Chapter 158: What can we do? Who will make us unlucky?
Seeing that the entrance was already open, Wu Zong's team took the lead in getting in.
Following closely were teams from various sects including the Chiyun Sect. They had a tacit understanding with each other, and the one who arrived at the entrance first went first.
After that, the scene became chaotic, with small sects and some local family forces rushing over, bluffing and ostracizing each other.
The rest of the temporary team of casual cultivators fished in troubled waters and exploited every opportunity.
He Gu mingled with the crowd of casual cultivators, saw the right moment and used the explosive step technique, and decisively detonated a speed pattern in his body, rushing into it first.
His vision flickered for an instant, and when he saw it clearly again, he was already in a dark and ruined world.
The sky was slightly glowing and gray.
The air was filled with a faint smell of death that smelled very strong, like mist but not mist.
Although it doesn't block people's sight very much, it always gives people a dull and depressed feeling of discomfort.
Ahead is the mouth of a dilapidated valley, and next to it is a weathered stone monument full of cracks, with the words "Human Realm" vaguely engraved on it.
Through the mouth of the valley, you can vaguely see rows of dilapidated buildings built against the mountain.
The picture of depression seems to silently accuse the prosperity of those past years.
Behind him is a vast plain with no end in sight. At first glance, it is full of barren, dry and cracked land, lifeless at all.
The whole scene of decline makes people feel the vicissitudes and sadness of historical changes.
It was different from the secret realm of Demon Prisoner Island that he had been to.
Rather than saying that it is a small space that has been fully developed and constructed by one person, it is better to say that a decaying relic that has experienced its heyday is temporarily stored in a small space.
The changing times and the sense of time that cannot be controlled by human beings are displayed everywhere. For some reason, he can't help but feel a little mixed.
In the valley ahead, there are still the silhouettes of a large number of people moving rapidly, representing the teams of the previous major sects.
As people started to come in one after another around where he was standing, He Gu immediately came back to his senses.
Ignoring the cultivators who had just entered, he quickly rushed into the valley mouth and chased after the Red Cloud Sect's team.
Today, his cheap fiancée will kill herself. His temporary plan is to resolve the matter first and then turn around to attend to his own affairs.
If you want to have a chance of resolving the situation, the first thing you have to do is of course not to lose it.
Passing through the mouth of the valley, the view suddenly broadened, and it seemed to be surrounded by a low mountain range that meandered into a nearly circular shape.
There are buildings on the mountains in almost all directions, presenting a star-ring distribution situation.
There seems to be some kind of connection between architecture and architecture, which makes it pleasing to the eye and quite mysterious.
In the very center of the valley, there stands a tall and straight ancient seven-story tower.
Surprisingly, the appearance of this lonely tower was intact, as if it were brand new.
There is a huge luminous pearl inlaid on the top of the pointed tower. The bright white light it emits is like a beacon in the darkness, making people want to jump into it as soon as possible.
The tower door is wide open, indicating that someone has already entered.
Everyone who entered saw this scene and immediately set it as their primary goal.
He Gu was no exception, but he resisted the urge and kept his eyes fixed on the tall figure with long legs.
Following all the way, as we gradually got deeper into the vicinity of the ancient pagoda, the deathly aura in the air became more and more intense.
Seeing that the people in front were about to approach the closed gate of the ancient pagoda, the next moment, the crowd in front suddenly stopped not far from the outside of the ancient pagoda.
He looked around, glanced at the situation, and then found two teams whose clothes were similar in color to his and were standing adjacent to each other. He naturally and skillfully stood in the middle behind them.
Looking through the gaps in the crowd, he understood why these people suddenly stopped.
The entire ancient pagoda is firmly covered by a nearly transparent and powerful barrier.
There is a small stone tablet in front of the ancient pagoda door, which reads: "If you want to enter this door, you need to bring a pagoda bead, so that you can safely pass through the protective barrier."
The crowd was talking about where to find the so-called tower beads, and they soon came up with inferences.
The teams of each major sect immediately dispersed, each determined a direction, and rushed towards the surrounding mountains and buildings.
Obviously, they thought Ta Zhu would be inside those buildings.
He Gu remained silent and continued to follow the Red Cloud Sect's team.
When they left the central area, the follow-up cultivators who had just arrived in the valley immediately changed their minds and turned towards the nearby buildings.
Although they didn't understand why people from these large sects gave up on the ancient pagoda, they also knew that there must be a reason, and the key point was most likely in the nearby buildings.
It was already a step too late, so it would be foolish to waste time and step forward instead of seizing the opportunity.
Not long after, many people had arrived at the foot of the mountain range, climbing up the mountain without hesitation and rushing towards the buildings above.
Like locusts crossing the border, all kinds of looting and smashing took place, and the scene became lively for a while.
The Red Cloud Sect's team is led by a powerful old woman. She has taken action outside once before and has a good cultivation level in the Seventh Realm.
Shen Jiangli was always by the old woman's side, and it seemed that there was indeed a master-disciple relationship.
With the help of other teams and some casual cultivators, He Gu boldly followed closer this time.
Since the goal was to find Ta Zhu, following the old woman's order, all the female disciples of the Chiyun Sect dispersed and started acting separately in the same area.
Only Shen Jiangli was still with the old woman.
Seeing this, He Gu stopped following and rushed into one of the main halls where fewer people entered.
There were more than a dozen light groups flying in the hall, and the things inside were all different.
Including jade slips of various colors and patterns, various types of magic weapons, and some jade bottles of elixirs.
The cultivators who came in first were robbing them.
Unfortunately, the speed of the light group was very fast, and they did not succeed in much at that time.
He Gu quickly scanned it and quickly discovered a light group that was suspected to be a tower bead.
He took action decisively, and with the help of the speed obtained by instantly detonating the speed pattern with his explosive step, he successfully captured the light group.
When the others saw that he had taken one immediately, their hearts tightened.
However, after seeing that what He Gu grabbed was a bead with an ordinary aura inside the light group, his concern weakened a little.
Having solved the most important issue, He Gu felt a little more relaxed.
Seeing that there was no second bead-shaped light group, he did not waste the remaining three speed patterns in his body, and only used the explosive step method under normal conditions to fight for other light groups.
As a result, there was no more one-hit-hit scenes.
Seeing that his speed had returned to normal, the others felt a little more at ease. They just regarded it as some kind of coincidence and gave up the idea of joining forces to exclude him first.
There were more than a dozen light groups in the hall, and there were only eight people present, so there was no fighting at first.
As they took action frequently, from time to time a ball of light would escape one person's attack and run in front of another person, only to be accidentally captured.
Gradually, everyone understood how to do it most efficiently, and they all started to cooperate.
After grabbing two things again, he evacuated the main hall in a wise manner.
Not sure whether the bead was a tower bead, he entered another hall not far from the next door.
It was still the same bead, but the moment he entered the door, it was taken away by a female disciple of the Red Cloud Sect.
This undoubtedly made him more convinced that the bead on his body was the so-called tower bead, and he also knew that every hall should have such a bead.
Fearing that his fiancée and her master would go to the ancient pagoda first after getting the pagoda bead, they turned around and left the hall without stopping.
After confirming that there was no long-legged figure in the direction to the ancient pagoda, he started looking in the direction he had noted down before.
Fortunately, he did so. Almost as he was about to leave, the old woman led Shen Jiangli out of a pavilion, and immediately gathered the disciples of the Red Cloud Sect, assigned them to their tower beads, and then rushed to the center.
He Gu quickly followed.
Because there were no other cultivators to use as a cover, he kept a longer trailing distance this time.
After a while, he unexpectedly discovered the existence of his "companion".
He Gu immediately slowed down his pace, waiting for the two guys behind him to pass him first, and then quietly followed up again.
Thanks to the shielding magic weapon he wore and the fact that the two of them were focused on the front, they didn't notice his sneaky approach.
He pricked up his ears, and soon he heard a faint, faint conversation.
One of them suddenly asked: "Senior Brother Liu, where is the chance to attack here? Just the two of us, aren't we going up to deliver food?"
The other person seemed to be in a bad mood, and his tone was a bit harsh: "What can we do? Who made us unlucky and got this bad lottery!
You also know Fatty Zhang’s methods, and what will happen if you don’t do them.”
The junior brother suddenly became anxious: "But they should be going to that ancient pagoda. We haven't gotten the pagoda bead, so we can't get in?"
The person who answered him sounded a little impatient: "That's not right. It will naturally be the turn of those guys who can get inside to handle it themselves."
The junior brother didn't know what he thought of, but suddenly lowered his voice again: "Then why don't we just give up now? It doesn't make any difference whether we follow or not?
When we get here, we have to think about ourselves to some extent, those light groups..."
The other person seemed to suddenly realize: "That's right, you are still smart! Come on, I will send them a message later, saying that they have already entered, and the time should match."
Hearing this, He Gu turned around and pretended to be just passing by.
After the two people left, he turned back and rushed towards the ancient pagoda.
He probably had some idea that his fiancée was not completely willing to commit suicide, but fell into a forced situation and chose to commit suicide.
As for the specific relationship that forced Shen Jiangli to make such a helpless choice, he still didn't know and needed to know more.
Because of the delay, when he arrived at the ancient pagoda, people from the Chiyun Sect had already entered.
Holding the tower bead in hand, he walked smoothly through the protective barrier.