Chapter 104: Bamboo Immortal

"Go to the Huangliang Xian Underworld Office now, take a few Yinchai with you to help me find someone, and then hand these Earth-Escaping Talismans to him!

You don't need to risk yourself; just let the Yinchai deliver them."

As he spoke, he whispered these instructions into the little white fox's ear, and the little white fox nodded repeatedly as it listened.

"Understood, Prefecture Lord, I shall go do it at once!"

As a subordinate deity of the City God, the little white fox still possessed some small abilities; it was seen taking flight and running back the way it came.

In the blink of an eye, it had vanished without a trace.

Su Yuanshan let out a sigh of relief and thought to himself.

"I should enter the bamboo forest too; I wonder how they are doing now!"

While thinking this, Su Yuanshan quickened his pace into the bamboo forest, wanting to reunite with Xie Lingyu, Lv Qingshan, and the others as soon as possible.

However, as soon as he entered the bamboo forest, Su Yuanshan realized his thinking was far too naive; this was by no means an ordinary bamboo forest!

This bamboo forest seemed to be alive; after he entered and turned his head back, he discovered that even the path he had come from was gone!

This is truly hellish!

No need to think about it—Lv Qingshan, Xie Lingyu, and those monks from Five Suns Temple had likely encountered this same situation, right?

Which meant they had been completely separated by this eerie bamboo forest.

Several paths appeared here, but not one of them was the path he had come from; after walking less than a hundred meters, Su Yuanshan discovered he was lost.

This bamboo forest was simply too sinister.

Su Yuanshan could even hear whispering all around him!

When he tried to use his divine sense to explore with the help of the City God's Mountain and River Seal, he discovered that everything around him was in a state of Chaos; the situation remained unchanged, and the City God's Mountain and River Seal, which worked very well outside, appeared blurry and unclear when exploring things inside.

What on earth was affecting it?

Su Yuanshan thought and thought but could not find the reason; he could only attribute this problem to the fact that this place was not an ordinary place, but one of the Bai Xu within the Gumu Jinxu, which was why such an abnormal phenomenon occurred.

As for why the Bai Xu were so mysterious, Su Yuanshan could not say either.

Perhaps because they were too ancient; he seemed to have never heard anyone mention how these Bai Xu were formed!

And this Taoyuan Xujing seemed even more eerie than the outside! And this was just one of the Bai Xu!

Just thinking about it made his head ache!

"Who is this guy?"

"He smells like he would be delicious!"

"Can I eat him!"

"Human, human!"

"No, no, he carries a disgusting aura on him!"

…………………………

Whispering, constant whispering, like ants crawling in Su Yuanshan's ears, faint and fragmented.

Su Yuanshan turned a deaf ear; he wanted to find Lv Qingshan, Cai Lian, and the others to reunite with them as soon as possible, so he tried to search for every trace left behind by Lv Qingshan and the others.

However, strangely, he did not find a single one, as if Lv Qingshan and the others had never been here at all.

He walked in a circle and discovered he had returned to the same spot.

Su Yuanshan did not give up and continued walking forward; suddenly, his eyes lit up. This time, he finally discovered a trace—to be precise, a few messy footprints.

He squatted down to observe carefully and discovered that these footprints seemed very fresh; clearly, they had just passed by not long ago.

Could they have been left by Lv Qingshan and Xie Lingyu? Thinking of this, Su Yuanshan could not help but feel a surge of spirit.

He followed the footprints, but soon discovered that those footprints disappeared at a rock in front!

Su Yuanshan frowned and was just about to turn around when, with a "whoosh," four people jumped down from a bamboo stalk as thick as an arm.

They were four young people, wearing green shirts, and without exception, all had three characters embroidered on their chests.

"the Heavenly Dao Sect!"

The long swords at their waists were already unsheathed, and at this moment, the sword tips were pointed directly at Su Yuanshan!

One of them asked in a deep voice.

"Who are you, and why are you following us?"

Su Yuanshan raised an eyebrow, just about to speak.

Following a rustling sound, a heroic-looking girl in red walked over, but unlike the others, her eyes were covered by a red cloth strip!

The girl carried a long spear on her back, her footsteps making the bamboo leaves on the ground rustle as she walked.

Seeing the girl in red, the three men in green respectfully said in unison.

"Greetings, Senior Sister Hongxiu!"

The girl in red nodded and pointed at Su Yuanshan, asking.

"Who is this guy?"

One of the men in green replied.

"This junior does not know either, but this guy has been following us; he must have ill intentions!"

However, the girl waved her hand impatiently and said.

"He's likely just a guy who stumbled in here by accident; don't worry about him. That Bamboo-Head Monster didn't follow us, did it?"

Bamboo-Head Monster?

What kind of thing is that? A demon?

At this moment, Su Yuanshan seemed to understand a little; this group of people seemed to be avoiding a guy called the Bamboo-Head Monster!

So, he could not help but ask.

"You all look like cultivators; are you all disciples of the the Heavenly Dao Sect?"

A young man in green robes replied with a look of arrogance on his face.

"That's right, at least you have some discernment; we are the Heavenly Dao Sect, the largest cultivation sect within the nine counties of Huangliang, Tushan, Ergang, and Songyun."

Su Yuanshan thought to himself, "The largest sect in the nine counties, indeed! I suspect there's a lot of hot air in that; if you are all so powerful, why are you hiding from that so-called Bamboo-Head Monster?"

Naturally, he did not say these words out loud, but instead asked with a hint of confusion.

"I see, but what exactly is this 'Bamboo-Head Monster' that you all just mentioned?"

A green-robed disciple of the Heavenly Dao Sect said with a look of astonishment.

"You dare to barge in here without even knowing who the Bamboo-Head Monster is?"

Another disciple kindly explained.

"The Bamboo-Head Monster is the master of this bamboo forest; to be precise, it is a cluster of bamboo wearing human clothes. Some call it Zhuxian. In short, this fellow is extremely terrifying; as long as you see it, just turn tail and run, and you'll be fine!"

"Turn tail and run?"

Su Yuanshan could not help but smile, yet this annoyed the group, and one of the green-robed disciples sneered and said.

"Do you find it funny? That is because you have no idea how terrifying it is. Before we arrived, I saw with my own eyes that it had already finished off several groups of people, including disciples from major sects with reputations even louder than ours.

Even our Senior Sister Hongxiu, a dignified prodigy of the Heavenly Dao Sect, could barely hold out for two or three moves against it.

If it weren't for our Senior Sister Hongxiu struggling to hold it off, we would have long since perished in the underworld!"

Another one also chimed in.

"That's right, ever since we stepped into this bamboo forest, we have been hiding from it; we've been hiding for two whole days!

Now, damn it, we are both thirsty and hungry! It's infuriating!

Fortunately, some newcomers arrived, which drew its attention away, so we are finally able to catch our breath!"

Just then, the girl in red said impatiently.

"Why bother talking so much with him? Let's hurry and find the exit while that fellow is away, and leave this damn place immediately. This young lady doesn't want to see that fellow at all right now!"

The girl in red had originally been full of confidence, but after several encounters, that confidence had been completely beaten out of her by Zhuxian.

It was not because she was too weak, but because that monster was too strong; no matter how they fought, they could not win, and even attacking together was useless. After several such times, they truly had no confidence left!

Therefore, they had been hiding from that Zhuxian, just muddling along.

Now, their greatest desire was for someone to completely defeat this formidable fellow.

However, they knew in their hearts that it was almost impossible, so they could only settle for second best and try to find the exit to the bamboo forest to leave this place as quickly as possible!