Chapter 316: The Road to the Underground

Morning.

Du E pushed open the door with a yawn.

In the open space in the center of the village, there were no familiar divine statues and tables. This was within expectations. The worship of the gods in the morning of the first two days was just a reward for surviving the pale ghost shadow.

A slightly fishy and foul fragrance rushed into Du E's nasal cavity, making her stomach rumble.

Several Lotus Juanren who got up early had already started cooking vegetable and meat soup. Du E had long been tired of this thing, but in No-Burial Village, this was the only reliable food to fill her stomach. If she didn't eat it, she couldn't survive.

What surprised her a bit was.

Old Tang and several other elderly people didn't hide in their rooms like in the past, but sat outside happily, watching everyone get busy while enjoying the fresh air of the morning.

It seemed that the attitude of these elderly people.

Had changed due to the performance of the Lotus Juanren over the past few days. They no longer regarded them as dirty people who needed to be avoided, but as a group of reliable younger generation who might change the status quo.

Du E looked behind her and saw that Wu Xian was still sleeping like a dead pig, so she walked to her coffin alone, lying on it as if secretly talking to the thing in the coffin.

"One night has passed."

"Everyone should have new ideas about that big pit, right."

Wu Xian was drinking meat soup while opening the combat meeting: "We'd better solve the matter before noon, so let's discuss it while eating."

Du E stared at Wu Xian's strange hairstyle and couldn't move her eyes away.

Wu Xian's slightly curly hair was originally handsome, but after arriving at the Fudi, he hadn't taken care of it for several days, and it had long been like a chicken coop.

Jian Lingyu rolled her eyes: "You are the one who got up the latest among us, and you still have the nerve to say don't waste time."

Wu Xian smiled: "I got up late because I thought for a long time last night."

Wen Chao ended the topic without nutrition.

Last night, they were helpless about that big pit, but after thinking about it for a night, everyone had new ideas, more or less.

"We don't know how deep the big pit is, don't know what's in the pit, and our carrying capacity is limited, so it's impossible to clear the big pit in one morning using normal methods."

"My suggestion is to burn it with fire and supplement oxygen with wind-type abilities. This way, the big fire can burn everything inside very quickly, including the monsters inside!"

Su Xuan also made a suggestion: "As for how to go down... I suggest using Li Juxian's fishing rod. The fishing line of that fishing rod is very long and can reduce the weight of the bound object. We can easily send everyone and the coffins and urns down with the fishing rod."

The suggestions of Wen Chao and Su Xuan were combined.

It could be considered very perfect, and the problems everyone encountered last night were all solved.

Jian Lingyu originally wanted to say that she could prepare medicine to disperse insects, but now it seemed there was no need.

The suggestions of others were also much the same.

If there were no accidents, this was what everyone had to do this morning.

But Wu Xian shook his head.

"I thought so at first too, but before I was about to fall asleep, I suddenly felt that doing so was inappropriate."

Wen Chao asked curiously: "Why is it inappropriate?"

Wu Xian drank the last mouthful of meat soup, put down the ceramic bowl, and explained to everyone.

"At noon today, people from the Undying City will come from underground, beating gongs and drums to carry away the coffins and urns below."

"I don't know why they want to do this, but clearly their actions have an internal logic. Like carrying the coffins to No-Burial Village, this is part of some ritual..."

"Since it's a ritual, everything must be normal to proceed."

"You say, if these people come and see everything destroyed, and in the destroyed venue, there are some obviously unreasonable coffins and urns... will they still carry the coffins away? Even, will they open the coffins to see and fight with the people who destroyed the ritual?" As soon as Wu Xian finished speaking, everyone's expression changed. This was indeed a problem.

Wei Hengbo couldn't help but question Wu Xian.

"Do you mean that we have to carry the coffins and urns down to the underground, and we can't destroy anything, and must keep it as if nothing happened?"

"How is this possible?"

Wu Xian smiled.

"No, this is entirely possible!"

"Do you still remember what happened when we killed the water ghost in the well?"

Jian Lingyu suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "At that time, I put poison in the well, and as a result, the things in the big pit reacted. You mean to say..."

Wu Xian nodded with a smile: "That's it. Since your poison can poison the things in the big pit, it shows that this water well is connected to that big pit. We can go down directly from this well, without destroying anything in the big pit, and reach the underground!"

Du E clapped her hands and gave Wu Xian a thumbs up: "And there is a lot of water in the well. Jumping down directly won't hurt, and throwing the coffins and urns down won't break them..."

"Yes!" Wu Xian stood up and walked to the well: "Perhaps this is the correct road."

Last night, Wu Xian also thought of the same plan as Wen Chao.

But this plan had a hurdle that couldn't be bypassed. To place the coffins down steadily, they could only rely on Li Juxian's fishing rod with their abilities.

But in the Fudi, although there are dangers everywhere, there are very few difficulties that must rely on specific worship abilities to overcome.

Could it be that they didn't obtain Jiang Taigong's fishing rod, so they had to be trapped to death here?

That's why Wu Xian started thinking about other roads.

If they had chosen the correct burial method when burying Miao Dama back then, perhaps Miao Dama would have directly said what she saw under the well. It's a pity that missing it is missing it.

Everyone discussed some details again.

And set the plan.

In order to ensure that the plan didn't go wrong, someone needed to go down to explore the bottom first to ensure safety before everyone went down.

The candidate for exploring the bottom was quickly decided.

Jiang Chun couldn't swim, Wei Hengbo was too heavy, Li Juxian had to act as a human elevator above...

Therefore.

Finally, it was decided to let Wu Xian, Su Xuan, and Wei Qinglan go down to explore the bottom first.

Others would wait for orders above.

Wei Hengbo was unwilling to let his sister take risks, but after being taught a lesson by Wei Qinglan, he reluctantly agreed, and then kept staring at Wu and Su with the look of "if you let my sister have an accident, I won't be done with you," which left them speechless.

After everyone ate and drank well, the old men and old ladies also finished eating.

Before going down the well to explore the bottom, there was one thing that had to be done.

Jiang Chun carried the remaining meat soup to the grave where Old Man Li was buried yesterday and placed the meat soup in front of the grave. This was what Wu Xian promised Old Man Li yesterday, so naturally, it had to be fulfilled.

After Jiang Chun left.

The steaming breath of the meat soup began to rise in a spiral. Along with the heat dissipating, the meat in the pot quickly cooled down. If someone stirred it, they would find that the meat in the pot had long since loosened like wood chips...

A moment later.

A sound of satisfaction came from the grave...

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 317 =====