"The flower demon only gave you tea and wine?" Xie Huaigu asked again.
As a flower demon with perfect elixir formation, it is really unreasonable and stingy to only give some tea and wine to passers-by who have just met each other.
He suspected that Mu Nan was not telling the truth.
"Brother!" Xie Huaiwei cast a look at her brother and said at the same time: "Fellow pastor will definitely not hide anything. At this time, we should work together and be less suspicious."
"Fellow Taoist Mu, it's my fault that I'm too small, please forgive me." Xie Huaigu apologized.
Xie Huaigu's apology this time seemed a bit hasty.
The look his sister gave him was directed at the Bottomless Cave, but Mu Nan only said a few words when mentioning the Bottomless Cave. He didn't know whether Mu Nan was deliberately guarding against the two of them or if he didn't know much about it, but it was really not the right time to turn his back and accuse him.
"It doesn't matter!"
Mu Nan responded succinctly and then led the way.
After passing through Huawujian, the road ahead begins to narrow and is overgrown with thorns.
There is even a cliff blocking the way.
"Is this a bottomless cave?" Mu Nan looked at the narrow sky in front of him, wondering in his heart.
"You would never call a line of sky a bottomless cave. Presumably the bottomless cave is still ahead." Xie Huaiwei said with a sigh.
Mu Nan nodded and stepped in first.
At first he was very narrow-minded and could understand others.
The terrain of the entire Xiantiantian is downward, and after walking for dozens of steps, it feels like there is no bottom. After groping for another incense stick, the three of them found themselves in a spacious dark cave.
If Mu Nan were walking alone, his feet would be illuminated by the Canghuo Pendant.
When traveling with the Xie brothers and sisters, there is no need to consider the issue of light: Xie Huaigu's giant sword, which looks like a door panel, emits a gleaming white light, dispelling all the darkness and making the cave as bright as day.
"There are three forked roads ahead, which one to take?" Xie Huaigu stared at Mu Nan and asked.
Mu Nan shook his head, he didn't know which way to go.
There are no traces of people walking in the cave, and neither the map nor the guide mentions the bottomless cave. There must be more than one route heading north.
The master may have taken another route that did not pass through the Bottomless Cave, and it is unknown whether the rat demon intentionally led him to the Bottomless Cave.
"Then let's go one way each?"
Mu Nan's suggestion was quickly rejected by Xie Huaiwei: "If only one of them is right, and the other two are lost in the bottomless cave, they may not be able to get out until the secret realm is closed. What's more, no one can guarantee whether there will be another one ahead. There is a fork in the road.”
"Let's move forward together?" Xie Huaigu showed some resistance.
Compared with the time spent testing three paths one by one, it may be a wiser choice to return to Rabbit Peak and find another path.
"Squeak!"
"Squeak!"
Just when the three of them were helpless, Mu Nan suddenly heard a rat bark.
He had an idea and took out the Gray Clan Psychic Fruit from the storage ring: "I have a way to pass through the bottomless cave."
"What method?" Xie Huaigu didn't want to waste time returning the same way. Hearing Mu Nan say there was a way, his tone sounded a little anxious.
"The thing in my hand is called the Gray Clan Psychic Fruit. You can communicate with rats by holding it in your mouth. The bottomless cave may be a little strange to us, but for the ubiquitous rats, it may be extremely familiar!"
After Mu Nan finished speaking, he handed the psychic fruit to Xie Huaigu.
"There is such a magical thing?" Xie Huaigu picked up the psychic fruit and smelled it with hesitation: "Oh! How can it smell like this?"
Then, he handed it to Mu Nan with a look of disgust.
Mu Nan was naturally unwilling to put the psychic fruit into his mouth, so he rolled his eyes and said, "Actually, I am reluctant to give the psychic fruit to others. But Hua Qianduo reminded me that her scented tea conflicts with the psychic fruit. , there is no effect if taken together, so I can only cry..."
Mu Nanyan glanced at Xie Huaigu with more helplessness.
Using the Flower Demon as a shield, Brother Xie and his sister would definitely not go to her for confirmation.
And Xie Huaigu wouldn't let him try it first. Let's not mention whether it had any effect. Even though he could communicate with rats, he said it had no effect, and he couldn't verify whether it was true or not.
At that time, wouldn't it be even more disgusting to take out the psychic fruit from his mouth and put it in your own mouth?
"Sister!" Xie Huaigu looked at Xie Huaiwei in embarrassment, but saw that Xie Huaiwei turned away, so he clenched his fists to cheer himself up and asked Mu Nan for his opinion: "Just keep it in your mouth?"
"Yes, just keep it in your mouth." Mu Nan replied affirmatively.
"Okay!" Xie Huaigu nodded heavily as if he had made up his mind, took the psychic fruit in his hand again and stuffed it into his mouth.
The bitter Coptidis chinensis also carries the stench of rotten fish bones, and the pungent smell goes straight to the Tianling Gai!
Although his face was twisted and miserable, Xie Huaigu never spit out the psychic fruit.
"A true man who cherishes the past!" Mu Nan praised.
"You do have the ability to communicate with rats!" Xie Huaigu's vague words revealed a hint of undetectable excitement.
At this time, as if the rats in the cave were responding to him, more than a dozen of them rustled out from all directions and gathered at his feet, squeaking wildly.
However, Mu Nan and Xie Huaiwei covered their noses in unison.
The "tone" in Xie Huaigu's words was really too "shock-worthy" and even worse than the smell of an ordinary public toilet.
"Which way?" Xie Huaiwei pinched her nose and spoke, her voice changed.
"Wait until I ask! Zhizhi!"
After Xie Huaigu exchanged a few "friendly" words with the mouse beside him, he pointed to the fork on the left: "This!"
"Squeak!"
"Squeak!"
The mouse led the way, and the wind from nowhere blew towards the three of them.
The rugged and narrow bottomless cave seems to have no end.
He could not count how many turns he had gone around and how many hurdles he had crossed. After running for an hour, Xie Huaigu stopped at an unknown fork in the road.
"According to what the rat brothers said, there is an end ten miles ahead. Although the two roads lead to the same destination, Zhi Zhi!" Only by lighting the oil lamp on the stone wall can you break the restriction and pass through the final cave door."
"In that case, then I will go one way, and you two brothers and sisters will go one way."
Xie Huaigu guarded Mu Nan against Xie Huaiwei like a thief, so Mu Nan naturally would not ask for trouble by suggesting that they go together with Xie Huaiwei.
Moreover, he had clearly seen that the rats had indeed divided into two roads, heading towards two forked roads.
Therefore, I didn’t feel too defensive.
"Then, fellow pastor, please take the forked road on the left, and remember to light the oil lamps three miles and five miles away!" Xie Huaigu emphasized.
"Okay! Meet at the end!"
Mu Nan turned around and entered the fork on the left, illuminated it with the Canghuo Pendant, and moved forward quickly.
The Xie brothers and sisters walked on the fork on the right for half an hour before reaching the end, but did not see Mu Nan.
"Why is Brother Mu's speed so slow?" Xie Huaiwei looked at the stone gate in front of her and complained.
"Squeak!" Xie Huaigu stretched out his hand to push open the stone door and said with a wicked smile: "He can't get there!"
"Ah? Brother, you..."
"Although the Gray Clan Psychic Fruit doesn't taste very good, it can indeed communicate with the rat brothers." Xie Huaigu explained: "With the help of such divine objects, why should we go with him? In this way, after obtaining the treasures of heaven and earth, we can There’s no need to divide him into 40 percent!”
"But...is this...a little too sinister?" Xie Huaiwei couldn't bear it, and her voice became much softer.
"Which Taoist leader in the world of cultivation doesn't have some unbearable past? What does this mean to us? Besides, do you think Mu Nan is real? I got benefits from the flower demon, but he didn't take the initiative to share them with us. I'm just using my own way. It's just a human body treatment. What's more, no one can die in the secret realm!"
After Xie Huaigu's enlightenment, Xie Huaiwei felt a little relaxed and relieved. She nodded and walked through the stone door.
Mu Nan walked alone on another fork in the road, deliberately leaving a mark on the cave wall every ten feet to prevent Xie Huaigu from cheating.
He didn't believe Xie Huaigu's words from the bottom of his heart.
Until he saw the oil lamp on the cave wall: three feet in size, with ancient runes engraved on the lamp, which had become blurred due to the passage of time.
"I'm a little cautious." Mu Nan thought apologetically.
Then, he used the Canghuo Pendant to hit the wick.
"call!"
The oil lamp was immediately lit, and the light instantly illuminated the entire cave.
"Next!" Mu Nan lit the oil lamp and was about to leave, heading to the five miles mentioned by Xie Huaigu, but found that his legs seemed to be stuck in the mud.
