The position of the switch on this side is very obvious. There is also a triangular bulge on the smooth wall, and it is on this side where I stand.

I reached out and twisted the switch as fast as possible, but it didn't twist. I quickly tried in the opposite direction. This time, after a reaction, the small door closed silently again.

I leaned my body and pressed my ears against the back of the door, listened carefully to the movement outside, and soon I heard a slight "swish, swish, swish" sound, which was a bit like a cat scratching the door. At the same time, I felt a slight vibration. It was obvious that the thing had arrived on our stone pillars and was still searching for it, because the sound and vibration were continuing, and then it was getting more and more messy. It should be that the dozen monsters behind had arrived here.

I don't know what they found, and I'm more worried that these things would open the door, but this worry didn't become a reality. After a few minutes, the sounds and vibrations outside gradually disappeared.

I waited for a while and could not hear any movement again. My heart was finally relieved. I gently wiped the cold sweat from my forehead and turned around. I found that the old man was carefully observing the steps. I also looked down. It was so dark that I could not see anything. So I wanted to ask the old man if he had found anything, but he had already walked down the steps carefully, so I had to follow behind.

There are more than ten steps here, and they were finished quickly. What appeared in front of me was a long tunnel, short and narrow, and it was a bit difficult for two people to walk side by side.

"I didn't expect there were so many local dogs in the Hell Forest." The old man suddenly whispered, and looked up the steps. "You call the things outside 'local dogs'?" I asked curiously, "Well," the old man responded with certainty, "Why did he give them such a name?" "Because they are very cruel and numerous, they were once the main monsters that harmed this world a long time ago. A local dog could slaughter a village of hundreds of people. Later, after the joint efforts of the entire cultivation world, they disappeared. It is difficult to see them now. I didn't expect to meet them here, and there were more than one."

"But the name 'local dog' does not show their cruelty?" I asked in confusion, "but it shows our hatred and contempt for them," the old man said gritting his teeth.

It seems that monsters like local dogs really harmed a lot of people back then, so they caused such a great hatred. However, what they were named is completely irrelevant to me. Now I am more concerned about the authentic tunnel in front of me, so I asked the old man in a low voice, "Did you know there are authentic tunnels here?" "I didn't know before I came in. I just accidentally touched the stone, and it felt a little loose, which attracted my attention."

"So you don't know where this tunnel leads to?" "I know this. The only thing that can build the tunnel is the Huatian Sect that occupied it back then. This tunnel should be the escape secret passage they prepared for themselves, so one end of the tunnel must lead to the Huatian Sect's lair." "Where the other end of the tunnel leads to?" I asked casually, "I don't know, maybe it's here, maybe it leads to the outside of the Hell Forest, and this is just an entrance and exit."

The old man's words ignited my hope. This tunnel is a good choice for me, whether it is the old nest of the Huatian Sect or the forest of hell, so I no longer hesitated and immediately stepped forward.

There is no light in the tunnel, it is completely pitch black. In such an environment, my eyes have lost their function. I can only rely on hearing and intuition to judge whether there is danger around me. This is definitely a test for me. However, I have not been practicing with Uncle Gu in the past few years. At least if there is any abnormality within a range of five or six meters, I will be able to detect it immediately.

The tunnel in front of me was much shorter than I thought. After walking for more than ten steps, it was over. A T-shaped intersection appeared in front of me. On one side, it was basically the same as the direction we were traveling on the ground. It should lead to the old nest of the Huatian Sect, and on the other side, it should lead to the outside of the Hell Forest.

"Where to go?" I asked in a low voice. The old man on the left responded simply. The road on the left was the direction to the Huatian Sect's nest. It seemed that the old man still did not give up at this time. Although I was unwilling to do so, I could only turn into the intersection on the left.

This road is very long, and I haven't seen any other intersection after walking for more than ten minutes. The most hateful thing is that it is not straight, but curved, and even the corners are all kinds of angles. None of them is a regular right angle, just like a wire that was ruined by a child.

At the beginning, I was trying hard to compare the direction of my travel on the ground, but after turning for a few minutes, I gave up. I had completely lost my sense of direction and could only move forward helplessly. I guess the person who built this tunnel wanted this effect, otherwise there would be no need to build the tunnel so erratic.

After walking for a few minutes, a crossroad appeared in front of me. "Where to go?" I asked in a low voice, "Whatever you want." The old man replied to me without thinking. It seemed that he was the same as me, and now he could no longer find North.

I thought about it and decided to go to the left. After that, I encountered such a situation and walked to the left. Although I don’t know where the left is, this approach can at least keep the route of traveling at a certain rule, and there is no way to go.

Soon I found that I was thinking a little simple, and the method of turning left was not working at all, because after a few turn left, I walked into a dead end. The old man and I knocked on every inch of the wall, hoping to find something like a secret door, but unfortunately I got nothing, so I had to go back the same way and turn right.

Now I can't remember how many intersections I have passed or how many times I have turned, and I can't remember whether I turned left or right. Even how long I have walked, I can't estimate it. What I have lost in this dark place is not only the sense of direction, but also the concept of time.

The only thing I can be sure of now is that it is really big. It seems that the entire underground of the Hell Forest has been built into a huge maze. Walking in such an environment is a very torture. If there are people with astrophobia, they would have gone crazy long ago. Even people with strong psychological qualities like me have begun to feel a little anxious.

Now I no longer hope to find the old nest of the Huatian Sect or walk out of the Hell Forest. As long as I can return to the ground, I will be willing to be torn apart by a local dog after going up. Unfortunately, this is just my wishful thinking. After walking for so long, there is no upward stairs except those intersections that look exactly the same. I can only walk along the tunnel.

After walking again for some time, I suddenly found a faint light in the darkness ahead. It was like a drowning person seeing a sampan, and a person who had been hungry for several days saw a roast chicken. The excitement was simply indescribable. Although I didn't know what was emitting light, I still started to speed up in an instant, almost running at a sprint of 100 meters.

There was another T-shaped intersection in front of me, and the light emitted from here, but the light source surprised me. It was not fire or sunlight. The one that emitted the light was actually the night pearl, and there were countless night pearls. On the authentic ceilings on both sides of my left and right, there was one embedded every few steps, with a large and small size, the big ones like an apple and the small ones like a hawthorn.

I was stunned for a moment, Ye Mingzhu! What a valuable thing, but some people use it as a light bulb and use it so much. This is too luxurious and wasteful. I must firmly resist such wasteful behavior, so I want to cut Ye Mingzhu down.

The authentic ceiling is very short. I could catch the night pearl by raising my hand, but I just touched it gently and didn't try to pick it up, because the night pearls are embedded very strongly, only half are exposed outside, and the other half is concave inside the ceiling. Moreover, the night pearls have been embedded here for many years, almost integrated with the ceiling. I don't know how to pick them down. If they are broken, they will be worthless.

Just as I stared at Ye Mingzhu, the old man's voice sounded behind him, "Okay, don't think about it, let's talk about it when I'm lucky." "Oh, I know." I agreed helplessly, and reluctantly moved my eyes away from Ye Mingzhu, turned my head to look at both sides of the tunnel.

I hesitated and didn't know which side to go, so I had to ask the old man, "How to go?" The old man's answer was very straightforward. Without thinking, I said, "It's right on the left, aren't we turning left all the way?"

This answer disappointed me a little. Obviously the old man had no choice but to do anything. Now he is trying his luck like me, but I still obediently walked towards the tunnel on the left.

This tunnel is very long and has not reached the end after walking for more than ten minutes. Along the way, I encountered several cross-shaped or T-shaped intersections. However, no matter how many intersections there are, only one of them is inlaid with night pearls on the ceiling, and the other roads are pitch black.

The route to be equipped with lighting equipment must be extremely important, which saves us the trouble of finding a way. It is absolutely right to follow Ye Mingzhu.

So where does it lead to? Is it the treasure house of the Huatian Sect? Is the legendary Huatian Sect's treasure belonging to me? My heart was beating wildly, and even my pace couldn't help but speed up.

I know this kind of thinking is almost a daydream, and I also know that I am in danger now and should not think about treasures, but there is no way, who makes me poor?

(End of this chapter)
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