After a few people waited outside for a while, Xin Yueling's spirit beast flew out from the crack.
Zhang Zhenqian also came out with a rather ugly look on his face.
"Friend Zhang, please don't be angry. It's not that I don't trust you, I'm just checking casually."
Seeing Zhang Zhenqian's face turn black, Xin Yueling felt a little embarrassed. She explained lightly and then put the spirit beast into the storage bag.
However, the reason given is too pale, so it is better not to explain.
"Okay, since the situation inside is true, let's go in!"
Yue Tianyi tried to smooth things over.
Naturally, Zhang Zhenqian would not turn against them because of this. After all, they had a good relationship before, otherwise he would not have invited them to form a team. So he and everyone else filed into the crack.
After entering the crack, there is a spacious natural passage. After walking diagonally downward for hundreds of feet, a rock wall area with many holes appears.
"This is the special area I mentioned. Once you cross the rock wall of this hole, you will reach the real cave. Everyone, be careful of the dark energy inside, as well as the ghosts and spirits that may appear at any time!"
Zhang Zhenqian gave a reminder and then continued forward.
Others followed soon after.
Chen Lin fell behind and after seeing everyone enter, he released a golden elixir puppet.
"What are you doing?"
As soon as the puppet left, a figure came back from inside and looked at him with suspicion.
It was Xin Yueling.
Chen Lin didn't expect the other party to be so sensitive, and explained calmly: "Nothing, just leaving a mark outside to avoid getting lost inside and unable to find it."
Xin Yueling nodded.
This explanation was very reasonable. She thought about it, patted the spirit beast bag, and released the big fiery red bird again. After giving an order, the big bird flew out along the passage.
Then he glanced at Chen Lin and re-entered the cave.
Chen Lin didn't hesitate any more and flew in as well.
There was a feeling of falling, and then I landed in a desolate space.
Everyone was there, except Zhang Zhenqian who was standing quietly, while the others were looking around to check the situation.
Chen Lin used his divine sense to inspect the area and couldn't help but frown slightly.
The dark energy here is even more dense than that of the Ten Thousand Souls Ridge, and there is a unique aura of rules here that has a strong suppressive effect on cultivators, so that the divine sense cannot even detect how far it can reach.
Not only the divine power, but also the magic power was severely suppressed, and all energies such as soul power were weakened to varying degrees.
Fortunately, his soul level is high enough to resist the abnormal rules here.
Then Chen Lin tested his innate ability again and found that he was not affected, which made him feel relieved.
Although the innate ability currently only plays an auxiliary role, it can play a very important role in many times when it is necessary to fight against the power of rules. It’s just because of the warning from Tianming Taoist that he dare not use this magical ability on other people, otherwise the Blade of Destiny will also be a very powerful means to fight the enemy.
After a while, Xin Yueling and others returned one after another, their faces looked unhappy, and it was obvious that they had felt the oppression here.
But no one backed down.
These people are all cultivators in the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm. Even if they are suppressed, they are not completely powerless to fight back. Moreover, those who accept Zhang Zhenqian's invitation must have some soul-related methods. They need materials related to the soul, otherwise there is no point in coming here to hunt for treasure.
"Hey, why hasn't Fellow Daoist Mu come back yet?"
After waiting for a while, Yue Tianyi couldn't help but look surprised when he saw that Mu Shengyuan hadn't come back yet.
If it was Chen Lin or Xin Yueling who left the team, it would be understandable. After all, the two of them had already paid the spirit crystals and were supposed to act alone. However, Mu Shengyuan had signed a spirit contract and had to go explore the treasure with Zhang Zhenqian first. It would be a bit unusual for him to disappear at this time.
"Maybe we've gone too far?"
Lu Xiaoyin opened his mouth and answered.
Then everyone looked at Zhang Zhenqian, who was the organizer and the team leader without a clear one.
Zhang Zhenqian frowned and said, "That shouldn't be the case. There are only some low-level ghosts on this floor, and there are no valuable treasures. Fellow Daoist Mu doesn't need to explore so far, and it's impossible for him to encounter any danger."
Thinking of this, he took out a communication talisman and activated it.
But there was no response.
Now, the faces of several people became surprised and confused.
Although there were strange rules suppressing it and the effect of the talisman was also affected, it was impossible that the person would not receive the communication talisman after leaving for a short time.
"Let's go look for him. I saw he went to the right just now."
After thinking about it, Zhang Zhenqian suggested.
The others naturally would not have any objections. After all, they came here together, and it was only natural for them to take care of each other. Moreover, if something really happened to the other party, they had to find out, otherwise they might also suffer the same fate.
Several people searched in the direction Mu Shengyuan left, but because the situation was unclear, they did not dare to go too far away and kept their sight within reach.
A quarter of an hour later.
Several people gathered together again and looked at the corpse on the ground with ugly expressions.
"Fellow Daoist Zhang, shouldn't you explain? Didn't you say that there is no danger at all on the first three floors of this place? Why did Fellow Daoist Mu die here? Are you hiding something from us?"
Xin Yueling's aura became extremely dangerous, and she looked at Zhang Zhenqian with unfriendly eyes.
The same goes for everyone else.
Even Chen Lin felt that something was wrong. Such a thing happened just after entering this place. It would be abnormal for the other party, as the organizer, not to be suspected.
He quietly touched a jade talisman in his sleeve, and felt relieved only after he felt that it could be activated.
This is a replica of the Two Realms Talisman, a set consists of two pieces. The other piece was placed on the Jindan puppet and brought out of the crack.
The real Two-World Talisman is a legendary high-level spiritual treasure that can travel between the two worlds. This imitation is naturally not as powerful, but it can also break through some small spaces. However, there is a limit on the distance. The two jade talismans cannot be too far apart, so he gave it to the Jindan puppet only when he got nearby.
Zhang Zhenqian was frightened by the looks from the others, and he quickly explained: "Don't think too much, everyone. I swear I have no intention of harming you. I only invited you here to get the spiritual herb on the fourth floor. I don't know how Fellow Daoist Mu died."
After saying that, he immediately took out a magic spear and turned Mu Shengyuan's body over.
Originally, the other party was lying down, but now his face was exposed.
Chen Lin frowned immediately and flew back.
The same thing happened to the others, they all retreated far away in shock.
At this moment, Mu Shengyuan's face was completely invisible. Instead, there was a group of dark thin lines, like a tangled mess, still wriggling constantly.
Such a strange scene made everyone on high alert. They stared at Mu Shengyuan's body while observing the surroundings.
After waiting for a while, no ghost appeared. Instead, the thin line on Mu Shengyuan's face began to spread to his body, and finally his entire body disappeared, leaving only a black line floating in the void.
At this time, everyone had retreated a long way, and was still retreating, all the way to the entrance.
He planned to escape from the cave immediately if the situation got bad.
"Oh no, the entrance is gone!"
Yue Tianyi was the first to arrive at the entrance and let out a cry of surprise.
Chen Lin looked up at the sky and found that the obvious hole had disappeared. However, this hole was a crack in the rock wall, not a space node. How could it disappear out of thin air
Thinking of this, he immediately tried to activate the Two Worlds Talisman, and found that the sensitivity of the jade talisman had become very weak.
It seems that an unknown existence has used some kind of mysterious energy to squeeze and fuse the rock wall at the top. If you want to leave, you have to reopen the hole in the door, or find another way out.
However, this layer of rock wall contains the power of rules, so it may not be easy to break through.
The others also thought of this and their faces turned ugly. Fortunately, the black line did not chase them, so they were not too passive.
Chen Lin was not sure whether the Two-Realm Talisman could work under such weak induction. After all, it was just a replica and its effect had not been specifically tested. So he did not act rashly and continued to observe the situation.
"Fellow Daoist Zhang, where is the entrance to the next level?"
At this time, Xin Yueling asked.
Since I can't go back, if I want to avoid that black line ghost, I can only go to the next level.
Zhang Zhenqian's face was also very ugly. He said, "There are many connection points on each level inside the cave. There is one nearby, less than 30 miles away from here."
He pointed in a direction and answered in a deep voice.
"In that case, I'll go first!"
Xin Yueling got the answer, glanced at the faces of several people, and then a strong wind attribute rule fluctuation burst out from her body, and she disappeared on the spot in an instant.
Obviously, the other party doesn't trust anyone now. After all, everyone had dispersed to investigate the situation before. It is unknown how Mu Shengyuan died. It is also possible that someone in the team secretly pretended to be a ghost and took action.
Chen Lin actually doubted this because he did not see any storage bag on Mu Shengyuan's body!
Xin Yueling's action was equivalent to a reminder to everyone. The remaining four people all watched each other vigilantly. Although the binding force of the spiritual contract was very strong, there were countless strange treasures in the world of cultivation, and it was not impossible to dissolve the power of the contract.
"Everyone, I think we should stick together at this time and not give that ghost a chance to take advantage of us."
Seeing that the team was about to disband, Zhang Zhenqian immediately spoke out to persuade them.
But he had no prestige to begin with, and now that something like this had happened, it was even less likely that anyone would believe him.
"Forget it, now that things have come to this, I think I'd better act alone!"
Yue Tianyi said this, and turned into a ray of light and shot out.
The other party didn't even follow Xin Yueling, but changed direction. It was obvious that even Xin Yueling didn't dare to believe it.
There were only three people left.