Chapter 214: A Way Out
“Indeed, he has many secrets,” Cheryl smiled. “He’s not handsome, but he’s very likable. He’s not mighty, but people around him can become more confident.”
“Cheryl…” Lucy grabbed Cheryl’s hand and looked at her with clear eyes. “It’s rare to see you praise someone like this. Could it be that you like the teacher too?”
“You…” Two red clouds floated on Cheryl’s cheeks. She snorted in a fit of pique. “What are you saying? He has a girlfriend…”
“Hmph, who says you can’t like a man who has a girlfriend? Although his girlfriend is indeed excellent, I believe that even though the teacher is a mage, his body is not weaker than an ordinary warrior. Miss Ella alone definitely can’t satisfy him,” Lucy said nonchalantly. “My father was an excellent general, and my mother was an ordinary woman. She couldn’t handle my father’s needs at night alone, so she didn’t stop my father from having more women. I believe Miss Ella will also realize this and will definitely not stop the teacher from having other women in the end.”
“You…” Cheryl blushed and said nothing more. She pulled up her sleeping bag and crawled in. “I’m not talking to you anymore. The more I talk to you, the more speechless I become. I’ve been tired all day, and it’s time to sleep. Take care of yourself.”
At this time, Cheryl crawled into the sleeping bag, her back to Lucy, but her cheeks were flushed red as if bleeding.
She reached out her hand, stroked the side of her face, and said in a voice that only she could hear, “Why explain it like this? I’ve never fought with anyone over temper before. Could it be that I really…”
Then, she hugged her face with both hands, and her whole head shrank into the sleeping bag…
He didn’t know how long he had slept, but Chen Ran woke up groggily.
The after-effects of the resurrection spell were too great. And looking at the symptoms, ordinary potions really couldn’t recover it. It was mainly a kind of mental weakness.
But now, Chen Ran’s spirit was indeed a little better than before he went to sleep, and he had recovered a little magic power in his body. Chen Ran casually used the little magic power in his body to cast an Elemental Communication and Endurance on himself. While accelerating the recovery of magic power, it also made his spirit a little better.
When he got up, Cheryl and Lucy had already woken up. Chen Ran habitually greeted the two girls, but the look in their eyes when they looked at him always made him feel strange. Even his signature joke was stuck in his throat.
Chen Ran couldn’t help but ask, “What’s wrong with you guys? Did you not sleep well before?”
“We slept well,” Cheryl answered quickly. “I was just discussing with Lucy how to go next, and found that this question still has to be decided by you when you wake up.”
“This is indeed a problem,” Chen Ran looked around at the surrounding environment and scratched the back of his head. “I’ve been searching here for a day before. I found that this place looks almost the same everywhere. Except for the different monsters in each place, it feels the same everywhere.”
Chen Ran was telling the truth.
Above their heads was a ghostly green sky, and under their feet were huge rectangular bricks, incredibly flat. Every once in a while, a huge towering stone pillar would stand before their eyes, as if supporting the entire sky.
In such an environment, if Chen Ran didn’t have the positioning map, he would have gotten lost long ago.
If there was only one chance to get out, it was to know the hole where the big spider came out from at the beginning. But the problem was, where to find it?
Although, with luck, they would find it sooner or later. It was a matter of time.
“Let’s walk around nearby first and see the situation. If we don’t walk, we’ll never find the exit,” Chen Ran said.
Before setting off, to make the journey more convenient, he reorganized his magic flying saucer again. After putting in the dark gold grade Void Stone, the magic flying saucer could be used again.
One man and two women sat on the magic flying saucer and continued their journey to find the exit.
Looking at the rough figures of the monsters through a layer of hazy mist, Lucy quickly understood what kind of place she was in.
Passing by places, super creatures could be seen everywhere here, ranging from the ninth to the eleventh tier. If the tenth-tier Ghost King or Ghost Dragon had already made her tremble, the eleventh-tier Ghost Emperor and Ghost Empress had made her so terrified that she couldn’t move. Once discovered, she believed it would definitely be a certain death.
Now in the group, Chen Ran thoughtfully cast a Light and Shadow Art around the flying saucer. The place where they were looked no different from other places. Unless one looked closely, one really couldn’t discover their existence. Under such circumstances, as long as they didn’t get too close to those powerful creatures, it would be difficult to be discovered by them. They carefully wandered in this King’s Forbidden Land for a long time, but still found nothing special.
Because of Lucy’s existence, Chen Ran tried his best not to provoke some powerful enemies. He had Holy Light Shield and Instantaneous Movement, and could even dodge the pursuit of an eleventh-tier Ghost Emperor. Cheryl also had her own powerful magic martial arts for self-protection. Even if she faced a tenth-tier creature here, she had the ability to fight. But if Lucy was locked onto again, there was basically no escape. As long as those high-level creatures were smart enough to chase and kill her, Chen Ran and Cheryl would have a hard time saving her.
Although there was the power of the resurrection spell, this power was not omnipotent. With Chen Ran’s current magic power, using it once had already made him suffer a lot. It would be really difficult to recover all his power and use the resurrection spell a second time without a few days.
Lucy knew her awkward existence, so she was even more moved by Chen Ran and Cheryl. Whether she could get out this time or not, having Cheryl and Chen Ran as companions, she had no regrets. Even if there was a place where she needed to sacrifice herself later, she would definitely not hesitate.
Stopping and going, after another half-day tour of the Inner Netherworld, Chen Ran’s competition-specific bracelet suddenly reacted, flashing with scattered red light.
At this time, someone from the school was actually contacting him. Chen Ran immediately became spirited and connected the bracelet’s sensor. The gem on it flashed with green light, indicating a successful connection.
An old voice sounded from the bracelet.
“Hello, I am the principal of the Dawn Academy, Sheldon. Is this Teacher Chen Ran?”
Chen Ran immediately responded, “Hello, I am Chen Ran.”
He hadn’t expected this bracelet to have a conversation function like a telephone, which surprised him a little. It seemed that the technology here was not as low as imagined, just still in the luxury stage.
Cheryl also responded, “It’s my father’s voice.”
A surprised voice came from the other side of the bracelet, “I’m very happy that you can survive in the dangerous Inner Netherworld. Briefly report your situation there. The conversation on the bracelet can only last for five minutes at most.”
“The situation here is good. I have found the two lost girls, but I can’t find the hole to get out.”
After receiving Chen Ran’s news, a burst of excited shouts came from the other side of the bracelet. It seemed that many people were gathered around the principal.
“Very good,” the principal praised affirmatively. “As for the way out, you need to find the opened Well of Souls here. Later, we will cast a spell to let you know the direction of the exit. As long as you enter the Well of Souls, you can return to the Outer Netherworld through that passage. But don’t rush blindly in that direction. At this time, the destroyed exit is estimated to have a large number of high-level ghost creatures watching. Rushing in blindly is only a dead end. Because I have to prevent the creatures of the Inner Netherworld from coming out through the Well of Souls, I can’t come down to save you personally. And my ability alone is difficult to make a difference in the Inner Netherworld.”
“I understand, Principal. I think I will think of a way out then.”
“By the way, there is another simple method,” the principal over there continued, “The senior who discovered the Inner Netherworld back then made a teleportation talisman that leads directly to the Outer Netherworld and put it in the body of a ghost rat that is very good at hiding. That rat is not strong, but it is very difficult to encounter. If you are lucky enough to capture it and get the teleportation talisman, it can ensure that a student flies safely to a nearby Outer Netherworld teleportation exit. Next, good luck to you.”
“Thank you, Principal.”
Feeling the voice on the bracelet getting lighter and lighter, it seemed that the limit of the conversation had been reached. Fortunately, the most important things had been understood. At least Chen Ran quickly knew where to go.
He didn’t have to wait too long. He felt a towering cyan energy vortex in the distance, very conspicuous. Visually, it was more than a hundred li away from where he was, which was not too far. The vortex lasted for a while and then gradually disappeared, but at least it determined the direction for Chen Ran.
Excited, Chen Ran immediately changed the direction of the magic flying saucer and was about to drive in that direction.
But just at this moment, Lucy suddenly stopped Chen Ran.
“By the way, the principal said before that there is a teleportation talisman in the body of a creature called the ghost rat…”
“He did say that,” Chen Ran shrugged. “But the problem is, this place is so big, where can we find it?”
Lucy pointed to a small mound not far away and said, “Is that guy it?”
Chen Ran followed her gaze. At first, he really thought it was a small rockery. There was no monster display on the map either. But after thinking carefully, all he had seen was flat ground. Where would a rockery come from? He squinted carefully and finally found that it was really the rough outline of a big rat…
So, Chen Ran hooked his finger and tried to cast a Heavenly Lock on it…
“Squeak!”
Chen Ran looked at the teleportation talisman with a ruby pattern in his hand, speechless.
Easily eliminating that magical hidden-color ghost rat, the thing that the principal said could only be encountered by luck was actually found by him like this. After a few people looked at it for a while, Chen Ran handed it to Lucy.
If anyone needed this thing the most, it was definitely Lucy, who had the weakest ability. He would leave it with her for now and see the specific situation then.
After determining a clear direction, the journey of several hundred li did not take much of Chen Ran’s time. And the further he went, the sparser he found the number of high-level ghost creatures. He could even travel straight in that direction.
After another few hours of travel, when he was only a few li away from the said Well of Souls, Chen Ran could no longer move forward.
