The Score Exploded
After spending a few minutes, Bai Qiuran gave Tang Ruowei and Zuo Yanfei a concise explanation, then asked, "So, did you bring any Surveying and Mapping tools?"
"Of course I carry it with me, I always carry it with me."
Tang Ruowei replied.
"Alright, then you should rest for a bit. Once you've rested, I'll take you to the Cave Abode."
Bai Qiuran patted her head.
"Once we're inside, I'll hold off the monster, and you and Miss Li will be responsible for making a copy of the Formation."
Tang Ruowei nodded and walked to the side with Zuo Yanfei to prepare to regulate their breathing and recover their True Essence. Bai Qiuran also walked to the side and began to instruct Lin Fan on how to cultivate the Sharp Gold Sword.
At that moment, Tang Ruowei suddenly heard Li Jinyao beside her calling her in a very soft voice, "Ruowei, Ruowei, come here."
She looked at Li Jinyao and noticed that this neighbor from the Heavenly Demon Sect had given her a meaningful look.
Tang Ruowei stood up and followed her to the side, while Zuo Yanfei gave her a strange look but did not stop her.
After all, Bai Qiuran here. Even if Li Jinyao is from the Demonic Sect, she wouldn't dare to do anything to his precious disciple under the Sword Ancestor's very nose.
Following Li Jinyao to a corner deep inside the cave, Tang Ruowei saw her stop and asked, "Sister Li, why did you call me here?"
Li Jinyao glanced furtively in that direction. You Meiqiao seemed to be organizing her Storage Bag, her back to Li Jinyao, and wasn't looking over. So Li Jinyao asked, "Ruowei, this is huge! Su Xiangxue, the Sect Master of the Hehuan Sect, is actually a virgin!"
"Hmm, and then?"
Tang Ruowei blinked.
"I know that."
"What? You know?"
Li Jinyao grabbed her shoulders and shook her, saying, "You've noticed that Sect Master Su Xiangxue has feelings for your master, haven't you?"
"Nonsense, besides my master, who around us wouldn't see it?"
Tang Ruowei rolled her eyes.
"So you don't have anything to say?"
Li Jinyao asked with a look of exasperation.
Why should I make a statement...?
Tang Ruowei thought for a moment and said, "Oh, should I congratulate Master on finding a partner?"
"That's not what I meant, Ruowei. Don't you have any feelings for Sword Ancestor?"
Li Jinyao raised an eyebrow and said, "When I expressed my feelings for Sword Ancestor to the Book of Questions before, weren't you a little unhappy?"
Tang Ruowei was taken aback for a moment, then vehemently denied it, saying, "I didn't."
Li Jinyao looked her up and down.
Have you ever thought about finding a partner?
Tang Ruowei looked down at her chest, then shook her head.
"How can I have a home if my Cultivation Technique are not yet perfected?"
"I'm truly impressed."
Li Jinyao was both amused and annoyed. "You and Sword Ancestor are practically identical... no wonder they're master and disciple."
She finally realized that Tang Ruowei didn't dislike her master; rather, she felt inferior because of her physical defect, just like Bai Qiuran felt inferior because of her low cultivation level.
"Then why does Sister Li have feelings for my master?"
Tang Ruowei glanced at Bai Qiuran and asked, "What's so likable about him?"
"Well, he's rich, powerful, handsome, talented, and strong. Aside from his sharp tongue and relatively old age, he has no flaws. Besides, I don't care about those two things. I have a good temper, and we're both Cultivators, so we don't care about age differences."
Li Jinyao answered without hesitation, indicating that she had already thought about it a lot.
"And more importantly, although he has a sharp tongue, Senior Bai always keeps the world's Human Race in his heart, and he's also very kind to his own people. These are all plus points for choosing a son-in-law. How could a man without any merits be liked by a woman like Sect Master Su... Am I wrong, Ruowei?"
Tang Ruowei thought about it carefully and found that what Li Jinyao said seemed to make some sense.
"Junior Sister Ruowei..."
At this moment, Li Jinyao took her hand again.
"Aren't we friends?"
Tang Ruowei hesitated and said, "I guess so."
"Alright then."
Li Jinyao took Tang Ruowei's hand and said earnestly, "Help me win over your master!"
"Ah?"
Tang Ruowei narrowed her eyes, looking completely bewildered.
"Help me win over that old blockhead of your master."
Li Jinyao took Tang Ruowei's hands and said earnestly, "In exchange, I will become your ally. If you ever come to your senses in the future, I will help you in return!"
A moment later, the two emerged from the cave and stood before the crowd.
"Oh, I was wondering where you guys went."
Bai Qiuran looked at the two girls and asked, "Have you both rested well?"
"Yes, I've rested well."
Both Li Jinyao and Tang Ruowei nodded in agreement.
"Then let's set off."
Bai Qiuran led the team out first, not noticing the exchange of glances between Li Jinyao and Tang Ruowei. Only You Meiqiao noticed this, and then thoughtfully touched her fair chin.
Boom! Boom!
A series of explosions came from outside the hall, the tremors causing the dust that had accumulated in the hall over the years to fall down and hit the man in Black-Robed Figure, but he was completely unaware of it.
He lay on the dragon throne in the palace, staring blankly at the sky. His once bright eyes were now lifeless, and combined with his emaciated appearance, he looked as if he were truly dead.
The explosion subsided quickly. He heard footsteps approaching the palace gate, and then someone shook their Storage Bag at the entrance, the Upper-Grade Spirit Stone making a crisp sound as they clattered together.
The 187th time clearing the level...
The Black-Robed Figure remained deathly silent, numbly counting the people outside the hall in his mind.
These Upper-Grade Spirit Stone were originally consumables prepared by the true owner of the Wisdom Immortal Cave Abode to help those who passed the trials recover their True Essence and stamina along the way.
But ever since Bai Qiuran rummaged through his Storage Bag at the entrance of his main hall a little over a month ago, these Spirit Stones have become nothing more than drops and spoils of war.
Over the past month, Bai Qiuran has completed the Five Blazing Aggregates Trial a total of 187 times, bringing more people with him each time.
At first, it was just one female Cultivators, but it gradually grew to several, then a dozen, and finally, almost all the disciples from the Righteous Path Alliance and the Demonic Sect Alliance who participated in this exploration and survived came here.
With more and more people crowding into a single trial, the space and Teleportation mechanism of the Cave Abode began to be overloaded, forcing the Cave Abode to refresh more frequently to buffer the energy flow. It's like a server overwhelmed by player logins, forced to restart.
His former subordinates and companions, some of whom were now just Earth Immortal Souls hiding here, also used Body Seizure techniques to seize the bodies of a few of them and blend into the group. However, that strange guy managed to find them all and killed them all.
Originally, the number of Earth Immortal was not large, even in their era. To avoid disaster, these Earth Immortal sealed their Souls in the Soul-Settling Crystal they crafted, which were black prisms. Only a few Earth Immortal like him, Souls were strong enough, were able to possess other things, waiting for a Body Seizure their bodies, and then use the Soul-Settling Crystal to release the remaining Earth Immortal.
The few that Bai Qiuran killed were among the few remaining Earth Immortal in this Cave Abode who could Body Seizure on their own. Now, aside from that Skull that might or might not even be considered alive, he is the only Earth Immortal left in the Wisdom Immortal Cave Abode.
He could only prolong his life by helping others keep count, lest his Souls, as fragile as a candle in the wind, dissipate on its own one day.
However, this time, the situation seems to be slightly different.
Just as the Black-Robed Figure was in a daze, someone suddenly pushed open the door of the main hall and walked in.