C52 (1/2)

I looked on dumbfoundedly as two figures walked in. Elder Li's back was straight as he stood there, effortlessly supporting Song Ping, whose face was covered in sweat and his white hair was trembling.

I started.

”Elder Li!” ”Captain!” I called.

”Ai!” Song Ping immediately responded, he reacted and shouted: ”Left side?!”

”Why did you come in?” Seeing the cloth shoes on Song Ping's feet covered with a layer of red, I shouted, ”Come over here! It's fine!”

Song Ping was placed on the ground by Elder Li. The old Beijing cloth shoes on his feet had already been bitten off. Fortunately, the socks inside were thick enough. Elder Li had worn a pair of old leather shoes for who knows how many years. Some of the leather shoes had been torn off, but the inside was still intact.

Song Ping took in a deep breath. I turned around to look at Elder Li. His face was full of shame, but I didn't know why he had such an expression. ”Do you still remember the method I used to differentiate the maze?” ”Yes.” I was wrong. ”

”Huh?”

It turned out that the direction of the mural depicted a fork to the right, so Elder Li subconsciously took a right, but he forgot that it was the opposite.

Looking from the bottom up, the entrance was naturally to his right, but he had forgotten that the direction was not the same. If one were to look at the frescoes, the correct direction would be to the left.

This was also a result of looking at the long-term effects left behind by Tuo Ben. Looking at Elder Li's sighing face, I didn't know what to say.

”So, this is a dead end.” Elder Li looked at the door behind him and exclaimed.

Elder Li's observation was very meticulous. He immediately pounced towards the door, causing the word ”die”, which I had pushed away, to appear on it.

I reminded him that the whole wall was covered with small words. When he saw them clearly and kept praising them for their supernatural work, he squatted down and changed the gauze on Song Ping's hand. It was probably due to him using too much force while climbing the gauze was soaked in blood.

He straightened his back a little and let out another wail. I immediately felt that something was wrong, so I turned around. The back of his neck was cut open, all the way to his back. His body armor was also ripped open, but fortunately, his sweater wasn't damaged.

”How did this happen?” I was scared half to death by that thin layer, and I suddenly thought of skinning. As he served him iodine, he was trembling with fear.

There was still some rust on the wound. When the iodine touched the wound, Song Ping shuddered and took a deep breath, ”Elder Li realized that you walked in the wrong direction, and there's only death in here. We tried to find a way in, and as I climbed the wall I heard a roar and a gash in my back. ”

”Split?” I wondered in my heart, but I did not know what to question, but I faintly felt that this wound was not like something I had cut myself, it was truly a little strange, I could not see even a scratch, but Song Ping did not need to say that he was panicking, so if he did not get it, or if he did have something, he did not know.

I laughed at myself. What is it? A ghost? ”Chi!”

Perhaps Song Ping was so unlucky. Elder Li turned around and said, ”Let's go in.”

”No,” I told him what I'd observed, especially the black water. Elder Li had also seen the painting on the wall. It wasn't as heart-wrenching as mine, he was just interested in the slow flow of the black water. For the time being, Song Ping can't climb over the wall anymore. If I'm not careful, I think that his hand would be crippled, but I also don't want to go in. The three of us are all here, and there's nothing that can stop us from going back the way we came. Why are you so distracted by the uncertainty behind the door?

”Didn't you want to go see the Divine Clubhouse? Why waste your time here?”

Glimmers danced in Elder Li's eyes as he sighed, ”No, no. This way is fine. I just want to take a look …” He insisted on going in. ”You guys go back first. I'm already so old. There's no harm in taking a look …”

I was about to say something else, when Elder Li walked to the door and peered behind it.

Just as I was about to continue persuading him, Song Ping suddenly tugged on my pants leg. When he saw me looking at him, he turned his face to the side.

I sat down beside him. He leaned close to my ear and whispered, ”Elder Li …”

”Hmm? What's wrong with me? ” Elder Li's ears twitched. He actually turned around and smiled at us.

This old man's ears were truly sharp.

Song Ping's face instantly turned pale, ”The back of Elder Li's ears, do you know?” His eyes sparkled as he looked at Elder Li and said, ”I wanted to say it from the start. Elder Li's back is bent, but you're not bent at all. Elder Li's left foot is slightly turned outwards, but you're walking normally …” His gaze swept over me like lightning. ”I don't think he is Elder Li at all.”

”How clever!” Elder Li's voice suddenly changed as he slowly straightened his bent waist. He swept his eyes over us as he smiled and said, ”I really am not.” ”You brat, you're not as stupid as what idiot Li says you are.”

Song Ping's face instantly paled. Just as he was about to stand up on one hand, he bellowed, ”Where's Elder Li?” Old Song? ” I couldn't help but ask.