Chapter 130: Run for Your Life

I struggled to climb up through the crack, and because my back was facing the stone door, I could not see what was happening behind it.

After standing up, I realized that the jump just now had been too forceful, leaving some abrasions on my body, but I had no time to care about the pain and was about to urge Su Rou and Ling Ruyue to run.

But Su Rou was still lying on the ground, looking somewhat dazed.

I grabbed Su Rou and shouted, “Stop spacing out, run!”

Su Rou handed the oil lamp to me and said somewhat blankly, “Third Brother, look, the stone door is cracking. I actually thought about fighting it just now.”

I took the oil lamp, and Ling Ruyue also came over.

The light from the oil lamp originally could not reach the bottom of this tomb chamber, but the stone door was extremely large, so the lamp could barely illuminate it, and I clearly saw that cracks had actually appeared on the stone door.

Ling Ruyue and I both drew in a cold breath.

We did not know what kind of monster was behind that stone door, but we knew that such a huge stone door would not hold for long.

Although I was a little Daoist, although I had encountered many strange and supernatural things since childhood, and although my perception of the world was already different from ordinary people, that did not mean my imagination was limitless. In other words, not everything was something I could accept.

Clearly, the thing behind that stone door had exceeded my imagination, exceeded my understanding of the world, and even exceeded my ability to accept it.

But no matter what, the fact was right in front of me, leaving no room for denial. I grabbed Su Rou, who was still a bit dazed, and said, “Run!”

A huge fear can cause a blank in a person’s reactions, and Su Rou was exactly like that. Only after I dragged him forward for two steps did he react and curse loudly, “Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!”

I no longer had the energy to vent through cursing. While pulling Ling Ruyue forward in a frantic run, I asked, “Ruyue, how did you know that big snake was dead?”

“Because as a poison creature, Fei Fei did not show any unease or sense of facing a great enemy.”

“So that means that creature is not some poison type thing either?”

“I do not know. If you want to go back and take a look.”

“I would rather never know in this lifetime!” I replied while running hard, because the tomb passage itself sloped slightly upward. It did not feel hard when going down, but running up was extremely exhausting.

“T..Third Brother.. you told me to trust.. trust you.. where is Jiang.. Jiang Ye?” Su Rou was very fat and struggled to run, so he could not help complaining.

Faced with his question, I fell silent. My instincts had always been accurate, so why had they failed this time? Not only had I failed to find my Master, I had also encountered such a terrifying monster. I did not know how to explain it to Su Rou, so I chose silence.

At the same time, a huge unease rose in my heart. It was a contradictory and confused feeling. On one hand, I felt my intuition had failed. On the other hand, I felt I should trust myself. If I trusted myself, then my Master and the others should still be in that chamber, then...

I suddenly had the urge to turn back and run. That urge was so strong that I almost acted on it immediately, and even my running steps began to slow.

But at that moment, Su Rou shouted, “Well... well... that’s true! You kid... you can’t always be right... you’re not a god... there are times when it fails!”

Su Rou was trying to preserve my dignity as his brother, but to me it was like a thunderclap. Yes, it seemed I had been wrong several times already. My intuition had not worked at all and had even pointed in the wrong direction. At certain times, I should resist my own instincts.

I gritted my teeth and forced myself not to imagine that something had happened to my Master, but the more I tried not to think about it, the more vivid those scenes became in my mind. I seemed to see my Master covered in blood, barely holding on. I seemed to see Hui Jue old monk in a miserable state, lying helplessly on the ground.

It felt like a thousand ants crawling in my heart, and I almost wanted to turn back and run according to my instincts.

“Fate cannot be changed, but luck rises and falls. When you encounter low fortune, even small things can trigger a chain reaction. At such times, behavior and energy field become crucial, and the key is to get out of the low fortune period as quickly as possible.”

“Behavior and energy field?”

“It means your own strong inner heart. You fight with your own heart. If you defeat it once, it becomes stronger once. In other words, you do not follow panic, you do not indulge your anger. You always believe, you always stay optimistic. With a strong inner heart, you naturally gain firm actions and a positive energy field. Then the surrounding bad fortune is like a breeze passing over a mountain ridge. Let it be strong, the breeze still passes over the mountain ridge.”

At that moment, I suddenly thought of a conversation I once had with my Master about fate, perhaps because I subconsciously felt it fit my current situation.

Defeat it once, it becomes stronger once. Optimism, belief.

Yes, my Master would not be in trouble. Why should I doubt it? I believed my Master was fine.

In an instant, I felt my whole body relax, as if the gray fog that had been entangling me had suddenly dispersed.

My steps no longer hesitated, and I should also accept Su Rou’s view that there are times when intuition fails. I should not hesitate in the face of that.

Why should I rely on my own ability so much? Any ability can only be relied upon, not depended on. That was it.

We continued running at different paces, and behind us the sound of continuous boom boom boom impacts on the stone door never stopped, shaking the entire passage. My heart felt like it was stretched tight, afraid of hearing that terrifying cracking sound.

What had originally taken us about twenty minutes to walk through the passage, we now ran in less than ten minutes, reaching the fork in the road. But the closer we got, the more uneasy I felt as I remembered that terrifying laughter.

Yet at this moment, my mentality was better than ever before. I forced myself to suppress my unease and fight with myself again, refusing to retreat and letting instinctive fear control my actions.

At least ahead of us, there was still an exit back to the surface.

The fork in the road drew closer and closer, and we finally rushed out along the slanted passage. The sound of impacts behind us also grew fainter due to distance.

A trace of relief finally appeared on my face. I decided not to be curious about anything anymore. I would take Su Rou and Ling Ruyue straight back. That was the most rational choice, minimizing curiosity as much as possible.

As I was thinking this, my steps did not stop, but I suddenly collided with something.

I looked up, and a familiar bearded face appeared before my eyes. He was holding his shoulder, slightly staggering, his expression both helpless and somewhat angry.

“It seems Jiang Master and Ling Master were right to have me wait for you here,” the bearded man finally steadied himself and said.

I shouted in surprise, “Xueman Auntie, why are you here?”

“Xueman Auntie my ass. Call me Uncle Hu. I am here to catch you and send you back!” Hu Xueman’s face was full of anger as he grabbed Ling Ruyue.

Ling Ruyue stuck out her tongue, and Su Rou and I smiled helplessly.

Just as I was about to ask how my Master and Ling Qing grandmother knew we had come here, a massive vibration suddenly echoed through the entire tomb.

There was a loud rumble as something shattered. Before we could even react, a huge roar echoed through the chamber.

In contrast, a series of eerie, sinister laughter followed from the corner passage.

Hu Xueman’s expression instantly turned extremely ugly as he could not help shouting, “Damn it!”

At the same time, Ling Ruyue pointed at the passage behind us with her innocent expression and said softly, “We have caused a big problem. Something has come out, and we do not know what it is.”

Hu Xueman took a deep breath and stared at us in fury, then helplessly shook his head.