Chapter 122: The Four Gates

The wolf spirit, which had been hiding its true nature, was angered by the calmness of the Taoist boy, who was acting like a provocateur. A low growl came from its mouth, and its front paws dug into the ground. It seemed that the Taoist boy would attack at any moment if he took another step forward.

The Taoist boy stopped, tilting his head to take a look at the spirit of the demon wolf. This action was obviously a bit mischievous, but in fact, only I knew that the Taoist boy’s heart was calm.

“Here, if you talk about demons, most of them are foxes, weasels, snakes… wolves are nothing new… but these are just the most ordinary demons. What makes you qualified to be locked up here? No, let me guess, you must have had some kind of encounter? What did you devour? Or what did some being leave for you? Am I right?” The Taoist boy’s words were very rude. He sounded like a curious child, but in fact he didn’t want to know the answer at all. I didn’t understand what he meant by saying such things.

This Taoist boy is unfathomable, and I am actually the least capable of playing tricks. I can only guess that the Taoist boy wants to completely anger the demon wolf? Then, when it is angered and unsettled, he will catch it off guard?

I have always believed that in the face of absolute strength, any strategy seems unreliable… Daotongzi is taking too much of a risk.

I could feel the demon wolf’s momentum rising, and this rise was accompanied by a sense of anger. Even if I wasn’t the one in control of myself, I could feel it. How could Daotongzi not feel it?

However, he didn’t seem to want to stop this provocative game. He suddenly looked at the demon wolf and shouted, “Tell me, what is your true identity? Which one from the era that was obliterated…?”

Before Tao Tongzi could finish his sentence, the demon wolf seemed to have reached its limit and pounced on Tao Tongzi in the most violent way.

At this moment, Daotongzi was completely unprepared, staring at the demon wolf. But at this moment, a familiar and overwhelming power suddenly appeared from nowhere in the cave, smashing the demon wolf that was about to pounce.

“Woof,” the demon wolf was suddenly smashed to the ground by this force, emitting a miserable cry. There was no trace of anger in its eyes, but rather a kind of fear that could be read. It actually just lay motionless on the ground, and its entire body was inexplicably trembling.

That power again? What the hell is going on with me? I’m a little confused.

The Taoist monk laughed and said, “Why don’t you let it pounce on you? I’m not prepared for anything, so it’s not a bad thing for you to let it swallow me, is it?”

“I have never broken my word. I said that as long as you choose the right path, then we will go our separate ways.” The same voice of the vicissitudes of life echoed in my mind, but what did it mean when it spoke to the Taoist boy? I didn’t understand a thing.

“Oh? Is that really the case?” The Taoist boy smiled, appearing very friendly, but again, this guy didn’t have any new tricks, and his heart was just as cold, not the slightest intention to laugh.

It was just a simple sentence, but the owner of that power seemed a little embarrassed and said with a lack of confidence, “Of course it’s true. But I have to be on guard against you. I always feel that you are very cunning. Did you really say that you were not on guard just now?”

At this moment, I suddenly had an indescribable illusion, feeling that this was clearly a future full of time, as if it came from the primeval chaos. It was like a child, otherwise it wouldn’t be so emotionally exposed, plus it had an indescribable childish flavor?

But if a child has such power, isn’t that a terrible thing? But if it’s used well… My thoughts were all mixed up, but I still couldn’t guess what the Taoist boy was thinking. I just heard him say with a hint of complaint, “If I don’t use the art of provocation to ask about the origin of this wolf demon’s soul, you probably won’t show up in the end, will you?”

“Hum, you humans are so treacherous. I want to see what kind of trick you are playing.” It was as if a bag had been torn open, and it was much easier to tear it open again. I first discovered the childishness of this voice, and then it seemed even more childish.

Although I don’t want to speculate too much, now that Daotongzi is in charge, I still got a message from his words that the master of this power is really not human.

The Taoist monk did not answer, but the voice’s owner seemed to suddenly remember something, and suddenly became serious and angry: “You’d better not ask around anymore! Otherwise, I’ll take back what I said before, that we’re all separate and going our own ways.”

“I seem to have gotten a big advantage here,” said Daotongzi, like a person who always takes advantage of others and never shows any fear. He also seemed to be constantly testing the limits of the voice’s owner.

Sure enough, the voice of the owner of the voice became furious and shouted, “I just told you not to pry into other people’s business, don’t try to trick me! Don’t think I’m really afraid to get you.”

“Okay, I won’t ask anymore.” The Taoist suddenly smiled. This time I could feel that he was truly relieved.

The owner of the voice was about to leave at this point, but suddenly the Taoist boy remembered something and suddenly stopped the owner of the voice: “I’m not asking for anything. I just want to know, can we meet?”

“Haha, you want to meet me? You’re not afraid of being scared to death? You can’t even get to me… Not just you, no one in this place can even get close to me, let alone come to me. Go ahead, if you choose the right option in this game… you can easily get to where you want to go. If you don’t, I don’t mind watching the show.” When he said the last two words, the voice seemed to have a hint of pleasure, and he happily retreated.

After it retreated, the cave was quiet again… The Taoist priest looked at the evil wolf spirit that was crouching over there, but the evil wolf spirit did not dare to look at the Taoist priest… it just lowered its head timidly.

The Taoist boy didn’t care about it, but continued to walk downwards. This time, it was so easy to break through the cave? I couldn’t believe it.

The Taoist monk didn’t seem to care much about this, but he frowned slightly along the way. I found that there was only one thought in his mind: I’m afraid that things will not be peaceful in this world, one thing after another.

I didn’t understand what he meant, and he didn’t say anything, but I knew without a doubt why he had acted the way he had.

I suddenly realized that the reason for the Taoist boy’s actions was actually based on two key points.

One was the words of the messenger from the Snow Mountain, who said that to reach the end of the cave, it was not necessarily strength, but more likely to rely on chance…

The other sentence was a word from the owner of the inexplicable voice to the Taoist boy, and then they went their separate ways, having nothing to do with each other!

I can probably understand the words of the messenger from the Snow Mountain sect. He said this to me, perhaps he, like the strange old man who guarded the door and sent me wine, hoped that there would be some changes.

But why would the voice of the master give me such a big advantage? I can’t figure it out.

“If a person has something important to do at a critical juncture, naturally they don’t want to complicate things… I guess the only thing I can guess is that the owner of the voice probably has something very important to do, and he values the lives protected in these caves very much, so he doesn’t want to complicate things at all, and that’s why he chose to compromise with me. I don’t think it has any good feelings for me, I’m more of an irrelevant talent… it is happy to see me fighting with other beings in this cage, a great show. It doesn’t care if I die or not, or if other beings die or not.”

The Taoist monk seemed to know that I was anxious to know an answer, and kindly explained it to me once? Is this what is called an opportunity?

I suddenly remembered the Taoist monk’s words. I was afraid that things would not be peaceful in this world, one thing after another… I don’t know why, but this made my heart feel a little blocked.

But the Taoist monk said nonchalantly, “An ant colony has different roles, and even a small worker ant has the responsibility to find food. And people living in this world, the original Tao also gave a lifetime of goals to pursue, even if it is small, there is. Unfortunately, humans often waste their goals, chasing after things that are not brought into life and not taken away in death, which is absurd. You haven’t wasted it, that’s right…”

“What do you mean?” Although my will was vague, I couldn’t help but ask such a question.

“It’s simple. Take care of your own responsibilities, and others will naturally step up to take care of the rest. Don’t worry about everything, just go your own way.” The Taoist monk simply commented, and then pushed open the door to the third cave again.

I was still in a daze. Was that it? Could we continue to go down? Would we never encounter any obstacles? Or was there something else in this cave?

Unfortunately, the Taoist boy was silent again.

This time, four large doors appeared before our eyes!