Do you know how I spent these five hundred years, Master?

Eight hours ago.

Lingzhou Yue her sword through the sky, drinking heavily as she searched for someone above Flamefree City.

After finishing a pot of wine and wandering around, he suddenly realized that he couldn't find the National Teacher.

With Flamefree City and the National Teacher being so conspicuous, a bunch of people would follow him wherever he went with his small, quick steps. There's no reason why he couldn't be found.

She sensed something was wrong.

So, disregarding the spirit-absorbing power of the Wraith Fog, he directly used his Qi Refining Cultivation Level to perform Soul-Seizing Art on some of the city's residents.

Her Soul-Seizing Art was rather rudimentary, but against a defenseless mortal, it was still a force that sent flying like a brick.

She kept taking drugs, wasting a lot of Spiritual Power, just to search for fragmented images of the National Teacher in the memories of the city's residents.

The National Teacher is a well-known figure, and he spreads his teachings far and wide, so obtaining a soul is not difficult for him.

Soon, she found the last place the National Teacher had appeared: an old, sealed-off mine in the south of the city.

So she went to Xiajing in the south of the city to look for someone.

After some twists and turns, we finally entered the maze.

Once inside the maze, her impetuous nature and Cultivation Level prevented her from maintaining her position. She charged recklessly, and after only a few struggles, she became lost in the turbulent flow of time and space.

She could also see clearly that not only was space distorted in the maze, but the flow of time was also greatly accelerated.

It reminded her of a legend from her childhood...

She wasn't in a hurry; she was just waiting for Xiao Ran to use the Blood Jade Bone to locate her so she could enter the maze to rescue him, just like when they entered the Underworld.

That was a rather pleasant memory.

Thinking this way, she didn't actively use the Blood Jade Bone to remind Xiao Ran, but wanted to see Xiao Ran's conscience.

If Xiao Ran keeps thinking about her, he will naturally come to the maze to rescue her within an hour.

And so, she wandered aimlessly through the maze looking for the National Teacher, while waiting for Xiao Ran to come and rescue her.

Then...

One hundred years later.

Xiao Ran didn't come.

She knew that the hundred years was a lie, after all, her skin was still rosy and her wine hadn't diminished.

But how long exactly does this hundred years correspond to outside time—an hour, a day, or a month?

She didn't know.

Then...

Two hundred years later.

Xiao Ran hasn't arrived yet! She was getting a little anxious.

If it weren't for the fact that she had an endless supply of warm wine in her arms, she would have used the Tidal Power to break through the wall and teach Xiao Ran a lesson!

Time flies by, that's the good thing, you can never finish drinking all the fine wine.

She then went to find the National Teacher while tasting the wine.

Then...

Three hundred years, four hundred years passed in a flash.

During this period, apart from seeing a few disciples of the National Teacher who had lost their minds, she did not see anyone else.

This maze is way too big! I drink every day, and I miss someone more and more.

While warm wine is delicious, the passage of time is too cruel to one's mind.

Lingzhou Yue could only maintain a state of blissful intoxication by relying on the Xiao Ran taste of the wine to barely stay in a semi-drunken state and resist the erosion of time.

Gradually, she lost herself in the act, letting her hair down and loosening her clothes, maintaining only a minimal level of consciousness to keep walking. At first glance, she did indeed resemble a female ghost.

Until one day, five hundred years later.

A jolt went through the depths of her soul.

Xiao Ran has arrived!

Xiao Ran has come to the maze to find her! Five hundred years, five hundred years! Do you know how your master has spent these five hundred years?

Drinking can be tiring too! Lingzhou Yue quickly located Xiao Ran's position, and it took her "decades" to break through layers of barriers and finally find Xiao Ran in the vast maze.

One can imagine what she felt five hundred years later when she saw Xiao Ran's long-lost face.

He flashed forward and pounced, grabbing Xiao Ran's handsome face. He almost couldn't resist biting him.

Lingzhou Yue leaped onto Xiao Ran's back, grabbed his face with both hands, and cried out with a mixture of resentment and tears.

It almost distorted Xiao Ran's face.

What has blinded me?

Her hair was like a flowing waterfall! Xiao Ran reached out and lifted her black hair, as if opening a scroll left by an ancient immortal.

It was a face that, no matter how disheveled or ruined, was breathtakingly beautiful and radiant.

The rosy blush of wine, like watercolor splashes, soaked through the flawless thin paper.

The tearful eyes, on the verge of tears, are the perfect finishing touch, transcending any age or identity barrier, striking right at the heart.

He just didn't understand why his Master would suddenly appear in the maze.

"Master?"

Lingzhou Yue was furious and kept kneading Xiao Ran's face to resist the urge to kiss or bite him.

If Xiao Ran were a woman, she would have kissed him.

"You unfilial disciple, you still know how to call me Master! You have time to flirt with Imperial Concubine and palace maids in the palace, but no time to find your Master. Do you know how I've survived these past five hundred years?"

Xiao Ran composed himself.

Even if Master only has Qi Refining Cultivation Level, he is still a great master. How could he have been so badly tormented by the maze?

He was a little suspicious and really wanted to touch his chest to verify.

Fortunately, the Blood Jade Bone in his bloodline stopped his rebellious behavior in time.

Even if Master turns to ashes, he will still recognize him!

Xiao Ran subconsciously checked the perceived time.

It was discovered that seven or eight hours had passed since the last time they located their Master inside the General's Tent...

He was very busy with the inscription issue before.

After entering the underground labyrinth, he tried to use Resonance Power to locate himself or Spiritual Power to explore with his divine sense as little as possible, in order to conserve his energy and prevent being followed.

As a result, they forgot about their Master!

He remembered that his Master had been flying on a sword in the air, and he thought he was just wandering around aimlessly. He didn't expect that he was actually investigating and had entered the maze before him.

Could it be that Master is also here to find the inscription? He couldn't ask that question.

He has Oath Spirit Poison Pill within his body.

However, Master is currently only at the Qi Refining Cultivation Level and is also drinking heavily while in a state of spatial and temporal disorder. It's already quite an achievement for him to maintain a clear mind. Even if his location is pinpointed, it would be difficult to arrive quickly in the maze.

You should know that after getting lost from his Master in the underworld, it took him a whole day to find his Master, and he became so exhausted that he became a skinny monkey.

He had barely entered when his Master found him in less than an hour, without even breaking a sweat.

This is a maze! No wonder he's our Master.

He quickly helped his Master up, and used a chopstick as a hairpin to simply tie her hair up.

With just the addition of a single chopstick, Master's proud, powerful, and picturesque aura instantly intensified.

Master is still the beautiful Master.

Her face was a moist, wine-red color.

Thus, a trace of a soul that has endured five hundred years of vicissitudes was revealed in his eyes.

Xiao Ran couldn't help but feel a little sorry for his Master, and used the edge of his sleeve to wipe away his tears.

"I'm sorry, Master, I'm late."

Lingzhou Yue's eyes regained some expression, and she stared at Xiao Ran with a resentful look.

"Why are you getting up? I've been searching for you for five hundred years, I'm exhausted. Can't I just lie down for a bit?"

For a thousand years they are like wolves, for fifteen hundred years they are like tigers!

But only eight hours have passed...

Women are so fierce!

With time running out, Xiao Ran could only offer words of comfort:

"Can we lie down properly after we get out of the maze and break through the Netherworld?"

Lingzhou Yue coughed twice to cover the blush that suddenly appeared on her face.

"At least you still have some conscience. You know that your master's Cultivation Level is low right now, so you risked entering the maze to try to rescue him."

I'm here to...

Xiao Ran coughed twice, not daring to reply.

Just then, a surprised voice came from behind:

"Wait, didn't the venerable immortal come to ask the National Teacher to rescue us?"

*Slap! Xiao Ran kicked Wang Fugui in the face, silencing his rude mouth.

Fortunately, at this moment, Lingzhou Yue was still in a dazed state of being half drunk and half awake, thinking that the immortal senior the young man was referring to was her.

He spread his hands and said, "I did come to find the National Teacher, but I'm afraid he's already dead in the labyrinth."

Xiao Ran was slightly taken aback.

"Master, are you here to see the National Teacher?"

"Yes."

Lingzhou Yue pondered why she sought out the National Teacher, feeling as if the memory were both distant and as vivid as yesterday.

After calming down, he simplified the events that happened at the gambling den yesterday, focusing on the losses and the wins.

"Yesterday, I robbed a gambler named Wang Yongquan of his fortune at the gambling den. He won tens of thousands of taels of silver, leaving him penniless. I felt really bad about it, so I agreed to do something small for him. His son is a disciple of the National Teacher, and he disappeared a few days ago along with the National Teacher. I helped him find his son and that's how I ended up here."

Xiao Ran then understood the whole story.

However, at this moment, Wang Fugui jumped out again and said:

"You're lying! My father is the God of Gambling in the Blazing Fire Kingdom. He made his fortune through gambling. How could he possibly lose everything? Unless you cheated using magic, my father couldn't possibly lose to you!"

Wang Fugui was born into a wealthy family and was pampered from a young age, so he had a particularly sharp tongue.

Lingzhou Yue suddenly remembered something.

"You're Wang Fugui?"

Wang Fugui patted his chest proudly and said, "That's right, I am Wang Fugui. You must have lost a lot of money gambling to my father, which is why you came to help me pay off my debts. Now that you've found me, let's go!"

Lingzhou Yue turned her head and took Xiao Ran's arm.

"He's not Wang Fugui, let's go."