Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 396 - 273: Underground Palace_2

Chapter 396: Chapter 273: Underground Palace_2

"Prince Consort, explore with your will-spirit and you’ll see."

"......"

Xu Yuan concentrated his thoughts, and his will-spirit stretched out from his sea of consciousness, probing the surroundings.

The next moment, under Li Qingyan’s watchful eyes, Xu Yuan’s brows furrowed bit by bit.

After activating his cultivation technique, his eyes would have a certain degree of night vision.

But in the absolute darkness at that moment, this night vision would be weakened to the extreme; however, the will-spirit was more like searching with subsonic waves in his past life, directly mapping the surroundings in his mind, unaffected by the brightness of light.

At that moment though, when his will-spirit touched the cave’s inner wall, it became weakened and powerless as if it had entered a domain of latency.

And that tranquil cave wall... it was consuming his will-spirit...

A very subtle sensation.

If it wasn’t for his habituation to the invasion of the Charm Spore during dual cultivation with Su Jinxuan, Xu Yuan, with his Innate Soul Body, wouldn’t have noticed it immediately.

"...."

In the hush, Xu Yuan silently stood and walked toward a nearby stone wall. He stood close and slowly raised his hand to gently touch the wall.

The wall was not ice-cold on touch, but fuzzy and somewhat damp,

Could this be... vegetation?

"Whoosh—"

A streak of Blood Essence flame suddenly ignited, dispersing the pitch darkness in the cave.

Moving the Blood Essence flame closer to the eerie vegetation crawling on the cavern walls, Xu Yuan observed attentively and saw the plants near the flame give way to it as if alive.

When the Blood Essence flame was moved away, the vegetation crawled back.

Seeing this, Xu Yuan used the light from the flame in his palm to look around.

Then,

He suddenly realized that the spacious cave, whether the floor or the inner walls, was covered with a layer of unidentified vegetation.

It had a reddish-brown color,

Looking somewhat eerie under the illumination of the Blood Essence flame in his hand.

Withdrawing his hand, the flame dissipated, and the cave immediately returned to darkness.

Xu Yuan exhaled and went back to sit beside Li Qingyan.

The spot where they were sitting was the only "clean land" around them; this area’s vegetation must have been consumed by the spatial turbulence they brought with them during the teleportation.

In a moment of silence, Xu Yuan asked in a low voice:

"Qingyan, do you know what this mycelium is?"

Li Qingyan twirled her slender fingers around the Sumeru Ring:

"There are not many plants in this world that can shield the will-spirit, and none of them are reddish-brown. This must be unique to this Underground Palace."

"Unique?"

Xu Yuan murmured and then cracked a smile, "Then we’ve struck it rich, haven’t we? This reddish-brown mycelium is a brand new material. Once we get out, I’ll take some samples back for my fourth sister; if we find someone to extract it, she might just come up with a surprise."

"...." On hearing this, Li Qingyan’s expression gradually became odd.

"Just kidding."

Seeing this, Xu Yuan spread his hands, the smile fading from his eyes.

Discovering a brand new material in this extraordinary world did promise enormous profits, but all that was on the premise that they could first make it out.

And having witnessed the strangeness of the reddish-brown mycelium, Xu Yuan suddenly recalled something, something that he had almost forgotten.

His fortune was as high as 3 points.

Being a homebody engaged in cultivation didn’t reveal its immense power, which proved advantageous only during such random teleportations.

Previously in the Qionghua Secret Realm, he was teleported directly into the perilous Lake of Cherry Leeches; this time, it seemed he was teleported into some kind of dead land.

As he thought this, Xu Yuan glanced at Li Qingyan, who was exceptionally beautiful and dust-free, and sighed.

It seemed that the Wrapped Chest Princess had quite low fortune as well.

Hmm... missing the Treasure Seeking Miss for N+1 days.

Noticing that Xu Yuan had stopped speaking, Li Qingyan also quietly shared her findings from when she had explored the Underground Palace before:

"Though this Underground Palace is intricate and complicated, there are clear man-made traces. It’s very likely to be an ancient tomb, or perhaps a maze set by the predecessors..."

"Qingyan,"

Xu Yuan suddenly interrupted, pointing to the ceiling of the cave above, "Could you try breaking through here directly?"

In the Cangyuan Chronicles destruction of terrain was forbidden, but in reality, it was possible.

A maze? Why navigate a maze?

Just drill through!

With a faint smile, Li Qingyan responded.

The next instant,

"Schwing!"

Her blade unsheathed rapidly, a streak of sparks flew in the darkness, as the sharp tip of the blade targeted the ceiling with a fierce jab.

"Hum—"

The blade sang crisply, a whirlwind spreading out from Li Qingyan as its center.

With her sleeves settling down, a small, round hole instantly appeared, bottomless, yet without sunlight.

After sheathing her blade, Li Qingyan stated succinctly:

"I’ve already tried before. This Underground Palace is very deep, I can’t be sure how far it is from the surface."

Xu Yuan looked up at the hole in the ceiling, slightly hesitant:

"What about attacking it several times in a row?"

"..."

Li Qingyan did not respond, lightly placing a finger on her rosy lips, turning her gaze towards the dark depths of the cave: "Shh..."

Xu Yuan furrowed his brows, narrowing his eyes.

It seemed there were "creatures" in this Underground Palace...

Lost in thought,

Xu Yuan’s gaze became focused as he reached out with his will-spirit again.

But the very next moment, a burly humanoid shadow zoomed out of the darkness and attacked like lightning!

The humanoid shadow’s arrival was sudden; not only undetectable by the will-spirit but also without any sound.

The speed was so fast that Xu Yuan could barely make out its movements with the aid of the Blood Essence Meteoring Art.

In other words, to Li Qingyan, this speed would likely be as slow as a tortoise’s crawl.

And as Xu Yuan thought,

A flash of fiery red blade light sliced through the blackness of the cave, and after lighting up the darkness, the approaching shadow was instantly split in midair into two halves, falling to the ground beside them with two "thuds," following the inertia of its attack!