Chapter 53: The Other Within, the Great Secret of the Earth Palace

  "You finally want to accept me? It's not easy, haha...". Suddenly, that kind of frivolous and arrogant laughter echoed in my mind...

  Hearing the echo, I don't know whether to be delighted or worried. Ordinary people would be frightened in such a situation, but I'm not afraid. Although my current feelings are even unclear to myself. Split personality? Hehe, okay... After adjusting my thoughts, I asked myself again: Have you found a way out?

  Oh? Is that what you think?

  His tone was still arrogant, and I could even see a sly smile hanging from the corner of "his" mouth.

  What do you think?

  I retorted, "Since you're another me, shouldn't you already know what's on my mind? Haven't you figured out my inner thoughts many times before and even ridiculed me for them? Does it still make sense to ask this now?"

  Perhaps he knew what I was thinking, and after hearing him chuckle a few times, his voice was somewhat helpless but still light and said: Don't worry, your thoughts are not something that I can know at any time, so if you don't say it clearly, how would I know?!

  Although I don't quite believe his nonsense, and his vicious temper is also a bit of a headache, but now the most important thing is how to get out, so I had no choice but to clearly tell him: If you know the way out, hurry up and tell me, we are originally one body, sharing honor and shame together, can't you feel happy if I'm trapped here?

  Yeah, seeing you rush to eat or make a fool of yourself makes me the happiest! Do you still remember when you were in elementary school, you took your dog for a walk and saw a snake, then you squatted down and pointed with your hand to let the dog bite the snake, but didn't react quickly enough and got bitten by the snake instead? Hahaha, it's hilarious...

  Listening to the sound of some bastard laughing wildly in my mind, I suddenly remembered that summer, it seemed like something really happened, and my face suddenly felt hot, and I drank angrily: You're really enough!!!

  "Fengzi, what's wrong with you? Your face doesn't look too good?" Xianxian suddenly poked me and I came back to my senses, only to see him staring at me with a curious and puzzled expression.

  "Is there? You're overthinking it!" I smiled calmly and walked over to sit down by the wall.

  "Really?" Xian Xian rubbed her head, looking puzzled for a moment, but soon forgot about it and sat down beside me. For the first time in front of me, she pulled out a cigarette and started smoking, while also tossing one to me. Although I rarely smoke, these past few days have been exhausting, especially mentally. At this point, cigarettes were clearly the most effective way to relieve stress. So we both smoked, exhaling slowly, our nerves gradually relaxing.

  Xian Xian took a few puffs and suddenly asked: "Feng Zi, why did you come here?"

  "Huh? I don't get it. I looked at him, wondering why he suddenly asked that. Xian Xian took another drag before speaking in a light tone: 'The water here is very deep. Although I know your dad also dipped his feet in, you seem to have not gotten wet at all. We spent many years searching for this place, but you, who don't understand anything, somehow found it so quickly. It's really puzzling me!'"

  Xianxian's doubts are not unreasonable, and although we've been trapped for three days, he didn't ask me anything before. The time, place, and way we met were also very "mysterious", so Xianxian doesn't know about my situation.

  "Well, actually it was the God Hand who found this place, I just tagged along with them. Now that Xianxian is my friend, I don't mind revealing a bit of my true intentions - to be honest, doing things alone is really tough, I need help!"

  As soon as I said that, Xianxian suddenly had an epiphany and exclaimed in surprise: "Now that you mention it, I seem to have remembered something. You previously mentioned that you and Shen Shou fell into the skull cave and encountered the red-haired female corpse. At the time, my mind was preoccupied with this broken trap and I forgot about that!"

  I took a puff of smoke and looked at the mist in front of me, laughing: "I know you're curious, actually there's nothing that can't be said, I came with Qingning."

  "What!" Xian Xian looked at me with a surprised and complicated expression, then leaned lazily against the wall and said: "Indeed, it's not surprising that he can find this place if it's him. But since you came here with Qing Ning, why did you end up with Shen Shou and the others in the end?"

  Helpless, I had to bring Qingning in with me, and then encountered all sorts of strange things that distracted us, until we were caught by the divine hand. Except for the matter of Dabao, which was mentioned somewhat vaguely, everything else was told from start to finish. Only then did Xianxian nod thoughtfully, and then curiously asked: "Did the Dabao you mentioned also come? Why wasn't he with you?"

  Thinking of Da Bao getting lost because of me, I couldn't help but blame myself, let out a bitter laugh and said: "I got separated from him too, don't know how he's doing now..."

  Obviously, those who have passed will be better than you, not worse.

  "He" unknowingly appeared in my mind again, although it was a bit uncomfortable and I was slightly startled, but I couldn't help feeling more at ease. I thought to myself: The magnetic field here is strange anyway, and who knows how many "unclean" things are in this underground palace? Da Bao alone wouldn't be able to bully him to death even if he had no way of defending himself!

  That's probably true, haha.

  "He" spoke with a somewhat mocking and gloating tone, which made me want to punch him, but then Xian Xian smiled and said: "I think he'll be fine."

  "Why?" I curiously looked at Xianxian, temporarily putting that shameless "him" aside.

  Xian Xian gave me a complex look and said, "Even you, this weirdo, have made it to the end unscathed. I think your friend won't be an ordinary person either." After finishing speaking, he patted his chest proudly and smiled, saying: "Take me for example, or that Qing Ning, I just know your friends can't be ordinary people!"

  Watching him being self-absorbed, I silently twitched the corner of my mouth. Can't he just stop bragging? Xian Xian thought what he said was very reasonable and nodded heavily in agreement. After finishing his self-admiration, he smiled and said: "Let's get to the point."

  "Didn't we just discuss the main topic?" I blinked, apart from his narcissistic remark, I thought we were discussing the main topic.

  Xian Xian gave me a white eye and said disdainfully: "What I'm going to say next is indeed the main topic, compared to your broken matter!"

  "Alright, you say!" I said speechlessly.

  In response to my deliberate ridicule, Xian Xian seemed completely unaware and instead said with a pleased expression: "Considering we're friends, I'll give you a big secret for free!"

  I looked at him with suspicion, and Xian Xian smiled triumphantly: "Do you know when this underground palace was built?"

  "I recall what Shen Hand said, it should be over two thousand years ago."

  "Right!" Xian Xian didn't find it strange and continued to say mysteriously: "This underground palace existed before the Qin Dynasty, what I'm going to tell you now is something that hasn't even been recorded in historical books. Probably only people in our line of work know about this, but there are very few of them."