Misguided practice of sinister cultivation techniques: Slander! The problem lies with you all, not me!

Chapter 792 422: The Gu Family's Secret Chamber—Scaring Themselves Senseless

I can only say that the Gu Family hid this place very well, even deeper than Lei Ying's trench.

Before us is a cavern that looks quite vast, with pavilions built inside, resembling an underground palace.

The ceiling, about ten zhang high, is dotted with fireflies.

These fireflies are unusually large, and the light they emit is not green but a ghostly blue, illuminating the dim surroundings.

I must say, this ghostly blue glow combined with the ancient-style architecture and the misty surroundings gives the illusion of stumbling into a ghostly land.

Especially those stone towers at the end of the corridor, they have an eerie feeling.

Because the corners of the house in front protrude like two cat ears, making these stone towers look as if they have come to life.

Lei Ying explained, "The layout of these stone towers is very similar to the Gu Family's ancestral hall."

It was Lei Ying's first time seeing such ear-like architecture, and she found it strange.

Little Yin couldn't help but mumble, "Is this the Gu Family's ancestral shrine?"

Lei Ying shook her head, "The ancestral shrine has always been above ground."

"Does the Gu Family have an ancestral shrine above ground and another underground?" Little Yin pondered.

To be honest, her offhand remark did have an underworld feel to it, which you could extend to the entire Gu Family.

For example, if the Gu Family has two branches, one above ground and one underground, the people above ground are living, and the people underground are ghosts...

At this moment, the corridor had reached its end.

Lei Ying pointed at a stone building and said, "I got as far as here."

"That room."

It was a two-story stone building, elongated in shape, with cat ear-like ornaments on the roof, and the doorway looked like a mouth.

In front of the stone house was a small pond, its water a deep green, with no way to tell its depth.

Here, you could see a wooden plaque hanging above the door, inscribed with the characters "Eternal Glory."

Duan Yun headed straight inside.

The layout of this stone house is rather peculiar, I must say.

From the outside, it looks quite solemn, very consistent with Lei Ying's description of an ancestral hall, yet it has two stories with seven rooms on each floor, resembling an inn.

Upon entering the main door, there is an upward staircase right in the center of the house, looking quite abrupt.

The three of them climbed the stairs and reached the second floor.

The rooms inside were pitch black.

Duan Yun activated the "Room Pupil Technique" to look inside, and the dark rooms became slightly brighter in his vision.

Inside, it was empty, not like someone was living there, but each room had some red and white candles, as if for worship.

Duan Yun withdrew his gaze from the room, and his "Prying Clouds and Seeing the Sun" state eyes suddenly fell on Little Yin, prompting an "Ah" of amazement.

Though Little Yin was young, she was actually very mature.

The next moment, Duan Yun had to "Ah" again because Lei Ying, so close by, was even bigger.

Seeing this, Little Yin couldn't help but ask, "Did you find something?"

Duan Yun shook his head, "No."

"If not, why did you 'Ah'?" Little Yin questioned.

"It's because there's nothing to 'Ah' about. Don't you feel that outside there's Gold Mountain and Silver Mountain, but it's too empty here?"

Saying so, Duan Yun continued to walk forward.

It was at this point that he realized there was more to this second floor of the stone building.

There was a backdoor in the middle room of the second floor, leading to a rope bridge.

The rope bridge connected to the other side, but due to the mist, the specifics of the opposite side couldn't be seen.

Indeed, even with Duan Yun's "Prying Clouds and Seeing the Sun," the misty scene was still unclear.

Duan Yun didn't hesitate much and walked straight into the depths of the mist along the rope bridge.

Little Yin and Lei Ying followed behind.

Little Yin stayed very close to Duan Yun because she worried the mist might be strange, making them lose sight of each other as they walked, which would be terrifying.

The rope bridge was very long, giving the illusion of never reaching the end while walking through the mist.

However, after the time of a burning incense stick, the rope bridge finally reached its end.

They seemed to have crossed a canyon-like space and arrived on the other side.

Here, one side was a stone wall, and the other a cliff, still lined with those ear-like stone houses.

Only here, the stone houses appeared older and more dilapidated, some even collapsed, with moss growing on the rooftops, resembling long-abandoned, fuzzy corpses.

The cliffside was bottomless, and the darkness even more intense.

Upon reaching here, one could even hear some noises.

Little Yin, slightly tense, said, "What sound is that?"

"The wind, what are you so nervous about?" Lei Ying said.

"Why does this wind sound like someone talking?" Little Yin glanced around.

The truth was, the wind did somewhat resemble someone's voice.

Lei Ying, with a look of disdain, said, "Wind passing through some cracks can make similar sounds. Really a lack of experience, just scaring yourself."

With that, Lei Ying strode past Little Yin.

Then, suddenly, a white shadow shot swiftly from below.

The white figure was enormous, alarmingly fast, appearing extremely abruptly.

Even Duan Yun didn't react immediately.

So he and Little Yin heard a bang, and Lei Ying was hit by the white figure, the entire body smashing into the mountain wall with a boom.

Seeing this, Little Yin screeched strangely and sprang to Duan Yun's side.

She had sharp eyes and had already seen that it was a white snake.

No, an exaggeratingly large white snake, almost dragon-like in size.

The white snake had scarlet eyes, like a pool of blood, which was intimidating.

After knocking Lei Ying away, it twisted its head and looked toward Duan Yun and Little Yin.

Without any pause, the snake's head swung, charging towards Duan Yun and Little Yin.

Its momentum forward was fierce, its speed extremely quick, yet in Duan Yun and Little Yin's eyes, there was an oddity.

Because usually, such an impact should be thunderous, like a rumbling dump truck, with a very fierce momentum.

However, when this giant snake head came crashing, there was no sound, giving an eerie feeling.

It was precisely because there was no sound that Lei Ying didn't react before being knocked away.

As she saw the terrifying snakehead approach rapidly, Little Yin's twin ponytails almost stood upright as she couldn't help but shout, "Duan Yun, save me!"

Yes, she had always disliked things like snakes and toads.

And when such things became larger, they turned into fear.

This fear actually made her so flustered and slow to respond at that moment!

"Hurt not my steed!"

Almost simultaneously, a massive Breaking Body Sword Qi Column burst forth, just in time to intercept the snakehead before it hit Little Yin.

The only thing that could be said about the giant snake's speed was that even the instinctively unleashed Breaking Body Sword Qi Column almost couldn't keep up with the rhythm, reducing Duan Yun from the intended "Hurt not my mount!" to "Hurt not my steed!"

With a bang, the serpent's skin was not only tough and smooth but also had a strange rhythm, so much so that seven-tenths of the Breaking Body Sword Qi Column's force was neutralized.

But after all, it was the Young Hero's Breaking Body Sword Qi Column, and even with only three parts of its force, it was still incredibly sharp.

The forward thrust of the snakehead slowed significantly, giving Little Yin time to accelerate, and the snakehead was also pierced, releasing foul-smelling blood.

At this point, Duan Yun noticed that the snake wore a red cap.

No, to be precise, atop the monstrous truck-sized snakehead, there was a building resembling a temple.

The little temple was blood-red, looking just like a red cap.

The white snake, hurt and bleeding, shook its head and withdrew into the abyss by the cliffside.

Duan Yun activated Sword Qi, only to see the snake, now in pain and having lashed its head back, disappear into the churning mist.

One could only say that this white snake was peculiar, not only enormous but possessing a mysterious, silent movement technique, much like a five-hundred-pound sow with the swiftness and stealth, which was rather sinister.

With the serpent driven back, Little Yin did not dare to relax, her nostrils slightly flaring as she said, "It's still around!"

Duan Yun exclaimed, drawing his Gold Sword, "I'm here if it flees!"

Now they finally understood what Lei Ying meant by unknown danger.

It wasn't some hidden expert in the Gu Family, but this snake instead.

However, what Gu Dile couldn't handle, this Young Hero will!

But as for Lei Ying, she might just be dead.

The hole where she was thrown into the rock face remained silent and still as a grave.

By now, Little Yin was nervously saying, "It's coming again!"