Transmigration: A person in a martial arts world, cultivating to ascend to immortality

Although thousands of martial artists have gathered at the foot of the stone Buddha, very few are actually able to climb the stone Buddha and enter the cave due to limitations in their strength and cultivation level.

Many martial artists who are not strong enough travel thousands of miles to Wuliang Mountain, not for the opportunities in the Stone Buddha Cave. They are self-aware enough to know that they come here for two reasons: to join in the fun and to make friends with some more powerful martial arts seniors.

Some martial artists who have reached the first-rate level of strength will not enter this Stone Buddha Cave.

For these people, nothing is more important than living. After hearing that there would be some danger in the Stone Buddha Cave, they gave up their thoughts of vying for the opportunity.

Jiang Yuchuan and Gu Mingxuan were both determined to enter, so instead of waiting at the foot of the stone Buddha like the others, they followed the guidance of the monks of the Great Buddha Temple to the testing area.

Once you pass a simple strength test, you can climb onto the stone Buddha and enter the cave.

The test was simple: to ring a large bronze bell fifteen zhang away by projecting one's inner energy.

The ability to project one's inner energy is a hallmark of a top-tier master.

If you can't even do this much, you should give up on the idea of ​​entering the Stone Buddha Cave as soon as possible.

Jiang Yuchuan didn't want to show off, so when it was his turn to be tested, he simply made the large bronze bell ring slightly, meeting the minimum passing standard.

But Gu Mingxuan was young and impetuous, and had a reputation, so he naturally didn't hold back. He threw a punch with all his might, which made the big bronze bell ring for almost half an hour, winning cheers and applause from everyone present.

After passing the test, the two, led by a monk, walked up the mountain path to the stone Buddha.

During this part of the mountain climb, the monk leading the way reiterated to the two the dangers they might encounter upon entering the Stone Buddha Cave.

Led by the monks, Jiang Yuchuan and Gu Mingxuan soon arrived at the Stone Buddha Cave.

The monks waiting around thoughtfully prepared flint and lanterns for the cave explorers.

After receiving the flint and lantern, Jiang Yuchuan, Gu Mingxuan, and three other martial artists stepped into the stone cave.

The sun was shining brightly outside, but the cave was unusually dark inside.

They had only walked a few feet into the cave when Jiang Yuchuan and his group of five were completely enveloped in darkness.

The lanterns held by the five people could only illuminate a very small area, serving almost no purpose.

"The darkness inside this stone cave is strangely intense!"

Gu Mingxuan spoke to Jiang Yuchuan beside him with extreme caution.

Jiang Yuchuan nodded. "Something is indeed not right. We need to be more careful from now on."

Although he did not sense any other energy in the darkness, the fact that it could isolate divine sense was enough to prove that it was not simple.

Enveloped by the dense darkness, the five dared not separate and wander aimlessly, nor could they discern the terrain and structure within the cave. However, they were certain that since entering the cave, they had been walking in a straight line.

After walking for nearly fifteen minutes, one of the middle-aged men in the group looked back and, upon discovering that it was also pitch black behind him with no light in sight, he immediately cried out in disbelief.

"Look! The entrance we came in through has disappeared!"

"what?!"

The other person was startled and immediately turned around to look behind them.

Sure enough, what I saw was the same scene as the middle-aged man.

The three martial artists, apart from Jiang Yuchuan and Gu Mingxuan, were all flustered.

The seemingly endless darkness around them already made them feel extremely oppressed, and when they saw the entrance they had come in through mysteriously disappear, the three of them could no longer remain calm.

The middle-aged man wanted to go back to check on the situation, and the other two readily agreed.

The three, having reached a consensus, immediately asked Jiang Yuchuan and Gu Mingxuan for their opinions.

Jiang Yuchuan declined the suggestion to return with the three and decided to continue on his way.

Gu Mingxuan made the same choice as Jiang Yuchuan.

So the five of them split into two teams, one in front and one behind, and acted separately.

After the three had walked away, Gu Mingxuan asked Jiang Yuchuan curiously, "Brother Jiang, you don't seem worried at all about the exit disappearing?"

In fact, he had been secretly observing Jiang Yuchuan ever since he entered the cave. And from beginning to end, he had not detected a single unusual emotion in Jiang Yuchuan.

Whether walking for a long time in this seemingly endless darkness or the sudden disappearance of the cave entrance, Jiang Yuchuan remained remarkably calm.

This composure was completely out of character for someone of Jiang Yuchuan's strength.

Therefore, Gu Mingxuan suspected that Jiang Yuchuan had been hiding his true strength all along.

Jiang Yuchuan naturally understood that Gu Mingxuan was testing him, but he didn't care and replied with a smile:

"There's no turning back now. As long as we're worried, the cave entrance won't appear out of nowhere. We might as well stay alert and be prepared to deal with any crisis that may arise. As the saying goes, there's always a way out. As long as we can pass the test, I believe we'll find a way out naturally."

"Brother Jiang is right!"

Gu Mingxuan nodded in agreement.

The two walked forward for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, and the surrounding darkness finally lessened. Through the light of their lanterns, they could vaguely see that the space ahead had opened up, and it seemed to be a fairly large space.

After quickening their pace to emerge from the long, dark tunnel, Jiang Yuchuan and Gu Mingxuan finally stepped into this huge, enclosed space.

Gu Mingxuan raised the lantern in his hand and looked at the scene before him, feeling an overwhelming sense of awe.

The first thing that catches the eye is a large pool of lake water as black as ink, with golden lotus flowers, some in full bloom and some still in bud, growing in it.

Behind the Black Pool, on a large circular stone wall, from top to bottom, are rows of oval grooves, each containing a stone Buddha statue with a different expression.

Gu Mingxuan roughly counted that there were at least ten thousand stone Buddha statues!

Even in traditional stories, Gu Mingxuan had never heard of such a scene.

After calming down a bit, Gu Mingxuan asked Jiang Yuchuan, "Brother Jiang, do you think the opportunity mentioned by Dafosi Temple might be right here?"

Then, as if suddenly remembering something, Gu Mingxuan said with a look of surprise, "Strange, why haven't we heard a sound from the three people who separated from us before? Also, why haven't we run into any of the people who came in before us?"

Gu Mingxuan asked this question because, apart from the ink pool and the stone Buddha statues covering the walls, there was nothing else in front of him, and there was no way to get to other places.