Full level of enlightenment: I achieved Daozu by ascending to the lower realm

Chapter 685 Where did this sword energy come from!

"Yes, he never dreamed of it."

“We already know what he’s going to do.”

Yao Ling nodded, agreeing wholeheartedly, and said, "Let's wait and see what happens!"

"Hmm, not bad, let's see how things go."

"If I have absolute information, we'll act alone!"

Ning Qi smiled and then said.

"Over here!"

Before Yao Ling could say anything more, Ji Wanru had already found a direction.

She called out and walked over first.

Upon hearing this, the other guards followed without hesitation.

Ning Qi glanced ahead and followed.

And so they came to another fork in the road.

Here, they saw no signs of a fight, not even a single corpse.

It's as if nothing has happened here.

"strangeness!"

Ning Qi looked over here, a look of confusion on his face.

"what happened?"

Upon hearing his words, Ji Wanru turned her head and asked.

Why is no one here?

“There’s blood at every fork in the road outside, but not here!”

Ning Qi voiced his doubts, then continued, "Have you noticed anything amiss?"

"Yes, it's so quiet here."

There were no signs of a fight.

"..."

After he finished speaking, the guards immediately began to analyze the situation.

Each of them wore a solemn expression.

I never expected this to happen here.

"Although I don't know what happened either, everyone don't need to worry."

"We have a compass given to us by the city lord, so we won't get lost!"

After listening to everyone's words, Ji Wanru offered some words of comfort.

Her words put everyone at ease.

They all showed a relieved expression.

Mentioning the city lord made them all look relaxed.

Clearly, there was an inexplicable confidence in this city lord.

"Okay, let's go!"

Ji Wanru saw that no one was saying anything.

Then he beckoned them to follow him and continued on their way.

Ning Qi looked ahead and followed.

He didn't say anything more from beginning to end.

As for his doubts, they had already been dispelled.

Let's follow them and see how things go first.

They continued to walk through the passageway there.

We passed through several more forks in the road.

"That's strange, why can't we see a single spirit creature?"

At this moment, some of their people couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

"What, you want to see it for yourself?"

Immediately, some people were unhappy.

This spirit creature also has destructive power.

Dealing with them is not an easy task.

"No, I just feel it's a little too quiet here!"

"This... is often a sign that a storm is brewing!"

Upon hearing this, the person couldn't help but voice their own concerns.

In fact, he wasn't the only one who thought this way; everyone else thought the same.

Along the way, they didn't encounter any places with spirits.

Even the place where the fight took place is gone.

This can only prove one thing: there's something wrong with this compass.

"Master, I feel that their compass is able to avoid the spirits here!"

The spirit medicine, residing in his dantian, couldn't help but analyze and speak.

He had already begun to suspect that there was something wrong with the compass.

However, there has never been a chance to confirm it.

Now he can fully confirm that there is definitely something wrong with the compass.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have been possible for everything to be calm and peaceful all the way through.

"Well, it's alright, we'll just follow along!"

Ning Qi didn't care about this.

After giving a brief response, I stopped dwelling on it.

Since she won't say anything, there's no need to ask.

Perhaps their own people will be the first to lose their composure and come over to ask.

If they are not at ease, then Ji Wanru will have no choice but to explain herself.

After all, they are all on our side, and if we keep hiding it, it will cause dissatisfaction among others.

"How is this going?"

"Yeah, could we have been set up?"

"..."

As Ning Qi was making his plans, the guards were indeed getting impatient.

One by one, they came over and began to analyze the situation.

Others, however, immediately began to question it.

"This is all the city lord's arrangement; I am acting in accordance with his plan!"

"I also feel there's something wrong with this compass, but I don't think the city lord would harm me, would he?"

"Don't be nervous, everyone. Just follow the compass!"

"Isn't it a good thing for us that there's no danger?"

Ji Wanru did not explain, but instead began to comfort her guards.

After listening to her words, some of them quieted down.

However, it is clear that some people are still uneasy.

However, it wasn't as noisy as before, so they couldn't continue to question it.

After all, they couldn't disobey the city lord's arrangements.

More often than not, they only have the authority to execute commands.

After thinking it through, these people stopped caring about it.

So their group continued their journey.

This time, they successfully passed through a passage.

When they reappeared, another cave space formed by stalactites appeared before them.

This space was much larger than any space they had ever encountered before.

If they hadn't come all the way here, and instead appeared here directly...

It would definitely make people mistakenly think that they have come to some kind of stalactite cave.

"Be careful, something feels off here!"

Ji Wanru examined the compass for a while before reminding everyone.

"Master, did you notice this just now after we got here?"

"The compass is starting to change; I can see they just marked this spot!"

Yao Ling's attention was always on Ji Wanru.

He had seen clearly what had happened with the compass in her hand.

Then he explained what he had seen to Ning Qi.

"Yes, I saw it too!"

Ning Qi nodded after hearing his words.

"Should we go back? I feel it's a bit dangerous here!"

Yao Ling looked around and said worriedly, "Master, can you sense it? There's some other energy surging around here!"

"That's right, this should be a spirit about to appear!"

Ning Qi nodded, then came over to Ji Wanru and said, "Let's get out of here first, it's not safe here!"

There's nothing here, why should we go out?

"Yes, Young Master Ding, don't be so suspicious!"

"..."

Immediately after he said that, someone refuted him.

At this moment, the stalactites here appear completely still.

It doesn't look like there's anyone there at all.

"My gut feeling tells me that a fierce battle is about to unfold here!"

“If we retreat now, we still have places to hold.”

"If we were here, they would have turned us into dumplings!"

Ning Qi pointed in the direction they had just come from and said in a deep voice, "This aura is getting stronger and stronger. Everyone, let's go out first!"

"Listen to Young Master Ding!"

After listening to what he said, Ji Wanru...

He immediately adopted a serious expression.

Make sure all her people listen to Ning Qi. "Let's go!"

"..."

Although the group was unwilling, they had no choice but to follow the arrangements.

So they chose to return the way they came.

Finally, we arrived at the exit where we came from.

"call!"

They waited there for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

However, no danger occurred from beginning to end.

This made several people start to question Ning Qi's judgment.

"I don't see anything special here, why waste time here?"

"Yes, in that little bit of time, we would have all gone to the next passage."

"Let's go, or we'll have to stand guard here!"

"..."

Many people couldn't help but start complaining.

"Something's not right. Something's changed here."

Ning Qi saw someone trying to leave and immediately tried to stop them.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

These two or three people, acting on their own initiative, immediately left from here.

We arrived inside this stalactite cave.

"Look, there's nothing wrong with it!"

"Exactly, you're overthinking it!"

Let's go!

"..."

After the group came out, they observed for a while and, after confirming that everything was alright, invited everyone to join them.

Each of them had a relaxed look in their eyes.

They completely disregarded the dangers here.

Even Ji Wanru was like that.

She also felt that Ning Qi was overthinking things, and at this moment she prepared to go out.

"and many more!"

Before she could leave, Ning Qi suddenly pulled her out.

"I don't see anything wrong, let's go out."

"We should get going."

Ji Wanru was just short of saying that Ning Qi's idea was a waste of time.

However, Ning Qi could still understand what she was saying.

Clearly, they didn't want to wait any longer.

"Shh!"

"puff!"

"..."

However, she hadn't finished speaking.

An unexpected situation suddenly arose.

The few people who were just jumping around were struck by sword energy that came from nowhere.

Two people were immediately separated from their heads by the stone.

Another person reacted quickly and tried to retreat.

However, it was already too late.

"puff!"

Another sword aura struck.

In the blink of an eye, it pierced through the man's chest.

By the time he realized what was happening, a bloody hole had appeared in his chest.

"Pfft."

Before he could say anything, the corpse fell heavily to the ground.

This scene left everyone in the passageway speechless.

They never imagined that their comrade would be killed so easily.

They couldn't even see where the attack came from.

This is the difference in strength.

"Young Master Ding, where did this attack come from?"

Ji Wanru was also unsure how the attack occurred.

So he immediately asked Ning Qi what was going on.

His eyes were filled with a solemn expression.

I never expected the attack to be so bizarre.

Luckily, I was a step too slow and didn't go out with them, otherwise I would probably be the one who died just now.

"I haven't discovered it yet, but since someone is attacking."

"There must be a way to break it if you press it."

Ning Qi shook his head, then continued, "What's certain is that this was also caused by a spirit!"

"However, this spirit creature should be stronger than the ones we encountered before."

"This seems to be a boundary!"

"As long as we don't cross the line, he won't attack us!"

After listening to Ning Qi's words, Ji Wanru began to analyze the situation.

"You're right, this place is indeed insurmountable!"

Ning Qi nodded and then said, "But we have no other way to go."

"I'm afraid your compass only has this one path to follow."

He didn't know the purpose of her compass, but he could guess what it was.

"That's right, there really is only one road!"

Ji Wanru nodded, her expression grave: "So, we have no choice but to go through here!"

"If we take another route, I can't guarantee that the route we take will still be safe!"

At this point, he had no choice but to explain the situation to Ning Qi.

If he didn't know, it might be even more troublesome.

"I see!"

After listening to her words, Ning Qi finally confirmed his own thoughts.

"Master, this compass is indeed faulty!"

Yao Ling laughed and said, "I'm really smart; I noticed something was wrong a long time ago."

"Young Master Ding, what should we do then?"

Ji Wanru was at a loss and could only place her hopes on Ning Qi.

After all, he had already helped them out of trouble three times along the way in the Xiali.

There are three options.

Ning Qi listened to her question and then continued.

"Oh, three? What are they?"

Upon hearing this, Ji Wanru immediately pressed for details.

At that moment, she was as anxious as if she had grasped at a lifeline.

Ning Qi was afraid that if he was even a step too slow, he would forget something.

"Young Master Ding, is there any other way?"

What do we need to do?

"..."

The other guards also heard what he said and gathered around to ask him for his solution.

"It's very simple. The first thing to do is to go back the way you came; that's the safest way!"

"Although we may encounter enemies, we will minimize our losses."

Ning Qi listened to their words and said with a smile.

"what about others?"

Ji Wanru clearly didn't want to go out, so she continued to ask.

"The other one is also very simple, which is to keep moving forward."

“We will charge forward at any cost. I just saw that his attack speed is also limited.”

"As long as we charge together, even if we lose a few men, we can definitely get through!"

"However, I'm not sure if they have any other helpers!"

"If that were the case, we would face total annihilation, including my own death!"

Ning Qi pointed ahead and explained to everyone.

"That won't do either, we can't take the risk!"

"We must come up with a foolproof plan."

Upon hearing this, Ji Wanru immediately shook her head and said...

"Yes, we can't take the risk!"

"Young Master Ding, is there another way?"

"..."

After he finished speaking, these people also began to ask questions.

They were all clearly afraid of dying and didn't want to do the experiment.

We've only just arrived here, and we've already encountered this danger.

What will happen later? They probably won't even have a chance to come back.

"Young Master Ding, stop keeping me in suspense!"

Seeing his silence, Ji Wanru couldn't help but urge him again.

If we can't get past this point, we won't be able to continue the mission. (End of Chapter)