The clanking sounds of the bodies falling to the ground instantly woke up the silent crowd. Jiang Dongcheng was the first to call out 'Eldest Martial Brother' in a panic. Immediately after, the butcher-like fatty quickly walked over and threw himself onto the scholar's corpse, letting out bursts of sobbing.
Even Xu Yingqu, who had always been unsmiling, walked over and knelt next to the scholar's corpse. His eyes were clearly a bit red.
I stood to the side and watched this scene. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart.
These disciples of the old president had been lurking in the Corpse Sect for decades. In the end, when they suppressed the ancestor, they didn't hesitate to sacrifice their lives. All of them could be said to be outstanding.
To be able to cultivate such disciples, what kind of person was the old president?
The first to recover his emotions was Xu Yingqu. After he silently shed tears for a moment, he quickly stood up, wiped his eyes, and said in a low voice, "This time, we martial brothers came with the belief that if we don't succeed, we will die. Although Eldest Senior Brother passed away, he also completed the task that Master entrusted to him.
Junior Brothers, don't be sad. Quickly bring these four corpses back to Master. That's the right thing to do.
Third Junior Brother, you take Eldest Senior Brother and Youngest Junior Brother follow behind. Let's go! "
After saying that, he turned his head and walked in front of me. He reached out his hand and asked me for the Square Sky Fan.
The Square Sky Fan was originally given to me by the old president, so it didn't have much use for me. I hesitated for a moment, but didn't say anything and directly handed the Square Sky Fan to him.
Xu Yingqu's attitude was still as cold as ever. After receiving the Square Sky Fan, he didn't say a word to me and walked out of the cave.
On the other hand, Jiang Dongcheng's expression was a bit awkward. He moved in front of me and helplessly said to me, "Zhou … Zhou Yi, this is the first time I've met Second Senior Brother and the others. I don't know why he is so cold to you … However, Master personally said that you are also his disciple. When you go back and see Master, you can formally acknowledge him as your master. In the future, you will be fellow disciples and there will be no misunderstandings that can't be solved."
He probably still thought that there was some conflict between me and Xu Yingqu, but I knew that I didn't know Xu Yingqu at all. His cold attitude towards me definitely wouldn't be so simple. Also, the old president had been avoiding me all this time. It was obvious that it would be as simple as what he said. If I went back to meet him and perform the ceremony of taking him as my teacher, I would become the old president's disciple.
However, I didn't need to mention this to him, so I smiled and nodded. "It's fine. Senior Brother Xu is probably worried about the sect … You guys go first. I'm quite interested in this giant corpse and want to stay behind to study it.
As for the matter of becoming his disciple, I'll find some time to visit the old president after leaving this place. "
At this moment, Xu Yingqu and Jiang Dongcheng had already brought the scholar's corpse to the entrance of the cave. They stopped and waited. Jiang Dongcheng also didn't want to linger. He nodded to me and said, "Take care." Afterwards, he also walked towards the entrance of the cave.
As soon as he left, I turned around and focused on the giant corpse behind me.
Was this giant corpse a living Tai Sui? Also, what was the meaning of Master Guan's prophecy? I still had many questions in my heart. However, I had a feeling that the answer to all of my questions lay in this giant corpse.
I lifted my eyes to look at the giant corpse. The giant corpse was still covered in purple plants, but it looked a little different from before. At first, I didn't notice it, but after a few seconds, I realized that the giant corpse wasn't moving anymore.
The first time I saw this giant corpse, the purplish-blue plants that covered his body were constantly moving. The giant corpse's body was constantly shrinking and expanding. During this shrinking and expanding process, countless wisps of Yin energy gushed out from the giant corpse and filled the entire Corpse Sect.
At this moment, the giant corpse and the purplish-blue plants on his body were strangely quiet. They didn't move at all.
I couldn't help but frown and ponder. I vaguely remembered that when Xu Yingqu and I had just entered the Heavenly Yin Cave, the purplish-blue plants on the giant corpse's body weren't as quiet as they were now. Could it be that after we lured the Corpse Sect's ancestor out, something happened to the purplish-blue plants?
Just as I was about to take a step forward, I suddenly heard a cry of surprise from behind me.
I turned around but didn't see anyone. However, from the voice, I knew it was Xu Yingqu and his fellow disciples who had just left.
Before I could think further, Xu Yingqu and the others rushed back from the only passage leading to the Heavenly Yin Cave. The three of them looked a little frightened.
I raised my voice and asked them, "What happened?"
Xu Yingqu and the drunkard were still staring at the passage. Jiang Dongcheng turned around and said to me while panting, "The passage suddenly collapsed. Gravel fell and blocked the entire passage."
I frowned. Although I didn't know why the passage collapsed, the three of them had the Heavenly Master cultivation base.
When I was only at the acupoint sealing realm, I was able to break the stone wall to get here. Even if the wall collapsed, it shouldn't have been able to stop them.
Before I could ask further, Xu Yingqu and the drunkard turned around and said to Jiang Dongcheng, "The roots of the purplish-blue plants were dancing in the passage. That's why the gravel collapsed. Moreover, the roots contained a huge force. When they were waving, it wasn't any weaker than a full-force attack from the Heavenly Master."
After he said that, I was frightened. It wasn't any weaker than a full-force attack from the Heavenly Master. What kind of power was that?
As soon as he finished talking, a loud rumbling sound came from the passage behind them. This time, even the entrance was filled with gravel. It looked like the entire passage was about to collapse.
My attention wasn't on the falling boulder, but on the dancing purplish-green plants. It was just as Xu Yingqu had said, the purplish-green plants around the tunnel seemed to have come to life as they shook in all directions. Because they had taken root in the entire mountain wall, it wasn't just the tunnel, but the entire mountain wall was shaking as if it was about to collapse.
This mountain wall was supporting the entire Heavenly Yin Cave. If it collapsed, the entire Heavenly Yin Cave would collapse.
With my current cultivation base, the collapse of the Heavenly Yin Cave wouldn't affect me much. However, the problem was that the roots of the purplish-blue plants were like a huge net that covered the entire Heavenly Yin Cave. When the roots were waving, each root was equivalent to a full-force attack from the Heavenly Master. Even if I used all my strength, I wouldn't be able to get out.
As I thought about it, more and more purplish-blue roots burst out from the mountain wall and filled the sky.
In such a dangerous situation, even if I summoned the Snake Spirit, Tong Tong, and the sacrificial evil spirit, we might not be able to escape. Only by working together with Xu Yingqu and the other martial brothers would we have some hope.
Just as I was about to call out to them, I glanced around and realized that they were in a daze. Even though they were facing me, their gazes weren't on me, but were instead staring blankly at something behind me.
Looking at their dazed gazes, my heart shuddered. Only then did I suddenly remember that the last time I had obtained the Heaven's Blood, there seemed to have been a landslide and an earthquake had occurred!
This time, the purplish-blue plants had burst again. Could it be …
Thinking of this possibility, my body instantly stiffened. I shivered and wanted to turn around. Just as I was turning, I heard a loud roar!
As expected!
The giant corpse had woken up!
The worst-case scenario had happened. I clenched my teeth and turned around to face the other direction.
Behind me, the giant corpse was roaring angrily and struggling just like last time. The purplish-blue plants that covered his body had become chains that bound him. As he struggled, they flew in all directions.
However, what was different from last time was that the purplish-blue plants weren't able to control him. As he struggled more and more intensely, countless purplish-blue plants burst.
There were also some purplish-green plants that were deeply embedded in his skin. He tore them off his body. Yan Nantian and I had taken great care to extract a drop of blood, but this time, it flew everywhere as if it didn't cost anything.
The broken purplish-green plants flew to the surrounding mountain walls, and like huge flying axes, they slid and left deep marks on the hard mountain walls.
Just the vines that had been blown away had such power. It was hard to imagine how much power the giant corpse had when he struggled.
Facing the giant corpse that was dozens of meters tall, although I had the power to fight against the Heavenly Master, I felt really helpless. It was no different from the last time when I had sealed his acupoints.
Last time, the giant corpse had been bound by the purplish-blue plants and Yan Nantian and I had escaped.
This time, we had no way out and the purplish-blue plants couldn't control the giant corpse … How could we escape?
I turned to look at Xu Yingqu and the others. Their expressions were similar to mine, full of helplessness and fear.