Xuan Yuan Jue and Shen Li, who had just escaped death, were now groping their way along a newly collapsed path. Soon, there were two forked paths. There was a sign in front of each path.
The words on the sign were only slightly different. Xuan Yuan Jue couldn't help but read it out, "If you are a man, then walk on this path. There will surely be good fortune."
However, Shen Li frowned. The words on the other sign were clearly different. It clearly said, "If you are a woman, walk on this path. You may try to find a way out." What did that mean? If she walked on the other path, she would surely die?
Shen Li kicked the sign down angrily. "So no matter what, there is no good path for me to walk on? I don't believe that this mechanism can tell men and women apart!"
With that, Shen Li walked on the path that men could walk on, but she was stopped by Xuan Yuan Jue. His face also turned serious. "The art of the strange door and the hidden formation that we have walked on is very mysterious. We don't know much about it ourselves. We should not try it lightly."
Shen Li's fist that was tightened, loosened. Fine, wasn't it just trying to break through? Did she, Shen Li, still fear that?
Thinking of that, the depression and anger that she had at the beginning seemed to have vanished. She even felt as light as a swallow.
She pointed at the forked path on the left. "Then you can walk on that path. There should surely be no problem. I will walk here. With my martial arts, there should be no problem."
Who knew that as soon as Shen Li walked, Xuan Yuan Jue followed her.
Xuan Yuan Jue was not at ease with Shen Li trying to find a way out alone. He was willing to accompany Shen Li to take risks.
Shen Li pushed Xuan Yuan Jue backwards. "What are you doing? That is your path. It is very dangerous to follow me."
Xuan Yuan Jue suddenly grabbed Shen Li's hand and placed it on his chest. He could feel his heartbeat. He gave a soft laugh. He didn't seem to care at all. "Dangerous? The sign did not say that if I walked on your path, there would be problems. It is no big deal if I don't want the good fortune on that path."
Shen Li retracted her hand like she was electrocuted. She thought for a while and felt that what Xuan Yuan Jue said made sense. Moreover, she was taking too much risk alone in the art of the strange door and the hidden formation.
So she nodded. She still opened her mouth worriedly. "If there is any danger later, I am saying in case we can't walk forward. You will... You will walk back and walk on the path on the left."
Xuan Yuan Jue's shoulders paused obviously. He knew that Shen Li was concerned about him, but he still felt heartache. He nodded but did not say much. The atmosphere between the two of them was silent as they walked forward.
Shen Li carefully took the gold coin from the beginning to test it. However, after walking for about half a joss stick of time, nothing happened.
"Do you think it is strange? The path that we walked on previously had a mechanism every few steps. I was even thinking that in fact, the marriage maze was just a guise to hide its true purpose."
Xuan Yuan Jue's breathing paused. He felt that what Shen Li said made sense. It attracted many people with the name of the marriage maze. As long as its fame grew, others would think that this was just a marriage maze.
Suddenly, he was afraid. He was afraid of losing Shen Li, so he held her hand tightly. "You walk behind me. This path is safe. The danger that we meet on two paths is greater."
However, Shen Li felt that she was the one who dragged Xuan Yuan Jue down. She walked on this dangerous path with her, so she insisted on walking in front. In the argument between the two, they could not help but tug at each other.
Suddenly, they did not know whose arm accidentally touched a certain place on the wall. There was a click. Shen Li quickly shouted, "It seems to be a mechanism."
After that, she pushed Xuan Yuan Jue hard, wanting to push him away. Who knew that Xuan Yuan Jue hugged her tightly and protected her under his body.
The two of them were at a stalemate. Xuan Yuan Jue was like Shen Li's protective shell. However, after a few seconds, there was still no movement. Xuan Yuan Jue lifted his head slightly to look around. He found that there was no change.
He heaved a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness it was just a false alarm."
However, in the next second, a strange phenomenon suddenly appeared. The whole corridor became like a slope. Xuan Yuan Jue supported Shen Li with difficulty.
"Quickly climb up! Don't mind me. This slope is getting steeper and steeper. In the end, we will both fall."
Shen Li used one hand to grab a big rock tightly and the other hand to pull Xuan Yuan Jue. No matter what Xuan Yuan Jue said, she did not let go. Just like that, finally, the two of them did not have enough strength and fell together.
Xuan Yuan Jue only felt that it was dark in front of him. Fortunately, he protected Shen Li in his arms before he fainted.
Shen Li landed safely. She quickly took out the medicine to revive herself and took one. She also fed one to Xuan Yuan Jue.
Not long after, finally, Xuan Yuan Jue woke up. He still looked dazed.
Shen Li passed another pill to revive him. "This place is strange. I was not injured from falling just now, so the effect of the soul confusion was more serious than mine. Fortunately, I brought medicine. Otherwise, we would have fainted here."
Xuan Yuan Jue quickly swallowed the medicine. He started to look around and entered a state of alert.
He found that this seemed to be a stone room. There was nothing, except for a door in front of them.
Xuan Yuan Jue walked forward and pushed the door gently. He found that there was no problem, so he gave Shen Li a look. The two of them pushed the door open and entered. As expected, there was a new world inside.
The inside was decorated with all kinds of glass beads with strange colors. It looked very magnificent. Xuan Yuan Jue still helped to protect her behind. "Do you see the box on the table?"
Shen Li nodded. The two of them walked to the box and found a note. Shen Li looked carefully. Finally, she opened her mouth. "According to the note, the most important thing in the whole maze is to protect the secret book of the art of the strange door and the hidden formation. Learn how to do the art of the strange door and the hidden formation?"
Xuan Yuan Jue nodded. "As expected, the fame of the marriage maze was to hide this secret. I just don't know if the temple knows about it."
Shen Li slowly opened the box, but found that there was nothing inside. She knocked on the bottom of the box and found that there was no interlayer. She explored on her own and found that this was just an empty box.
Xuan Yuan Jue also felt very strange. Finally, he still put the box down. "I feel that there may be someone who took the first step. After all, the marriage maze has existed for many years. Moreover, we are not the disciple of the host. It is not just to take the unique skills of others."
Shen Li did not want to learn the art of the strange door and the hidden formation. She was just afraid that bad people would take it and do bad things. She still decided to investigate it properly after this matter.
Xuan Yuan Jue pointed at the door behind the box. "I guess that is the exit. I did not expect that the path that we took by mistake was the most difficult one."
Shen Li could not help but laugh. "Maybe there was really something good on the path on the left that you walked on just now!"
Xuan Yuan Jue struck out with one palm. The whole box became fragments. He laughed without any care. "What if there was something good? That was what the master of others left for others. I don't recognize this master. I only hope that we won't be misunderstood by others for taking any treasure when we go out."