumps over the wall, and the rabbit is anxious and bites people. Don't force me, otherwise, I don't know what I will do..."
Yang Xiaolan was even more angry after hearing my warning. He raised his hand and woven a beef tendon and a human tendon was woven together. The whip soaked in corpse oil shook out. Then a cold smile immediately appeared on her beautiful face: "Chen Erdan, you have grown your skills. Do you think I can't subdue you now, right?"
A dog bites a dog and has a mouthful of hair. In this uncertain situation, a rash conflict with Yang Xiaolan is not a good choice. So I shook my head and said calmly: "The Ladder of the Ecstasy, the Road to Heaven, is a magic circle mentioned in the Demon Sutra. I don't know that even if the road ahead is really a real step, based on my cultivation and will, I may not be able to withstand the invasion of the soul, so I think I am really dead. If you don't want to do such a stupid thing, I don't want to do it either. Let's talk about how to find the master, which is the truth."
Yang Xiaolan shook the whip and then looked at me carefully as if he didn't know me. After a long time, he said: "Chen Erdan, this is the real you, right?"
There was a little noise next to me, and I didn't hear it clearly, so why did you ask? Yang Xiaolan shouted sternly: "At a young age, so cunning, the hardworking and honest Chen Erdan used to be lying to us, right? My father told me that you know everything, but you don't say anything, right?"
The whip is a weapon, but the little sword in my hand can only fight close together. However, seeing Yang Xiaolan's aggressive aura, I couldn't help but take a step back and said calmly: "I don't know what you are talking about. Yang Xiaolan, I'm just dissatisfied with you asking me to die."
Seeing that I was not admitting it, Yang Xiaolan couldn't help but feel angry, and threw another whip and shouted loudly: "You bastard, you deceive me, I'll kill you first today..."
This little girl is really a lunatic. For no reason, she showed her fangs. I felt tight and thought about fighting with her in this staircase. First, I was defeated by her, and second, the old man Mayi didn't know when to return, and I didn't dare to fight to the death. However, just when I didn't know what to do, the entire stairs suddenly shook, and the steps we were standing just now suddenly collapsed and fell downwards, and this trend of collapse was spreading along us.
At the critical moment of life and death, we didn't care about the hatred we had just developed. When our minds became hot, we turned our heads and started running downwards.
Yang Xiaolan and I ran together, and under the glimmer of light of the flashlight, we rushed down with great strides. The rumbling behind us, and the solid steps began to fall continuously, and the speed was getting faster and faster. We almost chased behind our butts, oppressing all our strength, as if we could fall down as long as we slacked a little.
The extreme limit of oppressive potential is for ordinary people to survive for a few minutes. Even if they enter the path of cultivation and nourishing qi, they will not last long. After running for more than ten minutes, I finally couldn't stand it anymore.
Looking at the endless road ahead, I also became a little enlightened. No matter how much energy I spent on practicing an ancient tomb, I should not make such a few miles long step. The greater possibility is that Yang Xiaolan said that we were caught in the mystery and fell into hallucinations. Thinking of this, I no longer had the intention to run away, but sat cross-legged and began to subconsciously recite the scriptures in the "Annotation of the Demon-Planning Sutra" to calm my mind. Over the past few days, I have been almost forced to read this sutra well, and I have no hesitation at all.
I was thinking in my mind at that time, this is fake. If I take it seriously, then I will die. If I don’t take it seriously, then everything should be eliminated, right?
The steps were falling too fast. As soon as I sat down, I felt like my whole body was falling down. The endless darkness pulled my whole body's spirit down, and my soul was floating upwards... However, at this moment, I felt a manic breath surge in my body. I suddenly opened my eyes and found that I did not fall into the abyss, but appeared at a circular entrance of a corridor. I looked around and saw an exit next to me. Before I could understand, I saw Yang Xiaolan whizzing past me, but it seemed as if I couldn't see me.
One, two, three...
Chapter completed!