Chapter 51 Voices in the depths of the fog
The yin energy in the air is very strong, and I can still vaguely hear the sound of breathing from the depths of the fog. At first, I thought it was a slight sound of wind, but when I listened carefully, I realized that the sound was rising and falling, which was the sound of breathing.
Anyone is hiding in the fog and staring at us.
Liu Shangang and Liang Houzai should have felt the existence of that person. The three of us were in a row, and each of us walked carefully, and no one dared to make too loud noises.
After walking a few steps, the nearby panting disappeared, but the Sanqing Palace, which was originally very close to us, seemed to be further away from us.
I could feel Liu Shangang's nervousness. His hands were shaking. I could only hold him hard to prevent him from running towards the Sanqing Palace suddenly. I knew him too much. Every time he was overly nervous, he would always make some very dangerous actions.
We walked slowly towards the direction of the Sanqing Hall, but the Sanqing Hall was getting farther and farther away from us. Now it was almost beyond the distance within our sight. Through the fog, I could only vaguely see the steps behind the Sanqing Hall.
At this time, Liu Shangang's steps suddenly paused. I looked at him, and he looked at Liang Houzai.
Liang Houzai stopped first. He was looking at me at this time. Because of his nervousness, Liang Houzai's lips turned white. The eyes he looked at me were filled with the smell of inquiries.
I whispered to him: "Keep going."
In fact, I feel more nervous than before, but I still remember what my master said. When encountering danger, you must calm down and never panic or be timid.
At the beginning, Liu Shangang was surrounded by Liang Houzai and me. After a while, Liang Houzai also ran to me. I pulled them and walked forward slowly.
The Sanqing Palace was completely covered by fog. Our steps were moving forward, but for some reason, they kept retreating.
Behind the Sanqing Hall is the Four Imperial Palace, which can still block evil spirits. But I know very well that no matter how much we retreat, we cannot retreat to the Four Imperial Palace.
The mixed yin energy in the fog became heavier and heavier. Liu Shangang's palm was covered in cold sweat. He asked me in a trembling voice: "Brother, are we facing... a ghost hitting a wall?"
I didn't respond to him, even if I did acquiesce.
But I also know in my heart that this is definitely not a simple ghost-killing wall. It is true that ghost-killing walls can make people spin on the spot. But no matter how powerful ghost-killing walls is, it is impossible to directly reverse the direction of our walking.
Since I went to the Soul-Jiezhuang Village with my master two years ago, when my master chatted with me, he often talked about some formations of the Shuzheng lineage. Most of these formations were derived from Qimen Dunjia, and there was a set of gate sealing formations, which could achieve such an effect.
The master once said that the sealing formation is the most powerful formation in our lineage, but it is far from the formation of the Yuxian lineage, and the method of breaking the formation is relatively simple. The exit of the sealing formation is usually in the Shengmen of the Eight Gate, and the ranking of the eight gates corresponds to the Yin-Yang Bagua. As long as two of the eight gates are found, it is not difficult to infer the location of the birth gate.
In addition, the array eye of the sealing gate array is set at the Death Gate. If you can break through the Death Gate, you can indeed break the formation. However, when setting up the sealing gate array, you usually place magic weapons for guarding the formation in the Death Gate. If you are not a great magician who has practiced for many years, it is best not to touch the things in the Death Gate.
Given the connection between the corpse and infant incident and Luo Youfang, as well as the sudden heavy fog, I have to suspect that this time the situation was set up by someone related to Zhao Zongdian. I even thought that the old man who suddenly appeared and disappeared suddenly might be Zhao Zongdian himself.
When I was walking, I kept paying attention to the gaps between the stone slabs so that I could make sure that the path I was walking was a straight line.
We walked in the sea of fog for a long time. When we looked back, we still didn't see the Four Imperial Palaces.
I pulled Liu Shangang and Liang Houzai and signaled them to stop. When Liu Shangang stopped, he asked me nervously: "Brother, why did you stop? Are we unable to get out?"
I made a gesture to silence him: "Shh, don't talk." Then I took off my sweater, pulled out a thread from it, and stuffed it into the gap of the stone slab with force.
After finishing all this, I said to the two of them: "Turn around and walk backwards, don't look back."
At this time, the two of them had complete trust in me and nodded at me. I asked them to hold me on one shoulder by one, and then slowly took them back, pulling the thread from their sweaters and spreading it on the ground.
The direction cannot be distinguished in the heavy fog, and the red yarn laid on the ground is our only road sign.
When I retreated, I deliberately walked along the diagonal line of each stone slab. Master said that when walking in the sealing gate formation, do not walk on the opposite side of the Life Gate and the Death Gate. If you move forward and backward, you will be reversed. You must find a way to lean towards the Jingmen and Jingmen. Finding these two doors is not far from finding the Life Gate. But when looking for these two doors, you must be extra careful, because these two doors are leaning against the left and right sides of the Death Gate. If you take a wrong step, you will enter the area where the Death Gate is located.
And in the gate sealing formation, no matter which gate you are looking for, don’t look at the way beneath your feet.
Although I don’t know if the gate sealing formation is set up in the Taoist temple, there is no other way now, so I can only try it first.
Walking backwards without looking at the road is simple, but it is actually a very scary thing. Every time I step back, I feel like a wall behind me, and if I am not careful, the back of my head will hit it hard.
Every time I take a step, I feel extremely nervous, but I have to look very calm in front of Liu Shangang and Liang Houzai. I feel that if I become scared with them at this time, they will collapse if they are not sure.
Just when I felt that I was about to be unable to hold on, I suddenly encountered something very hard on my heel. At this time, I had to turn around and look. When I turned around, I saw a white marble stone lion behind me.
The master once said that the sealing gate formation is a kind of Yin formation, which is dead, shocked, opened, rested, and injured. The Du Liumen is not affected by the yang energy, but the Jingmen and Shengmen need to be guarded by the two gates, Jingmen and Shengmen. Otherwise, the Yin and Yang of the entire formation are not in harmony, and the sealing gate formation is of no use even if it is put out.
This stone lion should be the one who guards the formation, but I was not sure whether it was Shengmen or Jingmen here, so I tied my coat into a big bump and threw it hard behind the stone lion.
This is called throwing a stone to ask for directions.
If my clothes fall into the Death Gate, there will be some abnormal movements in the magic weapon in the array's eyes. In this way, I have determined the location of the Jingmen and the Death Gate. I can also infer the location of the birth gate without looking for other gates.
Soon, the dull sound of the clothes falling to the ground came not far away. I calmly waited quietly, but after a few minutes, nothing happened.
At this time, Liu Shangang also turned around and asked me nervously: "Brother, what was the sound just now...?"
I was about to speak when a sound that made my scalp numb suddenly came from a distance.
“Uh—drink—”
It was a sensation from the depths of my throat. It was very close to us and seemed to be far away from us. I knew that something must have been awakened by me in the Death Gate. When the sound came out, a trace of fishy smell appeared in the air.
I was so familiar with this smell that I realized on the spot that the thing that I woke up was an evil corpse! The thing guarding the death gate turned out to be an evil corpse!
Liu Shangang was so scared that his face turned pale. He opened his mouth to speak, so I quickly reached out to block his mouth. I looked at Liang Houzai again, and his face was also pale now.
The place where I see is covered by thick fog, I can't see the situation ahead clearly, but I can feel that there is a kind of aura that I have never encountered before that emits from a not far ahead.
Soon, the sound of breath turned into a beast-like roar: "Oh—"
The sound was mixed with the terrifying aura, and it poured towards us overwhelmingly. I heard something stood up in the fog, followed by a long series of extremely heavy footsteps, mixed with the sound of "scary" sound, as if a heavy chain was passing by the stone floor.
My heart was trembling constantly, and I silently carried the Three Corpse Art in my heart, and I didn't dare to let out the air.
Fortunately, as time passes by, those sounds are getting farther and farther away from us.
Until the sounds were completely unheard, I quickly pulled Liu Shangang and Liang Houzai and retreated with my back to the Shengmen direction.
At that time, I only expected that the formation laid here would be the sealing gate formation, and the Gate of Life was also where it should be.
I don’t know what kind of existence the evil corpse in the Death Sect is, but I know very well that with my current cultivation level, I will definitely not be able to deal with it. The momentum that emanates from it alone makes my hands and feet cold.
The air was not yin energy or cold energy, but when it came to me overwhelmingly, I felt as if there was a very sharp knife on my neck. As long as I had a little movement, I would die immediately.
While retreating, I kept removing the lines from my sweater and leaving road signs on the road I walked.
Before we walked far, the heavy footsteps sounded behind us again. I immediately stopped and didn't dare to look back. Liu Shangang and Liang Houzai were like me. After stopping, they shrank their necks and stood there with great courage. I found that Liu Shangang's legs had begun to tremble.
Chapter completed!