Ning Gu said: "Fellow Taoist, please listen to what I have to say."
Lu Ye immediately looked like he was all ears.
"Actually, before fellow Taoist came over, we had already discussed that I would stay on the bottom step, but the next step would require fellow daoist or junior sister Shuang to stay, because apart from you two
, the cultivation of the others is not enough, and staying hastily will only increase the risk. As for who will stay, you and Junior Sister Shuang need to draw lots separately. Do fellow Taoists understand this?"
The Junior Sister Shuang he mentioned was his female cultivator companion, who was at the pinnacle of Rong Dao cultivation like him.
Lu Ye didn't expect that Ning Gu would be so selfless. If he wanted to stay at the most stressful level, it would be equivalent to giving up the fight for the rare treasure. If that was the case, then he really couldn't say anything.
We are all trapped here. If we want to get out, we must work together.
He and Junior Sister Na Shuang drew lots separately, and with a 50/50 probability, whoever had bad luck would stay at the next level.
"I understand." Lu Ye nodded, "But Fellow Daoist Ning, I still have a question."
Ning Gu was very patient and probably didn't want to be trapped here anymore. Now he finally waited for Lu Ye. If Lu Ye didn't cooperate, who knows when the next monk would come in and be trapped here.
He is a curious guy...
"Fellow Taoist, are you sure that we can leave here using this method?"
Ning Gu shook his head: "Everything is our guess. No one can guarantee whether we can leave if we open that door. But in the current situation, we can only take a gamble, right?"
If Ning Gu took over everything, Lu Ye might not believe it, but what he said was reasonable and Lu Ye didn't find anything suspicious.
"Then follow what fellow Taoist said."
Ning Gu smiled: "The two rounds of drawing lots depend on luck. Since Ning did not participate in the drawing, I will be the one to preside over it. However, fellow Taoist believer Ning can rest assured that Ning will not do anything. Everyone's wishes are the same now.
We all want to leave here quickly." He turned around and looked at the many Rong Dao people trapped here: "If there is no problem, let's start now?"
"let's start."
"Senior Brother Laoning."
Everyone responded one after another.
Ning Gu immediately took out two jade sticks from his storage ring, rubbed them lightly on his hands, and used the cover of his palms to cover the second half of the jade sticks, leaving only the same length exposed, and handed them to Lu
In front of Junior Sister Ye Heshuang: "Those who sign short will stay on the next step. Who comes first?"
Lu Ye did his part: "I'll come first!"
Although under the public gaze, any fluctuations in Ning Gu's power could be clearly seen, and it was impossible to do anything, but everything must be prepared just in case. If Junior Sister Shuang came first, there might be something that could be used.
Junior Sister Shuang doesn’t fight for it either.
Lu Ye looked at the two jade sticks carefully. In this situation, he couldn't use any force to spy secretly, so he could only watch with his naked eyes.
It turned out that there was no difference in the exposed parts of the two jade sticks.
In this case, it really just depends on luck.
I casually pulled out one and took a closer look. It was about the length of a finger.
Ning Gu showed another jade stick, but it was much shorter than his.
Lu Ye couldn't help but raise his brows, he was lucky.
Ning Gu nodded: "Then Junior Sister Shuang will stay with me on the two stairs below. As for the rest of you, let's draw lots!"
He took out more jade sticks from his storage ring and used them.
All the Rongdao people stepped forward to choose.
After a round of drawings and comparisons, the person who drew the longest lot was elated, because this meant that he was the last one to climb the ladder, and the rare treasure would also fall into his hands.
Lu Ye's luck was neither good nor bad. In terms of location, he should be on the eighth step from the bottom up. This location was very close to the end.
"Fellow Daoist Ning, I have another question." Lu Ye looked at Ning Gu.
Ning Gu nodded: "Fellow Taoist, it doesn't matter if you say so."
"What if I am not at the ninth level of Fusion Dao, but only at the two or three levels of Fusion Dao?"
The basis for the first round of drawing lots is that he can withstand the pressure of the bottom two steps. If it is only two or three levels of fusion, it will definitely not work, and there will be no first round of drawing.
"If that's the case, then only Junior Sister Shuang and I can stay down there, but since fellow Taoist is at the ninth level of Fusion Dao, of course we have to give Junior Sister Shuang a fair chance, right?" Ning Gu looked at him with a smile.
Lu Ye nodded: "Ning Daoist Gaoyi!"
Ning Gu said no more, but looked at Zhong Rong and said: "If there are no other questions, then please take your seats, fellow Taoists!"
While speaking, he took the lead to walk up the stairs and stood still!
Naturally, everyone had no objections. Lu Ye came in the latest. Some of them had been trapped for a long time. Now that they finally had the chance to leave, they couldn't wait.
Following Ning Gu was Junior Sister Shuang. She walked up the next step and stood there expressionless.
Then the third, the fourth...
It wasn't until people were standing on the seven steps in front that Lu Ye took a step forward.
When passing by Ning Gu, he made a special observation and found that Ning Gu was indeed under tremendous pressure. However, for him, who was at the peak of Fusion Dao, although the pressure was not small, it was obviously still within the range of endurance.
The same goes for Junior Sister Shuang. Her expression, which had not changed at all, now seemed slightly stressed.
Soon Lu Ye passed the crowd and stood on the eighth step.
When he wanted to go up, he couldn't.
There seemed to be an invisible obstacle on the stairs above, blocking his way forward.
Not only that, standing on this staircase, he could not move. His whole body seemed to be stuck here, and even his strength was trapped in his body.
Lu Ye couldn't figure out why this trap had such characteristics. What does such a trap test? Is it human nature?
As Lu Ye stood still, the ninth person started to move.
Then came the tenth, eleventh...
Until the last Rong Dao, everyone was looking at him. Whether he could leave here depended on this last effort.
This man was very lucky. Among the eleven people, he drew the longest lot and quickly climbed to the top of the ladder.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he raised his hand and fished out the token in the hazy light group with a look of joy on his face.
"Fellow Taoist, open the door quickly!" a certain Rongdao urged.
It's okay if the exotic treasure is taken away. If the door cannot be opened and the door cannot be escaped, then it will be a big loss.
At this moment, Lu Ye suddenly found something surprising, because when the last person walked to the top of the stairs, the power that was imprisoned in his body regained freedom and began to flow again.
Not only that, he found that he could move.
It's just that I can only walk back and forth on my own ladder, but I can't take a step up...
Lu Ye did not try to go down, because according to the characteristics of this trap, if he really took a step down, everyone's previous efforts might be in vain, so it was better not to try.
After the topmost fusion channel collected the exotic treasures, it has already started to push the portal. It seems very difficult, but the portal is indeed slowly opening!
Everyone was overjoyed!
Suddenly there was a strange movement coming from below.
Lu Ye looked down and saw that on the bottom step, one of Ning Gu's arms had been broken for some reason and fell to the ground. But the strange thing was that there was no blood flowing out.
Lu Ye was startled and instinctively thought that Ning Gu had been attacked.
But he soon realized something was wrong, because the arm that was broken on the ground turned into another Ning Gu in a burst of distortion!
As soon as Ning Gu appeared, he quickly swept upwards at an extremely fast speed.
Clone? Lu Ye raised his eyebrows.
The art of clone is actually not a very profound secret skill. Many monks practice it. However, there are many kinds of clone arts. Ning Gu, who refines a certain part of his body into a clone, is not a minority in the world of cultivation.
Such a clone can often exert at least 70% of the strength of the original deity. It is possible to achieve 90% of the power of the master by cultivating to a very advanced level.
This is a very powerful cloning technique.
The benefits are not small, but there are also disadvantages, that is, once the clone is destroyed, the original self will also be implicated and the strength will be compromised.
From the beginning of the meeting, Ning Gu acted fair and selfless. Lu Ye actually didn't see anything wrong, but instinctively felt something was wrong. It's not that there are no such monks in the world of cultivation, but the number is too small.
And in that situation, if Ning Gu and others forced Lu Ye to stay on the next level, Lu Ye actually had no choice.
But he didn't do that. Instead, he asked Lu Ye and Junior Sister Shuang to draw lots alone.
And he himself took the initiative to stay at the bottom.
Looking at it now, the so-called selflessness is just a disguise, because even if he stays at the bottom, he still has his own back-up plan!
This clone is his back-up man.
Who wouldn't want a rare treasure? With his peak Tao Fusion strength, even if his clone can only exert 70% of his strength, he still has the power of 140 Tao without the help of Tao soldiers.
This is definitely not something that ordinary Fusion Dao can contend with.
He had obviously had this plan for a long time, so he started taking action almost as soon as the door on the top of the tunnel was pushed open.
The clone jumped six or seven steps in an instant, so fast that most people didn't react. Occasionally, one or two reacted, but they frowned and hesitated, not daring to stop him.
Because even if they had an insight into Ning Gu's intention at this moment, they wouldn't offend him rashly. Anyway, what Ning Gu wanted to deal with was the top Fusion Dao.
Ning Gu's clone quickly rushed to Lu Ye's location, and the clone's face was full of vigilance.
He doesn't care about other people, because even with his clones, those Fusion Dao are no match for him. During the time he was trapped, he had already figured out the cultivation strength of those Fusion Dao.
Only Lu Ye... the ninth level of Fusion Dao was really not something his clone could compete with.
But he was confident that as long as Lu Ye was a smart person, he would not hinder him.
In fact, Lu Ye really had no intention of stopping him and allowed his clone to pass by him.