Chapter 2: Red Leaf!

Mu Hongling didn't believe Nie Kong's nonsense at all. Before finding the stone tablet on the top of the Flame Mountain, it could be said to be intuitive, but the spiritual patterns were stimulated but could not be explained by intuition no matter what!

Now, the same is true.

Even if Nie Kong really judged through intuition that the fifth fork was the exit, he could not be as confident as he is now. Intuition without any basis can be correct once or twice, but it cannot be correct forever. What's more, the choice of this fork is related to life and death.

Nie Kong could not have realized this.

Since he still firmly believes that his intuition is correct, there may be only one explanation, that is, he obtained information about Flame Mountain before entering the "Hellfire Spring"!

Thinking of this, Mu Hongling's beautiful eyes stared at Nie Kong's face, trying to see some clues from it. Unfortunately, there was no strangeness in Nie Kong's expression.

After a while, Mu Hongling said with a little discouragement: "Well, it may be correct to choose any fork or wrong to choose any fork. I believe your intuition this time. Sister Bai, what about you? If you also choose a fork, you might as well talk about it."

Bai Yuqing said lightly: "My intuition has always been wrong, so it's better not to say it!"

“…”

Mu Hongling was speechless.

Nie Kong laughed: "Since you have no objection, let's set off now." After that, Nie Kong's figure flashed and he had already entered the fifth fork.

Having made up his mind, Mu Hongling did not hesitate and immediately followed Bai Yuqing.

After entering the fork, the three of them walked forward for dozens of meters and then stopped and looked back. Not long after, the exit of the fork was indeed completely closed. After a while, the fork did not open again as the previous test, which once again confirmed their speculation.

“…”

The three of them looked at each other and continued to move forward.

The passage was still straight. After about a quarter of an hour, nine exactly the same passages appeared in front of the three of them again, exactly the same as their previous experience.

"Back to the original place?" Mu Hongling frowned in confusion.

"No!" Bai Yuqing opened his mouth calmly, raised his hand and pointed to the passage on the right. He saw that the wall outside the entrance was engraved with shallow patterns. After a minute, he could tell that it was extremely similar to "two". These patterns were very shallow, and if you didn't observe carefully, it would be extremely difficult to find.

Mu Hongling suddenly realized, smiled and said, "This is the second one, and then the first one is the first one, apprentice, it seems that your intuition is correct."

“That’s good.”

Nie Kong smiled and breathed a sigh of relief.

When choosing the fifth fork in front of him, although Nie Kong was full of confidence, things were inevitable. If an accident occurred, Mu Hongling and Bai Yuqing would be taken to death by him. Therefore, Nie Kong was calm on the surface along the way, but in fact he was quite nervous.

Fortunately, the facts proved that the choice of half of the "Colorful Spirit Leaf" was correct!

Mu Hongling raised her eyebrows at Nie Kong and made a call: "Advisor, now it's up to you, let's use your intuition well!"

So, under the gaze of Mu Hongling and Bai Yuqing, Nie Kong turned his body back and forth. Although after the previous choice, Nie Kong had a lot of faith in the choice of "Colorful Spirit Leaf", it was related to the life and death of the three people, and it would be better to go through a few more experiments.

"Article 9!"

Not long after, Nie Kong faced Mu Hongling and Bai Yuqing's expectant gaze and expressed the judgment of "Colorful Spirit Leaves"...

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"here we go again!"

A quarter of an hour later, Mu Hongling stroked her forehead and sighed depressedly. She walked here along the ninth passage, and nine completely consistent forks appeared in front of her again. On the wall on the far right, there were also fine patterns engraved, but they were replaced with the shape of "three".

Bai Yuqing's face was expressionless, but her eyes looked at Nie Kong...

...

Time passes quietly...

After a long time, Nie Kong, Bai Yuqing and Mu Hongling stopped again, and Liudao looked at the nine forks appearing in front of him. However, on the right wall, the text formed by the fine lines became "nine", which means that they had made eight choices in succession!

The most important thing is that those eight choices were correct, otherwise it would be impossible to come here.

"Nine times!"

Mu Hongling sighed and squeezed the heart of the "Hellfire Soul Heavenly Dragon" with her five fingers. Bai Yuqing looked tucked, but she just shook the hilt of the sword in her hand.

Nie Kong smiled and said, "Why would the soul of the 'Hellfire Soul Heavenly Dragon' say that we will regret it before the extinction of the soul? Here, every time we walk right, nine forks will appear. Even if the intuition is great, it is impossible to touch it for the first time or the second time, and good luck will always come to an end. As long as there is an error once, even if the previous choice is correct, it will have no effect."

Mu Hongling nodded in agreement, then a sly smile appeared on the corner of her lips: "Advisor, finally admit that your choice did not come from intuition?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Yuqing's gaze at Nie Kong became a little strange.

In fact, Mu Hongling and Bai Yuqing were very clear. Along the way, they would never have been able to reach here without Nie Kong's "intuition". Just like Mu Hongling, when she faced a choice for the first time, if she hadn't Nie Kong, she would have entered the ninth passage.

That's obviously a dead end!

"Well?"

Nie Kong was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that his words were a little unspeakable. He couldn't help but say, "I'll see which way I'm going to go again, I hope this is the last time!" After saying that, he pretended not to see Mu Hongling's curious eyes and began to turn his body untiringly.

"This time is the first one, go!"

Nie Kong was about to go into the fork in the first place. Seeing this, Mu Hongling and Bai Yuqing had to follow him quickly. Everyone had some of their own secrets. Even if Nie Kong didn't say it, they couldn't open Nie Kong's mouth, then reached into their hands, and took out all the secrets he had hidden in his belly...

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After that drastic change, Flame Mountain no longer looked like it before. The originally towering mountain had already sunk into a huge pit.

At this time, the disciples of Lingyu City and Moxue Sect had all gathered at the edge of the giant pit.

Just now, Lan Shang, Liu Heming and others went from west to east, while Nie Fenghua and other disciples of Moxue Sect searched from east to west along the Flame Mountain. Finally, they met here, but they never saw Nie Kong, Bai Yuqing and Mu Hongling.

Although they had expected this result when the Flame Mountain collapsed, there was still some hope at that time. But the results of the search now completely shattered the trace of luck in everyone's hearts. Nie Kong and the other two were buried in the Flame Mountain, and there was no suspense.

Everyone looked at the huge pit, silently.

This is not how deep their friendship with Nie Kong and Bai Yuqing, but after all, we are all fellow disciples, and we entered the "Hellfire Eve Spring" together. In two months, only a few days have passed. Two of the ten disciples of Lingyu City have already lost two, which is not auspicious.

After a long time, Lan Shang smiled bitterly and said, "Junior Brother Nie Kong and Junior Sister Yuqing are gone. How can you explain to the palace master after you go out?"

"Tell the truth!" Liu Heming sighed.

“…”

The group walked down the Flame Mountain, whose appearance changed drifted away...

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"The real exit is ahead!"

Nearly a quarter of an hour passed, and the end of the sight finally appeared no longer the exactly-same nine forks, but a blood-red void that kept rippling like ripples. Seeing this scene, Mu Hongling's eyes lit up, and she could no longer help but wave her fists and cheer.

Nie Kong was also happy. The closer he got to the exit in front, the more intense the "Colorful Spirit Leaf" in his pet backpack trembled. It is very likely that the thing that attracted the "Colorful Spirit Leaf" was behind the exit, but there was also a great possibility that there was danger hidden in that place.

"Don't fight anyone with me this time!"

A blue figure flashed, and Nie Kong appeared in front of Bai Yuqing and Mu Hongling, as if a wisp of light smoke approached the exit quickly. While moving, his body was quickly covered with stems and leaves of "Purple Phantom Spirit Scent". The moment he rushed into the exit, his body was wrapped tightly with ink breath.

"Bang!"

It seemed like a huge rock fell on the lake surface, and the void suddenly trembled, and Nie Kong's figure had merged into it. When Nie Kong's figure appeared again, it came to a wide hall, with eighteen thick pillars standing high on both sides, steadily supporting the roof of the hall.

In the center of the hall, there is an octagonal high platform of more than ten meters, which goes up the steps. I don’t know what is placed on the platform, but a ball of fiery red light spreads out in all directions, illuminating the wide hall, like a dream.

"Buzz!"

"Buzz!"

Two trembling sounds, but Bai Yuqing and Mu Hongling appeared around Nie Kong almost at the same time.

"What a disobedient apprentice. He was in front of the master. He didn't know how to respect the master at all!" Mu Hongling stared fiercely.

"My sister and I both snatched each other first, let you go next time!"

Nie Kong laughed and quickly changed the topic, "My little master, I saw the red light on the stage, maybe there was a treasure there, and I didn't want to go up and take a look."

Mu Hongling looked at the platform, and was indeed attracted by the attention. She smiled and said, "It's something to see, but if there is really a treasure, you and Sister Bai will separate me. I have this 'Dragon Heart'." Pinching the heart of the "Hellfire Soul Dragon" in her palm, Mu Hongling looked satisfied.

"No matter how good the treasure is, it is not as good as the sword in my hand!" Bai Yuqing only glanced at it and said calmly.

"It seems that I can only get cheaper!"

Nie Kong smiled loudly and walked towards the high platform. After coming to this hall, the "Colorful Spirit Leaf" in his pet backpack pointed directly at the high platform. If he guessed correctly, the red light radiated from the top of the high platform may be something that attracted half of the "Colorful Spirit Leaf".

He walked up the stairs quickly, and when Nie Kong took all the scenery on the platform into his eyes, a red leaf instantly entered his sight...
Chapter completed!