The Moment I Started High School, I Formed a Contract With the Crimson Dragon Queen - Chapter 35

Chapter 35: Holy Water Secret Land, Red Blood Pool

Gu Ning and Liu Yuxi got off the motorcycle when they reached their destination. Liu Yuxi lost her balance and fell on Gu Ning.

Gu Ning helped Liu Yuxi to stand up. She put her hand on Liu Yuxi’s waist and said to her, “I won’t take responsibility if you break it.”

Liu Yuxi did not say anything, but her cheeks turned red all of a sudden.

Gu Ning saw Liu Yuxi’s condition. He did not think it was a big deal, but to avoid awkwardness, Gu Ning let go of Liu Yuxi’s waist first.

“Let’s go. Let’s see if there’s an entrance to the secret land. Maybe we’ll be lucky enough to see it after two rounds.” Gu Ning and Liu Yuxi searched one after another.

After dozens of minutes, Gu Ning and Liu Yuxi finally found it. From afar, they saw an oval door that was glowing with a green light.

Gu Ning had never been to a secret land before. He was a little surprised by the sight, but he did not expect Liu Yuxi to be more surprised than him.

“Why do you look more surprised than me? You don’t know anything about the secret land, do you?” Gu Ning asked.

“I… Haven’t been here before… That’s why I need you to go with me. I’ve paid you. You Can’t go back on your word! You must help me find what I want!” Liu Yuxi answered.

“How troublesome. If I had known earlier, I wouldn’t have asked you for 100,000 beast crystals.” Gu Ning complained slightly. “Let’s go in. What are we waiting for?”

Liu Yuxi followed Gu Ning in.

However, the moment they stepped into the secret land, the scene in front of them turned into a forest. The forest did not look like a holy water secret land.

“This… is the holy water secret land?” Gu Ning was confused. “Where’s the water?”

Then he turned to Liu Yuxi. “Did you bring us to the wrong place?”

“No way! No matter what, I can still read the map!” Liu Yuxi was confused. “I saw the location on the map just now!”

Liu Yuxi was so stubborn. Gu Ning took a few steps forward doubtfully, then accidentally stepped on a puddle.

All of a sudden, the ground shook violently!

Gu Ning was fine. Liu Yuxi was a bit confused by the sudden earthquake. She almost fell down. If Gu Ning had not held her, she would have been sent sprawling.

However, the small earthquake had raised up a stone gate.

There were four words written on the gate, “Holy water secret land”. There was a blue light on the gate. Behind the gate, there was a staircase leading to the darkness.

“It seems like it’s really here. It’s just a trick.” Gu Ning looked at Liu Yuxi. “Let’s go. We should find what you want soon.”

Liu Yuxi followed Gu Ning down the stairs without saying a word.

The stairs were dark except for the light of the setting sun shining in from the entrance.

Gu Ning stepped on the stairs. There was a sound, and an echo was heard.

Every time they went down the stairs, there would be an echo. No one knew how many echoes there were.

Gu Ning and Liu Yuxi finally finished walking down the stairs. When they lifted their feet again, they almost fell down.

Gu Ning looked around. He quickly built her soul circuit and made an ice lamp.

As they walked, Gu Ning looked around. They were all made of stone bricks. Except for some moss on the ground, they were all grown on the wet floor.

Gu Ning did not hesitate. He continued to walk forward. Although he did not feel anything strange, he was constantly on his toes.

Gu Ning felt like he could not finish walking down this long corridor.

Gu Ning turned around and said to Liu Yuxi, “Show me the map.”

“Here.” Liu Yuxi handed the map to Gu Ning.

Gu Ning took the map and looked at it. He finally found something. “There’s something wrong.”

Liu Yuxi asked hurriedly, “What’s Wrong?”

Gu Ning stared at the map and said, “The entrance of the map will turn left after we go down the whole staircase, but we have to go straight here.”

Liu Yuxi looked at the bottomless end in front of them. Gu Ning continued, “We’ve been walking for almost an hour. There’s definitely something strange here.”

Liu Yuxi whispered, “Strange? That’s what the map shows. I don’t know anything else.”

“Do you really trust the map in your hand?” Gu Ning rolled his eyes at Liu Yuxi. Liu Yuxi was not naive, but silly.

“Xiao Hong, you’re at a higher level and have a lot of experience. Do you know why?” Gu Ning decided to ask her familiar instead of pinning her hopes on Liu Yuxi.

Xiao Hong released its perception power in Gu Ning’s body. It looked around carefully. After thinking for a while, it answered, “Master, you two might have been affected by the nightmare.”

“Affected by the nightmare? What do you mean?” Gu Ning asked.

Xiao Hong answered Gu Ning, “It’s a kind of illusion. The beast that releases the illusion can choose to make others fall into the trap once they step into it.”

“For example, the one in front of you. You might have touched the trap after you entered the secret land. You might be exhausted, but in fact, you’re still standing there.”

Gu Ning asked again, “How do we solve it?”

“The key is the fake image. The problem is that we don’t know where the trap is designed. Master only needs to destroy the trap,” Xiao Hong answered.

“That’s easy.”

After hearing Xiao Hong’s words, Gu Ning immediately released a bunch of ice blades from the ice lamp in his hand. “If you can’t find the mechanism, just break it with the ice blades!”

Gu Ning released thousands of ice shards!

Then, the fake image in front of Gu Ning seemed to be torn apart, revealing its original appearance. It was a straight left turn.

When the ice lamp in Gu Ning’s hand was lit up again, Liu Yuxi was so surprised that she could not speak.

Gu Ning coughed slightly. Liu Yuxi came back to her senses and followed Gu Ning.

Gu Ning looked at the map and suddenly found a red dot.

Gu Ning pointed at the red dot and asked Liu Yuxi, “What’s This?”

Liu Yuxi looked at it and answered, “This is a red blood pool. It’s one of the most dangerous places in the holy water secret land. The five-colored grass I want grows here.”.

Soon, they arrived at the center of the secret land. It was a strange red lake.

There was a sky-blue mushroom growing around the lake. Maybe this was the ice god mushroom that Bing Bing had mentioned.