Volume 5: Qingming Chapter 50 Tongue
Lin Yu didn't answer.
Jin Cheng was tired of talking, and his neck was sore from looking up all the time, so he lay down and took a deep breath. The smell of moist soil and grass passed from his nose to his brain. He tilted his head slightly, and the mountain spirit floating above the magic circle looked into the distance, as if she was thinking about something, and her body seemed to have become a little lighter.
Jin Cheng closed his eyes.
The wind blew and the grass brushed against his face, making it feel a little itchy.
He said: "Uncle Zheng is a good man."
Lin Yu spoke up, "We are here to save him."
"Really?"
"real."
Jin Cheng opened his eyes. In the moonless night, the clouds were moving slowly.
…
Tang Butian walked into the cave alone.
There were dots of faint blue light flickering on the mountain wall. There were small clusters of blue mushrooms with umbrella-shaped caps stacked on top of each other.
She heard the sound of water.
Then, she jumped up, her body turned 90 degrees in midair, and a transparent light just brushed past her body. She opened her right hand, the wooden sword moved forward , and shot in the direction of the light.
Water drops fell from the top of the mountain wall, fell to the ground, corroded a small hole, and a wisp of black smoke rose from the hole. The wooden sword flew back into her hand.
There was a sound of something heavy falling to the ground ahead.
She continued walking forward, holding the wooden sword.
The water drops continued to fall, but not a single drop could touch her body.
…
Jiang You stood outside the cave and looked inside for a long time.
"Aren't you going in?" Xiaoman asked.
Jiang You turned his head to look at her. He took down the sword on her shoulder and said, "What if it's even narrower inside and I get stuck and can't turn around and get out?" He looked down at his stomach and said, "Wait until I'm thinner before I get out?"
Xiaoman glanced at Jiang Mo and asked, "Isn't he going in either?"
Jiang You suddenly reached out and grabbed Xiaoman by the neck, then slammed her against the cliff. Some gravel and ash fell to the ground.
Xiaoman struggled. She tried to pry Jiang You's fingers apart with her hands but failed. She raised her head and met Jiang You's eyes. His look was no longer gentle.
He asked, "Where does this passage lead to?"
"I, I..." Xiaoman uttered with difficulty.
Jiang You loosened his grip slightly.
Xiaoman took two deep breaths and said, "I don't know, I..."
"Stop pretending. Does the mountain spirit need to breathe?" Jiang You once again tightened his grip on her neck. "I don't have much patience. I've already wasted too much time listening to your stories tonight. If it goes on any longer, I'll really have to go back to the hotel and have a breakfast buffet. I don't like buffets. They're soulless."
"What do you mean?" Xiaoman became alert.
"The door at the bottom of the mountain," Jiang You's face moved closer to Xiao Man's, "You want to open that door, right?"
Xiaoman's expression changed, and she asked, "What do you know?"
"Ten years ago, you wanted to borrow the power of the Mirror Lake Society's Mingshen to open the door, but failed," Jiang You looked into her eyes. "Three years ago, your believers came all the way from Thailand, contributing both money and effort. It was very artistic."
Jiang You loosened his hand and Xiaoman slid to the ground.
"You failed again. A small fry took over your magic weapon and destroyed your magic circle. Zheng Yuantai also found out about it, so you killed him to silence him." Jiang You took out another cigarette and lit it. "How many believers do you have outside? Your business has expanded overseas, which is impressive."
She looked at the fire on the hem of her skirt, slowly raised her head, and said firmly: "Your target is not Zheng Yuantai."
…
The transparent light flashed again, and the tip of the wooden sword stabbed towards the light.
That is not light.
Tang Butian pressed down the tip of the knife and leaped upward. The knife spun rapidly, light was wrapped around the blade, and dark light floated. She pushed her legs against the stone wall and pulled her hands back. She saw its entire body. It was a monster covered with scales, with four claws. The front half looked a bit like a salamander, and the lower half looked like a crocodile.
That transparent light is its tongue.
Its tail swept towards Tang Butian.
Tang Butian drew out her wooden sword, jumped back several times and dodged it. Its tongue rolled towards her again, and Tang Butian nimbly dodged the attack. A dark light flashed on the sword, and she approached the monster's head and chopped it with the wooden sword.
The scales on the monster's body opened up, and thorns flew out from them.
Tang Butian quickly stepped back and avoided the stab.
The monster's four legs and tail slapped the ground, causing it to crack.
Tang Butian saw dark red nematodes crawling out from the cracks in the stone wall. They rushed towards her. Tang Butian drew a circle on the ground with a sword. The nematodes that touched the circle curled up in pain and then died stiffly.
Tang Butian slashed with her left leg, then covered her palms with both hands, and eight wooden swords appeared around her. The blades rotated, creating vortices of air. The red nematodes were rolled up by the sword energy and turned into eight red balls.
Tang Butian pursed her lips, and the wooden sword in her hand had a dark light floating on the blade.
Eight balls of nematodes smashed towards the monster at the same time, and they gathered into a huge red ball in mid-air...
The monster's body shrank back a bit, and then it quickly rushed deeper into the passage.
The red ball hit the mountain wall.
The nematode's stiff body fell downward.
Tang Butian glanced at the mountain wall, then turned around and chased after the monster.
The passage led downwards. Tang Butian kept track of the path as he ran downwards. The further he went, the fewer glowing mushrooms there were on the mountain wall, and the darker the passage became. After running for an unknown amount of time, the road ahead gradually opened up.
Until, she saw a door at the end.
A door in the dark opened a barely visible crack, and some light shone through the crack.
Tang Butian walked to the door slowly and cautiously.
She stretched out her hand, and the light fell on her fair and delicate hand. She raised her head and followed the light to look at the surrounding mountain walls. She saw the upper left corner where the monster was lurking.
The monster saw her too.
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Xiaoman slowly stood up, holding onto the mountain wall. She said, "I am willing to share the secret of the door with you, but you have to agree to one condition."
"secret?"
"Everything, everything you want can be obtained from behind the door," Xiaoman raised her head, "Without me, you can't open that door..."
Before she could finish, the hem of her skirt started to catch fire.
"Xiao Man, I know exactly what's behind the door."
"you……"
"There's nothing there, otherwise, why would you try so hard to get in?" Jiang You took a puff of cigarette, the smoke fading in the firelight. "Tell me, what are you going to put in there? Stop making up stories," he said seriously. "You won't even be able to get a contract if you become a coder."
