Chapter 175: Shocking Changes in the Cave
Pu Hua guessed at the beginning that Li Xiuchang should be a genius disciple of a certain sect. He probably just built his foundation and went out for training, and there was an old foundation-building master following behind to protect him.
But after hearing Chen Changsheng call Li Xiuchang "the Son of God"... As we all know, only small sects and small forces like to establish a son of God or a daughter of God.
Pu Hua thought he had a clearer understanding of the identities of Chen Changsheng and Li Xiuchang.
In addition, Li Xiuchang's current image is also in line with the identity of the son of God of a small sect. He successfully built his foundation at a young age, with a simple face. At first glance, he is a flower that grew up in a greenhouse and has not suffered a beating from the world of immortal cultivation.
"It is probably a small sect whose name I have never heard of. The son of God went out for training, but only sent a late-stage foundation-building master to protect him. At first glance, there is no strong man in the sect." Pu Hua despised it a little in his heart.
But it was precisely because of this that he was more confident in inviting Chen Changsheng to join, because Chen Changsheng, with the important task of "protecting the son of God", would not mess around.
Such a pair is more reliable.
Pu Hua persuaded, "Fellow Daoist, you don't have to worry so much. In addition to you, I have invited six other fellow Daoists, all of whom are reliable people from famous and upright sects."
Chen Changsheng was about to say something, but Li Xiuchang interrupted him and said, "Brother Chen, let's go and take a look. If things are not going well, it's not too late to leave."
Chen Changsheng looked at him helplessly and said, "Then remember, always follow me and don't leave a distance of ten feet from me."
Then he looked at Pu Hua, who was looking happy, and said, "Fellow Daoist Pu, I only agreed temporarily. I have to meet the other people and confirm their identities before I can help you. , In addition, if there are any gains in the cave, how to distribute them should also be agreed in advance. "
"Of course." Pu Hua said hurriedly, "I will take you to meet other Taoist friends later, so that we can get to know each other and everyone will have a clear idea."
"In addition, I only want 20% of the gains in the cave, and the rest will be divided equally among the Taoist friends. However, I need to give priority to selection. If there are Dan-forming resources, I hope that the Taoist friends from famous and upright sects will not compete with me, a casual cultivator who is about to die."
Li Xiuchang and Chen Changsheng had no objection to this. In fact, they were not very interested in the treasures in the so-called Yuanying Cave.
Li Xiuchang was just a little curious. He didn't expect that he would encounter this kind of plot that he had only seen in novels. In addition, seeing that Senior Brother Chen Changsheng seemed to be interested in going, he wanted to join in the fun.
Little did he know that Chen Changsheng decided to go to this cave because of him.
Under the leadership of Pu Hua, Li Xiuchang and Chen Changsheng soon met the other people.
All of them were in the middle and late stages of foundation building.
"Fellow Daoist Pu, didn't you say there were six more Daoists? Why are there only five here?"
Of the five people Li Xiuchang and his friends saw, only three were in the late foundation building stage and two were in the middle foundation building stage.
According to Pu Hua, it takes six late foundation building cultivators to break the cave formation, but even if Pu Hua and Chen Changsheng are counted, there are only five late foundation building cultivators here.
Pu Hua replied: "There is another person, Daoist, you have already met him in front of the Moonfall Spring..."
Li Xiuchang immediately thought of the bald monk. It turned out that he was also in the same group as Pu Hua and his friends.
No wonder when Chen Changsheng first came, the bald monk instigated Chen Changsheng to challenge and cut in line. I'm afraid it was to see Chen Changsheng's strength.
Next, everyone introduced themselves and got to know each other's names. As for whether they used real names or fake names, it was unknown.
Anyway, Chen Changsheng called himself "Chen Changan" and Li Xiuchang called himself "Pang Yuanfu".
"We have to wait for two days until Fellow Daoist Ni comes back before setting off." Pu Hua said.
The Daoist Ni he mentioned was the bald monk. According to the order of the bald monks, it would take two more days to get the new water from the Moonfall Spring.
"It's okay." Chen Changsheng said indifferently, "but there is one thing I need to ask clearly."
Chen Changsheng sent a voice message to Pu Hua, asking about the two mid-stage foundation building teammates, expressing his doubts as to why there were two mid-stage foundation building teammates, and whether Li Xiuchang, who was in the early stage of foundation building, could participate in the distribution of spoils.
Although Chen Changsheng didn't care about these, he still had to do his best on the surface.
Finally, through voice transmission, it was learned that the two mid-stage foundation building were formation masters, so although his cultivation was weaker, Pu Hua still promised the same spoils.
In order not to hurt the relationship, Pu Hua promised that Li Xiuchang would also be eligible to participate in the distribution of spoils.
Pu Hua alone got 20% of the spoils, and the remaining eight people were exactly, and each person got 10% of the spoils.
Because Li Xiuchang also had the right to distribute the spoils, Chen Changsheng naturally had no objection.
However, he knew in his heart that this distribution method would still make some people in the team dissatisfied.
After all, Li Xiuchang's apparent cultivation was only in the early stage of foundation building.
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Two days later, the bald monk surnamed Ni came back, and the group finally set off.
In order not to attract attention, they dispersed and left the Moonfall Oasis from different directions, and finally met in the desert.
Then Pu Hua led the way. Except for him, no one knew the location of the cave ruins.
Along the way, everyone kept a certain distance from each other. No one knew each other, and it was impossible to build trust in just two days.
Li Xiuchang followed behind Chen Changsheng, and felt very relieved. His carefree look was in line with his current personality.
After a few days of traveling, they came to the depths of the desert, where they could often see some ruins buried by yellow sand, which obviously had a glorious past.
"We're here."
Pu Hua stood in front of a broken wall.
Everyone looked around and found no trace of the cave.
Only Chen Changsheng glanced at the quicksand not far away.
Pu Hua said: "The ruins cave is under the quicksand in front. Fellow Taoists, use your magic power to protect yourself and let the quicksand swallow you, and you can reach the entrance of the cave."
Everyone heard this and used their spiritual sense to explore under the quicksand, but they didn't find anything.
This is normal. Some caves will set up formations to confuse spiritual sense.
"I will go ahead." Pu Hua took the initiative to explore the way ahead, knowing that if he didn't take the initiative at this time, others might not dare to move forward.
Pu Hua used a protective spell and then dived into the quicksand and was swallowed by it in a blink of an eye.
With Pu Hua leading the way, the vigilance of others was reduced, and the bald monk followed closely and jumped into the quicksand.
Then the others followed one after another, and Li Xiuchang also followed Chen Changsheng into the quicksand.
The fine sand around them surged like water, and Li Xiuchang and Chen Changsheng kept sinking, as if they had jumped into a bottomless abyss of yellow sand. After a quarter of an hour, they finally felt their feet on the ground.
The two finally landed at the bottom. There was a barrier below that isolated the quicksand, but it did not stop them from entering.
There was a broken stone door in front of them. Pu Hua and others stood in front of the door, waiting for everyone to gather.
Seeing this stone door, everyone's face was relieved a little. They had always only listened to Pu Hua's one-sided words, and they were not even sure whether this cave house really existed.
Now at least they saw the door of the cave house, and they were sure that Pu Hua was not talking nonsense.
"Go in." Seeing everyone gathered, Pu Hua said.
There was a gap on the stone door, which was just enough for one person to pass through, and several people entered the cave house through the gap.
Pu Hua walked in front and introduced to the people behind him: "This is just the entrance to the cave. I have explored the corridor in front and the side halls along the way. Of course, if you think there are hidden treasures, you can explore them again."
Everyone was silent and followed Pu Hua slowly forward, walking in the narrow corridor.
As Pu Hua said, he had explored the road ahead and did not find any traps.
There were several side halls along the way, and some people did not give up and went in to explore, but they did not gain anything.
Pu Hua did not urge them, waiting for everyone all the way and slowly moving forward.
In this way, it took a lot of time for the group to reach the end of the corridor. Suddenly, a stone room in the style of a porch appeared in front of them.
After passing the porch, they entered the main room, but there was a formation in front of the porch that blocked everyone's steps.
"Is this the broken fourth-level formation you mentioned?"
The two formation masters stepped forward carefully and observed the formation carefully.
Pu Hua nodded: "Yes, do you two Daoists have a way to break the formation? If you can break this formation with your formation skills, it should save us a lot of effort."
The two formation masters asked: "Has Daoist Pu ever tried to break the formation before? Did the formation show any special reaction?"
"Pu has tried it, but I don't know the formation skills. I have only tried to break the formation with brute force. I can't shake the formation at all, but there has been no special reaction."
The two formation masters took out the formation plates, formation flags and other items and tried to break the formation.
Chen Changsheng glanced at the formation, his eyes flickered, and he said nothing.
A moment later, as the two formation masters fiddled around, a puppet with flames all over its body suddenly emerged from the ground under the entrance.
The two formation masters seemed to be startled and retreated to the side of others.
Chen Changsheng also pulled Li Xiuchang and quietly protected the other teammates in front of him.
The two formation masters suddenly shouted: "Destroy this flame puppet, and the formation will fall apart!"
The crowd didn't know whether what the two said was true or false, but they had no choice. Even if they didn't deal with the flame puppet, the flame puppet would not let them go.
The bald monk rushed forward: "I'll take the lead, you follow!"
Pu Hua also hurriedly said: "Everyone, come forward and help!"
After that, he also rushed forward, and the bald monk besieged the flame puppet on the left and right.
The two formation masters also urgently set up various formations to provide assistance.
"Let's go, let's go up and join in the fun." Chen Changsheng sent a voice message to Li Xiuchang.
Li Xiuchang nodded, and rushed up with Chen Changsheng to join the siege of the flame puppet.
Now, the last three late foundation building masters had no reason to be lazy, so they had to rush up.
However, as soon as the three stepped into the entrance, something strange happened. The two formation masters suddenly activated the many formations that had been arranged in advance. For a moment, the formation turned into a cage, imprisoning everyone.
The bald monk and Pu Hua also tacitly gave up attacking the flame puppet and with the help of the two formation masters, they withdrew from the formation range.
"Two Taoist friends, come out quickly!" Pu Hua's voice suddenly rang in the ears of Li Xiuchang and Chen Changsheng.