555. Seeking a Kindred Spirit, Finding One of My Kind!

Another day has passed...

Song Shuhang walked alone through the underground passages of 'Time City'.

Yesterday, after an unexpected diagnosis of a 'Inch-Shrinking Bag', he and Chu Chu had to rest for another day after bleeding profusely.

Early this morning, the two teamed up again to explore the 'Underground City' and search for an exit.

During the exploration, Song Shuhang and Chu Chu acted together.

Because the Underground City is full of various dangers, whether it's the One Hundred and Eight Bronze Men Formation or the curse that Chu Chu believes caused 'Song Shuhang' to bleed profusely, they are all dangers.

In such a dangerous environment, two people acting together can look out for each other.

Song Shuhang and Chu Chu didn't want to end up like the 'protagonist adventure team' in movies, where the entire team would scatter in a dangerous dungeon.

However, Shuhang didn't expect that he and Chu Chu would still get separated!

Chu Chu was walking ahead of him, but at a bend in a passageway, Chu Chu turned a corner... and then disappeared!

Song Shuhang was about to turn the corner, but he couldn't see Chu Chu after turning the corner, and at the same time he felt a sense of weightlessness, like riding an elevator.

He immediately realized that the passages to the Underground City of 'Time City' were mobile.

What a rip-off!

After getting separated from Chu Chu, Song Shuhang had no choice but to search alone in the underground passage, looking for the exit and for Chu Chu.

He would make a different mark each time he passed through a passageway.

Before I knew it, another day had passed.

Song Shuhang still couldn't find any trace of Chu Chu.

"We have absolutely no idea how the 'Underground City' passages move. This time, even our sense of smell has been disrupted. Finding Chu Chu will depend entirely on luck," Song Shuhang muttered.

As for luck, it seems he hasn't been having much luck lately.

As he was pondering this, suddenly he saw a brightly lit space at the end of the passage—and figures moving inside!

Someone's there!

Is she Chu Chu, or a disciple of the Jadewater Pavilion?

Either way, it's good news!

"Has luck finally arrived?" Song Shuhang.

He quickened his pace and swiftly entered the end of the passage.

Upon entering the space, Song Shuhang saw that it was a huge library.

It should be... a library??

The space before me was filled with books. There were books everywhere, at least hundreds of thousands of them; it was practically an ocean of books.

However, these books were not neatly arranged on the bookshelves, but piled up on the floor, making them look very messy.

Amidst this sea of books, sat a girl as delicate as a hyacinth.

She wore a long purple dress, her long brown hair was carefully braided, and her long bangs partially obscured her eyes.

The girl was engrossed in a book. She murmured, "There's no better place than the 'Underground City' of Time City. Here, I can read twelve days' worth of books in one day... How wonderful!"

Her whispers were heard by Song Shuhang, whose hearing was now quite good.

Girl, if you use the Underground City's 'time manipulation' like this, Pavilion Master Chu will cry!

At the same time, Shuhang's affection for the girl immediately increased by 20—he sensed a kindred spirit in her. She also loved to be surrounded by books, finding Paradise as long as she had a book in her hand.

"Waaaaah~~" Suddenly, as the girl looked on, she began to cry sadly.

Tears streamed down her face, wetting the book in her hands.

The girl frantically reached out to wipe away the tears on the book, but because the tears in her eyes kept rolling down, the more she wiped, the more tears appeared on the book, quickly wetting the entire page.

Did you see something sad that made you cry?

She's a sentimental, literary young woman.

Song Shuhang's favorability towards the girl increased by 20 points or more.

He even had a vague feeling that he had met a kindred spirit.

Why don't you go up and say hello?

The other party is a disciple of the Jadewater Pavilion; they should know how to leave Time City, right?

So Song Shuhang spoke up, "Excuse me, sorry to bother you~"

Only then did this book-loving young woman realize that a guest had arrived.

She hurriedly hid the book behind her back, her eyes fixed on Song Shuhang.

At the same time, tears were streaming down her face, and her teary eyes perfectly embodied the phrase "a pear blossom with tears."

"Hello." Song Shuhang waved awkwardly.

"Hello to you too, waaaaaah." The girl nodded, then cried even harder.

Seeing her crying incessantly, Song Shuhang felt somewhat embarrassed.

Seemingly noticing Song Shuhang's embarrassment, the hyacinth-like girl gently waved her hand. "Please don't mind me, waaaaah~~ That's just how I am, once I start crying, waaaaah, I can't stop for a while. By the way, junior brother, which branch are you from? Waaaaah, I don't think I've ever seen you before?"

"Hello, I am not a disciple of the Jadewater Pavilion. I entered the Jadewater Pavilion by accident a few days ago and met Pavilion Master Chu. After that, Pavilion Master Chu brought my companion and me to this 'Underground City' of time and light," Song Shuhang replied.

"I see... Waaaaah~~ So that's our guest at the Jadewater Pavilion."

The girl didn't doubt Song Shuhang, because this 'Time City' was a very special place involving the concept of 'time'. No one could enter it without the permission of Pavilion Master Chu, who controlled 'Time City'.

"Waaaaah~~ I'm a disciple of the Ye generation from the Jadewater Pavilion, my Daoist name is Ye Si. Waaaaah." The literary girl wiped away her tears and continued, "Also, because I really enjoy reading and thinking, some of my fellow disciples call me 'Ye Thinker' or 'Ye's Thinking'."

As for titles like "The Crying Tear Beauty" or "The Tears of Healing of the Jadewater Pavilion," she would never accept them!

Song Shuhang blinked. Why was this senior sister telling him her 'nickname' the moment they met?

He quickly and politely replied, "I'll call you Senior Sister Ye. I'm Song Shuhang. As for my Daoist name... is today the 3rd or the 4th? Hmm, still the 3rd. So my Daoist name is 'Scholar Seeking the Dao'!"

"Scholar Seeking the Dao, you like reading too?" Senior Sister Ye's eyes lit up. She finally stopped crying, though she still sobbed occasionally.

"Yes, I love reading the most," Song Shuhang said firmly—it was one of his greatest hobbies in life.

Senior Sister Ye glanced at Song Shuhang. She sensed a kindred spirit in him; he was indeed a fellow book lover!

Because they shared a common interest, the two quickly struck up a pleasant conversation.

"By the way, Senior Sister Ye, what were you reading just now?" Song Shuhang asked curiously. What book had made her cry so bitterly?

"Actually, it's just a book I grabbed at random." Senior Sister Ye handed over the book from behind her.

Song Shuhang took the book.

<On how cultivators can conserve true energy or spiritual power when Sword Flight!>