Chapter 77: Hidden Threads of the Desolate Village! A Brand New Path Walking with Gods!

The notice boards on Da Luo Shan are full of contradictions.

However, these contradictions have little impact on the survival of the Chosen, to give a simple example—water sources! —the water is deep and dangerous, do not approach.

—Longyintan water can help tourists whose consciousness is faulty or whose sense of time is disordered.

These two points contradict each other, but there is room for mitigation.

For instance, violating the first rule to reach the edge of Longyintan, but not drinking the water from the pool!

There are other such contradictions that are mutually exclusive but have room for mitigation; these hints make the apparent difficulty of Da Luo Shan much, much lower, but, as the second Gui Tan ranked after the 【Mother's Note】.

Could Da Luo Shan really be this simple?

The answer is no.

What exactly is hidden behind its apparent simplicity is a question the whole world is pursuing, inside the Nu Hai broadcast room.

Fude Kaier, having arrived at Longyintan, did not drink the pool water directly.

He made a very special choice.

That is, to pour out all the water in the gift bag he had obtained, and then, refill the bottle with water from Longyintan! "The hint on the map says Longyintan water can help me; it is a form of error tolerance."

"I cannot be sure if this hint is correct, so I can choose to save the Longyintan water!"

"If I truly encounter a fatal problem during the subsequent ascent, I will drink the Longyintan water!"

"Either way, it's death in the end!"

"If the Longyintan water is useful, it is a help to me; if it is useless, there is no harm done."

Soon.

Fude Kaier filled an entire bottle with Longyintan water.

Immediately, he turned around and returned to the Deng Shan Jian Bu Dao, climbing toward the higher regions! And this action of Fude Kaier.

Also quickly drew the approval of countless viewers.

Everyone said one after another:

【Fude Kaier's choice is very wise!】

【Putting the Longyintan water into a bottle to take away is also an intermediate buffer period; it's really impressive that he could think of this!】

【Indeed!】

【If he encounters unavoidable danger later, he can drink the Longyintan water!】

【If only other Chosen were as smart as Fude Kaier.】

【Su Qiu:?】

【Don't mention that cheater Su Qiu to me; his survival method is fundamentally different from all other Chosen. That guy's experience cannot be used as a reference!】

【That's right, the experience at home has already told us we can't follow his path!】

【Even if we wanted to learn this time, we couldn't!】

【Killing ghosts requires fire seeds, but all the fire seeds were taken by that bastard Su Qiu; who else can turn around and face the ghosts?】

【Except for Fude Kaier!】

【Forget it, Fude Kaier only has one fire seed in his hand, enough to kill at most one mountain ghost!】

【Look at how many ghosts Su Qiu encountered when he turned back; if Fude Kaier turned back, he would probably be eaten clean immediately!】

【Better not gamble with luck.】

【Why do you think Su Qiu suddenly turned back to kill the mountain ghost? Was there some benefit to turning back?】

【...】

This question instantly caused countless viewers to ponder deeply.

They all knew very well that before Su Qiu did anything, he would certainly weigh the pros and cons! Only if the benefits far outweighed the disadvantages would Su Qiu risk a battle with a mountain ghost to turn back!

And what could this benefit be?

Unconsciously, everyone recalled Su Qiu's survival experience at home.

When other Chosen followed the rules and dared not name the cat, he named it, and thus he gained the loyalty of Bai Ze.

When other Chosen dared not step onto the second floor covered in darkness, he stepped on it, and thus he gained the full help of Hu Yao! This time.

What would be the benefit he gained?

With intense curiosity, some viewers exited the Nu Hai broadcast room and came to the Great Flame Empire's broadcast room.

They looked at the youth on the screen, lost in thought.

Inside the screen.

Su Qiu began to continue forward.

Unlike Fude Kaier's all-out sprint to the top, Su Qiu walked very slowly.

He moved forward while searching for clues about Huangcun.

"Rustle—"

A moment later, Su Qiu suddenly heard a faint sound in the forest.

He abruptly turned his gaze toward the direction the sound came from, and at this moment, he saw several villagers leaning on hiking sticks.

"Who are you?"

The curious Su Qiu hurriedly left the Deng Shan Jian Bu Dao and came before the villagers to ask.

Facing the newcomer.

These few villagers appeared very flustered.

After briefly introducing themselves as coming from Da Luo Cun, they kept repeating in their mouths: "You must go to the Zhongdian Shanshenmiao!"

Having said that.

These villagers scrambled away from Su Qiu in a panic.

Only the bewildered youth was left standing there in a daze.

"Must head to the End Point Mountain God Temple—what does that mean?"

Just as he held doubts about this.

The Cultivation System's prompt suddenly appeared, providing him with a brand-new annotation: 【Host has encountered the Huangcun villagers; they feel terrified of the mysterious existence behind you and dare not tell you much about the Shenlu!】

【They warn: The Shenlu has been corrupted by a special power! This power has split the end of the Shenlu into two! Only by heading to the true end can you meet the Elder of the Feathered Immortal Sect and safely leave the Shenlu!】

【System issues advanced mission: Find the truth of the Shenlu!】

【Mission introduction: At all costs, find the truth behind the corruption of the Shenlu and cooperate with the Elder of the Feathered Immortal Sect to completely eradicate the source of the Pollution!】

【Mission reward: Spiritual Qi empowerment, Blood of an Immortal!】

Looking at the system prompt appearing before him, Su Qiu's eyes brightened slightly.

The rewards for this mission.

Are far richer than those issued before!

Not to mention the Spiritual Qi empowerment, just consider this Blood of an Immortal!

This treasure will surely be of vital help to his subsequent cultivation; after all, this is the blood of an immortal! "I accept this mission!"

Having accepted the mission, Su Qiu did not choose to return to the Deng Shan Jian Bu Dao.

He used Spiritual Qi to conceal his aura, and then, quietly followed these villagers toward the place where the Huangcun was located.

【What is Su Qiu preparing to do?】

【He left the Deng Shan Jian Bu Dao and headed into the mountain forest; is he following these villagers to go to the Da Luo Cun?!】

【Didn't all the villagers of the Da Luo Cun move away? He couldn't be following a group of ghosts, could he!】

【You cannot be certain if that prompt is correct, so the Da Luo Shan villagers are not necessarily ghosts!】

【I just said this Da Luo Shan Rule Gui Tan wasn't that simple.】

【From the words the Mountain Ghost said before dying, I realized that something very, very deep is hidden behind this mountain.】

【Perhaps only by following this hidden thread of the Da Luo Cun can one know the story behind this mountain, uncover it, and touch the truth!】

【This is simply walking with gods.】

(End of this chapter)