The fortune telling was so accurate that I accidentally accumulated a huge amount of merit!

Chapter 490 I'll lead the way for you! (2 updates)
The weak mountain spirit could only watch helplessly as everything that had happened before. Now that its origin had returned, this place was naturally its home ground!
Before we could even see what the lynx was doing, plumes of ink-black smoke surged into its body.

The ginseng fruit had witnessed the host's methods of eliminating evil spirits, but it had never seen such a simple and brutal approach.

Even the little paper figures have to roll their hands up and down to swallow the evil energy that attacks them.

But the lynx in front of him was like a vacuum cleaner, sucking all that evil energy into his body.

The ginseng fruit stared in disbelief, then silently gave a thumbs up: "Awesome!"

The purification speed is even faster than the purification array set up by those people from the Special Administration Bureau before.

It seems that within a day at most, all the deathly and evil energy in this entire mountain area will be purified.

Even though Ginseng Fruit was incredibly shocked, she still remembered to report what had happened here to Yun Ran.

Before Yunran could react, Long Ling jumped up: "Great! We'll be able to get out soon!"

As Junior Uncle had said before, once the twin formation was repaired, they would be able to leave.

With the help of the mountain spirit, the task became twice as effective with half the effort.

Knowing that she would be able to leave soon, Yunran immediately sat down to meditate. This was a good place for cultivation, and she couldn't let it go to waste.

On the other side, the little paper figures had already dug up quite a few treasures and placed them on the edge of the big pit.

The things they've accomplished are something even the most powerful clans of the Xuanmen sects would envy.

As they flew up to the edge of the pit carrying their load once again, they noticed that many people were heading this way.

"Someone's coming! Quick, get some snow to cover things up!"

Don't underestimate these little paper figures just because they're small; they're incredibly clever, always worried that the treasures they've worked so hard to find for their owner might be coveted by others.

"Go over there and see who led them away!"

One of the small paper figures flew up in front of these people in a flash.

"Director Xie, it's you?"

Xie Xuzhi walked at the front, his body wrapped up like a ball.

If it weren't for the aura of the Heavenly Thunder Pearl on his body, the little paper figure wouldn't have recognized him.

The group of people who were on their way saw a small, palm-sized, completely black paper figure not far in front of them, and their eyes immediately lit up with surprise.

They had gone through countless hardships to finally find this place; if they hadn't, they wouldn't have been able to withstand Director Xie's wrath.

Xie Xuzhi frowned slightly as he looked at the drastically changed paper figure: "How did you become like this? Where are the others?"

This "other people" includes Yun Ran, and naturally also Gu Yuan and others.

"Oh, Master is trapped by the seal here, but he's not in any danger. The others are all at the bottom of that big pit."

The little paper doll doesn't understand any tact at all. If Yunran knew, she would be speechless.

Her illustrious reputation was trampled underfoot by that little paper doll.

Xie Xuzhi's suppressed anger dissipated by more than half upon hearing that Yun Ran was merely trapped.

As for Gu Yuan and the others falling into the pit, he subconsciously dismissed it as unimportant.

"Take me to see it!"

With the little paper figure leading the way, Xie Xuzhi and his group moved much faster. They soon arrived near the pile of rubble, but it had now been transformed into a huge, deep pit.

Those following Xie Xuzhi looked at the several small paper figures not far away, seemingly still having a snowball fight, and were speechless.

I just felt that since it was a magical artifact, even if it had gained sentience, it was still unreliable. Otherwise, I wouldn't be playing around at this time.

Little did he know that the little paper figures he considered unreliable were hiding the treasures they had dug up to offer to their master.

Xie Xuzhi glanced around; he was naturally wearing the best equipment.

But when he took off his mask, he could clearly sense that the chilling aura here was extremely strong.

And the mess around here clearly indicates that a serious fight had taken place.

"Is this huge crater a remnant of the previous explosion?"

The little paper figure immediately nodded. Although it didn't see the explosion, Zhu Qing and the others were the only ones there at the time, so it could only have been them who caused it.

Xie Xuzhi walked to the edge of the pit again, and just one glance down made him feel dizzy.

A stench of decay, long hidden from the light of day, rose up from below.

"Prepare the equipment and go down to investigate. We must rescue those elderly gentlemen!"

With Xie Xuzhi's words, the others immediately sprang into action; they had brought quite a bit of equipment with them this time.

It's just another big pitfall; it's a piece of cake for them.

One of the small paper figures watched as the people here began to install the ropes.

He muttered to himself, "I wonder if they'll find out we've harvested all those rare and precious herbs."

Unfortunately, there are still many tree roots that could be used by the master as materials for refining weapons that haven't been dug up yet, and the stone core hasn't been extracted either..."

However, even if they discover something, they will not hand it over. Once it's in their hands, it's theirs alone, and no one else can touch it!

Of the people Xie Xuzhi brought, only four remained upstairs to watch over things; the rest went down, including Xie Xuzhi's own men.

After thinking for a moment, two of the paper figures followed, specifically keeping an eye on Xie Xuzhi.

Better safe than sorry. If Xie Xuzhi is lucky enough to fall to his death or can't get back up from down there, they can lend a hand.

As they descended, the little paper figure was filled with trepidation, fearing that they might discover something.

As it turned out, they were overthinking it. These people were very cautious and didn't even bother to carefully examine the surrounding stone walls.

After landing, the little paper figure who had gone to scout ahead immediately and eagerly led the way: "I know where they are, I'll show you the way!"

As he spoke, the little paper figure headed straight for the passageway in that corner.

With more people coming down, they naturally carried more lighting equipment, and most of the wide pit bottom was clearly visible.

"Sir, this looks a bit like an abandoned altar..."

When they looked closely at the vicinity of the passageway, they saw a huge, ferocious beast carved there, and the passageway itself was the beast's mouth.

His subordinates immediately stopped Xie Xuzhi: "Sir, we should send two people over to check. There might be danger, so please don't go..."

Upon hearing this, the little paper figure immediately became unhappy, suspecting that it had ill intentions.