Immortality Cultivation: Fellow Daoists, please live for two more episodes!

Suddenly, another group of cultivators appeared on the opposite mountain path.

The leader was a man with a scar on his face, followed by four or five people, each exuding an aura that suggested they were also after the cave.

Lu Ci, however, remained calm and unperturbed, speaking first: "Manager Qiu? Your information network is quite impressive; we arrived just a moment ago, and you're already here?"

Scarface laughed:

"Of course, everyone knows that Manager Lü is the most well-informed about this secret realm within the entire Water Moon Outer Sect. That's why we followed you as soon as you set off."

Then, the scarred man's gaze fell on Shen Ye, and as he watched him pass through the stone golem formation unharmed, a hint of surprise appeared on his face:

"A mere mortal? This is your method?"

"So these stone figures can't harm ordinary people."

"But today, Manager Lü led a mortal into the formation without any concealment. Could it be that he's certain this kid can get what's inside?"

"He's already over."

Scarface was silent for a moment, then sneered, "Then there's nothing more to say."

Do it.

Both sides fought from three zhang away from the stone statue's sensing range, and neither of them stepped within three zhang.

Behind Scarface, a short man made a hand seal and pointed, summoning a copper bell into the air. As soon as the bell rang, the spiritual energy within a radius of several feet suddenly became chaotic, and vegetation and sand flew everywhere.

Song Zhi snorted coldly, pulled out the jade gourd from her waist, tilted it upwards, and a column of blue water spurted out from the gourd's mouth.

The water column condensed and did not disperse, transforming into a three-zhang-long water python in the air, which collided head-on with the sound waves of the copper bell.

With a muffled thud, the water python exploded into a cloud of mist, and the copper bell was also sent flying back.

Lu Ci faced the scarred man himself, and once again summoned the banner from his sleeve. As the banner unfurled, a cold wind rolled, releasing three hazy banner spirits, each wielding a ghostly weapon, rushing towards the scarred man.

Scarface didn't hesitate either. He flipped his left hand and revealed a bronze mirror. The mirror's light froze the three banner spirits in place, rendering them unable to move.

"A demon-revealing mirror?" Lü Ci raised an eyebrow. "Are you willing to invest the resources?"

Scarface sneered without answering, his right hand already condensing a ball of crimson spiritual light that he blasted towards them.

The two sides were locked in fierce combat, with magical artifacts and spiritual light flying everywhere.

The aftershocks of the chaotic battle continued to spread in all directions. One of the shockwaves, created by the second collision between Song Zhi's water python and the copper bell, swept towards Shen Ye, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

Shen Ye was still standing at the entrance of the passageway, within the stone figure's sensing range.

Shen Ye reacted extremely quickly. Seeing the powerful aftershocks, he instinctively took out a golden talisman from his pocket and slapped it on his body. With his essence blood activated, the talisman exploded, releasing a thin layer of golden light that protected his vital points.

However, as soon as the golden light flashed, a stone figure behind him that had previously ignored him suddenly turned its head.

The stone figure sensed the spiritual energy fluctuations generated the moment the talisman was activated.

The talisman was too weak and the fluctuations were too low. The stone man's strength did not rise to the level of a Yellow Court cultivator, but it did transform into the strength of at least a cultivator who had broken through the Profound Gate and was at the lowest level.

This is deadly enough for a mortal.

The stone figure took a step toward Shen Ye.

With his escape route blocked by the stone figures, Shen Ye had only one path left: to run deeper into the tunnel.

Shen Ye took off running.

The passageway narrows as you go deeper, and the large stone figures cannot move freely in the narrow spaces.

His three-day practice of the "Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill" made his physique far superior to that of ordinary people.

Although he was still no match for Qi Refining cultivators, he was able to navigate between the stone walls and cracks using his instinctive awareness of death.

Fortunately, although this stone figure was imposing, it did not seem to possess any magic.

Remembering his experience wandering the far west, he first carefully observed the stone man's attack rhythm.

After each punch, this big guy had a half-breath interval to retract his fist.

He used this half-breath to run desperately deeper. When the stone man got stuck in the narrow part, he would run a few more steps and chase after him to the wide part where the stone man would speed up before turning around to slap the talisman.

The Five Thunder Talisman was stuck to the stone wall. The stone man chased after him and stepped on the talisman. Lightning exploded, and the stone man paused for a moment. He took the opportunity to run another dozen steps.

The stone man caught up and threw a punch. He slapped out a golden light talisman, which blocked the punch and shattered. However, he used the impact of the punch to roll away several steps.

He didn't attack the last sword qi talisman head-on. Instead, he took advantage of the moment when the stone man got stuck in a narrow space and struck it along the seam of the stone man's neck...

With a crisp clang, a burst of brilliant sword energy shot out, and a crack appeared at the seam of the stone man's neck, trapping the entire stone man outside.

Although the cracks healed quickly, the stone man caught up with them again.

Even though the talismans were all used up, the stone man was still chasing after them.

Although Shen Ye was covered in injuries, his clothes were torn to shreds, his left shoulder was grazed by a stone fist, and his bones made a cracking sound, he was beaten and rolled unsteadily into the depths of the tunnel.

Fortunately, when the last punch landed, he just happened to fall into a light curtain at the end of the passageway.

As if there were some kind of restrictive mechanism, the stone man stopped in front of the light screen and ceased his pursuit after Shen Ye entered the stone chamber.

The stone gate slowly descended.

Shen Ye went in alive.

……

Outside the cave.

As soon as Shen Ye entered the light screen, the two groups of people who had just been fighting fiercely outside stopped almost simultaneously.

Song Zhi put away the jade gourd, and the others on the other side also put away their magical artifacts. Both sides took a step back, barely even out of breath.

Scarface even cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards Lü Ci, who returned the gesture with a smile. The killing intent between the two vanished completely, as if the life-or-death battle was nothing more than a rehearsal.

Upon closer inspection, apart from a few tears in their clothes and being covered in dust, no one on either side had suffered any real injury.

The aftershocks of the collision between the magical artifacts were real, but the landing points were all off by an inch, just enough to be seen and just enough not to hurt anyone.

Qiu Wu peeked out from behind a rock, dusted himself off, and walked towards Manager Lü: "Manager, you've worked hard. Brother Qiu Sheng is very generous."

Lü Ci smiled and put the banner back into his sleeve: "He doesn't have that kind of money."

"This cave wasn't found by him, nor was it set up by anyone; it was always here. The stone figures, the rules, the light curtain—it's all real. Someone did die twenty years ago, and no one has been able to enter since."

"He only did one thing..."

Qiu Wu: "Could it be that group of people over there?"

Manager Lü: "Haha, that's right, I hired him for 800 points just to put on a show."

"That kid isn't stupid. If he doesn't put on an act, even if the stone man lets him through, the passage is pitch black, and he'll observe carefully before rushing in."

"But when the stone men are chasing him, it's a different story. He only has one path left: to run as fast as he can."