129: Chapter 129 Mutual Help?

Liu Tingting had already fallen into a coma.

Elder Luo Xi's resistance to the toxic gas from the other world was no better than Liu Tingting's; he lay among the bones, motionless, and it seemed he was destined to become a new corpse.

That was just as well; becoming dry bones alongside his "brother," Uncle Ancestor Luo You, would mean his trip had not been in vain.

Carrying Liu Tingting, who felt like she weighed "three hundred pounds," Xia Shaoxin finally covered the hundred-zhang distance and arrived at the base of the high platform.

The situation here was even more terrifying; it was densely packed with skeletons, and not a single one was intact.

Perhaps the Seniors who had rushed over had no mood to show the bones enough respect, stepping wherever they pleased.

It was evident that it had been a chaotic situation.

Some Magical Artifact swords looked quite intact, but with one step, they shattered into pieces.

He was secretly shocked; what kind of power was this so-called toxic gas from the other world, that it could even corrode Magical Artifact swords!

Walking to the third-tier high platform, he was surprised to find that there were no skeletons here.

Standing on the platform and looking around, it was just a bare, empty space; there was no trace of a Teleportation Array.

He hurriedly set Liu Tingting down and, regardless of whether it would be useful or not, fed her a three-corpse three-insect body refining pill.

A moment later, Liu Tingting opened her eyes.

"You're awake. Can you move? I'm counting on you to find the Teleportation Array. If you can't open it, we'll die here," Xia Shaoxin said hurriedly.

Liu Tingting struggled to get up and, without a word, began searching for the presence of the Teleportation Array.

This was a hidden Teleportation Array; there must be some kind of energy structure surrounding it.

Xia Shaoxin had seen Liu Tingting's methods for setting up and activating a Formation several times, but unfortunately, he lacked the talent and couldn't learn it.

The effect of the Medicinal Pill would not last long, so Xia Shaoxin encouraged Liu Tingting, telling her not to worry.

Liu Tingting patted the surroundings with her hands, stirring the Spiritual Qi to locate the power of the Formation.

It didn't require much strength, but under the erosion of the dense toxic gas within the Forbidden Ground, her vision went black after just a few strikes.

Calming down and catching her breath, she was finally able to see clearly again.

These things Xia Shaoxin could not possibly know; Liu Tingting, worried that Xia Shaoxin would be overly concerned, forced herself to endure and refused to speak of it.

Xia Shaoxin suddenly heard a clattering sound from below the high platform. Turning his head, he saw Elder Luo Xi actually crawling forward on his knees.

It had to be said that the old man's willpower was truly tenacious.

"Could you… give me one… Medicinal Pill?"

Xia Shaoxin shook his head: "I'm sorry, I don't have any left. The last one went to Liu Tingting."

"Are you certain?"

"If I had one, I wouldn't want to give it to you anyway, but I truly don't have any left. Why would I lie to you?"

"Hehe, speaking so… bluntly… you aren't afraid of me anymore?"

Xia Shaoxin remained silent.

"You've already written me off as a dead man, haven't you?"

Xia Shaoxin didn't want to be that cruel, so his tone softened: "Senior Luo, I cannot save so many people. I really only have one Medicinal Pill left."

"After you go out, you will have to face the Cultivators of the Yue Kingdom. Do you think you have a chance to escape?"

Xia Shaoxin took a deep breath and said: "Senior, the Yue Kingdom might not necessarily kill me. Why would they need to kill me?"

"Hehe, they certainly won't kill you. Instead, they will lock you up to study how to restart the Shenji Tower Forbidden Ground."

Xia Shaoxin could no longer feign calmness.

This was exactly what he had been worrying about.

"Take me out, and I can block Grand Minister Liao Sishui for you," Elder Luo Xi pleaded.

"In your condition, at the end of your rope, how many moves can you block from Grand Minister Liao Sishui?"

"Regardless of how many moves, I can buy you a chance to escape."

"Just as you said earlier, we are not related; why would you do a good deed for me?"

Elder Luo Xi's expression was desolate: "I must avenge Uncle Ancestor Luo You. It will be hard to quell this hatred without killing a few Yue Kingdom Cultivators."

Xia Shaoxin said coldly: "Uncle Ancestor Luo You running into someone else's Forbidden Ground is his own business. What does that have to do with the Yue Kingdom?"

Elder Luo Xi said angrily: "Back then, the reason Uncle Ancestor Luo You came to the Yue Kingdom, I estimate, was due to an invitation from the Yue Kingdom. I suspect it was a trap set for him, requiring him to perform an experiment."

Xia Shaoxin said: "You are far away in the Tang Kingdom, why would they set a trap for him?"

"Uncle Ancestor Luo You had a friendship with a Great Cultivator of the Yue Kingdom. After he went missing, that Great Cultivator announced he was going into seclusion, only to die in a secret chamber ten years later. I suspect that Yue Kingdom Great Cultivator had long been dead, and they intentionally concealed it for ten years to cover up the truth."

"Why would the Yue Kingdom do that?"

Elder Luo Xi knelt on the ground, having said so much, his breath as thin as a gossamer thread.

He stretched out his hand, pleading: "Give me a hand…"

His eyes stared intensely at Xia Shaoxin, calm and lacking much of his previous hostility.

If he didn't give him a hand, Elder Luo Xi would definitely not be able to crawl over.

Xia Shaoxin was very conflicted; the intense desire to survive in Elder Luo Xi was impressive.

He walked down the high platform, remembered the rope Magical Artifact that Senior Brother Shao Junwei had given him, and threw it out on the spot.

This small Magical Artifact could be used here; it instantly turned into a rope several dozen zhang long. Elder Luo Xi grabbed the end of the rope, and Xia Shaoxin pulled him back.

When he pulled him to the base of the high platform, the rope snapped and crumbled into powder.

Elder Luo Xi struggled to stand up and staggered onto the high platform.

"I found it," Miss Liu said softly.

She turned her head and glanced at Elder Luo Xi, her eyes revealing fear: "Why did you help him?"

"We probably really do need him."

Miss Liu shook her head: "No, we don't need him."

Elder Luo Xi hunched over, standing timidly to the side, and said fearfully: "I am holding onto my last breath only to ask Grand Minister Liao Sishui a few questions. I won't waste any energy on you two."

Miss Liu looked skeptical.

But she didn't pay any more attention to him; she had to locate the Formation Eye by patting, and she had reached a critical moment.

Elder Luo Xi took out a Secret Manual and handed it to Xia Shaoxin.

"This is an yin-attribute Cultivation Technique from the Shanyuan Sect, the 'Diyuan Yin Scripture,' which is very suitable for you."

Xia Shaoxin was stunned. He took it and asked confusedly: "Are all Cultivation Techniques of the Shanyuan Sect copied onto paper? In our Chiyan Sect, we learn by facing stone tablets."

Elder Luo Xi said: "Every School is different. This is just an Introductory Cultivation Method. It is difficult for you, as a Bug Catcher, to cultivate to the Qi Refining Upper Stage; this Cultivation Technique will help you cultivate to the Middle Stage of Qi Refining, which should be satisfying enough."

This was blatant bribery and also unbridled contempt; Xia Shaoxin was speechless.

Although it was an Introductory Cultivation Method and couldn't be cultivated to high levels, it was better than nothing.

Elder Luo Xi took out another one.

"These are a few types of mechanism arts I obtained while traveling the world. Miss Liu should like them; you hold onto them for her for now."

Xia Shaoxin accepted everything.

Looking at Elder Luo Xi's face now, it had become much more pleasant.

Bang—

With a muffled sound, a light lit up on the high platform.

The light grew rapidly, curved, and formed a door.

"Miss Liu truly has astonishing talent! In the thousand years of the Shenji Tower, we are the first to enter and leave!" Elder Luo Xi exclaimed sincerely.

Xia Shaoxin had no time to listen to flattery; he grabbed Miss Liu and entered the ring of light.

Elder Luo Xi limped, rolling and crawling his way in.

Miss Liu used her last ounce of strength and collapsed weakly onto Xia Shaoxin.

The ring of light instantly erupted with a dazzling brightness; Xia Shaoxin closed his eyes, and his body floated into the Void Realm.