When Leng Yue returned, she accidentally dropped the tattered bamboo slip from her sleeve while passing through the Purple-Red Poisonous Serpent Drilling Hell.

This "Purple and Red Poisonous Snake Drilling Hell," as its name suggests, is filled with countless purple and red venomous snakes. These snakes relentlessly burrow into the prisoners' bodies, filling the air with heart-wrenching screams that sent chills down Leng Yue's spine. She had originally intended to pass through quickly, but this unexpected turn of events had occurred.

Leng Yue hesitated, unsure whether she should retrieve it. Deep down, she didn't want to go to that little hell to get the bamboo slip. However, considering how much King Pingdeng valued it, Leng Yue thought perhaps the bamboo slip might still have some use.

After much deliberation, Leng Yue resolutely jumped into this tiny hellish place where purple-red venomous snakes drilled their holes.

As soon as Leng Yue jumped in, before she even touched the bamboo slips, she was surrounded by a dense swarm of venomous snakes. At the same time, the criminals whose bodies were being pierced by the snakes were also approaching her, seemingly trying to shake off the snakes. Although she knew that the snakes would only burrow into people they were targeting, being surrounded by so many snake-ridden criminals, Leng Yue couldn't help but feel worried.

For safety, Leng Yue formed hand seals and cast a protective barrier before carefully making her way towards the bamboo slips. Finally reaching them, just as Leng Yue was about to bend down to pick them up, she was coiled up by an exceptionally large purple python. Seeing Leng Yue reach out, the python flicked its tongue in a threatening manner.

"This isn't yours, what do you want to do?" Leng Yue pinched the purple python, trying to reason with it.

The purple python ignored Leng Yue, picked up the bamboo slip, and swaggered deeper into the small hell. Wherever the purple python passed, the other snakes lowered their heads and retreated.

"So you're the boss, huh? Hey, wait a minute, give me back my bamboo slip!" Leng Yue shouted, but refused to chase after him.

At this moment, the purple python turned and glanced at Leng Yue. Seeing that she hadn't followed it, it let out a strange sound. Leng Yue was puzzled when she saw the surrounding snakes abandoning the criminals and beginning to move closer to her. Even more surprisingly, some snakes had already begun to gnaw at her protective barrier.

Leng Yue looked at the purple python, pointed at herself, and said uncertainly, "Are you telling me to follow you?"

The purple python nodded, and Leng Yue was even more surprised. "You can understand human speech?" After Leng Yue said this, she didn't know if it was just her imagination, but she felt that the king snake had contempt in its eyes.

The purple python turned its head, flicked its tail, and continued walking. Leng Yue, meanwhile, was surrounded by a group of venomous snakes, who were watching her intently. She had no choice but to continue following.

After walking for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the purple python stopped in front of a deep pool. Leng Yue stood less than three feet from the water, quietly waiting for the purple python's next move.

The purple python glanced at Leng Yue, then with a "plop," tossed the bamboo slip into the deep pool. As Leng Yue hesitated, the purple python whipped its tail, pulling her in as well.

"Are you crazy?!" Leng Yue exclaimed in surprise, hastily casting a water-repelling spell and floating quietly inside.

The purple python was exasperated and finally spoke up when it could no longer contain itself, "Can't you even move a muscle!"

"What can I do if I can't swim?" Leng Yue held onto the water-repelling spell, remaining motionless until a moment later, when she realized, "Wait, so you can talk? Then why didn't you say anything just now?"

"If it weren't for how stupid you are, do you think I would have said this? Seriously, how can you be so stupid? I really wonder how you became a judge!" The purple python ruthlessly complained, full of disdain for Leng Yue.

"What do I do now?" Leng Yue looked innocently at the purple python.

"I won't let you ashore until you find the bamboo slips," the purple python said, flicking its tail to intimidate Leng Yue.

"Then why did you throw it down? Wasn't that pointless?" Leng Yue was practically going crazy. Were all the creatures in the underworld this capricious?

"Are you going to look for it or not? If you're not, I'll take a picture of you!" the purple python said, wiggling its tail.

Leng Yue nodded. "Your Majesty, I'll look, okay?" With that, Leng Yue began to doggy-paddle downwards. The purple python on the shore, relieved that Leng Yue hadn't seen anything, breathed a sigh of relief.

But after searching for a long time, Leng Yue couldn't find the bamboo slip. Just as Leng Yue was about to give up, she suddenly saw something glittering at the bottom of the pool. Out of curiosity, Leng Yue swam over to investigate.

As Leng Yue swam closer, she saw that many glittering beads were hidden in the crevices of the rocks at the bottom of the pool. The bamboo slip was among these beads. Leng Yue was delighted and reached out to take the bamboo slip.

Just as Leng Yue's hand touched the bamboo slip, she was sucked in. No matter how much Leng Yue struggled, it was useless. She was like someone caught in a whirlpool at the bottom of the sea, helplessly drifting with the current.

Leng Yue felt as if she were trapped in a spiral funnel, falling deeper and deeper. The world spun around her, with no end in sight.

After an unknown amount of time, Leng Yue fell from the spiral funnel. Before she could react, the bottom of the funnel vanished without a trace.

Leng Yue patted her dizzy head and glanced around. She found herself in what appeared to be a normal room, but there was neither an exit nor an entrance.

Leng Yue felt around on the wall, trying to find any hidden mechanisms or passages, but found nothing. She plopped down, leaned against the wall, and smiled bitterly. She wondered if she had escaped one danger only to fall into another.

After all that commotion, even Leng Yue, a ghost immortal, felt utterly exhausted. She thought for a moment, then chose a spot that suited her taste and lay down.

"Yueyue, you're here, right?" A familiar voice rang out at that moment.

"Qian Chen? Is that you, Qian Chen?" Leng Yue was overjoyed and sat up abruptly. "Where are you?"

"Yueyue, I've left you the key. You can leave this world now." Qianchen's voice rang out again. "Don't look for it anymore. This is just an image I left for you."

Leng Yue looked around and finally saw Qian Chen's face on the roof. "So it was just an image?" Leng Yue's eyes were full of disappointment. She really missed Qian Chen.

"Yueyue, you're sad again, aren't you? Don't be sad. Listen carefully to what I'm about to say." Qianchen's expression was solemn. "After you did the challenge mission, you disappeared. Neither Ling nor I could find you. Ling put me into the few most likely small worlds, and this is one of them. I will look for you in every world I go to, but if I can't find you, I will leave clues to guide you to the spatial gate."

"That's why I can't stay in any world for long, because what I've done has caught the attention of the Space Management Headquarters. So, we may never see each other again, Yueyue, please take care of yourself!" Qianchen said, her eyes filled with longing and reluctance. "Don't worry, I will still find a way to reunite with you. Don't worry."

The image vanished, and the roof remained a roof. But a door appeared before Leng Yue, leading into complete darkness. Without hesitation, Leng Yue stepped inside, finding it pitch black.

Fortunately, there's only one passage, only one path. Even if she can't see it, she won't get lost. Even if she can't see, Leng Yue isn't afraid at all, because this is where Qian Chen once walked…