Chapter 34 The Grotto

Chapter 34 The Grotto

Holding the last golden hairpin, Zhou Shu stared at the fallen cultivator closely with his eyes like a torch.

The cultivator was tightly wrapped in green vines, like a cocoon, shaking back and forth, but he couldn't break free at all, and couldn't even make a sound.

After five breaths, the ivy turned into a faint green light and gradually disappeared.

The mask cultivator was hit repeatedly, coupled with the effect of the Eclipse Pill, his mind was a little unconscious, and he barely put his hands on the ground, trying to get up.

Whoosh.

The golden hairpin turned into a stream of light, pierced through his body, and directly pierced his throat.

The mask repairer let out a muffled grunt, his body twitched a few times, and he collapsed to death.

Zhou Shu breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately dragged the mask repairer to him.

He took off the mask, revealing a pale and ugly face, his eyes were wide open, quite horrifying, he died so inexplicably that he couldn't believe it.

Zhou Shu was also somewhat thankful that the cultivator in front of him had at least the sixth level of Qi Refining Realm, but he still died by his hands.

But in the final analysis, the essence of Qi Refining Realm practitioners is similar.

If a cultivator does not reach the foundation-building stage, he will not be able to release his spiritual consciousness, cannot see inside, cannot eat the wind and drink dew, cannot use flying magic weapons, and needs to eat, drink, and sleep. It is not much different from ordinary people. Only when he reaches the foundation-building stage , can be regarded as truly transcendent.

Zhou Shu checked it carefully and gained a lot.

First, there are storage bags. Then there are dozens of mid-grade spirit stones, two bottles of pills, some talismans, a few jade slips, and a shuttle-shaped magic weapon.

Before he had time to take a closer look, Zhou Shu put it all in his arms, then took off the black clothes of the masked cultivator, quickly put them on himself, and then put on the weird mask again.

Using a cleansing technique to cover up the blood stains on his clothes, he looked up and down, and it seemed that there was not much difference between him and the mask repairer.

"Just go out and try."

Zhou Shu imitated the posture of the mask repairer, and walked out of the cave step by step.

In front of it is a narrow and long corridor, which seems to be formed naturally, with stalagmites hanging everywhere.

Fortunately, no one else.

Zhou Shu walked along the corridor, walked for a while, and came to a slightly wide cave.

There were some bright lights burning in the cave, and some futons were placed. In front of the futons, there was a two-person-high stone statue. The stone statue also wore a strange mask, and its eyes seemed to be shining, which was quite strange.

Beside the stone statue, two masked cultivators in black sat facing each other. They glanced at Zhou Shu for a while, then ignored them and continued chatting.

"Zhao Da and Li Si have all gone out today. Should we also go out to find someone? Get together the eighty-one living sacrifices early, and the master will definitely give you a lot more rewards."

"Forget it, it's not our turn today, besides, we have to keep people here."

"What is there to keep? The group of casual cultivators who have eaten the eclipse pill are now like sheep. They are cut at will, and they are afraid they will run away?"

"That's not the way to say it. If you're not afraid of 10,000, you're just in case. Besides, when the master comes back later and sees no one, we will be miserable."

The two chatted on their own, completely ignoring Zhou Shu.

That's fine, let's go out.

Zhou Shu pretended to be nonchalant, glanced left and right, and suddenly murmured in his heart, there are five passages around the cave, except for the one that came out, there are four more, which one is the way out.

Regardless, Zhou Shu went straight to the opposite passage.

"Stop, what are you doing?"

A slightly puzzled and very cold voice came from behind.

Zhou Shu was startled and stopped where he was.

Could it be that he was noticed?

"Bastard, what are you doing in the master's room? Do you want to steal something while the master is away?"

"Friday, you think highly of him, how could he have the guts? I'm afraid he was fed too much Xishen Pill, contaminated with medicine, and he was a little stupid, haha."

Zhou Shu relaxed his mind. Fortunately, he just went the wrong way and was not noticed, but why does the name sound so strange.

The cultivator I pretended to be called Wang Ba...

It seems that these mask cultivators didn't use their real names, they just picked up random code names, but this "bastard" is really sad, and I don't know how he endured it. Most of them are at the end of the ranking, and they have no place here.

Zhou Shu turned around slowly, and said falteringly, "I... urgent... I can't hold it anymore..."

Since others say he is stupid, why not just fool around. He had heard the voice of the mask repairer before, and after a little imitation, it was almost similar.

"Get out, don't smoke me!"

The two scolded for a while, then quickly turned their heads away.

Zhou Shu looked at the aisles on the left and right, and walked straight to the left, the two cultivators didn't speak any more.

"It seems right."

Zhou Shu felt relieved and walked quickly along the passage.

But after walking for a while, I realized something was wrong. I didn't see the exit all the way to the end of this passage. Instead, there were several newly dug stone chambers on both sides, which seemed to be similar to warehouses.

Now that you've come in, you can't just turn around and go out, that would be more likely to attract suspicion.

After thinking for a while, Zhou Shu walked towards a stone room.

As soon as he walked to the door, he was pushed out by an invisible force. If he didn't flash so fast, his body would definitely hit the stone wall.

It can be seen that some kind of formation is arranged in the cave to prevent others from entering, and the corresponding formation must be opened to open it.

Even after turning around several stone chambers, it was the same situation.

Somewhat disappointed, he walked to the last stone room, but he stepped in unexpectedly, without hindrance.

Entering the stone room, Zhou Shu was startled. This stone room is extremely large, but there is no trace of aura, and there is no decoration inside. There is only a huge altar in the middle.

The altar is square, with a length and width of five feet, and a height of nearly one foot. The black paint is like ink. The surroundings of the altar are carved with countless complicated red runes, like dried blood, which is terrifying. Many things similar to candlesticks were dotted on the stage, emitting a faint light from time to time, exuding an unspeakable strange atmosphere.

"This should be the place where the fire refining formation is set up. It's really strange, and it's definitely not a good thing. It's no wonder that there is no defensive formation here, probably because these things cannot be contaminated with spiritual energy, but it seems that the layout is not complete, and there is nothing wrong with it. source of power."

With a thought in mind, Zhou Shu stepped forward quickly, reached out and grabbed a candlestick, and stuffed it into the storage bag without thinking.

Destroy it first, so that the big formation cannot succeed, it can help the loose cultivators delay a little time, and most importantly, it can be taken back as evidence.

Zhou Shu walked out of the stone room quickly, and went straight out of the passage.

The two people outside were still chatting, and they glanced at Zhou Shu in disgust, "What's the matter with shaking, you bastard, it's really a fucking eyesore."

Zhou Shu didn't speak, and walked toward the passage on the right with his head depressed.

It shouldn't be wrong this time, right?

After walking a long way and going through many twists and turns, some light finally appeared before my eyes.

After peeling away many vines covering the entrance of the cave, and finally seeing the light of day again, the tense heartstrings were loosened, and Zhou Shu stepped out happily.

Unexpectedly, there was a void under his feet, and he fell straight down.

The exit is on a cliff?