As they spoke, the Little Paperman had already followed Yun Ran’s instructions to cover the light of the light sphere, then brought out the miner’s lamp they had prepared earlier.
As expected, the miner’s lamp’s light scattered throughout this space, but it was as if it was being swallowed.
For Yun Ran and Ginsengfruit, this didn’t pose much of a problem, but for Xie Xuzhi, it was a big issue.
The mont the light of the light sphere disappeared, Xie Xuzhi felt strange figures drifting about before his eyes, just like seeing little people after eating poisonous mushrooms.
Imdiately afterward, his chest felt as if branded by a hot iron, catching him off guard, making him let out a muffled groan.
This situation is normal for others.
However, for soone like Xie Xuzhi with imnse endurance, it seed quite serious.
"Director Xie, what’s the matter?"
The Little Paperman beside Xie Xuzhi was startled by his sudden sound.
"It’s nothing."
Xie Xuzhi calmly tugged at the Jade Guanyin hanging around his neck, alleviating the burning sensation significantly.
At the sa ti, those strange images before his eyes disappeared.
Just as Xie Xuzhi finished speaking, the light sphere conjured by Mo Zhi lit up once more.
Yun Ran had gotten the answer she sought and finally had ti to show so concern for Xie Xuzhi.
She turned her head and saw Xie Xuzhi clutching the string of the Jade Guanyin.
Only then did Yun Ran rember that Xie Xuzhi was like a fragile piece within the Xuan Sect; she had forgotten to remind him to close his eyes earlier.
Especially now, seeing Xie Xuzhi holding the string, it was obvious he had been affected, hence the Jade Guanyin’s reaction.
When Yun Ran first saw this Jade Guanyin, she was drooling over it.
Only a family like the Xie Family, with nearly a millennium of heritage, would have the heart to carry such a treasure for defensive Magic Artifact use.
This could easily be kept in the treasure vault of any mystic family as a generational heirloom.
"Really nothing?"
As she asked, Yun Ran felt a bit guilty inside.
"I’m sure, and have confird, there’s really nothing wrong~"
This ti, Xie Xuzhi still had the mood to speak in such a tone, so he likely was alright.
Yun Ran imdiately felt less guilty.
After thinking for a mont, she continued to ask, "What did you see earlier?"
She and Ginsengfruit’s Little Paperman weren’t affected, so naturally, they couldn’t see anything in the area not shone upon by the light sphere.
Initially, she hadn’t planned to delve into what was going on here, but now that Xie Xuzhi was affected, she might as well explore.
Xie Xuzhi described the scene he had seen before with great detail.
Finally, he added, "It was sowhat like the ti I was poisoned by mushrooms in the Southwest."
Xie Xuzhi was serious in trying to describe the scene clearly.
But Yun Ran burst into laughter.
"Seriously? You, the dignified Young Master of the Xie Family, were poisoned by mushrooms? Your chefs must be terribly unprofessional!"
After being silent for a while, Xie Xuzhi slowly said, "That was an accident."
However, Xie Xuzhi didn’t mind Yun Ran’s obvious laughter.
What he didn’t say was that from a young age, he had experienced many assassination attempts, and being the Young Master of the Xie Family ant being targeted.
Hence, whenever he traveled, the personnel around him were top-notch, ticulously screened.
Under normal circumstances, mistakes like that would never occur.
Yet in reality, things were ludicrous and laughable. Who would have thought that the personnel and ingredients that underwent rigorous scrutiny...
Ultimately led to poisoning due to a knife used for mushrooms not being properly cleaned.
Back then, poisoned by the mushrooms, all Xie Xuzhi could think was, "Who’s trying to assassinate this ti?"
When the examination results ca out, Xie Xuzhi felt his mind go blank, and one thought popped up.
That is, the world is indeed a circus.
Perhaps Yun Ran’s expression was too joyous, causing Xie Xuzhi to helplessly ask, "Is it really that funny?"
"It’s rare to see sothing so absurdly funny happen to soone of your level. Am I not allowed to laugh? The odds of this happening are akin to winning the lottery."
"Hahaha..."
Just as Yun Ran was laughing uncontrollably, the White Tiger echoed the laughter.
Yun Ran: ...
Xie Xuzhi: ...
Ginsengfruit: ...
The group’s gaze simultaneously shifted to the laughably out-of-place White Tiger.
"Why are you laughing?"
Yun Ran gave the White Tiger a smack, though the strength was pitiful to the White Tiger, serving more as a complete humiliation.
"I saw you laughing, so I joined in."
Yun Ran speechlessly smacked the White Tiger again, realizing that so creatures, even as spirits, don’t think the sa as humans.
They are not only slow to react but also incredibly dampen the mood.
Yun Ran imdiately stopped talking about Xie Xuzhi’s previous blunder and quickly changed the topic.
"How much longer until we can get out? I really don’t like this place."
The White Tiger also wanted to say it disliked this place.
However, it had felt the woman on its back was sowhat dismissive of it, so it wouldn’t continue the conversation.
Thinking of itself as the majestic King of North Mountain, why would it truly try to please a human, humph!
"A bit longer, although my speed is fast, this place is huge."
Hearing this, Yun Ran didn’t doubt it; if this place wasn’t large, it wouldn’t contain so many bones.
Then, Ginsengfruit suddenly spoke, "Are we heading underground?"
Generally speaking, beings trapped here couldn’t perceive it.
But Ginsengfruit is different. Not only is it a Magic Artifact, but it’s an intelligent being from a high-class world.
Even though it usually skims the line between reliable and unreliable during scans.
At the mont, it clearly sensed they were constantly heading downward.
Upon hearing this, the White Tiger paused in surprise, then asked in a slightly incredulous voice.
"You don’t know where this place is?"
"Of course we know. It’s the central area of Death Mountain. Earlier, we entered from the Underground Palace; there’s nothing unclear about that."
The Black Robed People knew covering their eyes with black cloth was useless. They could clearly see the situation here.
The White Tiger’s question and Yun Ran’s answer were not on the sa page.
"No, I an, don’t you know this is the Demon-locking Tower’s evolved form?"
This shocked Yun Ran.
"What, this is inside the Demon-locking Tower!!!"
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