Chapter 258: Compromise and be cautious

Xiao Yu was very grateful for this claw, which finally made him completely sober.

He held Xu Chuchu down and refused to let go no matter how she struggled. Although he was hit twice more, he finally succeeded.

After tossing and turning like this for a long time, she slowly calmed down, leaned against the wall for a while, and then closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Xiao Yu tried again to transfer spiritual power into her body. It was certain that he couldn't transfer it in, but this time he could clearly feel that her body was much more stable.

I don’t know how long it took, but the redness in the corners of her eyes gradually faded, her nails retracted, and she returned to normal.

…

When Xu Chuchu woke up, she was still leaning in Xiao Yu's arms, wrapped tightly in two layers of clothes.

She turned her head to look at Xiao Yu and saw that he was also asleep with his head tilted to one side. There was a thin layer of sweat on his forehead. He looked a little tired but seemed very relaxed. She felt an indescribable feeling in her heart.

This small movement quickly woke Xiao Yu up. He opened his eyes and saw Xu Chuchu was awake. He spoke with a nasal voice: "How do you feel now?"

"It's okay. The inner elixir has been mostly absorbed. Thank you." Xu Chuchu sat up straight.

It will take time to absorb all the cultivation. I must not be so reckless next time. I must find a quiet place to slowly dissolve it.

She looked at Xiao Yu uncomfortably: "I...didn't do anything to you, did I?"

She had a vague memory of what had just happened, but it wasn't complete. If she was right, she seemed to have forced herself on Xiao Yu.

When she lowered her eyes again, she saw several bloody marks on Xiao Yu's chest and arms from her scratches... Wasn't it so intense?

I really want to find a hole in the ground to jump into.

"The injuries on your body are..." she asked hesitantly.

"Ah, it's nothing, just apply some medicine." Xiao Yu took out a small bottle of medicine and sprinkled it on the wound like seasoning.

He didn't want to embarrass Xu Chuchu, so he quickly changed the subject. He described the changes in her body shape, such as her claws and eyes, and said that he was injured because he accidentally bumped into her.

But there was no mention of Meixiang or other details.

"Yeah, that's pretty much what I thought." Xu Chuchu paused, "In the future... I might become more and more like a fox."

Xiao Yu felt that this was not a good thing, but he didn't know how to comfort her, so he didn't dare to say anything.

The two men turned their backs to each other, one changed clothes while the other treated his wounds.

In fact, Xu Chuchu was not completely unaware of what had happened just now. Xiao Yu didn't say a word about it, which made her suddenly feel that he was really different from the Xiao Yu he used to be.

More compromising and more cautious.

"How do you feel now? Do you want to rest for a while?" Xiao Yu asked.

Xu Chuchu said: "It's ready, let's hurry forward, Chen Zhaozhi should be ahead of us."

The two set off in silence, but the road ahead was still long and endless, and even the surrounding environment was exactly the same.

After walking for a while, Xu Chuchu stopped and asked: "Are we going around in circles in the same place?"

If there is only one road and no other reference points around, it is difficult for people to feel left and right when walking on it.

But Xiao Yu thought about it and said, "That shouldn't be the case. We've come all the way here, and there aren't any other forks in the road except where we parted ways with Shen Zhaozhi. If we were really going in a circle, we should have passed by the snake house."

"You're right..." Xu Chuchu pondered. She was wondering if there were any other formations or spells that could make people lost, but after thinking about it, she felt that it was not necessary.

The space below did not show any signs of being on guard against outsiders. Even the group of snakes just now had signs on the wall indicating how to pass through.

"Wait." Xiao Yu suddenly quickened his pace. "The top here is constantly rising."

He increased his spiritual power, and light soon filled the entire space.

Sure enough, they found that the top of the passage was getting higher and higher. It was originally only one and a half people high, but it was almost three people high as it went forward.

The two men looked at each other and walked forward quickly. The passage made a sharp turn and they found a huge wooden door standing in front of them.

Xu Chuchu made a rough estimate and concluded that a large freight truck could easily pass through this door.

So what's going on in there? Is there some giant creature living there again?

The two men put their ears to the door and listened for a while, but heard no movement.

Xiao Yu walked forward and pushed the door hard, but it was clearly made of wood and it didn't move at all.

"Let me see." Xu Chuchu walked closer and touched it.

Although there is no water here, it is at the bottom of the lake after all, and the humidity is much heavier than on the shore. The surface of the wooden door has been severely corroded, and the outer layer can be peeled off by scratching.

"There is a mechanism on it." Xu Chuchu touched a lot of small pieces of wood.

She was prepared and randomly moved one of the pieces, and immediately heard a corresponding crisp sound from above.

"Do I need to move these pieces of wood in the correct order?" Xiao Yu reacted and wanted to give it a try, but found that the number of these pieces of wood far exceeded his imagination, and they were densely packed everywhere.

It would be fine if they knew how many pieces were needed in total, or had some other clues, but now that they have no idea, what's the difference between that and looking for a needle in a haystack?

It could be ten times, twenty times, or even just five times... There are so many pieces of wood, it would take forever to try.

The two checked the surrounding walls to see if there would be any clues like before, but they found nothing.

Xu Chuchu also tried to use spiritual power to push the door, but she didn't know what special material was inside the door, so the spiritual power was quickly absorbed as soon as it came out, and had no effect on pushing the door.

It can be said that there is no way.

After holding on for a breath, Xu Chuchu sighed tiredly.

She had been in a rush all the way and had no time to rest and think, and now she finally ran out of energy.

When she thought of her master and Daju and the others still being imprisoned in Fox Mountain, she felt so nervous that she felt nauseous.

She knew that although the fox fairy was not trustworthy, she still needed her help, so she would not hurt or blame her master and others during this period... But she just couldn't feel at ease no matter what.

Indeed, it wasn't her fault that things had come to this point. Frankly speaking... the Master was more responsible.

But the master did all these things for her from beginning to end, asking for an old fox's inner elixir to restore her cultivation so that she would not spend the rest of her life as an ordinary person in loneliness.

To get and then lose is much more painful than never getting it at all.

Who lost her cultivation?

It's her.

Two months was a long time, but could she really pull it off? What if something went wrong and she failed?

"Don't worry, I'll find a way." Xiao Yu noticed at a glance that she was in a bad mood. He took off his coat and put it on the ground, then helped her sit down.