Tumor Sword Immortal

Chapter 139 Xiao Wang's Goal

The moment they plunged into the underground river, Pei Xia's first reaction was to pull Lu Li, who was on her head, into her arms and then hold her little apprentice tightly.

The 720 qi auras covering Lu Li's body were like a soft armor, enveloping her layer by layer.

Then, just as he was trying to float to the surface, the current enveloping him suddenly reversed course and plunged downwards.

Pei Xia immediately understood her predicament—a waterfall!

After flowing through this place, the underground river immediately turns and plunges into a deeper cave, forming a waterfall that cascades down in the dark underground!

This cave was probably not very wide; at least the gap between the front and back was very narrow, so much so that protruding stone pillars on the opposite rock wall kept blocking Pei Xia's falling body.

The raging underground river propelled his body, slamming him against the protruding stone pillars in an almost violent manner.

Even with Pei Xia's formidable physical strength, he couldn't help but let out a low groan during the collision.

He could only hold the pear tightly, curl up, and silently wait for the water to bottom out.

In principle, such a violent underground waterfall would have a very deep erosion pool. As long as there is enough buffer, with his physical condition, there shouldn't be any problem with him falling into the water safely.

The premise is that this place can't be as high as the summit of Nestlé Mountain.

Fortunately, after nearly five breaths, the roar of the waterfall was right next to us.

Pei Xia held his breath and prepared to break through the water's surface.

The little figure in his arms suddenly cried out, "Prove my divine power!"

With a "biu" sound, Pei Xia appeared out of thin air on the surface of the deep underground pool. He didn't dare to be confused and quickly reached out to catch Lu Li. Using the pool water as a buffer, he sank to the bottom with her.

The roar of the cascading water echoed in the pitch-black underground cavern, the deep darkness seemingly enveloping the deafening sound, thus revealing an extreme silence.

A moment later, the sound of splashing water broke the deathly silence.

Pei Xia, holding Lu Li in both hands, swam out of the water.

He held the pear on his head, and a ball of spiritual energy shone from his small hands, guiding him in the right direction.

The pool was indeed very deep, but the riverbank wasn't far away. Pei Xia swam over with difficulty, and with a sudden movement, finally climbed out of the water.

Just as he lay on the ground and let out a long breath, he was kicked in the back.

He was still in pain from the fall, and although this kick wasn't very powerful, it still made him wince.

Pei Xia turned around and saw Pear glaring at him fiercely: "You have a lot of internal energy, huh? You broke your back, see if your master's wife will divorce you!"

"Then why are you still kicking?"

"You won't learn your lesson unless I kick you!"

The two people's quiet arguing drifted away into the distance, then slowly returned.

This echo was clearly not something that could be produced in a narrow space.

Pear squatted on the ground and earnestly massaged Pei Xia's waist for a while. Pei Xia felt better and then got up from the ground.

Holding a ball of spiritual energy in his hand and trying to unleash it as brightly as possible, Pei Xia looked up and was stunned by the scene that appeared in the darkness.

This is not a natural void.

One by one, the tall, square boulders were piled up to form walls and pillars. Although large parts of them have decayed and fallen off, they are undoubtedly traces of human intervention.

"Holy crap..." Pear's eyes widened. She walked to the nearest broken boulder, reached out and brushed away the dirt, then turned to Pei Xia and asked, "Can you figure out how long ago this was?"

Pei Xia slowly recovered from his shock. He shook his head and said, "I don't have any knowledge in archaeology. Just having computing power isn't enough." As he spoke, his mind was in turmoil.

I see, that makes sense now.

This stone path was indeed dug by people sent by King Xiao, but it is clear that it was not started after the Northern Barbarians moved south, but earlier, and its original purpose was not to return south.

Instead, they were searching for some underground location.

As for why they went to such great lengths to find this place... Pei Xia turned to look at the corner of these broken walls and ruins.

Although it was covered by collapsed rubble and mud, you could still see an opening in it by the light and shadow.

It may have originally been the door of this building.

Pei Xia raised his hand and beckoned to Lu Li. Li Zi quickly ran to his side and subconsciously reached out to his thigh, preparing to climb up to his neck.

But when he looked up, he saw Pei Xia's back, which was torn and still had bruises and bloodstains. He scratched at it with his little hands, then withdrew them.

Pei Xia didn't notice any of that. He pointed to the pile of rubble and dirt and said, "The door is over there. Let's go."

The stone path at the top had collapsed when the fall occurred, and the underground river's destination was unknown. The safest option at present was to explore this ancient underground palace.

“I see that these buildings are structurally supported, which shows that they were built underground, rather than being buried later. So as long as the builders were not completely underground residents, there must have been an exit leading to the surface.”

While using her spiritual power to clear a path, Pei Xia said, "Of course, if there really isn't one, or if the path is blocked, then we can only try to go back up and dig our way out."

Pear wasn't panicked; she simply raised a crucial question: "What if I get hungry?"

"There are snakes, fish, shrimp, or maybe a few with twin tails or something..."

What are twin tails?

"A local specialty."

Fortunately, the pile of soil and rocks wasn't too thick. With the help of spiritual power, it didn't take too long to break through the soil layer, and a walkable area was indeed revealed on the other side.

Pear tugged at Pei Xia's sleeve, and looked back one last time before leaving: "By the way, I didn't see Sister Han."

Pei Xia wasn't worried at all: "She's at the Transformation Realm and has so many magical artifacts, she'll be fine. If you're really worried, we can find the exit first and then come back to look for her."

Pear stared at the darkness from which she had come for a while, then finally turned her head away and whispered an "oh".

After the two of them left, the light dissipated, and everything returned to darkness.

Water cascades down, the waterfall roars, and something slowly emerges from the deep, dark pool.

If there were even a sliver of light, one could clearly see that what was protruding from the water was a smooth human skull.

The skull floated completely on the water's surface, its two empty eye sockets staring in the direction Pei Xia and Lu Li had left. After a brief pause, as if making some important decision, the skull slowly lifted off the water and drifted into the air.

It rose very slowly and wobbled, as if it were struggling.

Just as it finally rose above the riverbank and was preparing to drift toward land.

A very faint sound flashed through the air.

Then, the skull suddenly lost all its strength and fell back into the pool with a "thud".

The dark water filled its brain and quickly overflowed from its empty eye sockets. The skull remained silent and slowly sank to the bottom.

(End of this chapter)