Volume 7: Frost Chapter 44: Vulnerabilities
Heipi said: "The door appeared suddenly..."
Jiang You interrupted him again and again, "How did you find the door?"
Heipi reorganized his words, "It was a night. I remember it very clearly. The moon was very round and bright that night. I was practicing, but suddenly I felt uneasy and my spiritual power was particularly agitated. So I stopped practicing and walked forward along the moonlight. I don't know how long I walked, but I felt a force surging upward from under the ground, and then..."
"I have never seen such a scene. The moonlight was flowing on the sand dunes. Many blades of grass emerged from the sand dunes. Very quickly, almost in the blink of an eye, the sand dunes were covered with green grass. Then, then..."
Hei Pi quickly glanced at Jiang You and continued, "Then it suddenly became dark. There was no moon or stars. I couldn't see anything, but I felt that force getting closer and closer. I heard the rumbling sound of flowing sand in my ears. Then I felt the spiritual power in my body start to stir and it was out of my control. I was very scared and I ran out desperately. I wanted to escape."
"Did you escape?" Jiang You asked.
"I don't know," Heipi shook his head. "I only know that I ran for a long time and fell down exhausted. I don't know how long it took. When I woke up again, I saw the sand and the sky connected together. A door opened, and the moonlight, or maybe some other light, fell on my body through the door."
"And then?"
"Later, the door fell down on the sand dunes. The green grass leaves on the dunes withered in an instant. I felt the power under the ground dissipating. Gradually, the door disappeared into the sand dunes and under the desert." Hei Pi paused. "Later, I found that practicing near the door was very effective, so I stayed nearby. Then I found that I could enter the forbidden area, probably because I saw the door that day."
"Really?" Jiang You drank the tea and put the cup aside.
"That's all I know."
"Does anyone else know this place?" Jiang You asked.
Heipi shook his head, "I don't know."
Then his eyes widened - the spider silk around him tightened again, and he was hung upside down again. Heipi panted and argued: "I, I told you everything I know, you..."
Jiang You looked at Heipi, "Then what's the seal on the door?"
"What seal?"
"This is a Taoist sealing method, which is very rare. Fortunately, I have read a lot of books and recognized it, otherwise I would have been deceived by you today. What immortals, sacrifices and so on." Jiang You stood up and walked around Hei Pi. "You deliberately hinted that there was a treasure behind the door, and then provoked us and tried to make us kill each other."
"I didn't." Heipi denied.
"No?" Jiang You raised his voice.
Heipi felt the spider silk continuing to tighten.
With a click.
His hand lost its hand shape, revealing its original form - a strangely bent branch.
"Two people have been here." Hei Pi said with determination.
"Who?" Jiang You asked.
"I don't know. They put a seal on the door," Heipi breathed hard. He said, "Behind the door there are indeed things left by the immortals. They put a seal on it so that I can't enter again."
"When did you come?"
"More than ten years ago, maybe seventeen or eighteen years ago, I can't remember clearly."
"So you tricked us into opening the door for you?"
Heipi made up his mind, "After the seal is broken, you can take whatever is behind the door."
"You don't want it?"
"I have lived here for many years. This place has become my home. As long as I can continue to live here and practice..."
Heipi heard Jiang You sigh.
He tried hard to turn his head to look at Jiang You's face.
Jiang You placed the headlamp on the ground.
Jiang You's face was almost shrouded in darkness, with only some light reflected from the lenses of his glasses.
"It's not made up." Heipi heard Jiang Youssler's words.
Then he felt the spider silk continue to retract.
"I didn't lie to you!" he said loudly.
But he didn't hear his own voice.
He felt the spiritual power exploding in its body. He was blown into pieces by his own power, and then was wrapped tighter by the spider silk...
Jiang Yousou returned to Tang Butian. He took the kettle off the alcohol stove and refilled a glass of water for Tang Butian and himself. Then he took out a can of Slant-Eyed Milk from his bag, opened it and poured it into the kettle, then put the kettle on the alcohol stove.
Hei Pi looked at Jiang You, and his vision gradually became blurred.
At this moment, a fierce look flashed in his eyes.
Bang!
There was a loud bang.
Tang Butian raised her hand and the wooden sword flew in the direction of the sound. Then, she was stunned. Hei Pi disappeared. The wooden sword turned around in the tunnel and flew back to her hand. She asked Jiang You: "What happened?"
"Maybe he found that there were too many loopholes in his story, and he was ashamed, so he ran away." After the milk was heated, Jiang You took down the kettle and put away the alcohol lamp. When he turned around, he saw Jiang Mo squatting beside the kettle and opened the lid of the kettle.
"Be careful, it's hot." Jiang You said.
Jiang Mo ignored him.
"Is everything he said a lie?" Tang Butian asked.
"Most of it is true, really, I think I'm in a good state of mind right now."
"What?"
"It's just him..."
Bang bang bang!
There was another crash overhead in the tunnel.
As soon as Tang Butian raised his head, he saw Jiang Mo stand up from the corner of his eye. He staggered forward a few steps, and his figure blurred for a moment and then disappeared.
Jiang You looked into the kettle and saw that there seemed to be some milk left, so he picked up the kettle and poured the remaining milk into the cup. He shook it gently, then showed off to Tang Butian, "Look, I have milk tea to drink."
Tang Butian thought about what Hei Pi said, and she asked, "The people who came here more than ten years ago, Xie Dong, Meng Yuanbai?"
"I guess."
"They came here and sealed this door. The sealing method..." Tang Butian pursed her lips, "Have they really forgotten?"
Jiang You took a sip of milk tea. The milky taste was not strong enough, but it was sweet and smooth. He said, "Guess what's behind the door?"
"What is it?" Tang Butian asked.
"Take a guess."
Tang Butian looked towards the gate defense line.
The patterns on the door had been completely covered by frost.
"Be careful!" Jiang You suddenly whispered.
Before Tang Butian could react, Jiang You grabbed her shoulders and pushed her to the ground. Jiang You rolled her to the side twice. She saw the gnarled tree roots breaking through the ground, which was where they had just sat.
Then, countless tree roots burst out from the ground and rolled towards her and Jiang You. When they were about to touch them, the roots suddenly turned into black ash and scattered down.
Bang!
Bang bang bang!
Huge rocks fell from above.
Tang Butian was about to stand up when Jiang You put his arms around her and said, "Don't move. Look carefully."
