Chapter 156: Some things can't be said

  There is no starry sky with alternating day and night, making it impossible to distinguish the passage of time, and can only silently calculate in one's heart, not allowing oneself to neglect time and undergo some uncontrollable changes.

  Two hours later, in the place where the old ancestor of Handan Mountain was sitting and becoming a Buddha, outside the plain covered by fog, one of the countless valleys, six people came quietly from the south.

  Their arrival, in this now mysterious place, may have been noticed by someone, or perhaps, no one detected.

  "It was here, Brother Xuan, Brother Mo. This is where I accidentally discovered it back then. It was originally a place for medicinal herbs to grow, but I cleverly sealed it off, and since then, few people have come." Nan Tian stood outside this unremarkable mountain valley, speaking warmly to Xuan Lun and Su Ming beside him.

  "Go take a look." Xuan Lun's gaze fell on this valley, where a thin mist existed, swirling around and making it difficult for people to see clearly. As soon as Xuan Lun spoke, the old attendant beside him hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, and walked out, rushing straight into the valley.

  Xuan Lun cautiously, Nan Tian smiled, his eyes fell on the ugly anger behind him, Chou Nu followed him for many years, knowing Nan Tian's thoughts, nodded and followed Xuan Lun's entourage to the mountain valley.

  Dongfang Hua had always been following Su Ming from behind, and at this moment, he hesitated and looked towards Su Ming. Seeing that Su Ming's expression was as usual, without any change, he felt a bit uncertain about Su Ming's thoughts, but he thought to himself that since he had already decided to follow Su Ming, he should make some indication now.

  Taking a deep breath, Dongfang Huajian's expression turned grave. Just as he was about to step into the valley with the other two, he took the lead to scout ahead. But just as his foot stepped out, the ground suddenly shook violently, and a low rumbling sound echoed from afar, causing the earth to undulate as if it were an earthquake.

  The rumbling sound reverberated, lingering for a long time without dispersing, even causing countless mountains to tremble and some loose rocks to roll down. This sudden shock made Nan Tian and Xuan Lun immediately look towards the same location, where was far away.

  "Mister Mo Su, the fourth batch of guests has arrived... This is the residual wave from the secret passage transmission." Dong Fang Ha said in a low voice.

  Su Ming nodded slightly, his eyes calm.

  "It's interesting, among the first three batches of transmissions from Andon, there isn't a single person from his own tribe. According to the restrictions here, only one person from the Andon tribe can enter at a time. This time, nine out of ten, it will be Hanshengzi!" Nantian said with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

  "The first batch of people from the Puqiang Department came, and now they are all dead. In this fourth batch, I don't know who Xuan Mou will be..." Xuan Lun withdrew his gaze that was looking into the distance, and spoke in a gloomy tone.

  "No matter who comes, I now know why we haven't encountered any obstacles on the way and didn't see Yan Chi's guests. It seems that these people have already gone to the outside of the secret passage." Nan Tian smiled slightly.

  At this moment, in a valley nearby, Chou Nu and Xuan Lun's followers rushed out, whispering something in the ears of Nan Tian and Xuan Lun respectively.

  Su Ming's expression remained unchanged, but despite not having entered together earlier, Su Ming's Branding Technique covered an area of two hundred zhang. Everything in the valley was clear to him.

  "Two gentlemen, please!" Nantian glanced at Xuanyuan and Suming, smiled, and led the way into the valley. Xuanyuan and his followers followed, while Suming remained silent and trailed behind them as they entered.

  The valley wasn't big, but inside it, there were more than a dozen huge cracks on the rocky walls, giving off an air of desolation. Nan Tian quickly took a few steps forward, his eyes scanning over these cracks. He took a deep breath and raised his right hand to push forward into the empty space in front of him. Suddenly, the several black bones that had been circling around his body scattered immediately, emitting a strong, fierce glow that flashed outwards.

  Under the faint light, Su Ming immediately saw eight cracks on the right rock wall, twisting like ripples on water. Gradually, the eight cracks disappeared one by one, and in the end, only one was left.

  On this right rock wall, the only one crack is not too big, can pass through people, inside a piece of dark, do not know where to go.

  With a flash of his eyes, the old attendant behind him let out a quiet sigh and stepped forward, his figure swiftly dashing towards the only crack that had appeared on the right rock wall.

  Dongfang Hua was about to follow him out, but just as he took a step forward, Su Ming raised his right arm, blocking his way.

  "Lord Moxu?" Dongfang Hua was taken aback.

  Xuan Lun saw this, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, and he suddenly looked towards the southern sky.

  Nan Tian blinked, a bitter smile spreading across his face as he let out a sigh towards Xuan Lun and began to speak in a somewhat helpless tone: "Xuan brother, your followers are a bit too hasty..."

  "Nan Tian, what do you mean!" Xuan Lun's expression turned gloomy, his words were even more chilling, and almost as soon as his voice fell, a shrill cry of despair came from the only crack on the right side, but the sound stopped abruptly.

  Xuan Lun's expression changed immediately, staring dead at Nan Tian. But he was after all a strong cultivator of the Kai Chen sect, and had his own self-control, so he didn't rashly get angry. Instead, he coldly opened his mouth: "Give me a reason not to make a move!"

  "Xuan brother, I never said to take this rift. The rift on the right side of the valley is a trap, designed to prevent people from accidentally coming here, and you've seen through my setup."

  "This crevice is fake, entering it will surely lead to death...” Nan Tian smiled wryly, a hint of apology on his face, but his footsteps were heading towards Su Ming's location, walking several steps.

  These few steps caused Xuan Lun's eyes to shrink slightly, and he was quite regretful at this moment. He shouldn't have shown a killing intent and an uncooperative attitude when he saw Su Ming earlier.

  Xuan Lun was also a very perceptive person, and at this moment, he had already seen that the Southern Heaven in front of him had borrowed his own momentum to pressure Mo Su into a situation where he had no choice but to enter.

  Now he has borrowed Mo Su to pressure himself, causing his followers to die, and he still can't be responsible for anything. After all, Nan Tian didn't say that he had to take this crack.

  "You didn't walk this rift, why are you opening it again!" Xuan Lun suppressed the anger in his heart and spoke in a low voice.

  "Brother Xuan, don't be angry. Alas, this is not South's fault, as he didn't explain clearly beforehand. Just now, I used a brutal method and couldn't stop in time. However, I opened the crack on the right rock wall for a reason. If we hadn't opened this crack, we wouldn't have been able to enter the real passage." Nan Tian bowed with his fists clenched, his face filled with apology towards Xuan Luo.

  Dongfang Hua's forehead was sweating, he wasn't young and had rich experience, at this moment he also saw the complex relationship between Su Ming and the three people, thinking of Nan Tian's cunning, Xuan Lun's ruthlessness, and then thinking of Su Ming blocking his movement just now, he looked at Su Ming with gratitude in his eyes.

  Xuan Lun stared at Nan Tian, then looked at Su Ming. As a strong cultivator of the Kai Chen sect, he rarely encountered such an embarrassing situation, especially since he couldn't say anything in his defense - everything was his own doing.

  The silent Xuan Lun's face gradually showed a green vein, he stared at the southern sky, narrowing his eyes.

  Nan Tian still had an apologetic face and bowed repeatedly.

  "You..." Xuan Lun took a step forward, but his words had just left his lips, only saying one word, when he was interrupted by Su Ming's cold voice.

  "Some words cannot be spoken, once spoken, they are wrong, and when wrong, a price must be paid."

  "Moreover, Xuan Lun's followers are also not dead, after all, no corpses have been seen."

  Xuan Lun's footsteps paused, his expression changed, but after a moment, he took a deep breath and bowed his fist towards the southern sky.

  "Brother Nan, I was rude earlier, please lead the way."

  Nantian's face broke into a smile, and he hastily returned the greeting, with an apologetic tone explaining a few more sentences. His gaze seemed to casually sweep over Su Ming, who was calm, and in his heart, he had some misgivings.

  "This person was able to see through the situation earlier and stopped his followers from following, this matter shows that he is meticulous in his thinking and does not want his people to take risks... Moreover, relying on this, he can gain the gratitude of his followers, which I can also do."

  But did he really see the danger, or was it just caution as I suspected... This matter can be set aside for now, but his previous words are worth pondering. This person's killing intent towards Xuan Lun doesn't seem fake... But earlier, he was clearly reminding Xuan Lun, this is the second time he used me to ease tensions with Xuan Lun, and subtly made it possible for them to cooperate... Dammit, this completely messed up my subsequent plans to set up and manipulate Xuan Lun. This might even make Xuan Lun become more vigilant and hostile towards me, while he can remain uninvolved...

  Nan Tian's thoughts didn't reveal even a hint, and he smiled and nodded at Su Ming before his gaze fell on the rock wall to the left. The left rock wall had seven cracks, and Nan Tian's body flashed as he rushed towards the third crack.

  Ugly anger behind, hastily followed in.

  Xuan Lun looked at Su Ming, hesitated for a moment, nodded towards Su Ming, and stepped into the crack.

  Su Ming calmly followed behind, he didn't see through Nan Tian's thoughts, but felt that before entering the passage, Nan Tian would absolutely not want to provoke a dispute, and thus ruin everything.

  But unexpectedly, something unexpected happened, and this matter is worth guessing. Su Ming couldn't guess what Nantian was thinking, but he could make a move to destroy it.

  "Compared to the mysterious wheel, this profound and deep Southern Heaven is even more alarming." Su Ming remained silent, following behind the crowd, walking into the third rift.

  The crack was long and narrow, with no one speaking along the way, silently moving forward. After a long time, what appeared in front of everyone was a small passageway that led straight to the depths of the earth, winding and twisting, with heavy artificial marks all around, clearly having been forcibly opened up by people.

  "This passage would not have appeared if the rift on the right side of the valley had not been opened in a special way beforehand. Even if someone came here unintentionally, they would find a path like a maze and it would be difficult to reach the correct location."

  "This is my Cloudy Department, a unique and barbaric method." Nan Tian explained in a soft voice.

  "This passage is connected to the tomb of the old ancestor of Handan Mountain, and at the end there is only one layer of prohibition blocking it. Once the prohibition is broken, you can enter the interior of the tomb of the old ancestor of Handan Mountain." Nantian said, taking a step forward and walking quickly ahead.

  Inside the passage, it was pitch black, but in Su Ming's eyes, it wasn't. Although a bit blurry, he could still see many things clearly. What caught his attention was that the ground of this passage was red, and it was completely different from the cracked road that connected to it.

  Like two different worlds.

  Su Ming looked ahead at the red on the floor of the passageway, his gaze flashing imperceptibly for a moment before he walked forward, but just as his foot stepped onto this patch of red ground for the first time.

  "You...... finally...... came......"

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