Xie Lian grabbed the dice from the jade plate, exchanged glances with Shi Qingxuan, and nodded. The two of them walked towards the depths of the cave, one in front and one behind.

Shi Qingxuan walked in front, snapped his fingers, and raised a palm flame, illuminating the steps under his feet. Xie Lian gently closed the door and followed behind to cover the rear. The two of them walked down more than fifty stone steps and finally stepped onto flat ground.

This is a one-way tunnel that can accommodate five or six people walking side by side. There is only one road. It is pitch black in front, and there are stairs leading to the ground behind. There are thick walls on both sides. Therefore, there is no need to worry about how to go, just keep going forward. However, after walking more than 200 steps along this tunnel, a cold stone wall appeared in front of the two people, blocking their way.

Shi Qingxuan said, "There is no way out? That's impossible." He held the flame in one hand and groped on the wall with the other, as if to find some mechanism on it. He cast a few spells to break the illusion, but the wall didn't move at all. He was at a loss and said, "Should I break through it?"

Xie Lian said, “That would make too much noise, and the entire Ji Le Fang would be alarmed.”

Shi Qingxuan placed his hand on the stone wall and sent out a burst of spiritual power. After a while, he withdrew his hand and said, "You can't break through it even if you hit it. This wall is probably at least ten feet thick."

But Xie Lian had clearly seen the masked man come in with his own eyes. He couldn't be sneaking around just to meditate in such a dead end, right? There must be other ways, so the two of them looked around carefully. After a while, Xie Lian said, "Master Wind Master, look, there seems to be something on the ground."

He pointed to the ground, and Shi Qingxuan immediately lowered his palms, and they both squatted down together.

The ground of this tunnel was paved with countless square bricks, each of which was the size of a small door. In front of this stone wall, on the square brick they were standing on, there was a picture. The picture was not big, and it was a little man throwing dice.

Shi Qingxuan looked up and said, "Could it be that the method here is the same as the method for opening the door above? I must throw the correct number of points to open this stone wall?"

Xie Lian nodded slightly and said, “It seems so. However, I didn’t come in with the masked man, so I don’t know how many points are required to pass this level.”

Shi Qingxuan said, "We're already here. It's not practical to retreat and investigate. Let's just throw one randomly and see."

Xie Lian also agreed, saying, “Master Wind Master, you give it a try. I… I don’t know how long this borrowed luck of mine can last.”

Shi Qingxuan did not refuse. He took the dice and threw it on the ground, saying, "How is it?"

He threw a "two" and a "five". The two waited for a moment, but before the stone wall opened, Xie Lian collected the dice and said, "It really doesn't work."

Shi Qingxuan suddenly said, "Your Highness, look at your feet, the pattern has changed!"

Hearing this, Xie Lian immediately lowered his head. As expected, the pattern on the square brick on the ground, which was originally a little man playing dice, gradually faded, then gradually deepened, and turned into another picture, which looked like a round, fat, black worm. Shi Qingxuan asked, "What is this thing?"

Xie Lian guessed, “Earth dragon? Leech? They look very similar. There are a lot of them in the fields. I’ve seen quite a few.”

Shi Qingxuan asked: "What on earth did you do to have seen so many..."

Before he finished speaking, he disappeared.

Not only him, but Xie Lian also disappeared. It turned out that when they mentioned the word "things" just now, they both felt their feet go empty at the same time, and the next moment, they fell into a hole in the ground.

It turned out that the stone wall was not a door at all. It was a real stone wall, and the square brick they were standing on was the real door. After throwing the dice, the door suddenly opened and immediately closed. Xie Lian and Shi Qingxuan fell in the air for a moment and fell heavily to the ground. Fortunately, the ground was extremely soft. Although two deep human-shaped pits were pressed out, the two did not feel much pain from the fall and were about to stand up immediately. Unexpectedly, when they stood up, their heads hit the top of the head and they screamed "ah" at the same time. Xie Lian covered his head with one hand and groped above with the other hand. He only touched the same soft and moist soil as the ground under his feet, but there was no stone slab. The stone door had disappeared long ago.

When they were falling, the flame in Shi Qingxuan's palm went out, but now it was rekindled, illuminating the surroundings. The two of them then discovered that they were in a dirt tunnel.

The hole was circular, and the walls were all covered with mud, not like any traces of artificial excavation. Shi Qingxuan rubbed his forehead and said, "What is this place? Is it because I lost the points that we were thrown here?"

After a moment’s silence, Xie Lian said, “It’s very likely. The stone gate has disappeared, which means we have no chance to go back. Let’s find a way out first.”

After a brief discussion, the two of them walked forward along the cave. The cave was winding, and it would be difficult for an adult to stand upright in it. They could only walk with their waists bent, or crawl in the cave, which was slow and quite difficult. In addition, the air in the cave was humid and warm, and the soil was also difficult to deal with. Every step you took would cause you to sink into the mud. Occasionally, you would step on the corpses of small animals and plants that had rotted in the soil. Xie Lian's face did not change, but Shi Qingxuan had goose bumps all over his body. The more Xie Lian walked, the more he felt something was wrong, and he said, "Master Feng, I'm afraid we have to hurry up. This place is probably..."

At this moment, a strange loud "boom boom" sound came.

A loud noise was heard, and the entire cave trembled slightly, with scattered dirt on top of it falling to the ground with a thud. The two looked at each other, and without saying a word, they ran quickly in the opposite direction of the loud noise.

However, the loud noise and vibration rushed forward, and the speed was much faster than theirs, and kept approaching. The two of them took one deep step and one shallow step, rolling and crawling in the winding cave, but they could not see the exit of the cave, and there was not even a trace of light. Not only that, in the direction where they were running, there was a loud noise and vibration similar to the one behind them!

The road ahead and the road behind were blocked, so the two had to stop. With the "boom boom" noise of the heavy and huge body dragging through the mud, two giant insects crawled and appeared in front of the two.

These two giant insects are extremely large and bloated. They are purple-black in color, with slightly transparent skin. Their bodies are segmented, and they have no eyes or legs. Their heads are just two fleshy spikes. If they are not two extremely long earth dragons, then what are they?

When the stone door opened, they were thrown into the lair of a ground dragon monster!

Xie Lian raised his hand to block the way ahead, while Ruo Xie was ready to attack. Shi Qingxuan took out the Wind Master Fan from somewhere, but unfortunately it couldn't bring up strong winds in this narrow underground area. If it did, it might even blow him unconscious. Such a top-grade magic weapon might not work. At this time, Xie Lian remembered that earth dragons were afraid of light and heat, so he said, "Master Wind Master, please lend me some of your magic power to make the flame in your palm bigger!"

Shi Qingxuan followed his instructions and struck him with his left hand. The flame in his right hand shot up a few inches. Xie Lian also quickly raised a bright palm flame. As expected, the two earth dragons felt the scorching flames and shrank back, pulling a foot away. So, the two of them continued to walk slowly, forcing the two earth dragons to keep a distance from them, hoping to find an exit.

However, the cave was narrow, and the fire was so big that not only were the two earth dragons afraid of the heat, but after a while, Xie Lian and Shi Qingxuan were also sweating profusely, as if they were in an oven, which was quite uncomfortable. Moreover, what was even more terrifying was that although Shi Qingxuan tried his best to use his magic power to bless the flame, the flame in his palm seemed to be getting smaller and smaller. When the two earth dragons realized this, they retreated, but they were not so desperate.

Xie Lian took a few more steps and felt his breathing become slightly sluggish. He said, “Master Wind Master, I’m afraid this palm flame won’t last long. Although the soil is moist and loose, it’s still deep underground. Before long, the airflow may be blocked, the fire will go out, and the people will faint.”

Shi Qingxuan gritted his teeth and said, "Then we can only use the Shrinking the Earth by a Thousand Miles."

Although neither of them could spare the time to draw the formation, and the terrain was extremely unfavorable, there was no other way. Xie Lian said, “I’ll find a flat area.”

At this moment, he felt that his feet were stepping on a piece of less damp ground, like a stone slab. Xie Lian's heart moved, and he immediately leaned over to check. Sure enough, this was another stone door!

There was also a picture of a little man throwing dice on the stone door. Shi Qingxuan also stepped on it and was overjoyed. He said, "Quick, quick, throw the dice to open it!" Xie Lian was about to throw the dice, but suddenly thought, "Don't let me throw a more ridiculous number, and open the door to a more terrifying place." He handed the dice to him and said, "You come!"

Shi Qingxuan grabbed it and threw it without saying anything. Di ding ding, this time, it was a "three" and a "four". Xie Lian immediately put away the dice, and the two of them stood on the door panel. The palm flame on Shi Qingxuan's hand had shrunk again, and the two earth dragons were ready to move. Xie Lian stared at the pattern on the door panel carefully, it gradually faded, and then gradually turned into another picture, a forest, and several strangely dressed little people seemed to be dancing around a person in the middle.

At this moment, a ground dragon seemed to finally be unable to hold back. It opened its mouth slightly and rushed over dragging its heavy body!

Fortunately, when it was only three feet away from the two of them, the stone door suddenly opened!

This time, the two fell into a narrow hole again. However, this time the ground was hard, narrow and dry. The two fell and collided with each other. Xie Lian was used to enduring the pain and didn't say a word, but Shi Qingxuan started yelling. Xie Lian's ears hurt from his yelling, and he was worried that he was in trouble, so he said, "Master Feng, are you okay?"

Shi Qingxuan put his head down and his feet up, and said, "I don't know if I'm okay. I've never fallen like this before. Your Highness, it's really exciting to work with you."

Hearing this, Xie Lian couldn't help laughing. He then realized that they had fallen into a tree hole. He first stepped out of the hole with difficulty, then handed his hand to Shi Qingxuan and said, "This is really hard work for you."

Shi Qingxuan said, "You're welcome."

He took Xie Lian’s hand and crawled out of the tree hole. He was covered in dust and dirt, and his gauze dress was already tattered. The sunlight outside made his brows furrowed. He asked, “Where is this again?”

Xie Lian said, “As you can see, it’s a deep forest.” He looked around and added, “I see this stone door is actually used as a magical tool for casting the art of shrinking the earth by a thousand miles. Different numbers are cast, and you will be sent to different corresponding places. I wonder if the number I cast this time is correct.”

Shi Qingxuan crossed his arms with his bare hands and said seriously, "It takes a lot of mana to perform the Shrinking the Earth Thousand Miles technique. In order to prevent others from spying on his secrets, the Blood Rain Scholar actually made such a stone door magic weapon. This shows how powerful his mana is and how scheming he is."

Although his expression was serious, his barefoot and shirtless appearance made him look funny instead of serious. Xie Lian tried hard to hold back his laughter, but the image of Hua Cheng's slightly raised mouth came to his mind. He shook his head and thought, "Rather than saying he is scheming, it's better to say... he is just naughty."

The two men walked out of the tree hole and had just taken a few steps when a group of naked people suddenly jumped out from behind the bushes around them and jumped around them, shouting loudly as they jumped: "Oh oh oh!"

“…”

Both of them were extremely shocked. Shi Qingxuan asked, "What is this time?"

Xie Lian raised his hand and said, “Don’t be nervous. Don’t be nervous. Let’s take a look first.”

He looked closely and found that these people were not really naked, but only wore animal skins and leaves. They looked like they were eating raw meat and drinking blood. They held branch spears with sharp stones on the spear heads. They smiled at the two men with a mouth full of sharp teeth, all of which were serrated fangs.

The two of them ran away without saying a word.

Shi Qingxuan ran and said, "My brother always told me that there are many wild spirits in the deep mountains of the south who feed on humans! He told me not to go to such a place alone! Could it be that we are encountering this now?!"

Xie Lian was already very familiar with escaping, and his posture and demeanor were much calmer than his. He said calmly, “Yes, it’s very likely! Anyway, let’s find the door first, and see if there is any stone door!”

The group of savages shouted and chased them relentlessly. Originally, Master Xie and the other two could only flee and could not fight back, because there were rules in heaven that if a priest descended to the mortal world, he could not use his magic power to suppress mortals without authorization. This rule was to prevent the priests from bullying people with their power and causing trouble. But from time to time, they threw some sharp stones and branches at the two of them, and suddenly, a branch brushed against Master Qingxuan's cheek.

This was bad luck. Shi Qingxuan touched his face and felt a very faint trace of blood, and he flew into a rage on the spot.

He uttered a "huh", stopped his pace, turned around and said, "You guys are a bunch of wild people from the mountains who have never seen the world. Not only are you not impressed by this Wind Master, you even dare to mess up my appearance! This is really outrageous!!!"

After drinking, he suddenly shook out the Wind Master Fan, opened it, and fanned it with a bang. The group of savages flew up from the ground, and were blown several feet away. They hung on the trees, howling. The two of them finally stopped and gasped for breath. As they panted, Xie Lian's thought came to him again: "Being a priest is really hard... People, ghosts, and gods, no one has it easier than anyone else..."

Shi Qingxuan exhaled a breath of anger and said to Xie Lian, "Your Highness, you can see that they asked for this! I am not using the law to bully others."

Xie Lian said, “Yes, I saw it.”

Shi Qingxuan touched his face again, muttered something like "even my brother doesn't dare" and so on, then turned around and said, "Let's go find the stone gate."

Xie Lian nodded silently. Seeing Master Qingxuan straightening his clothes and adjusting his hair, he looked really cool and elegant. However, he was wearing a tattered purple gauze dress. This cool and elegant look was inevitably mixed with a very strange taste, which was really unforgettable. Xie Lian couldn't help but feel a lot of emotions. Thinking back to the first time they met at Banyue Pass, Master Feng had such a fairy-like deity that he thought he was either a peerless demon or a great master. Who knew that this was just his illusion...

The two wandered aimlessly in the forest for several times, and finally found a stone door next to another tree hole. This time, Shi Qingxuan refused to roll the dice again. He scratched his head and said, "I don't know what happened. In the past, my luck was not always good, but it was not always bad. But today, I don't think I have bad luck. I rolled the dice twice. Once I reached the Earth Dragon Cave, and once I encountered a wild spirit. I don't know what I will encounter next time."

Xie Lian coughed lightly, feeling guilty: “Maybe it’s because I’m next to you that I brought bad luck to you…”

At this time, Shi Qingxuan said, "You should come. Maybe your Sanlang still has some luck left from lending you a hand."

For some reason, Xie Lian felt a little embarrassed when he heard "your Sanlang". He wanted to explain something, but then he thought again, there was nothing to explain. If he had to explain, it would be weird, so he didn't say much, picked up the dice, and rolled it gently.

Two "sixes".

Holding his breath for a moment, Xie Lian carefully watched the changes in the pattern on the stone door, so that he could be mentally prepared for what he would encounter next. However, this time, the pattern did not change at all, and the stone door creaked open.

Behind the door was another dark stone staircase leading to the depths of the underground, filled with chilly air.

The two looked at each other and thought, "Could it be that after all this fuss, we've ended up back where we started?"

Even if they were to go back to where they were, it was better than staying anywhere else, so they went down the stone steps decisively. The stone door closed heavily behind them, and when they reached out to push it, they felt a smooth stone wall. Xie Lian said, "Let's go down."

The two of them walked forward along this square underground stone passage again. After walking more than two hundred steps, Xie Lian gradually realized that this was not the tunnel we walked through the first time.

Shi Qingxuan said, "That's right. At that time, we encountered a stone wall after walking 200 steps, but now we don't."

Xie Lian said softly, “It seems that this time, we made the right choice.”

At this moment, both of them stopped at the same time.

From the darkness ahead, there came a smell of blood.

Along with it was the sound of a man's heavy breathing.