Zhang Chen tapped his toes lightly, landing on Zhong Xiang: "I say, your protective flame is really powerful. In just one hundred and twenty breaths, it melts out a cave over thirty meters deep. If you went full force, wouldn’t a mountain vanish in an instant? What tier is this flame of yours?"
Zhong Xiang glared angrily at Zhang Chen, eyes wide, not saying a word, his gaze seemingly able to shoot out fire.
"Fine, if you don’t want to say, no big deal." Zhang Chen looked at the quartz stone in the cave, then casually sat on Zhong Xiang’s waist, recalling the structure of the tomb.
"I haven’t entered the tomb yet, so it’s hard to confirm my exact location. If I could enter the tomb and find my coordinates, maybe I could figure out the coordinates of the tomb." Zhang Chen pondered this for a moment, then activated his skill. The water underground rapidly receded, returning to the bottom of the big pit in no time.
Zhang Chen looked at Zhong Xiang, slowly pulled a dagger from his sleeve, and then moved forward to flip Zhong Xiang over: "Young Master Zhong, forgive me!"
Zhong Xiang, watching Zhang Chen’s actions, suddenly had his eyes turn red, tears streaming down his face.
"What’s a grown man like you crying for? It’s just a slash to the butt, right? You have an undying body, a cut won’t cost you your life."
Zhang Chen skillfully patted Zhong Xiang’s butt. The guy’s butt was plump and firm, with quite a nice feel to it.
Then, in the next moment, Zhang Chen directed the water flow to seal himself in ice. Next, the ice at his elbow joint cracked, allowing him to move his whole arm freely. Then, he swiftly stabbed the dagger into Zhong Xiang’s butt.
The moment the dagger melted into molten iron, a familiar red glow burst forth. The Body-Stabilizing Rune, under the flame’s burning, loosened. Zhong Xiang, amidst the magma, cursed out loud: "Zhang Chen, you despicable, shameless scoundrel, you’d better not let me break the seal, or I’ll scatter your ashes!"
The rock melted rapidly, turning scorching hot, and Zhong Xiang sank quickly with the magma, while Zhang Chen, encased in ice, followed closely behind, navigating the magma.
At this moment, Zhang Chen was much more adept than before. After all, earlier, a spring had been excavated. The water gushing down provided great convenience for Zhang Chen’s Water Control Technique, not to mention its significant help in cooling things down.
Zhang Chen continuously launched runes from his hand, and seeing that the Sealing Rune on Zhong Xiang was about to melt away, he simply slapped on a new one to replace it.
By now, Zhang Chen had stopped using the Body-Stabilizing Rune to save magical power, letting Zhong Xiang move freely in the magma.
"Peasant! You despicable, shameless villain, how dare you insult a noble like this! This isn’t over!" Zhong Xiang cursed, but as a noble, his phrases alternated between ’despicable villain’ and ’shameless scoundrel.’ More vulgar words just wouldn’t come out of his mouth.
"Your cursing skills are quite lacking, I must say." Zhang Chen chuckled while looking at Zhong Xiang. After fifty breaths, the flames around Zhong Xiang stopped, and Zhang Chen slapped on another Sealing Rune.
This time, he did not waste any Body-Stabilizing Runes. Now, in the deep pit, Zhong Xiang couldn’t escape even if he wanted to. Besides, as they dug deeper into the rock, three more springs were unearthed.
Zhang Chen once again drew from the water flow, gradually pushing the magma out of the pit, then directly extinguished it with spring water. The process of extinguishing the magma produced dense smoke in the mountains. Fortunately, Zhang Chen mastered the Water Control Technique, timely mixing and dissipating the water vapor and smoke. Otherwise, it would have easily attracted attention.
"Your Grace, have you found the tomb yet?" Chen Xu inquired.
"It’s not that easy." Zhang Chen shook his head and then said to Chen Xu, "Look at this solidified magma; it’s rather conspicuous. Is there any way to eliminate it?"
Fortunately, it was nighttime. If it were daytime, the situation would be much more troublesome, as anyone with sight would notice something unusual here.
Chen Xu shook his head: "There’s nothing we can do about that. Let’s just hope we act quickly enough to enter the tomb and take the Creation before the others arrive."
Zhang Chen looked at the solidified and cooled magma for a while but couldn’t think of any way to conceal it. So he returned to the underground pit, finding Zhong Xiang floating in the water, looking lifeless like a corpse, his face full of despair as if he’d been violated.
Zhang Chen ignored Zhong Xiang and landed opposite him. Before he could speak, Zhong Xiang already struggled to turn over on the water’s surface, glaring angrily at Zhang Chen, leaping at him: "Wretch, I’ll fight you!"
Zhang Chen directly used the Ice Freeze Technique, sealing Zhong Xiang in ice, leaving only his head exposed.
He found it quite wasteful to use a Body-Stabilizing Rune to restrain Zhong Xiang earlier, realizing that an Ice Seal was much simpler.
"Kid, I’m considering whether I should pee on you, especially since your mouth is so stubborn." Zhang Chen stood atop the ice, with only Zhong Xiang’s head exposed, staring defiantly at him.
Upon hearing Zhang Chen’s words, Zhong Xiang lifted his head and saw Zhang Chen’s crotch, with the latter swaying his hips, seemingly aiming at his head.
"You wouldn’t dare!"
Zhong Xiang suddenly panicked. He knew that this peasant before him was capable of anything.
"What’s stopping me?" Zhang Chen smiled faintly: "Since you doubt me, I’ll pee to show you."
While saying this, Zhang Chen started undoing his belt, casually whistling.
"Stop! We can talk this over calmly; there’s no need to be so crude." Zhong Xiang panicked even more, quickly stopping Zhang Chen’s actions.
Zhang Chen glanced at Zhong Xiang, slowly fastening his belt again, then sat on the ice and flicked Zhong Xiang on the forehead: "I prefer when you’re defiant."
Zhong Xiang didn’t argue, afraid to provoke this insane guy, though his eyes started tearing up again.
Zhang Chen practiced his routines daily, given that a person’s Essence, Qi, and Spirit are limited, as is the amount he could convert into magical power. As he restored his Essence, Qi, and Spirit, he casually bantered with Zhong Xiang, probing about Zhong Xiang’s background: "By the way, where did you get the Qilin’s Heart in the past? Is there really a Qilin buried in that tomb?"
Zhang Chen wanted to see if there were any skills left behind in that tomb.
Zhong Xiang stared at him coldly, tears running down his stern face, clenched his teeth, and said nothing.
"If you don’t speak, I might really pee on you." Zhang Chen threatened again.
"Aren’t you stating the obvious? Since there’s a Qilin’s Heart, of course, there’s a complete Qilin’s corpse." Zhong Xiang retorted sarcastically.
"What’s with your tone? Do you really think I won’t pee?" Seeing Zhong Xiang wasn’t speaking properly, Zhang Chen was about to explode again and began to stand up to untie his pants.
"You... you... I’ll speak nicely, I’ll speak nicely, don’t get angry." Zhong Xiang’s tears flowed even more, his voice filled with grievance.
Am I not even allowed to vent my emotions after suffering such humiliation?
"Look at your attitude! I was almost killed by you; I’m the victim here, alright? Looking at you, I almost thought you were the victim." Zhang Chen flicked Zhong Xiang on the forehead again.
"You vile... person, your words are so unreasonable. I’m a noble, you’ve only lost a life, but I lost the glory and dignity of a noble. I’ve dishonored the ancestors of the Zhong Family." Zhong Xiang’s voice was full of sorrow, with a sobbing tone.
Zhang Chen was speechless upon hearing this, thinking how twisted this dog of a person’s logic was! What do you mean I merely lost my life?
The most crucial part is that the other party cried as if he had been greatly wronged, speaking as if he were entirely right, making it seem completely like it was my fault.