"I ask Bodhisattva why he sits upside down, sighing that all living beings don't want to turn back …"
"Benefactor Chen, wake up!"
Along with this Buddhist chant, a string of prayer beads flew out from behind me and Han Wennan, heading straight for Chen Yangting. I lifted my head and saw that the string of prayer beads was extremely thick, and each of them looked like a small volleyball. They whistled as they reached Chen Yangting's head, then heavily smashed down.
The prayer beads were extremely fast, and Chen Yangting's Daoist energy was used to activate the talisman. As such, he didn't have time to react, and the prayer beads, which were as tall as a man, ruthlessly hit his head.
The strange thing was that after the prayer beads hit Chen Yangting's head, a loud sound of metal hitting stone resounded. It shook people's eardrums, causing them to feel a dull pain.
It was as if a person was walking on the side of the road, and an electric pole suddenly snapped and smashed down. The person couldn't avoid it, and the person next to him would shiver in fear.
As I stood there, my body shivered. How could Chen Yangting still be alive?
This Monk Miao Jue usually looked like a quiet and indifferent person. Who knew that he would be so ruthless at such a crucial moment!
I didn't have time to think about it. After the beads hit the monk, they flew back and shrunk. When they reached Miao Jue, the beads had shrunk to the size of a cherry. They landed on his palms, which were clasped together in front of him.
Miao Jue wore a benevolent smile on his face. He separated his hands and slowly hung the prayer beads around his neck.
Strangely enough, Chen Yangting didn't fall down immediately after receiving the heavy blow on his head. Instead, he stood there in a daze and stopped all his movements. Even the talisman that was half activated in the air slowly retracted its black smoke and fell to the ground.
As the talisman fell to the ground, Chen Yangting also closed his eyes and fell heavily to the ground.
The power of the Buddhist beads just now was definitely not an illusion of mine. After Chen Yangting fell to the ground, Han Wennan immediately put away her artifact and ran towards him. She reached out and touched Chen Yangting's face. Only then did she heave a sigh of relief. She turned around and said to someone, "He fainted … Master Miaojue, what happened to him just now?"
Monk Miao Jue clasped his palms together. He still had the same dull look as before as he said lightly, "External devils have invaded. This poor monk has already awakened him."
In the words of us Fengshui Masters, the "invasion of external demons" he mentioned is, in fact, being possessed.
Han Wennan and I naturally understood. The reason why Han Wennan asked this question was because he didn't dare to believe it.
Yeah, Chen Yangting had Glorious Consciousness late-stage cultivation, how could he possibly be bewitched?
What kind of evil thing could make a Grand Cultivator who was close to the level of a Taoist Master fall for it?
Han Wennan's complexion turned extremely ugly. After a long moment of silence, he reached out to grab Chen Yangting and carried him on his back. He only said one word in a muffled voice, "Go!"
I shouldered the terracotta warriors and followed Monk Miao Jue. I didn't even bother to check the other terracotta warriors and left as fast as I could.
The rest of the journey was very smooth. As we were running at full speed, it didn't take us more than ten minutes to reach the entrance of the cave.
I purposely used the searchlight to look at the entrance of the cave. It was pitch-black without any light.
I felt strange. Before we entered the cave, we had informed the people above to bring some lighting equipment down and wait for us in the huge cave outside.
If they came down, there should be light coming from the entrance. Why didn't they come down?
Or did something happen to them after they came down?
As we were hurrying, we didn't have time to think as we reached the entrance of the cave.
After we got out of the cave, the originally pitch-black surroundings suddenly became extremely bright.
It was as if we had gone from the pitch-black night of the first day of the month to the scorching sun at noon. The strong light made my eyes shrink. I had to squint to see the situation in front of me clearly.
Three giant searchlights were placed around the cave, which was several hundred meters in diameter. They illuminated the cave as if it was daytime. More than ten armed policemen, Deputy Chief Zhang, Mu Xin, Ling Duyu, and the others were guarding the entrance of the cave. When they saw us, they rushed forward and surrounded us.
The strangest thing was that Professor Liang, whom we had been searching for, was also standing in the crowd. His face was calm, and he didn't have a single wound on his body.
Deputy Chief Zhang stood in front of the crowd. He saw the wound on Han Wennan's chest and hurriedly asked, "Mr. Han, is there any danger in there?
What happened to Chen Daozhang? "
It was indeed dangerous inside. Han Wennan put Chen Yangting down and briefly told them what she had seen and heard inside. Several armed policemen came up and divided into two groups. One group carried Chen Yangting to the side, and the other group walked to Han Wennan and treated their wounds.
I put down the terracotta in my hand and asked Deputy Chief Zhang, "Why is Professor Liang here? How did you find him?"
Deputy Chief Zhang's tense face relaxed when he saw that nothing serious had happened. He smiled and told me, "As soon as they received our notice, they brought the searchlights down here. After illuminating the cave, they found Professor Liang leaning against the wall not far from the cave we had entered. He was unconscious, but his body was fine. After we woke him up, we wanted to take him to the hospital first. However, he insisted on staying here and waiting for us to come out."
I looked at Professor Liang strangely, my heart full of doubts.
Professor Liang had fainted not far from us. We were cultivators at the Glorious Memory realm, so we couldn't say that we could see every living creature within a radius of dozens of meters. However, Professor Liang was a living person. Even if we couldn't see him, we should be able to sense him. How could we have missed him?
I purposely asked where Professor Liang had fainted. He was around ten meters away from the cave we had entered.
When we entered the cave, we had shone the searchlights around. How come we didn't see him?
I was skeptical, but I didn't ask further. There were many strange things in this cave. It was just like how I couldn't see the light outside when I was standing in the cave. It wasn't strange that we couldn't sense Professor Liang's aura while he was locked in a corner.
At this moment, Professor Liang was studying the terracotta I had memorized. He reached out his hand to pinch it, but I didn't know if he had found anything.
After Deputy Chief Zhang finished talking with me, he asked everyone to retreat. "Someone is injured, and it's not convenient to stay here. We should go back and discuss the situation. Then, we will decide what to do."
No one had any objections. We prepared to leave. However, before we left, Deputy Chief Zhang didn't ask anyone to take the searchlights away. Instead, he asked some armed policemen to guard the place.
Han Wennan and I exchanged looks. "Deputy Chief Zhang, we can leave the searchlights behind, but we shouldn't leave the people behind. It's better if we go back together."
After experiencing Chen Yangting's matter, Han Wennan and I understood how dangerous this cave was. At this moment, they were very cautious.
Deputy Chief Zhang gave us face. He waved his hand and changed his order. Then, he brought everyone back to the cave.
A soft ladder had been set up at the entrance of the cave. Miao Jue and I carried Chen Yangting and the terracotta statue on our backs. We took the lead and climbed up the ladder.
I had been carrying the terracotta statue all the way here. Along the way, I had been quietly studying the aura inside the statue. However, I couldn't figure out where this aura came from.
At first, I thought that the terracotta statue was hiding something similar to the ink beads Xiao Jin had given me. However, after sensing it for a long time, I found that the aura inside the terracotta statue was all over the place. There wasn't a single spot where the aura was especially thick. However, it didn't seem like it was filled with ink beads, which made the aura inside the terracotta statue wasn't that strong.
Besides that, I also found something strange. The soft tube under the terracotta statue's feet. When it was connected to the mountain wall, I didn't feel it. However, after I cut it off and carried it on my back, I felt a drop of liquid oozing out of the tube. That drop of liquid also had an aura. However, it wasn't shaman aura. It was similar to the aura of the Dao. I didn't know what to make of this discovery.
After everyone had boarded the terracotta statue, Deputy Chief Zhang asked two armed policemen to stay behind. The others packed their things and returned to the police station.
On the way back, Professor Liang didn't hesitate to take the terracotta statue. He started to study it in the car.
Although I wanted to take the terracotta statue with me, Professor Liang was the expert here. It wasn't my turn to study the terracotta statue. Begrudgingly, I had to give up on this thought. Anyway, I could find an excuse to go to the police station later. I wasn't worried.
After we returned to the police station, due to Han Wennan's and the others' injuries, we didn't discuss further.
After I returned to the Fengshui Metaphysics Shop, I accidentally took out the Azure Hillock Sword to check. There was a wet spot on the Azure Hillock Sword. A milky-white liquid had stained the sword and didn't disperse.
I thought for a while and was elated.
In the cave, the hose had been cut by this sword. The liquid on the blade was definitely the liquid from the hose. Since I didn't want Han Wennan and the others to suspect me, I didn't turn around to check. I still felt regretful. But now, the liquid on the blade was more than enough for me to study.
I carefully picked up a piece of glass and scraped the liquid off the sword. After the liquid condensed on the glass, it formed a big drop.
After observing for a long time, I didn't make much progress. I could only sense an aura similar to Dao energy.
I pondered. Since the liquid's aura was similar to Dao energy, it shouldn't be dangerous. I reached out and picked up the liquid on my index finger.
As soon as I touched the liquid, I felt a strong sense of familiarity. The aura of this liquid was the True Dragon Saliva that had saved me once!
Although its aura wasn't as thick as the True Dragon Saliva, it was exactly the same!
I didn't need to tell you how precious the True Dragon Saliva was. Lu Zining was at the Heavenly Master Realm, but he had destroyed my meridians and Dao energy. However, a drop of True Dragon Saliva had helped me recover. What a precious treasure it was!
Moreover, Mr. Li had told me that the True Dragon Saliva was the essence of the entire True Dragon Vein!