luo jia shan ju

Chapter 268 Bottom of the Well

Golden light blazed.

The golden light shot straight at me, the intense light so strong I couldn't open my eyes.

After falling into the well of the Yin-Yang spring, I felt as if I had entered another dimension.

Although the Yin-Yang spring descended from above, I didn't feel any sense of falling. Instead, I experienced a feeling of openness and ease, as if I were on a giant bubble, rising and falling with it, drifting in a certain direction.

I don't know how long passed, but as the golden light disappeared, so did the feeling of openness and ease. I slowly opened my eyes.

Before me were scattered points of green light.

A faint green light tore through the darkness before me, allowing my eyes to slowly adjust to the surrounding environment and dimness.

With the help of the faint light, I saw Fatty, Rouyi, Jennifer, and Dodge not far in front of me. Their eyes were glazed, and confused expressions floated on their faces.

Fatty was the first to adjust to the surroundings. After confirming it was safe, he cautiously began to take off his protective suit, muttering as he did so, "Young Master, did you push us all into that well? Damn it, are you trying to get rich by killing us?"

There wasn't a hint of anger in Fatty's voice as he said this. I knew he was just venting his frustration.

Fatty took off his protective suit, and everything seemed normal. The surrounding environment wouldn't affect us, so the rest of us followed suit.

I smiled awkwardly at Fatty. "Fatty, how could I be trying to get rich by killing you? That's 'Entering the Immortal Path from the Mortal Realm'! A good thing like achieving immortality! How could I forget you guys?"

Fatty knew I was just kidding him, and he didn't intend to argue with me.

Fatty seemed to want to complain some more, but seeing that I wasn't in the mood to respond, he shut his mouth.

I looked around and found that we were now inside a narrow cave that went downwards. It was pitch-black above, with no end in sight, like a bottomless pit. We were at the bottom of the bottomless pit.

That made sense.

We fell in from the wellhead, so we should be at the bottom of the well.

Fatty pointed to the green glow in the darkness and asked, "Doesn't that green light seem like the last line of that poem? Something about 'green lamp soul' and 'heart'?"

"It's 'Green lamp locks the soul, the dao heart offers to the Three Pure Ones'," Rouyi corrected.

"That line sounds really scary. It feels like our souls are going to be taken away by this green lamp. We won't be possessed by the green lamp, will we?"

I didn't know if Fatty was genuinely scared or just trying to scare Rouyi.

But our focus right now wasn't actually on the meaning of "Green lamp locks the soul."

I looked in the direction of the green glow and realized that the green light really seemed to be coming from something like a lamp.

I walked closer, intending to take a closer look. Just as I approached the stone wall, a passage hidden in the darkness, which we hadn't noticed at all, faintly appeared.

At first, I didn't notice the existence of the passage. It was the green glow that suddenly lit up at the entrance of the passage that alerted me.

This change also caught the attention of Fatty and the others.

Fatty joked, "This 'green lamp' is a sensor light, huh? It doesn't light up until you get close."

Fatty's casual joke directly pointed out the pattern of the "green lamp's" light. I moved back and forth, personally verifying it.

The green light really did need to be approached to a certain distance before it would light up. I didn't know what the principle behind its light was.

Combining what I had seen outside the Yin-Yang spring, there were just too many inexplicable strange phenomena. Everything was mysterious, and I couldn't explain it clearly.

At this moment, Rouyi suddenly asked, "Are we inside the Immortal Mountain now?"

I pointed to the dark passage and said, "According to the guidance of the poem, we should indeed be inside the Immortal Mountain now, or in the outer regions of the Immortal Mountain's interior. Because, judging from the current situation, I haven't seen any so-called 'immortal energy' yet. Perhaps we need to continue to go deeper to know."

Fatty walked to my side, stood at the edge of the passage entrance, and looked inside. Only the small section of space near the entrance of the passage emitted a faint, dim green light. Further in, it was unclear and indistinct.

Jennifer suddenly came over and grabbed Fatty's arm, seeming a little worried.

Influenced by Jennifer, Fatty also seemed a little hesitant. "It's hard to see in here. Could there be any danger?"

People who are in love become cautious in their actions. I didn't want to say anything, so I flashed in front of Fatty and leaned into the passage.

Seeing my actions, Rouyi seemed a little worried. She quickly moved towards me, seeming to want to advise me not to be reckless.

I was afraid that if I was disturbed by Rouyi, it would delay our progress. If Han Yu had already succeeded, our adventure would end here, and perhaps we would all die in this Immortal Mountain.

So, before Rouyi could touch me, I took a big step and walked straight into the passage. As I walked, I said to Fatty behind me, "Don't worry. This time, I'll be the vanguard. I have a tough life, specializing in countering all kinds of demons and monsters."