The wall twisted in a grotesque manner, the spatial folding defying all reason, and a large black fissure slowly began to close!
She jolted, her body trembling. The footsteps behind her were now clearer than ever! She could no longer afford to care. With a fierce lunge, she leaped through, her figure vanishing just as the distorted doorway snapped shut…
Seven or eight figures appeared at the ground-floor entrance!
“What is the academy even looking for lately? If they keep searching, none of us will be able to attend classes today!”
“Who knows? It’s forcing us to study in the library now!”
“Exactly! More importantly, the library doesn’t allow the use of innate abilities. How am I supposed to cultivate spells!”
As a few of them spoke, more and more students gradually emerged from the entrance!
Meanwhile, the two who had mistakenly believed they were discovered and had stumbled into the basement were also in a terrible state!
The basement of the library was damp, filled with all sorts of unknown discarded waste, resembling a swamp! It reeked and was utterly unbearable!
“What the heck is this place, it stinks so bad!”
The word “stinks” echoed through the vast, empty underground world for a long time, indicating its immense size and hollowness…
Their divine senses, however, were restricted to only three to five meters around them. Beyond that, they were useless! m..oΓg
Jin Bao’er frowned. This meant they would have to rely on their eyesight. Then, as if a thought struck her, her eyes suddenly brightened…
With such a strange restriction, didn’t that mean Long Li Xing might very well be inside?
With this idea, she directly pulled Bao Bao out of her immortal mansion. A faint white spiritual light emanated from her, instantly bringing a sliver of illumination to the dark underground world…
The little girl, still slumbering, was thus being used as a light bulb! Gu Luo Xian, seeing a cluster of something suddenly appear in her hand, mistook it for a luminous pearl and couldn’t help but stare.
“Tch, I didn’t realize you were so wealthy. It must be hard to find such a luminous pearl that emits spiritual energy! We can barely find a few of those in our ancient martial cultivation world!”
Jin Bao’er paused, glanced back at her, but said nothing.
“This place is very strange, and the restrictions are very strong. We should be careful.”
Gu Luo Xian nodded and fell silent. The two of them walked along the wall in one direction, their feet stepping on wet, sticky things that made faint squelching sounds…
After walking for an unknown amount of time, a faint light appeared ahead. Jin Bao’er couldn’t help but quicken her pace, finally seeing the source of the glow.
She froze, feeling a pang of disappointment, yet utterly shocked!
Before them were thick, black vines, undulating slightly, resembling slumbering giant snakes covered in small thorns. The vines stretched from the ground upwards, as if nurturing something…
And amidst the countless vines, a tiny human figure was held captive in the center. It emanated a faint luminescence, its small wings tightly ensnared by the vines, and its small body was painfully constricted!
Jin Bao’er recognized the little figure! It was the little elf she had encountered in the flowerbed. It was now firmly trapped between the vines!
And the sticky, gooey substance under her feet was part of the vines!
“What is this thing? It’s so disgusting… it looks like it’s moving!”
Hearing this, Jin Bao’er blinked and looked back at Gu Luo Xian.
“You said she… is disgusting?”
Gu Luo Xian was taken aback by the question! She subconsciously nodded.
“Of course! Those black vines have thorns and look like they have mucus… of course, it’s disgusting!”
Throughout her words, she had not mentioned the little elf trapped between the vines at all…
Jin Bao’er frowned…
“You didn’t see the little elf?”
Gu Luo Xian blinked, her face full of confusion.
“Little elf? What little elf? Jin Bao’er, did you perhaps eat some of that red mushroom and are hallucinating? A little elf… I’ve seen plenty of disgusting mucus!”
Judging by her tone and her look of disdain, Jin Bao’er realized something was amiss! But why only she could see the little elf? It couldn’t be a hallucination from the swamp, could it? After all, they were together; if it were a hallucination, they should share it, unless this hallucination was formed based on her own memories…
At this moment, neither of them noticed that the little elf among the vines twitched its nose slightly, and the surrounding vines themselves also shifted slightly…
Jin Bao’er thought for a moment. It really could be a hallucination! As the saying goes, “If you don’t court death, you won’t die.” She decisively turned around…
“Oh, it must have been my imagination!”
As she spoke, she walked in another direction, completely indifferent to the little elf on the black vines. Cold-blooded and unfeeling!
The little elf, pretending to be asleep: ……？？
Seeing Jin Bao’er really leaving, she could no longer hold back. The long black vines suddenly rose from the ground, blocking her path…
Gu Luo Xian stumbled backward, narrowly avoiding being slapped away. She accidentally bumped into Jin Bao’er and instinctively turned back to say, “Sorry, I didn’t… what is this?”
She meant to say it wasn’t intentional, but upon turning, she saw a young, tender face in Jin Bao’er’s arms. The round little head was adorable, and her small mouth was curved into a cute and somewhat foolish smile!
Gu Luo Xian’s eyes widened. She then realized that Jin Bao’er was holding a living little girl!
So… she had also eaten the red mushroom? So they both saw the little elf? Hmm… that seemed quite likely!
She quickly regained her composure, her surprise vanishing. Jin Bao’er, observing her expression, looked at her curiously.
“What’s wrong with you?”
She wasn’t going crazy, was she?
Gu Luo Xian, unaware of Jin Bao’er’s thoughts, wanted to prove she hadn’t eaten the red mushroom and hadn’t seen the little elf. With a calm and serious expression, she said, “I think I’m poisoned too. Either there’s an illusion here, or we’ve both been affected by the poisonous gas in this swamp! But don’t worry, I won’t die. Still, this swamp that can poison me is quite formidable. I’ve never been poisoned before!”
As she spoke, she looked around with a mixture of curiosity and nervousness. How should one react when poisoned for the first time? Should she scream to express fear? Or go mad as a sign of respect?
She was a bit conflicted! What were the symptoms of being poisoned? She truly didn’t know…
Jin Bao’er frowned, watching her alternate between distress, confusion, nervousness, and finally indecision! She was completely bewildered, unable to comprehend the other’s thought process…
Are all defense-type talents like this? They feel mentally challenged!
The scene fell into silence!
And the little elf among the vines couldn’t help but open its eyes. It had been waiting for a long time and was bored! Couldn’t they at least look at it? Show some respect!!