The Happy Farmer Wanderer-Chapter 688 Unexpected Way_1

Li Qing stared intently at Zi Ling, his expression fluctuating between light and shadow.

Intuition told him that this old witch was deliberately deceiving him. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Yet he really didn’t dare to gamble Zi Ling’s life on his own intuition.

"Fine, I can agree to this deal, but I want to know why you can’t retrieve your own body, and also, how can I be sure that, after I bring back your body, you will release Zi Ling as promised?" Li Qing asked in a deep voice.

The unclothed Zi Ling walked a seductive circle around Li Qing, tiptoed, and lightly touched his lips, her mouth curving into a bewitching light smile, "After all, you and I have had a fleeting connection. There is some assurance in that."

"After a thousand years, you are my first man. I don’t have a better way, but you should trust me."

Li Qing immediately felt a sense of repulsion in his heart upon hearing this.

He could only repeatedly tell himself that he was dealing with Zi Ling, not this millennia-old witch.

Otherwise, he really had some difficulty accepting it.

With her hands behind her back, Zi Ling paced slowly, then spoke again, "As for why I can’t retrieve my own body, that’s a long story. King Qi is a man whose heart is as small as a sesame seed; he keeps us caged, preferring to not touch even his own fingertips, let alone allow us to see any men, even guards are not permitted."

"It’s quite ludicrous when spoken of. Even in his death, he insisted on having our souls separated from our flesh and confined within a Formation. That Formation contains our essence and blood, preventing anyone of us from crossing that boundary on our own."

"Otherwise, for such a trivial matter, do you think I would seek the help of others? In the time it takes to argue this, I might have already retrieved my body. Now, do you still have any doubts?"

Li Qing nodded, her words seemed logical and convincing.

But he couldn’t fully trust her, he could only take it one step at a time.

"Put some clothes on, I feel uncomfortable looking at you like this," Li Qing glanced over Zi Ling’s graceful body and said.

"Uncomfortable?" Zi Ling repeated with interest, her right hand slowly sliding down from her fair neck, "Such a beautiful and graceful body, and you don’t want to take a few more glances at it, but instead feel uncomfortable? Oh, it’s because of me."

"Young man, you’re quite unfeeling. Just now, it was me who was tormented by you, shrieking and crying out tumultuously. Would you like to go again before you set off? This lady is a Cultivator, and I can replenish my blood and qi with secret methods. Even as a first-timer, I can keep up with you two or three times with no trouble."

Although Zi Ling stood so unabashedly before him, Li Qing had no such desires at this moment.

If it were the real Zi Ling speaking, he would have undoubtedly pounced on her already.

But with this old witch, all he wanted now was to kill her.

"How do I get out?" Li Qing ignored her deliberate seduction and asked directly in an unfriendly tone.

Zi Ling looked up, "Let’s go, I’ll take you to that place."

Saying this, Zi Ling did not make any visible move, yet a pure white Liuxian Skirt mysteriously appeared on her body.

That high-waisted skirt, grand and flowing, instantly added a touch of Immortal Aura to Zi Ling.

Gracefully ascending with her steps, she appeared like a fairy descending from the Nine Heavens, untainted by all mundane matters.

"Girls should wear dresses like this. Those tops and bottoms are servants’ clothes, showing no beauty at all," Zi Ling said indifferently, "Loving beauty is human nature; no girl does not wish to be stunning everywhere. In the future, you should give it more thought."

Li Qing felt a moment of disorientation hearing this.

A millennia-old witch was actually admonishing him about this... it was too much.

"You’re now occupying Zi Ling’s body, yet you expect me to be more attentive in the future?"

This scourge!

If Zi Ling could escape unscathed, he’d definitely be more cautious, but with your current attitude, you old thing, will Zi Ling be okay?

Li Qing cursed bitterly in his heart and followed Zi Ling as they flew out from the top of the stone chamber.

He had just wandered through this maze countless times without once considering an exit from above.

Strangely enough, the stone slabs that appeared almost identical to the surrounding ones above were not stone at all, but water.

Or something like water, anyway.

It was completely still, and not very thick either, just roughly forty to fifty centimeters or so.

Li Qing was very curious about how it was made; it felt just like water, yet it didn’t wet his clothes or drip down.

"Curious about this object?" Zi Ling hovered in mid-air, calmly looking at Li Qing, who was somewhat disheveled.

For one who could not fly, following one who could was a considerable effort.

Li Qing struggled to maintain his grip on the pillar in the water and asked, "What is this?"

"Someone once presented King Qi with a treasure called the Nine Heavens Milky Way Water, and here it is. However, King Qi later discovered that this so-called Milky Way Water was nothing but ordinary water maintained by Formation techniques, and then he ordered his men to exterminate that person’s entire family," Zi Ling said indifferently, "This substance is just water, a pot of stagnant water that’s been silent for a thousand years."

"What has amazed you is merely the Formation, which is quite extraordinary. If you like it, I can dig it out for you when we leave."

Li Qing grimaced, "I’d have to be alive to get out of here before we can talk about that."

"Let’s go," Zi Ling said, stepping out lightly into the air.

Li Qing hurried to keep up.

While she flew through the air, he had to hop like a monkey from one stone pillar to another in the water.

The place was vast, looking much like a lake.

It seemed those pillars were the real support for the stone chambers below, or they connected the chambers together.

Following Zi Ling’s footsteps, Li Qing managed to jump out of the water.

The stuff was indeed somewhat magical; there wasn’t a single drop of water on Li Qing, and he looked quite clean.

After leaving the lake, Zi Ling led Li Qing through a series of caves, down a winding flight of stairs, and then through a stone forest before they finally arrived in front of a grand ancient structure.

"This palace was built to be a perfect replica of the one we just left. How does it look to you, a man from a thousand years later?" Zi Ling asked softly, a trace of nostalgia in her eyes as she gazed at the majestic complex of buildings.

Li Qing was indeed awestruck. Standing here, he deeply felt the power and majesty of ancient nobility.

Even a single gate could exert an immense sense of oppression.

"If those archaeologists saw this Underground Palace, they’d probably go insane," Li Qing said, shaking his head.