The Demon Lord Forced to Marry the Female Leader

Chapter 42: Crows Hate to Peckle Diaoda

After walking around in circles, Fu Qian suddenly noticed a secret compartment at the back of the hall. He motioned Chu Wan Ning to come over and take a look.

The two men looked at each other, Chu Wan Ning nodded, and Fu Qian pressed it.

There was a loud rumbling sound in the hall, and a staircase leading to the underground appeared out of thin air. It was pitch black inside and it was difficult to see clearly. Fu Qian and Chu Wan Ning used the spiritual power in their palms as lamps, and went down the stairs one after another and blended into the darkness.

They had just entered for a while. Gu Alu, the mysterious woman beside her, and a group of people behind them arrived here. Seeing a step down here, they also used their hands to generate spiritual power and entered the underground.

The outside was filled with sand after thousands of years of erosion by wind and sand, but the inside of the tunnel was very clean without a trace of sand, and it appeared to be well preserved.

Fu Qian walked in front of Chu Wan Ning so that if there was any emergency, he could protect her the first time.

After walking for a long time, we suddenly saw an open area in front of us. It turned out to be an underground stone city. However, the city was dark and had obviously been silent for a long time.

In the darkness, there were a few spiritual herbs emitting a faint glow. Chu Wan Ning went forward to take a look. It turned out to be a spiritual herb called Night-light Grass. Its branches and leaves could emit a faint glow in the dark, and the principle was the same as that of the Night-light Stone. I didn't expect that such a spiritual herb would grow in a place without sunlight. Chu Wan Ning picked a few and put them in the storage bag, thinking about going out and giving them to Xiao Yu.

Then, Chu Wan Ning heard a rustling sound behind her. Looking back, she saw that it was Gu A Lu and his group who were also walking along the passage. Gu A Lu was very shocked when she saw the scene in front of her.

"Where is this place? Why is it so eerie and quiet?"

Xia Zhong said:

"Senior Sister Gu, this is probably where the Nine-Colored Deer practices!"

Chu Wan Ning disagreed with this statement. She thought that people had lived here before, and that they had dug an underground castle in the stone area to avoid the wind and sand. She believed that this place must have been prosperous in the past, because there seemed to be shops on both sides of the street.

Unfortunately, the city was destroyed for some unknown reason and buried by sandstorms, and the Nine-Colored Deer also disappeared.

Gu A'lu saw Fu Qian and wanted to go up and talk to him, but was stopped by the mysterious woman beside her. She had to give up and stay obediently by the woman's side.

They walked around Fu Qian and walked forward slowly. When they passed a stone house, there was a hissing sound, and then a rattlesnake as thick as an arm jumped out and flew straight towards Gu Alu. Gu Alu was so frightened that she screamed.

After a flash of knife light, the rattlesnake was cut into two pieces and fell to the ground, twitching and twisting. It turned out that the woman next to Gu Alu had taken action. The crisis was resolved, and Fu Qian took back the spiritual power in his hand that had not been released.

"Junior Sister Gu, use your spiritual power to protect yourself. There are wild animals here."

Fu Qian said, with the tone of an older brother caring about his younger sister.

Gu A-lu had tears in her eyes and nodded shyly.

Then, a female cultivator screamed in a place that looked like a blacksmith shop. It turned out that she had obtained a few precious swords. These swords were made of the finest black iron. They were just covered with a thick layer of dust, but they were still as sharp as before. It would be great to give them to fellow Taoists as gifts.

"Wow, there are gold and silver items here!"

"Here are some night-light grasses. Pick them and exchange them for some spirit stones."

People began to search for treasure and gradually dispersed to every corner. Some were lucky and encountered some scattered treasures, while others were unlucky and found snake nests and human bones while looking for treasures, which scared the female monks and made them scream.

Fu Qian and Chu Wanning walked forward, but when they reached the end, they found that there were caves everywhere. The stairs spiraled down to the underground, and the underground was bottomless and dark. It was like a huge Tujia earth building, with layers upon layers. There was also a ding-dong sound in the darkness.

"Brother, what do you think is underground?"

Chu Wan Ning asked Fu Qian.

Fu Qian replied solemnly:

"From a feeling, it's not good."

"Really? I feel my sword of truth is a little restless, it wants to go down."

Chu Wan Ning took out the Sword of True Knowledge from her storage bag. At this moment, the sword body of the Sword of True Knowledge trembled slightly, making a whistling sound.

"Then let's go downstairs."

Fu Qian said. He knew Chu Wan Ning was going, so he had to accompany her.

"Ok!"

Chu Wan Ning nodded solemnly.

Then the two of them started to walk down the stairs. Inside the stairs were small houses. Chu Wan Ning pushed open a door and took a general look. It should be a civilian residence. There were some stone tables, stone benches, stone beds, and black bones. Other than that, there was some dust. I don't know what the people here experienced before they died. The bones were black. It should be caused by poisoning.

Time has passed so long that the fabric has turned into mud and the door is dilapidated, with only a little bit of remains.

Chu Wan Ning took a general look and then stepped out, continuing to walk forward. When passing a door, she suddenly heard a ding-dong sound from inside. She looked inside sharply and found something hidden inside. Chu Wan Ning drew out the Sword of True Knowledge to protect herself. She was about to push open the door, but Fu Qian got there first and held her shoulder.

"I'll do it! You stand behind me!"

"Need not."

Fu Qian didn't say anything, but directly pulled the eager Chu Wan Ning behind him. He was determined not to let Chu Wan Ning take any risks.

Fu Qian took out his sword. The blade was golden and slightly wider than the Sword of True Knowledge. There was an embossed gold thread running through the inside from beginning to end. It became even more dazzling after being injected with spiritual power. At this moment, it was the size of a normal sword and was placed horizontally in front of Fu Qian for defense.

Fu Qian released a stream of spiritual power, and the door creaked open slowly. As soon as the door opened, a group of crows flew out, cawing loudly, and flew towards the underground.

The sound of crows flapping their wings and calling echoed in the empty passage, which was extremely creepy and gave me goose bumps. Looking inside, I found a sculpture. Its face could no longer be seen, and its body was full of pits and holes of different sizes. There were also several stone snakes coiled at its feet.

The flock of birds were flying around in panic. In a hurry, Fu Qian protected her head. Before Chu Wan Ning could say anything, Fu Qian took the initiative to let go. He respected Chu Wan Ning's thoughts. If she didn't like the contact, he would not make her feel unhappy.

Chu Wan Ning noticed his actions and knew that he took her feelings into consideration. This was good. She smiled and said:

"Thank you!"

Fu Qian smiled a little embarrassedly and said:

"No problem."

“Why is this statue full of holes?”

Chu Wan Ning looked at the sculpture and expressed her doubts.

"These holes on its body were probably pecked by crows."

Fu Qian said.

"Well, look, there are words here, on the platform below this sculpture, written..."

Chu Wan Ning pointed it out to Fu Qian.

"Tiaoda?"

Fu Qian read it out.