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Gong Jue blushed, but unfortunately, it was not obvious in the darkness, and Qian Li's night vision function was only able to see things respectfully. Furthermore, what Gong Jue had said just now was only an idea that popped up in an instant, and when she heard Qian Li's objection, she immediately reacted, "Nothing."

Qian Li felt that she was infected with a cold, and her head was extremely heavy. Furthermore, because her clothes were all drenched, it was extremely uncomfortable to stick on her body.

She sat down with Gong Jue's support, and looked down at the water that was still rising steadily. She calculated the time, even if the current water flow was very large, it would still take at least an incense's worth of time to reach their current position. However, the place above seemed to still be far away.

Qian Li sighed, "To think that we weren't dead even after falling down from such a deep place, and the injuries we received were just superficial wounds, we are truly quite fortunate."

But Gong Jue disagreed, "How can it all be luck? If it weren't for my Lightness Exercise, I think we would have already become minced meat. "

Qian Li was surprised, "So, you mean to say, the reason you were unconscious before was because you were physically weak?"

How could a man with such strong self-esteem like Gong Jue be willing to admit to such a thing? When she heard this, she immediately turned his face away and ignored him.

also wanted to take the chance to rest. Those who were sick were always weak, she had obviously been resting the entire time, but she did not have much energy left, and furthermore, she did not plan to tell Gong Jue that she had caught a cold.

Meeting by chance, this person had already helped him too much.

However, the change happened in a split-second, just as Qian Li was leaning behind him, her fingers accidentally touched a protruding spot, and then, the extended staircase that the two of them were originally waiting for suddenly became slanted, becoming slanted even further, and the two of them were no longer able to catch hold of the edge, and instead, directly rolled inwards along the slant.

His vision turned pitch black and Gong Jue felt that he could no longer see anything.

Qian Li did the same.

However, because Qian Li had been knocked out, Gong Jue was unable to see anything after entering the dark passage.

"Qian Li."

At this time, even shouting out a name was an extremely strenuous task. Gong Jue called out a few times but Qian Li did not reply, so she could only tightly hold onto her wrist.

Of course, calling out for change only happened at the very beginning. After that, Gong Jue's voice changed to a single word, "Ah." From beginning to end. After the time it took for an incense stick to burn, they landed on an empty piece of land.

Gong Jue, who had just landed on the ground, rubbed his head. Before he even had the chance to sigh in surprise, he saw Qian Li's body slip and slip as well.

He hurriedly carried Qian Li and rolled away, only then was he able to prevent Qian Li from bumping into him again.

"Luckily I was smart, even if I wasn't drowned by the water, I would have been killed by the rocks, but Qian Li, tell me, this place is lit up as soon as you entered, do you think someone would stay here?"

Unfortunately, no one replied to his chattering. He felt suspicious, and when he turned around, he realized that Qian Li's eyes were actually tightly shut.

He sighed. He was still breathing, but he could feel Qian Li's burning hot body temperature from a long distance away. Now that he was close enough, he felt that her entire body was like a fireball.

"Qian Li, Qian Li?"

Gong Jue was extremely worried, he almost wanted to give himself a big slap on the face. After thinking about it, it seemed that Qian Li had not made a sound since the moment she fell in, and he was actually so silly to not even glance at her after receiving her from Qian Li …

Actually, in all honesty, wouldn't anyone be curious about such a strange place? Therefore, Gong Jue felt that his actions were understandable.

The fire piston he was carrying was completely drenched and could no longer be used. He had only thrown it away, but luckily there was fire in this place.

After Gong Jue moved Qian Li to a clean place, he would think of a way to help her cool down.

Only now did he realize that this place was actually fully equipped.

While he was lighting the fire, he muttered to himself, "It seems that it's been many years since someone last came here, but it's true. If such a hidden place was so easily discovered by others, would it still be kept so intact?"

But after a while, he rejected the idea, "That's not right. From the look of it, this place has indeed been abandoned for many years, but this place is completely empty. Just who lived here?" Furthermore, if there really was no one here, then why … "What about the lights in these corridors?"

The more he thought about it. The more he felt that something was off …

Gong Jue bravely shouted a few times as he built a fire, but other than his own echoes, he could no longer hear anything else in this place.

This scared him even more.

He simply threw away the thing in his hand and sat beside the unconscious Qian Li. Only by doing this would he be able to reduce his fear.

Fortunately, Qian Li had woken up from her frozen state. There was a fire around him and she felt a little better, but she could not shake off the feeling.

Who the hell was that thing that stuck close to him while he was still trembling?

Before Qian Li could see clearly, Gong Jue, who was sensing some movement behind him, suddenly used a ruthless move. Qian Li wasted a great amount of strength before she was able to receive it.

However, it only lasted for a short while.

He wanted Gong Jue to let go, but even though Gong Jue turned around, he also used a technique, and his eyes were tightly closed.

"Gong Jue, what are you doing?"

Gong Jue suddenly opened his eyes, "So it's not a strange thing."

Hearing this, Qian Li felt that Gong Jue was having a nightmare just now, and she herself seemed to have shocked him.

"Let go. "I can't hold on any longer."

Blood flowed out from the simple bandage on his stomach. Because it had only been a day or two and he had been in contact with water, the wound didn't seem to have improved at all. Now, he was bleeding again.

Gong Jue quickly withdrew his hands as he struggled to take off the outer coat on his body. Actually, taking off his clothes at this time was the best option, but in front of Gong Jue, it was simply impossible for him to do so.

"Take it off and roast it as well. It won't be good to catch a cold in this place."

Hearing that, Gong Jue reacted, and quickly took off his own outer robes.

"This is the underground palace we came here for?"

"Yes." Gong Jue nodded.

He noticed that as long as someone was talking to him, he seemed to be less afraid.

However, he still wanted to tell Qian Li about the strange thing that happened to him.

"Qian Li. Do you think this place is strange? "

As he said that, Gong Jue's gaze kept looking around, as if reminding Qian Li to observe for herself.

"Hmm, it doesn't seem like a simple place."

Gong Jue nodded, "And have you noticed that this place is actually very warm in this kind of weather? "And I believe that if the clothes we're wearing right now were dry, or if we're not wearing any clothes at all, this place would be even warmer."

Qian Li nodded, glancing at her surroundings. "Did you use my fire piston?"

Qian Li's idea was very simple, because when she previously saw Gong Jue casually throwing away his fire piston when they entered the mountain, that meant that he definitely could not use it now. This place was brightly lit, she thought that these were all Gong Jue's masterpieces.

Seeing that she had finally discovered the main point, Gong Jue felt very gratified. "Then, if I were to tell you that these flames have always been like this ever since we entered this place, would you believe me?"

"Hmm?"

"Do you know, all the firewood, including the places we are sitting at, are covered in a lot of dust, making the surrounding environment look like it has been wasted for many years, but strangely, the fire is still burning? Qian Li, you said earlier that this place is an underground palace, do you think this place might have any unclean things?"

As he spoke, he looked around curiously, as if something might pop up in the next instant.