The Unparalleled Sword Emperor
Chapter 3238: Chapter 3213: Auntie! Li Qingxin!
Li Qingxin, though short in stature, had a charming face. Her big eyes carried a hint of mischievousness, and a sly smile played at the corners of her mouth. Clad in a white robe, she kept her hands behind her back and grinned at Lin Bai.
"Since you’ve made it here, let’s go inside together."
"I’m in a good mood today. If we see anything that I don’t want, it’s all yours!"
"Let’s go!"
Li Qingxin joyfully walked towards the palace located halfway up the mountain.
Lin Bai heard Li Qingxin’s words and gave a bitter smile, but he did not stop her as she led the way ahead.
After all, Lin Bai knew well whether there were dangers lurking within the palace midway up the mountain.
Li Qingxin moved forward, brushing aside the rubble all over the ground, and entered the palace. Lin Bai followed right behind her, walking inside together.
Within the palace, after passing through the main hall, the two cautiously made their way toward the rear hall along the corridor.
As they followed the passageway to the end, Lin Bai and Li Qingxin were surprised to discover that it led to the interior of the mountain.
"So the White Dragon Sect emptied out the inside of the mountain, turning it into a treasure trove. There must be lots of treasures around here," Li Qingxin remarked, looking at the vast space ahead. Although it was filled with rubble, it seemed easy enough to move it aside and find a path.
Li Qingxin walked over and with a wave of her hand, the obstructing rubble was effortlessly swept aside.
Walking ahead, Lin Bai noticed that inside these stone chambers, there were grooves on the stone walls. They seemed to have held some kind of elixir pills, but they were all gone.
"Oh no, we’re late! The elixirs here have already been taken by warriors who came to explore," Li Qingxin said begrudgingly after passing through several stone chambers.
Both Lin Bai and Li Qingxin realized that these wall grooves were supposed to be for miraculous elixirs.
But now, there were only grooves, without a single pill in sight.
Not even a medicine bottle was visible.
This was the case in more than a dozen stone chambers they passed through.
Lin Bai and Li Qingxin understood that others had likely been here long ago and taken all the elixir pills.
Yet after a moment of disappointment, Li Qingxin did not give up. Her eyes flashed with greed as she clenched her fists and said, "Auntie refuses to believe they left this place without a single pill for me!"
"I won’t leave empty-handed from a place I’ve passed through—even if it’s just a piece of rock, Auntie will take it with her!"
Li Qingxin firmly headed onwards.
Lin Bai followed behind, smiling silently.
Li Qingxin cleared the path, smashing and moving aside the rubble in the passageway.
Lin Bai frowned, puzzled, and thought, "Strange. Why is there so much rubble here? Even if warriors came here thousands of years ago and took the elixirs, there’s no sign of a fight. Why so much rubble then?"
Around them, the stone chambers were intact, with not a single sword mark to be seen.
Even after thousands of years, traces of battles wouldn’t just vanish, right?
But Lin Bai saw no sword marks and could sense no evidence of anyone fighting here. This suggested that the warriors who took the elixirs were likely a group, so they didn’t engage in a fight here.
But why all the rubble? And why is it blocking the path?
Just then.
As Li Qingxin smashed a piece of rubble.
Lin Bai noticed the ground tremble slightly.
This wasn’t caused by Li Qingxin breaking the rubble.
Lin Bai stopped, deciding not to continue following Li Qingxin.
Instead, he stared at the dust on the ground, and sure enough, the dirt lightly jumped.
"Huh?" Lin Bai’s expression turned cold.
Li Qingxin sensed Lin Bai had stopped, turned around confused, and asked, "Are you planning to check if there are elixirs in other chambers? If not, then get lost, don’t delay Auntie’s treasure hunt!"
Li Qingxin called out to Lin Bai and continued walking forward.
Watching Li Qingxin’s back, Lin Bai’s lips curled into a cold smile: "Something’s coming!"
Just at that moment.
Ahead of the passageway, countless rubbles shattered, and an immense force came from the depths.
Li Qingxin’s face turned pale in shock, hurriedly retreating.
Boom, boom, boom—
As rubble exploded, an old figure appeared before Li Qingxin.
Li Qingxin whispered, "Who might the Senior be? I am Li Qingxin from the Li Family of the Gourd Mountain."
The figure stood amid dust, his face obscured, visible only as a shadow.
Lin Bai, at a distance, observed and coldly said, "Such intense demonic Qi! It’s a Corpse Demon!"
Roar—
A piercing roar echoed, and a storm surged, clearing all the dust.
Li Qingxin froze in terror, staring at the figure ahead—an old man in a tattered gray robe, his body dry and bloodless, eyes icy white, flesh rotted, clearly no longer alive.
Yet, through some secret skill, he survived in this manner here.
"Damn it! You scared Auntie to death!" Li Qingxin scolded the Corpse Demon, hands on hips.
The Corpse Demon roared, raising a hand and sending Li Qingxin flying with force.
Li Qingxin landed a hundred meters away, miserable, shouting, "Turns out he consumed too many elixirs while alive, causing poison to linger within. Even after death, this poison intensified his flesh, turning him into a Corpse Demon!"
"This Corpse Demon’s power is incredibly strong, nearly matching warriors of the Wending Realm’s seventh or eighth stages!"
Li Qingxin climbed back up, glaring at the Corpse Demon: "Auntie found no treasures here, so even if it’s your teeth, Auntie will pull one out and take it back. Otherwise, Auntie came for nothing!"
Speaking, Li Qingxin charged at the Corpse Demon, unleashing Gourd Mountain’s ultimate technique in battle with the Corpse Demon.
Lin Bai stood back, observing the fight, his eyes flashing as he quietly said, "This Corpse Demon came from the passageway’s depths. Since we encountered this Corpse Demon, previous warriors must have met it too. Hence, there might still be elixirs left where it guards!"
Lin Bai’s eyes gleamed as he looked at Li Qingxin and the Corpse Demon battling. Instantly, he dashed swiftly through to the depths.
Li Qingxin noticed Lin Bai’s movement, initially confused, then realized, shouting to Lin Bai: "Darn it, thief, those are Auntie’s treasures; bring them out for me, and Auntie will share half with you!"

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