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Chapter 155: Lost
As we stepped back into the passage, we remained vigilant, observing the surroundings and details as we walked. Occasionally, we would deliberately extinguish a few of the oil lamps along the way to mark our passage, proving that we had been here. Of course, on the other hand, we also heightened our alertness, especially since my Yang Fire had already been extinguished twice, making me quite worried about encountering any malevolent spirits again.
Although we were careful to observe the passage beneath our feet, we still felt utterly confused because all the passages looked the same; they were all roughly the same width with no significant differences between them.
We continued walking forward through the passage. Suddenly, I felt a significant increase in the Yin Wind, which was blowing towards my neck in gusts. I couldn't help but stop and turned to ask Cao Qilong if he felt that the Yin Wind had intensified here.
I wasn't sure if Cao Qilong was just oblivious or simply hadn't noticed these details. After I asked him, he shook his head and said, "No, the Yin Wind has always been this size; it hasn't suddenly increased."
Could it be that I was mistaken? I wondered and replied, "Then why do I feel like the Yin Wind has grown much stronger?"
Seeing that I didn't believe him, Cao Qilong pointed to the oil lamps on both sides of the stone walls and said, "Look at those oil lamps; their flames are flickering just like before. If the Yin Wind had increased, then the flames would definitely be swaying more violently."
After hearing him say that, I became even more puzzled. Cao Qilong's reasoning made sense; indeed, the flames of the lamps on the stone walls weren't flickering any more than before, indicating that the Yin Wind hadn't increased.
I touched my neck and felt the gusts of Yin Wind on the back of my hand resting there. This time, I was more convinced that my intuition was correct; the Yin Wind had indeed grown stronger.
However, when I looked at those oil lamps on the stone walls again, I noticed that they weren't swaying any more than before. Watching the flames flicker and dance erratically, I suddenly exclaimed, "I've finally figured out what's wrong! The Yin Wind blowing against my neck is exactly opposite to the one blowing through this passage!"
The flames of the oil lamps on the stone walls were swaying towards us, clearly indicating that the Yin Wind in the passage was blowing towards us. However, the Yin Wind blowing against my neck was coming from behind me.
Upon hearing this, Cao Qilong's expression changed immediately as he exclaimed in surprise, "What? No way! How can there be winds blowing in two different directions in the same passage?"
Exactly! It was precisely for this reason that I felt something was off. I touched my neck and wondered aloud, "If this wind isn't blowing in from outside, then how is this gust of Yin Wind reaching my neck?"
At this point, both Cao Qilong and I were startled and shouted simultaneously: "Could it be Ghost Blows Out the Light!"
Thinking of this, my back was drenched with sweat, and my heart trembled. I hurriedly opened the Heavenly Eye and turned around to take a look, which startled me so much that I jumped up.
Because when I turned around, I saw an Old Man standing behind me. The Old Man looked to be in his seventies or eighties, dressed in ancient long robes, with a face as pale as paper, emaciated and hunched over. At that moment, he was continuously blowing air onto my shoulder...
As soon as I saw this Old Man, I knew he was not human but a ghost. At that moment, how could I not realize? This Old Man was clearly trying to blow out my light. The reason he had been blowing for so long was that the two Yang Fires on my shoulders had already extinguished, and now there were only two Copper Coins on my shoulders. No matter how hard he blew, he could never extinguish them.
Seeing this, I was so frightened that the hair on my body stood on end. If he knew that what was on my shoulders were not Yang Fires but merely two Copper Coins, he would directly blow out the Yang Fire above my head, and then it would have been extinguished long ago. Just thinking about the outcome of having all three Yang Fires extinguished sent chills down my spine!
So, at that moment, I jumped up in fright, retreated several steps, and then directly used a Five Thunder Sword Finger to strike at the Old Man, forcing him back several steps.
At this time, Cao Qilong was also quite scared. After I launched the Five Thunder Sword Finger, he immediately took off the Copper Coin from his shoulder, made a hand gesture, and then threw the Copper Coin at the Old Man...
The Copper Coin was already stained with Cao Qilong's fingertip blood. Coupled with the incantation he cast while throwing it, the Old Man was severely injured by this attack. He let out a miserable scream and then vanished without a trace.
With the Old Man driven away, neither Cao Qilong nor I felt any relief; instead, we became even more worried. Who knew if another Old Man would appear next?
This time we had escaped danger by luck; fortunately, I discovered it in time, and thankfully that Old Man did not directly blow out the light above my head. Otherwise, my life would have been forfeit.
After this lesson, both Cao Qilong and I dared not be careless anymore. Although placing the Copper Coins on our shoulders could confuse ghosts and evil spirits into thinking we had three lights still burning, who could guarantee that next time they wouldn't blow out the light above my head first?
Previously, it had always been Cao Qilong leading in front while I followed behind. Now it was my turn to lead since I only had one light left and could not afford to be affected by a Ghost Blows Out the Light, while he still had two lights.
Thus, we cautiously moved forward. After walking for a while longer, we stopped because another Intersection appeared before us...
Indeed another Intersection appeared. My brows furrowed instantly as cold sweat broke out. I didn't know if I had truly circled back or if this place really had so many Intersections.
With a worried heart, we hurried toward the Intersection. Before we reached it, from a distance, Cao Qilong pointed at the ground of the Intersection and exclaimed: "Look at that ground; it's a talisman!"
Yes, there was indeed a piece of Yellow Paper on the ground of the Intersection. Seeing that piece of Yellow Paper, my heart tightened as I hurriedly rushed over in quick steps.
When we finally arrived at the Intersection, I glanced at the Yellow Paper on the Ground, and my heart sank because this Yellow Paper was not just any paper; it was the Talisman I had deliberately left behind as a marker at the previous Intersection, an Exorcism Talisman!
Picking up this Exorcism Talisman, I was completely stunned. What did this mean? It meant we had circled back; this Intersection was not a new one but rather the same Intersection we had passed through before!
I exclaimed, "This is bad. It seems we've really been going in circles here!"
Cao Qilong understood immediately; the Exorcism Talisman we had intentionally left behind was the best proof. Of course, there was also the extinguished Oil Lamp on the stone wall before the Intersection, which Cao Qilong had blown out earlier. It also proved that we had indeed been here before.
Both of us felt like wilted eggplants, completely deflated, and we sat down in front of the Intersection, listless.
We sat there for quite a while until Cao Qilong finally looked up and asked me, "Shidi, what should we do now? Is this place a dead end?"
I sighed. In front of me were three passageways: two were stuffy and one was ventilated. Logically speaking, only the ventilated passage could be a way out, while only dead Hutongs would be stuffy. However, we had already walked back and forth through this ventilated passage three times, only to find that we were still going in circles.
Should we just give up? But if we gave up, we wouldn't find our way home either. After all, we fell into this place from the Yangtze River. Even if we retraced our steps back to Fengdu County, it would be difficult to find a way out of Fengdu County and back to the river.
After thinking it over, I finally stood up from the Ground and pointed to the other two stuffy passageways at the Intersection. "We haven't tried these two passages yet. How about we walk through each one and see? If both are also dead Hutongs, then it's Heaven's Will; fate wants to trap us."
Cao Qilong sighed and nodded helplessly. "I guess we have no choice but to do that!"
With our minds made up, we picked up our backpacks again and started walking into one of the stuffy passageways. Little did we expect that entering this passage would almost cost us our lives...
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