Longevity from Liao Zhai

Chapter 143 Walking off the Cliff
The three of them stood in front of the stone gate of the secret realm.

"There is a mechanism on this door. Whoever opens the door will have his body chopped off." Wu Dage looked at the corpses beside the gate.

Most of these corpses belonged to monks.

Zhao Tiancheng tricked Pu Ren into opening the door, which resulted in the death of several monks.

"Bang." With a loud noise, a toad suddenly flew out in front of Wu Dage, scaring him.

A female zombie flew out of the coffin behind Yue Yunfeng.

"This door is quite thick." Zhou Ping threw out the vajra, but he didn't expect the stone door to be smashed open, but only a small hole was made.

This scene shocked both Wu Dage and Yue Yunfeng. They didn't expect Zhou Ping to rashly smash something on the stone gate.

"It's said that if someone opens the door, he will be chopped to death by the mechanism. It seems that we can only attack from a distance." Zhou Ping said with a smile.

Wu Da Ge looked at the ghost bride and ghost baby behind Zhou Ping and nodded: "We really have to attack from a distance, because the mechanism on the door is not only useful for people, but also for ghosts."

Yue Yunfeng also said: "Yes, if the mechanism on the door is painted with something that is harmful to ghosts, or the mechanism itself is a magical tool that is harmful to ghosts, even if the ghost opens the door, the ghost will die."

Zhou Ping was slightly stunned. He didn't expect that the two people didn't trick him. When he heard Wu Da Ge say that the person who opened the door would have his body cut off, he thought that the two people would let the ghost bride open the door.

Zhou Ping naturally would not let the ghost bride take risks, so he used the vajra to test the hardness of the stone door. Unexpectedly, a small hole was smashed into the stone door.

"No, look, the small hole on the door has healed." Zhou Ping suddenly said. He saw that the small hole on the stone door had disappeared and the stone door had become smooth again.

"It seems that we can't destroy the stone gate. We must push the stone gate open, because if we destroy the stone gate, it will grow back." Yue Yunfeng said.

The three of them were silent for a moment, then Yue Yunfeng waved his hand and a huge stone tablet appeared.

There are ancient characters engraved on the stone tablet, which is obviously a cultural relic.

The female zombie picked up the stone tablet and smashed it towards the stone gate!

"Bang!" After a loud bang, the stone tablet was cut into two sections, but the stone door also opened.

Yue Yunfeng said: "Come in quickly!"

After Yue Yunfeng finished speaking, he followed.

Wu Dage took a look and thought about walking in front of Zhou Ping, but the ghost bride wrapped Zhou Ping and floated to catch up with Yue Yunfeng.

Yue Yunfeng was the first to enter the stone gate, and Zhou Ping was the second to enter with the help of the ghost bride.

Wu Da Ge slowed down for a moment, then also squeezed into the stone gate.

The three of them entered the stone gate, and it slowly closed.

Inside the stone gate, there is a completely different scene, with the fragrance of flowers and the singing of birds, it is a paradise on earth.

The stream flows and the trees are lush and green.

Zhou Ping looked at the panel. The route given on the panel was on a cliff. As long as he reached the cliff and kept going, he would reach the next checkpoint.

However, Zhou Ping did not say anything, as he did not want to reveal the secret that he had a secret route.

The three of them began to walk around the secret realm carefully.

They walked for about half an hour, but still couldn't find a way out.

This place seems like a cage with boundaries. Once you reach the boundaries, you can't get out.

And brute force will not break the border.

"The exit is not at the border, but somewhere." said Wu Dage.

Yue Yunfeng also nodded: "No one died here, which means it is not dangerous here, but the exit is somewhat secretive and needs to be found."

"Look, there are words on the cliff." Wu Dage suddenly said.

The three of them looked towards the cliff, where a line of words was written: "Since ancient times, fate has been hanging in the sky, and it is hanging in the sky. The cliffs and ridges are winding, and the whips are cracking as they run."

Yue Yunfeng and Wu Dage fell silent. They knew how to read, but they couldn't understand the meaning of the poem.

"This first sentence, from ancient times, should mean that God can decide the length of a person's life. But what do the following sentences mean?" Wu Dage was educated, but not much.

There is no need to mention Yue Yunfeng, he can't understand it either.

Although they both knew that this poem was the key to their exit, neither of them could figure out what the poem meant.

They both looked at Zhou Ping at the same time.

"I understand this poem. Come with me." Zhou Ping said and left.

Although the two were confused, they followed Zhou Ping to the cliff.

There is a cliff in front of the three people. If they go any further, they will fall off the cliff.

Zhou Ping looked at the panel again, and it did show that he was going to move forward. He no longer hesitated and took a step forward.

Wu Da Ge and Yue Yun Feng shouted hurriedly: "No!"

They thought Zhou Ping was bewitched by a ghost. They believed that the ghost bride had escaped from Zhou Ping's control and wanted to kill Zhou Ping.

However, the next moment, Zhou Ping was floating in the air and he did not fall off the cliff.

The two of them looked dumbfounded.

"Let's go, the exit is here." Zhou Ping said, then took another step forward and came to a new place.

There are no more birdsong and flowers here, but darkness everywhere.

The moment he entered here, Zhou Ping held the vajra in his left hand and the magic sword Thousand Blades in his right hand, and at the same time opened the perception range of the Sky Borrowing Spirit Method.

However, nothing attacked Zhou Ping.

Zhou Ping felt that there were many jars here. The jars were only half a person's height and were placed densely.

At the same time, Yue Yunfeng and Wu Dage also walked in.

Like Zhou Ping, the two of them looked around cautiously and only relaxed their vigilance after seeing that there was no danger.

Wu Da Ge said, "Zhou Ping, I didn't expect you to be so educated that you could understand that poem."

Yue Yunfeng also sighed: "If it weren't for Zhou Ping, we might have been trapped in that place just now and couldn't get out at all."

"Zhou Ping, what does that poem mean?" asked Wu Dage.

Zhou Ping: "I don't know what that poem means either."

The two looked at each other and asked at the same time: "Then how did you know the exit?"

Zhou Ping said: "The poem has four sentences. Think about the first word of each sentence."

Wu Dage and Yue Yunfeng were confused, and they began to recall the poem.

"Since ancient times, destiny hangs in the air."

"I don't know what to do."

"The cliffs and ridges are connected in a circle."

"Go and send the Whip off."

Wu Da Ge and Yue Yun Feng picked out the first word in each sentence: "from", "hanging", "cliff", "walk".

It dawned on them.

"Hey, it's so simple, why didn't I think of it?" Wu Dage didn't expect that this poem would be so simple.

Yue Yunfeng shook his head: "This poem is not that simple. If it weren't for Zhou Ping, we might not be able to figure it out in a day and a night."

Although Wu Dage said he was not convinced, he knew in his heart that if it weren't for Zhou Ping, it would have taken a very long time to pass the previous level.

At this time, Wu Da Ge and Yue Yunfeng finally regarded Zhou Ping as a teammate. Zhou Ping's caution and alertness made them realize that Zhou Ping was very important! Even more important than the ghost bride!

This level is also a confined space.

There were many jars in the space. In Zhou Ping's perception range, there were some things in the jars that looked like humans but not humans, and animals but not animals. On the panel, the route to the next level was under the jar in the center.

"There is a smell of blood here." Wu Daguo touched his nose. As he had been walking in the dark for many years, his nose was extremely sensitive.

Moreover, the Wu family has a secret technique for judging time by the smell of blood.

Yue Yunfeng sniffed the bloody smell in the air, and then said: "Based on the smell of blood, there should have been someone here two days ago."

Wu Da Ge laughed and said, "You are the best at the Wu family's secret techniques. Those old guys are really confused. They actually kicked you out of the Wu family even though you are a genius in corpse-driving."

Yue Yunfeng didn't say anything, but said: "Let's go and see where the exit is."

Yue Yunfeng and the female zombie started knocking on the wall, and Wu Dage also began looking for an exit.

Zhou Ping hesitated for a moment and followed Yue Yunfeng.

Zhou Ping's mission on this trip was to deliver the magic weapon in Yue Yunfeng's storage jade to Zhao Tiancheng's Wu family members, so he still had to follow the escort he was carrying.

After searching for a while, Wu Dage and Yue Yunfeng finally set their sights on these jars.

"I feel the exit is right under the jar." said Wu Dage.

Yue Yunfeng said: "The surroundings of this secret room are solid. I'm afraid the exit is under the jars, and these jars must be very complicated."

Zhou Ping breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, these two people were smart and had already found the exit, otherwise Zhou Ping would have to guide them to start from under the jar.

Zhou Ping was very curious about what was in the jar.

"Inside the jar are either ghosts or strange monsters, like zombies."

"If you encounter a ghost, there are talismans to ward off ghosts. If you encounter a half-dead evil creature, just burn it with fire. Of course, Taoists use thunder magic to deal with these evil creatures."

"Thunder magic is very effective against ghosts or evil entities."

Wu Dage, who is very experienced, introduced Zhou Ping.

After hearing what Wu Da Ge said, Zhou Ping's excitement suddenly disappeared. He was very excited, with a kind of excitement like "Ghost Blowing Out the Light" and "Grave Robbers' Chronicles".

But Wu Dage's introduction made Zhou Ping's excitement disappear.

There are only two kinds of evil things in the secret realm: ghosts and strange monsters with physical bodies. There are ways to restrain both of these things.

All fear comes from insufficient firepower.

Wu Dage and Yue Yunfeng each took out their magic weapons.

Zhou Ping asked the ghost bride and the ghost baby to hide, and then took the vajra.

As the Buddha's power was injected into the vajra, the vajra emitted a golden light. The Buddha's power leaked out of Zhou Ping's entire body, and a golden light emanated from him.

Wu Da Ge and Yue Yunfeng were shocked again. They thought Zhou Ping was a warrior, but who would have thought that he was actually a monk?
When the monk goes into the tomb, his Buddhist power can easily deal with these evil things.

However, monks generally don't want to come to such places.

"Brother, are you a Buddhist?" Wu Da said in disbelief. This guy is a ghost bride and a ghost baby, how can he be a Buddhist?
Zhou Ping nodded and added: "The cultivation level gained through initiation is not something you can cultivate yourself."

Yue Yunfeng glanced at Wu Dage and said, "You have a good eye. You actually found such a powerful person!"

Wu Da Ge smiled awkwardly. What he valued was the ghost bride. Who knew Zhou Ping was a Buddhist? This was a buy one get one free deal. The free one was more valuable than the ghost bride.

The three of them prepared themselves. Wu Dage took out a bunch of darts and smashed all the jars.

Sure enough, a slightly protruding square appeared in the middle of the jar.

"That's the exit." Before Wu Da Ge could be happy, heads popped out from the broken jars.

It was impossible to tell whether these heads were male or female, as their long hair covered their faces and then floated in their mouths one by one.

The head flew towards Wu Dage and Yue Yunfeng. They seemed to be afraid of the Buddha's light, so they did not choose to attack Zhou Ping.

Suddenly, balls of fire appeared in Wu Dage's hands, and the fire flew towards his head.

The female zombie beside Yue Yunfeng rushed towards the head.

But the heads are not easy to deal with either, they are fast and can grow very long hair.

"呲呲呲."

These long hairs don't seem to be afraid of fire, they are flexible and hard.

Hair kept attacking the two men, and they kept dodging.

There was hair stuck in the wall, going several feet deep into the wall!
"Zhou Ping, find an exit quickly." Wu Dage felt that the things in front of him were a bit difficult to deal with.

This thing is called Corpse Oil Head and is an evil object guarding tombs.

The owner of the tomb chopped off the heads of living people, and then used secret methods to perform sacrifices.

Yue Yunfeng and Wu Dage have both seen these greasy corpses in the tomb, but although they are the same thing, these greasy corpses are more difficult to deal with.

Just like the corpse worms at the entrance of the secret realm, they are top-grade corpse worms.

These corpse oil heads are equivalent to top-level evil creatures. Although they are afraid of fire, they are not afraid of it much, and they are also very fast.

Yue Yunfeng and Wu Dage had a hard time dealing with him.

If it were an ordinary grease-headed corpse, the two would definitely have intended to kill each other, but these grease-headed corpses were obviously more powerful.

That's why Wu Dage asked Zhou Ping to find a way out quickly.

Zhou Ping came to the middle of the room, where there was a raised square platform.

According to the route shown on the dart panel, the exit is here.

Zhou Ping carefully used his object control technique to press the raised square platform, and then the platform slowly moved down, and then a hole appeared.

"We've found the exit, let's go quickly." Zhou Ping called to Wu Dage and Yue Yunfeng.

But the situation of both of them is not good.

Wu Dage was hitting the greasy corpse head with a bone hammer, but there was already a greasy corpse head on his back.

The greasy corpse released his hair, trying to wrap Wu Da Ge up like a zongzi. He was already entangled with several layers of hair.

Next to Yue Yunfeng, the coffin on his back was gone. A female zombie and a little girl zombie were blocking the attack for Yue Yunfeng.

Although the corpse oil heads can pierce the bodies of zombies, zombies are not affected by these damages.

But that little zombie was different. It seemed more agile. When the oily zombie attacked her, she would scream.

Yue Yunfeng kept the little zombie behind him and dealt with the oily corpse by himself. He also had many hidden injuries on his body.

Although the two men were strong, they were soon surrounded by dozens of zombies.

There was a gleam of ruthlessness in Wu Dage's eyes. He knew that if he didn't use his best skills, he would probably die here.

He took out a toad from his arms, his eyes slightly sad: "I'm sorry, brother."

The toad croaked a few times, with sadness in its eyes. It knew what its fate would be.

Wu Da Ge was not liked by others because of his short stature. This toad had been with Wu Da Ge for many years, and the two had a brotherly relationship, but now he had to sacrifice it.

On the other side, Yue Yunfeng took out a knife and cut his arm, and the blood from his arm spilled on the female zombie.

There was a flash of red light in the female zombie's eyes, and then she let out a huge roar.

Both of them had grease marks on their bodies, and the grease marks wanted to wrap them up like dumplings.

However, the next moment, a golden light rushed into the corpse's oily head.

Zhou Ping used the object control technique to control the vajra to come to the two people, and constantly dispelled and knocked off the corpse oil heads on their bodies.

"Come here." Zhou Ping waved his hand and pulled the two to the exit, then he jumped into the exit first, and the vajra followed him into the cave.

(End of this chapter)