Chapter 30
Jitang climbed up carrying Su Jinzhou on his back.
She used her nightmare energy to control the two daggers and inserted them into the monster's flesh. It seemed to be like scratching an itch through a shoe. The daggers were inserted and pulled out, but the monster did not react.
Su Jinzhou stayed on Jitang's back, his arms loosely around Jitang's neck and shoulders, his legs slightly curled up.
Ji Tang held the lower side of his thighs with both hands, and stepped on the dagger with his left and right feet like climbing a mountain, using the dagger as a step.
Su Jinzhou's eyes were dull and his expression was blank.
He didn't even dare to imagine what he looked like in Jitang's body.
Ji Tang asked him halfway up the boat: "Did you stay all night?"
Su Jinzhou came back to his senses and subconsciously moved closer. "What?"
Ji Tang: "Why can't I feel your breath? Are you breathing?"
Su Jinzhou actually calmed his mind and concentrated for a long time.
He felt that he could no longer reduce the burden on Jitang, so he subconsciously slowed down his breathing, psychologically thinking that this would make him feel a little lighter.
Seeing that he didn't answer, Jitang tilted his head and asked, "Why aren't you breathing?"
Su Jinzhou: "Am I heavy?"
Ji Tang was slightly startled, but soon understood, "Are you worried that it will be hard for me to carry it?"
She then smiled and said, "Don't worry, I only used a little physical strength to carry you, mostly relying on nightmare energy. Don't worry! I'm warning you, don't use spiritual power, otherwise you will jump from the monster's body to a higher level!"
After hearing this, Su Jinzhou's heart finally calmed down a little and he stopped trying to control his breathing.
But just as he was about to take a breath, Jitang suddenly shrank his neck.
Su Jinzhou noticed, "What's wrong?"
Jitang quickly straightened his neck and said, "Nothing."
She was very ticklish behind her ears. In order to listen to her talking, Su Jinzhou and Ji Tang moved closer. When he breathed, the warm air fell behind Ji Tang's ears, causing goose bumps on her arms.
She could sense that something was wrong with Su Jinzhou, and considering his previous identity as the crown prince, it was not difficult to guess how he felt at the moment.
If she asked Su Jinzhou to retreat at this time, she didn't know what Su Jinzhou would think. Ji Tang simply gritted her teeth -
It's better to itch than to hurt, right?
Itching is no big deal.
Just bear with it!
Not long after the thought came to his mind, Ji Tang missed a step with his right foot, and the two of them suddenly became flustered.
Su Jinzhou tightened his arms around her delicate shoulders, "Are you okay?"
Every time he spoke, Ji Tang felt more itchy and couldn't concentrate on his feet at all. The hand that was supporting Su Jinzhou's thigh also became slightly weak.
If this continues, she won't be able to climb for a few steps before they fall down.
Ji Tang was really helpless, "Why don't you... move back a little bit? But don't think too much!"
Before Su Jinzhou could figure out the meaning of the previous sentence, he heard Ji Tang quickly add another sentence.
She said sheepishly, "Your breath sprayed on the back of my ear and it was really itchy. Don't think too much about it. It's not that I mind you being so close to me, or that you breathe so hard... Anyway, I'm really ticklish in this area, I've been since I was a kid. I just stepped on empty air because I couldn't help but feel the itch."
Ji Tang spoke very quickly. After Su Jinzhou finished listening to her, his stunned eyes gradually softened and a smile appeared on the corners of his mouth.
He leaned back a little and said softly, "Okay."
Ji Tang couldn't see his expression and felt a little nervous. "Don't move too far away from me, or you'll fall down again. Then, shall we continue?"
Su Jinzhou's voice was tinged with laughter, "Yeah."
Ji Tang now understood what was going on, and feeling relieved, he lifted up the lower part of Su Jinzhou's thigh.
Su Jinzhou's smile froze.
"...Jitang, stop shaking."
"I'm afraid you'll slip."
"We can't slide down, let's go up quickly."
"Oh, I see..."
If he didn't go up, Su Jinzhou felt like his face was about to burn.
It took them a quarter of an hour to climb up the corridor and stand on the flat ground looking forward.
Ji Tang frowned. "Another endless passage. What part of the monster is this? How can it be like this? But the good news is, it doesn't look like the monster's excretion outlet."
Su Jinzhou looked at her with a rather helpless look, turned around and said, "This is really..."
"What?" Ji Tang turned around and clicked his tongue. "Wow, there must be a maze inside this monster's body!"
There were not only corridors in front of them, but when they turned around, they saw even more corridors.
These corridors are intricately intertwined and rise and fall. Even if they stand far away and high up, they cannot find the end of the corridor.
"It seems that it will be difficult to get out before the protective shield loses its effect." Ji Tang's shoulders drooped, and he felt powerless for a moment.
Su Jinzhou looked at each corridor from left to right, "Look at where these corridors are most entangled."
Ji Tang raised his eyes: "Where?"
She looked in the direction Su Jinzhou pointed. There was a large protruding knot there. Many passages passed through there. It was entangled so much that it seemed to have formed an unsolvable knot.
Su Jinzhou: "Compared to other corridors, this is the most special place."
Ji Tang nodded, "Let's go over there and take a look!" She used her nightmare energy to pull the dagger out of her flesh, "Let's do it the old way. I'll carry you on my back and step over the dagger."
Can this be considered as the first time being unfamiliar, the second time being familiar?
In short, when he climbed onto Jitang's back again, his mentality was much more stable than before.
The dagger is no longer pointing upwards, but sideways forwards.
Jitang controlled the dagger and moved much more smoothly. When they reached the other side, it took them much faster than before.
After putting down Su Jinzhou, Ji Tang couldn't help but feel worried: "When we look from a distance, at least we can tell the general direction, but when we get close, it's hard to tell where these corridors lead to."
Su Jinzhou smiled slightly.
"What are you laughing at?" Ji Tang looked at him in confusion, saw a hint of confidence in his eyes, and then listened to what he said.
"I remember that."
Ji Tang gave him a thumbs-up with both hands: "Junior brother, you are awesome!"
Su Jinzhou: "Yes, Senior Brother."
After entering the corridor, Ji Tang quickly lost her bearings. The further she went in, the more forks there were. She followed Su Jinzhou and saw that every time Su Jinzhou came to a fork, he would choose one without hesitation.
She tried to think about it, but her mind quickly became a mess and she had no sense of space at all.
After walking around for a long time, the two finally arrived at the place where the knot was tied.
The amazing thing is that although this place is tied into a dead knot, the entangled corridors are not blocked, but are open and connected to each other.
The corridors are all long and cylindrical, with only the knotted parts having irregular shapes, but the space is also larger.
As soon as the two walked in, Ji Tang saw the demon pill buried in the pink flesh, only half of it exposed, and shrouded in gray mist.
Ji Tang said in surprise: "It's actually a demon pill!"
Su Jinzhou took a few steps forward and was pulled back by Ji Tang.
Jitang: "Don't come near!"
"No matter if it's a golden elixir from a human cultivator or a demon elixir from a demon cultivator, as long as it's a elixir, it must be extremely important. Since the demon beast placed it here, it must have some protection and won't let us touch it so easily."
Su Jinzhou: "How should I get the elixir?"
Ji Tang carefully led him forward, "I don't know... Let alone monsters, even human cultivators have a thousand different ways of protecting their golden cores. The importance of the golden core is self-evident. It is the gathering place of all the spiritual energy accumulated over the years, so every cultivator will rack their brains to find ways to protect it. Of course, the same goes for monsters."
Su Jinzhou observed the demon pill from afar. "Isn't it strange that the demon beast only buried half of the demon pill in its flesh? If it wanted to hide the demon pill, it could have put the entire thing in its flesh."
"It's very strange." Jitang stood on tiptoe and looked at it. "What do you think that is? I can't see it clearly."
Su Jinzhou looked in the direction she pointed, carefully examined it for a moment, and said uncertainly, "Does it look like a talisman?"
The two looked at each other.
Ji Tang: "How could there be materials for human cultivation in the body of a demon beast?"
They approached slowly, taking every step with extreme caution - because they were not sure whether there would be a magic circle under the talisman, they could only test it out as they walked.
When they came to several pieces of yellow paper and saw the complicated graphics and symbols drawn on the long yellow papers, they were truly sure that they were talismans.
Although the graphic symbols above are regular, they are extremely obscure and difficult to understand.
Su Jinzhou had only learned the basics from Master Wu Shu, and not only did he have a vague understanding of the contents of the talismans, he didn't even know the individual strokes of the talismans.
Ji Tang studied it for a long time before he said uncertainly, "This talisman doesn't seem to be from a human cultivator."
Su Jinzhou's mind raced, "This is in the dragon clan's territory. Maybe it was left there by the dragon clan?"
Jitang: "Well, it's very likely."
Su Jinzhou: "The demon beast has high cultivation level, so the dragon clan that can leave a talisman in its body must also have high cultivation level."
Ji Tang was helpless: "I just don't know which senior left this. If Huan Mang and the others were here, maybe they could make out something. I can't understand it at all. It's probably the language unique to the dragon clan."
The two were helpless.
Su Jinzhou: "Huan Mang and the others were swallowed by the monster. They must be looking for us. We have to... find a way to reunite with them..."
Ji Tang: "Yeah, we have to think of a way. It's definitely not possible to search silently. We have to make some noise." As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Su Jinzhou fall headfirst. She was immediately horrified, "Su Jinzhou!"
The pink flesh inside the monster was too soft, so they stumbled along the way. Ji Tang became anxious, and after a few steps, he simply knelt on the ground and crawled to Su Jinzhou's side.
"What’s wrong with you?!"
Su Jinzhou did not respond to her. His eyes were closed tightly, and the spiritual power in his body was visibly overflowing.
Ji Tang asked anxiously, "Can't you suppress your spiritual power?"
Su Jinzhou's spiritual power had been unstable from resisting Jiuxiao before, and he had to take action against the tentacles and eyeballs in the swamp. Now he had stayed in the monster's body for a long time and had reached his limit.
He opened his eyes with difficulty and shook his head.
Ji Tang gritted his teeth and said, "It seems that I can only advance to the Fusion Stage here!"
She helped Su Jinzhou stand up, helped him get into a meditation position, and leaned behind him to support him.
"The lightning tribulation before the Jindan stage shouldn't be underestimated," she looked up at the pink flesh above her head, "If we're lucky, the lightning tribulation we attract can deal a heavy blow to the monster. Then I'll find a chance to take you out!"
Su Jinzhou nodded imperceptibly. After circulating his spiritual energy for a few cycles, he felt a little better and said, "Stay away from me. Be careful of the thunder tribulation."
The upgraded thunder tribulation will not attack indiscriminately, but if it is close, the thunder tribulation will show no mercy.
In the past, there were many examples of cultivators helping those who were undergoing tribulation to overcome thunder tribulation together. However, whoever should bear it should bear it. Overcoming thunder tribulation in this way will only make the person's Tao heart unstable, and the cleansing of meridians and marrow will not be thorough, which will affect the future improvement of cultivation.
Jitang responded and retreated to the corner, "I know, you can only rely on yourself for this."
It is hard to say how long it takes to advance from the late stage of consecration to the early stage of fusion. This depends on each person's state of mind.
The fastest process takes only a moment, while the slowest may take months or even years.
It took Su Jinzhou less than half a day to go from the foundation-building stage to the enlightenment stage, but there was an uncertain factor from the enlightenment stage to the fusion stage, which was the matter of Su Jinzhou's mother and younger brother.
Su Jinzhou has been holding this matter in his heart for a long time. If it is not handled properly during the upgrade, it may very likely become the seed of his inner demon. At the very least, it will affect his leap forward this time, and at worst, it will lay hidden dangers and cause a counterattack at some point in the future.
Ji Tang secretly worried for him.
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