"Then do we still want to go in?" Zhao Ming swallowed and asked.
"Of course you have to go in."
Neither Xiao Feng nor Fang Wen hesitated.
So everyone took courage and walked into the cave.
Although the inside of the cave is dark, it gives people a sense of peace and tranquility, and it seems to have no connection with the danger outside.
They didn't know how long they walked. Along the way, they only encountered some corpses that would be destroyed by a touch, but they didn't encounter any monsters.
Finally, they came to the depths of the cave. There was a person sitting here, at least he looked like a human.
Although the other party's body was a little dry, it had not reached the point of necrosis. He looked alive, but no one felt that he was still alive at all.
Xiao Feng bravely asked: "Senior, was it you who called us here?"
The next moment, the other party suddenly opened his eyes, and a flash of light shocked everyone.
Fortunately, the other party did not attack suddenly. He just looked around and said, "Are you from outside?"
"That's right."
"So, the spiritual energy outside has finally revived?" The other party's eyes seemed a little excited.
"Revival of spiritual energy?" Everyone was a little confused and could only say that we didn't know.
The other party was silent for a while and said: "Anyway, there is a crack in the barrier, and we can finally leave here."
Xiao Feng once again had the courage to say: "Senior, could you please tell me your name? Are you the legendary cultivator of immortality? Is there a sect of cultivating immortals here? What happened, and why is this place like this? "
The other party was not stunned by this series of questions and calmly replied: "I am Guo Fu, a monk of the Golden Light Sect, which is what you call an immortal cultivator."
"As for why this place is like this, we have to start from the beginning."
To put it simply, this world once had a period of abundant spiritual energy and many monks. At that time, the masters of Taoism could even ascend in the daytime.
But about a thousand years ago, spiritual energy began to decline, and fewer and fewer people could become immortals.
The monks immediately felt the crisis and suspected that the spiritual energy would continue to decline until it completely disappeared.
Even so, they did not give up their practice because of this. Instead, they tried every means to ascend and leave before the end of the Dharma.
So they thought of a way to concentrate all the spiritual energy at their own mountain gate, and then use a barrier to isolate the mountain gate from the outside world, so as to minimize the loss of spiritual energy.
This move aroused dissatisfaction among many casual cultivators, who even broke out into a war with the sect monks.
In the end, the monks of the sect won the victory, but the battle further reduced the spiritual energy, and the monks could only enter the barrier and continue practicing.
As for whether any of the monks inside the barrier became immortals, Guo Fu didn't know.
Guo Fu only knew that the monk with the highest level of cultivation in this barrier was only in the stage of becoming a god.
In short, the spiritual energy inside the barrier is further depleted, and it is obviously impossible to become an immortal.
Some monks felt a little discouraged and even thought about lifting the barrier, but they were opposed by others.
Because once the barrier is lifted, the spiritual energy will inevitably dissipate, and the spiritual power of these monks cannot be replenished, and they will soon turn back to mortals.
In this way, a war broke out inside the barrier. Not only was there little spiritual energy left, but the monks' cultivation also regressed.
At this time, even if they wanted to open the barrier, they couldn't do it and could only wait to die here.
Ordinary people die when they die, but when more powerful monks die, they will transform into corpses, which is the monster that Xiao Feng and others saw.
"The corpses you encountered are all in the Qi-building stage. The ordinary monsters are in the foundation-building stage, and the more powerful monsters are in the core-building stage. As for me, I still barely have the Nascent Soul stage, but I can't do much."
Everyone was in awe after hearing this.
Xiao Feng asked: "So, senior, do you know how to leave here?"
Guo Fu said calmly: "Since there are cracks in the barrier, the cracks will not disappear, but will continue to move. You can wait for a while where you came from, and the cracks will still appear there."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this.
Xiao Feng continued to ask: "Senior, do you want to go out with us?"
Guo Fu smiled slightly: "That's natural."
"Then what are you going to do after you go out?" Xiao Feng asked cautiously.
Guo Fu pondered for a while and said: "If the spiritual energy outside revives, then I will naturally continue to practice. If not, then I will leave and practice and become a mortal."
"If you lose your cultivation, won't you die directly due to insufficient longevity?" Xiao Feng asked curiously.
"That's not the case. Unless your lifespan is insufficient in the first place, you can still live like a mortal for several decades if your cultivation is gone."
"I see, then let's set off now to avoid missing the crack."
Xiao Feng suggested.
Guo Fu nodded slightly and stood up.
At this moment, Fang Wen suddenly asked: "What's going on with the lightning outside? Why do we get struck by lightning as soon as we fly?"
As soon as these words came out, Guo Fu's face became a little ugly for some reason.
The corners of Xiao Feng's mouth twitched and he thought to himself: Why are you talking about this?
Fang Wen also noticed something was wrong in the atmosphere and asked doubtfully: "Did I say something wrong?"
Guo Fu suddenly regained his smile: "You didn't say anything wrong, but in this case, I have to ask one of you to give up your body."
"Huh? Why?" Fang Wen didn't know why.
Xiao Feng sighed and said: "This is not simple. Didn't he just say that a powerful monk will transform into a corpse when he dies? He is obviously a zombie too."
"I heard that zombies will cause disaster if they exist for a long time. I'm afraid that's what happened with the thunder and lightning outside."
Guo Fu was a little surprised when he heard this and said: "I didn't expect you to guess this. Yes, that's what happened."
"But as long as one of you is willing to give up your body, I can avoid the thunder disaster. You can discuss it yourself."
Everyone looked at each other, and Zhao Ming said nervously: "You...you are not going to sacrifice me, are you?"
Xiao Zhen said calmly: "There is no way, who makes you the weakest."
Fang Wen frowned slightly: "Have you asked me if you want to touch me?"
Xiao Zhen raised his eyebrows: "What? Are you going to fall out with us because of him?"
"I don't care. At the worst, I'll let senior make his own choice."
Just when the two sides were tense, Xiao Feng clapped his hands and said, "Okay, stop fighting in the nest, our real enemy is this guy."
Everyone was a little surprised when they saw Xiao Feng pointing at Guo Fu.
