Daring! She cheated in the thriller game

How would I know? One lie needs another lie to cover it up. Yu Lan made an excuse and said, "As far as I know, the treasure needs the right key to open it. If the key is wrong, disaster will befall the world."

Lucius's face changed when he heard this. What Yu Lan said was exactly the same as the information they found.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Lucius's expression, Yu Lan's heart skipped a beat. No way, no way, was she really right?

"Lucius your reaction...is there something wrong with what I said?"

Lucius put away the expression on his face and shook his head: "No, it's not."

"But I don't think your reaction is like that." Yu Lan smiled and said softly, "Speaking of which, I have been away from the world for a long time. After I came out, I found that many things overturned my cognition. I wonder if the ascetics who bring happiness to the world can answer my doubts for me?"

Yu Lan's words made it impossible for Lucius and the others to refuse.

Damn, the image is too good. Lucius thought with gritted teeth, but his face did not show it: "Of course, what do you want to know?"

"Why don't we start with the treasure?" Yu Lan gave an ambiguous smile. She was very curious about what this treasure she just casually mentioned was.

Lucius shook his head and said bluntly, "I'm sorry, we don't know what that thing is either. We only know that the treasure is silver-white in appearance. It is the purest and most flawless treasure in the world. No darkness can approach it."

"Roar?" Yu Lan snorted. It was quite interesting. It sounded like some kind of holy relic.

But are the relics from the Red Church era really authentic relics? Based on the clues available now, Yu Lan is very skeptical.

"Any more?"

"No more." Lucius sighed, revealing a little fatigue. "I think the people of the Red Church know more about the legend of the treasure. But since the fall of the old gods, I haven't heard any news from them."

Since they broke into the ascetics, they have gained very little, and most of the time they have been suffering for the sake of becoming an "ascetic". This time they finally got a chance to go out, but unexpectedly they got nothing. It was really infuriating!

Speaking of this, Lucius couldn't help but look at Yu Lan with doubt again and asked, "You...are really not from the Red Church?"

"If I were you, according to the plan of the new god to destroy the old god, I would have killed you long ago. Why would I keep you until this time?" Yu Lan laughed softly, the lantern in her hand swaying slightly as she walked, the dim blue candlelight flickering, making her look a little eerie at the moment.

Lucius didn't dare to speak anymore, and his team members were very quiet along the way, only showing some expressions at certain times. The rest of the time they were as quiet as puppets, strangely quiet.

Yu Lan glanced calmly at Long Shiqing at the end of the team. She was walking on the road with her head lowered, like a practicing nun.

Something is wrong, very wrong.

Yu Lan frowned slightly, but the destination was almost reached and she didn't have time to think about it.

Lucius and several other players followed Yu Lan all the way to the center of the city, where there was a huge enclosed circular pool. However, the pool was now empty, leaving only a tall, pitch-black building standing in the middle of the pool.

"That's..." Lucius squinted his eyes and looked at the towering building. At the top of the building stood a strange-looking cross. It was not any kind of cross that Yu Lan knew.

When I got closer, I saw that the intersection of the cross formed a heart-like pattern, and the thorny vines tightly wrapped around the cross and the heart, making it look like it was bound by thorns. However, this strange cross was the totem of the Old God sect.

There are no passages around the building for people to walk through, and the pool is very deep. I think in the past, people in the deserted city had to take a boat to go to this church, or use some magical power to fly there.

But now the pool has dried up and there is a layer of yellow sand underneath, so Yulan and the others can walk under the pool.

Yu Lan stood by the pool thinking. On the other side, Lucius and others had taken out ropes and were trying to climb into the pool.

Yu Lan came to her senses and saw something moving under the sand, so she shouted, "Be careful!"

But it was too late. Countless slender black shadows suddenly stretched out from the yellow sand under the pool. Those black shadows were covered with sharp thorns. Upon closer inspection, they were thorns.

Lucius and his companions also noticed something unusual. He frowned, grabbed the rope with one hand, and stepped on the pool wall to push away the thorns that were attacking his teammates.

The thorns sensed Lucius's movements and swung some of their branches at him.

A few cold rays flashed, and all the thorn branches in front of Lucius were cut into several pieces by the sharp blade he held. However, the thorns at the bottom of the pool did not give up so easily, and they turned to swing at other people, and were then stopped by a ray of light.

Yu Lan turned to look and found a palm-sized black book floating in front of Long Shiqing. The book moved without wind in front of Long Shiqing, and the pages kept turning, while she was also whispering a prayer.

The prayers seemed to materialize, turning into rays of light and waving towards the thorns. Soon, all the thorns at the bottom of the pool had been chopped down by Long Shiqing.

At the same time, Lucius also took advantage of Long Shiqing's trick to attract monsters and pulled all his teammates out from the bottom of the pool. Noticing that no one had invaded, the remaining thorns all lurked under the sand. The bottom of the pool was quiet as if nothing had happened, with only the scattered thorn branches announcing the danger under the sand pool.

Yu Lan picked up the thorny branches that had fallen on the ground and looked at Long Shiqing meaningfully: "This female monk is really amazing."

"That's right." Lucius smiled and patted Long Shiqing's shoulder proudly: "Shiqing is the most qualified person in our team. Our boss... no, many priests have praised her for her promising future."

"I see." Although Yu Lan was talking to Lucius, her eyes were always on Long Shiqing. At this time, Long Shiqing's expression was still indifferent. She put the black book into her clothes and looked at the sand pool below.

There was no sign of the fear that Yu Lan had when she first met her. It was as if she was an experienced player who was very comfortable with the game.

It is impossible for a person to completely change his character. Even if he becomes stronger, he will still see the shadow of his past. But Yu Lan did not see the shadow of her past in Long Shiqing, only a complete stranger. What is going on?

Yu Lan lowered her eyes and looked towards the pool: "Lucius, what do you think we should do here?"

She pinched the thorn branch in her hand. It was very hard. It no longer felt like plant matter, but rather like stone.

Petrified thorns? There is no way to solve this problem, except to cut them all off. But who can tell how many thorns are hidden under the sand pool, and whether those thorns will regenerate?

"What else can we do? Of course we'll chop them all off!" Lucius showed a provocative smile and waved the knife in his hand: "How about it, Tinglan?"

Yu Lan hesitated for a moment. She couldn't use her own abilities, but she also didn't know how to fight. At this moment, something moved inside her robe, and a little paper man climbed onto Yu Lan's shoulder and whispered, "Do you need my help?"

Yu Lan tilted her head slightly, raised her eyebrows and said, "I don't remember giving you spiritual power."

Without her spiritual power, the paper doll is just an ordinary paper doll. It cannot move or speak on its own, nor can it say things like "Do you need my help?"

It is obvious that there is a soul living inside this little paper man.

"Oh, Lanlan, don't worry about these things now." The little paper man touched Yulan's face with a smile and asked again: "Do you need my help? Make sure no one finds out."

These words touched Yu Lan's heart. She really needed help now.

"Then I'll trouble you." Yu Lan nodded slightly, and the little paper figurine smiled and jumped off Yu Lan's clothes. It and Yu Lan were in tune with each other, so Yu Lan waved the lantern in her hand according to its instructions.

[Those thorns are transformed by some kind of power, they are not real thorns or stones. All you need to do is to release that power.]

[Next, follow my instructions and place the will-o'-the-wisp in those places...]

Lucius jumped into the sand pool, and Long Shiqing chanted a prayer to help him. Yu Lan observed the situation, and with the help of Lucius, she attracted the attention of the thorns, while placing will-o'-the-wisp at the places mentioned by the paper man. After a while, Yu Lan found a clue.

She raised her eyebrows and said in her mind: [This is a purification formation.]

[Lanlan is really smart!] The little paper man praised: [But this is not a regular purification array. Regular purification arrays require the use of the spiritual power of the person who sets up the array and the spiritual energy between heaven and earth, but we don’t need that at this time.]

[What should I use?] The purification array requires the spiritual power of the person who sets up the array to drive it. If it cannot be activated by conventional methods, what should I use?

[Don’t you have a ready-made energy source in your hand?] The little paper man said with a smile: [Throw the beads in according to the order, and leave the rest to me.]

[Okay.] Yu Lan responded, holding the small bead in her hand, and threw it into the will-o'-the-wisp when no one was paying attention.

The little paper man also began to act secretly at this time. It merged the power of the red bead into the ghost fire, and the blue ghost fire suddenly turned into a rising red flame.

"Come up!" Yu Lan shouted at Lucius. Lucius hesitated for a moment, but still listened to Yu Lan and climbed up.

Before he could climb onto the shore, the red flame had completely absorbed the power of the red bead and all of it flowed into the ground.

The two forces collided, producing a huge explosion. In an instant, countless yellow sands were blown everywhere by the force. Lucius, who didn't have time to get ashore, was hit all over by the sand, and some even went into his mouth.

He quickly climbed up the pool wall and came ashore, then looked at the sand pool in front of him in shock. The flames were burning fiercely in Lucius' eyes, and even intensified, almost spreading to the entire bottom of the pool. The pool in front of him turned into a sea of ​​fire.

Yu Lan had not expected that this purification array would cause such a big commotion. She pretended to be calm and glanced at Lucius: "Is this cultivator okay?"

"No, it's okay." Lucius concealed the suspicion in his eyes and looked at Yu Lan: "I didn't expect you to be so powerful."

"I have to thank you for your help. If you hadn't helped me attract the attention of the thorns, I wouldn't have set up this formation." Yu Lan sighed and said, "I didn't expect that the person who set up this barrier of thorns is so powerful."

"Tinglan, why do you want to use fire? Those petrified thorns are difficult to deal with." Lucius said, "In my opinion, we still need to control them all and find the roots of the thorns, so as to prevent future troubles."

"People only know that water can purify everything, but they don't know that fire can do the same." Yu Lan said in a flat tone, looking at the flame in front of her very calmly, watching the black mist and red light that Lucius and the others could not see gather in her hands.

Yu Lan felt the two completely different energies in her hands, and she felt as if she could use them?

At this time, the little paper man spoke: [Lanlan, try to see if you can merge these two powers into your body without being swallowed by your own power.]

[You mean let them coexist? I'll try.] Yu Lan tried to absorb it and found that she could actually do it, and even the black energy could be absorbed faster. Although she could absorb the red power, she felt a strong malice when absorbing it, so she had to use all her mind to suppress the feeling of wanting to destroy everything.

Tsk, it seems that it was right not to absorb the power of the red bead immediately. Although this would make her feel that her abilities were enhanced, it would affect her will. If she absorbed too much, she would even lose her sanity.

[Lanlan, are you okay? ] the little paper figurine asked.

[......Not bad.] Yu Lan rubbed her forehead and held the lantern tightly in her hand: [It takes time to absorb, and it will also take some time to use it freely. Wait for me to slow down.]

[Okay.] The little paper man knew that it would be difficult to accomplish this task, so he did not urge him.

After all, this requires three powers of different attributes to coexist. This is also Yu Lan's first time to come into contact with this, so it is inevitable that some accidents will occur. It is better to take it slow.

Yu Lan had to do this. If she wanted to act in this copy without using her own abilities, it would be difficult to achieve anything. She could only integrate the two forces that originally belonged to this world into her body and use these two forces when casting spells. This would reduce the probability of being discovered by the Lord God.

After a while, the flames gradually dwindled, and Yu Lan had absorbed almost all of it. She took a breath, thankful that the hood of her robe covered her face, otherwise Lucius would have noticed something was wrong.

"You can go now." Yu Lan said, then walked down the sand pool first, followed by Lucius.

The temperature of the desert night became a little hotter because of the flames in the pool. Yu Lan walked in front, and the nearby flames that had not yet burned out automatically flew back into her lantern, transferring their own energy to Yu Lan.

Feeling the endless flow of power into her body, Yu Lan smiled tiredly. Teacher, it's a good thing that you transformed this clothes drying fork, but she felt very tired when she absorbed the energy.

Lucius didn't know what Yu Lan was going through, and soon they arrived at the church in the middle of the pool.