Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 414 - Two Hundred and Eighty-One: Like the Back of One’s Hand

Chapter 414: Chapter Two Hundred and Eighty-One: Like the Back of One’s Hand

"....."

The staircase leading down to the underground chamber beneath the stone temple was very long, Xu Yuan and Li Qingyan descended one after the other.

Looking down along the narrow stone walls on both sides, the end of the staircase was shrouded in ink-like darkness as if it was bottomless.

His will-spirit surged from his Sea of Consciousness, and Xu Yuan suddenly noticed something rather interesting, placing his hand on the stone wall:

"This ordinary material of the secret chamber walls... seems to block the perception of the will-spirit to a certain extent."

With that, Xu Yuan narrowed his eyes, a hint of vigilance in his gaze.

Although it was unlikely that the underground city of the cave would take action against the two "visitors from the Upper Realm" for the sake of profit,

it was always better to be safe than sorry.

Given the comparison of strengths between the two parties, unless the four of them agreed to act together, it would be an effortless gift to Li Qingyan; however, if there was a formation to assist...

Lost in thought, Xu Yuan unconsciously paused in his steps:

"There are actually formations in this underground city?"

"Formation?"

Without stopping, Li Qingyan, with her pleasant husky voice carrying a laugh, said, "What’s here is not a formation."

Xu Yuan continued stepping forward:

"If it’s not a formation... then why can this common building material shield my will-spirit’s probing?"

Li Qingyan turned back, her phoenix eyes smiling:

"Because your cultivation is too weak."

"....." Xu Yuan.

Li Qingyan casually tapped on the stone wall:

"A thousand-layer structure, active with internal mechanisms. If the strength of the will-spirit is not enough, it can make the will-spirit hover on the surface unable to penetrate. If Changtian, you are really curious, you could explore with Origin Qi."

"......"

Upon hearing this, Xu Yuan, with a touch of his finger to the cool wall surface, sensed slightly and with interest said:

"The mechanisms are interlocked in a rather ingenious way."

Li Qingyan responded nonchalantly:

"They’re just the creations of mortals, after all. Such an intricate structure would shatter with just a light touch."

"......"

Thanks to that fourth sister, Xu Yuan had some understanding of the history of formations and said with a light smile:

"We can’t use the standards of Dayan to judge this cave city. With a small country and few people, the exploration of cultivation techniques by the number of people and cultivators in these underground caves has already reached its limit. They can’t support a complete system to assist in cultivation.

"Their decision to rely on the strength of mortals to design these intricate mechanisms is already a very far-sighted one. Given enough time, they might develop a mechanism and Formation Path distinct from Dayan’s."

With that,

Xu Yuan seemed to sigh as he glanced up toward the corridor of the staircase and then shook his head in an ambiguous manner.

Li Qingyan, sensing Xu Yuan’s expression, glanced at him quizzically:

"That look on your face... are you thinking about something?"

Xu Yuan’s gaze held contemplation:

"I was wondering what it might be like if I were born and raised in this underground city surrounded by ghosts."

"Huh?"

Li Qingyan paused, then shook her head with a laugh, "I didn’t expect you to think about such trivial things."

"Trivial?"

Xu Yuan wasn’t surprised by the princess’s response, considering she was a woman uninterested in daydreams. Pointing upward, he said with a hint of interest, "Don’t you think it’s a challenging task to be a savior in such desperate circumstances?

"Born in this sunless underground city, emerging from ignorance and innocence, gradually understanding the plight of your people as you grow stronger, and eventually becoming the strongest in the Underground Palace, realizing the true nature of the city, experiencing the despair of facing countless powerful ghosts, and then rising up to pursue them..."

"You’re overthinking it." Li Qingyan interrupted.

"Hmm?" Xu Yuan expressed slight doubt.

"With your habits, you’d probably be kicked out of the city by the time you were in your teens. How could you talk about ’what comes next’?"

"...." Xu Yuan.

"Better to have fewer childish fantasies, and think more about realistic matters."

Having said that, Li Qingyan turned and continued walking down.

"....."

After being lectured, Xu Yuan watched her retreating aloof and elegant figure, smacked his lips, and quickly followed, complaining:

"Hey, do you know that being too realistic can make a girl not cute at all?"

"Cute?"

Li Qingyan’s red pupils fixed on the path below as her light voice echoed back, "Someone just said earlier that cuteness doesn’t suit me. Enough with the nonsense; we’ve arrived at the secret chamber."

As Li Qingyan’s words ended, a section of the stone wall suddenly appeared in front of them, blocking the end of the corridor tightly.

The corridor of the staircase had come to an end.

Xu Yuan looked at the stone wall with a slightly strange look in his eyes because he could sense that the wall wasn’t solid.

It was a projected illusion, an illusion without any Origin Qi fluctuations.

Again, a technology distinct from that of Dayan.

Thinking this, the two of them passed through the illusionary stone wall one after the other and entered the chamber below.

As soon as they entered, they immediately stopped at the entrance.

This chamber, no, it should be called a tunnel.

In the corners of the tunnel, there were plants capable of emitting blue luminescence in the darkness, and using this faint light, Xu Yuan saw the full view of the vast cavern.

Several brownish-red Armors were laid out on the ground without any treatment.

Probably because no one had taken care of them for a long time, several hundreds of refined Black Death Bacterial Armors had taken root again in the ground. The fungal mats that spread out had almost covered the entire tunnel, stretching as far as the eye could see.

Seeing this scene, Xu Yuan laughed lightly:

"To think that these Bacterial Armors could grow on their own after being refined is an unexpected joy."

He was not initially sure if he could enhance Li Qingyan’s armor to "Purple Equipment" using the Bacterial Armors stored in the city, because according to the conversion rate in "Cangyuan Chronicles," purple Bacterial Armor requires a thousand white Bacterial Armors as materials for synthesis.