Chapter 40: There is a dark future and a bright future
"It shouldn't be like this."
Sun Huo, who was mumbling to himself, was a little distracted, as if he didn't hear Li Yan's words at all. Then he knelt down again and looked around.
Li Yan stood aside, holding a torch and looking around. He saw that the surrounding area was covered with dark, wet soil, exuding an unpleasant smell. It was like this all the way, and he didn't want to get close to it.<
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Looking down at Sun Huo, he saw the young man squatting half-crouching, holding a torch in one hand and groping the ground with the other, moving forward step by step.
Li Yan looked forward in the direction Sun Huo moved. Under the dim light of the fire, he could see clearly. There was indeed an earth wall in front of him. It was like the tunnel had been dug and stopped here. There was no way to go.
The way forward.
But Sun Huo still didn't give up and didn't stop until he reached the soil. Even so, he kept touching it with one hand, not caring at all how dirty the soil here was.
After watching for a long time, Li Yan couldn't bear it anymore and said, "Hey, what are you looking for here? Did you come all the way here just to touch someone's blindness?"
"Shut up!"
Sun Huo's sudden roar startled Li Yan. The sound echoed in the empty passage.
After Li Yan came back to his senses, he keenly sensed something was wrong. Although the young man's roar was directed at him, with his ear power gained from years of martial arts training, he could clearly hear that Sun Huo's voice was trembling.
.
With his heart moving, Li Yan also squatted down and illuminated the ground. Only then did he find to his surprise that there were many messy footprints on the ground, overlapping each other and extending all the way to the side where Sun Huo was.
Earth wall.
At this time, Li Yan suddenly understood. The young man in front of him had tried his best to bring himself here to mobilize the gang forces of the Nine Yuan Society to clear the way, and he was here to save people.
Judging from the footprints on the ground, there should be a lot of people. Maybe the people who have disappeared in the past few days have been brought here. But no one is missing.
Li Yan began to admire Sun Huo a little. Not to mention how powerful this young man was, he dared to risk danger to save people single-handedly. He was really ashamed of his courage. Compared with him, who was helpless when facing his unconscious father, he could only humble himself.
It is so powerful to kneel down and beg those immortal masters.
Thinking of this, Li Yan walked forward silently, raised the torch in his hand, and accompanied Sun Huo to inspect the earth wall.
After looking at it carefully for a while, he soon discovered something strange. If he remembered correctly, when digging a hole normally, the end would usually be messy, and there would be a lot of scattered soil and debris at the corners. But here, these clods and debris were pushed to both sides of the earth wall, and the earth wall seemed to be concave inward. More importantly, the concave surface was very smooth, and it did not look like it was left behind by digging.
traces.
Turning to look at Sun Huo, he saw that he was still looking up and down the earth wall, but found no clue. After hesitating, Li Yan still told what he had discovered.
Listening to Li Yan's story, Sun Huo looked at it again and found that it was indeed the same as what he said, but found that these still could not solve the current problem. Thinking of this, Sun Huo became more and more anxious.
"Boy, the footprints disappear when they reach here. Do you think this person could have walked inside?" Li Yan said casually.
"Idiot, we are not insects, how can we get into..." Sun Huo pushed back without thinking, and stopped mid-sentence.
"What's wrong?" Li Yan asked quickly when he saw that he was halfway through speaking.
"You stand back."
Li Yan was confused, but he still took a few steps back. Soon he saw an incredible scene.
Sun Huo's free left palm actually emitted a faint golden light, and then he stabbed it into the earth wall. The dense earth wall was like tofu, and his whole arm sank into it silently, and then he pulled it out with force.
Come out.
As Sun Huo pulled out his arm, Li Yan clearly felt that the abnormally dull air in the passage was showing signs of flowing.
Both of them were overjoyed. It seemed that there really was something else on the other side of the earth wall. Just as they were about to say something, they saw Sun Huo turning his head and making a silent gesture.
Li Yan was stunned for a moment, then nodded. At this time, Sun Huo looked at the earth wall again, raised the torch in his hand to the entrance of the cave and shook it back and forth.
Seeing Sun Huo's cautious behavior, Li Yan's impression of this young man changed a lot, and he became more curious about his origins.
Compared with the immortal master who was enshrined, the man in front of me had no sense of superiority at all as he regarded mortals as ants. Instead, he was much more approachable, although his words were rare and cold. If he didn't mention magic, he might have misunderstood him.
Think of him as a disciple of some master who just came out to travel around the world.
The hope of following him at his own risk would probably fall on him in the end. Li Yan couldn't help but think of his original plan.
"Is there anyone? Is there anyone outside? Help!" A weak voice suddenly came out, interrupting Li Yan's thoughts.
I saw Sun Huo standing beside the small hole, leaning sideways and listening with all his strength to what was going on. However, he did not speak first, but instead put the torch down, making the area near the small hole dark again.
"What are you yelling for? It's been a day and a night. Someone would have come to rescue you long ago. It's completely quiet here. I don't know what the hell this place is or where someone will show up." A weak man's voice came out again.
.Then the voices of many people came from inside.
Sun Huo suddenly felt a stone fall to the ground, and quickly shouted to the small hole: "Is Brother Yu Meng in there?"
The hum of voices fell silent for a moment. After a while, a surprised and excited voice rang out, "Who is outside? Whoever it is, please save us."
The calls for help suddenly filled his ears, and he could no longer hear the specific words. Sun Huo quickly took off the torch in his hand, and this time he put both hands together and quickly cut and peeled away the earth wall in front of him.
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This earth wall was actually as thick as an arm's length. It took Sun Huahua a long time to dig out a hole in it that could be crawled by one person.
By the light of the fire, we could already see many people inside, standing not far away and watching nervously, with expressions of expectation and joy on their faces.
When he estimated that it was almost the same, Sun Huo turned around and threw the torch over, then took a few steps back and jumped through the hole with a running start. Li Yan behind him also followed Sun Huo's example and jumped in.
Inside.
Turning over and standing up, Li Yan discovered that in fact, this secret room was not completely isolated and dark, with little bits of sunlight cast from the top of his head.
But when he raised his head and looked up, he couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. It was four to five feet high, but the surrounding area was almost vertical, which meant that it was impossible to climb up there without tools. After looking at these, Li Yan noticed that there were about forty people locked up in this secret room. At this time, they all gathered around, and many of them were even sobbing in a low voice. But Sun Huo was standing with a woman.
Let’s talk together.
After a while, Sun Huo came over. "Brother Li, you don't need me to say more now, you know the purpose of my coming here. Now I have something to ask you."
Li Yan already knew what Sun Huo was asking for, so he quickly interrupted, "Do you want me to take them out?"
"Yes, Brother Li is really a smart man. There used to be a lot of people here, but now they are gone. I'm going to go to another road to have a look. If anything happens, I can buy some time for the people here. Are you willing?
If so, I owe you a favor, if you still come out alive afterward." Sun Huo said slowly.
Hearing this, Li Yan's eyes narrowed, and he also saw Sun Huo smile rarely when he said the last sentence.
At this time, the woman who had just spoken came up from behind and said, "Huo'er, don't take risks alone. Let's go out like this first, and we will think of a solution together later."
"Okay, I promise you." At this time, Li Yan spoke decisively. He was waiting for Sun Huo's words. It is not in vain to get the favor of an immortal cultivator, which will be of great help to the future Nine Yuanshui.
I risked my life to follow him.
Seeing Li Yan agreed, Sun Huo nodded. Then he took out the remaining two torches and stuffed them into his mother's hands. "Mom, don't worry, I will be back. You and everyone else should leave first."<
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"Ah!"
A shrill scream suddenly rang out in the secret room.
Sun Huo pulled his mother behind him and looked in the direction of the sound. Everyone in the secret room also retreated around in panic.
I saw a spear suddenly shot out from the ground in the secret room, and instantly penetrated a man who happened to be standing at that position.
Before anyone could react what to do, countless cracks were seen spreading from the small holes shot by the spears.
"Boom!" Everyone in the secret room, along with the ground beneath their feet, fell instantly.