Next, Xie Tong's gaze locked onto a person. Then, he said to that person, "You, count as one!"
Hearing Xie Tong's words, that person's expression couldn't help but change. He knew that if he went, it would definitely be a disaster. Even if he killed his way to the place with the Crystal Stones, the Crystal Stones were not something he could touch.
Thinking of the consequences, his body couldn't help but tremble.
"Senior brother Xie Tong, can you … don't call me …" He said with a sullen face.
He didn't want to die yet.
"Tsk tsk, if not you, who should I call?" Seeing that person's expression, Xie Tong couldn't help but feel a little amused.
"This …" That person couldn't help but be at a loss for words. He didn't want to go, but if he didn't go, another person besides Mo Dao would have to go.
Although he was afraid, he wasn't as dark as Liu Yongliang.
At this moment, Xie Tong suddenly had the thought of teasing this person, Mo Dao and the others. He coldly said, "It's fine if you don't go, but you have to choose one of the other three!"
"Let me go …" Hearing Xie Tong's words, that person couldn't help but shake his head.
At this moment, he wasn't as afraid as before.
"Tsk tsk, I didn't expect you to be so loyal even though you're so afraid of death." Xie Tong couldn't help but sigh.
Even Mo Dao and the others were surprised.
At this moment, Mo Dao said, "Senior brother Xie, I'll go in his place."
"You guys aren't very strong, but you're still so loyal. How rare …" Hearing Mo Dao say this, Xie Tong was a little surprised.
After a slight pause, he continued, "However, even if you replace him, you're still lacking one person."
"How about this, let me go in senior brother Wang Yi's place." At this moment, Lin Long suddenly said.
The senior brother Wang Yi he spoke of was the person with a trembling voice.
The reason why Lin Long stepped forward wasn't because he had any loyalty to these people. After all, they had only met by chance.
He did this purely because he wanted the Crystal Stones inside. If he didn't go in, then Xie Tong and the others wouldn't have a share of the Crystal Stones inside. Naturally, he had to take the risk.
"Junior brother Lin, this has nothing to do with you. Don't get involved in this mess." Mo Dao frowned when he heard what Linlong said.
"Senior apprentice brother Mo, I feel that I'm slightly stronger than senior apprentice brother Wang Yi. If we were to enter, the chances of us getting injured would be lower. That's why I said that." Lin Long said.
Just as Mo Dao was about to say something, Xie Tong suddenly said, "Alright, then it's you. As for the other one, it's Mo Dao!"
Xie Tong wasn't making the decision for Linlong and the others. Rather, it was because Linlong and Mo Dao were clearly better choices. If they chose Wang Yi, Wang Yi would be so scared that he wouldn't even be able to take a step forward. How could he help them clear the path?
"Senior Brother Xie, Junior Brother Lin … you don't have to take my place …" Wang Yi said.
Hearing his words, Xie Tong's face darkened. "I said they went. Wang Yi, why are you interrupting?"
Seeing Xie Tong's ferocious look, how could Wang Yi still dare to speak?
Mo Dao also said, "Alright then. Junior Brother Lin, come with me."
"Alright, the two of you lead the way!" Xie Tong said coldly.
However, Mo Dao said, "Senior apprentice brother Xie, let me say a few words to Wang Yi and the other two."
"Alright, but just say a few words. Don't waste time!" Xie Tong said.
Hearing Xie Tong's words, Mo Dao immediately walked to the side and called Wang Yi and the other person over.
"Senior apprentice brother Mo, what do you have to say?" The other person asked as soon as he came over.
Mo Dao said in a deep voice, "After we go in, the two of you immediately leave this place!"
"Senior apprentice brother Mo, how can we do that? If something happens to you and they don't care about you, who's going to receive you outside?" Wang Yi couldn't help but say.
"That's right, when you guys are injured and Xie Tong and the others ignore you, what will you do? We'll wait for you outside. "The other person said.
"From what they said just now, if we go in, there's a high chance that we won't be able to come out. If something happens to us, they might come to find you guys again. So, it's better for you guys to leave first. Otherwise, you guys will be in trouble later!" Mo Dao hurriedly said.
It was because he had thought of this that he told the two of them to leave.
Hearing Mo Dao's words, the two's expressions changed.
However, Wang Yi still said, "Senior apprentice brother Mo, we won't leave. We'll definitely wait for you outside!"
"Listen to me, you guys leave later!" Mo Dao said with a frown.
Before the other two could reply, Xie Tong already said impatiently, "Enough, stop being so wishy-washy. Come over quickly!"
Because of Xie Tong's words, Wang Yi and Wang Long swallowed the words they wanted to say.
Mo Dao warned again, "Alright, I'm going in. You two have to listen to my advice!"
After saying that, Mo Dao turned around and walked towards Xie Tong and the others.
Looking at Mo Dao's back, Wang Yi gritted his teeth and said, "We have to wait here for Senior apprentice brother Mo, Junior apprentice brother Lin and the others!"
At this time, his voice actually didn't tremble at all.
"Alright!" The other said without hesitation.
At this time, Mo Dao and Lin Long had already walked into the cave filled with ice crystals in front of them. This cave had already been explored by Xie Tong and the others, so they didn't encounter any gophers after entering.
As soon as they entered the next cave, Xie Tong said, "We've already walked half of this cave. You guys have to be careful, there might be gophers coming out at any time!"
Although Mo Dao and Lin Long were just cannon fodder, he didn't want these two cannon fodder to be useless so quickly, so he naturally had to remind them to be careful.
"Got it." Mo Dao nodded.
Then, he continued to walk forward with Linlong. He and two other people were on the left, while Linlong, Xie Tong, and another person were on the right.
This time, Lin Long had just taken a few steps forward when he sensed danger underground.
Although the ice crystals inside had a natural blocking effect on divine will, Lin Long, who had a powerful divine will, could still sense the danger around him.
'Looks like there's a gopher underground,' Lin Long thought to himself.
He knew that if he continued to go in this way, he would definitely be attacked by the gopher. Because he had foresight, he would definitely be able to stop the gopher's sneak attack.
However, this way, Xie Tong and the others could feel that something was wrong. After all, even Xie Tong and the others couldn't stop it, so how could a new disciple like him stop it?
Therefore, Lin Long gave up on this method and chose to slightly speed up.
This way, the gopher wouldn't attack him and would instead attack the people following closely behind him.
With that thought, Lin Long immediately sped up.
As expected, as soon as he sped up, the gopher below didn't choose to attack him.
Of course, this didn't mean that the gopher wouldn't attack him if he sped up, but it was a matter of timing. Otherwise, Xie Tong and the others would have already sped up and ran in here.
Lin Long's slight acceleration didn't surprise the people following closely behind, so he continued to walk forward at his own pace.
As soon as he walked, a black shadow immediately appeared below and directly attacked him.
It was a gopher.
Since Lin Long had already walked past, the person didn't expect a gopher to appear below. Thus, he was caught off guard and was directly bitten by the gopher on his left leg.
"Ah …"
As he screamed in pain, Xie Tong, who was behind him, had already attacked the gopher with his sword. In the next moment, the gopher was directly split in half.
"Why did he go over … There are still gophers below …" The person grimaced in pain as he spoke.
"I don't know either. I'm already here, so why are there still gophers?" Lin Long pretended to be confused. At this time, he had naturally stopped.
"Perhaps when this kid went over, the gopher wasn't here yet. It only came over after he went over," Xie Tong guessed.
Little did he know that this was because of Lin Long.
"It seems like that's the case," the person who was bitten said with a bitter expression.
He could only admit that he was unlucky.
After treating his wound, the few of them continued to move forward.
At this moment, Lin Long discovered that the gophers underground could really move. When they entered, the gophers had stopped moving, but it seemed that because of their arrival, the gophers were already slowly moving.
This situation made Lin Long even more happy because he could completely create a coincidence for the gophers to attack Xie Tong and the others. If Xie Tong and the others were seriously injured, who would compete with him for the crystals?
If they continued to walk in a straight line, they would have to walk for a long time before they encountered the gophers. Thus, in the next moment, Lin Long suddenly moved to the right.
"Kid, what are you doing?" Seeing Lin Long's unusual movements, Xie Tong couldn't help but ask coldly.
"Senior Brother Xie Tong, I feel that it might be dangerous to walk in a straight line, so I want to try moving to the right," Lin Long explained.
Xie Tong knitted his brows, but he couldn't sense any danger, so he didn't directly deny Lin Long's actions. "Kid, don't play any tricks!"
"Senior Brother Xie Tong, I don't have the ability to play tricks," Lin Long put on an act.
Xie Tong didn't suspect anything and immediately followed behind Lin Long.
Of course, the injured person followed closely behind Lin Long with Xie Tong at the back.
After taking a few more steps, the same situation happened again. After Lin Long walked over, another gopher jumped out from the ground and directly bit the injured person.
Even though he was extremely vigilant, he couldn't react in time due to his previous injuries and was bitten by the gopher again.
The first time he was injured was naturally when he entered alone with Xie Tong and the others.
This time, he was bitten in the same spot.
"Ah …"
After letting out a blood-curdling scream, he nearly fainted from the pain. Fortunately, Xie Tong reacted quickly and killed the gopher.
This happened twice in a row, and Xie Tong couldn't help but shift his gaze to Lin Long. He coldly said, "Kid, what's going on? Is this your doing? "
"Senior Brother Xie Tong, I don't have the ability to command the gophers. This must be an accident." Lin Long spread out his hands and said innocently.
That's true. With his ability, how could he command the gophers? This must be an accident. Xie Tong also nodded inwardly.
After all, even the academy's dean wouldn't dare to guarantee that he could command the gophers. How could a disciple who had just entered the academy do this?
However, he still fiercely said, "Brat, lead the way obediently and don't play any tricks. Otherwise, I don't mind killing you!"
"Senior Brother Xie Tong, don't worry. I won't play any tricks," Lin Long hurriedly guaranteed.
"Hmph!" Xie Tong coldly snorted and didn't say anything else.
Two incidents had happened on their side, but no gophers appeared on Mo Dao's side.
After treating the wound, Xie Tong ordered them to continue forward. This time, the injured person followed closely behind Lin Long.
This was naturally arranged by Xie Tong. How could he put himself in danger after this happened twice in a row? Naturally, he ordered the injured person to follow closely behind Lin Long.
Xie Tong had the final say in these matters, so even though the injured person was resentful, he could only obediently follow behind Lin Long.
This time, they safely passed through the cave and didn't encounter any more gophers.
However, what made them depressed was that they still didn't find any crystals.
'Hopefully, there are crystals in this cave!' Xie Tong prayed inwardly as he looked at the cave they had just entered.
Just as this thought appeared in his mind, something happened on Mo Dao's side. A gopher suddenly burrowed out and attacked Mo Dao.
Even though Mo Dao's reaction was fast, he was still bitten on the hand by the gopher. Fortunately, it was only a light injury.
"Mo Dao, your reaction isn't bad." Xie Tong couldn't help but praise Mo Dao.
He knew that if any of his followers had been in Mo Dao's place, their injuries would definitely have been much more severe than Mo Dao's.
"Senior Brother Xie Tong, you flatter me," Mo Dao replied.
"Alright, let's continue forward." Xie Tong waved his hand.
With that, the few of them continued to move forward.
After a few more steps, something happened on Lin Long's side. A gopher suddenly burrowed out of the ground and bit at Lin Long.
Naturally, Lin Long had done this on purpose. Otherwise, if he attacked the person behind him every time, no matter how stupid Xie Tong was, he would still know that there was something fishy going on.
Seeing the gopher attack this time, Lin Long pretended to be extremely flustered and dodged to the right. He wasn't like the others who dodged and attacked at the same time.
What made Xie Tong and the others feel incredulous was that Lin Long actually dodged the gopher's attack like that, not letting the gopher harm a single hair on his head.
The moment Lin Long dodged, Xie Tong and Mo Dao had already made their moves. They simultaneously attacked with their swords and directly dealt with the gopher.
"Brat, I didn't expect you to be so lucky in addition to your movement technique," Xie Tong couldn't help but say.
He naturally saw through Lin Long's movement technique, but he felt that the most important thing was that Lin Long was lucky. Otherwise, he would have definitely been injured by the gopher.
How could he have known that Lin Long had known that a gopher had suddenly burrowed out?
"Alright, let's continue forward!" Xie Tong ordered again.
With that, the few of them continued to walk forward.
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