Star Trace Gate

Chapter 650: Road Trouble

In Gutan Sect, outside Tianfeng Forest, as soon as Ren Ye and others entered the door, they were surrounded by more than thirty people with magical powers and blocked at the entrance of the arch bridge.

With such a start, even the owner of the park himself would have some sweat on his forehead.

He looked at the group of supernatural masters wearing flying crane robes, and immediately clasped his fists and pretended to be terrified and said, "May I ask... May I ask what the Taoist priest just said, what exactly did he mean?"

"Still pretending?! If you hadn't stolen the pass, how would you have been qualified to enter the secret realm of Gutan Sect?" The leading young Taoist looked at Ren Ye and the others with disgust: "Stop talking nonsense, and immediately stop all your supernatural powers, otherwise don't blame us for being rude."

"What's the reason for this? We bought the pass at the Divine Power Market in the base city." Ren also showed a very aggrieved expression: "Is there any misunderstanding here?"

The leading young Taoist frowned slightly and said in a cold voice: "Whether it was bought or not, you don't need to tell us yourself, we will check. Brothers, take them into the bunker."

At his command, the thirty or so people with supernatural powers displayed mysterious movements and stepped forward with stern expressions.

"Don't use supernatural powers, otherwise if someone misunderstanding happens and someone dies, don't blame us for not warning you in advance."

"You big fool, take off your black robe and hat and show your face."

"Who are you calling a fool?!" A Pu raised his eyebrows.

"I'm calling you. Do you have any objections?" The Taoist priest spoke rudely, not hiding the disgust and hostility in his eyes.

Ah Pu listened to Ren Ye's voice transmission and immediately swallowed his anger and said, "Okay, you have more people, whatever you say is what counts."

"...!"

Just like that, Ren Ye and the other four, escorted by a group of Taoist priests, walked into the Tianfeng Forest under the moonlight.

After entering the forest, a cool breeze blew on their faces. The five people looked forward and saw a huge ancient tomb appearing in front of them like a small hill.

A monument was erected in front of the grave, more than ten meters high and four or five meters wide, with eight large characters inscribed on it - A lonely grave in the wilderness, which will be dug up when fate allows.

Behind the tombstone is a wide gray stone door, faintly emitting a mysterious aura.

The leading young Taoist priest stepped to the tomb door and waved his hand: "Open!"

The pass token on his waist emitted a cool light, and everyone heard a grinding sound from the gray tomb door, which then slowly opened.

When Tang Feng saw this scene, he immediately curled his lips and whispered, "What bad luck. Living in a graveyard circle right after I came in, it makes me feel uncomfortable all over."

Ren ignored him and just carefully felt the entrance guide in his arms.

He discovered that after he entered the secret realm of Gutan Sect, he could no longer store the pass into his consciousness and could only carry it with him. It formed a subtle connection with him, as if they were bound to each other.

"Hmm... I guess only if I die can this pass be severed from me and be obtained or used by other players."

Ren Ye frowned and muttered to himself: "If this is the case, then the Wanxiang Sect is indeed in a hurry."

"Come on!"

The Taoist priest next to him saw that the tomb door was open and urged in a bad tone.

In this way, everyone entered through the tomb door, and under the guidance of a group of Taoists, they followed the dark bluestone steps, went down from the tomb, and came to a stone chamber nearly 50 meters underground.

This stone chamber is very spacious, approximately one thousand square meters, and can easily accommodate more than a hundred people.

The stone chamber was quite empty, with almost no decorations or furnishings except for the lamps on the walls. It was also quite cold underground, just like a burial chamber in a large tomb.

However, there were four people standing next to the wall on the left.

They stood in a row like elementary school students, looking around with a little fear in their eyes.

"Stand over there and wait for Senior Brother Gao Gong to ask you questions."

The leading young Taoist priest greeted Ren Ye and others in a cold tone.

"well."

Ren also nodded and responded, then walked towards the four supernatural masters on the left with his beloved concubine and others.

The lights flickered and the stone chamber was dim. When the two sides met, they both showed expressions of "You have been bullied too", and then received affirmative looks.

Just like this, nine people stood in a row, just like prisoners in a labor camp meeting.

"Brothers, what's going on? Why do those Taoists treat us like this?" A sturdy man whispered to Ren Ye and the others, "Damn it, we just came in and we were surrounded. And without saying a word, they asked us to hide our supernatural powers and asked us if we stole the pass. Damn it, isn't this bullying?"

Ren Ye glanced at him and said personally: "We don't know either, but our experience is similar to yours. When I came in just now, I listened to the rules of the Star Gate... It seems that this place is monopolized by this group of Taoists."

"Fuck! All the Taoists in the world deserve to die." The sturdy man cursed with gritted teeth.

"What do you mean?" Ren Ye asked.

The sturdy man's face turned pale, and he said indignantly, "Yesterday, just as we were about to leave the Star Gate of Qifeng Mountain, the migration site, we met a fat Taoist priest in a yellow robe in the downtown area. He sold SSS+ pass at a low price, and he praised it very much. He said that the secret realm of Gutan Sect has profound opportunities, a god-level source of enlightenment, and focuses on the confrontation between order and chaos... There are also famous and upright people in the order camp leading the team, and the number of people entering is as many as 150."

"When I heard this, I realized that this was the Star Gate prepared for us. Four of my brothers died in the Three Ghosts Cave Secret Realm in the Seven Peaks Mountain, and they were all killed by the Chaos Faction. I was just worried about where to take revenge, and then I came across a Star Gate that emphasizes the confrontation between factions, and there is also a famous and upright leader, so I bought four passes without thinking and brought these three brothers in."

"But who would have thought that this place would be in such a state? We were controlled as soon as we entered."

"Damn it, that fat Taoist priest... really deserves to die!"

"How much star power did you spend to buy it?" Ren Ye asked in a voice transmission.

"30,000 Star Sources and one Pass," the sturdy man replied, "four 120,000."

"No, brother, when you bought the pass to the secret realm, why didn't you inquire about the situation here in advance?" Ren asked in confusion.

The sturdy man glared and replied anxiously: "I asked around. I specifically asked a merchant with magical powers in the downtown area. He said... the situation described by the fat man was pretty much the same, so I believed it."

Ren Ye was speechless after hearing this. After thinking about it carefully, he thought to himself, "That's right. What the fat guy described is indeed correct."

The most clever scam is often to not fabricate the real situation but only change the speed and context of speech.

"Brother, how much star power did you spend to buy it?" asked the burly man.

"Sixty thousand each, and it was also sold by Fatty." Ren Ye gritted his teeth and said, "Fatty deserves to die!"

When the sturdy man heard this, he immediately felt more balanced and clasped his fists to comfort him: "Brother, since we are here, let's make the best of it. We are all in the Order camp, and I guess these Taoists are also trying to distinguish between friends and foes, so they won't go too far."

"My name is Zhu Zigui. May I ask your name, brother?" Ren Ye asked.

"My name is Yang Kaizhi," the sturdy man said in a muffled voice, "but my friends like to call me Chun Ge."

Ren was also in awe: "What a good name."

"Damn it, that fat guy also did a fortune-telling for me for free, saying that I will have a great opportunity in this star gate." Chun Ge looked around and at the group of Taoist priests with unfriendly faces, and cursed: "I am blind and can't see where my opportunity is."

……

In the bunker, in a long and narrow corridor, the handsome young Taoist priest, after receiving the report, led a large group of people to the stone chamber where the tomb was located.

He walked on the cold bluestone floor with his hands behind his back, his face extremely gloomy.

This person's name is Zhang Linghuo. He is a senior disciple among the third generation of disciples of Wanxiang Sect. He is qualified to carry two magical instruments, namely, the embroidered double cranes on his back, the Wanxiang whisk, and the Tianfeng wooden sword.

In the Wanxiang Sect, Taoists with mediocre talents are called disciples, and above them are called professional Taoists. Disciples with higher talents and deeper understanding are called high-level masters.

However, in the entire Wanxiang Sect, there are only a handful of people who can be promoted to high-level magicians from the status of third-grade supernatural powers.

Zhang Linghuo is so young, yet he can carry two embroidered cranes on his back and is respected as a magician. This is enough to show his potential.

But he was not the leader of Wanxiangmen in this secret realm, he could only be regarded as one of the prestigious managers, and the one who really led the entire Wanxiangmen Taoist priests was called Wang Changfeng. The other party was the fourth-rank chief disciple of Wanxiangmen, his status was definitely higher than that of a high-level magician, and in terms of seniority, he could be regarded as Zhang Linghuo's uncle.

Wang Changfeng is also the commander of this star gate, but he is not in the bunker at this time, and has gone to the "front line" to observe.

To be honest, Wanxiang Sect had been very unlucky these past few days. The night before Ren Ye and his men got the pass, Wang Changfeng launched an attack on Gutan Sect, killing 19 Taoists in the sect, but gained nothing.

After the death of the 19 Taoists, the pass was obtained by other Taoists and then sent back to the Wanxiang Sect headquarters by the messenger. However, unexpectedly, the pass was intercepted by Master Chu, Ren Ye and others as soon as it was sent back.

The person died, and all 19 pass coins were lost... In this situation, anyone would not be in a good mood if they heard a newcomer coming in with a blood-stained pass.

In the dark corridor, a Taoist priest frowned and said to Zhang Linghuo, "Junior brother, how are you going to treat these nine people who just came in?"

“Once a person with supernatural powers enters Gutan Sect with a pass, the two people’s consciousness will be connected. As long as the person is alive, the pass will be permanently bound to him.” Zhang Linghuo frowned and said in a cold voice, “The 19 passes must have been distributed. In other words, even though we are at such a disadvantage, 19 places have been occupied!”

"The most important thing is that Master Changfeng and I agree that the robbery of the pass was by no means an accident. It is possible that someone was bribed by the chaos and deliberately distributed the pass, so as to plant spies and take up our quota."

"Don't forget, the other side is the prisoner of victory. If these people suddenly surrender to the enemy, all efforts will be in vain."

Zhang Linghuo said in a cold voice: "This battle is a battle for us to recover our sect. In my opinion... extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures."

"What is an extraordinary measure?" asked the Taoist priest.

"Kill them all, wash out the pass again, and send it out again."

His extremely cold voice echoed for a long time in the dark corridor.

……

Gutan City.

"Shuashua...!"

Several figures teleported in from outside the city, and after asking around, they headed towards Tannan.