"Guess?" Mi Li's voice carried a hint of mockery.
"I can't guess." Zu'an thought to himself, thinking, "You're an aunt who's already had a child, stop acting cute and young." Of course, he would never dare to say these words out loud.
“You’ll know once you rescue me,” Mi Li paused and continued, “Zhang Han has already gained the upper hand and will be back soon. Are you sure you want to waste your time discussing this with me?”
"Then you should at least tell me how to trigger the Three Seals of Heaven, Earth, and Man, right?" Zu An thought to himself, "You don't even know this?"
Mi Li replied, "Look ahead, there is a passage behind the altar. At the end of the passage, there will be a magic circle on the ground. If you stand on the magic circle, it will trigger the seal of man. If you can break the seal, the magic circle on the ground will open and you will enter the next level. The next two levels are the seal of earth and the seal of heaven, respectively."
“I don’t know what you will encounter when you trigger each seal, but it should be extremely dangerous, almost a matter of life and death. If you regret it now, it’s not too late.”
Zu An glanced at Chu Chuyan beside him and gave a calm smile: "How could I regret saving my beloved?"
Upon hearing his words, a faint blush appeared on Chu Chuyan's delicate and flawless cheeks. She looked away somewhat guiltily, too embarrassed to meet his gaze again. She had so much to say, but for a moment she couldn't utter a single word.
Qiao Xueying, standing to the side, glanced at Chu Chuyan and then at Zu An, sighing inwardly, lost in thought.
Zu An came to Chu Chuyan's side and took her hand: "Wife, I'm going to break the seal. I will definitely find a way to save you. Of course, if I accidentally die, you must not remarry another man, otherwise I will die with regrets."
Qiao Xueying: "..."
This guy is as annoying as ever.
Chu Chuyan was initially moved to tears, but after hearing his next words, she couldn't help but laugh and cry: "If you die, I'll die here too, so how could I possibly marry someone else?"
Zuan said, "What if some domineering sword immortal suddenly descends from the sky and saves you from Zhang Han's clutches? Wouldn't you secretly fall for him?"
Chu Chuyan's face immediately turned bright red: "You really did see it that day!"
This guy lied to me at the time, saying he didn't see anything. The thought of someone else seeing such an embarrassing book title made her want to crawl into a hole and disappear.
Zuan laughed and turned to walk towards the human seal deep in the passageway, waving goodbye to her with his back turned.
"Ah Zu!" Just then, Chu Chuyan suddenly called out to him.
Zuan was overjoyed, thinking that she would probably say with teary eyes, "I'll wait for you to come back, and I will never remarry." It was clear that all that effort to win over his wife had paid off.
To his surprise, Chu Chuyan said, "Grandpa, if you dare to die in there, I'll immediately remarry another man!"
Qiao Xueying was stunned, wondering what was wrong with her young mistress.
Then Chu Chuyan added softly, "So you must come back alive."
Zuan was feeling down, but when she changed her tone, all his frustration vanished: "Okay!"
Qiao Xueying bit her lip, thinking to herself that her mistress had been spending too much time with that guy and had actually learned bad habits from him!
Zuan walked along the passageway. This passageway was different from the one he had just entered the underground palace. It was much more exquisite, with both the floor and the walls meticulously carved from marble.
Stone statues of various animals stood on both sides of the passageway. Zu An glanced at them and recognized a leaping horse, a crouching tiger, a reclining elephant, a wild boar, a stone fish, a bear, a lion, a xiezhi (a mythical beast), a camel, and a qilin. Each of them appeared in pairs, standing on either side.
There were also some animals he didn't recognize, and he didn't know if they were mythical beasts from legends or unique to this world.
Every few meters along the wall, there is a small bronze palace maid figure, all gilded in gold, kneeling with a lamp in her hands, her expression serene and elegant. The design is very similar to the Changxin Palace Lanterns that I used to see in museums.
After walking nearly a hundred meters, he finally stopped in a stone chamber. He noticed that there was an extremely intricate patterned array on the floor of the chamber, with the central pattern vaguely forming the Chinese character "人" (ren, meaning person).
This must be the seal of humanity that Mi Li mentioned. Zu An was about to trigger the seal according to the method she taught him when he suddenly had a thought and turned around to look at the slender and delicate girl behind him.
"Oh, what brings you here?" This girl was none other than Qiao Xueying.
Qiao Xueying replied, "It's no use for me to stay by Miss's side. I can neither untie the black bindings on her body nor protect her when that black-armored general returns. I might as well come and see if I can help. After all, you are a third-grade cultivator. You don't look like someone who can successfully break the seal."
Zuan couldn't help but complain, "Hey, I'm telling you, you're a pretty girl, but why do you have such a mouth? It's always so annoying when you talk."
Qiao Xueying rolled her eyes at him: "Likewise."
Despite their bickering, Zuan knew that having another person help would increase their chances of breaking the seal.
Qiao Xueying took out some healing medicine and Qi-boosting pills and swallowed them. After hesitating for a moment, she handed one to Zu An as well: "Do you want one?"
Although this guy is infuriating, we should still help each other out now that we're all fighting side by side.
Zuan shook his head. He was in good condition right now. If his injuries healed, the effects of the Phoenix Nirvana Sutra would be lost.
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