Chapter 36 Chapter 36 You and I, I’m afraid we’re going to…
Chen Qing couldn't help but frown, surprised by his almost intimate behavior. She wanted to raise her hand to wipe her lips, but she saw Li Daoxuan lowering his head and making a silence gesture with his index finger.
“Tick-tock—”
In this space so quiet that you can almost hear a pin drop, the air seems to be frozen. At this moment, the sound of a drop of water breaks the silence, and the lingering sound continues.
Following the sound of dripping water, the two looked up and saw a huge red lotus attached to the stone wall, its core opening and closing as if it was imitating human breathing.
The core of the red lotus is covered with densely packed small teeth, and one bite of it can swallow a human head.
If the lotus spirits on the pleasure boat before were some insignificant disciples, then the lotus spirit in front of the two of them must be an old creature who is the ancestor of the lotus spirits.
Look at the purple-red color of the petals. I wonder how many people they must have swallowed to make them so red.
Chen Qing finally understood why Li Daoxuan said that. If she had really bitten her lip just now, the lotus spirit, which was extremely sensitive to the smell of blood, would have woken up instantly due to the stimulation. By then, she would have to turn the underground palace upside down before she could subdue it.
Under normal circumstances, Li Daoxuan would not have taken it seriously at all, but now the two of them were trapped in the underground palace and had not found a way out. He was afraid that the fighting would be too noisy. If the entrance to the underground palace was destroyed, they would be trapped and unable to get out, which would be a problem.
Therefore, the two of them kept silent at the same time, just to avoid waking this thing up.
Shen Qing silently said to Li Daoxuan: "Watchdog."
Li Daoxuan stared at her lips for a while, then shook his head, indicating that he didn't understand.
Chen Qing: "...Look, door, dog!" She recited word by word silently.
This time Li Daoxuan understood.
Chen Qing gestured for him to look for any mechanism or similar thing around, while she took out the talismans she had just looted from Li Daoxuan from her sleeve and unfolded them one by one, trying to find a useful one.
Fortunately, Li Daoxuan brought enough talismans with him, and she was able to find a few that she needed after picking and choosing. At this time, Li Daoxuan also returned empty-handed, shaking his head to indicate that he had not found anything useful.
Then there is only one possibility, that the place where Honglian is is most likely the exit they are looking for.
Chen Qing formed seals with his hands, and five talismans flew up into the air, spinning rapidly in a circular motion. The talismans emitted a faint golden light that was not dazzling.
Soon, a fine golden net was formed in the center of the talisman. Chen Qing controlled the net and slowly moved it to the place where Honglian was resting. The edge of the golden net was tightly connected with the triangle of the wall. The golden light gradually dimmed, and in a moment, the golden net visible to the naked eye disappeared.
Only the caster himself knows the purpose of the seemingly fragile golden net.
After doing all this, Chen Qing wiped the sweat from the tip of her nose and forehead. She exhaled a breath of hot air. Her body was so uncomfortable that she simply squatted against the wall to catch her breath.
Li Daoxuan walked slowly to her, holding the sword and said, "This formation can only block sound at best. It will be very difficult to trap it."
Chen Qing said, "Being able to speak is enough." She raised her head and asked, "Don't you find it strange that the way we came here is a dead end? We've been walking for so long and haven't even encountered a fork in the road, and now we've reached a dead end again."
"In other words, the fork in the road is behind this door. I don't know why the tomb owner erected a door here to block the entrance."
Li Daoxuan just looked at her, as if wanting to hear what she had to say.
Unexpectedly, Chen Qing didn't have the energy to speak. He waved his hand weakly and said, "Forget it. I'm not the 'Fa Qiu Zhong Lang Jiang'. Why should I bother with so much? Find a way to get rid of this lotus spirit. I suspect it's probably a guard dog. It might be blocking the exit."
Li Daoxuan also guessed so, but it would be difficult to lead it away. But when he saw Chen Qing's lips, which had turned bright red due to the fever, he suddenly had an idea.
He immediately drew his sword and cut off a corner of his sleeve, then stuffed the palm-sized piece of cloth into Chen Qing's hand.
Chen Qing looked puzzled. Just as she was about to ask him what he was doing, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her fingertips. A cry of pain escaped her mouth. She almost doubled over in pain and cursed, "Ah—Li Daoxuan, you bastard!"
Li Daoxuan accurately grasped her hands and used a black cloth to suck the blood that kept flowing out of her fingertips. Chen Qing curled up in pain, but only one of her hands was pulled up in the air and could not be retracted. She looked extremely pitiful.
In the end, seeing that Xuan Burun was almost done, Li Daoxuan finally showed mercy and let go.
Chen Qing immediately spread out his fingertips and saw a wound nearly half a finger long standing on his index finger. The skin and flesh on both sides of the wound were rolled up and slightly white due to excessive blood loss. It looked extremely ugly.
At this moment, the blood from the wound was not flowing as violently as at the beginning, but there was still a steady stream of blood pouring out.
Chen Qing was furious. She guessed what someone was going to do. At this moment, she held her finger in her mouth to prevent the smell of blood from spreading. In her spare time, she glared at him, but tears welled up in her eyes.
She thought: Even when she drew the blood talisman, she had been very careful, only injuring a small cut on her index finger. Later, she had taken even more care to heal the wound, barely enough to leave a scar. Finger injuries are inherently difficult to heal, and they're even more prone to scarring. Now, after what he'd done, with such a large cut, she was afraid it would leave a scar.
Scars are so ugly.
The more Chen Qing thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt. Coupled with the influence of her illness, she was almost on the verge of crying.
Seeing that she looked like she was about to cry, Li Daoxuan said indifferently, "You're crying over such a small wound? I wonder what kind of pampered life you've been leading in Xuanji Pavilion."
He wondered what kind of people General Shen and Madam Jingyi were that they raised such a fragile daughter. She was not as cheerful and radiant as General Shen, nor did she inherit Madam Jingyi's unyielding character.
So pampered.
Chen Qing wiped her face carelessly, "My mother is willing to pamper me, and my senior brother also pampers me. I can live my life the way I want, why do I need you to interfere!"
When her eyes fell on the back of Li Daoxuan, she froze. Suddenly, she stopped talking, lowered her head, and silently held her injured finger.
From Li Daoxuan's perspective, he could only see her little head drooping and her shoulders trembling, as if she was crying.
Seeing this, he surprisingly felt a bit of guilt in his heart, so he started to explain: "I have a pure yang body, and my blood can defeat evil spirits. If the lotus spirit smelled my blood, it would either flee three miles away or go crazy on the spot. Only your blood can attract it."
Chen Qing still buried her head in her arms, not saying a word, but her exposed earlobes gradually turned from jade white to pink, and it was unclear whether it was from crying or something else.
Seeing this, Li Daoxuan simply stopped talking. He pursed his lips and turned around. As he moved, the crisp sound of silver bells came from behind him, and Chen Qing's shoulders trembled even more violently.
When Chen Qing quietly raised her head from the crook of her arms, her almond-shaped eyes peeked out secretly. Apart from the remaining tears in her eyes, only smiles remained. When she saw the two legs hanging behind his head, she suddenly buried her head again. The reason was simple, because she was afraid that her laughter would betray herself.
When she finally calmed down and smiled, the grievance and anger caused by the cut on her fingertips also dissipated a little.
I saw the person with his back to me wandering around on the ground, finding a small stone, picking it up with his fingers, and then wrapping it tightly with a black cloth.
After he had done all this, he looked back and saw that the person who had been aggrieved before had consciously retreated to the corner, looking at him innocently with a pair of almond-shaped eyes, with some tears in the corners of her eyes, which were from laughing.
But in Li Daoxuan's eyes, that was a symbol of her earlier tears. Li Daoxuan turned back, silently chanting a spell, removed the soundproof golden net, and waved the blood-stained black cloth in front of Honglian.
The red lotus suddenly stopped breathing, and then opened its petals again, revealing the fangs in its mouth. It opened its fangs and bit towards Li Daoxuan's hand. Li Daoxuan took this opportunity to secretly use his internal force, flicked his two fingers and threw the small stone wrapped in the black cloth backwards.
The seemingly clumsy red lotus suddenly grew several tentacles, used them as feet, and pulled itself out of the wall where it was rooted. Then it ran towards the ground with great speed, chasing Xuan Bu like this, very agilely.
And on the wall where it originally took root, there was indeed a dark hole.
Li Daoxuan saw that Honglian moved as fast as the wind and could not help but frown and said, "That piece of rag won't last long. Let's go quickly."
Chen Qing certainly understood this principle, but the problem now was that the entrance to the cave was above his head, and he didn't know whether the passage was vertical. If it was really vertical, how could they squeeze out of such a small cave?
Before she could figure it out, Li Daoxuan took action.
He wanted to grab her collar from behind, but the image of her red eyes suddenly flashed through his mind, and a rare pang of conscience struck him, so he put his arms around her waist instead, jumped up, and flew up.
Unfortunately, the corridor was indeed vertical; fortunately, the entrance was slightly larger than it appeared to the naked eye, large enough to accommodate two people at the same time.
Li Daoxuan's method was to stick his sword into the wall when the two were about to fall, and use the inertia to jump up. With the help of light skills, he managed to move up a distance.
Just when Shen Qing thought that the two of them were going to go up like this, Li Daoxuan suddenly stabbed his sword into the wall. Because he used so much force, the tip of the sword went three inches into the wall. Then he stepped on the sword and leaned his back against the wall to cover his abdomen.
Li Daoxuan put one hand tightly around Shen Qing's waist, and Shen Qing's feet were cleverly placed on his shoes. The two of them were almost face to face, very close.
I couldn't see anything in the darkness, so I could only feel the other person's hand.
Chen Qing touched his other hand which was covering his abdomen. His palm was moist and full of sweat.
The worst thing was that a scream came from under his feet, accompanied by a rustling sound of climbing. Chen Qing knew that it was Honglian who had failed to follow Xuanbu and noticed traces of people in the nest, so he caught up with him.
"Li Daoxuan, what's wrong with you?" Chen Qing asked him hurriedly.
But at this moment, Li Daoxuan was in so much pain that he couldn't speak. He could only close his eyes and endure it. In a state of confusion, he put the tip of his nose to Chen Qing's neck and sniffed it carefully a few times, like a cold snake sniffing its prey with its tongue, looking for a place to bite.
There was a hint of red at the corners of Li Daoxuan's eyes, and the fragrance from the tip of his nose almost rushed towards him, making him dizzy. His Adam's apple rolled up and down, and he remained in this position motionless for a long time.
The gnawing and corroding pain first started from his heart, then slowly extended to his internal organs, and even Li Daoxuan's dantian began to feel a tearing pain. The immense pain almost paralyzed his mind.
Li Daoxuan's body swayed slightly, and his pale lips just passed by the bend of Shen Qing's neck. The warm breath from his nose stirred up a wave of heat on Shen Qing's skin.
Chen Qing pushed him away suddenly as if stimulated, then stretched out her hand and kept wiping her neck, trying to wipe away the subtle touch that penetrated into her skin.
But this push seemed like flirting. Not only did the two of them not distance themselves from each other, but when she lowered her head to wipe her skin, she undoubtedly brought the back of her shoulder towards him.
Her expression wasn't pleasant. What was this guy's intention? Was he deliberately trying to annoy her? To get revenge? When had Li Daoxuan become so childish?!
Chen Qing's thought lasted only a moment before it was shattered by Li Daoxuan's chaotic aura. Thinking of Li Daoxuan's sweaty palms, Chen Qing couldn't help but wonder: What's wrong with him?
"What's wrong with you?" she asked in a low voice.
Today was not a good day. Unfortunately, at this stage, one of Li Daoxuan's meridians was blocked by the poisonous insect. He lost his internal strength in a short period of time. This meant that he had less chance of escaping unscathed from this dangerous underground palace.
Li Daoxuan's wide, dark sleeves folded over his sleek arms, panting slightly as he tried to ease the discomfort. Perhaps it was because he had a new and delicious companion like Chen Qing in his arms, and he hadn't been able to eat her, that the Gu worms were particularly active today, and Li Daoxuan almost lost control and his mind.
He remained in this position for a long time, motionless, as if dead.
Seeing that he didn't move, Shen Qing felt a little more flustered inexplicably, and her mind couldn't help but become active.
After such a long time, the owner of the underground palace was not attracted by the noise they made, so there is only one explanation: the owner is not at home.
So no matter how much trouble these little guarding monsters make, the real boss never shows up.
It is very likely that the owner of this underground palace is already harming the people somewhere, and before long, another demon will also start to harm the Shen Mansion.
As darkness invaded, Chen Qing's mind kept flashing back to the tragic scene of the blood-flowing river in the Shen Mansion in her previous life. A huge worry and fear swept over her. Looking at Li Daoxuan's half-dead appearance, Chen Qing impulsively grabbed Li Daoxuan's collar and swung him back and forth, no longer caring about any calculations, tit-for-tat and etiquette. She wished she could drag him back to the Shen Mansion right there.
No matter how you die, go to the Shen Mansion and get rid of the big monster first!
"Li Daoxuan! Li Daoxuan! Can you hear me? Look at me!" She patted the boy's cheek. When people are anxious, they lose control of their hands. Soon a faint red mark appeared on his porcelain-white face, but unfortunately she couldn't see it.
Li Daoxuan frowned and was about to speak when a palm came towards him, knocking his words back into his throat. Even a clay man would have some anger, let alone him who was in the period of poisoning.
He immediately suppressed his murderous intent and grabbed her wrist, "Shut up." He twisted a fire talisman with his fingertips and lit it.
A small ball of warm light instantly ignited in the small space, enough for people to see the other person's expression clearly.
So when he opened his eyes, he was stunned.
The girl in front of him was covered in dust and looked disheveled. Even the tip of her nose was stained with dust, making her look like a tabby cat. Her clear eyes were filled with tears, and her eyes were filled with undisguised worry and fear.
What is she worried about? What is she afraid of?
Shen Qing sobbed, "You can't die, come out with me..."
He can't die.
So she has a change of heart and is worried about him?
Li Daoxuan was stunned. He didn't expect that the person who always seemed heartless would actually be a little worried about him. This made him feel uncomfortable.
Little did she know that in Shen Qing's eyes, Li Daoxuan's lips were pale and his forehead was covered with sweat, just like a half-dead person. She was afraid that something might happen to him here today and she would not be able to get out alive.
So Chen Qing grabbed his hand again and asked anxiously, "What's wrong with you? Where do you feel uncomfortable? That lotus spirit is about to catch up with us, don't scare me!"
It turns out that I am afraid of death and have no conscience.
Li Daoxuan thought.
Suddenly, a green vine grabbed the two men's feet and pulled them down. The lotus fairy screamed and twisted its fat body to climb up.
Their situation was extremely dangerous. They would either fall down or be eaten by the lotus spirit that climbed up.
Chen Qing heard the noise and suddenly grabbed the corner of Li Daoxuan's sleeve. The only fire talisman happened to burn out at this moment.
Li Daoxuan leaned close to Chen Qing's ear and sighed softly, "Unfortunately, today I have completely lost all my internal energy. I'm afraid that both of you and I will be buried here."
Shen Qing's pupils shrank suddenly, and she asked in disbelief, "Where's your internal energy?"
Li Daoxuan: "I don't know. As early as when Madam Shen poisoned me, my internal strength has been fluctuating. I wonder if it's because of the drug."
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