Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Chapter 404 Missing (Thanks to Daytime Spaceship Curse for the donation!)

"You were swallowed by the snake, and I was swallowed by the snake. We're both inside the snake's belly. It makes perfect sense!"

Wei Xi, wincing in pain, gestured for Qin Feng to look around.

Seeing the towering wall that seemed to have no top, Qin Feng was quite surprised and changed his mind, saying, "Perhaps this snake has a heart of stone?"

After saying that, Qin Feng couldn't help but laugh, which aggravated his still-healing wound.

Seeing that this person was still in the mood to joke, Wei Xi finally felt relieved and turned to worry about how to get out of the situation.

Wei Xi, with his arms tucked in his sleeves, stood up and began to carefully observe the area illuminated by the frost lamp.

Based solely on Wei Xi's naked-eye observation, the unknown characters on this stone wall are from the same source as the characters he had seen before.

Of course, Xiao Wei still couldn't understand it.

She tried to find murals that were easier to understand, but all she could see were dense, unknown characters.

However, judging from the amount of text alone, the content recorded is countless.

Having entered a dead end, Wei Xi changed direction and began to examine other details.

The wall was made of common basalt, but somehow, after removing the inscriptions, the rest of the surface was remarkably smooth. Wei Xi guessed that either the builder was highly skilled, or the builder possessed some kind of divine affinity.

Since there is no evidence that the monsters can use writing, Wei Xi cannot yet associate these stone walls with monsters.

After observing for a while, Wei Xi turned around and began to check on Qin Feng's condition.

"How is it? Have you found a way out?"

Wei Xi shook his head and looked down at Qin Feng's wounds. "I didn't see an exit around here, but there are some other clues."

"Judging from the amount of text, these projects seem to have lasted for quite some time, but it is unknown exactly how many people were involved in the carving."

“Also, apart from the dense text, there are no other decorations on the stone wall,” Wei Xi handed Qin Feng some dry rations. “It shouldn’t have been used for any sacrificial purposes.”

Qin Feng turned to look at the stone wall behind him and complained, "How can our ancestors find a place to perform sacrifices in this pitch-black place?"

“It’s hard to say what we’re offering this for, since it’s inside a snake’s belly.” Wei Xi sighed. “I’ll try to see if I can get the paper crane to fly out.”

After saying this, Wei Xi took out a paper crane, spread its wings, and the three characters "Lian Gou Hun" shimmered slightly.

Wei Xi quickly marked the number, wrote two sentences to describe the status, and then released the paper crane.

The paper crane, on which so much hope had been placed, wobbled and flew away. Seeing this, Wei Xi knew something was wrong.

Sure enough, not long after it flew into the darkness, the paper crane plunged headfirst into the sea.

Wei Xi picked up the paper crane by its left wing and watched as the crane trembled incessantly, the flashing light on it flickering.

"Can't fly out?" Qin Feng bent one leg, trying to avoid the icy seawater. "Where am I?"

Wei Xi pursed his lips, but his voice remained steady and calm, "I don't know, but there's always a way out. Those snakes could have killed us easily, but we're still standing here unharmed. There must be a way."

After saying that, Wei Xi took out a long rope and threw it to Qin Feng, paper crane and rope together. "I'll try to walk in one direction. Pulling it three times means there's a way out, pulling it once means there's danger. You have to protect yourself!"

After saying that, Wei Xi tied the other end of the rope around his waist in a tight knot and comforted Qin Feng, saying, "There shouldn't be any danger here, otherwise we would both be dead by now. You rest here and relax, I'll be right back!"

With his vital energy depleted and unable to even stand, Qin Feng was powerless and could only nod in agreement, clutching the rope. With a frost lamp hanging around his neck and a dagger in his left hand, he stumbled into the darkness.

Having just reached the edge of the Bone Reef Sea, Wei Xi lost contact with the outside world, and his heart sank to the bottom.

Not to mention the fact that the two were injured to such an extent that a cultivator with an empty Qi Palace is only slightly stronger than an ordinary person. Given the example of the Tenth Princess, Wei Xi dared not be careless.

Plans can't keep up with changes, so Wei Xi could only make plans as he went: the most urgent task was to find a way out of this place as soon as possible, and then activate the [Fish Intestine Mirror] to send a message once Qin Feng had recovered a bit.

Unfortunately, he didn't know how long he had been unconscious. If the agreed deadline had passed and Lian Gou Mang had plunged headfirst into the Bone Reef Sea, things would have been troublesome.

Perhaps the three of them are even more miserable than Kui and Kui Xun—at least the stories of the two mermaids are still known, but they are all alone in the sea, and who knows, they might become oar demons and cause trouble in a few years.

Thinking too much was pointless, so Wei Xi forced himself to clear his mind and listened to the faint sounds in the darkness.

With limited vision, his hearing became incredibly sensitive, but apart from Wei Xi's footsteps and the rustling of ropes, there were no other noticeable sounds.

Nevertheless, Wei Xi still dared not let her guard down—as far as she knew, there was at least one snake with an unclear stance in this not-so-short passage.

Counting his steps, Wei Xi still hadn't found any exit.

But before the rope ran out, Wei Xi discovered something else.

Those were scattered bones on the ground. When Wei Xi kicked them, they turned into droplets. No one knew how many years they had been there.

Wei Xi stretched his neck, and the frost lamp swayed back and forth, its halo jumping around.

The good news is that Wei Xi is very familiar with these bones—rat bones; the bad news is that the rat bones are sparsely scattered and the rope may not be long enough.

Remembering Qin Feng's injuries, Wei Xi hesitated for a moment, then untied the rope, grabbed Lingyin with one hand, and told it to fly back to find Qin Feng if anything happened.

Lingyin folded its wings and perked up its little head, clearly having its own ideas, which made Wei Xi so angry that he stuffed the bird into his clothes.

Wei Xi, holding the dagger, walked forward.

According to Wei Xi's estimation, the most likely scenario is that the end of the passage leads to a snake den, filled with nasty little snakes.

Thinking about it this way, Wei Xi relaxed—to be honest, humans are even more wicked than monsters. If he encountered a monster, he would at most die, but if he encountered a human, it was hard to say.

Wei Xi's breathing mingled with the almost inaudible footsteps, probing into this millennia-old dream. Something in the darkness was awakening, watching this uninvited guest.

The deeper they went, the more seawater filled the ditch, already reaching above Wei Xi's calves.

Based on common sense, Wei Xi guessed that the terrain here was low, and the inscriptions on the stone wall were becoming increasingly green, as if this was where the inscriptions began.

Confused and full of questions, Wei Xi continued forward until her left foot tripped over something.

Based solely on the feel of the foot, Wei Xi knew it must be the skeleton of some kind of large creature.

Skeleton enthusiast Wei Xi's eyes lit up as he slowly pulled his left foot out of the murky seawater.

This is indeed a skeleton, or more accurately, half a skeleton.

Wei Xi stared at the enormous bone pincers growing on the human's chest and fell into deep thought.

...It takes four days to recover from just one banquet; I feel like my energy and spirit have been drained by socializing...