Song Wei finally noticed that something was wrong with Xia Ruofei.
Xia Ruofei's body had begun to tremble. Even though his expression couldn't be seen through the gas mask, it was obvious that Xia Ruofei was in great pain.
"Ruofei, what's wrong?" Song Wei asked with concern as she quickly walked to Xia Ruofei's side.
She wanted to reach out to support Xia Ruofei, but before she could touch Xia Ruofei's body, she felt a huge repulsive force push her away. She slammed into the stone wall and let out a painful groan.
Xia Ruofei couldn't even speak. Although he was worried about Song Wei's situation, he couldn't even protect himself and couldn't get out.
There wasn't much true energy left in his dantian. Xia Ruofei felt all the meridians in his body ache. This was a sign that his true energy had been overdrawn.
However, the heavy stone door was still slowly rising. It seemed that it wouldn't be in place for a while.
Xia Ruofei couldn't help but reveal a cold and bitter smile.
Ever since he obtained the Spirit Map Scroll, everything had been smooth sailing. This time, he had entered the tomb too rashly. If he couldn't get out after exhausting his true energy, he wouldn't be far from death.
And without his protection, Song Wei definitely wouldn't be able to walk out of the underground palace alone. This was also his own overconfidence that had harmed her.
The stone wall was still tirelessly absorbing the true energy in Xia Ruofei's body. Even though the true energy had turned from a majestic river to a trickle, the suction force didn't decrease. Xia Ruofei felt as if his soul was being sucked out.
His consciousness gradually became blurry. Countless images flashed in his mind. There were scenes of his service in Lone Wolf, the sweet moments he had with Ling Qingxue, and even the figures of Lu You, Feng Jing, Song Wei, and the others.
At this moment, Xia Ruofei suddenly heard Xia Qing's voice in his mind. "Master! Use the Spirit Heart Flower Petal! "
This voice was like pouring wisdom into him. Xia Ruofei's mind instantly recovered.
Like a drowning person grabbing onto a life-saving straw, Xia Ruofei quickly reacted.
In fact, Xia Qing had been paying attention to the outside world. It was just that he didn't notice anything strange at first. After all, the flow of true energy was in Xia Ruofei's body.... Xia Qing's divine sense couldn't keep an eye on his master.
It was only when Xia Ruofei's body started to tremble that Xia Qing realized something was wrong.
At this moment, it was already very dangerous. Xia Qing even felt that the entire Spiritual Map world had started to tremble.
In this situation, there was only one possibility. The host's life was in great danger.
Xia Qing then realized that Xia Ruofei was close to dying. He quickly reminded Xia Ruofei.
In fact, Xia Ruofei had also entered the wrong path. He didn't think of using the Spirit Heart Flower Petal to recover his true energy.
After he reacted, he quickly used his divine sense to explore the Ring-Tu space.
At this moment, Xia Qing had already opened the box containing the Spirit Heart Flower Petal. It was too late to use the diluted solution of the Spirit Heart Flower Petal. He could only use the whole petal.
After more than a year of accumulation, there were already more than a hundred Spirit Heart Flower Petal in the box. Xia Ruofei didn't think too much. With a thought, an invisible force wrapped around the two Spirit Heart Flower Petal and disappeared from the Ring-Tu space.
This was the first time he was so extravagant. However, where there was life, there was hope. Even if he used up all the Spirit Heart Flower Petal, Xia Ruofei wouldn't feel any heartache.
The Spirit Heart Flower Petal directly appeared in Xia Ruofei's palm.
This petal was very special. As long as it came into contact with a person's skin, it would be quickly absorbed.
However, it was different this time. When the two Spirit Heart Flower Petal appeared, the suction from the stone wall seemed to increase.
A lot of the Spirit Heart Flower Petal was actually absorbed by the stone wall. Xia Ruofei felt that at most half of the Spirit Heart Flower Petal was absorbed by him.
After the Spirit Heart Flower Petal entered his body, the effect was immediate. Xia Ruofei immediately felt a dull pain. His almost dried up meridians were suddenly moistened. All the acupuncture points in his body seemed to have started to produce True Qi. His empty Dantian also started to slowly fill up.
After the stone wall absorbed the Spirit Heart Flower Petal, the speed of the stone door's ascent increased by a large margin.
Although the stone wall was still absorbing Xia Ruofei's True Qi, the Spirit Heart Flower Petal was also replenishing it at the same time.
Before the efficacy of the Spirit Heart Flower Petal ran out, the 'income' and 'expenditure' were basically balanced.
Xia Ruofei secretly let out a sigh of relief. This time, it was really dangerous!
He didn't hesitate. With a thought, he took out another two Spirit Heart Flower Petal.
The stone wall also absorbed more than half of the Spirit Heart Flower Petal. The remaining Spirit Heart Flower Petal entered Xia Ruofei's body to help him recover quickly.
The stone door was still ascending at a much faster speed than before.
Finally, the heavy stone door rose to the top. With the sound of a mechanism operating, the stone door slowly stopped.
At this moment, Xia Ruofei felt that the suction force on the stone wall suddenly disappeared.
He quickly withdrew his hands and leaned against the stone wall, gasping for air.
After recovering slightly, Xia Ruofei quickly propped himself up and looked in the direction of Song Wei.
"Song Wei, how are you?" Xia Ruofei asked anxiously.
Song Wei's weak voice came from his earpiece. "I'm fine … I just bumped into something and I'm a little out of breath … Ruofei, what happened just now?"
When Xia Ruofei thought about what had just happened, he felt a lingering fear in his heart.
He pretended to be relaxed and said, "Nothing, it's all in the past! Song Wei, the stone door is open. Let's get ready to go in! "
"Are you really okay?" Song Wei asked with concern. "Why do I feel like you're very tired?"
"I'm really okay!" Xia Ruofei said. "I'm just a little exhausted …"
Song Wei couldn't understand. Xia Ruofei was just standing there with his hands pressed against the stone wall. How could he be exhausted?
However, there were too many things that she couldn't understand tonight. For example, that mysterious and terrifying deathtrap array. She faintly felt that this was a domain that she had never understood before, and Xia Ruofei definitely knew more than her, so she didn't insist on getting to the bottom of it. She just silently nodded her head.
Xia Ruofei wasn't stingy with the petals of the Spirit Heart Flower. He once again took out two petals from the Ring-Tu space and directly placed them in his palm.
Covered by the protective gloves, Song Wei naturally couldn't see any clues.
The Genuine Qi in his body was quickly recovering, and his Dantian was also full of vitality.
Xia Ruofei then took off his backpack and reached inside. He took out a bottle of mineral water and handed it to Song Wei. He said with a smile, "Drink some water!"
This was the solution of the Spirit Heart Flower's petals that he had taken out from the Ring-Tu space, and it was the kind with a high concentration.
Just now, Song Wei had been pushed out by the repulsive force of his body and hit the stone wall so hard. Xia Ruofei's heart was full of guilt.
After the intense and exciting scene just now, Song Wei also felt a little thirsty. He nodded and said, "Thank you … It should be okay if I take off the gas mask now, right?"
Xia Ruofei directly took off the gas mask he was wearing. At the same time, his Genuine Qi spread around the two of them, forming an invisible protective cover.
Then he said, "It shouldn't be a big problem for a short time. I also need to take it off to get some fresh air!"
Song Wei also couldn't wait to take off the gas mask. Girls all liked to look beautiful. After wearing the gas mask, she looked like a pig's head. If it wasn't necessary, she wouldn't be willing to wear it all the time!
Song Wei drank more than half of the water in the bottle. The Spirit Heart Flower's petals naturally began to heal the places where she had hit the wall. Even her overused physical strength began to slowly recover.
Song Wei also felt that he had recovered a lot, so he tidied up his hair and said with a smile, "Let's go in!"
Xia Ruofei glanced at the stone door, nodded and said, "Okay! Be careful and follow me closely! "
Song Wei was a little nervous, but at the same time, he nodded with a little expectation and said, "Understood!"
Just now, Song Wei had already noticed the faint light coming from the stone door. However, all her attention had been focused on Xia Ruofei. Now that the stone door was completely open, she immediately noticed the faint yellow light coming from the stone door.
The two of them looked in the direction of the stone door. There seemed to be something there, but they couldn't see it clearly.
Xia Ruofei had used several Spirit Heart Flower's petals in a row. At this time, he had already recovered to his peak state. Moreover, he didn't know if it was because he had overused his Genuine Qi, but now he felt that his cultivation had improved by a lot. Originally, breaking through to the fifth level of Qi Refining wasn't too long ago. Under normal circumstances, it would take at least a few months to break through.
However, he had already faintly felt that he had reached a bottleneck. It seemed that breaking through to the sixth level of Qi Refining was just around the corner.
Could it be that extreme state was good for cultivation growth? Xia Ruofei thought to himself.
However, Xia Ruofei didn't want to experience the feeling of almost dying just now. There was no harm in trying it under controlled circumstances.
Xia Ruofei released his mental strength and carefully explored the front. At the same time, he released his Genuine Qi to protect himself and Song Wei. The two of them stepped up the stairs and walked through the stone door.
After walking in, Xia Ruofei realized that this was a six to seven-meter-long corridor. There were oil lamps on both sides of the corridor every one meter, emitting a dim yellow light.
"This …" Xia Ruofei and Song Wei both looked shocked.
They didn't know how long this underground palace had existed. Even according to the experts' speculations, it was at least a building from the Ming Dynasty. The oil lamps on both sides of the corridor were still lit. Could it be that there was an endless supply of oil?
Moreover, how could there be so much oil in this underground palace that could be used for burning?
"These are eternal lamps!" Song Wei said excitedly. "I didn't expect eternal lamps to really exist!"
According to modern scientific explanations, eternal lamps were actually self-ignited when the later generations opened the tomb. When the tomb was closed, it would be extinguished due to the lack of oxygen. However, the oil lamps in the corridor were obviously not in this situation.
Xia Ruofei looked at the oil lamps and felt an indescribable sense of strangeness in his heart.
In fact, this underground palace was full of strangeness. He couldn't help but be more vigilant.
"Let's go in and take a look!" Xia Ruofei said.
He reached out and grabbed Song Wei's hand. In fact, this was a subconscious action of Xia Ruofei when he felt danger. However, Song Wei's heart was beating like a deer. He quickly glanced at Xia Ruofei, but he didn't withdraw his hand.
The two of them walked through the corridor. The short six or seven meters were quickly covered. When they got closer, they found that the corridor turned right. They didn't hesitate and continued to walk along the corridor.
After turning this corner, the two of them walked another ten meters or so. They stopped at the same time, their eyes filled with shock.
In front of them, or to be exact, under their feet, there was a huge square. It was the size of two or three football fields. The corridor came to an abrupt end. The square was about ten meters below the corridor. It was as if the ground had sunk.
Moreover, Xia Ruofei also found that there were many black tunnels on the opposite side of the mountain wall. It looked like there were many similar tunnels, and they all led to this huge square.
Xia Ruofei stood at the entrance of the passageway and looked up. He couldn't see how high the ceiling was, but he could vaguely see many sparkling spots of light, like stars in the sky, which also lit up the entire square below.
Xia Ruofei couldn't help but be speechless. The scale of this underground palace was beyond his imagination.
Moreover, he had only walked three or four meters on the ground at most, and he had already reached the corridor where the deathtrap array was. Previously, he had felt that he was walking on flat ground, without any ups or downs. However, the top he saw now was a conservative estimate of at least a few dozen meters away.
This was really too amazing.
Could it be that we were unknowingly going deep underground? This thought popped up in Xia Ruofei's mind.
The sensing jade leaf he kept close to his body was already boiling hot. This meant that the World Stone was very close to this place.
Xia Ruofei didn't hesitate and immediately decided to go down to the square.
The tunnel entrance to the square below was about ten meters. If Xia Ruofei was alone, he could easily go down. However, if he had to bring Song Wei along, it would be troublesome — he definitely wouldn't feel at ease leaving Song Wei in this tunnel.
Xia Ruofei untied his mountaineering bag and put it on the ground. He fumbled around inside and found a military dagger. Without saying anything, he started to dig into the stone wall of the tunnel.
This stone was very hard, but Xia Ruofei circulated his vital energy and quickly dug out a hole amidst the flying stone fragments.
He continued to dig and soon chiseled out a hollowed out area in the stone wall that looked like a doorknob. Then, he dug a deep groove below this hollowed out area.
After doing all this, Xia Ruofei found another bundle of rope from his mountaineering bag. He threaded the rope through this hollowed out area and tied a secure climbing knot.
Xia Ruofei tested it and confirmed that this structure could bear the weight of two people.
Therefore, he said to Song Wei, "Let's go down and take a look!"
Song Wei stuck her head out and looked at the ten-meter drop. A trace of timidity flashed in her eyes, but she quickly nodded and said, "Okay!"
Xia Ruofei took out a rope from her backpack and tied both of their backpacks to the end of the rope. Then, she slid down the rope first.
He first wrapped the rope around his waist and then said with a smile, "To ensure safety, I have to tie you to me! Don't worry, I'll take you to the ground steadily! "
Song Wei's pretty face blushed slightly. She walked up to Xia Ruofei and said, "Tie me up!"
Xia Ruofei carefully tied her to him with the rope. The two of them faced each other and their bodies were very close. Her soft and delicate body made Xia Ruofei's heart skip a beat.
He calmed himself down and sat down on the edge of the tunnel with Song Wei. He reached out and grabbed the rope and said, "Let's go!"
Xia Ruofei gently kicked his legs, and the two of them rushed out of the tunnel. Song Wei was so scared that she hugged Xia Ruofei's waist tightly and didn't dare to open her eyes.
With the help of the rope, the two of them began to swing down after a while. Xia Ruofei skillfully kicked the mountain wall and began to descend rhythmically.
Soon, the two of them landed on the ground of the huge square.
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