Chapter 106 Entering the Secret Cave

“What’s the rush? There are people in this world who are in a hurry to get married, to fight for fame and fortune, to be reborn, and to go to the toilet… but there are no people in a hurry to die.” The old man gave me a look, and by the way, he grabbed his greasy hair. I don’t know why, but now I can see his face clearly.

He has thick eyebrows and piercing eyes, a deep facial contour, and a European appearance, but with black hair, black eyes, and yellow skin, he is indeed a Chinese person… These are not the key points. The key point is that there are two parallel crooked wounds on his face, from his forehead to the corner of his mouth, almost running through the entire face, which looks a bit scary.

This old man doesn’t care about personal hygiene or his appearance. After yelling at me, he grabbed his hair and kept scratching his clothes.

But I am a person who is “in a hurry to die.” I don’t understand what the old man is trying to do. And my patience is almost exhausted. I can only say in a low voice, “In a hurry to die. Is this considered a blessing? Okay, I got it. Can I go in now?”

He was rude to me, so I didn’t have to be polite, but I still kept my composure and urged him.

But the old man looked at me, suddenly reached out of his clothes, slammed his hand on the table in front of him, and shouted, “I remember you now. It was you who came to me a few years ago, disguised as someone else, and got a terrible grade. I was surprised at the time that I had misjudged you.”

I was shocked by the old man’s nervous behavior. The table in front of him was also beaten by him, and it looked like it was about to fall apart, but it still held on.

I frowned and wanted to hurry him along, but at this moment, a wave of heat surged through my body, and then this heat exploded, turning into a warm current like a babbling hot spring, which began to nourish my soul. At this moment, my entire soul felt like it was soaking in hot spring water with just the right temperature, and I couldn’t help but squint my eyes in comfort.

Then I carefully felt that my spiritual power had increased slightly, and the fatigue and slight tremors of my soul from all the running and fighting with my master had completely disappeared.

What kind of wine is so miraculous? There are very few things in this world that nourish the soul! Although the effect is not as good as that of ginseng, it should be extremely precious.

“Hmph, you’ve benefited, haven’t you?” The old man looked at me.

I was ashamed and my face turned grateful. I punched the old man in the chest and then nodded.

“This wine is not against the heavens, and the effect will not be strong if you drink too much… but it can still keep you in an optimal state.” As he spoke, the old man took a dried gourd out of the table and carefully poured the remaining half of the wine in the bottle into the gourd, then threw it to me.

He said, “The life-saving talisman is gone, but this little bit of wine is a gift from me… You can drink it when you see that things are getting difficult. It won’t help much, but it’s better than being injured and forcing yourself to keep going.”

I took the wine and was moved by the old man’s cold face and warm heart… but he calmly took out a sword made entirely of copper coins from the table and handed it to me, saying, “I thought this sword would be covered in dust forever, but I didn’t expect someone to come and take it so soon. This is not something I’m giving you, but a rule, a rule left by the oldest of our ancestors! Those who enter the secret cave should hold this sword… don’t say that my Snow Mountain lineage is ruthless, this sword is the greatest sincerity of my Snow Mountain lineage.”

I took the sword with some doubt, because I had been taught since childhood to value technique over magical artifacts. The Li clan originally didn’t value magical artifacts very much. What could a magical artifact possibly change about the whole situation?

When I picked up the sword, I felt nothing but the ancientness of it. It was because the characters on the copper coins were almost worn off, and I couldn’t recognize what they said even with my eyes wide open. And there was also rust on it.

I looked at it for a few seconds and was just about to put it away when I suddenly felt as if thousands of people were talking loudly on the sword. The uproar almost tore apart my entire aura, and then a cold and fierce aura rushed up… I felt like I was in an unknown space, not knowing how long I had been hovering there before gradually calming down.

“Do you understand? Every coin on top has a history of more than 10,000 people… That means it has never been buried, but has passed through the hands of countless people! Not to mention other nourishment, nourishing the body… Take it, maybe there is a little hope to get out.” While he was talking, the old man had already stood up to open the iron gate for me.

I wasn’t curious about what was behind the iron gate, because I knew it was full of evil spirits… I didn’t know what was deeper inside!

I stood in front of the iron gate and asked, “After going in, how should I go?” After all, breaking into the secret cave is one thing, but if you get lost inside and fail, isn’t that the ultimate injustice?

“There’s no such thing as a lot of twists and turns. No matter how many branches there are inside, there’s always a clear main road. Follow the main road and walk to the exit. Even if you do something that’s amazing and earth-shattering, it’s done.” The old man had already opened the iron gate as he spoke.

The deep, gloomy air behind the iron gate immediately rushed towards me. If I wasn’t careful, a hand that looked somewhat ethereal and pale would have come out and grabbed the old man’s head.

The old man didn’t care, and he directly used a single hand to make a gesture, sweeping it across like a slap, and said, “Get the hell back.” As he yelled, there was a distinct sound of a ghostly scream. Without any preparation, he casually made a “ghostly finger” gesture, and it had this effect.

I found that I could not see through the strength of this old man. Anyone who can instantly cast a spell should be someone I look up to.

“Go in,” the old man said to me. At this time, his expression was a little kinder… I nodded lightly, holding the copper sword in my hand, the small gourd hanging from my waist, and the mysterious bead in my arms. These were all I had to rely on, and I walked straight in.

But at the door, I suddenly turned around and asked the old man, “Why are you giving me this wine and helping me?” At this time, I also saw in the corner of my eye that at the entrance to the cave, not many ghosts had already discovered my vitality and were quickly gathering towards me.

“What are you talking about? You just wasted a lot of my time. Do you think I have a lot of stock? I helped you? How could I help you? Didn’t I say it? My bones are about to rust. This is just helping myself have some fun. What if you become one?” While talking, the old man pushed me. I was caught off guard and was pushed into the cave, and the iron door behind me slammed shut, cutting off the dim light outside.

At the moment the door closed, the evil spirits in the cave seemed to have no last scruples. The dozen or so evil spirits that had previously gathered in groups began to pounce on me like mad.

I tore off the agil beads on my hand, and without thinking about tearing them, I put them in my mouth… The faint, almost imperceptible fragrance entered my nostrils and sobered my mind.

As long as I am not confused, I am not afraid of these evil spirits… And in the next moment, facing the first evil spirit that came at me… I clenched my fists and my aura suddenly reached its peak… I began to run forward.

The reason I didn’t make any movements was because with the help of the faint light in the cave (there were copper lamps on the cave walls), I could already see clearly how many evil spirits were lurking in front of the cave. If I were to deal with them one by one, I don’t know how much trouble it would cause, and how much of my own strength I would waste.

Since everyone thinks that I am crazy to enter this secret cave, why should I take the risk and use a very dangerous and unreliable method from the very beginning?

I naturally couldn’t avoid these evil spirits when I ran, and as the old man said, in this cave, although there are many side roads, there is ultimately a main road paved with green bricks, with strange things carved on it.

I definitely didn’t have time to stop and look at what was carved on these green brick roads. I wasn’t running to avoid these ghosts… I was just trying to gather them all together. Ghosts are things that float, so how can people run faster than them?

It was only a dozen meters, but I could already feel the coldness growing stronger and stronger. My limbs were almost frozen. Because of the last test, so many people entered the cave at the same time, so the evil spirits were “thinly spread out.” This time, I was alone, and in an instant, no less than a hundred evil spirits gathered around me!

The coldness of these ghosts affected me. Naturally, what was even more unpleasant was that I had to face their “faces,” each with a different shape before they died. In this “confrontation,” don’t expect them to appear with a gentle image. How can they scare me and break my aura? They will come no matter what.

“Come here, come here… hehehe…” Typical ghostly sounds.

“I died a horrible death. Do you want to hear my story?” The ethereal voice sounded as if it were coming from hell.

“Heh heh heh, do you want to stay with me? I’ll give you my heart…” As he spoke, a bloody, beating heart appeared before my eyes.

I frowned, I’ve had enough!