Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel), Volume 5 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

Author:Mo Xiang Tong Xiu [Xiu, Mo Xiang Tong]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: light novel
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Published: 2022-11-15T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 83:

Same Grave in Life, No Resting in Peace in the Earth

“THERE’S NO WAY it could have snuck up behind us and accomplished something so major without us noticing,” Xie Lian said in a low whisper.

Even if Xie Lian didn’t believe in his own abilities of observation, he believed in Hua Cheng’s. And when it came to gut instinct for danger, he honestly did trust himself quite a bit.

“Let’s retrace our steps and see,” Hua Cheng said.

The two walked side by side and returned the way they came, turning and rounding corners for a while before they came to a stop.

It wasn’t that they stopped voluntarily; rather, they were forced to stop because there was no more path. Even though the tunnel wound and turned in all directions, it was still only a single road. But before they had reached their original starting point, they were blocked by a cold, hard stone wall that hadn’t been there earlier!

The two were unsurprised. Xie Lian wondered, “Is this an illusion, or is this real?”

A silver butterfly flew languidly over and tapped lightly on the rugged stone wall. The wall seemed completely normal, and the butterfly was forced back.

“It’s real,” Hua Cheng said.

Xie Lian nodded. “Then this is tricky.”

There were two common types of devil walls. The first type was an illusion, meaning one would see a wall where there actually wasn’t one. This type was easy to get rid of; just touch it and give yourself a slap, or douse yourself with a bucket of cold water to wake up and then touch it.

The second type muddled one’s sense of direction and memory, and this type was a little more daunting. For example, at a fork in the road, they could confuse you—make you think you had chosen the left path when you had actually turned right. This so-called “Devil’s Roundabout” was nothing more than a petty trick; there is a slight natural deviation to every person’s gait, and inhuman creatures can confound the mind to distort the perception of this deviation. They can make someone think they’re walking in a straight line when they’re actually making a large circle. Once they made it back to their original starting point, they would be puzzled: “Huh? How did I end up back here again?!”

Both methods were paltry tricks to the two of them. As for the cold stone wall before them, it was an unexpected third type: it was real.

Xie Lian was considering whether to give the wall a brutish punch to see what was behind it when Hua Cheng spoke up.

“Gege, give me your hand.”

Xie Lian was puzzled, but he still obediently gave Hua Cheng his hand. Hua Cheng gently took the hand he’d been offered and held it in his own palm. His other hand hovered over it like he was putting something on it.

Xie Lian held his breath for a moment. Then he raised his hand, curious.

“This is…?”

On the third finger of his left hand there was now a thin red string, carefully tied there by Hua Cheng.

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