Rise to God with Life Skill Professions-Chapter 291 - 281: Entering the Forest, Seeking Divine Sense
As these words were spoken, Zhao Quan and Zhao Xue exchanged puzzled glances, their eyes filled with confusion and incomprehension, clearly unable to grasp the deeper meaning in Qin An’s words.
Ye Rou was likewise full of doubts, but at this moment, with her life hanging by a thread, how could she dare act rashly? She could only stand silently, like a cicada in cold weather, bowing her head.
"Zhao Quan, bring the map," Qin An gestured with his hand.
"Yes, Mr. Qin!" Zhao Quan, without hesitation, immediately presented the map with both hands.
Qin An unfolded the yellowed map, scanning it intently for a moment, then suddenly looked up and said, "Every time the Ancient Battlefield erupts, the internal layout invariably changes. Although your father deciphered the myriad mechanisms of the Cangcui Forest, who can guarantee absolute safety?"
Zhao Quan’s face showed difficulty as he shook his head and said, "Nine times out of ten there should be no problem, but this Ancient Battlefield is unpredictable, and I dare not guarantee it."
Qin An nodded and said, "Precisely because of this, the woman’s role becomes apparent."
Zhao Quan remained full of confusion, not understanding what role exactly.
Zhao Xue’s eyes brightened: "You mean... to use her as a pathfinder?"
Qin An nodded and said, "Exactly."
"Then why didn’t you leave a few more survivors?" Zhao Xue asked again.
Qin An shook his head and said, "Although more people can disperse the risk, they are difficult to control and become a burden."
Zhao Xue showed a look of realization.
Kneeling on the ground, Ye Rou, upon hearing these words, felt a chill run up her spine, as if plunged into an icy cave.
"Spare me, Mr. Qin! This is clearly a near-death situation, better to grant a quick end!" Ye Rou cried out.
Qin An’s eyes flashed with cold light: "Very well, then I shall kill you."
Before the words had finished, Cold Star was already unsheathed, wrapped in Five-Colored True Essence, slashing down toward her head.
Ye Rou sensed the descending Cold Star, closed her eyes in desperation, and at the critical moment shouted: "I’ll do it! I will traverse the blade mountains and seas of fire!"
Cold Star stopped less than three inches above Ye Rou’s head, making her break out in a cold sweat, feeling as if she brushed shoulders with death.
"Go," Qin An, holding Cold Star, cast his gaze toward the vast forest.
Now that the crisis was resolved and a human shield had appeared, it was the perfect opportunity to explore the Divine Sense of the Wood Element.
Ye Rou, trembling, got up, biting her lip, and braced herself to walk at the front.
A voice came from behind.
"Any errant movement, and you won’t keep your head."
Ye Rou responded in a trembling voice: "Rest assured, Mr. Qin, I only wish to survive, I dare not have any other intentions."
"Go," Qin An waved his sleeve.
Ye Rou said no more, taking her sword and stepping into Cangcui Forest.
Qin An, along with Zhao Quan and others, followed behind with map in hand.
As soon as they entered the forest, a chilling wind rose, piercing to the bone.
Although there were no signs of an eruption here, the hidden killing intent was terrifying.
Ancient trees towered overhead, their branches intertwined like spider webs, blocking out the sun.
Qin An directed from behind, and each time they encountered a mechanism, he would have Ye Rou attempt to circumvent it,
If the path Ye Rou took proved safe, Qin An and Zhao Quan would follow behind her.
Repeatedly this way, they had walked for nearly half an hour.
They had almost traversed half of the Cangcui Forest.
During this time, nothing unusual happened.
Ye Rou was cautious with every step, fearing danger might arise.
Until they arrived at a large clearing and came to a halt.
Qin An frowned slightly, compared it with the map briefly, then shook his head and said: "It has changed, this place is different."
Zhao Quan snapped back to attention, examined the map closely, then looked at the clearing ahead with a heavy tone, "Mr. Qin, it seems this time the map is useless."
In front of them lay a massive pit.
The pit was so deep its end could not be seen.
This was not marked on the map.
Ye Rou’s face turned pale, fearfully saying: "Mr. Qin, this hole is dangerous, perhaps we should reconsider..."
"Go down," Qin An said calmly.
Ye Rou bit her lip, approached the edge of the pit carefully under Qin An’s cold gaze, and peered inside.
A sinister wind silently emanated from the pit, lowering the surrounding temperature significantly.
"Quickly!" Qin An took a few steps forward, stopping just behind Ye Rou: "Not wanting your head anymore?"
Ye Rou gritted her teeth, mobilizing True Essence within her body, and jumped into the pit full of vigilance.
She had no choice.
Advance or die.
Staying would mean certain death, while moving forward might hold some hope for life.
The sound of fierce winds whipped past her ears, and soon, Ye Rou’s voice disappeared into the pit.
A dull thud reverberated, and Qin An recognized it as the sound of a secure landing.
At this thought, he didn’t linger, and his body was enveloped in golden light of the Heavenly Healer’s form, leaping into the pit.
Zhao Quan and Zhao Xue exchanged a glance, then followed after him.
The group quickly disappeared into the pit.
...
The wind around grew fiercer, and after a period of descent, as the rumbling echoes began, Qin An had already landed steadily on the ground.
Ahead stood a simple and unadorned bronze gate, tightly shut and covered in a thick layer of dust.
Qin An looked up and said: "Up there, push it open."
Ye Rou bit her lip, cautiously using her long sword to press against the bronze gate, then thrusting forward with strength.
True Essence surged into the bronze gate through the long sword, causing this long-sealed door to burst open.
In the instant it opened, a transparent thread suddenly shot out.
Already exceedingly cautious, Ye Rou quickly raised her long sword to block as the transparent thread shot towards her.
Yet the transparent thread abruptly split into four, piercing through Ye Rou’s limbs.
"Ah!"
A harrowing scream erupted from Ye Rou, who gritted her teeth as she severed the transparent thread.
At this time, a series of lights illuminated the formerly dark passage.
The torches mounted on the walls ignited without wind, lighting up the dark passage.
At the end was a pinpoint of light like a grain of rice, indicating the passage was incredibly long.
Ye Rou fell to the ground, trembling all over, pitifully looking towards Qin An: "Mr. Qin, this silk contains terrifying True Essence, it just destroyed my limbs entirely. Without a long period of rest, I can’t take a single step."
Qin An raised an eyebrow, kicked Ye Rou in the back, knocking her to the ground.
Then, he used True Essence to inspect Ye Rou’s body.
After a moment, Qin An stood up and said, "It’s indeed as you said, considered half-crippled."
Ye Rou lowered her head and said: "Mr. Qin, I’ve already helped you explore one danger, my role is played out, can you let me go now?"
"No."
Qin An shook his head.
Ye Rou was slightly taken aback.
Qin An raised Cold Star, slashing across horizontally.
A head flew high up, and when it landed on the ground, it still bore an expression of disbelief.
The headless shapely figure collapsed with a thud, and blood seeped into the earth through the wound on the neck.
"You’re useless now; why should I keep you around?" Qin An wiped the blood beads off Ye Rou’s clothes at her chest, his tone icy and indifferent.
The knife had struck with the swiftness of lightning, catching Zhao Quan and Zhao Xue off guard.
Zhao Quan looked at the shapely headless corpse on the ground, his throat moving.
Zhao Xue looked at Qin An with fear, thinking to herself, "Many things in the storybooks are just lies."
Initially, when she met Qin An, she admired him, as he had rescued her from danger.
But soon, Qin An’s every action made her admiration gradually fade, replaced by endless fear.
Now, she only had reverence for Qin An, even mixed with a bit of fear.
"Continue."
Qin An slightly squinted his eyes and started walking toward the passage.
Since he was here, he must obtain the Wood Element Divine Sense.
Even if he didn’t know whether the Wood Element Divine Sense was here, it wouldn’t hurt to explore thoroughly.
If it wasn’t here, he would explore other areas of Cangcui Forest.
Zhao Quan and Zhao Xue exchanged a glance, gritted their teeth, and silently followed behind Qin An.
...
Though the passage had torches, the light was faint.
The shadows danced along with the flickering flames, reminiscent of ghostly figures, giving an eerie feeling.
After walking several steps, a sound of wind came.
Several hidden compartments suddenly extended from the wall, and arrows shot out from them.
Each arrowhead carried terrifying True Essence, enough to instantly annihilate an Outer Elixir Realm cultivator.
Qin An reacted quickly, drawing Cold Star to slash at the arrows as they flew toward him.
He wielded Cold Star with such precision that not a single arrow penetrated.
The arrows fell to the ground with a clear sound.
Both Zhao Quan and Zhao Xue broke out in cold sweat.
If Qin An hadn’t discovered the traps promptly, they might have already been riddled with arrows.
Qin An didn’t pause, continuing forward without saying much.
Zhao Quan hurriedly led Zhao Xue to closely follow behind him.
They walked for another incense time, and the passage was halfway through.
At this moment, a hissing sound suddenly echoed through the passage.
Qin An slightly raised his eyebrows, looking into the darkness ahead.
Dark green mist appeared in the passage, surging toward Qin An and the others.
Zhao Quan’s expression changed: "Be careful, sir, this is poison gas!"
The ominous green mist surged with such ferocity that even an amateur could identify it at a glance.
Qin An calmly said, "Mind-corroding poison gas, penetrating everywhere, such that even an Outer Elixir Realm cultivator, once touched, would inevitably become immersed and finally face soul destruction."
As his words trailed off, Qin An raised his hand and pointed at Zhao Quan’s key acupuncture points.
True Essence stirred, and Zhao Quan felt his pores instantly seal shut.
Qin An acted again, sealing Zhao Xue’s pores in the same manner, as if encasing them in a layer of airtight iron armor.
"Hold your breath, close your eyes, keep walking forward," Qin An said indifferently.
Zhao Quan’s face was filled with astonishment.
The technique Qin An employed was clearly that of a healer.
Yet wasn’t Qin An supposed to be the Mountain Patrol Copper General of the demon eradication thought?
Why would he possess such skills?
He suddenly felt that the world seemed incomprehensible to him.
Unaware of Zhao Quan’s thoughts, Qin An calmly stepped into the green poison mist.
He possessed eleven levels of healer skills, aided by the Celestial Physician Aspect, naturally countering poisons.
The technique he used to seal Zhao Quan and Zhao Xue’s pores was derived from the healer profession.
Though the poison penetrated everywhere, without access through pores, it became no more harmful than ordinary mist.
Zhao Quan and Zhao Xue trembled as they followed, noticing that the poison mist remarkably didn’t affect them at all.
Though they were cultivators who could navigate with eyes closed, their internal shock grew ever deeper.
Following the poison mist, they proceeded forward, spending about another incense time until the mist dispersed.
The exit was now within reach.
Without hesitation, Qin An stepped forward into the opening.
The scene opened up before him.
Beyond the passage lay an immense underground stone cavern.
The cavern, though vast, was strewn with various skeletons.
Human remains, as well as those of various mystical creatures.
The skeletons blanketed the ground, leaving little space to tread.
In the center of this bone-strewn expanse sat an exquisitely crafted wooden box.
Upon seeing the wooden box, Zhao Quan exclaimed joyfully, "This is Zhao family’s wooden box! It seems we made the right choice! Zhao family’s treasure is here!"
Qin An subtly furrowed his brow.
He sensed no presence of Wood Element Divine Sense; even the two Divine Senses within him showed no signs, suggesting there was no Wood Element Divine Sense here.
"Upon leaving, I should explore other areas of Cangcui Forest," Qin An thought to himself.
He approached the wooden box, stepping over the myriad bones to reach it.
The box wasn’t locked, but Qin An cautiously inserted Cold Star into the seam and pried it open.
When the box was opened, its contents were revealed.
Inside the box, it was empty and vacant, devoid of anything.
Zhao Quan and Zhao Xue observed, puzzled.
"Clearly, this box shows no sign of being opened; why then is it empty?" Zhao Quan muttered internally.
Qin An frowned deeply, sensing complexity within this place.
Just then, violent tremors emanated from the stone wall ahead.
The passage burst open from the stone wall, accompanied by a voice.
