Before our group could recover from the countless bones behind us, we were once again so shocked by what we saw in front of us that we almost suffered cardiac arrest on the spot!
What comes into view is an extremely huge temple. The entire temple seems to be carved from a towering mountain peak, more than a thousand feet high. A stone staircase rises from the ground, like a sleeping dragon clinging to its surface, leading to the sky. .
The top of the temple has submerged into the clouds, a scene of reaching the pinnacle, as if someone can stand on the top of the temple and be among the immortals.
An ancient temple is integrated with the mountain peak. What a miraculous workmanship!
"There is immortal energy... there is immortal energy... I guessed it right, there is immortal energy there...!"
Facing this majestic temple with incredible craftsmanship, Chen Guishou suddenly raised his finger excitedly and pointed to the clouds and exclaimed.
At that moment, I saw a glimmer of light flashing through Chen Guishou's eyes. His hands were trembling, his words were trembling, and his whole body was also trembling.
When I heard that Chen Guishou said that he had immortal energy, I was extremely excited. I looked up at the clouds and mist, and my heart couldn't help but surge with excitement.
"Senior Chen, do you think that is the so-called Golden Palace on the map?"
Chen Guishou waved his hand after hearing this and said: "No, that is not the Golden Palace, and this island is not a fairy island. If I have to tell you why, I think the remaining fairy energy is probably the path leading to The entrance to the real fairy island!”
"Damn it, this is the entrance to the real fairy island. If you climb this temple mountain, you will be able to live forever. Then what are you waiting for? Go ahead!"
As soon as Fatty Wu finished speaking, a figure flashed past us. When I saw clearly who that figure was, he had already climbed the stone steps more than ten feet.
"Hahahaha, eldest nephew, just crawl slowly with these old, weak, sick and disabled people. Uncle Master, I will take the first step!"
In fact, several of us knew that Lou Tianguan had been hiding in the dark and following us all the way, but when he suddenly burst out, we were still shocked.
"Damn it, it's the guy named Lou, he ran ahead of us!" Fatty Wu exclaimed.
"The mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole follows, which is indeed Lou Tianguan's usual style. However, this time, his oriole flew a little too fast. The road to fairyland is not so easy to climb. Go up!"
It was obvious that Lou Tianguan had climbed a long way up, but Chen Guishou always waited patiently, perhaps waiting for his guess to come true.
But a long time passed, and Lou Tianguan was almost halfway up, but still nothing happened.
"Senior Chen, it looks like there's nothing wrong with him. How about it? Do you want me to catch up with you?"
In fact, seeing that Lou Tianguan had already run so far, I was a little impatient. Among us, I was the fastest, of course when Chen Guishou was weak.
Chen Guishou himself had no intention of moving, and was still waiting to see what would happen. But when I had this idea, Chen Guishou did not stop me, but nodded silently to me.
In my opinion, Chen Guishou might not be sure about his guess at all, so he agreed to let me climb the stone steps of the temple peak first.
Now that Chen Guishou had nodded, I didn't want to waste any more time at the foot of the mountain. I immediately took a deep breath, and when the wind blew under my feet, I jumped straight up the stone steps leading to the clouds and mist.
"Dongzi, go ahead, it's up to you...GOGOGO...!"
Behind me came Fatty Wu’s cheers.
After originally distanced himself from us, Lou Tianguan didn't seem to be so anxious anymore. He almost stopped and walked, and from time to time he turned his head to look at us at the foot of the mountain.
But since the moment I climbed the stone steps, Lou Tianguan also accelerated his speed, obviously not wanting to be overtaken by me and take the lead.
Climbing a mountain is extremely demanding on physical strength and energy. Although my endurance is amazing, it was okay for a short time. As time went by, it became slower and slower. The higher I climbed, the faster my breathing became. , it seems that the higher you go up, the thinner the air becomes, and it can no longer satisfy the supply of my lungs.
In fact, Lou Tianguan is not much better, obviously it is getting slower and slower, but even so, there is more than a star and a half difference between me and him.
I'm afraid that even if he suddenly stops moving now, it will take me a long time to catch up with him.
At this point, I couldn't be anxious anymore, so I sat directly on the stone steps, planning to take a rest and continue climbing up when I felt almost done.
I don't know how many minutes I rested, but I felt that my physical strength seemed to have recovered a little. I immediately stood up and took a deep breath again, planning to catch up in one go.
But at this moment, I suddenly heard a familiar voice, which was clearly Fatty Wu's complaining voice.
"Ouch... Ouch... My legs are sore, Master, why don't we take a rest!"
"You can rest if you want, I don't want to die!"
As I thought, it was indeed Fatty Wu and the three of them, who were already very close to where I was at this moment.
"You guys are pretty fast, you caught up so quickly!"
Hearing my voice, the three people looked up and saw me from a distance.
Fatty Wu was the most excited, but he was obviously too tired to say anything.
The first sister also had one hand on her waist and moved up step by step with difficulty with a very ugly face.
As for Chen Guishou, although he seems to have recovered a lot, he is still in his seventies or eighties. Such a height is already too much for him.
Seeing the three of them like this, I said, "I have already rested. Now I will continue to climb up. You can rest where you are."
"No... no, if we stop, we will be dead!" The first sister responded to me hurriedly.
"Dead? What do you mean?"
Just after I asked my question in confusion, I suddenly heard a rustling sound coming from below Fatty Wu and the others, and the sound was getting closer and closer.
"Damn it, I'm catching up with you, run away!"
Hearing the noise behind him, Fatty Wu felt like he had been given a shot of blood. He didn't know where he got the strength from, and he started to rush upward bravely.
Even Chen Guishou and Yijie were infected by it. It felt like they regarded this thousand-foot mountain as flat ground.
Seeing them running so hard, I hurriedly wanted to ask what was chasing them. To be able to scare the three of them like this, could it be that the adult great ape was chasing them all the way from outside the valley? Already?
Soon, a large black area came into my sight. At first, I couldn't see it clearly. I just felt that the tide could still flow upwards.
But when I looked carefully, my scalp was numb and I had goosebumps all over my body.
I saw that large area of darkness, where the tide was flowing back, and it was clearly a large centipede with flower legs the size of a cat or dog.
Looking around, the entire foot of the mountain is covered in darkness. This can be said to be an army of one million people.
"Here I go, what did you do? Did you poke into the centipede's nest?" I exclaimed and started swearing.
Fatty Wu said with a grimace as he ran: "You kid, you can't stop making sarcastic remarks. How can we have the leisure to poke at their lair? They clearly just popped up out of the ground all of a sudden!"
Although Fatty Wu and the three of them suddenly accelerated, it was obvious that this was all a forced last tremor.
This energy was obviously fading rapidly, and the speed of the three people began to become slower and slower.
At their current speed, they might be ruthlessly submerged in the ocean of centipedes in less than a minute.
They are my companions, and I will definitely not watch them die. I immediately took out the dagger from my waist, turned around and ran downwards.
I knew I was going to die by doing this, but now there was no other way.
