Passing through the entrance of the giant fortress, Yang Qi felt the scenery in front of him change. He appeared in a dim passage. Following the passage, he could vaguely sense the cultivator who entered the passage before them. At the back of the passage was the entrance. It was obvious that he had entered the passage where the entrance was.
Yang Qi raised his eyebrows slightly, and said in a deep voice, "There is no danger here. Let's go deep into the fortress to investigate first."
Yang Qi's figure flashed and turned into a stream of light, rushing towards the depths of the passage. As Yang Qi continued to go deeper, the passage in front of him became wider and wider. In the open passage, Yang Qi sensed the breath of the cultivator in front of him before he went far.
"They stopped?" Sensing the breath of the practitioners in front, Yang Qi was obviously stunned for a moment, because the practitioners in front were not just the practitioners who entered the passage before him, but all the practitioners who had entered the passage before were there.
Thinking of this, Yang Qi became alert and continued to rush deeper into the passage. Soon he saw other practitioners gathered together. At this moment, Yang Qi finally understood why these practitioners stayed here, because there was a fork in the passage ahead.
You know, because there are only four entrances, the practitioners of each team have to disperse. The practitioners entering the same passage are often from several different teams, but there will also be practitioners from their own team.
The fork in the road appeared, and the practitioners had to make a choice. However, there were still many practitioners behind Yang Qi who had not entered the giant fortress. If they chose a fork in the road at this time, they would probably be separated from their companions behind. Originally, because of the four entrances, the practitioners in the same team had been dispersed to varying degrees. If they were to be dispersed again at the fork in the road.
Then it is very likely that a situation will arise where practitioners act alone. The reason why practitioners choose to join forces is to reduce risks. If they return to the situation of acting alone, what is the point of joining forces
The current situation does not require practitioners to act alone. In this case, it is not difficult to explain why the practitioners who entered the giant fortress first chose to wait for the later practitioners.
There were no practitioners from Yang Qi's team among the practitioners present, so Yang Qi had to stay behind like the other practitioners. Soon, a familiar breath appeared within Yang Qi's perception range.
"Emperor Jiuyan!" Sensing the familiar breath, Yang Qi immediately knew that the person coming was Emperor Jiuyan. Sure enough, a moment later, Emperor Jiuyan's figure appeared in Yang Qi's sight.
When Emperor Jiuyan saw the fork in the road, he already understood why Yang Qi and others chose to stay here. It was to wait for their subsequent companions before making a decision.
The order of entering the giant fortress was staggered among different teams of practitioners, but the team that Yang Qi and others were hiding in had the most people who chose to enter the giant fortress, so they were arranged next to each other. The practitioners of other teams were completely dispersed, which was a kind of balance among the teams to some extent, so that the practitioners of their own team would not suffer losses in a certain passage.
As time passed, practitioners arrived one after another, and the teams that had gathered had already begun to make choices and headed towards the depths of the fortress. In Yang Qi's team, two practitioners at the peak of the Martial Emperor level also arrived one after another, and the four of them also walked together and chose a passage to go deep into the giant fortress.
Yang Qi and his three companions went deeper into the passage and soon came to a wide space. The space in front of them was connected from top to bottom, like a bottomless well. However, in the well, some strange criss-crossing vines could be vaguely seen.
Looking at the bottomless well in front of them, the two peak martial emperors looked towards the Nine Flame Emperor. With a strong man like the Nine Flame Emperor around, they naturally chose to follow his opinion. Before entering the giant fortress, Ling Yan had already informed them, so they naturally knew how to make the decision.
Emperor Jiuyan thought for a moment, then said, "First, explore upwards. With our strength and means, we can quickly fall downwards, but we can only move forward slowly upwards."
"I agree with Fellow Daoist Jiuyan's opinion." Yang Qi nodded slightly.
In this space, practitioners still cannot fly. If they cannot fly, it is obviously more difficult to go up than to go down, so Emperor Jiuyan chose to explore upwards. Although it seems that they are giving up the easy way to seek the difficult, if they explore downwards and find nothing, they will need to turn back upwards, which requires much more effort and time than exploring upwards first.
The two Martial Emperor Peak practitioners looked at each other first, then said, "We have no objection either."
Whoosh~ Whoosh~
Immediately, the four people's figures flashed and turned into four streams of light, heading towards the top of the deep well. The wall of the well was not particularly smooth, but there was enough place to stand, and even some strange protrusions, just like a platform. So even if Yang Qi and the other four could not fly, with their strength and means, it would not be too difficult for them to investigate.
After searching upwards for a distance, the expressions of Yang Qi and the other three suddenly changed. They looked towards the lower left, where they sensed several familiar auras.
In the team, Zhao Lin, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes, frowned and said, "Didn't those practitioners choose another fork in the road before us?"
"The fork in the road they chose is indeed different from ours." Yang Qi nodded slightly, and then continued, "It seems that no matter which fork in the road they choose, they will probably end up in the deep well in front of them."
"That's right. The diameter of this deep well is not small. Even we cannot directly sense the other side of the deep well. The deep well in front of us is very likely the passage that supports the giant fortress that connects heaven and earth." Emperor Jiuyan said calmly.
After this, Yang Qi and the other two nodded. They had all observed the giant fortress from outside and knew that although it was not small, it was only one or two times larger than the perception range of practitioners at their level. Considering the distance they had traveled in the passage before, and the fact that they could not perceive the range of the deep well on the opposite side, if they did not have the means of time and space, the deep well in front of them might occupy the rest of the giant fortress except for the area where the passage outside the deep well was located.
Yang Qi looked up at the deep well, his brows slightly raised, and he said in a deep voice, "Continue to explore upwards. If the deep well in front of us runs through the entire giant fortress, then here we are likely to meet companions who entered the giant fortress through other entrances."