Lin Yao climbed the several hundred steps quickly, and in less than five minutes he arrived at the underground hall he had seen before.
The magical storm in the hall vanished, leaving only a suffocating atmosphere. The dazzling luminous pearls emitted a cold, beautiful light, making the hall seem eerie, as if one were in a tomb.
The exquisite bow was made of an unknown material. Its appearance alone was admirable, desolate and ancient. Lin Yao glanced at it but didn't even touch it. Such a thing that cannot be taken away is worthless, no matter how good it is.
The jet-black javelin exuded a menacing aura. The intricate symbols engraved on the shaft failed to hold Lin Yao's attention; his gaze was fixed on the innermost part, a splash of emerald green.
"Little Grass, we've arrived."
Lin Yao stopped in front of something that looked like a pillar. The pillar was very irregular, thick at the top and thin at the bottom, and then suddenly thickened again at the bottom to form a separate oval pillar, as if that was its base.
The dark pillar exuded an extremely terrifying aura, and the witch power emanated from this pillar. The emerald green color lingered on the bottom base, which was 20 centimeters high and completely enveloped in emerald green.
"Little Grass?" Lin Yao called out in surprise. Little Grass hadn't moved at all, but perhaps he could sense the excitement from her vibrating leaf axis.
"It's Mingjin! This is indeed Mingjin!" Xiaocao finally spoke, her voice sharp and urgent. "I never expected to find Mingjin! It's as if the Queen Mother of the West has opened her eyes!"
"What does this have to do with the Queen Mother of the West?" Lin Yao wondered to himself. Could it be that the story of "a pearl on her head" is why Xiao Cao is so obsessed with the Queen Mother of the West? Does the Heavenly Court really exist? Does the Queen Mother of the West really exist?
"I want it~~~~~!"
The grass instantly stretched out its largest roots, wrapping them around the base of the black pillar and completely covering the green area.
A blinding light flashed, stinging Lin Yao's eyes and causing him to involuntarily close them. The remaining bright light made him feel nothing, as if he had been temporarily blinded by a flashbang.
"Oh no! This is terrible!" Little Grass exclaimed urgently. "Quick, quick! I can't hold on any longer! We have to get out of here right now and run for our lives!"
What's wrong? Lin Yao opened his eyes with a question in his mind. There was nothing in front of him, not even the two-meter-tall black pillar was gone.
Without asking any questions, Lin Yao obeyed Xiao Cao's instructions without hesitation, turning around and running towards the passage. However, he suddenly felt a very strange feeling in his chest, a sense of oppression that made him very uncomfortable, and even his breathing became heavy.
When the grass fell silent, Lin Yao felt even more nervous.
run!
The only thought that came to mind was that when Lin Yao ran to the top of the passage, the little grass suddenly stretched out its tendrils to open the cover, and then instantly retracted it.
Lin Yao quickly closed the cover and locked the underground passage, following a pre-rehearsed procedure with Xiao Cao.
He turned and ran out of the temple, only then noticing that two guards were sitting on the ground, unconscious.
Something's happened!
run!
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Chapter 239 Escape
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The pitch-black sky was like a gigantic, ferocious beast, ready to swallow the entire world whole.
There was not a ray of light, and even the outlines of the mountains and trees could not be seen, which hindered Lin Yao's escape and also confused his sense of direction.
The sky in the city can never be completely black, because the bright streetlights and various neon lights all night long send light into the sky, and then, through a scientific principle called scattering, make the nearby sky look slightly reddish, slightly yellow, and slightly bright, making people feel that the night has not completely arrived, and that they can still revel, but it also brings more loneliness.
This is not a city, not even a town; it is just a valley in a primeval forest.
Adhering to the traditional Miao lifestyle, no one goes out at night. Although there are electric lights, they are not allowed to be turned on. They are only turned on for a few dozen seconds when they get up to use the restroom at night.
Lin Yao didn't get any help from the scattering of the lights for those few dozen seconds; he could only rely on his 15-meter range of perception and detection to identify the road.
Although Lin Yao's confinement had been relaxed considerably during this period, he was still not allowed to approach strategic areas, including the valley entrance. He only passed through the valley entrance with the main force a few times when leaving the valley. As a result, he was unable to familiarize himself with the terrain and topography of the area.
There are guards at the valley entrance, and these are true earth-level guards, unlike the guards at the temple. They provide external protection and vigilance, and are also equipped with tamed mountain wolves, so escaping towards the valley entrance is an unwise choice.
Lin Yao could only choose the towering cliffs surrounding the valley, those completely or almost completely vertical celestial bodies, which was his only route to escape.
We had already analyzed and explored the area multiple times during the day. The slope of the mountain on the right side, near the valley entrance, was the steepest, and the shrubs and pine trees growing on the cliffs were not very far apart, making it the best choice for escape.
Relying on his memory of the terrain features and using his senses to guide him, Lin Yao quickly rushed towards the cliff.
Panting, Lin Yao squatted on the trunk of a pine tree that had grown out of a rocky crevice in the mountain, and slightly adjusted the true energy within his body.
Rock climbing is physically demanding, but what's even more mentally exhausting is the mental strain it takes.
The grass had fallen silent. Lin Yao didn't know what had happened, nor could he detect the condition of the area around the chest, because that area was completely shrouded in a thick emerald green and ink-like black mist. The two auras were mixed together but did not truly blend or permeate each other. A sense of desolation and ferocity, along with the vigorous vitality, made Lin Yao, who was investigating, feel very strange.
Now is not the time to investigate the reason. He must follow the instructions of the little grass and escape. He can continue to look for the reason after he escapes.
The steepest cliff face had an incline of over 70 degrees, making it quite precipitous. At this point, Lin Yao was about 300 meters above the ground. If he lost his footing and fell, without the protection of the grass, he would be nothing more than a mangled mess. Therefore, Lin Yao was extremely careful.
Using the hemp rope that Dika secretly gave him, and the silver hook that he made himself with tools and refined with pseudo-elixir fire, Lin Yao successfully used the sparse pine trees to reach his current position.
The top section is a steep rock face with an angle of over 90 degrees. Lin Yao had noticed during the day that this rock face, which is about 30 meters long, is wider at the top and narrower at the bottom, meaning it is more than 90 degrees. At the bottom, even raindrops won't fall on a person's head because the shape of this rock face resembles an inconspicuous mushroom.
Lin Yao channeled his inner energy into the rope, then swung his right arm, sending the rope hurtling rapidly toward a pine tree overhead on his right.
With a soft "plop," the silver hook got stuck in the tree trunk. Slowly tightening the rope and giving it a tug to test the hook's stability, Lin Yao gritted his teeth and leaped upwards.
There was no way out at this point. The Yi family's rescue team couldn't possibly arrive so quickly. Lin Yao didn't even know which area the other place they had visited belonged to. He could only describe the geographical structure and layout of the other place to Yi Fei via text message, hoping that they could find it as soon as possible.