hhnovel #242 - The other party is famous for killing people
#242 - The other party is famous for killing people
Hearing about the forest surprised Gu An.
Logically speaking, there shouldn't be a forest here.
However, the rarer it is, the higher the quality of the trees. Perhaps he could try logging.
Perhaps there might be unexpected gains.
It's just that he doesn't know how to bring it up.
Especially since he's not the one leading the team this time. If he takes the initiative to log...
It would seem extremely out of place.
For a time, Gu An's thoughts raced.
But he wasn't in a hurry to act, instead planning to play it by ear.
First, he'll see what the situation is like inside.
Also, the sudden disappearance of the blood spirits, which he didn't even notice, is a bit worrying.
No matter what kind of tree, no matter how much he wants to log, he needs to ensure his own survival first.
With that as the prerequisite, he can consider the matter of logging.
Regaining his composure, Gu An continued walking through the cave.
The further into the cave, the larger the space became.
"Back then, the people from your sect came, inspected the cave, and examined the ground.
In the end, they concluded that there were no problems, so we decided to build the structure inside.
Some spirit beasts like to stay inside.
Having a good building is indeed very good.
Unfortunately, it collapsed not long after."
The Golden Core cultivator leading the way said with some emotion.
Gu An was slightly curious: "Didn't the people who came back then check carefully?"
"This..."
The other party was somewhat embarrassed.
Gu An knew that some things were indeed difficult to say.
Then, he quietly passed a bottle of pills over.
After the other party accepted it, he said with some difficulty: "Actually, we attached great importance to the things here, so we hired a relatively powerful team.
Logically speaking, this kind of low-level problem shouldn't have occurred."
Gu An understood. They hired powerful people, and they had thoroughly checked everything back then.
Logically speaking, it shouldn't have collapsed.
Ultimately, it was because this place had undergone a change, and there was something inside.
"I heard that your people dug around?" Gu An asked.
"Of course, they dug around. After all, they made some discoveries and wanted to see what was below," the man leading the way said in a low voice. "But most of the people who dug disappeared, saying that collapses would suddenly occur and swallow people.
This matter wasn't spread, so they're all just unfounded rumors.
I'm not too sure either."
Gu An nodded, not pressing the issue.
He only asked if they were almost there.
His blood spirits had disappeared again.
A total of five blood spirits were released, but as soon as they approached thirty zhang ahead, they inexplicably disappeared.
Nothing could be detected.
It seemed that the area was abnormal.
"Yes, we're almost there, about forty zhang away," the man leading the way said.
Within range.
Thus, Gu An had the others continue forward.
But they were all behind him.
"Fellow cultivator, the area ahead is dangerous. How about letting others lead the way?" The guide pointed to Lin Rou and the others behind.
"Are you afraid?" Gu An asked.
"A little. The people from our sect almost never dare to venture into this place," the guide said truthfully.
Just as Gu An was about to speak, he suddenly paused, then immediately said: "Everyone, move forward at the fastest speed."
As he spoke, he was the first to run forward.
The others were somewhat surprised, and the Golden Core cultivator leading the way was even more bewildered.
Then, a rumbling sound came from behind.
Rumble!
The cave began to collapse.
The two men at the very back initially looked resentfully ahead. They knew Gu An.
They felt that the other party was just a petty person who had achieved success.
Sure enough, they still had to be put in danger.
It would have been better to let them walk in front from the beginning, and only now are they being told to do so.
They hadn't become good people, only making themselves hated. Hearing the order, the two had no intention of moving forward at all.
They would wait and see before moving forward.
However, as they were thinking this, a rumbling sound suddenly came from behind.
The moment they turned their heads, a huge rock fell directly.
With a bang.
The boulder crushed their feet.
Ah!
A miserable cry came.
The cultivation of these people was completely sealed, and they didn't even have time to react.
Now, it was impossible for them to escape.
They covered their thighs and looked ahead.
They found that those people had already escaped.
They opened their mouths, making sounds for help.
But the sound didn't travel far.
A new rumbling sound drowned out everything.
At this time, they subconsciously looked up, only to see the boulder falling, heading towards their heads.
In an instant, endless fear spread throughout their bodies.
They couldn't even call for help.
They were going to die.
This was their last thought.
But suddenly, a flash of saber light flashed.
Rumble!
The boulder collapsed, turning into rubble and falling.
Then, a figure landed beside them.
An old saber was swung out.
Boom, the boulder shattered.
The two of them were pulled away by a force.
The moment they were pulled away, they saw the long saber in that person's hand shatter on the spot.
A moment later, they landed on stable ground.
The people around them breathed a sigh of relief with lingering fear.
Only then did they realize that they had been saved.
But the severe pain in their thighs made it impossible for them to think for a moment.
After giving them two healing talismans, Gu An said to the people around him: "Keep an eye on them."
The two men looked at Gu An's back, silent.
Not knowing what they were thinking.
Gu An ignored the two people.
He had escaped at the first moment just now.
After discovering the approximate collapse situation behind, confirming that it wouldn't involve his own safety, he went back to save people.
If it involved danger, he probably wouldn't have gone back.
So, he saved people not because he was kind, but simply because it didn't cost him anything.
It was just a convenience.
As for what the two people thought, he didn't care.
"Fellow cultivator, what's going on?" The Golden Core cultivator leading the way said with some fear:
"Why did it suddenly collapse?"
He hadn't noticed anything just now.
But the other party told him to move forward, and although he hesitated, he still followed.
How could he have thought that all the roads behind had collapsed?
Moreover, his senses were completely useless.
Not only that, but it was also impossible to contact the outside world.
What were they going to do now?
Dig a hole to get out?
"I don't know. I felt something appear below, so the cave collapsed.
In addition, we are already in that strange area.
There seems to be a barrier here, and it's not easy to get out," Gu An said uncertainly.
He didn't study formations much.
But Hua Jiyang would send him one from time to time.
So, he had a simple understanding.
This place was covered by something similar to a formation.
And it had been activated.
It was difficult to get in, and it was also difficult to get out.
Fortunately, there wouldn't be any new collapses within the area.
Otherwise, there would be new troubles.
"Can't get out?" The man leading the way was somewhat incredulous.
He was just a simple guide, how could he be trapped inside?
"Fellow cultivator is a Golden Core cultivator, you can try to take a look."
Gu An told him to use an attack to see.
To see if he could penetrate the mountain.
Although the strength of the Golden Core cultivator might not be able to penetrate, he should be able to touch the barrier.
"Don't do it on a large scale, concentrate on one point, extend it," Gu An reminded.
The man hesitated, but in the end, he didn't try.
Instead, he said: "I choose to believe you. Can I live and get out if I listen to you?
I don't want to die yet."
Gu An was slightly surprised: "Fellow cultivator is also in the early stage of Golden Core, don't you have any ideas of your own?"
“If I had one, why would I be reduced to guiding you?” the other party said with considerable helplessness.
Gu An was silent, not knowing how to retort for a moment.
“First, count the number of people, and then try to dig open the collapse,” Gu An said.
“Didn't you say we can't dig our way out?” the man asked curiously.
After a pause, he added: “My name is Huang Yunshan, what about you, fellow Daoist?”
“Gu An.” Gu An gave his name, then pointed to the people behind him and said, “Just because you believe me doesn't mean they believe me.”
“Aren't you the leader? Why wouldn't they believe you?” Huang Yunshan asked, puzzled.
Gu An smiled slightly, but did not answer.
Among these people, there are those who are even stronger than him.
And not a few.
Otherwise, how would he be related to the death of a direct disciple?
Gu An looked at the twenty-odd people behind him and said, “Everyone, senior brothers and sisters, have you rested well?”
“If you have, let's start digging. Once the passage is cleared, we can get out.”
Hearing this, Lin Rou and the others looked at each other.
Finally, Lin Rou spoke, “Didn't senior brother just say that even if we dig, we won't be able to get out?”
They weren't deaf.
They had heard everything Gu An said.
“Do you believe it?” Gu An asked.
Everyone was silent.
Gu An continued, “Then I'll give you two choices: one, stay where you are and dig at the collapsed area; two, dig the passage.
Choose one and stand on the left, choose two and stand on the right.”
Lin Rou and Shan Yuanrong chose the left.
They felt that Gu An could still be trusted.
Subsequently, out of the twenty people, fifteen made a choice.
Seven chose one, and eight chose two.
Five didn't move, and two were injured in their legs and couldn't move.
Gu An looked at them and said, “What about you?”
“We choose one,” they said.
Looking at Gu An at this time, they felt a strange sense of shame and also a sense of fear.
They were injured, and if they couldn't recover, they might be abandoned.
With that, Gu An looked at the last three people.
Of the three, one was originally in the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, and two were at the Great Perfection of the Golden Core realm.
They should be a small group.
“What about you?” Gu An asked.
The middle-aged man at the head spoke, “Now is a special situation, we naturally have to make the most favorable choice.
In fact, digging the passage and digging the collapse are not the best choices.
Quietly waiting for the people outside is the most correct thing to do.
You should know that this is an important place, and the people outside will definitely find a way to dig through.”
As he spoke, he looked at the people around him and said, “So you can have a third option, which is to play it by ear.”
For a time, everyone began to waver.
They seemed to feel that what the other party said made sense.
“You are in the early stage of the Golden Core realm. Our cultivation levels are no worse than yours, and our knowledge is even more sufficient.
At this time, as someone with sufficient cultivation, you should follow our experience as much as possible, so that we can see a way out to the greatest extent,” the middle-aged man said, smiling at Gu An.
He seemed to think that he had Gu An under control.
Some of the people around him also had the intention of walking towards the middle.
Gu An ignored the people on the side and looked at the two people beside the middle-aged man, saying, “Do you also have the same choice as him?”
“Yes, we also think that playing it by ear is the best thing to do,” they replied.
Gu An nodded: “Okay, there is indeed such an option.”
Hearing this, the three were overjoyed.
The others had already begun to move, wanting to go to the middle.
However, suddenly, a flash of sword light.
Under the smiles of the three, the blade directly slashed across.
Suddenly, the three felt that their vision had changed, as if their line of sight had become higher.
Then, with a bang.
They felt themselves falling to the ground.
Their heads hit the ground heavily, feeling a little pain.
When they saw their own corpses, they were even confused as to what was happening?
It wasn't until they saw the knife in Gu An's hand fall that they realized they had been killed.
They never expected that the other party would behead them as soon as he attacked.
Soon, their consciousness disappeared.
Fresh blood spurted out, splattering on the faces of the five who were about to come over.
With that, Gu An turned to look at the five people and said, “Are you also choosing to play it by ear?”
In an instant, the five people saw Gu An's indifferent and cold gaze.
Their bodies shuddered.
Their legs inexplicably became heavy.
Some were so frightened that they couldn't move.
But they desperately shook their heads: “No, no.”
“Then that's for the best.” Gu An looked at the fifteen people who could still move and said:
“Then let's begin.”
Lin Rou and the others were also shocked, never expecting that Gu An would directly kill people.
The person in front of them, they seemed to think about the rumors about Gu An.
Then they finally understood.
The person in front of them seemed to be a God of Slaughter to begin with.
He was famous for killing people.
“But there are no tools.” Lin Rou said.
The few people nodded woodenly.
They all seemed to be frightened by Gu An's methods.
Although they were stronger than Gu An before, but now...:
The other party could kill them at will.
And if they wanted to undo the restrictions on their bodies, relying on Gu An would definitely not work.
“I have them.” Huang Yunshan said, giving out a pile of pickaxes.
With that, everyone picked up the tools and began to dig.
Some dug the passage, and some dug the collapse under their feet.
Gu An looked at the two people who were still on the ground and said, “Can you get up?”
“Yes, yes, we can.” As they said this, the two gritted their teeth and stood up.
They were afraid that the other party would think they had no value and would kill them directly.
“Take the tools, bury them, and then rest for a day. When you're better, go dig in one place.” Gu An said calmly.
The two nodded quickly.
The other party could even let them rest, which was really good enough.
As for the three who died.
That was well-deserved.
To jump out and object at this time.
That meant there was a second voice here.
In this way, the team would split.
That was the most unfavorable thing.
Killing them directly meant that there would only be one voice in the team.
As long as this person made the right decisions, they would have a great chance of surviving.
And for Gu An.....
They felt that he might be the one who made the right decisions.
After all, he had predicted the collapse before it arrived.
Gu An watched them work and did not speak.
He could feel strange fluctuations underground. If they continued to wait, there would definitely be problems.
He had to do something.
Playing it by ear, for him, was just waiting to die.
Whether it was the collapse or the passage, he wanted to try it.
Not to see if he could dig anything out.
But to see if he could make some discoveries.
He felt that something was trying to surround them.
So waiting would most likely lead to death.
In this way, he couldn't let those three people live.
Moving them with emotion and reason, that was impossible.
The other party would not listen to him.
In the end, although his reputation in the sect was high, but...
No news indicated that he was strong in cultivation or strong in ability.
Even he himself didn't think so.
“What do we do now? Should I dig?” Huang Yunshan asked.
Gu An shook his head, then said, “Where is that forest?”
He wanted to see if he could log.
If he could and there were still benefits, then....
It wasn't necessarily impossible to get out.