The Happy Farmer Wanderer-Chapter 684 Zi Ling’s Outrageous Request_1

When Li Qing’s vision cleared, he suddenly realized he was no longer in the same place.

He looked around and discovered, rather eerily, that he was in a stone chamber.

The entire walls, including the floor, were made of solid bluestone, and there were several oil lamps lit on the walls.

Most absurd of all, there was even a stone bed.

The oil lamps were lit, and the light seemed normal.

The stone chamber looked just like an ordinary room fit for living.

However, just a moment before they were at the entrance of the Underground Palace, and now they had suddenly appeared in such a stone chamber with the oil lamps still burning, which was the eeriest thing.

Li Qing carefully examined his surroundings and determined that this was just an ordinary stone chamber, he was not dreaming, nor was he trapped in an illusion.

Just then, what seemed to be a seamlessly closed stone wall suddenly opened up to reveal a door, and Zi Ling emerged somewhat flustered and bewildered.

"How come you’re here too?" Zi Ling asked anxiously.

Li Qing looked at Zi Ling with a wary expression, "Is it the same kind of stone chamber next door?"

"Yes, there are many of them, this place is like a maze. I’ve already opened several doors, but each one leads to a chamber just like this one, it seems there’s no way out at all. Have you seen my master or Shisan?" Zi Ling inquired.

Li Qing shook his head, "The mist in front of my eyes has only just dispersed."

"This place is too strange, let’s look for an exit together," Zi Ling suggested.

Li Qing nodded.

Zi Ling pulled on the oil lamps on all four walls. Suddenly a door opened on the smooth, flat stone wall.

"These oil lamps are triggers, one out of four always is," Zi Ling explained. "It took me a long time to figure out this method, and I haven’t found any other mechanisms yet."

The two of them spoke as they passed through the stone door.

On the other side was another stone chamber, almost identical to the first.

Following Zi Ling’s lead, Li Qing tried pulling on all the surrounding oil lamps, "Since both of us appeared in a stone chamber, it’s likely the situation with your master and Shisan is similar. If we go through them one by one, we’re bound to find them and a way out."

"Now this is the only foolish method we have," Zi Ling remarked.

In the time that followed, the two of them opened countless doors, each revealing a stone chamber, almost indistinguishable from the others.

Li Qing, being cautious, left his lighter in one of the stone chambers.

After opening roughly eleven chambers, Li Qing saw the lighter he had deliberately placed down.

"Stop opening them, this is just a loop," said Li Qing, picking up the lighter, his face showing defeat and dejection.

Zi Ling also noticed Li Qing’s action, "But there are no other mechanisms, are we going to be trapped here to die?"

"Think carefully, there must be a way," Li Qing crouched on the ground and meticulously recollected all the stone chambers they had opened so far.

But to his despair, almost all were exactly the same, with no discernible differences.

"Since we were able to get in here, there must be a way out," Li Qing said gravely.

He meticulously checked every inch of the stone chamber, while Zi Ling seemed to have sunk into self-isolation.

She lay sprawled across the bed, speaking with utter pessimism, "Stop trying, I’ve already tried everything that could be tried."

"It’s funny when you think about it, why did it have to be the two of us trapped in this stone chamber? If you want to do anything to me, now would be the perfect time."

"Cut it out, get up and help me look, there must be a way out," said Li Qing.

At this time, in this place, he really wasn’t in that frame of mind.

Zi Ling suddenly flipped up from the stone bed, tiptoed over to Li Qing, and leaned on his shoulder, "Or else, just do it with me."

Li Qing, who was picking at the crevices in the stones, froze instantly, "Don’t be ridiculous, even if I were interested in you, now is not the time."

"But I’m interested right now, I don’t want to die a virgin. Although you’re not exactly my type, it seems like there are no other options right now. A virgin can’t be reincarnated after death, and I don’t want to be a lonely ghost," Zi Ling said somberly.

Li Qing turned around, looking at Zi Ling with utmost seriousness, "Don’t be so pessimistic. It’s just a maze. Since it’s a maze, there must be a way out. I’ll get you out of here." 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

"But I’ve really tried everything," Zi Ling said, shaking her head.

"Then how about you stab me a couple of times? Just to do me a favor, to turn me into a woman, I’m getting prepared to go first."

Li Qing was caught between laughter and tears, "What are you preparing for?"

"If I really do die trapped in this place, at least I’d die a woman! Help me with this first, then we’ll look for a way out together," Zi Ling begged.

Li Qing looked at Zi Ling with suspicion, "As I recall... you’ve never been this forward, have you?"

"Am I being forward? I’m asking for your help. When would I ever do something like this under normal circumstances?" Zi Ling shouted, tilting her chin up, "Really, those legends might just be legends, but they could be real. Look at all the things we’ve experienced that others see as legends. I don’t want to wander this world alone after I die, robbing others’ graves for their possessions."

Although Zi Ling spoke earnestly, Li Qing still felt that something was off about Zi Ling.

The change was subtle in her demeanor, a bit awkward in a way he couldn’t quite put his finger on.

"Hurry up, such a great opportunity is right in front of you, and you, a big man, are dilly-dallying," Zi Ling said discontentedly, "Haven’t you always wanted to take advantage of me? Now I’m letting you, and it’ll be done all at once. No more need for you to rack your brains."

Li Qing chuckled; her words were direct enough.

"Then take off your pants," he said.

He wanted to test whether there was something wrong with this Zi Ling.

"Bastard, I’m a maiden who’s never been with a man, and you think just taking off my pants and a couple of stabs will do the trick?!" Zi Ling yelled, infuriated.

"At least go through the motions, can’t you pretend a little?"

Li Qing was taken aback; this attitude did seem more like the real Zi Ling.

"Okay, okay, I’ll pretend. But just to be clear, you really believe that rumor?"

All of a sudden, Zi Ling wrinkled her nose and angrily said to Li Qing, "If I didn’t believe it, do you think I would give myself to you so cheaply in such a place? Hurry up and stop dragging your feet. There are still two kisses, right? Kiss me, touch me, I want to feel what it’s really like to do ’that thing.’

"We’re people about to die, can’t you have some sense of process, some sense of ceremony?"

Li Qing was astounded; these words sounded decidedly like what the genuine Zi Ling would say.

"If you won’t regret it, then... come here," Li Qing enveloped Zi Ling in his arms.