Xuanxia

Chapter 33 Give Him Hope
"Can't do it?"

Fu Qingzhou blinked.

Hua Xiaolan pursed her lips, and it was hard to tell what her expression was: "You are right. After Master left, Elder Ma is the most powerful person in the mountain. If he finds that he can't release Long Dabei, he will definitely launch a terrible counterattack, and we will have no power to fight back."

Fu Qingzhou raised his eyebrows: "Could it be that if he releases Long Dabei, you will have a chance?"

Hua Xiaolan smiled bitterly and said, "Aren't you asking why an ordinary brass key and a simple little lock can render everyone helpless?"

"The answer is simple... because on that lock stone there is a fierce blood curse left by the master."

"When the key and the lock are combined and the lock is unlocked, the fierce blood curse will devour the flesh and blood of the person who opens the lock. Even if a god comes here, he will have to give up half of his life... And if anyone tries to force the lock, the fierce blood curse will kill him directly."

She murmured, "Whether it is Elder Nian or Elder Ma, if they really released Long Dabei, their cultivation would be greatly damaged and their realm would fall. Long Dabei has been in the cave for thirty years and has been tortured. He is powerless to resist. Only then would we have a chance...but now?"

Fu Qingzhou blinked and said, "That's not right. If there is such a thing, why don't the elders send someone else to open the lock? Why do we have to do it ourselves?"

"Because they don't know."

Hua Xiaolan said softly: "They only know that there is a fierce blood curse on the lock and it cannot be opened by force. This is why the elders turned back immediately when they found that they could not open the lock. But they don't know that even if they open the lock normally..."

"I understand." Fu Qingzhou suddenly realized: "How dare I let others handle such an important matter? Even if I didn't intervene in this matter before, after Meng Zhu stole the key, the elders would definitely take the key and open the lock themselves."

Hua Xiaolan nodded slowly.

"But now..."

She said helplessly: "You have worn out the key. They can no longer open the lock, and they will no longer place their hopes on Long Dabei. What awaits Wandu Mountain next will only be a complete division..."

"What's the problem?" Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "It's a small problem. Let's go to Youzhu Cave."

Hua Xiaolan was stunned: "Ah?"

"Ah, what?" This time it was Fu Qingzhou who reached out and grabbed her wrist: "I have a way, trust me."

The two of them started running, heading towards a deep bamboo forest behind the village.

"You kid..."

As they ran in silence, the lazy voice of the smoker rang in Fu Qingzhou's mind: "Could he be interested in this girl?"

"Bullshit." Fu Qingzhou responded unhappily: "Do you think I'm the stallion protagonist in an old harem novel?"

"What a mess."

The smoker laughed dryly: "But I know that your current state is definitely not to remove the curse. With such a chaotic and dangerous situation, you should have run away long ago with your cautious personality."

Fu Qingzhou said calmly: "You are right, I am not only trying to remove the curse, but also to help her... But of course it is not because I like her, I just want to help."

The Smoker clicked his tongue and said, "Is it because of the 'why' you asked before? Are there demons outside the Shiwan Mountains? Are you going to help them because they are fighting against the demons?"

"I'm afraid people like you won't understand."

Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "But it doesn't matter. I won't explain it to you."

"You ungrateful man!" The smoker cursed, "That old guy wanted to kill you before, but I helped you stop him!"

"I know." Fu Qingzhou said calmly, "Isn't it because I reacted quickly and blocked the jade token in front of me?"

"What the hell..."

The smoker wanted to curse, but finally stopped.

Because corpses began to appear in the bamboo forest path in front of Fu Qingzhou and Hua Xiaolan.

The two stopped running - these bodies were of course Miao people, they looked no more than 20 years old, their deaths were not tragic, and even the fatal wounds could not be seen at a glance. After getting closer and looking at them in the moonlight, they could see that each of them had an extremely shocked expression on their face, and that expression seemed to be still in life.

“They died very quickly.”

Fu Qingzhou came to the conclusion immediately: "There are no external injuries on the body, and it doesn't look like poisoning..."

"It's a curse." Hua Xiaolan lowered her head: "Elder Ma's curse... has even he started killing people?"

Fu Qingzhou shook his head: "Once the war starts, it will be a fight to the death."

The two continued to go deeper into the bamboo forest. There were more and more corpses on the road, but at the same time, some very disgusting traces of pus and blood began to appear on the ground, and many snakes, insects, rats and ants surrounded them and licked them.

"It seems that Elder Ma picked up Elder Nian, and the two of them entered the forest together."

Fu Qingzhou judged: "It is obvious that Elder Nian is not going to survive. At least we don't have to face two elders at the same time... By the way, did your master put any poison on Elder Ma?"

Hua Xiaolan shook her head, the silver tassels on her head rustling: "Master has always respected Elder Ma very much, even though we only knew he was in the same sect as Elder Nian more than half a month ago..."

This bamboo forest is not far from the Wandu Mountain village, but as we walk deeper and deeper, it seems to be gradually entering a valley along the lower terrain.

Slowly, the bamboo forest opened up, and a mountain towering into the clouds appeared before our eyes.

At the bottom of the mountain is a huge cave, which is much larger than the cave in the Thousand Witch Tower. It has obvious signs of artificial excavation. It looks deep, dark and very eerie at first glance.

There were a lot of dead young Miao people outside the cave, which made Hua Xiaolan's eyes misty.

"Is it here?" Fu Qingzhou asked softly.

Hua Xiaolan nodded gently: "Yes."

"They are probably trying to unlock it now..." Fu Qingzhou narrowed his eyes, turned his head and whispered, "Do you have a way to send a message and ask your people to come to your rescue as soon as possible?"

Hua Xiaolan nodded and said, "I sent a message when I saw the first body. They are on their way."

Fu Qingzhou raised his eyebrows - he didn't notice this at all.

But it doesn't matter. The methods they use to control poisonous insects are ever-changing. How could they possibly be able to see everything?

"very good."

He said quietly: "It seems that we need to find a way to delay them for a while."

"With your jade token..." Hua Xiaolan blinked and said, "Can you do it?"

Fu Qingzhou lowered his head and glanced at the jade token in his hand, without commenting: "It's hard to say... Anyway, you have to play a good role with me from now on. Aren't you worried that Elder Ma will go berserk after losing hope? Then let's give him hope."

"play……"

Hua Xiaolan looked strange: "How should I act?"

"Pretend to be dead first." Fu Qingzhou blinked hard.

The evening breeze blows gently through the bamboo forest, and the bamboo leaves flutter.

Under the cover of night, Fu Qingzhou walked out of the woods and slowly walked towards the Youzhu Cave.

He grabbed one of Hua Xiaolan's ankles with one hand and dragged her to the ground. Hua Xiaolan had her eyes closed and did not move, as if she was dead.

"Elder Ma?"

Fu Qingzhou laughed out loud and said, "Do you want to be the leader? Do you want to control the Ten Thousand Poisons Mountain? There is no need to rush to release Long Dabei. We can talk about it. The court will not necessarily force you to resist the evil spirits."

(End of this chapter)