Chapter 252: Chapter 144: Meeting at Last (Part 2)
"Kill me or carve me up, I’m at your mercy!"
"Oh? Is my little scoundrel trying to be difficult with me now?"
Yu Yaoguang reached out and gently lifted Fang Shuwen’s chin with her finger.
"I don’t believe for a second that if I really were to kill and carve you up, you’d just let me do as I please."
Of course, that was impossible.
Yu Yaoguang wouldn’t do that, either. She simply took out the manual for the Cloud Rain Harmony Technique and twirled it in her hand.
"Tell you what. You explain to me exactly what this is, and I’ll forgive you."
"It’s that simple?"
Fang Shuwen was a little surprised.
"Little scoundrel..."
Yu Yaoguang’s phoenix-like eyes gave him a flirtatious glance.
"Now, talk."
Fang Shuwen glanced at Fang Lingxin and Shui Qianrou, who looked like they had their fill of watching the drama unfold.
He didn’t have time to worry about anything else and simply said to Yu Yaoguang:
"Lean in."
Yu Yaoguang immediately leaned in. Fang Shuwen didn’t hold back, whispering a few words in her ear.
The next moment, Yu Yaoguang’s eyes lit up.
"Is that true? Where did you get it? Can I take a look?"
"...Why would you want to look at it?"
Fang Shuwen was confused.
"One can learn from the methods of others. The mysteries of this art are far more profound than those of any deviant or unorthodox technique."
"An opportunity like this is rare, and I can’t just let it pass. What if I gain a new understanding by studying it?"
Yu Yaoguang was just making a high-minded excuse for herself.
’She just wants to read it for fun,’ Fang Shuwen thought, ’but I don’t have any proof.’
He just shrugged.
"I came across it by chance. Since you want to... ’gain a new understanding,’ then go ahead and read it."
Upon hearing this, Yu Yaoguang didn’t stand on ceremony and promptly tucked the secret manual into her robes.
This wasn’t the place to read it, anyway. It was pitch-black all around. Although their Inner Strength was profound and their eyes could see much more clearly than an ordinary person’s after adjusting to the darkness, the only person in the world who would read a book in this kind of environment was probably the Book Immortal, Murong Qingchen.
The small disturbance caused by the Cloud Rain Harmony Technique was thus temporarily settled.
But a new problem followed.
They didn’t know where that violent rumbling had come from, but the spot they were in hadn’t just shaken violently—it had also rotated.
Fang Shuwen looked back the way they came. Sure enough, the entrance path had vanished.
They could probably still break through with brute force, but even if they did, it would only lead back to the Crocodile Pool.
They could definitely climb out from there, but the drop was just too high.
Besides, now that they were all the way down here, they had to find Shui Qianliu and complete their mission first.
He looked at Yu Yaoguang.
"Sect Leader Yu, do you have any thoughts on this place?"
When it came to business, the flirtatious glint in Yu Yaoguang’s eyes vanished. It had to be said, the woman was truly breathtaking.
Her phoenix-like eyes were a perfect fit for her face.
When she was being seductive, they could steal a man’s very soul.
Now, in her seriousness, those same eyes were cold, elegant, and noble, exuding an air of inviolable, lofty pride.
She pondered for a moment and said:
"Since this place can move, it’s certainly not a simple corridor."
"That would also explain why we haven’t seen anyone since we came in..."
"You mean there’s more than one entrance, and each time it rotates, it aligns with a different one?"
"And that’s how we were separated from the group that went in before us, into different sections?"
Fang Shuwen understood what Yu Yaoguang was saying.
Yu Yaoguang nodded.
"But that explosion just now probably wasn’t a simple mechanism."
"If I’m right, this should be an Underground Palace Stone Array. It probably rotates to connect to different areas, and each area presents a different danger."
"Otherwise, there’d be no need to go to all this trouble."
"The people who came in before us understand this place better than we do. However... when faced with a situation like this, some people choose to solve the Array, while others choose to ’solve’ the Array."
"Perhaps they triggered something in the process..."
As she said this, another violent rumbling sound suddenly rang out.
This time, cracks appeared in the stones of the ceiling. Dirt trickled from the fissures with CRACK, CRACK sounds that filled everyone with unease.
Fang Shuwen’s expression changed slightly.
"We need to get out of here, fast. That group’s method of ’solving’ things seems to be a lot like mine."
"But with such brute force, if they cause the caves to collapse, we’ll all be buried alive."
Yu Yaoguang naturally understood the danger. She immediately scooped Shui Qianrou into her arms while Fang Shuwen took Fang Lingxin, and the four of them headed deeper into the corridor together.
But soon, Fang Shuwen and Yu Yaoguang were dumbfounded.
They discovered that this wasn’t just an Earth Palace, it was also a maze!
Forking paths kept appearing ahead. They tried to navigate by trial and error, but of the three paths they chose, two were dead ends.
Fang Shuwen finally understood why the others had resorted to ’solving’ the maze. Even if he considered himself a humble and gentle scholar, he still despised mazes with a passion.
Just as he was debating whether he should engage in a little satisfying ’solving’ of his own, Yu Yaoguang spoke up.
"Follow me!!"
Fang Shuwen didn’t doubt her and immediately let her lead the way.
Just a moment later, they came to another dead end.
Fang Shuwen looked at Yu Yaoguang in silence. Yu Yaoguang pointed at the stone wall in front of them.
"Use Piercing Void Palm Power to smash it!!"
Fang Shuwen’s eyes lit up.
"Now this, I’m good at."
No sooner had he spoken than he thrust both palms forward. A tyrannical Palm Power erupted, seeming to blot out the sky itself, accompanied by a rumbling thunder like the roar of a thousand angry souls.
Anger Burning Heaven!!
BANG BANG BANG, BANG BANG BANG!!
The Palm Power didn’t move quickly at first, but it carried a terrifying, unstoppable force, like an avalanche that sweeps away everything in its path.
