Chapter 49: The Flood

No matter how strong a person is, in the face of the power of nature, they are all small. The sudden shaking of the ground made everyone in the cave panic. At this time, my time limit for the “Zhongmao” technique had also arrived. The power had already left me. My master was having so much fun playing with Wu Liyu that I was also a little exhausted, and my body was already a little limp. The cave was shaking, and I was even more unsteady on my feet. I was about to fall.

At this time, someone held me from behind. The quiet fragrance was very familiar to me, and I knew it was Yue without even looking. After all, she and Xue were sisters, and even their body odors were so similar.

For a moment, I was in a daze, thinking of Ru Xue, and completely forgot that the ground was shaking outside.

But at this moment, my master’s voice suddenly woke me up. He said to Wu Liyu with disdain, “I think we should give up. We have already spent half a year here, setting up a great formation. The person who set up the formation is a member of the Xiangzi lineage. Wu Liyu, you should know what is important and what is not, right?”

Wu Liyu, who had escaped the last blow, was a little unsteady on his feet. The two Wei figures helped him up. He laughed wildly twice and said, “Jiang Lichun, you weren’t afraid of me stopping you at all. You had already planned it. Once the great formation was activated, we all had to run out of here. I said you could rest assured that your apprentice and I would fight, but in your heart, you just wanted your apprentice to last a little while. You just had the confidence to let him last a little while.”

At this point, I finally realized what my master meant when he said that there would be changes here. I didn’t understand the meaning of the word “Xiangzi” or the effect of the great formation laid out by my master, Wang, who was also a feng shui master. However, even he had spent half a year on it, and there must have been many people helping to lay out the great formation, which must be very extraordinary. Looking at the shaking ground and the shaking mountains, it was clear.

I began to feel a little dazed. At this moment, I was surprised that my master had deceived me so much. It turned out that everything was in his control. For a moment, I forgot that I was leaning on Ruoyue. At this moment, Ruoyue couldn’t help but push me and said, “Third brother, are you a man without bones?”

She said it deliberately and casually, not paying much attention, but it made me smile wryly in my heart, and I was a bit embarrassed. I quickly stood up straight and said deliberately in a relaxed tone, “I have post-combat sequelae.”

In fact, I felt bad about this. I really wanted Ruoyue to come out quickly so that we could quickly restore our relationship as brother and sister and friends.

Here, me and Ru Yue were just a small episode, but over there, Master Wu Liyu’s response to Wu Liyu’s words was not so polite. He said, “Yes, I just wanted my apprentice to hold him off for a while, but I didn’t want him to get you like this. I’ll give him a good lesson when I get back. He doesn’t know how to respect the old and love the young.” After saying that, Master Wu Liyu pretended to glare at me angrily. I stuck out my tongue and looked innocent.

In contrast, Wu Liyu looked really embarrassed. His fine-quality Tang suit was almost torn to pieces by the whisk, and his neat hair was also disheveled. It looked like he had lost the momentum he had at the beginning, and could be compared to my master’s image in our village in the past.

After my master said that, Wu Liyu was so angry that he said, “You…” and then he couldn’t say anything else.

My master didn’t want to say much to him, but looked at him meaningfully and said, “Aren’t you leaving yet? Isn’t the thing you want coming? Just be careful when you get back. It’s hot, and you know where it came from.”

After my master said this, the ground shook even more violently. I could even faintly hear the sound of water. Wu Liyu did not argue with my master, but was supported by two Wei characters and ran towards one of the passages in the cave. It was an upward passage leading to the insect room, which I knew about long ago.

The ground shook and the sound of water was added. I always felt that the handwriting was too big this time. I had no idea what my master was doing, but my master said, “Hurry up. It’s been too long. It’s too late to wait.”

After that, the master chose another passage and led everyone to run inside without hesitation. I was a little weak, and it was Yueyue who supported me all the way. Grandma Lingqing probably thought it was too much trouble, and in the blink of an eye, she took out a strange-looking bug and threw it on the back of my hand before I could react. She bit me and then took back the bug, as if she was doing a magic trick.

I looked at Grandma Lingqing with a hint of resentment, knowing that I was afraid of bugs, why did she do this? As a result, before I had even been born, the place where I was bitten was in severe pain, and then I actually became excited, and my somewhat weak body also gained strength.

“When the bug bites, it injects a toxin with an exciting ingredient into the body. The toxin is not too strong, and at worst, it will cause severe swelling, which will go away in a while. The exciting effect is very useful, and the side effects are small.” Grandma Ling Qing explained in a light tone.

I let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she didn’t throw it in my face, because in an instant, my hand swelled up like a pig’s trotter.

At this time, Ru Yue had already run ahead, and Grandma Ling Qing suddenly whispered in my ear, “She’s just like your master. Since you can’t marry her, don’t provoke her. You’ve already provoked my niece, so don’t think about taking advantage of another one. Let her help you run. You’re dreaming!”

I was speechless, looking at my master’s wretched back running ahead, and thinking to myself, it’s all your fault!

The ground was shaking more and more violently as we ran inside the upward tunnel. From time to time, pieces of earth fell, making it very difficult to run. However, we could not stop at this time. Master said that if there was water, it would soon flood the area. That must be true, because I could hear the sound of water getting louder and louder. If we didn’t want to be drowned, we had to run out of here quickly.

The upward passage was not long, and we almost rolled and crawled out of the passage and entered a worm room. This worm room was much larger than the one I had seen before. There were many worm cocoons piled up in a mess, and there were three female worms inside.

But these three female worms were a little different from the one I saw.

First, it was not as large as the other female worm, second, the purple and fluorescent colors on its body seemed to be a little lighter, and finally, none of the three female worms had evolved human-like forelimbs, but they still looked very scary.

The three old monsters in the insect room were furious at our group for barging in. One of them almost growled at my master, “What have you done to our sacred place?”

My master said lightly, “I just did some work on the underground river in this area. I think we should stop talking and just run for our lives. If you can keep your lives and the bugs, we’ll have another battle!”

After saying that, my master turned and ran. Of course, there was a passage that led out of the mountain here, and it was exactly the same as the insect room I had seen. Gao Ning only told me that his grandmother had escaped through that passage, but he didn’t tell me that there were other insect rooms, or why there were such passages. I couldn’t think at this time because I saw a scene that made me feel sick, sad, and angry.

I saw Qiaolan, but she was no longer alive. She was dead, with only half of her body left. Her eyes were still open, and she had a strange look of satisfaction on her face. Underneath the worms, the worms were using their well-developed mouth parts to nibble on Qiaolan’s body.

Not just one bug, but all three of them were doing the same thing, gnawing on the women. These women must be the old female monsters of the Black Rock Miao Village.

I wanted to scold something, but I couldn’t. I wanted to say something, but I couldn’t. Everyone present saw this scene. Ruoyue couldn’t stand it anymore and threw up.

But time could not be delayed. The master just gritted his teeth and sighed again, then turned and ran towards the cave. At this time, the deafening sound of water was already behind us.

These seemingly harmless bugs will suddenly attack people as long as they are within three meters. The master had already walked into the three-meter range, and sure enough, the bugs stood up at once.

However, the sound of the water was not a lie. I was running, and I didn’t know what the old monsters had done. In short, the bugs suddenly quieted down. One of the old monsters shouted, “Hurry, open the mountain!”

Then another old monster ran to a place, and then I saw that a large crack began to appear next to the small hole that had been reserved, and then a large amount of earth and stone began to slide down on both sides. On the other side, a large rock suddenly fell from the top without warning, causing the insect chamber to shake.

I don’t know the principle of ancient mechanisms, nor do I know how the people of the Black Rock Miao Village did it. In short, after the momentary shock, the hole had become a wide passage, as if the hole had been torn open by someone.

It turned out that the hole was there to allow them to move the worms in an emergency. The hole probably had to exist because of the mechanism.

During the shock, everyone crouched down or fell to the ground. When they stood up again, the master only had time to shout, “Run…” Then, the surging water had already rushed into the hole, instantly flooding the area with tremendous force. I couldn’t stand up either, and I was instantly swept away by the water!