823: Chapter 238 823: Chapter 238 Cao Zhen climbed the stairs, and after such a long time, he had figured it out on his own.
The reason they could circle back around was certainly due to a formation, and the special thing about this formation was that sometimes when they thought they were descending, they were actually ascending, and vice versa.
Moreover, it also prevented them from feeling whether they were ascending or descending, which is why they had walked for so long without finding a way out, constantly circling here.
As for the method Li Ke had thought of, he actually hadn’t thought of it before; his intelligence had really been crushed.
Fortunately, Li Ke’s method didn’t work, and he also had a method of his own.
When Li Ke heard Cao Zhen asking Ling Xi for help, she was momentarily stunned and asked with curiosity, “Why ask Ling Xi for help?”
Asking Yan Yourong for help made sense because she possessed the Five Elements Divine Method, and of course, Li Ke could see that Linghu Gudu must also have water-based cultivation techniques and divine skills.
But she was not familiar with Linghu Gudu, so naturally, Yan Yourong was the one to be asked for help.
But Ling Xi?
Was Ling Xi special because of the talisman?
What use could a talisman be?
Cao Zhen glanced back at Li Ke; if it weren’t for the fact that she had just recovered from a serious illness and still looked very weak, he really wanted to tell her the answer.
Are you not just humiliating yourself?
Cao Zhen no longer paid attention to Li Ke but smiled at Ling Xi and said, “Come on, Ling Xi, do as your master says and walk down a few steps.”
“Walk down?” Ling Xi didn’t understand what her master was trying to do, but upon hearing his command, she obediently walked toward what she supposed was the downward direction.
Cao Zhen, however, stared intently at Ling Xi, and after she had taken a couple of steps, suddenly exclaimed, “Ling Xi, stop, now walk up.”
Ling Xi was still confused but would not refuse her master’s command.
Upon hearing him, she immediately started walking upwards.
Cao Zhen’s brows furrowed deeply as he watched Ling Xi and muttered in confusion, “Strange, why are the amplitudes of walking up and down the same?
The trembling should be different; it should be more obvious when going down.”
As he was still puzzled, Li Ke seemed to have discovered something, suddenly stepping into his line of sight with an angry glare, scolding Cao Zhen, “What are you looking at?
How could you be so…
shameless…”
“What?
How am I being shameless!” Cao Zhen was at a loss for words and muttered, “I’m just trying to find a way to leave.
Never mind, this method seems not to work.”
Ling Xi was still bewildered and didn’t know what her master and mistress were arguing about.
Linghu Gudu laughed to himself, but fearing that Cao Zhen would turn his anger toward him, he dared not laugh too obviously, instead trying hard to hold back his laughter, turning his entire face red in the process.
Soon, the group returned to normal and continued to ponder ways to leave.
Cao Zhen, inspired by Li Ke’s method, took out a pill from his Qiankun Bag.
Water flows downward, so naturally the pill should also move downward.
If water didn’t work on these stairs, what about a pill?
When Cao Zhen flicked the pill onto the ground, it was as if it was sucked by something, remaining utterly motionless.
Cao Zhen tried again with more force, but the pill really seemed to stick to the ground, not rolling no matter how much effort he exerted.
With no other choice, he put away the pill and looked around at everyone else, realizing he was out of options and now dependent on whether others had any ideas.
“We don’t have any other ideas for now, let’s just keep moving,” he said.
As he spoke, he looked at Li Ke and asked, “Given your condition, you probably won’t be able to walk for long, right?
Shall Ling Xi and You Rong carry you?”
“No need!” Li Ke waved her hand and refused Cao Zhen outright, then started walking forward.
They had been moving quite fast on the stairs before, but with Li Ke, their pace slowed down instantly.
Indeed, the Nirvana Pill could help Li Ke recover, but it wouldn’t restore her to her peak condition instantly.
Right now, Li Ke seemed scarcely stronger than an ordinary mortal.
Having walked only a short distance, beads of sweat had already appeared on Li Ke’s face.
Cao Zhen followed behind, growing increasingly impatient at the slow pace of their progress.
Suddenly, Li Ke stopped her forward movement, turned around, and started going downstairs instead.
Cao Zhen was immediately confused and asked in a low voice, “Why on earth are you going downstairs again?”
No sooner had he spoken than Li Ke turned around and started ascending once more.
After a couple of steps, she began descending again.
He had been following right behind Li Ke.
As she started going down the stairs, she should have been closer to him, yet when he looked up, she seemed to be getting farther and farther away.
Not just him, the distance between Li Ke and each of them was increasing.
In just a moment, everyone noticed the change in Li Ke’s position.
“Li Ke, what are you doing?”
“You’re getting further away from us, have you found the real path?
How did you do it?”
Li Ke stopped as well and turned to look at everyone.
Her pale face, still showing signs of illness, seemed to have a hint of a flush from the movement, and she said with a radiant smile, “I’m getting further away from you all because I’ve found the real path.”