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Even the Holy Maiden Yaoguang was only just realizing what was happening, let alone the other three.

"A curse?!" Duan De jumped up suddenly, his face filled with terror.

He had spent many years walking underground, and had seen the mausoleums of ancient noble families, as well as the tombs of legendary holy sites. Many noble families in these holy sites would set up various formations in their tombs.

Some of the corpses buried by holy families are so terrifying and bizarre that even with the suppression of formations, they will still form all sorts of strange things after thousands of years, and may even transform into a unique field.

This is the most dangerous kind.

He once mistakenly entered the tomb of an ancient sage, where he encountered great danger.

Although there were no living creatures inside, a strange curse had haunted him for decades, nearly obliterating all his cultivation.

Those were the most difficult days for him.

Upon hearing of the curse again, Duan De immediately felt an urge to flee.

"A curse... and a curse that targets the very source of life, that's terrifying! Should we retreat?" Duan De said hesitantly.

"Don't worry, I'm here!" Su Zhe smiled confidently.

"Could it be... that you can break those curses?" Duan De asked, his face filled with surprise.

"No way." Su Zhe shook his head.

Duan De's face immediately fell. "No? Then what did you say?!"

"But I can remind you that, no matter how the curse progresses, I can at least guarantee that we won't be completely wiped out by it. Even if we are affected to some extent, I may have ways to reduce the impact of the curse."

Su Zhe spoke up.

As soon as she finished speaking, the Holy Maiden Yaoguang looked at Su Zhe and asked, "How do we break this?"

"It's very simple," Su Zhe said, looking at Ye Fan. "The blood of the Holy Body is extremely yang and strong, which may be able to lift the curse to some extent."

Ye Fan: ? ? ? ?

"Don't talk nonsense. As a Holy Body, how come I've never heard of such an effect!" Ye Fan quickly said.

"Don't worry, it won't take too much. When the time comes, you will cut off the original mark in your own blood essence, three drops each. That should greatly alleviate the progress of the curse. As for the rest, we will erase it ourselves. It will also be of great benefit to our future cultivation," Su Zhe said.

Hearing Su Zhe's words, Ye Fan hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.

If each person gets three drops, then the four people present would have twelve drops of essence blood.

It wasn't much; at least twelve drops of essence blood wouldn't have much of an impact on him.

In particular, Su Zhe explicitly stated that he would erase the original mark in his essence blood, so there was no need to worry that the essence blood would be used against him by others after it was sent out.

Seeing Ye Fan nod, the happiest person was actually the Holy Son of Yao Guang.

He had been searching desperately for the origin of the Holy Body, but unexpectedly, due to the curse of the Yao Guang underground mine, he was able to obtain three drops of Holy Body essence blood for no reason.

Although it wasn't enough to allow him to obtain the Holy Body physique, it was enough to allow him to continue cultivating without being trapped at a certain stage due to the lack of the Holy Body's origin.

"Let's keep going," Su Zhe said.

In the brief moment of pause, the curse progress had increased from one percent to two percent.

At this rate, they can only stay in the mine for a maximum of three hours.

At first, following the map given by Duan De, they did not encounter any obstacles in their progress.

Even if they occasionally encounter a fork in the road, Duan De can use his professional knowledge to judge which path is the right one, allowing them to move forward safely.

But this sense of security came to an abrupt end when they reached the ninth fork in the road.

"How come there are six forks in the road here?" Duan De stared wide-eyed, his face filled with disbelief.

On the map in his hand, there shouldn't be any forks in the road here!

"Daoist Master, which path should we take?" asked the Holy Maiden Yaoguang.

Although they hadn't encountered any crises along the way, it didn't mean the underground mine was safe; the power of the curse was still accumulating within them.

Everyone knows that this place is fraught with danger, and if any choice is wrong, it could really cause huge trouble.

Duan De looked at the nine forks in the road before him, slowly closed his eyes, and frantically calculated with his hands beside him. Streams of divine light spread out as if they were tangible, as if countless threads were communicating with some being in the void, trying to obtain the answer.

Duan De was soon covered in sweat, but even so, he still frowned and did not relax at all.

After a long while, he finally raised his head, but his eyes were filled with only confusion and astonishment.

"We haven't even entered the mine yet..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Duan De's figure suddenly disappeared.

"Back off!" Su Zhe was the first to react, grabbing the other three and frantically retreating.

The next moment, they saw Duan De rushing in, covered in sweat.

"This place is too eerie! I saw the four of you fiddling around there for ages, and I was just about to ask you when you were going in when I saw you all rush in without even looking back! I chased you all the way here to find you!"

Duan De spoke hastily, his face filled with panic.

Although he knew the mine was fraught with danger, he dared not leave rashly, since the elders of the Yao Guang Holy Land were still guarding the outside.

Even if those people didn't know he was Duan De, seeing five people go in and one person come out, with the Holy Son and Holy Daughter missing, he would inevitably be arrested and severely tortured.

"Didn't you come in with me just now?" Ye Fan asked.

"No! I was observing the ley lines to create a new map, and when I looked up, the four of you were walking in like you were possessed!"

Duan De was covered in sweat, still clutching the half-finished blueprints in his hand.

Apart from Su Zhe, the other three felt a chill run down their spines.

The one who came in with them just now wasn't Duan De. So who was it that had been with them all the way?

In contrast, Su Zhe remained extremely calm.

I'll just commit suicide!

"We've been following you deeper and deeper until we saw nine forks in the road..."

Ye Fan spoke.

Before he could finish speaking, Duan De's eyes widened, filled with horror.

"What? How much did you say?" Duan De asked in shock.

"Nine forks in the road..."

Ye Fan said.

Before he could finish speaking, Duan De sat down on the ground with a dejected look on his face, and the half-finished blueprint in his hand floated to the ground.

Unfolding the blueprint upwards, everyone saw that the hastily drawn blueprint, at the end of the countless intersecting paths, converged into nine paths, leading directly to the very center of the underground mine.

Before anyone could react, a burst of light appeared before their eyes, and the field around them fluctuated again, with nine forked paths silently appearing beside them.