Star Trace Gate

In a very empty square room in the underground palace, Ren Ye and four others were carefully looking at the colored pottery figurines.

It was about seven or eight feet tall, and its shape after baking was no different from that of an ordinary person, with a head, limbs, fingers, toes, and so on.

The only difference is that it has no face, and its head is very smooth, like a ball, with no complicated carving techniques at all.

The entire body of this terracotta figurine seems to be painted with unknown pigments, emitting colorful light. It looks very beautiful, but if you just stare at it for a while, you will feel your hair stand on end and your whole body uncomfortable.

The terracotta figurine stands close to the north wall, with a round bluestone base under its feet.

In addition to the colorful pottery figurines in the room, the four walls are also engraved with various complex ancient witchcraft characters and murals.

None of the four people sitting there knew ancient Wu characters, which made them illiterate. However, the contents on the murals were easier to understand.

Everyone scanned it carefully and found that the mural depicted the scene of the "large army" going out to war. In addition to the huge number of soldiers, there were also two leaders.

One is a blurry figure with his back to the sun, moon, mountains and rivers, facing all living beings, wearing a dragon robe, holding a seal in one hand and a sword in the other.

Ren Ye took a look and roughly guessed that this should be his former ancestor, the Human Emperor.

Next to him was a person wearing a black robe, a crown, and holding a scepter. However, his face was blurry, and it was hard to tell whether he was a man or a woman. Moreover, if you stare at him for a while, your eyes will ache.

Is this why gods cannot be looked at directly?

"I feel like this house has special effects." After turning the poison wine pot around, he spoke first.

"Why do you say that?" The Flower Fairy looked at him.

"This pottery figurine has an unusual shape and looks very strange, like an ominous object. There is no sundry items in this room, and it has no apparent function at all." Poison Wine Pot analyzed seriously, "You know, digging a mountain tunnel is very difficult, time-consuming and labor-intensive, so the space must be fully utilized. You wouldn't dig out such a useless room just to place a pottery figurine."

"You mean, there might be some kind of mechanism or formation set up here?" Ren Ye asked tentatively.

"That's right." The Poison Wine Pot nodded slightly: "I know a little about Feng Shui, and I feel that this place is extremely yin, so it is more like a corner of some kind of formation. And this pottery figurine may be one of the core of the formation."

"If that's the case, we still need to be extremely careful, so as not to touch the center of the formation and cause disaster." Ren also thought for a while: "However, this pottery figurine is something we must take away, and someone must try it no matter what. So, in order to avoid annihilation, I think everyone should draw a willow branch to select one person for the experiment. To be fair, I will be the last one to draw..."

"Pulling willow branches again?!" When Baihuaxian heard this, she knew that Ren was not holding back and was going to do something behind the scenes again, so she asked in shock, "But where can we find willow branches in this mountain..."

"No need to tell me, I brought it." Ren Ye smiled slightly: "Considering that everyone may have different opinions during the work, I brought the willow branches in advance for the sake of fairness."

Poison Wine Pot was stunned for a long time, then gnashed his teeth and said admiringly: "The team leader is in charge of the work, all thanks to these willow branches, it's really eye-opening."

"Do you want to smoke?" Ren Ye asked with a smile.

"I am not well-educated and cannot beat you." The poison wine pot said sarcastically.

"Let me do it." Gui Tou Dao suddenly said, "Let me try to move it."

When the other three heard this, they immediately stood in awe.

Poison Wine Pot immediately extended his hand and said, "Brother Gui Toudao, you are so brave and righteous, so... please come in!"

"I admire you so much." The Fairy of Flowers also clasped his fists and praised.

Unexpectedly, Gui Tou Dao glanced at the three people and said very truthfully: "It's not that I am brave, but since the leader is in charge of the draw, I will definitely draw the shortest one. Instead of wasting time pretending, it's better to just go for it."

This is heartbreaking to say, and it also means that the ghost-headed knife may have been broken through long ago.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, brother." Ren Ye clasped his fists and said, "The three of us will help you with the battle."

After saying this, the three of them ran out of the small room without hesitation and hid behind cover, with an expression that said "please start your show".

They all ran faster than rabbits in the raid.

But that's human nature. Once you're in trouble or lose power, not only people, but even dogs on the side of the road will dare to rush up and kick you.

Gui Tou Dao stood in the room, first mobilizing all the star power in his body, ready to defend at any time, and then walked to the side of the terracotta figurine with great vigilance.

Outside, the three of them concentrated and held their breath, observing carefully.

I saw Guitoudao slowly raising his arms, frowning and hugging the waist of the terracotta figurine with both hands, then slowly pulling upwards.

"Ong!"

There was a flash of brilliant light, and Guitoudao had already used his personal magical powers to enhance his strength when pulling out the terracotta figurine.

But in just a moment, his face turned red and his arms began to shake.

Poison Wine Pot was a little surprised when he saw this scene: "It seems that this pottery figurine is extremely heavy. The ghost-head knife couldn't lift it easily even with the magic power."

"Yeah, it's much heavier than I thought." Ren nodded slightly: "In this case, it will be very difficult for us to take it out."

"Don't make noise, lift it up." Baihuaxian reminded.

The two fell silent upon hearing this and observed attentively again.

"Crack!"

There was a crisp sound of a spring turning, and the bluestone base bounced slightly to the height of half a finger, and the terracotta figurine also began to shake.

The ghost-head knife lived up to everyone's expectations and actually slowly pulled the terracotta figurine up.

"what!!!"

Guitoudao roared, hugged the terracotta figurine with both arms and was about to move it to the ground.

"Ong!"

Just as the terracotta figurine was about to fall to the ground, the colorful lights on its body suddenly became brighter and flashed across the entire room.

The light flashed and disappeared...

Guitou Dao, who was holding the terracotta figurine, didn't know if it was his illusion or his eyes were blurry. In short, he felt that he saw the colorful painting on the terracotta figurine flowing like ink.

Suddenly, he felt weak and dizzy.

"Oh!"

"Crack!"

Guitoudao's arms trembled wildly, and he instinctively put the terracotta figurine back on the bluestone base. Then he took two steps back and sat down on the ground with a thud.

"Is everything okay?"

"How are you?"

"...!"

After the three people outside saw that there was nothing wrong with the terracotta figurine, they rushed in and asked with great concern.

Gui Tou Dao sat on the ground, his clothes soaked with sweat, and he replied with a pale face: "I don't know what this pottery figurine is made of, it's really too heavy... I almost used my greatest strength to move it, but still failed."

"What about the light just now?" Ren Ye asked, "It didn't hurt you, did it?"

"Nothing, nothing."

Gui Tou Dao seemed too tired to speak: "The light just flashed for a moment and then disappeared. I didn't feel any discomfort."

"That's good." Ren nodded slightly, thinking that although we have a blood feud, you must not stay here, I still have something to ask of you.

Seeing that Ghost Head Knife was fine, Poison Wine Pot slowly stood up and said, "If that's the case, it would be difficult for one person to move the terracotta figurine. Otherwise, why don't the three of us try together?"

Baihuaxian thought for a moment and said, "Alright, maybe it will be easier if three of us work together."

"Come on, let's do it." Ren also agreed.

At this moment, Guitoudao collapsed on the ground and instinctively scratched his scalp with his hand.

He felt his scalp was a little itchy and very uncomfortable.

Next to the pottery figurine, Ren also looked at it carefully and frowned, "This thing is slippery and hard to move. There are three of us, two of us can lift its legs and one of us can hold its waist. It only takes a moment to move it down."

"Yes." After nodding, Poison Wine Pot bent down with the Flower Fairy, ready to exert force.

"hiss……!"

At this moment, Guitoudao suddenly took a breath, then raised his hands and scratched his head continuously.

Ren also heard the noise and turned to look at him: "What's wrong with you?"

"My scalp is itching unbearably, I can't stand it...!" Guitoudao stood up with a flutter, scratching with both hands much faster: "What's going on, it feels like something is growing in my brain...?!"

The three of them were stunned and immediately gave up moving the terracotta figurines and ran back.

"Why is your face so red?" Ren Ye frowned and looked at him: "Take your hands away for a moment, let me see your gorgeous hairstyle."

"It's too itchy...!" Gui Tou Dao gritted his teeth and endured it for a while: "Help me take a look."

As he spoke, he lowered his head and turned his head towards Ren Ye.

King Huai stretched out his hands, pulled apart his Sha Seng-like hairstyle, and then stood there in a daze with a look of horror.

The scalp in the center of Guitoudao's head had cracked, but there was no bleeding. Instead, a brown oval turtle-shaped object was exposed.

Under the turtle-shaped object is a round rhizome. When you reach out and touch it, you can feel the texture of a plant.

The most important thing is that the round rhizomes and turtle-shaped objects growing on the scalp are growing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and white liquid is flowing out from the bottom of the rhizomes, connecting the scalp and hair, which looks a bit disgusting.

This scene gave both Baihuaxian and Poison Wine Pot goose bumps and their scalps felt numb.

Ren also observed it carefully and blurted out: "Oh my God, why do you have a hook-shaped eight on your head?!"

"What is Gou Ba?" Gui Tou Dao asked in horror.

"Bullshit Gou Ba, I don't know what you are talking about." Poison Wine Pot exclaimed: "This is obviously a mushroom... or a Ganoderma lucidum? Why is there something like this growing on his head?!"

Before he could finish his words, white liquid suddenly flowed out from both sides of Guitoudao's scarlet cheeks.

Soon, two very small mushrooms "broke through the ground" on his face and were growing wildly.

When Ren Ye saw this scene, he almost vomited. He felt numb all over and instinctively took two steps back.

"Curse... This is a curse." The Poison Wine Pot judged very knowledgeably: "Mushrooms growing on the skin and flesh, this... This is a method that we cannot guess. This pottery figurine must be related to the existence in the Twenty-Four Tombs."

"what!!!"

"It's so itchy!" The cursed Onitoshi kept scratching his face and head, but the more he scratched, the faster the mushrooms grew.

At this moment, Gui Toudao heard Xingmen's reminder.

[You have been cursed by an unknown curse. You will die if you do it three times.]

……

In the secret realm of the witch ghost boy.

The big fat dragon also encountered a crisis of being defeated at the beginning, because he tried dozens of methods but failed to revive the snake dog.

No matter what he did, the snake-dog wouldn't get up, and its eyes showed no interest in anything around it.

The fat dragon squatted in the country courtyard, reaching out to stroke the snake dog, and said in a kind voice: "Brother Dog, to be honest, the money I have outside this secret realm is inexhaustible. As long as you are willing to help me, I swear to the sky that I will send people to this secret realm every day to provide you with meals, so that you can eat all the delicacies in the world and never have to starve again. If you are still not satisfied, I will order people to build a dog temple for you and worship you... and send people to worship you every month, so that you can enjoy the incense of the world..."

He began to make promises crazily and said all the nice things he could think of, but the snake and dog just whimpered and howled in hunger and ignored him completely.

"I swear, everything I said is true, absolutely true!" The fat dragon painted even harder: "If I tell a lie... God will strike me with five thunderbolts and I will die without a burial place."

For him, every word he said at this moment was the truth.

Because he now needs the help of the snake and dog, if the other party does not stand up, he cannot compete with the pig, and he naturally has no chance of winning.

Therefore, at this moment, the big fat dragon can really do it. In the future, he can have people build a temple for him, have people worship him and send him food.

Not far away, the Wuling ghost boy was playing with the wild boar. The two of them shared human milk, like a pair of real brothers.

Time passed by minute by minute, and there was less than a quarter of an hour left before the agreed departure time.

"Damn it... You don't want to eat this, and you don't want to eat that. It seems like you are forcing me to use my ultimate move." The fat dragon was so anxious that his eyes turned red. He looked at the snake dog with gritted teeth and said, "You are just hungry, and you just want to eat living things. Just watch!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the witch ghost child and the pig not far away stopped what they were doing and looked over with interest.

"brush!"

The fat dragon raised his hand and a dagger appeared in his palm.

At the same time, he lifted the hem of his shirt with his left hand, rolled up his trouser legs, and revealed the white fat at the base of his thighs.

"Pfft!"

He looked at the snake and dog, then stabbed himself in the leg with a knife, causing scarlet blood to flow out.

"flap!"

The snake dog on the ground suddenly became alert after seeing this scene and stood up abruptly.

"Stab!"

The fat dragon grasped the dagger and cut his leg hard. He actually cut off a piece of flesh from his leg and held it in the air with his bloody hand.

"Look, is my meat considered alive?!"