Chapter 161: Chapter 161. An Important Discovery
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
When Xiao Qi’s voice rang out, Su Qing picked up Xiao Ying and flew into the air with the vines. Looking down from the sky, even Su Qing, who had always killed without blinking, felt her blood run cold.
A dense mass of red and black centipedes crawled out of the cave. They were all poisonous centipedes. Their thick feet crawled quickly on the ground, and the rustling made people shiver.
“Xiao Qi, kerosene.”
Su Qing ordered Xiao Qi. Centipedes feared fire, so she wanted to set the centipede on fire.
Xiao Qi quickly threw down the pills and ran to get a barrel of kerosene. Su Qing had snatched the kerosene back from Ji Ren Tang.
Su Qing took the oil barrel and poured it down on the centipedes. She threw the match down, and the cave was set on fire.
Su Qing carried Xiaoying and climbed up to a safe distance. She saw the centipedes rolling around in the sea of fire, squeaking in pain.
The kerosene could only burn the centipedes at the bottom, but it was not dangerous for the centipedes that had already climbed up the wall. The centipedes were crawling toward Su Qing’s vine from all directions, so the vine was no longer safe.
Below her was a sea of fire, and above her were poisonous centipedes. Su Qing was in a dangerous situation.
“Master, scatter this medicine.”
Xiao Qi gave Su Qing a packet of insect-repellent powder. She didn’t expect it to be helpful. She had made it when she was making medicine just now in case of an emergency.
Su Qing didn’t waste any time. She clamped Xiaoying between her legs and sprinkled the powder on the centipedes. The powder forced the centipedes back, and they didn’t dare to return. However, they didn’t leave. They straightened their upper bodies and squeaked.
The centipede on Su Qing’s left was as long as a human, and its legs were like sharp blades. It was as terrifying as the centipede that Ji Shuisheng had encountered previously.
The only difference was that the previous centipede was red, while this one was black. Its head was even more significant than the previous one, and its body was thicker and longer. The two little eyes on its head were green, staring at Su Qing with green light.
“Xiao Qi, this powder is useless against it.”
Su Qing held Xiaoying and spun a few rounds, using the vines to wrap her around her body to free her hands. Xiao Qi took out a steel knife from the system. Su Qing held it and watched the black centipede that could attack her anytime.
It was as if the two of them were about to engage in a confrontation before a duel. Neither of them was in a hurry to make a move. The black centipede suddenly cried out and flew towards Su Qing from the rock wall. Its thick blade-like legs were like countless sharp blades as they stabbed at Su Qing.
She had nowhere to hide, so she cut at the centipede’s head with the steel knife. However, it was like cutting a stone. The blade curled up, but the centipede’s head was not hurt.
Su Qing saw that she did not manage to cut the centipede, so she stabbed the knife into the centipede’s eye. The centipede was about to reach her, but it dodged Su Qing’s knife for fear of hurting its eyes.
Ji Shuisheng and Qiu Yongkang had been paying attention to the situation below and found that the fire at the bottom of the cave was getting more intense. Both of them were busy expanding the entrance of the cave.
Ji Shuisheng saw that the centipede was attacking Su Qing, but he could not get down. He quickly took out the treasured knife and threw it down.
“Su Qing, catch it.”
The black centipede cried out and flew toward Su Qing. Su Qing heard the sound and turned to the side. She raised her hand to grab the treasured saber and unsheathed it. The saber’s cold light shone with fire. The intense light dazzled the black centipede, and flew to the side with a cry. Su Qing quickly swung the treasured saber in her hand and cut off half of the centipede’s tail, which fell into the sea of fire below the cave.
The centipede let out a blood-curdling screech, its body falling from midair into the sea of fire. It writhed in the sea of fire, and its screeches woke the unconscious Xiaoying. When she opened her eyes, she saw the centipede writhing in the fire, and she was so frightened that she fainted again.
Xiao Qi concocted an even more powerful insect-repelling powder. Su Qing took it and scattered it. The centipedes still lying on the rock wall all fell into the sea of fire.
Ji Shuisheng and Qiu Yongkang had already expanded the entrance of the cave. They quickly pulled Su Qing and Ji Xiaoying up when they saw the situation below.
Ji Shuisheng helped Su Qing untie the vines that were wrapped around her and Xiaoying and asked her nervously,
“Are you alright?”
“I’m fine.”
Su Qing shook her head and realized her clothes were soaked in sweat.
Qiu Yongkang looked at Xiaoying anxiously. His heart ached when he saw the blood on her face. He said to Ji Shuisheng anxiously,
“Xiaoying’s injuries are severe.”
When Ji Shuisheng saw that Su Qing had followed Qiu Yongkang to see his sister, he wanted to take Xiaoying’s pulse but was stopped by Su Qing.
“I will cure her.”
“Thank you,” he said.
Ji Shuisheng knew that Su Qing’s medical skills were much better than his, so he nodded to thank her. He stood at the side and looked at his sister with heartache.
Xiao Qi had already prepared the medicine and handed it to Su Qing. The sinew and bone medicine could fix Xiaoying’s broken bones, the brain-clearing pill could cure Xiaoying’s concussion, and the internal organ recovery pill did not use the thousand-year-old Lingzhi. However, normal Lingzhi was still adequate for Xiaoying’s condition.
She fed the three pills to Xiaoying, and she woke up with less than half a cup of tea’s time. Her face was ruddy, and she threw herself into Su Qing’s arms when she saw her.
“Sister Su Qing, you scared me. I thought I would never see you again!”
Xiaoying recalled the terrifying feeling of weightlessness when she fell. She desperately tried to grab something to stop her body from falling, but it was useless. When she landed, she felt that all the bones in her body had been broken. It was so painful that she fainted at that moment. When she woke up, she saw those terrifying centipedes. She shuddered at the thought of it.
“It’s alright now, don’t be afraid.”
Su Qing was still not used to being touched like this. She stiffly patted Xiaoying’s shoulder and pushed her away.
“Xiaoying.”
Ji Shuisheng squatted beside his sister and helped her to push away the messy hair on her face that was stuck with blood.
“Does it still hurt?”
“It doesn’t hurt.”
Xiaoying shook her head and consoled her brother. “Big brother, I’m fine.”
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Qiu Yongkang’s voice was filled with heartache as he looked at the injured Xiaoying. He couldn’t care about her as Shuisheng could.
“Big brother Qiu.”
Xiaoying heard Qiu Yongkang’s voice and raised her head to look at him. A happy smile appeared on her pitiful face. She waved her arms and said to him, “I’m fine. Look, my arms and legs are not broken.”
“It’s good that you’re fine.”
Qiu Yongkang’s heart ached even more when he saw Xiaoying like this. Xiaoying was only pretending to be strong so that they wouldn’t worry.
“I’ll take care of Xiaoying. You and Yongkang go down and take a look. I think it looks like an ancient tomb.”
Based on the situation below, Su Qing determined that this was an ancient tomb, the tomb of an Emperor or a powerful official. These poisonous insects must have been placed in the tomb to prevent tomb raiders.
“An ancient tomb?”
Ji Shuisheng’s eyes lit up when he heard about the ancient tomb. Were the heavens helping him?
“Take these two packets of insect repellant powder with you.”
Su Qing returned the treasured saber to Ji Shuisheng and gave him two packets of strong bug-repellent powder that Xiao Qi had concocted.
The fire below was almost done, so there should be no danger. There would be countless treasures if it were the tomb of the Emperor and powerful officials, as she had analyzed.
Xiaoying’s fall might solve her brother’s urgent need and shorten the time for revenge.
Ji Shuisheng and Qiu Yongkang’s spirits were lifted. After packing up, they slid down the vines into the cave, hoping to find the tomb that Su Qing had mentioned..
