Warning! The evil god's minions are invading the eerie dungeon.

"Kid? What do you mean by 'I don't know what kind of traveler'?"

Di Ao narrowed his eyes, his expression displeased:

"Don't you even know what level of practitioner you are?"

"Yes, I don't know."

Qi Xie met Di Ao's gaze calmly.

He truly didn't know, since due to the interference of the evil god, the system still couldn't determine his certification level.

Di Ao's face darkened, and he said in an unpleasant tone:

"You're hiding your Traveler level, are you ashamed of yourself? What are you pretending for? You've only been in the dungeon three times, what level could you possibly be besides a Beginner Traveler?"

He looked at Qi Xie with disdain and a hint of threat in his eyes, and warned him.

"This is my tenth dungeon. Once I clear it, the Changfeng Guild promised to give me a position as the head steward of a regional branch."

"I don't care what you're thinking, you, and you."

He then looked at Bai Yiyi.

"Once inside, follow my orders completely. Do exactly what I tell you to do. If you mess around and cause any danger that leads to failure, I'll be the first to kill you all. Understand?"

Bai Yiyi, standing beside Qi Xie, quietly tugged at his clothes and whispered:

"Diao has always been known for being domineering and ruthless. He often engages in malicious acts that harm his teammates in dungeons, but he does have some skill."

"Is that so..."

Qi Xie nodded:

"I see."

Bai Yiyi breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Qi Xie nod.

She felt that the dungeon was too difficult and too dangerous. She was worried that Qi Xie was now in conflict with Di Ao, and that she would have to deal with the dungeon's strangeness while also preventing Di Ao from falling into a dilemma.

Since Di Ao was an intermediate-level traveler, he was of great help in clearing the level. Therefore, she originally wanted to remind Qi Xie not to clash with Di Ao for the time being and to wait until he cleared the level.

Although he spoke very softly, Di'ao still heard it thanks to his enhanced hearing from his skill, and immediately revealed a smug expression.

Xuejiao then cupped her face in her hands, making an expression of adoration:

"Wow~ Brother Di'ao is so manly and has such a masculine charm! I love domineering men the most, hehe~"

Di'ao felt a ticklish sensation in his heart from Xuejiao's sweet voice, and he almost got an erection. He couldn't help but burst into laughter:

"Hahaha, of course..."

Snapped!

He hadn't finished laughing yet.

Qi Xie suddenly raised his hand and slapped Di Ao across the face with lightning speed.

Di'ao was whipped and flipped through the air before slamming hard onto the ground. He struggled for a while before sitting up, dazed, clutching his swollen face and looking completely bewildered.

The adoring expression on Xuejiao's face froze.

Qi Xie stretched his neck and looked at Di Ao.

A shadow rose from beneath his feet, and he reached out as if to pull the Blood Axe from the shadow.

"You sound like a major destabilizing factor. Should I just kill you now?"

Bai Yiyi: ……

Is your understanding of the direction a bit off?

Bai Yiyi thought: The dungeon is difficult, let's not make enemies first, let's clear it together first.

Qi Xiewu's words: The dungeon is difficult, let's eliminate the unstable factors first.

Wang Shan frowned, not intervening, nor being able to. His gaze was fixed on Qi Xie's face, feeling that it was somewhat familiar but he couldn't quite place it.

"You...you novice cultivator dare to attack me?! Do you want to die?!"

Di Ao shouted, his voice sharp but his voice weak, his eyes filled with undisguised astonishment.

This was the first time he had ever seen someone slap him so hard that he was like that, which meant that Qi Xie had at least one strange skill that was no less than his own.

"You talk too much."

Qi Xie's hand had already reached into the shadows, and he was pondering how best to chop down Di Ao.

However, at that moment...

Suddenly, an aged shout came from inside the hall, the voice hoarse like the creaking of an old bellows:

"Dear guests, the Hall of Rebirth is about to close. If you don't come in now, you'll miss your chance, hehehehe..."

Interrupted, Qi Xie turned his head to look into the hall.

In the shadows inside the doorway, an old woman was sitting.

A faded floral cotton-padded jacket covered his thin, dry body; his hair was gray, and his face was covered in deep wrinkles.

The old woman sat upright behind an old wooden table covered with a yellowish-white cloth, smiling broadly.

However, the others who were looking at it gasped in shock.

The old woman's eyes were not filled with eyeballs, but rather with two completely invisible hollows, in which were embedded two wisps of green will-o'-the-wisp.

"If you're still lingering at the door, then this old woman is going to pack up and close the shop..."

The old woman spoke again:

"Then you won't be able to get in..."

As he spoke, the main gate of the hall slowly closed, and at the same time, the surrounding streets were gradually swallowed up and disappeared by the thick darkness.

This is clearly a mechanism of the instance, designed to prevent participants from hiding outside the door overnight.

"Tsk..."

Qi Xie glanced at Di Ao.

The opponent is, after all, an intermediate-level cultivator. Although I can kill him, it will take some time.

If we want to kill Di'ao by force, there isn't enough time.

But the main course is inside the door.

Qi Xie was not an indecisive person. After thinking for less than a second, he abandoned Di Ao and walked into the door first.

Bai Yiyi followed closely behind, and Wang Shan also strode along, since no one wanted to waste time at a time like this.

Having narrowly escaped death, Di'ao took a few breaths, still shaken, and scrambled to his feet.

Xuejiao glanced at Qi Xie's retreating figure, then at Di Ao beside her. Her eyes darted around, and with a worried expression, she stepped forward to support Di Ao.

"Are you alright, Brother Di'ao? Come on, let me help you..."

"Ah... thank you, Xuejiao."

Di'ao looked at her with some surprise, then showed a somewhat touched expression.

All five of them stepped into the hall, and the door was immediately shut.

"Giggle giggle giggle..."

Inside the hall, the old woman, seeing everyone had arrived, let out a chilling laugh and took a small box from under the table, placing it on the tabletop:

"On this joyous occasion, you have all come from afar; surely you haven't come empty-handed? A small gift would be a token of your appreciation and a way to share in the festive spirit, wouldn't you say?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Shan was puzzled:

"What's the token of your appreciation? Do you want money?"

"Hehehe... We don't need that thing, why would we collect it..."

The old woman opened the box, inside which were several small items such as rings and an extinguished oil lamp.

"Strange items, sealed artifacts... anything goes."

The old woman spoke slowly and calmly.

"What?!"

Everyone except Qi Xie was shocked.

The price is undeniably high; each sealed item is worth at least 500 points.

While the strange items are not as valuable as the sealed items, they are still expensive, just like the human skin paper and corpse oil candles that Qi Xie obtained in the "Handkerchief Doll" instance.

These items could be made into sealing artifacts or used for other purposes, and their price would be at least 100 Weird Points or more.

Wang Shan hesitated for a moment before asking:

"How much dowry do we need to pay?"

"Hehehe, that depends on how much money you're willing to spend to buy your own lives."

The old woman's face twitched into a strange smile:

"When we go inside for the banquet, seating will be arranged according to the amount of your gift. Those who give more will naturally be seated near the table where there's more food, while those who give less will still have seats. However, there's not much food, so if the other guests at your table aren't full, they might have to get extra food from elsewhere..."

After he finished speaking, the hall fell silent.

The implication of these words couldn't be clearer: the higher the gift, the safer it is.

If you go too low, your deskmate might get so hungry that he'll bite you.

"hiss……"

Qi Xie scratched his head.

This scene feels strangely familiar.

Will they eat people when they're starving?

He knows this very well.