Chapter 127 Immortal Guidance

The sounds of the Xu family's elite troops rushing over gradually grew louder. Lin Zhao's ears twitched slightly, and he pulled me down to crouch. "Someone's coming!"

As soon as the four of us stopped, we saw hundreds of people rushing past.

Feng Ruoxing whispered telepathically, "Those are the Xu family's elite. Why are they here?"

"Are there any Xu family elders among them?" I asked, and after Feng Ruoxing shook his head, I continued, "Then Xu Yulong has privately mobilized the Xu family's troops. Xu Yulong has big plans!"

Lin Zhao said, "They seem to be heading towards Immortal Bridge. We..."

"Quietly follow them!" I lowered my voice. "Xu Yulong and Xu An'an have special inner demons. I don't believe the people from Tiewa Temple don't want those two inner demons. Let's go see if we have a chance to capture them."

When we followed the Xu family's elite to the lakeside, Xu Yulong's two friends had already walked onto Immortal Bridge.

I saw the two of them stop on the bridge, seemingly looking at something.

After a while, the one in front, Xiao Luo, seemed to be speaking. They were too far away for me to hear what he was saying, but I could see him gesturing and pointing into the distance.

Xu Yulong and the others were still intently watching Immortal Bridge when Xiao Luo suddenly appeared not far away, jogging towards Xu Yulong. "Brother Yulong, I've found out everything. Immortal Bridge looks complicated, but every intersection has a guide, an immortal guide."

Xiao Luo was still gesturing and talking about Immortal Bridge, but the Xu family members all took a few steps back, subtly surrounding him.

Xu Yulong's friends were even more frightened, hiding behind him—they clearly saw Xiao Luo still standing on the bridge, so who was the person talking to them?

Xu Yulong said, "Tell me in detail, who guided you, and what did they say?"

Xiao Luo said, "After I got on the bridge, I just followed the path forward. The bridge ahead was getting more and more confusing! I didn't know which way to go."

"At that moment, I saw an old man sitting on the bridge, fishing. He said to me, 'If you want to cross Immortal Bridge, you need an immortal to guide you. If no one guides you, you'll never get off Immortal Bridge in this lifetime.'"

"I asked him, 'Who is the immortal? How can I get guidance?'"

"He said, 'I am the immortal. If you want me to guide you, you have to leave something behind!'"

Xiao Luo suddenly stopped there, as if he couldn't remember something. Xu An'an trembled and said, "He… he said to leave what? How do you know if he's a person or a ghost?"

Xiao Luo suddenly chuckled and said, "I remember now, he told me to become an immortal for him. To stay here and guide you."

"That's an immortal? That's looking for a scapegoat!" Xu An'an finally cried out, "I don't believe it! Look back, you're still standing on the bridge!"

Xiao Luo turned his head sharply and saw the Xiao Luo standing on the bridge jump off.

A person weighing over a hundred pounds fell into the water and never resurfaced.

Xiao Luo turned to look at Xu Yulong and said, "Brother Yulong, that immortal also told me that some guides on the bridge are real, and some are fake. Meeting an acquaintance who guides you is real, but meeting a stranger… hehe… they're guiding you to your death. Don't believe me? Look!"

Xiao Luo turned and pointed to the bridge. Xiao Song, who had gone onto the bridge with him, appeared on another section of the stone bridge.

"That's Xiao Song!" Xiao Luo said, "I rushed over to give you the news and forgot to guide him. He took the wrong path."

"Look, look… isn't he walking towards his death?"

The section of the bridge that Xiao Song was walking on was obviously getting wider and wider. Ordinary people would definitely think of it as a path to life, but sometimes, the more a place seems like a path to life, the less vitality it has.

Xiao Song hadn't walked far before he collapsed on the bridge.

Xiao Luo chuckled and said, "I said this Immortal Bridge is alive, do you believe it? This bridge eats people. Anyone who dies on the bridge will be eaten by the bridge."

"Look, isn't Xiao Song gone? It won't be long before he's eaten clean!"

In the short time that Xiao Luo had been speaking, the corpse on the bridge looked like melted red wax flowing onto the bridge, instantly dyeing the gray-white bridge surface red. Xiao Song, who was still recognizable as a human being a minute ago, had turned into a pile of white bones in a matter of moments.

A moment later, the white bones also turned into fine powder under a gust of cold wind and fell onto the bridge. The bridge, which had been soaked in blood, returned to its original gray-white color.

Everyone present shivered. Lin Zhao whispered, "That bridge… that bridge couldn't have been made from ashes, right? How many people would have to die?"

I shook my head and said, "That's not possible. Someone is deliberately trying to scare Xu Yulong. They want Xu Yulong to send people to their deaths on the bridge."

Xiao Luo turned his head and said with a sinister expression, "Brother Yulong, did you see that? Immortal Bridge eats people. I didn't lie to you, right?"

"I've guided you through this first section of the road. For the rest, you have to find someone you trust!"

As Xiao Luo spoke, he seemed to glance at Xu An'an intentionally.