Your hand kept touching the wall, and with your eyes closed, it was as if the wall had replaced your eyes. The scene you "saw" was all from the perspective of the wall.
Walking, walking, you suddenly heard Du Xishan speak from behind, "Hey, have we walked back to where we started?"
On hearing this, you couldn’t help but open your eyes and found your arm touching the characters Sun Lin had carved with his knife before.
Closing your eyes again, you realized through the wall’s "vision" that you indeed hadn’t been here before.
When you stretched out your hand to touch the character, you laughed and said to the two people behind you, "Let’s go, we haven’t been here before."
"But the characters on the wall are definitely carved by Old Sun."
"This... this must be an illusion."
Sun Lin lightly touched the wall and realized that, although he could see the characters, he couldn’t feel any trace of them. After all, they were carved with a knife and should have left grooves.
He didn’t know why, but despite there being no trace when touched, no matter how much he rubbed or blinked his eyes, the character wouldn’t disappear.
Du Xishan looked carefully and said in surprise, "It seems this must be so kind of light reflection effect."
Sure enough, when Du Xishan moved the light source to another spot, the character "Sun" disappeared.
"Let’s move on, this place is very strange; we shouldn’t stay here too long."
Du Xishan and Sun Lin nodded and followed you to keep moving forward.
"Drip, drop... drip, drop..."
Suddenly, you signal for Du Xishan and Sun Lin to stop. They were about to ask why when the sound of footsteps ca from not too far away, and it was more than one person!
"Didn’t expect this, to actually encounter others," you said with a smirk, turning to the two behind you, "Hey, do either of you have a gun?"
"Why do you ask that?"
"Because he is worried we might resort to violence," said a soft female voice from the dark corridor ahead.
Sun Lin and Du Xishan never expected to encounter living people in the Underground Palace, and furthermore, seven won who seed unfriendly and not of good nature!
"Could the professor please shine the Wolf’s eye flashlight elsewhere?"
To your slight surprise, these won didn’t seem to have any intention of attacking.
In fact, upon hearing their footsteps, you were already prepared to fight. Just, unexpectedly, the other party was unusually agreeable.
"Little brother, I presu you are also lost, right? How about we join forces and find our way out of this maze first?" said the Saintess, her voice full of charm. For so reason, you just instinctively felt sowhat averse.
Yet, no matter how you looked at her, this Saintess was undeniably a top-tier beauty. Why would you feel disgusted?
Could it be that, brother, your sexual orientation is skewed?
Thinking this, you couldn’t help but shiver all over!
You quickly nipped the thought in the bud!
"Um, beauty, how did you know we were lost?" You didn’t know why, but as soon as you saw the beauty, you started to speak cheekily, "What if I said I’ve already found a way out?"
"Oh?" The Saintess raised an eyebrow, her stunning face revealing a bewitching smile, "Could the little brother remind then?"
"This... no can do," you said, grinning at her.
"You..."
"Sorry, excuse for a mont," you said as you deliberately walked past the Saintess and the others.
Du Xishan and Sun Lin exchanged a glance and hurriedly followed you.
After walking a few ters, you turned back to the won and said, "The one who’s following is a puppy, you know."
As the Saintess watched you leave, she said bitterly, "I wish I could strangle that brat to death!"
Shadow Six added, "You can’t kill him, but judging from his skills, his kung fu is probably better than yours."
The Saintess glared at Shadow Six, then asked, "What do we do now?"
Shadow One and Shadow Six exchanged a glance, and the latter said naturally, "Of course, we follow them."
"But he just..."
"Oh, a little dog, woof woof." Shadow Six casually imitated a dog barking.
The Saintess was dumbfounded; she had never imagined the formidable Shadow Guards would mimic a dog’s bark!
"As long as we can complete our mission, there’s nothing we won’t do," Shadow One said to the Saintess. "Let’s go. If they get too far away and we lose them, it’ll be a problem."
You kept your hand on the rock wall as you walked. This seemingly casual action didn’t draw anyone’s attention. At the sa ti, you were aware that the Saintess and her group were following behind. However, there was nothing you could do about it; your current priority was finding the exit.
As you walked, Du Xishan spoke up again, "I see that character once more."
This ti, with prior experience, Du Xishan touched the wall and found that, just like before, a strange reflection made the "Lin" character appear in your line of sight from elsewhere.
However, you stopped in your tracks this ti, your brows furrowing. You opened your eyes wide and looked back at the won behind you.
"Woof woof."
The dog sounds Shadow Six mimicked were so cute that Du Xishan and Sun Lin behind you couldn’t help but purse their lips and snicker.
You gently tapped your forehead, not expecting this group of cool-looking and skillful female assassins to also have such an adorable side.
"So, how many of you are there?" you asked.
Facing such a question, the Saintess and the others didn’t react at first. With furrowed brows, she stared at you and countered, "What do you want to know that for?"
"This labyrinth is the Innate Bagua Formation, with entrances of life and death. If we want to find the exit of the maze, we must have an odd number of people," you explained.
"Why is that?" the Saintess asked, raising her eyebrows.
With a slight tilt of your mouth and a smile, you said, "Even if you ask sincerely, I won’t tell you. Let’s just say it’s a private secret."
"You... Fine, fine."
The Saintess said the word "fine" twice. It seed she had already taken note of her grudge against you.
Being resented by a beautiful woman, oh well, that feeling seems not too bad either. (￣︶￣)
"Master Li, there are seven of us," Shadow One replied.
You stopped in your tracks, your voice imdiately turned grave, "How do you know my last na is Li?"
"This..." Shadow One hadn’t expected to slip up so suddenly, and the face concealed under the black mask showed sheer defeat. If Wu Qiuyue learned about this, likely, her head would roll instantly.
"That’s not the point. With our skills, it’s really not difficult to find out your identities," Shadow Six stepped forward and spoke indifferently, "Why do you ask about our numbers?"
You didn’t dwell on that matter upon hearing there were seven of them, you scratched your head and sighed, "Now it’s going to be tricky, ten people makes an even number. We activated the Formation as soon as we entered it, no wonder we’ve groped around for so long and haven’t found the exit of the labyrinth. That’s where the problem lies."
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