Urban Martial Saint

This stone corridor is different from the one they saw before. The previous stone corridor extended to both sides, and no one knew which direction was correct.

This stone corridor, however, extends straightforwardly, with only one direction. In other words, once inside this stone corridor, the group doesn’t have to make a choice and can simply move forward, which is much better than before.

”This stone corridor, could it have laughing gas?” Handsome Fatty Wang asked quietly. The fatty had already begun to hold his breath as much as possible, showing how much psychological trauma the laughing gas caused him earlier.

Upon hearing this, Nine-Fingers Wu Yong’s followers immediately stiffened. Everyone’s situation was similar to Handsome Fatty Wang’s, fearing they might encounter laughing gas again.

”This place...” Nine-Fingers Wu Yong furrowed his brows, staring around for a long while, and said in a low voice, ”It seems... it seems to be the location marked on your map.”

Ye Qing had actually noticed some traces, and upon hearing Wu Yong’s words, he immediately got excited and said in a deep voice, ”So it seems we’ve finally found the location.”

”Should be, right?” Wu Yong scratched his head, looking at the corner ahead, and said, ”After passing this corner, there should be a three-way intersection, let’s go over and see.”

After saying that, Wu Yong glanced around at everyone and said, ”Don’t be afraid, there’s no laughing gas here. This place should have already entered the location marked on the map, and the map didn’t mark any danger here. Just go straightforward without worries.”

This made everyone feel a bit reassured, and they walked forward along the path. As they passed the corner, it was indeed as Wu Yong said, they encountered a three-way intersection ahead, leading to three different directions.

”It’s really here!” Ye Qing was overjoyed, having finally found the location marked on the map. Now, even if he walked alone, he could find the place where Patriarch Bodhidharma entered Nirvana.

Wu Yong also let out a long breath, feeling very excited to have reached here. In his mind, like Ye Qing, he wanted to obtain Bodhidharma’s secret technique. Only, he planned to give the secret technique to the Wanyan Family, and wasn’t too concerned about dealing with the Corpse Ghost Dragon.

”According to the markings on the map, at this three-way intersection, we should choose the leftmost path!” Wu Yong said.

Handsome Fatty Wang looked at the other two exits and said curiously, ”What’s up with the other two paths? This place looks a bit like a maze, doesn’t it?”

”Once you’re here, there’s nothing to fear.” Wu Yong said, ”Besides the marked path, all other paths lead to the final exit!”

Ye Qing nodded. They had studied the map carefully before, and although the pathways on the map were intricate, other than the marked line, all paths lead to the final exit. So reaching this place, there’s really no danger, this is just a choice process. Whether one can reach the place where Bodhidharma entered Nirvana is up to one’s destiny.

”Then, why should I be scared of anything?” Handsome Fatty Wang swaggered into the leftmost channel: ”Let’s go, don’t waste time. Damn, we’ve been messing around in here for a dozen hours, right? I’m almost starving, let’s hurry up and finish, so we can go out and eat.”

Everyone didn’t hesitate and proceeded to walk into the passage. Ye Qing followed at the back, finally feeling more at ease here.

The passage was over two meters wide, and before Ye Qing got to the front, the person ahead suddenly stopped.

”Huh?” The person uttered a low sound, as if something strange had happened.

”What’s wrong?” Everyone looked at him, even Wu Yong behind was surprised and said, ”Why aren’t you going in?”

”Ninth Master, there’s... something wrong here.” The man tentatively extended a hand forward and said, ”There seems to be an invisible barrier here, I... I can’t get through.”

As he spoke, his hand indeed seemed to hit something, stopping at the entrance, unable to move forward, as if he had hit an invisible wall.

”No way?” Handsome Fatty Wang turned around and also tried probing. However, his hand encountered no obstacle and easily extended, without any hindrance.

”Look, see, there’s nothing wrong.” Handsome Fatty Wang proudly moved his hand back and forth from the entrance without any obstructions.

”This...” The man was even more puzzled, extending his hand again but still being blocked.

”Try changing positions.” Wu Yong suggested.

The man nodded, took a step to the side, changed position, and reached out again. Like before, he seemed to hit some barrier, his hand stopping half-way as if facing an invisible shield.

”Is it haunted?” The man exclaimed, trying several different positions, all yielding the same result; he couldn’t get through.

”Let me try.” Wu Yong came up from behind, reached out as well, and was able to move through effortlessly. Wu Yong stepped into the passage boldly without any hindrance.

”What... what’s happening here?” The man was dumbfounded, unable to comprehend the situation.

”Are you trying to trick us on purpose, you little punk?” Handsome Fatty Wang suddenly asked, his words immediately sparking support from the others. In this situation, everyone indeed suspected the man might be playing tricks on them.

”Why would I trick you?” The man said gloomily, ”I really can’t get in. This place is like a wall, blocking me outside.”

”You’re talking nonsense; how could there be such a thing?” Handsome Fatty Wang sneered, ”I think you’re being dishonest. Are you trying to fool us on purpose?”

”I’m really not fooling anyone.” The man was extremely frustrated, feeling on the verge of suffocation.

”Wait a minute.” Just then, Ye Qing, who was standing at the back, suddenly called out softly.

”What’s wrong?” Everyone turned to look at Ye Qing.

Ye Qing took a few steps back, looked up at the stone wall at the entrance of the Stone Corridor, and said in a deep voice, ”When you all came in earlier, did anyone notice this stone wall?”

Everyone exchanged glances, and Nine-Fingers Wu Yong asked, ”What’s happening?”

Ye Qing asked, ”Were there any words on this stone wall before?”

”Words? What words?” Nine-Fingers Wu Yong was the first to run out, and the others, also puzzled, ran over to look up at the top stone wall. But the stone wall was now empty, with not a single word on it!

”What words are you talking about?” Nine-Fingers Wu Yong asked curiously.

”There were words just now; how come they disappeared after you all came out?” Ye Qing frowned slightly and, after a moment of silence, suddenly looked at the man in front, ”Take one more step forward and try to enter that passage.”

The man nodded, stepped forward again, but was still blocked outside. And at the same time he was stopped, four large characters faintly appeared on the stone wall—Disobedience, No Entry!

”Look, they appeared again!” Ye Qing pointed at the stone wall excitedly, and everyone now saw the words, each with a shocked expression on their face.

Who could have imagined that this stone wall would actually reveal four large characters? What’s going on here? Why did the characters appear when the man tried to walk in? Is this implying something?

Everyone looked at each other, and Ye Qing looked at Nine-Fingers Wu Yong, saying in a deep voice, ”You should know about your subordinate’s situation, right? Do these four characters make sense?”

Nine-Fingers Wu Yong took a deep breath, nodded slowly, and said solemnly, ”He indeed is a bit disobedient, often hitting his parents at home...”

”That explains it!” Ye Qing pointed at the words on the stone wall, ”It seems these forks in the path aren’t so easy to enter. It’s not us choosing the path; the path chooses us. This fork won’t allow disobedient people to pass through. This entrance must have a mechanism to block disobedient people from entering!”

”Are there really such mechanisms?” Everyone was astonished, and the man was left dumbfounded, staring at the stone wall for a long time before suddenly cursing, ”Damn it, what the hell is this nonsense? Why do they care if I’m disobedient?”

Ye Qing ignored him, saying in a deep voice, ”It seems he can’t go this way. Mr. Wu, I suggest letting him take the other two routes and leave here first.”

”It seems that’s the only option.” Nine-Fingers Wu Yong nodded slowly, glanced at the man, and said, ”Take the other two paths; both will lead you out, and we’ll regroup outside.”

Despite his unwillingness, the man had no choice but to head towards the other two passages.

”Wait a minute.” Handsome Fatty Wang suddenly shouted, and the man turned back curiously, ”What is it?”

”There’s something I want to give you.” Handsome Fatty Wang walked up to the man with a smile. While the man was off guard, he suddenly reached out, slapped the man twice, and then kicked him in the waist, knocking him to the ground. Unsatisfied, he went up and kicked the man’s head a dozen times before turning around and quickly running back into the leftmost passage.

The man lay battered and bruised, bleeding from his nose and mouth, his body covered in footprints, and most crucially, he had no idea why he was beaten.

”Damn bastard, fat ass, how dare you hit me!” The man got up, pulled a dagger from his waist, and charged at Handsome Fatty Wang furiously.

Seeing the man charge at him, Handsome Fatty Wang immediately retreated a few steps. But as soon as the man reached the entrance of this passage, he was stopped by an invisible wall, unable to move his arm forward, let alone attack Handsome Fatty Wang.