Chapter 167 - 158: Buried Together Alive; No Resting in Peace in the Earth
Xie Lian said in a low whisper, "...There's no way it can steal behind us and do something so major without us noticing."
Even if Xie Lian didn't believe in his own ability to observe, he believed in Hua Cheng's. Besides, to be real, when it came to gut instincts for danger, he trusted himself quite a bit. "Let's retrace our steps and see." Hua Cheng said.
The two walked side by side and returned the way they came, turning and rounding corners in the cave for a while before they came to a stop.
It wasn't that they voluntarily stopped, but rather, there was no more path to go on and were forced to stop. Even though that tunnel was winding and full of turns, it was still only just the one path, yet now before they even reached the starting point, there was a cold, hard stone wall that appeared out of nowhere!
The two never faltered. Xie Lian wondered, "Is this an illusion or is this real?"
A silver butterfly languidly flew over, and tapped lightly on that rugged stone wall. There was nothing out of place but it was bounded back. "It's real." Hua Cheng said.
Xie Lian nodded, "Then this is troublesome."
There were usually two types of demonic walls: the first type made one see an illusion, meaning one would think there was a wall when there wasn't, and was nothing but an illusion. This type was easy to get rid of; just touch it or give yourself a slap, pour a bucket of cold water to wake up then go up to touch it.
The second type muddled one's sense of direction and memories of the path. This type was a little more powerful. For example, at a fork in the road, when you thought you had chosen the left, in reality, your mind was confounded and you actually went right instead. And the so-called "The Devil's Turn Around in Circles" was but a small trick: when people step with their left and right feet, there was naturally a slight deviation between the steps, and inhuman creatures would confound your mind to widen this deviation. Thus, without knowing, when you thought you had been walking in a straight line, in reality you would've walked in a large circle, and once you've made a round back you would be puzzled: Eh? How did I end up back here again?!
However, to the two of them, both methods were but meager tricks. As for this cold stone wall before them, it was actually the third type: it was real.
Xie Lian was just thinking whether if he should brutishly punch through this wall to see what was behind it when he heard Hua Cheng speak up, "Gege, give me your hand."