novelaction Chapter 565 Deceived by Illusions
Chapter 565 Deceived by Illusions
Huang Benchu thought Cao Erdan was possessed by an evil spirit and jumped off the cliff.
They rushed over to take a look and found that Cao Erdan was climbing down the rock.
The cliff was covered with green vines. Cao Erdan pulled himself down the cliff with the vines, and Xiao Youxiang followed closely behind.
Upon seeing this, Huang Benchu quickly followed suit.
Looking down, the clouds and mist swirled, their depths unfathomable.
Looking up again, we were already quite far from the top of the cliff.
After climbing down several dozen meters, we entered a fog so thick that we could barely see our hands in front of our faces.
Huang Benchu felt a little dizzy.
He kept calling out, "Master Cao, where are we going? Isn't there any other way?"
Suddenly, a hand reached out from the cliff face, grabbed him, and pulled him in.
Huang Benchu screamed in fright, thinking he had encountered a monster.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a cave, but there was no fog inside.
The one who pulled him was Cao Erdan.
Youxiang stood beside Cao Erdan.
Huang Benchu finally breathed a sigh of relief:
"My goodness, there's a hidden paradise on the cliff!"
Cao Erdan laughed, "These Star Gate cultists really know how to pick a location. The ambush they set up was right on top of this blessed land! It's just a pity they won't have the chance to see it again!"
Huang Benchu carefully examined the cave entrance. Outside, mist shrouded the cave, and the entrance was covered with wormwood and vines. He couldn't help but sigh:
"Master Cao, how did you discover this place?"
With no one answering, she turned around and saw that Cao Erdan had already pulled Youxiang'er inside.
This is the location that Cao Erdan determined by studying the map.
Descending down this cliff, unless one possesses X-ray vision, even after descending, it would be impossible to find the cave entrance amidst the mist.
Upon entering this cave, Cao Erdan knew that the danger had only just begun.
So they proceeded cautiously with Youxiang'er in tow.
The entrance to the cave is very small, only about two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters) square, but it gets wider and wider as you go in.
Moreover, the path leads to many forks, some into deep swamps mixed with swamp gas, and others into traps and abysses.
There are man-made traps and natural dangers.
If it weren't for the map on the parchment, we would have been completely stuck.
Among hundreds of cave entrances, Cao Erdan found a winding cave and went inside.
After turning a few corners, a large, double-opening stone gate blocked the way.
This gate has been sealed for who knows how many years; even the cracks are covered in dust.
Cao Erdan pushed it a few times, but it didn't budge.
The dust above their heads was shaken off with a "rustling" sound.
Cao Erdan used his divine eyes to discern that there were two keyholes on the door.
Suddenly, I remembered the shape of the two scrolls on the parchment and understood.
Simply pull out the axle and insert it into the keyhole to turn it.
I could hear the locks inside rattling.
At this moment, another Mountain Push Palm strike was delivered.
"Pong"
The stone gate was opened halfway.
The axis was indeed the key to open the cave door.
The cave was dark and cold inside.
Huang Benchu reached out and pulled up a handful of wormwood from the ground:
"Master Cao, this place looks ominous. Let me get someone to scout ahead!"
So they tied the wormwood into a small straw man.
He wrote a talisman and pasted it on the back of the straw figure.
Then he dripped his own fingertip blood onto it.
When the incantation is recited, the little grass figure begins to move.
Youxiang kept clapping and cheering.
When Huang Benchu heard the little elf praising him, he became so happy that he relaxed his guard, and the little grass man tumbled to the ground.
Huang Benchu quickly focused his attention again and manipulated the straw man to walk inside.
Then Huang Benchu followed three zhang away from the straw man.
Cao Erdan activated his superhuman night vision and followed them inside.
Although the cave was pitch black, fortunately, these three people were no ordinary beings.
Huang Benchu has beast eyes and can see at night, while Cao Erdan has divine eyes and the ability to make eloquent pronouncements.
And the little elf, Yu Xiang'er, has eyes that can see clearly even in the dark.
Go inside,
The further you walk, the wider the space becomes, but also the damper it gets.
They tried to go downhill, and now the three of them have entered the mountainside.
suddenly,
Huang Benchu shouted, "Oh no, there's an ambush!"
Then a lightning staff was drawn out and began to dance and twirl.
Cao Erdan stared intently at it.
A dozen or so dark figures appeared ahead, entangled with Huang Benchu like ghosts.
Looking again, there was nothing there.
But Huang Benchu was still fighting hard, and his tongue was even sticking out from exhaustion:
"Master Cao, please help me, these women are too troublesome!"
"Woman? Where did this woman come from? There's clearly a pile of candy and meat..."
Youxiang'er stared at Huang Benchu with her greedy eyes.
Cao Erdan understood; this was an illusion array.
Everyone sees things differently based on their own inner demons.
Huang Benchu was a womanizer, so he inevitably saw endless women flocking to him.
Young Xiang'er was greedy and saw it as a delicacy.
Being on high alert, fearing some unknown danger, I perceived it as a terrifying ghost.
Fortunately, Cao Erdan's clairvoyance was powerful, and his concentration was much stronger than Huang Benchu's and the little elf's, so he saw through the illusion in an instant due to a momentary lapse in concentration.
At this point, Huang Benchu had already surrendered.
Exhausted, he threw down the lightning staff and lay on the ground, panting heavily.
"You guys can come, but you have to wait for me to rest first, otherwise I'll be exhausted!"
He kept taking off his clothes and touching himself.
It looks extremely disgusting.
The little girl, Xiang'er, was grabbing handfuls of air in front of her and eating them.
"Hmm, another chicken leg, please. It's tasteless! And a pig's trotter, please too!"
Cao Erdan calmly observed both sides.
But then I saw a large flower growing in a puddle ahead.
It has no branches or leaves, just a single flower, yet its leaves are divided into seven colors, which is quite unique.
The divine healing technique in his mind involuntarily made a discernment.
"Is this the Seven-Colored Demon Lotus?"
Ancient medical books record that the single-headed, seven-colored magic lotus emits a unique fragrance that can cause hallucinations!
It seems that it wasn't a man-made illusion, but rather the gas produced by this demonic lotus that misled everyone.
This flower is extremely rare.
Even ancient medical books state that it has become extinct.
I never expected there would be one in this cave!
This flower may not be considered a rare and precious treasure, but it is a good ingredient for making sleeping potions.
Its exact magical effects still need to be studied.
So Cao Erdan uprooted the strange seven-colored magic lotus.
Place it directly into the storage ring.
Then he unleashed several powerful palm strikes, creating gusts of wind that transformed the air inside the cave.
Youxiang'er, who was chewing on the stone with a "crunch crunch" sound, suddenly realized something.
He looked at the stone in his hand with a strange expression.
"Hey, where did my pig's trotters go? Why did they turn into stone?"
At this point, Huang Benchu was almost naked, hugging a large rock and twisting like a snake shedding its skin.
But in an instant, the air shifted, and he snapped out of his trance, jumping up in fright:
"What's going on? Where are those beauties?"
Seeing that Cao Erdan and Youxiang'er were both looking at him, he felt extremely ashamed.
While picking up his clothes, he cursed:
"These women stripped me naked, but I don't know where they went?"
It wasn't until I was dressed that I realized:
"Master Cao, have we fallen for a trap? Could it be an illusion?"
Cao Erdan laughed and said, "How can you be so old and have no self-control? Even if it were true, you can't do that in front of the child!"
Young Xiang'er sucked her fingers and asked Huang Benchu:
"Uncle Huang, you were twisting your waist and bumping against that rock just now. Did you treat the rock as an enemy?"
"Yes, I was misled. I thought he was a bad guy and I was going to knock him down!"
He quickly ran forward to find his little grass man.