Chapter 194: Chapter 193: Jiu Xi on the 6th Floor?

Third Level

Zhang Songxian was extremely tense. He had only managed to ascend with great difficulty, thanks to the help of the Yin Yang Fish.

As for why he had come up, it was, of course, to eliminate the danger he was in.

And eliminating the danger required breaking the Immortal Lock.

But he didn’t know how to break the Immortal Lock.

However, he had obtained a Brocade Bag from that Daoist. The Daoist had told him to use the Yin Yang Fish to place the contents of the Brocade Bag into the lake on the third level using a special method. Doing so would give him a fifty percent chance of resolving his perilous situation.

He looked at the Brocade Bag and couldn’t help but ask, "Will this really work?"

Yin-Yang Fish Sixteen replied, "I don’t know, but I have the special method. I can help you."

Zhang Songxian asked, "Will this really be okay? After all, they are your companions, aren’t they?"

"It’s fine. We’re just helping to break the Immortal Lock. It’s not a big deal."

Since the Yin Yang Fish had said as much, Zhang Songxian decided not to be difficult.

If he could seize this, it would be his good fortune. If not, it could be his doom.

He was willing to try.

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Meanwhile, Jiang Zuo, who was waiting at the entrance to the fourth level, finally sensed someone coming down.

Soon, he saw two people. Fortunately, it wasn’t Su Qi and that Sister Jingjing.

Jiang Zuo had originally planned to capture them and force them to reveal Jiu Xi’s whereabouts.

But just then, the younger of the two suddenly asked, "Senior Sister Qing Lian, why do we call our seniors ’Senior Sister,’ but when it’s a Saintess, we call her ’Holy Sister’? Wouldn’t it be better to just use their names?"

Qing Lian replied, "There’s nothing wrong with calling her Holy Sister. As for Senior Sister Jiu Xi..."

Qing Lian looked at Xiaoxiao and said, "Weren’t you threatened when you joined the Candidacy Saintess Corps?"

Xiaoxiao said, "... Weren’t our seniors just kidding?"

Qing Lian chuckled. "You’re still young. Oh? We’re already at the fourth level."

Qing Lian then discovered they couldn’t descend past the fourth level. She said, "I’ll contact the Holy Sister and tell her about the problem here."

Qing Lian quickly received a reply and said to Xiaoxiao, "The Holy Sister and Senior Sister are checking the sixth level. They’ll come down when they’re done. We’ll do a quick inspection of this level first. Be careful and stay close to me."

Xiaoxiao nodded and stuck close to Qing Lian’s side.

Meanwhile, Jiang Zuo, who had been about to make a move, no longer had any intention of revealing himself.

Based on their conversation, Jiu Xi was with the Saintess, and they were on the sixth level.

’Then Su Qi and her senior sister must be on the fifth level,’ he thought.

Jiang Zuo smiled faintly. He was very pleased with this arrangement. It was as if the heavens themselves were helping him.

Jiang Zuo then started toward the fifth level. His target was, of course, the sixth level, and he had no intention of stopping to visit Su Qi on the fifth.

Encountering Su Qi would introduce too many variables.

He also brought the Heart-piercing Snake up with him.

Jiang Zuo soon arrived on the fifth level. He took out his coin and used it to avoid any place where people might appear, making his way to the entrance to the sixth level.

Without pausing, he went straight to the sixth level.

The moment he arrived, Jiang Zuo was a little surprised. The Mist here was growing thicker, so much so that he couldn’t see his hand in front of his face.

This was no longer a simple Maze Array. The natural fog was so thick that it not only obscured his vision but also affected his senses.

Jiang Zuo then had the Heart-piercing Snake patrol the area. For now, it was the only way he could sense if anyone was nearby.

Overall, it wasn’t a huge problem. Even if he couldn’t see or sense them, he could still toss his coin. In short, there was no chance of him killing the wrong person by mistake.

The sixth level was vast. Jiang Zuo took out his coin and began to search for Jiu Xi.

He had expected to find them quickly, but it was proving surprisingly slow.

Jiang Zuo looked at his coin, wondering, ’Is something wrong? I’m using Jiu Xi’s appearance and Daoist name, but I can’t find her?’

Since he hadn’t met Jiu Xi in this lifetime, Jiang Zuo suspected his divination might not be effective. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

In the end, Jiang Zuo put the coin away. Since it wasn’t working well, he decided not to use it. With the Heart-piercing Snake, it wouldn’t take long to find her anyway.

As he moved, Jiang Zuo felt the fog growing even denser and the restrictions stronger. ’This isn’t normal,’ he thought.

’Is it a problem with the Array?’

Jiang Zuo had considered connecting to the Array to see what was going on, but he didn’t want to alert his target. No matter what, he had to kill Jiu Xi first.

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Meanwhile, Su Qi and her companion also felt the fog growing thicker.

"Senior Sister, this isn’t normal."

Jingyue frowned as she looked around. It was indeed not normal. Their senses were being restricted. If a fight broke out, they might not even be able to tell friend from foe.

Because of this, she immediately forbade anyone else from coming to the sixth level. It seemed some kind of mutation had occurred here.

"Be careful. I don’t think this is a natural fog. I just don’t know if it’s the work of that person," Jingyue said seriously.

She quickly began to transform, and a moment later, she appeared before Su Qi in her Saintess mode.

Su Qi said nothing about it. With this strange development, they couldn’t afford to be careless. They naturally had to give it their all.

Su Qi asked, "Senior Sister, are you saying it might be the one who was fishing for the Yin Yang Fish?"

Jingyue shook her head. "It’s just a guess. I’ve checked with my Saintess mode. This fog is extremely strange. It isn’t harmful, and it even seems to share the same origin as the Sacrificial Space.

In any case, we can’t let our guard down."

Su Qi looked around. "I hope it’s not his doing. Otherwise, things could get very tricky, right?"

Jingyue nodded. It would indeed be very tricky. It was rare to find a fog that even a Saintess or a Candidacy Saintess couldn’t bypass.

This was the Sacrificial Space, which was part of an Array, and the Array was supposed to be on the same side as the Saintesses.

Suddenly, Jingyue froze and said to Su Qi, "Junior Sister—"

Before Jingyue could say more, Su Qi pulled her back a short distance.

Then, Su Qi’s Ice Needle shot out.

CLANG! The Ice Needle was deflected back. Su Qi retracted it and stared in that direction.

Soon, a strange snake appeared a short distance away from Su Qi and Jingyue.

The moment she saw the snake, Jingyue exclaimed in surprise, "A Heart-piercing Snake? How is that possible? Why would a Heart-piercing Snake be here?"

Su Qi watched the Heart-piercing Snake warily and asked, "Senior Sister, what kind of strange snake is this? And why can it fly?"

Jingyue said grimly, "It’s a guardian snake of the Immortal Spirit Cave Mansion. But these snakes belong to the Immortal Spirit Cave Mansion, so why would one appear here? Is it because of the mutation?" (News of the Yin-Yang Snakes had not yet reached them.)

The sacrifice had undergone a mutation, the Immortal Spirit Spring had been late to appear and had brought the Yin Yang Immortal Lock with it, so it wasn’t impossible for a Heart-piercing Snake to show up now, too.

Su Qi didn’t care how the snakes appeared. What she cared about was whether they were friend or foe.

Jingyue wasn’t sure about that either. In theory, they had been allies for many years, but things were different now.

But before Jingyue and Su Qi could reach a conclusion, the Heart-piercing Snake quickly departed.

This left them a bit dumbfounded.

Meanwhile, on Jiang Zuo’s end, it wasn’t long before he received a report.

It had found people. Although he didn’t know if one of them was Jiu Xi, it had definitely found two individuals.

The odds were nine out of ten that Jiu Xi was one of them.