Unexpectedly, Su Yuexi was lying on the lowest step of this floor, with blood on his forehead and gasping for breath. It was obvious that his injury was not fatal. Next to him was a nine-tailed white fox. Its tail was supporting Su Yuexi's body, allowing him to barely maintain balance. However, Su Yuexi had obviously fainted, and his whole body was drooping, without any strength at all.
If the nine-tailed white fox lets go of one of its tails, it will continue to roll down and eventually break its neck and die.
"Have you found the Yinxi Pot?" asked the nine-tailed white fox Hu Lingshang.
I took the pot out of my hand and showed it to it. It stood up and prepared to come over, but I was worried that Su Yuexi would be let go and fall off, so I quickly took back the Yinxi Pot. It stopped and asked, "What? Are you going to regret it? I'm sorry to tell you, Zhou Lang, if Zhou Lang makes things difficult for me at this moment, I won't be polite either."
I pointed at Su Yuexi and said, "Don't worry, between you and me, how could I go back on my word? But if you get close to me, Yuexi might be in danger, so I hope you can take this into consideration."
"Zhou Lang, the thing in your hand is the treasure of my fox clan. We have been looking for it for a thousand years. I hope you will return it. As for her life, I have already saved her before. Therefore, even if I let her go now, it will not be considered as violating morality. As long as you are willing to return the Yinxi Pot to me, I guarantee that she will be safe. But if you say one thing and mean another and deceive me, I don't mind killing both of you to get the treasure back." She said.
"Have you forgotten what I told you before? We are husband and wife!" I said.
"If I didn't believe it, how would I know to come here from the secret cave at the foot of the mountain to meet you? But if you want to keep the Yinxie Pot for yourself, I will no longer believe what you said about your husband and wife. Zhou Lang, please don't compete with me at this time." She said.
She is now extremely impatient for the Yinxie. If she lets go of the tail in a hurry, the consequences will be disastrous. And now she thinks that I have some ill intentions towards the Yinxie Pot, so she will not take any other protective measures for Su Yuexi. She uses this to threaten me to hand over that thing. Now that the matter of the gorilla has just been resolved, the misunderstanding on this end has been deadlocked for a while.
What should I do? I became uneasy, but I knew that getting flustered would only put me in a bigger predicament, so I could only calm down and think carefully.
"I won't compete with you. Let's both take a step back, okay? I'll go towards you, and you don't move. I'll personally deliver it to your mouth. Then after I support Su Yuexi, you can move. How about this? Anyway, I can't beat you, so why do you worry that I will snatch the Yinxie Pot and run away?" I asked.
It seemed to calm down a little and nodded.
I took it and slowly moved forward. It suddenly stopped and said, "Zhou Lang, you are not going to open it when you put it next to my mouth, are you?"
If it is opened, the Yin-Xing Fire inside will indeed be released, which may burn it to ashes. This is how the Overlord Orangutan in the previous dimension space died. This is probably also a troublesome thing for it, which is why it is so vigilant now.
But neither this nor that works. How can this deadlock be resolved?
"What will it take for you to believe that I mean you no harm?" I asked.
"Put the Yinshi Pot two palms in front of me, and I will be able to reach it. At the same time, my tail can still protect Miss Su and prevent her from rolling down. How about that?" she asked.
"Okay, but when you get this pot, you must stay calm and don't get excited, okay?" I said.
She nodded.
Alas, if it were my Lingshang, she would not have any suspicion towards me. Unfortunately, this is a world in another dimension, so people are particularly suspicious. I feel helpless about this.
Fortunately, the two of us reached an agreement. I slowly placed the pot in front of my palms, and it didn't move at all. Both of us were afraid that something might happen to the other, so we were particularly cautious. It can be said that this was comparable to some kind of transaction scene in a TV drama.
Fortunately, we had no ill intentions in the first place, so after I put it down, it bit it with its mouth, and I hurried to Su Yuexi's front to grab her body and clothes. After the nine-tailed white fox made sure that Su Yuexi was fine, it let go of its tail, picked up the Yinxi Pot and prepared to escape. Almost in an instant, I saw that she had reached the next level and was looking up at me.
"Can you still fulfill what you promised me before?" I asked.
It nodded, and then responded in its mind: "This item must be brought back to comfort the ancestors of the fox clan. When I am done, I will return and take you two to West Island. Besides, Miss Su is not in good condition, and I am afraid we will have to wait for a while before going to West Island. I will keep my promise."
"Okay, I believe you, after all, you are one of my wives," I said.
I only heard her laughing in her heart language, which was particularly pleasant to hear, and she said, "I am beginning to believe what you said. After all, Zhou Lang and I are really moved now. If I were to cultivate into a human form, I would definitely experience the feeling of consummating marriage with Zhou Lang again."
I almost spit out my mouth. It was indeed her. She was so direct every time she talked about this!
"Please wait for me, Zhou Lang."
Then the nine-tailed white fox quickly ran down with the Yinxie Pot in its mouth. The sound became smaller and smaller, and judging from the frequency of the lowered pitch, it should be running quite fast. It was really afraid that the Yinxie Pot would be lost. It must be more or less wary of me. But it doesn't matter. Caution has always been a sign of Hu Lingshang's character, and it's not the first day I've known him.
Su Yuexi had already fainted, so I carried her on my back. Her hands hung in front of me, and her whole body leaned limply against mine. I could feel that her weight was extremely light, as if she was deliberately reducing the burden on me. I carried her down several floors like this without feeling much, and my legs didn't feel sore at all. It was truly magical.
She is a girl who will not be a burden to others, and her performance is good in all aspects, but I didn't expect that this also includes her weight. Of course, this is related to the life nectar of the Wutu tribe that she drank over the years, which is understandable.
But although her body was light, she couldn't avoid sliding down. This was related to gravity. I had no choice. Although it was indecent, I could only lift up the perky part of her back so that it could return to its original position so that I could continue to carry her down. There were indeed many impolite things in this process.
Just like this, like an endless cycle, I kept going down, but it seemed like I was always walking in the same tunnel. Fortunately, I had walked out of it before, so I was not worried. It was just a little monotonous. The only thing that was not monotonous was the special feeling in my palms from time to time.
Even if you go down alone, you have to walk and rest. After all, such a long spiral staircase will make you tired if you don’t roll down. Therefore, you will have to rest for a while. In this environment, I think of the days with Yunwen. We shared weal and woe, and it was here that we formed a deep emotional foundation. It was also at that time that we tacitly put on the pair of couple necklaces (Milong Yazhang).
To be honest, every day when I was out, even though Su Yuexi was by my side, I couldn't help but miss Yunwen. I didn't know if she was anxious because of my disappearance, and what she would do at this moment. Thinking of this, I wanted to go back a little more.
But to go back, I have to go to West Island and find that mysterious space, find the culprit, defeat him or use some other method to let it send me back to my own latitude space. That would be the only way.
"This guy, he beats me whenever he wants and does whatever he wants. He even brought me to this place to torture me. That's enough. If I meet the Dark Lord one day, I will definitely not be polite to him!" I muttered.
Finally, I saw that the level below was no longer a staircase, and I realized that I had finally reached the bottom. I shouted and was about to go out of the cave, but I saw the corpses of the gorillas lying in front of me. Their bones and joints were dislocated and they died in a miserable way, especially the four-armed white ape, whose four arms were twisted into a ball.
It seems that no matter which space they are in, the two brothers will not have a good ending!
I was about to take Su Yuexi out of the cave, but I saw my package on the ground, and on it were many fresh wild fruits, wild mushrooms, and even Ganoderma lucidum! These seemed to grow only in summer...