Chapter 93 Dragon Clan 1 Sleeping Together
The fire on the seventh level of the Abyss burned for more than two months, and all the unhatched magical beasts were reduced to ashes in the flames.
After everything had completely calmed down, a man stood on the thick layer of ashes, bent down and picked up a forgotten magic core with his slender fingers. "The little snake really gave me a big gift. I should think about how to unwrap this present."
What kind of turmoil would this world be stirred up if the various races learned that the long-extinct dragon race had reappeared?
He was really looking forward to it.
The man chuckled and turned to leave, unaware that a small teleportation bead was hidden beneath the ashes, recording the scene and transmitting it to the "gift" he had mentioned.
Inside the makeshift tent, Xu Xing sat at the table, his hands clasped together, his chin resting on the back of his hands, watching the scene transmitted back by the image transmission bead with a serious expression.
In the scene, a man with intricate gold embroidery on the hem of his clothes picks up a magic core from the seventh floor.
Xu Xing left this image transmission bead on a whim before leaving that floor. She didn't even tell her senior brother about it, but unexpectedly, it actually transmitted useful images back.
Isn't the Abyss a place where you can only enter and never leave? So what's the deal with this man? Could he be the one who used a spatial artifact to bring my senior brother into the Abyss?
It's a pity I didn't see what he looked like...
Even after finding his senior brother, Xu Xing was not completely at ease. Regardless of whether the spatial black hole was aimed at his senior brother or at her, everything was not over until the mastermind behind it was brought to justice.
Her gaze fell on the Flowing Cloud Sword beside her. Looking at the thin golden line on the blade, Xu Xing reached out and gently touched it. She felt a slightly cool touch on her hand. At the same time, the Dragon Pearl in her dantian moved slightly, as if in response.
Dragon scales, dragon bones, dragon pearls...
Xu Xing lowered her eyes. She wasn't indifferent to what had happened to her, but she was used to taking things easy and didn't want to delve into certain things. However, if it caused harm to those around her, she would never pretend to be ignorant again.
Are those things lurking in the shadows searching for a dragon? Or...?
Looking for her?
Noticing the tent flap move, Xu Xing looked up, his golden eyes instantly becoming almost vertical.
"Sister, are you asleep?"
Tianxin's voice rang out from outside, "May I come in?"
Xu Xing put away the image transmission bead. "Of course."
Seeing Tianxin come in carrying the puppet doll, she smiled and asked, "Why aren't you resting so late?"
Tianxin slowly walked over and sat down next to Xu Xing. "Sister, what if we can't leave Shiyuan? Aren't you afraid?"
Xu Xing leaned back against the cushions to find a more comfortable position. "We won't be stuck here forever, don't worry."
"Even if we can't get out for a while, the food I've stockpiled is enough for us to live comfortably for 30 to 50 years."
After leaving the level where the magical beasts were incubated, they arrived here. This level was devoid of any living creatures, not even magical beasts; it was completely empty except for the dense poisonous gas.
They have been trapped here for more than a month and have yet to find any clues to leave.
At this moment, Tianxin suddenly came over, and Xu Xing guessed that she might be a little scared because she couldn't find a way to leave.
"Thinking about these things suddenly, is it because anyone's a little scared to be alone? Then stay and sleep with me." Xu Xing patted the empty space beside him.
"..."
Tianxin hugged the doll tightly in an instant.
Seeing that her delicate little face had turned pink, Xu Xing chuckled and asked, "Why are you shy?"
With her eyes darting away, Tianxin pursed her lips and hesitated for a while before whispering, "I'm going back to sleep."
Seeing that the girl was embarrassed, Xu Xing stopped teasing her, took her back to her tent, and reinforced the shield outside the tent. But after returning, she couldn't sleep, her mind constantly thinking about how she would live in the Abyss if she really couldn't get out.
Although she is already with her senior brother, what if they get tired of each other after a long time of staying in this dark and gloomy place?
Xu Xing felt certain that he would never get tired of his senior brother, but he also began to overthink about potential relationship crises in the future.
After tossing and turning for a while, she finally got up and decided to go to her senior brother's tent to check on him. She figured he was probably meditating and cultivating again.
Tianxin's tent was in the very center. She lay on the soft mat and noticed the slightest movement outside. She held her breath.
Someone tiptoed from the leftmost tent to the rightmost one.
Tianxin pursed her lips, and in the end simply turned over and hugged the puppet doll in her hands tightly.
"Senior brother..."
Xu Xing lifted the curtain and saw Shen Du meditating with his eyes closed.
Seeing her come in, Chen Du opened his eyes and asked gently, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, I just wanted to come and sleep with you."
Xu Xing casually took out a soft cushion from his backpack and placed it next to Shen Du's legs, not noticing that the other person swayed and almost lost his balance.
Sleep together?!
In the dim light, Shen Du's cheeks burned, and he couldn't even speak for a moment. He watched helplessly as Xu Xing took out a set of bedding and lay down comfortably next to him.
Although Shi Yuan had no one else around, he had not yet confessed his feelings to his junior sister. It was not the behavior of a gentleman to take his junior sister's unconscious closeness for granted.
After hesitating for a moment, Chen Du finally spoke up, "This is not appropriate. Let's go back to our own tents."
After receiving no response for a while, he looked down and saw that Xu Xing had fallen asleep.
"..."
With a helpless sigh, Chen Du got up, intending to change tents himself, but Xu Xing suddenly reached out and grabbed his arm, murmuring incoherently in his sleep, "Senior brother, can we really get out of here..."
Shen Du looked down and saw that her brows were slightly furrowed, indicating that she was not sleeping soundly. So she was worried about this matter.
Standing frozen in place, gazing quietly at Xu Xing's sleeping face for a long time, Chen Du finally couldn't help but gently stroke her brow, wanting to wipe away her worries as well.
She is a miracle; anything is possible with her.
"If it were you, you definitely could."
He whispered a message, gently tucked her hand into the thin blanket, and got up to leave.
Tianxin, who was in the middle tent, couldn't sleep. She stared at the top of the tent with her eyes open and heard a slight noise. Someone had returned to the tent on the left.
This time, she finally fell asleep peacefully.
The next day, when Xu Xing woke up, he found that his senior brother was not in the tent. He didn't think much of it and just assumed that the other party had gotten up early.
Sure enough, Xu Xing saw his senior brother practicing swordsmanship not far from the tent. He went over and found that the senior brother was not using a shield and was completely exposed to the poison gas.
"Senior brother! Why aren't you using your shield?"
Xu Xing nervously grabbed Shen Du's hand and saw that a faint spiritual light emanated from Shen Du's body, resisting the poison gas and preventing it from entering his body.
"Don't worry, it's just cultivation." Shen Du sheathed the Xuan Yue Sword, looked down at her, and asked, "Did you sleep well last night?"
Xu Xing nodded, without letting go of his hand. "Very good."
Shen Du glanced at his hand, which she was holding, then quickly moved it away, wanting to say something but remaining silent.
Xu Xing noticed something was wrong. His senior brother was clearly circulating his spiritual energy, but why was there no spiritual energy fluctuation in his left arm?
She frowned, wanting to take a closer look, but Chen Du pulled his hand away, saying, "I'll go take a look over there."
Xu Xing's expression changed. He rushed forward and rolled up Chen Du's sleeve, and sure enough, he saw that Chen Du's left arm had turned completely black, the festering wounds were unable to heal, and all the tendons and veins were necrotic. Although he could barely make a few simple movements, the arm was practically useless.
"When did you get this injury? Are you trying to hide it from me again?"
"It's not that I'm trying to hide it. It's just a minor injury. It only looks serious because the medicine isn't working here. It will heal naturally once we get out of here."
Shen Du explained softly that he really didn't care about the injury; he could use a sword with one hand and it wouldn't affect anything.
But what if we can't get out?
A shadow crossed Xu Xing's face. She didn't say anything, but raised her head, her expression seemingly natural. "That's right, we'll be able to get out soon."
In the following days, Shen Du explored various places, trying to find clues, while Xu Xing, contrary to his usual behavior, did not go anywhere and focused on refining weapons.
Even if there is no way out of the Abyss, she will still "forge" one.
Xu Xing had been studying the black hole-shaped spatial teleportation artifact and had already gained some insights. What if a teleportation point were placed in different layers of the Abyss? She refused to believe that she couldn't find a way out after traversing every corner of the Abyss.
During this time, Tianxin silently stayed by Xu Xing's side. Several times she saw Xu Xing's anxious appearance and seemed to want to say something, but she held back.
Half a year passed in the blink of an eye. Xu Xing did indeed develop a teleportation artifact that could travel between different levels of the Abyss of Corruption. He even went to the thirteenth level again, but he was unable to go to the forty-seventh level where the group of children were.
Too slow.
Xu Xing frowned as she looked at the refining furnace in front of her. Moreover, the materials needed to refine spatial magic artifacts were too numerous and varied, and the materials in her backpack were already insufficient.
There must be other ways.
Her master had confidently stated that she could leave the Abyss of Eclipse. Why? The only thing that set her apart from others, besides her exceptional survival skills, was…
Xu Xing examined the Flowing Cloud Sword from all angles and tried to activate the Dragon Pearl within her body, but she could only draw spiritual power from it and could do nothing else.
If the way out really is related to the dragon race, what should she do?
"Tianxin, have you ever heard of the Dragon Clan?"
She eventually realized it.
Tianxin sat down next to Xu Xing, holding the puppet doll. "I've heard the elders in the clan mention that the Dragon Clan was once the overlord of the Spirit Martial Continent. At that time, all the races feared the power of the Dragon Clan, and the Demon Clan, under the protection of the Dragon Clan, became the most powerful force among all the races."
"If the dragon race was so powerful, why did it become extinct?"
Tianxin turned to look at Xu Xing's golden eyes. If you look closely, you can see the difference between the two eyes. Xu Xing's golden pupils are natural and dazzling, while Tianxin's eyes are more like they are shrouded in a golden mist.
Because everyone wants to ascend to immortality, and the dragon race is the secret treasure that allows them to ascend.
Only the dragons who once stood proudly at the pinnacle of the Spirit Martial Continent are exempt from the restrictions of the Abyss of Eclipse. Once you leave the Abyss of Eclipse, your identity will fall into the eyes of those with ulterior motives...
Tianxin silently watched Xu Xing, with a thousand words she wanted to say, but in the end she held them back.
"The greater the power one possesses, the more limited one becomes. The number of dragons is extremely small, and they have difficulty reproducing. When only one dragon remained, they wanted to save it, but it was too late."
Tianxin's voice became very soft, "The last dragon, for some unknown reason, fell into demonic possession and slaughtered various races. In the end, it was subdued by the combined forces of the powerful beings of various races. Since then, there have been no more dragons on the Lingwu Continent."
Xu Xing knew that what Tianxin said was not the whole truth. Perhaps the fox clan elders did not reveal too much to a child, but the dragon clan's past power was beyond doubt.
The Dragon Balls didn't react inside her, which was like she possessed a great treasure but didn't know how to use it...
When Chen Du returned, he saw Xu Xing sitting on the edge of the cliff, swinging his legs, looking very troubled. Tian Xin was also there, very close to him.
After glancing at the somewhat worn puppet doll in the other person's hand, Chen Du looked away. "We've found the exit to the other floors."
Amidst the turbulence of the teleportation, Xu Xing held his senior brother's hand with one hand and embraced Tianxin protectively with the other.
This departure was exceptionally difficult, and even their protective shields were pushed to the brink of collapse.
Seeing the countless pebbles carried by the gale behind Xu Xing, Tianxin subconsciously used her spiritual power to move those stones away.
This was the first time she had used her spiritual power since meeting Xu Xing.
In mid-air, looking out at the distant sea, Tianxin immediately recognized that this was the forty-seventh floor.
They're back on the 47th floor. She'll be so happy!
A faint smile appeared in Tianxin's eyes. She was about to tell Xu Xing when she saw him quickly put her down after landing, and his gaze suddenly turned cold.
The next moment, the words that came out of Xu Xing's mouth made Tian Xin's smile freeze completely.
"Tianxin, can you tell me what 'soul division' means?"
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Author's note: Shen Du: After we get out, I must find an opportunity to confess my feelings to my junior sister.
Xu Xu: After we get out, we should be able to prepare for the Dao Couple Ceremony.
Tianxin: There's no need to wait to get out, I think I'm already done for...
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