What should I call you now?
"Qiao Yu," Qiao Yu said firmly, "Once we get out, my master won't have to worry so much."
Fan Zifan looked at him, speechless. "What sins did I commit in my past life! How did I end up being killed by a bunch of troublemakers like you? You can't even talk things out properly, you just resort to violence without warning."
Fan Zifan leaned against Qiao Yu, looking at his deeply sympathetic eyes, and suddenly asked, "You wouldn't be like that too, would you!"
Qiao Yu nodded, then reminded her, "I think we should go up and rescue Liang Si first, and then consider how to find the elixir of immortality."
According to our master, we are supposed to search inside those coffins, but…
Qiao Yu looked at the dense crowd below and felt uncertain, not to mention that he had two people hanging on him and he also had to support Fan Zifan, who had sprained her ankle.
He really had absolutely no room for maneuver left.
They returned to the top floor.
Apart from that dilapidated temple that looked like it was made of paper, there was no one else to be seen here.
"Where is my senior brother?" Qiao Yu asked.
Fan Zifan didn't look there, but stared at Qiao Yu's face and asked, "Don't you feel awkward calling your own name while looking at your own face?"
Qiao Yu: ...
"That's right, here, the self you see is Qiao Yu's face."
Qiao Yu: ...
“That’s not right either. When we were on the mountain…” Fan Zifan limped forward, “It was Laozi’s alchemy furnace! It smelled strongly of pills.”
Qiao Yu looked at him strangely, "Senior brother, it seems like you've disappeared."
"I'm not blind." He continued walking, limping.
The place was boundless, and apart from that destroyed temple, there was nothing else to be seen.
But Fan Zifan didn't stop.
"Senior Uncle, you just mentioned the smell of medicinal pills? Why can't I smell anything?"
"Your bodies are definitely outside."
Qiao Yu: ...
“It’s normal not to see, normal not to smell, and even more normal not to hear.” Fan Zifan stretched out his hand and asked confidently, “Where’s the bone? Give me the key.”
"Are you sure?" he asked.
Those inhuman, ghostly things below looked rather eerie, but there was a barrier set up by the altar there. They were originally sealed in coffins, but they accidentally opened them.
But what lies before us is a vast expanse of white.
Obviously, there is no coffin.
What if you accidentally knock out a barrier and then something even stranger appears?
"Do you have any other ideas?"
Qiao Yu remained silent.
"Or are you teaching me how to do things?"
Qiao Yu silently handed over the bone. "Are you really not going to hesitate any longer?"
"Didn't your master tell you that hesitation leads to defeat?"
"Yes, I actually did tell you."
"Why are you getting sillier and sillier?" Fan Zifan scoffed, reminding her, "You're her smartest disciple now. Find a chance to switch you back! Qiao Yu has been a bit dim-witted since she was little, all that strength she's gained. Don't let her influence you."
Qiao Yu: "Then I'll leave?"
"Let's go, let's go! I still have two burdens to carry, I can't expect you to help me here."
Qiao Yu: ...
Why does it feel like Master Fan is becoming more and more like a teacher?
"Oh, right," he called to Qiao Yu, "if you have a chance to go out, remember to keep an eye on those disciples on the mountain for me. I probably won't be able to leave this place for long."
"Why, why?"
This time, Fan Zifan didn't answer him. The big bone in his hand had already struck the Void Seed, and he stumbled and fell in.
"Uncle-Master! Uncle-Master!" Qiao Yu chased after him, only to find him still standing in the same spot.
"What kind of mess is this! How could it just disappear like that?"
"Little friend, you dropped this gold..."
"Uncle Qu, what brings you here?" Qiao Yu looked at the person who suddenly appeared behind her, unsure if it was an illusion, and first protected Ling Yi and Wen Jinge behind her like a mother hen protecting her chicks.
"Are you alone?" Qu Xiu's eyebrows twitched.
He leaned closer to Qiao Yu, "Who exactly are you?"
"Uncle Qu, you're dead too!"
"Damn it!" Qu Xiu slapped him on the forehead, his finger pointing at the ground. "Are you really alone?"
"Are you really my Uncle Qu or not?!"
"Where's your master?" He kicked a piece of fluff on the ground and immediately jumped up. "It looks like it's made of paper, but it really hurts when I kick it. I finally managed to come home, and it's been ruined like this."
Qiao Yu watched as he rummaged around furtively, and after circling around for a while, Qu Xiu returned to his side. "Are there still a few people missing?"
"I don't know where my senior brother went. Earlier, we saw an onion, but I thought it was safe and ignored it. Now my senior uncle has gone to find the onion and my senior brother."
"Looks like I'm too late." He glanced sideways, lying on the ground as if searching for something. Soon, he locked onto the direction Fan Zifan had disappeared in. "How did you get in?"
“A bone. When Master was awake, he said it was the bone of the Demon Shadow Transformation, and that it was the root bone of Qi Yun.”
"Pervert!" Qu Xiu cursed.
He seemed very familiar with this place.
Before Qiao Yu could respond, he jumped onto the altar below.
Qiao Yu didn't go over. For now, the top floor should be the safest place here, as he still had to keep an eye on the two people who hadn't woken up.
"I'm going down to find the bones."
Then, he heard strange murmurings coming from below, as if some kind of balance had been broken, followed by a series of "thump-thump" sounds, as if the people in the coffins were getting restless and wanted to come out.
Those who had already come out, like walking corpses, also had some who slipped through the net, and were slowly climbing to the top using the human ladder.
"Master Qu..." Before Qiao Yu could even call out, a stranger crawled over. Without thinking, he directed his sword to fly over.
After setting up the barrier, he rushed to the location where he could see the altar. He was shocked by what he saw.
The altar resembled a mass grave.
It was filled with bones, all thanks to Qu Xiu.
"Uncle Qu! What exactly do you want to do! I can't protect Master and Junior Brother by myself!" Qiao Yu shouted down while diligently hacking at the things trying to climb up.
"You can just chop them up however you like. Those that have climbed up are harmless. It's the ones left at the bottom that you need to kill."
"There are so many, how can I handle them all by myself..."
"That's a question for you to answer," Qu Xiu reminded him. "What your master most wants to do is break the balance, so why are you so upset about me doing it? Is it just because I'm not a blood relative?"
"This...this is tens of thousands!"
"Who knows who made that decision in the first place? If you're so capable, go and beat them up. There are four keys, and I still have three left. I need to find one of them first."
"Four?" He seemed to have grasped the key word.
"Master holds the prayer for good fortune, but who holds Master's power?"
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