Chapter 93: The Destination

"They must have some special means to locate us at any time. Never mind, no need to make futile efforts anymore."

Han Meiyan's expression turned somewhat ugly, while Zhang He frowned and asked:

"If that Eighth Imperial Prince keeps following us, how are we to obtain the Fire Qilin's blood?"

Han Meiyan's slender and charming eyes showed a look of contemplation as she pondered:

"We can only take it one step at a time for now. If it really doesn't work out, I will draw them away then, and you go get the Fire Qilin's blood. We will split up."

Hearing this, Zhang He glanced at Han Meiyan, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes, and slowly nodded:

"In that case, we have no choice but to do so!"

"Why haven't we seen a single copper coin along this entire journey?"

Li Yuanling steered the wooden boat, her eyes scanning back and forth along the rock walls of the caverns on both sides, as if trying desperately to find something?

"How would I know?"

Li Musheng shrugged, but soon he waved his hand and said casually:

"But it doesn't matter anyway. Let's reach the destination first. Worst case, we'll just rob them?"

Hearing this, Li Yuanling's expression immediately shifted; she poked her smooth chin with a finger and said in realization:

"Oh right, the rules written on that stone tablet didn't say we couldn't rob copper coins. When the time comes, we can guard the necessary path leading to the destination and collect one copper coin from every wooden boat that passes. That shouldn't be too unreasonable."

Li Musheng nodded in deep agreement.

After all, it's a challenge game; having slightly lower moral standards is no problem at all.

For the rest of the journey, Li Musheng and the other one stuck close to Han Meiyan and Zhang He, turning left and right through various caverns, constantly navigating the underground water maze.

Along the way, they sometimes suddenly encountered hidden weapon attacks released from the rock walls, and sometimes met underwater traps and secret passages that disturbed the waterways, suddenly raising huge waves in an attempt to damage and capsize the wooden boat.

However, these naturally could not affect Li Musheng and the other one in the slightest; their wooden boat always followed behind Han Meiyan and Zhang He, and finally arrived at the end of the entire maze without any surprises or dangers.

"These two people from the Demonic Path are quite powerful."

Li Musheng slowly nodded; along this route, the other party basically took no detours, going almost straight to the maze, indeed possessing some real skill.

Li Yuanling was also in a good mood at this moment; she glanced around. The end of the maze was a huge underground palace.

Inside the palace, candlelight was bright; the foundation was built from piled granite, and dozens of huge stone pillars rose from the ground, carved with various intricate and exquisite "wooden boat" patterns.

And on the ceiling of the entire palace, stalactites hung down like frozen waterfalls, shimmering with colorful lights in the candlelight.

The waterway connecting to the caverns was in the center of the underground palace; after the wooden boat arrived, one could pass through the gate standing over the water to enter the palace.

At this moment, Han Meiyan signaled Zhang He to stop the wooden boat, and then turned to speak to Li Musheng behind her:

"This young lady was quite rude just now. Please, Young Master, go ahead first; consider it my apology."

Hearing this, Li Yuanling immediately frowned tightly; she quickly extended her hand to block in front of Li Musheng, showing a look of vigilance.

The effect of the seduction technique Han Meiyan had used on her was gradually wearing off, and at this moment she had returned to being fully wary of her.

Li Musheng simply nodded lightly; this Demoness from the Demonic Path handled worldly affairs so perfectly that he truly had no way to refuse her sternly.

"Let's go in and take a look first, see if we can obtain some divine object that can enhance cultivation?"

Li Musheng spoke to Li Yuanling.

The other party hesitated for a moment but didn't say much more, then steered the wooden boat past Han Meiyan and the other one, heading into the underground palace.

Seeing this, Han Meiyan and the other one exchanged a glance, silently steering their boat to follow behind.

"Congratulations to both honored guests for passing through the maze first; the total accumulated pattern count is two hundred and ten."

A middle-aged man wearing a brocade robe, holding a scroll of record books, walked over with a face full of smiles and stood by the wooden boat where Li Musheng and the other one were.

Hearing this, Li Yuanling sized the other party up, but then directly waved her hand and said bluntly:

"Get to the point. Just tell us directly: what is the reward for first place? Is there a divine object that can enhance Wu Gong cultivation?"

The middle-aged man in the brocade robe was clearly stunned for a moment, seemingly not expecting Li Yuanling to speak so directly; he gave a sheepish laugh twice and bowed his hands, saying:

"Although I do not know where Miss heard such rumors, the rewards the Floating Boat City gives to honored guests are generally some powerful Wu Gong secret manuals, or famous weapons forged by renowned masters of the Jianghu, or some rare treasures..."

"But there has truly never been any divine object that can enhance cultivation!"

Upon hearing this, Li Yuanling's beautiful eyebrows tightened tightly, and she immediately became displeased.

She pointed at a pile of jade tablets on the wooden boat and said coldly:

"We have obtained such a high pattern count; we must have broken the record. Is your Floating Boat City so stingy that you truly won't show any appreciation?"

However, the middle-aged man in the brocade robe shook his head and smiled:

"Miss has misunderstood. Although the pattern count you obtained, two hundred and ten, is very high, the highest pattern count record in the Floating Boat City to date is actually two hundred and fifty."

Li Musheng raised an eyebrow; this number for the highest record didn't sound very good?

Then, he glanced at the middle-aged man in the brocade robe, blocked Li Yuanling who clearly wanted to argue with the other party, and asked with narrowed eyes:

"If we exceed your current record's pattern count, can we obtain a divine object that enhances cultivation?"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man in the brocade robe showed a face full of helplessness and bowed his hands, saying:

"Young Master has truly misunderstood; the Floating Boat City truly has no so-called divine object that can enhance Wu Gong cultivation."

Upon hearing this, Li Musheng turned to look at Li Yuanling and asked suspiciously:

"Is your information actually reliable?"

"It should be reliable."

Li Yuanling blinked her eyes, but then she shrugged and said:

"But whether that divine object truly exists, I... am not sure either."

Li Musheng's eyebrows immediately twitched; he stared at the other party without speaking.

Why don't you listen to yourself; what kind of nonsense is this?

However, he thought for a moment, then turned his head to look at Han Meiyan and the other two on the wooden boat behind him, and suddenly spoke:

"You must have come for that divine object as well?"

Hearing this, Han Meiyan and Zhang He exchanged a glance; Zhang He's expression shifted for a moment, and he silently transmitted a voice to Han Meiyan using true qi to form a thread, clearly asking privately how to deal with Li Musheng.

Li Musheng, who had witnessed this scene, simply withdrew his gaze.

The fact that they did not deny it immediately, and were secretly communicating via transmitted voice in a furtive manner, already explained the situation; it seemed the Divine Object truly existed in Floating Boat City.

However, Floating Boat City in front of him clearly had no intention of using that divine object as a reward, and seemed to be making every effort to conceal its existence.

"In that case, this thing must be quite extraordinary!" Li Musheng stroked his chin.

(End of this chapter)