parentshiftbook #243 - We are willing to die to prove our will
#243 - We are willing to die to prove our will
Inside the cave, Gu An watched the others working. These people had been cultivating all along.
They rarely did any digging, so their movements were a bit clumsy.
However, they had been logging for many years, so they adapted quite quickly.
Afterward, Gu An retracted his gaze and looked at Huang Yunshan beside him.
He hoped the other party could tell him where the forest was.
Currently, he could only save himself.
Relying on the people outside…
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I'm afraid there's not much hope. They're just here to dig and collapse the place.
Now, it doesn't matter where they dig.
There are no important people here. Digging and reporting, waiting for orders, can be said to be the safest way. Besides, with my own means, there is no way to get out.
Although those people over there have lived for a long time, they probably have no way either.
Unless they are extremely proficient in formations.
In any case, some people are digging at the collapsed area, and some are digging a tunnel.
It can be considered taking two paths.
Ultimately, there is still no better choice.
"Forest?" Huang Yunshan pointed to the front and said, "It should be about thirty zhang ahead," continuing:
"The forest appeared suddenly, very strange.
Our people have also entered, but as long as they go deep, they cannot come out.
So no one goes in anymore.
Anyway, no one can figure out what's going on.
Letting you come is the best choice. After all, your sect has many spiritual trees, so you should be able to understand.
By the way, which peak are the most powerful people in your sect in this area from?"
"The people from the Spirit Control Peak."
Gu An replied.
"Then which peak is the Daoist friend from?"
"Heaven Suspension Peak."
Hearing this, Huang Yuntian was slightly disappointed.
This way, he couldn't know the origin of the spiritual tree.
Gu An didn't care. There were quite a few people from the Spirit Control Peak behind him.
Soon, Gu An and Huang Yunshan headed deeper.
But they had just walked less than twenty zhang.
When they discovered the forest.
Gu An stood in front of the forest, seeing lush trees.
Difficult for one person to encircle.
All around were these kinds of big trees.
Because it was in a cave, the forest appeared dim and deep.
There was a feeling of devouring everything around it.
"That's not right."
Huang Yunshan frowned and said seriously, "I remember it was about thirty zhang away,
Why has it suddenly become twenty zhang?"
Gu An looked at the forest, trying to use the Blood Spirit to go in and investigate.
But the released Blood Spirit would disappear as soon as it entered the ground and approached the forest.
He suspected that the previous disappearances of the Blood Spirit might be related to the forest.
"Go ask the people digging the earth how many people from the Spirit Control Peak there are, and have them come over here. I'll wait here,"
Gu An said.
Huang Yunshan nodded, then told Gu An not to go in.
Once you go deep, something will happen.
After that, he went back.
Gu An stood there looking at the forest.
He specifically stood in front of a tree, one step away.
But when he waited for people to come, he found that this one-step distance was half a step shorter.
This situation was not good.
Soon, Lin Rou and others came over.
Gu An looked at the few people behind him. They were young and middle-aged.
Their cultivation levels ranged from Golden Core to early Nascent Soul.
He told the three people the general situation, and then said, "Do you know these trees?"
The three said they wanted to see the condition of the trees.
Then they observed.
After a while, the three began to discuss.
Roughly half an hour later.
Lin Rou came to Gu An and said, "It should be a barrier forest. Simply put, the forest itself has the ability to distort space.
Combined with a special formation, it can expand the barrier continuously by distorting space.
In addition, this barrier should have already affected the outside, so the cave collapsed.
Other unexpected situations may also occur."
Lin Rou spoke very clearly.
Gu An frowned, slightly surprised.
This seemed to be more troublesome than expected.
"Then what should we do?"
Huang Yunshan asked.
Lin Rou thought for a moment and said, "We can destroy the forest to stop the barrier from expanding.
This kind of space distortion requires stable conditions to proceed."
Huang Yunshan was slightly surprised and said, "Isn't that easy?"
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Afterwards, Lin Rou asked him to try it.
The result was that the tree was indeed destroyed by spells, but it quickly recovered.
The conclusion was that changes in power, if not strong enough, could not bring about changes in space.
When power entered, seemingly logging, it had actually been distorted.
This statement reminded Gu An of his numerical warm current.
So…
"Use your body to resist the backlash and destroy the forest,"
Lin Rou looked at Gu An and said seriously, "Use a special axe to chop wood, which can destroy the stability of the space and prevent the barrier from expanding.
But there will be a huge backlash. If you are not careful, your body will be distorted."
As soon as she finished speaking, the three people who came over were a little worried.
Because logging was the strength of the Cangmu Sect.
If they wanted to stop it, they had to chop wood.
But logging was too dangerous.
But if they didn't go, would they let Gu An go?
How could that be possible?
Who would be willing to take the risk rashly?
Gu An didn't think too much and said, "Logging can stop the expansion?"
"Yes."
Lin Rou nodded.
When she wanted to suggest that people take turns logging, Gu An took the lead and said, "You go back and continue digging the collapsed area."
The three were a little confused.
But they still left.
Huang Yunshan was also puzzled.
"Daoist Huang, go watch them and make them dig well, don't be lazy,"
Gu An said calmly to the other party.
"Then…"
Huang Yunshan pointed to the trees.
A little worried.
Gu An looked at the other party and took out an axe and said, "Leave the rest to me."
Huang Yunshan was silent.
In the end, he didn't say anything and turned to walk towards the collapsed area.
When he left, he saw Gu An drawing a line on the ground.
It was the location of the forest, presumably for recording purposes.
Then he saw Gu An swing the axe and chop down.
The space seemed to be distorted for a moment, and then he saw Gu An's arm also seem to be distorted.
This logging…
Ordinary people really can't do it.
Gu An ignored what was behind him, but watched the axe deeply embedded in the tree trunk as if chopping an ordinary tree.
"It's easier to chop than expected, but…
He felt his arm, and the distortion just now came from there. If he didn't have innate strength, he might have suffered some damage.
No warm current appeared, but he felt that there should be.
After that, Gu An continued logging.
One chop after another.
When the tree was half chopped, the warm current finally appeared.
Spell +1.
Seeing this, Gu An was overjoyed, it finally came.
And it was only half a tree.
This tree was not a tree of the sect, only one tree in half a day.
But like an ordinary tree.
Chopping down several big trees a day was not a problem.
It just depends on whether he could withstand the backlash.
Then one chop after another.
One tree fell, two trees fell, three trees fell.
The numbers were constantly increasing.
[Spell: 7/50]
[Spell: 8/50]
[Hard Cultivation: 13/100]
[Hard Cultivation: 14/100]
Until the evening, the seventh tree fell.
Gu An received feedback from the Ring of Destiny.
"Yesterday at noon, the Black Night Barrier detected the aura of a nascent soul, and began to expand, enveloping you all. Afterwards, the Black Night Forest began to expand, but stopped after you chopped it down. In order to devour the nascent soul and restore the barrier's power, the forest will use underground black holes to swallow people into the middle of the forest. A normal little tree is currently extending its power to be the first to devour you.
After all, you are standing in front of the forest and can be the first to notice if a black hole leaves the forest and can also detect its location."
Gu An, who was chopping wood, was slightly surprised.
He didn't expect that the approach of a nascent soul would cause the barrier to change.
In addition, a tree in the forest had its eyes on him.
This matter was quite troublesome.
It seemed like black holes could appear at any time.
However, being able to detect them was also a good thing.
Afterwards, Gu An continued to chop wood.
The damage to his body was not small, but his cultivation was sufficient, and he could still persevere for some time.
In addition.
As he chopped wood, the forest seemed to be receding.
That line was already half a zhang away from the forest.
As he chopped, one tree after another fell.
The numbers were also constantly increasing.
However, the black hole had not yet appeared.
At the collapsed area.
After a day, the remaining seventeen people rested for a while, but didn't see Gu An return.
"What is that person doing?" someone asked Lin Rou and the others.
Lin Rou truthfully informed them, and even made a guess.
She thought Gu An was chopping wood.
The others didn't quite believe it, but the cave wasn't like the open space outside.
Twenty or thirty zhang was impossible to see clearly.
Their vision was obstructed.
"If it really is that kind of tree, it won't be long before we have to go and chop wood," someone said.
The speaker was a man around thirty years old.
He didn't believe that someone who could casually kill three fellow disciples would be so kind.
It was just to win people's hearts and make them dig the passage properly.
"Perhaps Senior Brother Gu is really better than you think?" Lin Rou said.
"We can see if he's good or not. Killing people isn't good, and I don't know what's good about him." As he spoke, the man looked at Lin Rou: "Furthermore, only the three of you went over. What if he gave you some promises and made us risk our lives?"
Hearing this, some people nodded secretly.
That was indeed possible.
That was a tree that could twist people's bodies.
As disciples of the Azure Wood Sect.
They were very clear about the backlash of spirit trees.
Excruciating pain was the least of it.
Therefore, it was impossible for a fellow disciple who had drawn his sword to kill people yesterday to suddenly risk his life for them today.
Moreover, it wasn't what he said personally, but what the people who went over said.
This was knowing that what was said from other people's mouths was more credible.
"We are not fools either, we can tell the difference. Junior Sister Lin, you should say less, lest you anger the public," the man said with a chuckle.
"Senior Brother Xu, you..." Lin Rou felt a little angry.
Huang Yunshan looked at the crowd and remained silent.
He didn't intend to explain, especially since Gu An didn't let him explain.
So he just needed to do a good job of supervising.
He always felt that these people didn't seem very smart.
Or rather, they hadn't recognized the current situation.
Was it important what kind of person Gu An was now?
What was important was that he definitely wanted to get out.
Since he wanted to get out, listening to him always gave them a chance.
Huang Yunshan thought for a moment and felt that the other party might not be wrong, after all, they were smarter.
And the reason why he was obedient was naturally because he had a clear understanding of himself.
He didn't have any ideas and wasn't very smart.
In the end, he shrugged.
He turned around to find Gu An, and when he came over, he found that the forest had actually moved back.
Moreover, many trees had fallen around.
However, the person didn't seem to have any problems.
Perhaps the backlash wasn't that serious?
He didn't think too much about it, but told him what he had just heard.
Gu An stopped chopping wood and said calmly, "Let them continue working."
Huang Yuntian nodded without asking any further questions.
He didn't ask much about the situation in the forest either.
Instead, he went back to continue supervising.
After that, the days passed one by one.
Gu An chopped down more and more trees.
Ten trees, twenty trees, thirty trees, forty trees.
A week passed.
A total of fifty trees fell.
He piled these trees on the side.
During this time, Huang Yunshan came over three times.
All three times, he informed him that there were some disputes over there.
Because the people digging the tunnel could no longer dig through the stone.
A Senior Brother Xu, who was about thirty years old, felt that at this time, people with high cultivation should come over and try.
And the one with the highest cultivation was naturally Gu An.
Lin Rou said that Gu An was chopping wood and couldn't leave.
However, the other party didn't believe it, and felt that Gu An had no intention of going out at all, and just wanted to trap them inside.
The so-called chopping wood was all a lie.
Perhaps he was getting opportunities inside.
Because of Gu An's absence, there were already many disputes outside, and even a strike had begun.
"A strike?" Gu An was slightly surprised.
He didn't care if these people argued.
Questioning was fine, but they couldn't strike.
Although he didn't know why yet, they had to dig down.
There should be something below.
Otherwise, why would the barrier suddenly run out?
The thing was likely to be below.
"Yes, there's a strike. A total of six people," Huang Yunshan said.
Gu An looked at him and said, "Go back and tell them to resume digging, or they will die if they don't work."
Huang Yunshan nodded.
Gu An sighed softly, not in a hurry to chop wood.
But he couldn't leave here.
Black holes would appear, and he had encountered thirteen black holes these days.
He could detect them just by standing here.
He could even prevent the black holes from finding the people outside.
Once he left, then the black holes might suddenly run out and devour other people.
At that time, there wouldn't be anyone left.
The problem would be even bigger.
On the other side.
Huang Yunshan came back and conveyed Gu An's words.
"Die if they don't work?" Senior Brother Xu looked at Huang Yunshan and said emotionally: "We don't have any demands, we also want to go out.
We just hope that Junior Brother Gu, as the strongest, can try that stone.
If it is broken through, then we can go out.
I am willing to die if I can exchange my death for the hope of everyone's escape.
I only hope that Junior Brother Gu can come over in person and let me die in peace."
The five people beside him also followed suit: "We don't not want to work, we just hope that Junior Brother can come over and try if he can go out.
We are willing to show our determination with death."
Everyone was silent, and for a moment, they were somewhat grateful for Senior Brother Xu's words.
They also really wanted to see if Gu An could split the stone.
Of course, some people also felt that this matter was forcing Gu An to admit his mistake.
But whether he tried it or not, he would still be criticized.
Lin Rou and the others sighed in their hearts.
The next day.
When Lin Rou had rested, she suddenly heard screams.
Everyone immediately looked over.
They saw her pointing to the ground with a terrified expression.
Only then did everyone discover that four corpses were lying on the ground.
It was Senior Brother Xu and the others.
And only two words were left beside them - bury them.
In an instant, everyone felt terrified.
They never dreamed that Gu An would suddenly come and kill people while they were dreaming.
Waking up to see four corpses was much more terrifying than the other party coming over and killing people in front of them.
In an instant, no one had any other thoughts, and they all picked up their pickaxes and started digging the hole.