Chapter 27: Revitalizing the Cultivation World Underground (27% Progress)
"Xiao! Stop! Yuan! Wait for me!" Su Xiaoyao shouted as she fell rapidly, using the 996's support to steady herself.
Her desperate screams echoed through the dry well, making the heads of those below buzz.
[Little Yao, almost at the bottom]
Upon hearing the announcement of the 996 work schedule, Su Xiaoyao quickly pulled out three swords from her storage space, holding one in each hand and another in her mouth.
Inside the narrow well opening, she slowed down by using the friction between her three swords and the four walls.
She had just pulled off a three-sword style move, and before she could even catch her breath, she stepped on something soft and slipped, sliding away.
Hearing the sound, Xiao Tingyuan stopped, turned around, and stretched out his arm to help his partner, but was stepped on squarely. Even with spiritual energy protecting him, he still fell hard under the huge impact.
Su Xiaoyao used the worn-out tip of her sword to steady herself. After standing up straight, she threw away the three broken swords and patted her chest, saying, "I'm so lucky! I'm so lucky! That deep well scared me to death!"
Xiao, the flesh cushion: "..."
After landing safely, Su Xiaoyao looked around for her companions, and only after someone groaned did she find Xiao Tingyuan lying on the ground.
"oops!"
She realized what the soft cushion she had stepped on was, hurriedly went over to help her up, and shrank her neck slightly guiltily: "Little Xiao, are you confused! If you encounter a dungeon that looks like a BOSS's lair in a game, you should at least save your game, refresh your stats, and add two buffs before rushing in. Your impulsive actions are a bad example. Take my advice, first use two buffs, no, two Spirit Gathering Pills to restore your spiritual power, then put on your armor before you charge in."
Xiao Tingyuan also wanted to, but since his family was sanctioned by the Shen family, resources were scarce. Moreover, because he had spent a lot of manpower and resources trying to repair his meridians, he felt guilty and left everything to the clan members when he left home, only taking with him his usual mid-grade longsword.
He dared to do this because 1314 had confidently assured him that everything would be available in the future, but the elixir he had accumulated during this period had already been consumed in the chaotic battle the previous night.
The lucky player noticed his predicament, took a bottle of Spirit Gathering Pill drawn from the prize pool, and stuffed it into his arms: "Take this, take this, boost your condition, there's a tough battle coming up."
Xiao Tingyuan rubbed his swollen head, caught the Spirit Gathering Pill, and paused for a moment before saying, "You're not..."
"Don't misunderstand, I don't want to come and die with you." Su Xiaoyao said expressionlessly, "Fate, it's an unfair fate that sent me here."
Seeing the puzzled look on Xiao Tingyuan's face, she pursed her lips.
He hasn't even read the literary work "Thunderstorm," so he clearly doesn't have the potential to be a protagonist!
Based on her years of experience following updates, these days, it's still up to transmigration novel protagonists like her to brave the most dangerous and dangerous places. Unless she's an orphan protagonist who has lost both parents and all her relatives, the survival rate of her companions is directly increased to ninety percent.
She coughed and explained, "I tossed a coin to see which way to go. If the top side is up, I won't go."
Xiao Tingyuan suddenly realized, no wonder it was said to be a sign from fate: "Fate wants you to come."
“Wrong.” Su Xiaoyao took out her hand from behind her back and casually tossed the copper coin in her palm upwards. “Heads up.”
Xiao Tingyuan was stunned: "Then you..."
"Heh." Su Xiaoyao smiled, a smile that was three parts mockery, three parts indifference, and four parts nonchalance. "Of course it's because—my fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens! I, Su Aotian, swear to break down feudal superstitions and show the spirit of the new era! I came here to fight against fate!"
She put her hands on her hips and sneered, "So I'm just passing by. Don't expect me to do anything later. My priority is to save my life, but I can lend you my potion pot to be my henchman."
She's never been the saint, yet she actually came! Is this the epitome of a complacent, lazy bum? Of course not!
But since she had already come all this way in a moment of impulsiveness, she had to tell him first that her priority was to save her life.
Su Xiaoyao was feeling conflicted and awkward when she suddenly realized that Xiao Tingyuan had fallen silent. She turned around and met his trembling eyes.
"What's wrong with you?" she asked, puzzled.
Xiao Tingyuan glanced at her, then at the system prompter that was invisible to outsiders.
Those are my words!
"It's nothing." He put away the system panel and glanced at Su Xiaoyao several times.
1314 quietly put the hidden quest in the background and went to the system forum to fight the 996 work schedule to the death.
[System 1314: Good heavens! They're bullying the system! These days, even the King of Scrolls steals hidden quests!]
It was so angry that its customer service system broke down.
Unaware of the true situation, Xiao Tingyuan didn't think too much about it and returned to the main topic: "I sense a strong ghostly aura ahead, they should be inside."
Su Xiaoyao decisively shifted the blame: "Go, Pikachu."
The wealthy and powerful Emperor himself even added a ring of lightning strike talismans to it.
"White faces aren't afraid of electricity, but I don't know if ghosts at the bottom of wells are. Anyway, don't rush in recklessly. Remember to pull and tug at things a bit, and use the talismans sparingly." She held the pot of medicine as if she were educating a child.
The medicine pot jumped impatiently off her lap.
Since following Su Xiaoyao, it has actually started learning martial arts moves, making its life difficult.
Xiao Tingyuan's eyes flickered when he saw the pot of medicine. As he probed inside, he asked casually, "Xiao Yao, this pot of yours doesn't seem like an ordinary one."
“Yes, it’s a family heirloom.” Su Xiaoyao understood the special features of the potion pot and gave it a backstory.
Xiao Tingyuan tentatively asked, "Then what use is this... treasure pot besides being able to withstand impacts and smash things? It's shaped like a pot, so it should have the functions of a pot, right?"
Su Xiaoyao trusted her partner's character and wasn't worried that he would commit murder and robbery. So, she boasted, "Don't be fooled by its pot-like appearance. Its true identity is actually a furnace for refining weapons. It's fully automatic, with a success rate of almost 100%, and it even has growth potential. Once I've mastered weapon refining, I'll refine its weapon spirit and transform it into a human."
Xiao Tingyuan frowned.
He was overjoyed to hear about "fully automated weapon forging," almost thinking he had found a kindred spirit, but his spirits dampened when he heard that "the success rate is nearly 100%."
A magic cauldron with a 100% success rate? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
He hadn't completely given up hope; he just wanted to wait and see.
As they walked deeper into the passage, the two cautiously approached the light.
"boom!"
Just then, a thunderous roar echoed from the end, and the aftershocks of the explosion, carrying dust and debris, swept into the passage. The narrow underground space was immediately filled with foul air, making it impossible to see any direction.
Su Xiaoyao covered her nose and mouth with her sleeve, grabbed Xiao Tingyuan's sleeve, and rushed out.
"Cough cough cough, it choked me to death, what the hell was making such a loud noise?"
Once they reached an open area, she patted her chest and took a deep breath. After a short while, she stopped looking up and her expression gradually became blank.
"Xiao...Xiao Ye?"
The object they were so desperate to save, even at the cost of their lives, was standing with its arms crossed, looking languid, surrounded by countless talismans with intricate patterns floating around it.
Two shivering ghosts were crouching in front of her, huddled together for warmth. They were familiar faces, a ghost musician and a ghost maid. Their pale faces had turned completely white, and they were trembling with fear.
Standing behind her was their partner Jun Xiaohei, who always had an innocent smile on his face. He simply stood there with a pen in hand, cinnabar and yellow paper dancing in front of him, drawing a talisman in a few strokes like an assembly line.
She had a sharp eye and recognized the pattern in the system space—a top-grade exorcism talisman.
Jiang Yun stood to the side, holding his sword, his numb expression showing that he was used to it.
Jun Huilian raised an eyebrow in slight surprise when he saw the two of them.
With 996 freely exploring the path, Su Xiaoyao couldn't possibly be unaware that there was a big ghost at the bottom of the well, yet they actually came down.
She paused for a moment, then laughed.
"Everyone's here."
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