Chapter 43: Deep underground

In the end, most of the people stayed behind, and only my master, Master Hui, Grandma Lingqing, and the three Taoist priests who had followed my master to destroy the vengeful spirits last time could continue to move forward. There were also the student-like special function holders, such as Yue, a gongmiao I didn’t know, and myself.

As for my two uncles and my brother, they disappeared long before we went up the mountain, and I don’t know where they went.

Master chose the most powerful few, except for me and Ru Yue. Grandma Ling Qing didn’t want Ru Yue to participate in such a large-scale battle, and Master didn’t want me to participate either.

Yuewang and I were not officially part of this department, so we didn’t have to face this kind of killing. Although my master told me that this level of killing was not too bad, some missions might cost thousands of lives.

Because of certain taboos, Taoists do not participate in the lives of ordinary people, or rather, true Taoist masters are not in your life, and you can’t detect them. Because of this, the sacrifices of Taoists are often the most uncounted. Unlike ordinary people, they don’t get a heroic reputation, even if what they do is truly heroic.

Or, for Taoists, who see things a few points more clearly than ordinary people, this posthumous fame is not something they care about at all.

We walked in silence. The master took out a small white porcelain bottle from his yellow cloth bag and poured out a few pills. Except for me and Ruyue, he gave one to each of us.

“This operation, you know, cannot fail! The price of failure is that the mother worm will completely lose its restraint, and even be driven crazy by the old monsters in the Black Rock Miao Village. So, if necessary, swallow it.” As he walked, the master said calmly.

I am very familiar with this pill. I once had one in my hand, and at a critical moment, I swallowed it. It was the Taoist “stimulant.” After swallowing it, it could completely stimulate one’s own strength. The consequences were also serious. Because of this pill, I was in a coma for several days afterwards.

I believe that everyone present knew the effect of this pill, but they just took it and accepted it silently. No one said anything against it. Perhaps the mission of the department was not the reason that bound these people to sell their lives. What bound them was the righteousness in their hearts.

The more you learn, the more you know, the more you have, the more you can contribute to your country and even the world. Unfortunately, too many people have forgotten this! Fortunately, the people in this department have never forgotten it.

We didn’t take any of the four paths, but rather the one under the altar. Seeing that only a few of us were going, the old guy couldn’t wait to point out this path for us.

I don’t know why he was so happy, looking at us like we were a bunch of dead people.

The master was also surprised to learn that there was a hidden passage under the altar. He had no idea that the Black Rock Miao Village was like a groundhog, digging so many tunnels underground.

Qi Shou told us that this road leads to the underground of the four wormholes, where there is a secret hall of the Black Rock Miao Village, the highest council chamber of the Black Rock Miao Village. In that hall there are four upward passages, leading to the four wormholes.

Originally, the four wormholes were on a connected mountain range, but they were divided into four mountains, not very far apart.

Qi Shou told us that everyone was waiting for us in that hall. As long as we passed through there, no one could stop us from doing whatever we wanted.

Qi Shou was so enthusiastic about giving directions, but he was just thinking that we would die. The reason he stopped there with his men was just to exhaust our people as much as possible and buy some time and life for his ancestors, but he didn’t expect us to disperse our manpower on our own initiative.

In this way, although this Qi Shou is unforgivable, he is not without a spark of humanity. At least he has a sincere loyalty to his evil ancestor, and he can even risk his life.

We walked quietly in this secret passage. I asked my master, “Master, why did you take the initiative to disperse manpower?”

The master said, “This is to save time and prevent unexpected changes. You know that it is only our speculation that a day’s time is enough to completely awaken the bugs. Second, I let most of the people stay, not to kill all of them. The most important purpose is to contain them, which also avoids unnecessary sacrifices. They only need to delay for an hour and then withdraw from here with their people and wait outside! Because there will be changes here in a few hours, the leader of them knows this. By then, it will be in time for him to retreat with his men. If it weren’t for the fact that the Black Rock Miao Village still has this kind of strength, I wouldn’t have brought so many people here.

It turns out that Master brought so many people just to contain the power of the Black Rock Miao Village for an hour, to buy us some time to deal with those old monsters. After an hour, even if Qi Shou and the rest of the people came, the old monsters they were supposed to deal with would have already been dealt with, and the rest of the work would be much easier. We could leave calmly, after all, Qi Shou and the others could not escape. And this is indeed the best way to save time and prevent the old monsters from having a back-up plan to free the mother worm in advance. But what happened to the unexpected change? I looked at Master and he replied, “Don’t forget, your uncle Wang has set up a real big formation here, changing the direction of the feng shui.

I didn’t say anything else, and glanced at the time. It was already a little after 7 p.m. It seemed that we still had plenty of time. According to the shortest time calculation, we still had 6 hours until 1 a.m.

The passage was long, and it took us half an hour to reach the so-called hall. In another half an hour, our large group would have to leave, but the master was calm and composed.

He walked in front of us, leading us into the most secret place of the so-called Black Rock Miao Village.

After entering the hall, I began to take a closer look at the place. After all, it is the most secret place, so will there be treasures? This is just a naive thought of mine. In fact, this hall is extremely simple.

To put it simply, it is a cave no larger than 100 square meters. Because it is deep underground, it is a bit stuffy.

The hall is also very simply furnished, with a dozen or so straw mats scattered about. Apart from that, there is almost nothing else. The torches on the wall are burning brightly, illuminating the hall. At a glance, there are ten people sitting in the hall, and there are still a few straw mats left.

Could these ten people be the old monsters of the so-called Black Rock Miao Village? I took a closer look and realized that they could not be, because among them were three people who were dressed in a way that made it clear that they were not Miao people. One of them was wearing a Tang suit, which looked very high-end because it was made of silk.

The other two were dressed in elegant suits, which looked a bit ridiculous sitting in this simple hall.

It was not clear how old these three people were, but they seemed to be somewhere between middle-aged and elderly. They were well-maintained, but I was unfamiliar with them, and I didn’t know them at all.

Apart from these three, the other seven should be the real old monsters of the Miao village.

They were not surprised to see us arrive. One of the old monsters sitting in the middle said, “Sit down.”

The voice was so hoarse and unpleasant, but my master did not move. He looked at these people and said, “We are enemies, not friends. What is the need to sit down and talk? The next moment will be the difference between life and death. Don’t you think it’s hypocritical?”

While my master was speaking, I was desperately trying to take a good look at the old monsters. Old monsters who have lived for so long are extremely rare. Wouldn’t it be a shame not to take a good look at them at this time?

To my disappointment, they were nothing special, except for being skinny and smooth-skinned. Seeing them was like seeing old men.

But one of them was a little different from the old man Qi Shou. The old man sitting in the middle who told us to sit down didn’t have a single hair, at least not in the parts I could see.

This made me think, could men also get pregnant? But then, I remembered something else. At the same time, I thought to myself, why is Qiaolan still so beautiful? Huh? Where is Qiaolan? Why didn’t I see her from beginning to end?