The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 150 - 149: Finally Opened

Chapter 150: Chapter 149: Finally Opened

Fighting in the passageway was very restrictive, mainly because there wasn’t enough space to fully deploy techniques, but it worked to Xie Jiuniang’s advantage as she didn’t have to worry about being surrounded.

She faced four against one, yet showed no signs of defeat.

Among the four, the leader was at the fifth level of Foundation Establishment.

The other three were at the early stages of Foundation Establishment.

On the surface, all four were much stronger than Xie Jiuniang, but as the fight went on, none of them could gain the upper hand.

Xie Jiuniang’s spiritual power was unending.

Not only did she fend off their techniques, but she also counterattacked again and again, with her spiritual power showing no signs of depletion. No one would believe it if they heard the tale!

Techniques smashed onto the stone walls, flashing an array pattern, yet they remained undamaged.

Xie Jiuniang wasn’t worried about destroying the passageway; after all, countless disciples had fought here without causing any damage to the labyrinth.

Suddenly, Xie Jiuniang laughed coldly and crushed the Tracking Butterfly she had just caught.

"Ah!!"

One of them screamed in agony.

The death of a Contracted Beast damages the Spiritual Soul, it would have been strange if they didn’t scream.

"How dare you kill a fellow disciple’s Contracted Beast?!" someone roared in anger.

Xie Jiuniang rolled her eyes internally.

Sect rules forbid disciples from killing each other’s Contracted Beasts in sparring.

This rule was clearly dictated in the Sect, so the person who questioned Xie Jiuniang’s actions hadn’t expected her to truly dare to kill, nor did they reflect on their own aggressive tracking and sneak attacks, making their outrage quite laughable.

Xie Jiuniang replied indifferently, "You don’t abide by the Sect rules, yet you expect me to do so? Isn’t that laughable?"

"We..."

"I won’t play with you anymore; I’ll send you a big gift."

Xie Jiuniang took out a Jade Talisman.

It was an Explosive Jade Talisman that she had never tried before, she threw it towards the four of them.

Her body quickly retreated as she detonated the jade talisman.

Boom!

Even though it was only a first-grade Jade Talisman, its power was two to three times stronger than that of a first-grade Paper Talisman.

This made Xie Jiuniang quite surprised, "Little Jianjian, the effect is really good."

"Of course it is." Jian Lingyan replied proudly, but then quickly shifted tone, "Master, are you really not going to kill them?"

"We need to keep them as witnesses." Xie Jiuniang had killed Wu Shuangshuang, the scourge, so the Sect would definitely investigate. With these four as witnesses against Mo Chuan, the Beast Healer, at least they could clear her of suspicion.

After the explosion ended.

The shockwaves subsided, but what became of the scene in front?

There was no one there?

Xie Jiuniang gaped, "Did they get out?"

At the moment of the explosion, the four might have sensed the danger and simultaneously activated a Wooden Token to teleport out.

After inspecting the blast site, the passageway was still intact.

Xie Jiuniang recognized the work of a great power with a mix of awe and a touch of excitement...

This defensive formation, it’s too strong.

She returned to the original passageway.

Xie Jiuniang continued to search for the activation mechanism.

The indestructible passageway blocked Xie Jiuniang’s thoughts of using brute force.

She knew a bit about Mechanical Techniques, but had only learned the basics, and searching for a long time made her feel a bit numb.

How had she fallen in during her previous life?

Someone was chasing and trying to kill her, and during the fight, a mechanism was activated, dropping her into a trap.

Inside it was pitch black, and it was unknown what she encountered before falling into another dark passageway where she couldn’t see her hand in front of her face.

There were too many errors and coincidences in between, and trying to repeat it now would be difficult.

Xie Jiuniang asked, "I really am a Child of Destiny, aren’t I, Little Jianjian?"

"Yes, Master is," Jian Lingyan affirmed in a sweet, innocent voice.

"Why haven’t I found the mechanism?"

"Maybe you haven’t gotten the knack of it? Want to study it some more?"

"I’ve felt around this place more than a dozen times!"

Xie Jiuniang had gone back and forth, not sparing an inch, touching everything repeatedly.

The great power’s arrangement of mechanisms was too formidable. No wonder no one had ever obtained the cultivation technique.

Xie Jiuniang gave up, lay on the ground, and didn’t want to move. "Logically, the difficulty shouldn’t be too great. The technique is an opportunity for Foundation Establishment and lower disciples. If it’s too hard, who could obtain it? Surely the person who placed the technique doesn’t hope that no one finds it."

"That... Could it be that you overlooked something crucial? Please think about it again, Master."

There were indeed mechanisms here, as well as traps.

And, they were more complex, intricate, and secure than other places.

Jian Lingyan wanted to help Xie Jiuniang. Despite suggesting a few possible locations to trigger the mechanisms, nothing turned out as it expected—all attempts by Xie Jiuniang led to no reaction.

It was that Xie Jiuniang couldn’t press them down.

Even applying all her strength, she couldn’t press them down, so she couldn’t trigger them either.

Xie Jiuniang suddenly sat up.

The map was the key to finding the location, so what about the mechanical techniques on the wall?

Could it be related to the entrance?

She combined the mechanical techniques she saw in the previous stone chamber with what she had learned earlier. After studying for several days, she finally found a way to open it. She formed a hand symbol and sent strands of spiritual power toward nine positions simultaneously.

Boom!

The ground suddenly cracked open beneath her feet.

Xie Jiuniang fell, but Broken Sword flew out to catch her.

Steadying herself, she then took out a luminous stone and shone it around, which made her gasp in shock.

Beneath her was a dense array of sharp spikes. A careless fall would have impaled her, turning her into a hedgehog. How had she fallen down without dying in her previous life, and by sheer chance landed between the spikes?

Just thinking about it made her shudder.

A sudden bout of retrospective fear washed over her.

Then, another boom resounded as the stone door above closed again.

"Little Jianjian, fly into the spikes below."

Using Divine Sense, Xie Jiuniang examined beneath the spikes and found an irregular spot.

It was a spike that appeared to be a bit shorter than the others.

She carefully descended, squeezing into a small gap between the spikes.

After feeling around for a while, she found the mechanism to open it and pressed hard.

Suddenly, a pathway split open beneath her feet.

Xie Jiuniang jumped in excitedly.

Jian Lingyan was equally thrilled, its high-pitched baby voice exclaiming, "Master, this is the one! We’ve finally opened it!"

"Hahaha..."

Xie Jiuniang laughed heartily.

Her whole body was gliding swiftly downwards.

Coming to her senses, she quickly used spiritual power to protect herself.

It made things much easier; at least she wouldn’t face the same embarrassment as in her previous life.

After sliding for an unknown period, she finally saw a light ahead. Before she could think, she went "plop" into a pool of water, causing a splash.

This pool of water was merely ordinary, intentionally placed at the end of the passage, probably to catch those who fell, preventing them from being crushed. However, if someone unconscious fell into it, they would likely drown... Did the one who arranged this not consider this point? Or perhaps the great power simply didn’t care—if you died, you weren’t worthy of his cultivation technique.

Xie Jiuniang flew out of the water and landed on a stone at the edge of the pool.

Immediately, her gaze swept over the area. It was the same large stone chamber she had visited in her past life.

The stone chamber had glowing stones carved to resemble lotus lamps, illuminating the chamber brightly.

In the center, there was a small stone platform engraved with array patterns, with a jade slip hovering above it.

The jade slip was enveloped in a group of spiritual energy, faintly shimmering with spiritual light.

The small stone platform was very similar to the one where she found the map earlier, and it was very likely arranged by the same person.