Chapter 105: The Indestructible Little Cockroach

Just when no one could make sense of what was happening, the same phenomenon that had occurred when they first entered the Immortal Pool Ruins appeared once more. Before everyone’s eyes, countless tiny suns seemed to emerge. Their dazzling radiance was so blinding that no one could open their eyes or see what was happening ahead of them.

After the trembling beneath their feet returned and then gradually subsided, the piercing light vanished, and everyone finally came to their senses.

What astonished them was that, once they opened their eyes, they discovered they were standing outside the Immortal Pool Ruins. Had the ruins expelled them? What kind of reason was that?

Ou Jinjue and the others were equally shocked. Ever since the Immortal Pool Ruins had first appeared, no one had ever heard of them ejecting people before the allotted time had passed.

“Eh? How did you come out after only three days?”

Those who had been unable to enter the Immortal Pool Ruins but were unwilling to leave so soon had naturally remained near the entrance. In truth, they were waiting for the ruins to release a surge of spiritual energy when they closed. Very few people knew this secret, so the real purpose of those who stayed behind was to obtain that spiritual energy.

Who would have thought that, after only three short days, everyone who had entered the ruins would suddenly appear before them.

“The Immortal Pool Ruins spat us all out,” someone said coldly. Anyone would have been furious if such a thing happened to them. In a mere three days, many had not obtained a single treasure. Their next chance would not come until three years later, when the Immortal Pool Ruins opened again.

More importantly, the situation this time was far too strange. Everyone vaguely sensed that some kind of accident had occurred within the ruins. It was even possible that the Immortal Pool Ruins would never open again.

While everyone was still bewildered, Ou Xinlai was already hunting Ou Xinya.

Within that illusory realm, the final victor between Ou Xinlai and Ou Xinya had naturally been Ou Xinlai. After the little white snake swallowed the metal-element fruit, Ou Xinlai suddenly realized that the world she was in might itself be the so-called great treasure.

Thus, while Ou Xinya was still groping blindly for that treasure, Ou Xinlai bit through her own finger and let her blood drip onto the ground.

The earth absorbed her blood, and sure enough, the illusory realm began to change. Ou Xinlai heard a deep rumbling sound. Then a streak of white light flashed before her eyes, and something appeared in her hand.

By instinct, Ou Xinlai seized it. Unlike the others, who were completely confused, she quickly understood what had happened. Perhaps because she herself had broken the stalemate, she immediately realized that the illusory realm had expelled her.

Her first reaction was to capture Ou Xinya and eliminate that menace once and for all. Ou Xinya had grown up in the Ou family and naturally knew many of its secrets. Someone like her absolutely could not be allowed to remain alive.

Since Ou Xinlai and Ou Xinya had been together in the illusory realm, the places where the Immortal Pool Ruins expelled them should have been relatively close to each other.

Therefore, the moment Ou Xinlai recovered her senses, she began searching for Ou Xinya. Sure enough, she found her about a hundred meters to the south.

Ou Xinlai narrowed her eyes and employed the force of yin and yang revolving into one another, twisting the internal structure of Ou Xinya’s body. Ou Xinya managed to evade the first attack, but she could not escape the second.

Under Ou Xinlai’s assault, Ou Xinya soon spat out a mouthful of blood. More seriously, she could clearly feel that her heart meridians had been damaged. There had to be a wound on her heart!

Seeing this, Ban Mang had no intention of replacing her. He hurriedly spat a mouthful of venom at Ou Xinlai, forcing her to temporarily abandon her attempt to kill Ou Xinya.

Ban Mang was furious. After painstakingly selecting and nurturing Ou Xinya, he had finally raised her to the ninth level of supernatural ability. Who could have expected that this ugly woman would injure her so badly, leaving Ou Xinya without even a chance to fight back?

Ou Xinya had thought that Ou Xinlai, who was using the alias Nicai, would be easy to bully. She had never imagined that the woman could be so ruthless. Not only had she found the great treasure before Ou Xinya, but she was also determined to take her life!

Ou Xinya knew that she could not continue fighting. She had lost the treasure; she could not lose her life as well. The Vermilion Bird Kingdom was her territory. Although that woman had some connection with the Shan family, Ou Xinya refused to believe that the Shan family would offend her for the sake of that woman.

Thus, Ou Xinya hurriedly begged Ban Mang for help, asking only that they escape as quickly as possible and preserve her life.

In truth, Ban Mang would have done the same even without Ou Xinya’s request. It had not been easy to nurture her to this point. If he had to find another candidate, the more than ten years he had spent on Ou Xinya would all be wasted.

Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, Ban Mang would never abandon Ou Xinya.

“Damn it! You’re useless in a fight, but when it comes to running away, you’re second to none!” Having watched Ou Xinya escape once again, Ou Xinlai felt as though she might spit blood from sheer frustration.

She angrily flicked the little white snake on the forehead. “You claimed you were far more advanced than that Ban Mang. It helped Ou Xinya escape, so why can’t you kill her for me?”

Ou Xinya and Shan Qing’er both gave her the feeling of being indestructible cockroaches.

“It’s different. I wasn’t prepared,” the little white snake said. “Next time—if that Ban Mang dares appear before me again, just watch how I crush it to death!”

The little white snake was furious as well. That disgusting Ban Mang had escaped right in front of it twice.

For the little white snake, this was an unbearable humiliation in its serpentine life.

“I certainly hope so,” Ou Xinlai said viciously. “Ou Xinya is mine to deal with. If you still can’t kill that Ban Mang next time, I’ll make snake soup out of you instead!”

Since Ou Xinya had already escaped, Ou Xinlai could only turn back to look for Ye Zifei and the others. But when she found Ye Zifei, the Ou family’s young men had all disappeared.

“Where are they?” Ou Xinlai asked, looking at Ye Zifei.

Ye Zifei shook his head. “The Ou family patriarch already learned that the Immortal Pool Ruins had closed, so he came and took everyone from the Ou family back.”

After all, it was Ou Chenfeng who had come to collect them. Ye Zifei had no reason to stop them from leaving.

“Damn, they left awfully quickly.” Ou Xinlai rolled her eyes. That unreliable father of hers was certainly diligent when it came to fetching people. “Are we going back too?”

She had originally wanted to catch up with Ou Jinjue. After all, they had not seen each other for more than a year.

“Mm.” Ye Zifei nodded, naturally intending to take Ou Xinlai back to the Vermilion Bird Kingdom. After leaving the Black Tortoise Kingdom, Ou Xinlai had three kingdoms to choose from, yet she had selected the Vermilion Bird Kingdom. Ye Zifei believed she must have had her reasons.

Before long, Shan Yuanxi came and brought Shan Qing’er and the others back.

The moment they arrived, Shan Yuanxi asked, “What exactly happened inside the Immortal Pool Ruins? Why did they suddenly close?”

He was extremely concerned about the matter. The Immortal Pool Ruins had barely suffered an accident, yet the news had already spread throughout the outside world.

According to the analysis of various experts, many people believed that something major had happened within the ruins. From that point onward, the Immortal Pool Ruins might never open again.

For the people of the world, this was an enormous blow.

Without the Immortal Pool Ruins, everyone would lose countless opportunities.

“Father, we don’t know what happened inside the Immortal Pool Ruins either. In any case, by the time we came to our senses, things had already become like this.”

Before returning, Ye Zifei had warned Shan Ziyao that she absolutely must not tell anyone else about the strange events inside the Immortal Pool Ruins. Otherwise, Ou Xinlai might be placed in danger.

Shan Ziyao also wanted to know what had happened to Ou Xinlai inside the ruins. But nothing mattered more than Ou Xinlai’s safety, so in the end, Shan Ziyao chose silence.

“You’ve all worked hard. Go back and rest.” Seeing Shan Ziyao’s utterly clueless expression, Shan Yuanxi shook his head. Besides, given the scale of the incident within the Immortal Pool Ruins, it truly was unlikely that these children knew the reason behind it. Thus, Shan Yuanxi did not make things difficult for the three of them.

Ye Zifei looked at Ou Xinlai. “Are you all right?”

Ou Xinlai smiled. “You don’t want to know what I obtained inside the Immortal Pool Ruins?”

Ye Zifei should have been curious.

He shook his head. “I am curious, but this isn’t the right time to know.”

Ye Zifei understood that Ou Xinlai was testing him. There was not yet enough trust between them. Revealing what had happened inside the Immortal Pool Ruins might not be a good thing for either of them.

“Get some proper rest. I’ll come see you tomorrow.” With that, Ye Zifei turned and left.

Watching his departing figure, Ou Xinlai’s eyes flickered.

Could she truly trust Ye Zifei?

After returning to the Shan family, Ou Xinlai and Shan Ziyao naturally rested for an entire day. The next day, no one even dared disturb them. It was not until the third day that Ye Zifei came to see Ou Xinlai.

“You want to deal with Shan Qing’er and Ou Xinya?” Ye Zifei asked when he found Ou Xinlai alone.

Ou Xinlai did not hide the matter from him. “I do.”

She truly wanted to deal with those two women. Because of Shan Qing’er, she had provoked the Demon Sect; no matter what, she could not let Shan Qing’er off. As for Ou Xinya, her crimes were even more unforgivable.

Ou Xinya had actually intended to help outsiders deal with the Ou family.

“That may be somewhat troublesome.” Ye Zifei frowned. “Both women have rather unusual identities.”

It was only after returning that Ye Zifei had learned, on the following day, that the two women possessed such identities.

“Tell me about them.” Ou Xinlai looked at Ye Zifei calmly. She was well aware that both women were difficult to deal with. Their cockroach-like tenacity alone made that obvious.