Chapter 316 The Road to the Underground

early morning.

Du E yawned and opened the door.

There were no familiar statues or tables in the open space in the center of the village. This was expected. The worship of gods in the morning of the previous two days was just a reward for surviving the pale ghost.

A slightly fishy aroma rushed into Du E's nostrils, making her stomach rumble.

Several family members who got up early have already started cooking wild vegetable and meat soup. Du E has long been tired of eating this stuff, but in Wuzang Village it is the only reliable way to fill her stomach, and she cannot survive without it.

What surprised her was...

Old Tang and a few other elderly people did not hide in the room as they did in the past. Instead, they sat happily outside the house, watching everyone busying around and enjoying the fresh morning air.

It seems that these old people have attitudes.

Because of the performance of the family members in the past few days, things have changed. They no longer regard them as dirty people who need to be avoided, but as a group of reliable successors who may change the status quo.

Du E looked behind her and saw Wu Xian still sleeping like a dead pig, so she walked to her coffin alone, lay on it and seemed to be whispering to the thing in the coffin.

……

"One night has passed."

"I think everyone has new ideas about that big pit."

Wu Xian started a combat meeting while drinking the broth: "We'd better resolve the matter before noon, so let's discuss it while we eat."

Du E couldn't take her eyes off Wu Xian's strange hairstyle.

Wu Xian's slightly curly hair was originally quite handsome, but after arriving in Fudi, he hadn't taken care of it for several days and it had already become like a chicken coop.

Jian Lingyu rolled her eyes in annoyance: "You are the last one to get up among us, and you still have the nerve to say don't waste time."

Wu Xian smiled and said, "I got up late because I spent a lot of time thinking last night."

Wen Chao ended the meaningless topic.

They were at a loss as to what to do with the pit last night, but after a night of thinking, everyone more or less had new ideas.

"We don't know how deep the pit is, what's inside it, and our transportation capacity is limited, so it's impossible to clear the pit in one morning using normal methods."

"My suggestion is to use fire and use wind abilities to replenish oxygen, so that the fire can quickly burn everything inside, including the monsters!"

Su Xuan also made a suggestion: "As for how to get down... I suggest using Li Juxian's fishing rod. The fishing line of that fishing rod is very long, and it can reduce the weight of the tied objects. The fishing rod can easily send everyone and the coffin jar down."

Combine the suggestions of Wen Chao and Su Xuan.

It is already very complete, and all the problems everyone encountered last night have been solved.

Jian Lingyu originally wanted to say that she could prepare medicine to repel insects, but now it seems that it is no longer necessary.

Other people's suggestions are similar.

If nothing goes wrong, this is what we will do this morning.

But Wu Xian shook his head.

"That's what I thought at first, but before I fell asleep, I suddenly felt that it was not appropriate to do so."

Wen Chao asked curiously, "Why is it inappropriate?"

Wu Xian drank the last mouthful of broth, put down the pottery bowl and began to explain to everyone.

"Today at noon, people from the Undead City will come out from underground, beating gongs and drums to carry away the coffins and urns below."

"I don't know why they did this, but it's clear that their actions have an internal logic. Just like when they carried the coffin to the Wuzhai Village, this was part of some kind of ritual..."

"Since it's a ceremony, everything must be normal before it can proceed."

"What do you think? If this group of people came and saw that everything was burned, and there were some obviously unreasonable coffins and urns placed in the burned site... would they still carry the coffins away? Or even, would they open the coffins and fight with the people who destroyed the ceremony?" As soon as Wu Xian finished speaking, everyone's faces changed suddenly. This was indeed a problem.

Wei Hengbo couldn't help but question Wu Xian.

"You mean to say that we have to go down into the underground with the coffin and the urn, but we can't destroy anything and must keep it as if nothing has happened?"

"How is this possible?"

Wu Xian smiled.

"No, it's entirely possible!"

"Do you remember what happened when we killed the water ghost in the well?"

Jian Lingyu suddenly had an idea: "At that time, I poisoned the well, and the things in the pit reacted. What you mean is..."

Wu Xian smiled and nodded: "That's right. Since your poison can poison the things in the big pit, it means that this well is connected to the big pit. We can go directly down from this well and reach the underground without touching anything in the big pit!"

Du E clapped her hands and gave Wu Xian a thumbs up: "Besides, there is a lot of water in the well. You won't get hurt if you jump in directly. You won't get broken if you throw the coffin and jar in..."

"Yes!" Wu Xian stood up and walked to the well, "Maybe this is the right way."

Last night Wu Xian also came up with the same plan as Wen Chao.

But there was a hurdle in this plan that could not be circumvented. If they wanted to lower the coffin steadily, they could only rely on Li Juxian's fishing rod.

Although there are many dangers in the blessed land, there are very few difficulties that can only be overcome by relying on specific abilities of worshiping gods.

If they didn't get Jiang Taigong's fishing rod, would they be trapped here and die?

So Wu Xiancai started thinking about other ways.

If Aunt Miao had been buried in the right way, she might have directly told others what she saw in the well. Unfortunately, what was missed is missed.

The crowd discussed some more details.

Just make the plan.

In order to ensure that the plan goes smoothly, someone needs to go down and test the bottom first, and only after ensuring it is safe can everyone go into the water.

The candidate for bottom exploration was quickly decided.

Jiang Chun can't swim, Wei Hengbo is too heavy, and Li Juxian has to act as a human elevator...

therefore.

The final decision was to let Wu Xian, Su Xuan and Wei Qinglan go down first to explore the bottom.

Others waited on shore.

Wei Hengbo was extremely reluctant to let his sister take the risk, and only agreed reluctantly after being scolded by Wei Qinglan. Then he kept staring at Wu Su and the others with a look that said, "I'll never forgive you if anything happens to my sister," which left them speechless.

After everyone had eaten and drunk, the old men and women also finished their meal.

Before going down to the bottom of the well, there is one more thing that must be done.

Jiang Chun brought the remaining broth to the cemetery where Mr. Li was buried yesterday, and placed the broth in front of the grave. This was what Wu Xian had promised Mr. Li yesterday, and of course he had to fulfill it.

Wait until Jiang Chun leaves.

The hot aroma of the broth began to spiral upward. As the heat dissipated, the broth in the pot quickly cooled down. If someone stirred it, they would find that the meat in the pot had already become as loose as sawdust...

After a while.

Next to the grave, a satisfied cry came out of nowhere...

(End of this chapter)