ICAY Chapter 149

You Can Question My Gender But Never Question My Ability

Just as the Court Death System had said, after Yun Dan and Xiao Yueqing jumped off the cliff, they didn’t fall to their deaths as she had imagined. Instead, they plunged into a river.

Strangely enough, even though Xiao Yueqing should have visited this place many times before, he had never realized there would be such a world hidden below.

The river seemed to lead somewhere underground. Although Yun Dan couldn’t swim, Xiao Yueqing could.

The two of them followed the current downstream. After a long while, they finally surfaced again, discovering they had arrived in an underground world.

The two struggled out of the river water, climbed onto the shore, took out a fire starter to make a fire, and only then began to examine their surroundings.

After all, their relationship was special, so Yun Dan didn’t need to be modest around Xiao Yueqing. She took off her clothes, planning to dry them by the fire first, otherwise wearing wet clothes would make her sick.

Xiao Yueqing seemed to understand and held her close, using his own body warmth to warm her.

“I don’t know what this place is. I’ve never even heard of such a place existing.”

Yun Dan looked around, only knowing they were in an underground cave, but couldn’t tell exactly where.

She suddenly asked Xiao Yueqing, “By the way, do you know what the clue for the fourth treasure map is?”

This time, Xiao Yueqing didn’t hide anything.

“The fourth treasure map is on your back. However, I used something to cover it, so as long as you don’t look in a mirror yourself, you generally won’t discover it. I’ve already drawn it beforehand, but I didn’t hand it over to Xiao Yi.”

Yun Dan opened her mouth, finding this somewhat hard to accept for a moment.

“No way? Why would the fourth treasure map end up on my back? I’ve never gotten any tattoos. How could it be drawn on my back? Besides, didn’t they say it was about the Heavenly Maiden? I’m not some Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden or anything like that. What does it have to do with me?”

[Player, you are a visitor from beyond the heavens, so of course you are the Heavenly Maiden. Congratulations to the player for successfully solving the puzzle. You have gained 10,000 points and Feigned Death Medicine x1]

Good heavens, so this main quest had been about solving puzzles all along. She didn’t expect to receive 10,000 points all at once, plus a bottle of feigned death medicine.

Yun Dan naturally knew what effect the feigned death medicine had, having seen it often in TV dramas.

Now that they knew where the fourth treasure map was, Yun Dan seemed somewhat impatient.

She stretched out her arm and pushed Xiao Yueqing.

“Since you now have all four treasure maps, can we go search for the treasure? I still have those maps with me. I didn’t hand them over to Xiao Yi.”

Xiao Yueqing had already planned to search for the treasure maps. Now that all four maps were complete, perhaps they could try looking.

Moreover, Yun Dan remembered that the system had just told her this place was close to where the treasure was hidden, so could it be right here?

But she couldn’t be too direct about it. Only after their clothes had dried did she start urging him.

“I don’t think us coming here is a coincidence. I’ve heard a saying that some things are destined to happen. Since we’ve arrived here, I have a premonition we’ll be able to find the treasure here.”

Neither of them wanted to dwell on the matter of being a Heavenly Maiden or not anymore. After all, the most important thing right now was to quickly find the elixir.

After a brief rest, the two got up and began examining the cave.

The cave seemed to have been artificially excavated rather than naturally formed. Since it appeared underground, Xiao Yueqing actually believed the treasure might really be here.

Yun Dan quickly took out her three treasure maps, and the two studied all four maps together, actually determining a location.

“Look, Yueqing, doesn’t this place look exactly like a route formed by piecing these treasure maps together? So we should search carefully around here.”

Perhaps hard work really does pay off. After searching for about an hour or so, they actually found a mechanism.

The mechanism wasn’t obvious. It was only because Yun Dan accidentally stepped on empty space and nearly fell, and when she steadied herself by touching the wall beside her, she directly touched a mechanism, and a stone door nearby opened.

Both of them were stunned for a moment, not expecting it to be this easy.

“The mechanism opened just like that? This works?”

Xiao Yueqing was quite speechless too.

With all his calculations, he couldn’t have calculated that the mechanism would be found so easily.

The two slowly walked inside. There didn’t seem to be any mechanisms here at all; it appeared to be just a place for storing things.

On a platform in the distance, a box was suspended in the air. The two quietly walked over. Yun Dan instinctively reached out to grab it, but was stopped by Xiao Yueqing.

“Wait. If there’s a mechanism, directly touching it like that could be dangerous. Let me do it.”

He used the folding fan in his hand to gently lift the box. The box lightly flew into his hand. Opening it, inside was a very small black box and two secret manuals.

“System, is this the treasure? Why does it feel different from TV dramas? Could it be fake?”

The system’s expression darkened.

[Player, you can question your own gender, but you should never question my abilities]

Yun Dan: ……

Alright, she would tentatively believe that this thing was the legendary treasure.

She took the small box from Xiao Yueqing’s hands and opened it. Inside was indeed an elixir.

“Excellent! With this elixir in hand, you’ll be able to live. We’ve finally found the treasure.”

But Xiao Yueqing wasn’t in a hurry to take it.

Because he felt this elixir still had its uses.

It was just that the two martial arts manuals were tricky.

After briefly flipping through them, the two manuals looked quite ordinary, but upon careful examination, one could discover that although they appeared to be common martial arts techniques, they were actually extremely powerful techniques.

Since they couldn’t get out in the short term anyway, they might as well sit down and practice.

Moreover, he also wanted to try them out.

Who knew how miraculous these two martial arts manuals were—although Xiao Yueqing hadn’t taken the elixir, after practicing, his body was noticeably much better than before.

Moreover, he no longer coughed up blood, and his complexion had improved considerably.

As for whether these techniques were truly supreme martial arts, neither of them could say for sure.

Watching Xiao Yueqing’s complexion improve more and more, Yun Dan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Previously on the cliff, although she had told him she forgave him, it wasn’t official after all—she had only hoped Xiao Yueqing could survive.

But now that the two had been trapped here for a long time, Yun Dan thought that no matter what, she should say it formally.

She slowly walked to Xiao Yueqing’s side. One hand wanted to touch his shoulder, but she was suddenly pulled into his embrace.