Chapter 123 Can you starve me to death?

In this world, people have a mentality that if they are faced with a choice between two options, most people will gamble because the chances are fifty-fifty.

However, when faced with a choice of four, people often feel tremendous psychological pressure because the odds are reduced to one in three. This is very scary to think about, and often the more hesitant one is, the more likely one is to make the wrong choice.

Therefore, the exam papers will generally give four options: A, B, C and D. Because in the face of such options, if there is no real certainty, the possibility of guessing correctly by feeling is very small, because people will hesitate.

Relatively speaking, this is a kind of fairness.

However, I didn’t feel the hesitation of Daotongzi. He didn’t even hesitate for a moment. As before, he was still in a state of calm. He walked over and, as before, sat down on a stool.

Like the connection point to the third cave, there is also a simple room-like layout here, but it only took me, no, Tao Tongzi, less than 20 minutes to walk from the last room to here.

All I sensed was a sense of calm, and I had no idea what Dao Dongzi was thinking… Besides, I didn’t understand why he didn’t continue on, just waiting here.

Just as I don’t understand why he can choose the right one when given a choice.

My consciousness was once again in a state of confusion, and in this confusion, the concept of time also became confused again… I don’t know how long it was before I heard a surprised “eh” sound coming from above the stone cave.

The Taoist boy, who had been thinking with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes.

“So fast?” the voice above was full of surprise.

“You should say that you came very slowly. As my ‘monitor’ along the way, don’t you know what happened in the second cave? Or was your saying that you came out of this cave by chance just a joke?” The Taoist boy’s voice was calm, but there was always a sense of alienation and indifference that could be felt.

I don’t know what the Taoist boy was waiting for from this so-called monitor, or why he had to say such a thing.

“I’m not joking, of course. It’s just hard to believe that someone would really have this kind of luck. But, thinking about your spiritual awareness, it all makes sense. It’s just that…” The man’s voice trailed off slightly.

“Hmm?” Daotongzi raised his eyebrows slightly, not paying much attention.

“But why do I always feel like you’ve changed?” In the end, he sensed my difference. This was still just a stranger. If it were my master, I’m afraid he would already know what was going on. If that were the case… I was originally in a weak position, and I could even say that my will to compromise had begun to become inexplicably restless.

In fact, I just couldn’t imagine how sad my master would be.

But this anxiety was forcibly suppressed by the Taoist boy, and there was a sense of not being able to struggle against it. It was just that this time it took a little more effort. To others, the contact person seemed to be facing his question full of doubts and silence for a while.

“Huh, how much do you know about me? How did Chen Chengyi get to where he is today? It can’t be said to be luck, can it?” The vague answer was unusually sharp. I was ashamed. I always felt that this Taoist monk was smarter than me.

He didn’t answer anything, but he was able to turn the tables. In fact, when I think back, I don’t know how I got to where I am today. Could it be that the heavens are protecting me?

But the next moment, before the contact could respond, Dao Tongzi suddenly softened his tone and even said with a hint of warmth, “Please tell my master that I am fine.”

“Hmm,” the man replied, as if this state was more like Chen Chengyi, and the confusion he felt had dissipated by half.

However, my heart was filled with warmth. Daotongzi was not me at all, and it was difficult for him to remember this. Regardless of whether the purpose was to dispel the other person’s doubts, he had truly won my favor for the first time, and my impression of him was no longer just that he was not annoying.

After this conversation, the two of them seemed to have nothing more to say, and the contact person seemed to be preparing to leave again, but Daotongzi said, “Where’s my food?”

“Are you hungry again?” The contact person was a little surprised.

“It’s better to be prepared for the worst. Who knows how long I’ll be stuck in the next cave?” The Taoist monk seemed to have an unusual attachment to food. Since he had already found the right way, why bother…?

“Didn’t you say you had seen through the opportunity?” The contact person muttered a few words, but he really threw a bag of food.

This time, Daotongzi didn’t open it, but instead took it with him very carefully, tying it to his body. He made a very serious gesture, but said casually, “When I walk out of this cave, I should be the master of the Snow Mountain lineage? However, I, Chen Chengyi, belong to the Old Li lineage. Although I haven’t established a school of my own, at least everyone in the circle knows that we are righteous people. How can I accept you as the Snow Mountain lineage?”

“What do you mean?” The contact person actually had a good temper, but this sentence was somewhat suspicious, and listening carefully, there was suppressed anger.

“What do you mean?” The Taoist priest had already tied up his beloved food, turned around, looked back, looked up, and said with a sneer on his face, “How could I, a righteous person, become the master of this place, a place of filth and depravity in the snowy mountains? Even if this place is good, I would only disdain it!”

“What did you say?” The contact person was finally enraged. Without being able to control his breath, the aura of a master quickly filled the entire cave.

There was no intention to harm, but the aura was full of angry crushing, and the meaning was to provoke the person to shut up.

But the Taoist boy’s mind was so firm that I couldn’t imagine it. He wasn’t affected by the aura at all, but instead took two steps forward with a light heart, and then suddenly said loudly, “Isn’t it? Can the underground caves of your Snow Mountain lineage be seen by humans? Demons, evil spirits… put them in the world and they will all harm people. You collect them like this, what are you up to?”

In fact, when the Taoist boy said this, he didn’t have the slightest intention of questioning, and he didn’t seem as angry as he was acting. I just felt that he was being deliberate. Yes, he was being deliberate!

“Who said we had ulterior motives? Didn’t your master teach you that words are like knives, and that harming others by making wild guesses is also sowing chaos in the world? We’re only doing this…” The connection paused for a moment.

“Just what?” Daotongzi took another step forward and shouted out this sentence loudly. Others might not have noticed, but I, who was in the same body as Daotongzi, naturally noticed that Daotongzi had used a subtle roar from the beginning to the present.

The reason it is called exquisite is because at first, I didn’t even realize that Daotongzi had used a roar. Of course, the power of a roar has something to do with the strength of one’s kung fu, but what is even more important is the element of surprise.

The Taoist monk’s power is limited by my body, so it’s not as powerful as it could be, but this kind of subtle roar…

I was secretly shocked. It seemed that this contact with high-level skills was about to be caught… But I didn’t expect that after Tao Tongzi finished shouting, he was silent for several seconds before saying, “What a Chen Chengyi, you actually have such skills. I almost fell for it. People say that Lao Li’s lineage of skills is exquisite, and today I have seen it for myself. I almost fell for your trap.”

The Taoist monk was silent. It seemed that his purpose had been seen through, and arguing was really a meaningless thing.

The contact person, however, had seen through the Taoist monk. The anger he had felt earlier had disappeared completely, and he began to babble on: “In any case, the underground cave of my Snow Mountain lineage cannot be seen in the light, for fear that it will be discovered and used by those with ill intent. I think… you must also know that my Snow Mountain lineage does not take the wrong path, right? Chen Chengyi, you little rascal, how could I have not seen that you are so ‘treacherous’? You haven’t even become the master of the Snow Mountain lineage, but you’ve already come to extract the greatest secret of the Snow Mountain lineage.”

“It’s hard not to doubt,” said the Taoist boy lightly, then turned around and sat down on the stool, saying, “I’m just going to stay here, I’m not going to go any further.”

“What?” The contact person was shocked to hear the Taoist boy say this.

In fact, he was not the only one shocked. Even my vague will was shocked. What was the Taoist boy up to? However, as usual, my will was suppressed. The Taoist boy only added a casual remark that was infuriating: “Can you starve me to death anyway?”