Two days later, when I once again looked down from the Wooden Skyship at the familiar outer edge of the Luomu Valley ruins and its cave dwelling, my mood was naturally entirely different. Nearly a month had passed, and I had already successfully entered the Alchemy Dao realm. I wondered how Senior Sister Xianli was doing.
"Valley Master, let this old woman go down and scout first. If Feng Zhen happens to be below, I can kill him on the spot." Chang Jie reached out and stopped me as I was about to descend.
"Mm, that works. I'll go with you. Still, I doubt that old man is in this cave dwelling. He has another hidden cave dwelling elsewhere." I nodded. In truth, I also knew that Feng Zhen was certainly absent from this cave dwelling most of the time.
The cave dwelling's gate was tightly shut. I had been planning to activate the mechanism, but Chang Jie did not bother with such formalities. With a wave of her delicate hand, the enormous stone gate opened at once, and she charged into the cave dwelling without hesitation. I followed close behind, though I was searching for Xianli.
"Senior Sister!" The cave dwelling was deathly quiet. A thread of foreboding rose in my heart. Sure enough, there was no sign of Senior Sister in the side room. I did not stop, but hurried down the stairs. Chang Jie had not found Feng Zhen either, so she could only chase after me into the depths.
As expected, when we entered the underground array-core region, Xianli had already collapsed beside the springhead. Her entire body was trembling, and the marks on her skin had scabbed over and developed fruit-like cysts.
"It is the poison of the Tree Immortal Fruit!" Even Chang Jie could