"Eh?"

Banana saw the Corpse Hiding Map in Su Ran’s hand and asked in surprise, "Big Brother Overturning Water, why does this treasure map look different from the usual ones? Send it over to me for a look."

"What’s there to see? The Corpse Hiding Map is just an advanced treasure map, in layman’s terms, it’s used for tomb raiding."

"What? Tomb raiding?"

Hearing this, Banana’s eyeballs almost popped out, struggling to accept it and subconsciously distancing himself from Su Ran, as if afraid of being tainted with bad luck. "There’s even a treasure map for tomb raiding? Could this game get any more ridiculous?"

"Where do you think that coffin came from before? And the grass over the tomb—"

"Bro, you’re my real brother, don’t bring this up, it’s nauseating..."

Banana’s face instantly turned the color of bitter melon, and he didn’t dare take another look at the Corpse Hiding Map in Su Ran’s hand. His eyes stayed fixed on the path ahead, chasing after the Elven Queen, whilst also creating distance from Su Ran.

"Looking at your expression, this Corpse Hiding Map must be something good."

Xue Wuqing walked up beside Su Ran and softly said, "If you’re going tomb raiding, make sure to call me; I’m quite interested in the coffins inside."

Su Ran was stunned.

A girl actually interested in such things, how odd. No wonder Su Ran was taken aback for a moment.

"I must be putting you to a lot of trouble for you to read facial expressions on this skull of mine."

Su Ran smirked, giving Xue Wuqing a response. But before Su Ran could say anything else, he unexpectedly noticed that the Elven Queen had stopped.

Instinctively sweeping his gaze around, Su Ran then realized that their group had arrived in the inner palace of the Royal Capital. In the center of the floor was a transport formation, dull and unlit, clearly unused for years.

"Skeleton Warrior, come here."

The Elven Queen waved at Su Ran, beckoning him to come forward.

"Your Majesty, this is...?"

Su Ran was puzzled, looking at her rejuvenated beautiful face, waiting for her explanation.

"This is indeed the only passage to the Holy Spring."

The Elven Queen smiled slightly, pointing to the transport formation and commanding, "Stand on top of the formation, and I will activate the transport."

"Something’s not right."

Su Ran felt he was missing something—this Elven Queen definitely had something she was hiding. Looking at her mysterious smile, she was clearly either conniving or deceitful. Could it be that the other side of this transport formation wasn’t the so-called Spring of Life, but rather another dangerous place?

For a moment, Su Ran hesitated to move forward.

"What? Scared already? Coward!"

Ling Wei added fuel to the fire from the side, afraid that Su Ran wouldn’t enter the portal, even activating her taunting skills.

"Hmm?"

Banana and Xue Wuqing both sensed something was off but couldn’t pinpoint it. The Elven Queen, dignified as she was, wouldn’t stoop to lying, and with the system’s restrictions, this should be the passage to the Spring of Life. However, why was Ling Wei acting so out of character? There was something very peculiar about this situation.

As the saying goes, where there’s smoke, there’s fire!

"The Spring of Life, the Spring of Life..."

Xue Wuqing’s eyebrows knitted together. Just as Su Ran was about to step onto the transport formation, suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she cried out, "Skeleton, stop right there!"

"What’s up?"

Su Ran paused, retracting the foot he had extended and looked at Xue Wuqing with confusion.

"Sister Wuqing, what are you doing?!"

Ling Wei was avidly watching Su Ran about to step into the teleportation circle and, before she could get excited, Xue Wuqing interrupted her, frustrating her no end!

Even the Elf Queen shook her head imperceptibly, indicating her great disappointment in Xue Wuqing.

"Skeleton Warrior, don’t go near that spring of life!"

Xue Wuqing was so anxious she couldn’t care less about what others thought, she shouted urgently, "This spring of the elves naturally counters an undead physique, if you rush in rashly, you’ll be in mortal danger!"

With the truth laid bare by Xue Wuqing’s words, Banana suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, his face pale as a ghost. He could already imagine the tragic scene of Brother Overturning Water sinking in the Holy Spring—the Elf Queen and Ling Wei truly had hearts of stone!

"So that’s how it is."

Su Ran nodded, the confusion in his heart dissipating.

But with the underwater artifact, the Scythe of Bones at hand, who cares if it counters him or not, he wasn’t the slightest bit afraid!

"Don’t worry, this little issue won’t stump me!"

With that, Su Ran took out the Scythe of Bones, smiled at Xue Wuqing and Banana, and resolutely stepped onto the teleportation circle.

"Whoosh!"

Su Ran disappeared from the inner hall, leaving everyone else exchanging perplexed looks.

"Reckless!"

Xue Wuqing was both anxious and angry, but she couldn’t do anything about Su Ran, so she could only stamp her foot in frustration.

As for Ling Wei, she found Su Ran completely incomprehensible. Knowing full well that the teleportation circle was a trap, he still foolishly jumped in. This wasn’t normal thinking—what in the world was he scheming?

Ling Wei, who had originally wanted to enjoy the spectacle, was now confounded by Su Ran’s outrageous behavior and stood there with a cold expression, her interest waning.

"I’ll go take a look at him. Giving him a setback is one thing, but if he ends up dying, that would be a sin of our elf kind."

The Elf Queen wasn’t the kind to repay kindness with hostility. After speaking, she directly stepped into the teleportation circle, and with a flicker of light, vanished from everyone’s sight.

Without the Elf Queen’s presence, the teleportation circle once again became dim and lifeless. Banana followed closely behind, stepping on it, but nothing happened. He walked off the circle gloomily, muttering discontentedly, "I thought I’d get to see the Spring of Life for myself. The Elf Queen really isn’t very considerate!"

"What did you say, Banana?"

Ling Wei had sharp ears and put on a fierce face, even baring her fangs as she scolded, "Daring to badmouth the Queen, unforgivable!"

"Not at all."

Banana didn’t take Ling Wei’s threat seriously. He simply shook his head and said earnestly, "I was wishing the Elf Queen eternal youth and beauty. You must have heard wrong."

Anyway, there was no evidence, so deal with it!

"Pfft..."

Xue Wuqing couldn’t help but let out a laugh. She felt Banana had learned quite a bit from that skeleton, being able to lie with such a straight face was simply maddening.

"You infuriating Banana, why did you have to start acting up too!"

Ling Wei glared at Banana furiously, and after a moment, turned her head and walked away, impatiently sending a telepathic message, "Sister Wuqing, I’m leaving. I can’t stand being cooped up here, I need some fresh air."

It wasn’t until Ling Wei had left the inner hall that Xue Wuqing, both amused and annoyed, said to Banana, "You two grown men are really something, turning a perfectly good girl into such a mess, no wonder even the Elf Queen can’t stand it!"

"Who asked that girl to never learn her lesson, always confronting Brother Overturning Water head-on? She’s spoiled with bad habits! Let’s not talk about this anymore, it’s upsetting." Banana didn’t feel there was anything inappropriate, nor did he think he was at fault, "By the way, beautiful Xue, you don’t think Brother Overturning Water is in danger in the Spring of Life, do you?"