814: Chapter 236_4 814: Chapter 236_4 As he spoke, he vigilantly looked around.
Qian Jiao turned her head to observe the cautious demeanor of Sun Erosion Demon, her face showing a trace of responsibility.
She then turned back without speaking any further and continued walking forward.
In the Sun and Moon Demon Sect, many had forgotten that when she first arrived at the sect, when she was but a small child, she and the Sun Erosion Demon had been in the same academy.
Though the academy had countless disciples, numbering over a thousand.
Though they had stayed in the academy for only a year before leaving, with the Sun Erosion Demon being taken to the Eclipse Hall and she herself entering the Thousand Charming Hall.
Yet she had always treated Sun Erosion Demon as her true senior brother. This update is available on NoveI[F]ire.net
The competition within the Sun and Moon Demon Sect was far more brutal than in the major Immortal Sects, which was the case even within the academies.
Every year, the numerous academies saw an unknown number of boys die.
Back then, if it weren’t for the Sun Erosion Demon, she would have died within the academy walls.
Just that, so many years had passed, and the Sun Erosion Demon seemed to have long forgotten the one he saved back then.
Or perhaps, the Sun Erosion Demon has never known to this day that the person he saved was her.
Cao Zhen watched the two remaining silent and felt speechless inside.
Sun Erosion Demon, what business did you have interrupting Qian Jiao like that?
Just as she was getting to the crucial point, you interrupted her.
Now, with just the two of you in this passage, what are you afraid of?
Are you afraid that the Third Prince might overhear your conversation?
Also, if you’re going to follow behind, just follow; why do you keep staring at someone’s behind?
What, do you have the mind of a thief but not the guts?
And can the two of you please walk a bit faster?
So Cao Zhen watched the two walk slowly forward, listening to the echoing footsteps on the stairs, and just watching them was exhausting.
The staircase seemed to have no end at all.
Finally, after about two hours, a crossroads appeared before them, and it was a three-way split.
After a long silence, Sun Erosion Demon finally spoke up again and pointing at the crossroads, he asked, “Junior sister, with three paths and only two of us, how shall we choose?”
Without a moment’s thought, Qian Jiao replied, “Three paths mean no matter how the two of us choose, we’ll miss one.
Moreover, we don’t know if there are other crossroads ahead, and we’re even less aware of other dangers that might lie within this passage.
we continue down one path.”
With that, she took the lead down one of the paths, and the Sun Erosion Demon nodded in agreement behind her.
Indeed, who knew if there were dangers lurking within this passage; thus, it was better to continue down one path.
At the very least, if danger arose, two people could support each other.
The two entered another path, and this time, after walking for about two and a half hours, they were faced with another fork in the road, still offering three paths.
Seeing the crossroads before her yet again, impatience crossed Qian Jiao’s face.
“Why is there another fork?
How long must we walk this way?
Why must we keep following the path they’ve laid out?”
Suddenly, she came to a stop, and in her hands appeared a giant hammer.
Though she was a woman of a thousand charms, the divine weapon she wielded was a hammer.
Gathering mana, she swung the hammer with full force at the wall beside her.
A dull thud echoed as the hammer struck the wall, kicking up dust.
Under this hammer strike, the peeling surface revealed a series of smooth rock faces.
Cao Zhen’s gaze sharpened at this sight.
Wasn’t this the wall of a cavern?
Was this maze-like place completely made up of such rock faces?
Qian Jiao looked at the rock face in front of her, seemingly unable to believe it was truly part of a cavern.
As she stood there, all ten of her Golden Cores emerged, and her aura began to climb.
The next moment, she raised the hammer and slammed it down hard against the rock wall.
Instantly, the wall shook violently, but soon returned to calmness, the smooth rock face not even retaining a mark from the blow.
“Junior sister, stop trying, it’s no use,” urged Sun Erosion Demon, looking at the smooth walls surrounding them.
In a low voice, he said, “This ruin has appeared during the Minor Era of Inversion of Heaven and Earth this time, but in the past, it didn’t appear during the Minor Era.
So, these walls, all the structures here, they are not meant just for us at the Golden Core Stage, they might be meant for Earth Immortals, or even higher beings.
It’s impossible for us to break through these walls, let’s just keep going.”
Qian Jiao retracted the hammer, glanced at the three paths, and started toward the middle one, murmuring, “This time, we take the middle one.”
Upon hearing this, Sun Erosion Demon nodded and followed Qian Jiao into the middle entrance.
No sooner had the two walked into this new corridor, then a sudden barrage of sharp lightning bolts shot towards them.
Indeed, there was danger here!
Lightning struck fiercely.
Behind both Sun Erosion Demon and Qian Jiao, the Golden Cores manifested instantly, their aura skyrocketing, and a surge of black Demonic Qi swirled around them.
Within the Demonic Qi around Qian Jiao, the sound of demons chanting emitted, causing the air around to vibrate, sending ripples of visible sonic waves scattering in all directions, clashing with and dispersing the lightning bolts.