Shen Yuan Ring

Chapter 179 With the original path cut off, another way must be found.

Upon arriving at the scene, Ji Daoyi's gaze was fixed on Pei Bushing, who had already suffered a fatal head injury, and his other companions.

His eyes were filled with complex emotions: shock, regret, and, most of all, an indescribable sigh welled up in his heart.

Recalling his interactions with these people, Ji Daoyi knew perfectly well that their reason for befriending him was simply to covet the precious cultivation resources he possessed.

However, upon closer reflection, wasn't I also taking advantage of them? If I hadn't known they knew about a certain ruin, I wouldn't have intentionally let them trick me into giving me various cultivation resources in order to enter this mysterious ruin.

Ultimately, the relationship between them is nothing more than each taking what they need.

“Brother Bu Xing… Although we can’t be considered true friends, we were still acquaintances at some point. Now that you’ve come to this, I, as your brother, won’t stand idly by. Don’t worry, even just for the sake of our past friendship, I will absolutely not let you rot in the wilderness!” Ji Daoyi muttered to himself.

He took a deep breath, slowly squatted down, and gathered the corpses of Pei Buxing and the others together one by one. Then, he found a relatively open and quiet piece of land.

Ji Daoyi buried the bodies of Pei Buxing and the others and erected a simple tombstone in front of the grave.

……

"You plan to avenge them?" Wu De appeared behind Ji Daoyi without warning, his sudden voice snapping Ji Daoyi back to reality.

Ji Daoyi was slightly taken aback at first, then replied, "No! I was merely an acquaintance of them, not someone with whom I had a deep friendship. Being able to collect their remains and bury them, I can say that I have done my duty without regret."

"Besides, if someone I know is killed, and I go to avenge them, would I be able to handle it all?"

"That's true. You've already given them a peaceful place after death; they're luckier than many others!"

"But don't worry, if you unfortunately die someday, I will definitely collect your body and find you a good burial site!"

Hearing Ji Daoyi's words, Wu De's face turned green with anger. He gritted his teeth and said, "Go away, you're such a jinx! I'll definitely outlive you. Even if you die one day, I'll still be safe and sound and live a carefree life."

Ji Dao nodded: "You're right, good people don't live long, but evil people live for a thousand years!"

"..."

After a while,

Ji Daoyi suddenly looked at Wu De beside him and said, "Now that the matter of the treasure vault has been settled, let's put an end to our cooperation. Also, the sleeping black python should have awakened, so I've decided to leave first. Do you want to continue or leave with me?"

Upon hearing this, Wu De replied without hesitation, "Of course we'll leave together. So many people have come, and their cultivation levels are all quite high. Moreover, I think they're all from Zhongzhou. I don't want to be left alone!"

"Moreover, my harvest this time has been enormous. Of course, if you could exchange your scripture with me, perhaps this trip would be the perfect one for me!" Wu De's eyes were like those of a hungry wolf, staring greedily at Ji Daoyi, making him feel extremely uncomfortable.

"Get out of my way! I have no interest in men! And if you want to exchange scriptures, fine! But bring treasures of equal value in exchange, otherwise, forget about it!"

"We've been through thick and thin together, how can you be so stingy!"

Ji Daoyi did not reply and disappeared silently like a ghost, leaving only a lonely little grave in the open space. If it weren't for a stone tablet standing in front of the small mound, probably no one would have thought that several people were buried under this small mound.

Not long after,

The two men and the wolf arrived silently at the place where they entered the ruins, like ghosts, without fighting with anyone else along the way.

However, they did not leave the ruins as smoothly as expected. The array gate that they had easily passed through had disappeared. They had searched the entire area, but they were back in the same place as if they were in a maze.

Faced with this sudden turn of events, they all remained silent, as if frozen in place. The atmosphere was like a stagnant pool, heavy and tense. Coupled with the desolate silence around them, which resembled an apocalyptic scene, a sense of panic involuntarily arose in their hearts.

"This...how is this possible? Fatty, do you have a solution?"

"No, I just tried, and with our current strength, we can't leave here!"

The usually composed Ji Daoyi was trembling slightly as he asked with barely managing to stay calm, "Are we going to be trapped here? If I can't get back, my parents will go crazy with worry!"

Wu De frowned, looked around, and said in a deep voice, "This ruin was originally banished by the Venerable One, and its coordinates are unstable. It may have been caused by a powerful being opening a spatial passage, which caused the already unstable ruin space to tremble and start drifting in the void again. The path we came from is now cut off."

Upon hearing this, Ji Daoyi seemed to have thought of something, his face filled with excitement. He looked at Wu De and said excitedly, "I remember now! When we were in the underground tunnel, didn't we hear someone's voice? He said that the spatial passage would only last for ten days. If we find the spatial passage that person mentioned, wouldn't we be able to leave this ruin through it!"

"That's right, how come I didn't think of that! Come on, let's hurry and find that spatial passage."

"Finding a spatial passage is too much trouble. We might as well go find someone and have them lead us there!"

"Are you sure they'll listen to us? Any power capable of constructing a spatial passage is at least a powerful being; their juniors aren't as easy to talk to as I am!"

Wu De looked at Ji Daoyi with a shocked expression, as if he had thought of something unbelievable. He never expected Ji Daoyi to be so crazy.

Ji Daoyi rolled his eyes, knowing that Wu De had definitely misunderstood him, and explained helplessly, "Are you stupid? Why are we leaving in such a sorry state?"

"Of course it's the one in the treasure vault... Oh, I see, you're really something! That way, we can also do them a favor."

Wu De suddenly realized, but he didn't know what would happen if others didn't believe what they said.

"However, I cannot give up searching for a spatial passage. If we can find a spatial passage on our own, we will leave on our own."

Ji Daoyi said with some concern, "But I wonder if we'll encounter any trouble once we reach the other side of the spatial passage!"

"Do you need Fatty's help? Just give me the scriptures, and Fatty will..."

Before Wu De could finish speaking, Ji Daoyi and Yueya had already turned and left, clearly not wanting to hear his boasting.