Chapter 423: Chapter 222: Underground Palace Trap, I Refuse to Fall for It (2)

"If the people from the Divine Sect spot us over there, don’t blame me for not warning you."

The Little Cyan Snake complained, writing as it moved.

"No big deal. Worst case, we die together."

Jiang Feng replied offhandedly.

The Little Cyan Snake was instantly speechless.

It could only obediently lead Jiang Feng toward Black Iron Mountain.

Jiang Feng paid close attention to the changes in the passageway along the way. The farther he went, the more something felt off, because not only did the passage branch in all directions, it seemed to connect to every corner of Dragon Capital.

Earlier, the Little Cyan Snake had said the passage was dug by Mole Rats, just so it could meet him inside Imperial City. Even if they wanted to mislead people and dig a few trap tunnels, it was impossible for the tunnels to connect to nearly every place in Dragon Capital.

"Stop!"

"You’re lying to me!"

Jiang Feng stopped the Little Cyan Snake in time.

He pulled the Dragon Bone Bow to full draw, pointing the arrowhead at the Little Cyan Snake.

"Don’t! Don’t be rash, I didn’t mean to hurt you. I’ll take you to Black Iron Mountain right now!"

The Little Cyan Snake jumped in fright.

It suddenly felt as if a great dragon was eyeing it, with the danger of being swallowed at any time. Terrified, it darted about and pleaded nonstop, its words hovering in the air.

"Still trying to fool me!"

"You think I haven’t noticed you haven’t changed directions at all."

"Where are you really trying to take me?"

Jiang Feng interrogated.

He ordered the Little Cyan Snake to switch routes.

Even though the snake quickly picked another tunnel, Jiang Feng—who’d been watching closely—immediately sensed something was wrong. Besides, this tunnel didn’t look like anything a Mole Rat could dig out.

That was the biggest suspicious point, and it kept Jiang Feng wary of the Little Cyan Snake.

"I really am taking you to Black Iron Mountain."

The Little Cyan Snake replied swiftly.

"Bang!" 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Jiang Feng fired an arrow right beside the Little Cyan Snake. The shadow of the arrow left a huge crater in the passage, rumbling echoes making the whole tunnel tremble.

Where the arrow had pierced through, within the large pit, there was a fluctuation of the Restriction Array. Jiang Feng’s arrow actually shot into the Underground Palace, but was blocked by the surface array.

"Keep lying, and that’s what happens!"

Jiang Feng snarled.

The arrowhead pointed again at the Little Cyan Snake.

The snake shrank its head back and curled into a small ball. The moment Jiang Feng fired, it tried to flee, but the shadowy arrow flew past—wrapped in Dragon Might and oppressive power—like a dragon itself staring at it, making the snake too scared to move recklessly.

By the time it came to its senses,

Jiang Feng was already locked onto it once again.

"Put the Dragon Bone Bow down first and listen to me, alright?"

The snake flicked its tail, writing a line in the air.

"Hmph!"

Jiang Feng snorted coldly, pulling the bowstring even further.

"I admit I didn’t bring you to Imperial City or Black Iron Mountain. I was trying to take you to the Demon-Suppressing Martial Arts Hall. Don’t worry, they can keep you safe there."

Seeing the situation get worse, the Little Cyan Snake hurriedly wrote.

"I want the truth."

Jiang Feng pressed him for an answer.

He shoved the Dragon Bone Bow against the snake’s body.

Under the pressure of the bow, the snake’s defenses crumbled. It wrote: "I was wrong. I wanted to trap you in the secret chamber of the Martial Arts Hall—but I just wanted to shake you off, I didn’t want to hurt you."

"Trying to lock me in a secret chamber and still saying you didn’t want to hurt me? Every scale on your slippery body is hiding bad intentions. I’m really disappointed in you—there’s no way I’m letting you stay now!"

Jiang Feng was full of killing intent.

He drew the bowstring back even further.

The way he looked, it seemed he could loose the string any moment and blast the snake’s head right off.

"Give me one more chance. In the Martial Arts Hall, there’s a bunch of Cultivation Classics I can take you to see. There’re also Spirit Stones and Spirit Rice—all things you need right now."

Feeling the threat of death, the Little Cyan Snake hastily tried to tempt him.

"Ha! What if you really trap me in the secret chamber when we get there and I can’t get out?"

Jiang Feng shook his head.

"I swear I won’t. If you don’t trust me, just tie me onto the Dragon Bone Bow."

The Little Cyan Snake went all out.

"Fine!"

Jiang Feng quickly used Spiritual Power to bind the Little Cyan Snake to the Dragon Bone Bow, suppressing it with the bow’s Dragon Might.

The once lively Little Cyan Snake immediately grew dizzy and weak; when its tail flicked, the characters it left in the air were crooked and wobbly.

"Go forward. Up ahead there are six tunnels—take the second one from the left, then you’ll reach the area under the Demon-Suppressing Martial Arts Hall."

"You’d better not try any more tricks."

Jiang Feng snorted.

Meanwhile, he checked the information on his status panel.

Name: Jiang Feng

Fortune: 2,411,791

Cultivation Technique: Yangchun Technique (Perfection)

Skills: Flame Saber (Mastery+) Wind Control (Mastery+)

Realm: Qi Condensation (Sixth Layer)

Divine Power: Immortality

Seeing his Fortune Point increase, Jiang Feng’s expression turned much gloomier.

"Smack!"

He gave the Little Cyan Snake a hard whack on the head. Already woozy and weakened by the Dragon Bone Bow’s pressure, the snake’s tongue now lolled out of its mouth, its jaw slack and wobbling, looking like it’d collapse at any moment.

Jiang Feng ignored it.

Although small, the Little Cyan Snake’s bloodline was extraordinary, not an ordinary demon beast—it wouldn’t be that easy to kill.

Especially since he’d almost been tricked by the snake.

Back in Jingzhou City, his Fortune Point was just over 1.78 million. Though it climbed steadily over the next several days, it still hadn’t broken two million.

Yet just now, by catching the snake’s deception, he’d gained four or five hundred thousand points. If he’d been led by the snake and trapped in the secret chamber, things could’ve gotten much worse.

Actually, the Little Cyan Snake hadn’t planned to bring Jiang Feng to the Martial Arts Hall’s secret chamber at first.

After entering the tunnel, it tried to secretly signal its friends, but received no response. It seemed like all its friends had left the tunnel and weren’t living here anymore.