822: Chapter 237_6 822: Chapter 237_6 This was Li Ke’s heartbeat.
Thud, thud, thud…
Li Ke’s heart was beating, each beat seeming to merge with the world around her; each pulsation of her heart seemed to drive everything in this world to beat in unison.
Even Cao Zhen felt his own heart starting to beat in sync with hers.
Flames were burning fiercely all around Li Ke.
Suddenly, in the next moment, Li Ke’s slightly closed eyes snapped open.
Almost at the same time, Cao Zhen jerked his head away, no longer looking at Li Ke.
He suddenly realized that they were pretend dao partners, and it wasn’t quite appropriate to stare at Li Ke like that.
Beside him, Linghu Gudu noticed Cao Zhen turning away and was momentarily confused.
Isn’t she your dao partner?
Why did you suddenly turn your head away?
Oh, I get it.
She may be your dao partner, but nothing has ever happened between you two, right?
For a moment, his gaze toward Cao Zhen was filled with contempt.
To think you’re a person of great ability?
How embarrassing!
After Li Ke opened her eyes, it seemed to take a few breaths for her to come to her senses.
Then she quickly opened her Qiankun Bag, took out a piece of clothing, and put it on.
Looking around at the countless stairs, a puzzled look appeared on her face as she asked, “Where is this place?
Why are there so many stairs?”
Ling Xi shook her head in response, “We don’t know where this is either.
Didn’t we have a map before?
We’ve been following the map, and we came to this place.
Then we discovered that the stairs here seem to never end.
No matter how we walked, we would always end up back here.”
When Cao Zhen heard Ling Xi’s reply, he thought Li Ke must have gotten dressed by now, so he turned his head back around.
Indeed, Li Ke had already put on her clothes, but her complexion was extremely pale.
It was normal considering that Li Ke had been knocked unconscious by the blast earlier.
Cao Zhen nodded lightly, trusting that Li Ke should gradually recover.
He continued to explain, building on Ling Xi’s words, “It’s not just that.
We found that the path forward seemed to be circuitous, but the path back down was straightforward, so in the end, we were able to make our way back.
This place must be guarded by an illusionary, mesmerizing formation.
But the formation is also constantly changing.
Ling Xi and Yan Yourong left earlier and when they came back, the time it took wasn’t the same as when we left and returned…”
Listening to Cao Zhen and the others, Li Ke finally understood what had happened during this time.
After comprehending the situation, she didn’t immediately focus on the current problem but said in a low voice, “No wonder I faintly felt, even in my unconscious state, that I saw an image of a person with great ability fighting against the Heavenly Tribulation alone.
So everything was real.
As for the current situation…”
Li Ke pointed to the stairs around her and said, “Actually, it’s simple.
We keep wandering in one place because sometimes we’re going up the stairs, and other times we’re going down.
But because of the formation, sometimes when we’re going down, we think we’re going up.”
Ling Hu Gudu frowned and interrupted, “That can’t be right, can it?
We went downstairs all the way, and we were sure of our direction.”
“That’s because of the place you were in,” Li Ke pointed to the ground and said.
“You both said earlier that this was the place you kept returning to.
It should be fine to continue going downstairs from here, but if you try to go up from here, maybe you won’t be able to keep going down.
Maybe as you walked, it turned into going up the stairs without you even realizing it.”
“Is that so?
I want to try it,” Ling Hu Gudu suddenly became interested and wanted to experiment.
However, Li Ke quickly interrupted, “Why try?
I’ve already told you the reason why we keep lingering in one place, moving back and forth.
Don’t you know how to get out of here yet?”
Ling Hu Gudu was momentarily stunned, and the others, Ling Xi and Yan Yourong, were also taken aback.
Ling Xi, looking excited, asked loudly, “Master, do you have a way to break through this formation?”
They had been walking for a long time without figuring out a solution.
And her master had instantly come up with a method upon waking up.
A proud smile appeared on Li Ke’s pale face, and she even pointed at Yan Yourong and said, “It’s simple, just let Yan Yourong take action.
You guys do know that water flows downhill, don’t you?
Yan Yourong knows the Five Elements Method.
Let her keep using water-type divine skills, and we’ll walk in the opposite direction of the flow.”
“This…”
Ling Xi was momentarily speechless, then exclaimed loudly, “Right!
Why didn’t we think of that before?
Master, you’re so smart!”
Instantly, she was filled with admiration.
No wonder it was her master, no wonder this was the dao partner her master had chosen!
Ling Hu Gudu was also stunned.
Such a simple method, yet he had not thought of it.
When had he become so foolish?
Yan Yourong already extended her hand and released a stream of water onto the ground, but in the very next moment, the layer of soil on the surface of the staircase suddenly dispersed, revealing a smooth stone wall, which absorbed all the water.
Immediately, everyone was dumbfounded.
“It didn’t work?”
“This stone wall absorbs the water.”
Li Ke’s brows furrowed tightly, and everyone around her instantly fell into dismay.
Indeed, this place wasn’t so simple to decipher.
A smile appeared on Cao Zhen’s face, relieved that Li Ke’s method hadn’t worked.
Otherwise, had she solved it so easily, his pride would have suffered.
As a modern man, being intellectually outplayed, what would he have left to contend with?
Now, it was his turn to shine.
Cao Zhen deliberately cleared his throat and said, “Actually, it’s quite simple to distinguish whether we’re going up or down, but this will require Ling Xi’s help.”
He hadn’t thought of the method before, but just now, upon seeing Li Ke waking up, it suddenly came to him.
To discern whether we’re ascending or descending stairs, isn’t that easy?