Han Shuangjiang couldn't figure out why Chu Huai Xu wanted to enter through the same entrance as her.
That would waste an entrance for no reason, which wasn't a good thing from a probability standpoint.
If he was worried that entering alone would mean facing the trials and struggling to deal with them, that still shouldn't have been necessary.
After all, this senior had designed ten entrances. His original intention should have been for each person to take one, right?
If one's abilities were outstanding enough, one should be able to withstand the trials.
Thus, after pondering for a moment, she spoke up. "How about we split up after all? If I gain anything here, I'll bring it out for you."
Before entering the Secret Realm, she had already made up her mind.
If she really obtained anything, she would simply give it all to Chu Huai Xu.
The trouble before had been caused by her, and every problem had been solved by Chu Huai Xu. She had always been clear about such things.
She had wanted to give him the Jade Token Fragment from the very beginning, but he hadn't wanted it.
Unexpectedly, when Chu Huai Xu heard this, he still insisted on his own opinion and shook his head.
"Listen to me. We'll go together," he said.
"Okay." Han Shuangjiang stopped insisting.
With his wealth of experience, Chu Huai Xu knew very well that opportunities weren't something one could definitely share with others simply because one wanted to.
He had no intention of gambling on probabilities or leaving things to luck.
He would rather believe that this girl, who bore tremendous fortune, was his Lucky Koi.
—See? This was how the World Protagonists were supposed to be used!
Before entering Cave Seven, Han Shuangjiang glanced at Cave Eight beside it and felt slightly regretful.
"Don't look anymore. Trust your first instinct," Chu Huai Xu said.
"I trust you too. Perhaps you'll bring me good luck." He was directly using the World Protagonist as a "Treasure-Seeking Mouse."
When the Cold-faced girl heard this, her lips pressed together slightly. She felt that this smiling, glib fellow was putting pressure on her.
There was no time to delay. The others rushed into the caves one after another, racing against time, so the two of them couldn't afford to linger.
They headed inside. It was extremely narrow.
It felt somewhat like The Peach Blossom Spring: "At first, it was extremely narrow, barely wide enough for one person. After walking several dozen steps, it suddenly opened up."
But they had barely enjoyed the spaciousness before the path ahead split into two small roads.
"It feels like a maze." Chu Huai Xu narrowed his eyes and spoke.
Han Shuangjiang nodded and suggested, "Should we leave a mark?"
"Sure." Chu Huai Xu didn't mind. Whatever she wanted to do, she could do.
As far as he was concerned, there was no need, because he had the Map function.
As long as he had visited a place, it would be unlocked on the Map and available for later reference, so there was no need to leave marks.
However, the dungeon couldn't precisely locate his current position unless he had a level advantage.
Before long, Han Shuangjiang felt that this man was putting pressure on her again.
"Which side?" he asked.
The iceberg felt helpless. After looking left and right, she chose the right.
"Okay, let's go eat a dog." Chu Huai Xu unconsciously blurted out in English, leaving Han Shuangjiang utterly confused, though she quickly followed him.
Sure enough, they hadn't gone far before another fork appeared. This time, it split into three paths.
"Pick one," Chu Huai Xu said again.
Han Shuangjiang looked at them and suggested, "How about the middle one?"
"Good, we'll take it!" He readily accepted.
Then Chu Huai Xu kept walking without slowing down.
Han Shuangjiang was left alone at the fork, making a mark. By the time she finished, he had already gone far ahead. She could only press her lips together again, watch his long-striding back, and then jog to catch up.
Just like that, the two of them passed ten forks in a row.
Immediately afterward, they entered a very large open space. There were six paths ahead!
Chu Huai Xu began putting pressure on Han Shuangjiang again.
"Pick one."
The Cold-faced girl's face grew even colder, and she began to feel a little displeased.
"Can't you pick one yourself?" she asked with a frown.
You clearly said that all the opportunities would go to you. You can't leave every decision to me.
What if we take the wrong path and you blame me for it later?
"No." Chu Huai Xu answered with shameless stubbornness.
"I'm telling you, I'm terrible with directions." He began making things up.
Han Shuangjiang was still a girl, after all. Hearing this, she became even more unhappy. "Then why aren't you leaving marks?"
She felt somewhat aggrieved. It seemed that she was the one doing all the odd jobs while he simply strode ahead without even stopping.
"Wasn't I deliberately walking in front to scout the way? How do you know there isn't any danger here? What if this isn't just a maze?" Chu Huai Xu spoke with complete confidence and sound reasoning.
Han Shuangjiang stared at him, dumbfounded, and couldn't help cursing inwardly, "This shameless Dead Fox!"
As it turned out, she was giving him a nickname, and he had achieved the same tacit understanding.
"You keep wearing that cold face all day long. When you get angry, you become even colder. Big Ice Block, hurry up and pick. Which of these two paths?" Chu Huai Xu was exceptionally impatient and began urging her.
"B-Big Ice Block?" Han Shuangjiang was stunned. There was only one thought in her mind: What an awful name!
Little Ice Block sounded somewhat cute, but Big Ice Block made someone sound stupid and clumsy.
In a fit of exasperation, she once again relied entirely on instinct and pointed randomly at the path on the left. "Then this one!"
This time, she strode ahead herself and didn't leave any marks either.
Chu Huai Xu watched the Cold-faced girl throw a tantrum. He didn't mind at all and even found it amusing.
The colder and more icy she acted, the more he inexplicably wanted to tease her.
Relying on his Map function, Chu Huai Xu had no intention of leaving any marks.
Looking at Han Shuangjiang's slender, alluring back and the enticing sway of her excellent hips as she took long strides, he immediately hurried to catch up.
But after catching up, he suddenly slunk back to the fork and left a mark.
The girl he had called Big Ice Block turned around and took a look. She gave a soft snort, feeling much more comfortable and quite satisfied.
What she didn't know was that Chu Huai Xu was secretly startled.
The reason was simple. The Map had recorded all ten of the previous forks.
But it hadn't recorded this one!
According to the system's Map function, everything ahead was pitch-black. Yet as long as he walked forward, the roads he passed would appear on the Map and be recorded.
However, this road hadn't. He had just walked more than a dozen steps, but it was still pitch-black. No new road had appeared on the Map!
The Map only showed the large open space they had just passed through. Although they had chosen the second path out of six, no new road had appeared, as if the function had frozen.
"Are my permissions too low?"
Chu Huai Xu was baffled. He decided that he should leave a mark first.
The two of them continued walking and choosing paths, for nearly an hour in total.
Han Shuangjiang grew increasingly unsure of herself.
"This space beneath the Cold Pool is actually this enormous!" she couldn't help exclaiming.
"Also, we entered through ten separate entrances at the beginning. We've walked for so long without running into any of them, which means the inside really isn't connected."
"Could we have chosen the wrong path from the very beginning?" She looked at Chu Huai Xu and voiced her thoughts.
"It's normal for you to lack confidence," Chu Huai Xu said.
In his eyes, Han Shuangjiang had only just come into contact with the cultivation world. She hadn't encountered any opportunities yet and didn't know that she possessed tremendous fortune, destined to encounter one lucky opportunity after another, as if the entire world revolved around her.
It was like how many people thought they had good luck. Only after repeatedly tasting the sweetness would they realize that they truly were blessed with good fortune.
Chu Huai Xu looked at her and suddenly changed tack. "But I have confidence in you. Don't put so much pressure on yourself, Big Ice Block."
Han Shuangjiang: "."
Then you, Dead Fox, should pick which path to take yourself, you bastard!
The Cold-faced girl took a deep breath and could only grit her teeth and continue answering the multiple-choice questions.
She still didn't understand why he insisted on making her choose. She felt she had no reason to be responsible for this matter.
Just like that, they walked for nearly another half an hour.
They still hadn't escaped the maze, nor had they reached any of the paths where they had left marks. In other words, they hadn't repeated their route.
"Why don't you choose this time?" Han Shuangjiang was no longer mildly annoyed. Instead, she had become somewhat dejected.
They kept choosing and walking, as if everything had no end.
Throughout the process, one would constantly doubt oneself.
She didn't know whether she had chosen wrongly, but she didn't know whether she was right either. All that remained was endless bewilderment.
If she had been alone, with her stubborn nature, she wouldn't have felt this way. She might even have stubbornly competed with herself.
But the problem was that she had been making choices for Chu Huai Xu the entire time.
A person's state of mind would naturally be different because of that.
When Chu Huai Xu heard that she refused to choose a path, he didn't answer her question. Instead, he asked, "Are you hungry?"
"Seriously, you choose. I keep feeling that I've led you into a dead end." Han Shuangjiang ignored his question.
"It's noon already. How about we eat the flatbreads we brought?" Chu Huai Xu said.
"Why do you insist on making me choose? Does it even mean anything?"
"Have one?" He directly took out two flatbreads.
Han Shuangjiang was furious. Her beautiful eyes glared at him fiercely. The ice and snow in her expression melted away, and her anger made her seem more lively, giving her a different kind of beauty.
Under his gaze, Chu Huai Xu had already started chewing.
"Really not going to eat?" He held out a flatbread to her.
"I'll eat." She kept her face stern and spoke coldly.
After eating their fill, the two of them continued on their way.
After walking for about the time it took to burn an incense stick, Chu Huai Xu noticed that Han Shuangjiang seemed to want to say something but kept holding back.
He assumed that she didn't want to make another choice, so he didn't take the initiative to ask.
But after quite some time, she still looked as though she wanted to speak yet couldn't, and her entire person seemed very uncomfortable.
She clearly had a pair of long, slender legs and could barely keep up with Chu Huai Xu's long strides even when walking quickly. Yet now, she was walking slower and slower.
This experienced playmate was someone who paid great attention to detail. Only then could he provide his clients with quality service and ample emotional value.
Chu Huai Xu made a guess and asked, "You wouldn't happen to be—"
Before he could finish, Han Shuangjiang, whose face had taken on a faint blush, interrupted him.
This time, she hurriedly chose a path and said, "Let's take the middle one. Y-You go first. I'll be there soon. Don't wait for me."
"And, and don't turn around!" Her voice grew softer and softer, but she raised it again on the final words before lowering her head slightly.
She clearly didn't dare look at him, yet embarrassment and anger colored her expression.
Chu Huai Xu had guessed correctly. She needed to pee.
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