Chen Qingqing sighed, thinking, "Why is this system becoming more and more like a chatterbox?"
Fortunately, it has many functions, otherwise it would be a real pain.
Little Jie kept muttering to himself...
Chen Qingqing's face darkened, and she said irritably, "Alright, alright, stop it now. We're in a real crisis. If you keep bragging, the poisonous spider will come out."
Xiao Jie was a little embarrassed and coughed lightly, "No rush, no rush, everything is under my control. The incense has already been prepared, please purchase and use it, Master."
Chen Qingqing knew that Xiao Jie was just a money-grubbing, worthless system, so she didn't bother arguing with it. She mentally selected to pay, and a bundle of incense appeared in her hand, which she then distributed to everyone.
"Everyone, quickly light it! There are poisonous spiders here."
"What is this?" Chu Jiuqing asked with a puzzled look, looking Chen Qingqing up and down. She was only carrying a bulging tattered cloth bag, so how could she take out so many strange and unusual things, and each one of them was just right to solve the current crisis?
The fervor in Zhui Feng's eyes was undisguised; he could no longer express his admiration for Chen Qingqing in words.
They initially thought Chu Jiuqing was just desperately seeking treatment, and that the village girl had only managed to cure his poison by chance; they assumed she had no real skills.
But everything that happened today completely changed his prejudice, and he admired Chen Qingqing immensely.
"Your Highness, what Miss Chen gave us is naturally of good quality. We should just do as she says. There's no need for so many questions."
"Shut up, you're such a suck-up." Chu Jiuqing said, a barely perceptible smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
Rustling sounds...
Countless black spiders crawled out from the cracks in the wall.
These black glass spiders are enormous, some as large as an adult's palm.
Its entire body was jet black and shiny, its eight eyes gleamed with an eerie green light, and it constantly spewed out sticky spider silk from its mouth.
Everyone felt a chill run down their spines.
"How can this spider be so big? It's disgusting," Zhui Feng couldn't help but say.
A dark glint flashed in Chu Jiuqing's eyes. Chu Jinxuan was going all out to kill him.
He exuded a murderous aura as he channeled his inner strength and brandished his sword.
Wherever the sword energy reached, a large number of Ink Glass Spiders were destroyed.
Unfortunately, there were simply too many Mo Li Spiders. Even though Chu Jiuqing kept waving his sword, the Mo Li Spiders continued to approach them relentlessly.
Chen Qingqing hurriedly reminded everyone, "Don't panic, everyone. Quickly light the incense and stay back to back. This is a Black Glass Spider from the Western Regions. It's extremely venomous, so be careful not to let it bite you."
The group quickly followed instructions, forming a tight defensive circle to jointly resist the attack of the poisonous spider.
Thousands upon thousands of black spiders surrounded the group.
Chen Qingqing quickly lit the incense in her hand and handed it to Zhuifeng, Zhuyue, and Chu Jiuqing respectively.
With the incense's blessing, the Ink Spider stopped moving forward even a step, remaining far away and glaring at the group, ready to attack at any moment.
Chu Jiuqing continued slashing with his sword at the approaching poisonous spider.
Chasing the Wind and Chasing the Moon also swung their knives, chopping the poisonous spiders that rushed towards them in two.
But the number of poisonous spiders increased, and suddenly, two poisonous spiders descended from the sky, pouncing straight at Chu Jiuqing, opening their mouths to bite his neck.
At this critical moment, Chen Qingqing reacted swiftly, raising her hand and firing a crossbow bolt, turning the two poisonous spiders into dust.
"Thank you, Qing girl, you saved me again." Chu Jiuqing said with gratitude.
"Don't be so polite with me, watch out behind you," Chen Qingqing warned.
The scent of incense filled the air, its increasingly rich and pleasant fragrance permeating the dark passageway.
The Black Glass Spiders' movements slowed down, and in the blink of an eye, they all turned into thick liquid.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, still feeling lingering fear.
"This secret passage is too strange. We must move forward as soon as possible and find the exit." Chu Jiuqing looked around warily.
The group dared not delay and continued walking forward.
After walking for a short while, Chen Qingqing subconsciously frowned as a strange smell mixed with the musty odor wafted towards her.
Although the smell was unpleasant, she was certain that there was no poison in it.
After turning a corner, the dark passage became noticeably wider.
Just then, many strange characters and patterns appeared on the wall.
By the light of the torch, Chen Qingqing carefully observed the pattern and discovered that it was a very large scorpion.
Her heart leaped into her throat. The previous pattern was a spider, and then countless black glass spiders appeared.
Now that scorpions have appeared again, it's safe to say that venomous scorpions will soon be appearing.
This Zi You is truly ruthless; she leaves no way out for anyone.
Thinking of this, she quickly communicated with Xiao Jie telepathically, "Xiao Jie, quickly prepare some medicine to counteract the poisonous scorpion."
Xiao Jie didn't reply for a long time.
Chen Qingqing was anxious and called out again, "Xiao Jie, stop pretending to be dead and come out right now."
After waiting a while longer, Xiao Jie still didn't move.
Just then, many glittering things suddenly appeared on the walls of the secret passage.
When everyone saw it clearly, they were horrified.
Then, countless venomous scorpions swooped down from the stone wall.
Everyone was so frightened that they all backed away.
“There are so many poisonous scorpions.” After saying that, Zhu Yue asked Chen Qingqing, “Miss Chen, can the fire you used to deal with those strange birds during the day be used to deal with these poisonous scorpions?”
“No.” Chen Qingqing refused directly, and then explained, “There are so many scorpions. We can completely eliminate them with a flamethrower, but the passage is too narrow and the air is already thin. Using a flamethrower requires a lot of oxygen. If we run out of oxygen, we will all suffocate.”
Even if there is enough air, the heat released by the flamethrower in such a small space would be enough to cook us alive. Perhaps that's why Ziyou chose to deal with us here.
However, don't worry, scorpions are afraid of light. As long as we have torches, they won't dare to come near.
Chen Qingqing's guess was correct. Zi You had witnessed Chen Qingqing's capabilities firsthand; she had thoroughly figured out the route they were going to take.
Crown Prince Chu Jinxuan gave her a map from Anyang to the capital, and he had already set up numerous traps in every usable place on it.
Zhui Feng nodded as if he understood, raised his torch, and flames shot up. The poisonous scorpions dared not approach and could only surround the group.
"This trick really works!" Zhu Yue breathed a sigh of relief as she watched the scorpion retreat repeatedly.
Just as everyone relaxed their guard, a huge, powerfully built, over three-foot-long scorpion with a ghostly glow slowly crawled over from the front.
Upon seeing this, Chen Qingqing's eyes widened, and she shouted a warning, "Everyone be careful! A huge poisonous scorpion is coming towards us!"
"My God, this scorpion is huge!" Zhu Yue exclaimed in surprise.
Looking ahead, Zhui Feng was also terrified and trembled all over.
The men hurriedly waved their torches, trying to scare the large poisonous scorpion away.
But the scorpion seemed unaffected by the firelight, and lunged at them with its stinger raised...
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