Chapter 39: Delivered to the Door
Chapter 39: Delivered to the Door
Upon hearing this, Qian Jin smiled and said:
"That is indeed a problem. We were in imminent danger before, and we were only thinking about escaping. It's not unreasonable for us to bring some food with us."
Seeing that Qian Jin could still laugh even at this point, Xiaolongnu sighed helplessly:
"What time is it? How can you still be laughing?"
Since my senior sister can't find us now, she will definitely guard the exit of the ancient tomb and the place where we store food, and then wait for us to get out on our own.
We have no food. No matter what we do, we can't hide for more than a few days. Are we really going to starve to death here?
"Why not? It wouldn't be a bad thing to starve to death in this secret room with Miss Long."
Who knows, years from now, it might even become a legendary tale in the martial arts world.
Little Dragon Girl was stunned upon hearing this, and shook her head, saying:
"Young Master Qian is quite the joker."
This ancient tomb is rarely visited, and we are hiding in this secret chamber. If we were to starve to death here, let alone several years, even hundreds or thousands of years, probably no one would discover us.
In the end, all that will be left are two piles of bones; what's so beautiful about that?
"..."
Seeing that Xiaolongnu was speaking so seriously, it was Qian Jin's turn to be stunned.
It was clearly a sudden, unexpected love confession, so how could Little Dragon Girl so seriously analyze the flaws in his words?
It felt like I punched cotton.
Qian Jin said with a helpless expression:
"It's not certain that we'll starve to death. I think even if Li Mochou guards the exit and the food storage area, we'll still find ways to find food from other places."
"Young Master Qian is too optimistic. I've lived in an ancient tomb since I was a child. There's no other way out here. Where else can we find food?"
"That's not necessarily true."
Qian Jin said something, then started wandering around the secret room on his own.
He remembered that there should be a map left by Wang Chongyang in this secret room, showing the way out of the ancient tomb's secret passage.
Sure enough, Qian Jin found a map in the southwest corner of the ceiling after searching for a while.
Then he immediately said:
"Miss Long, come and see! There's a map here that might be helpful to us."
Upon hearing this, Xiaolongnu walked over and looked in the direction Qian Jin was pointing, and was immediately stunned.
After a long while, Little Dragon Girl said with a look of surprise:
"Young Master Qian, we won't starve to death."
This map actually depicts the secret passage out of the ancient tomb. If we just follow the route on it, we can leave the tomb without anyone noticing.
Upon hearing this, Qian Jin immediately laughed and said:
"See? I told you we'd find food!"
"What are we waiting for? Let's go out first, bring back plenty of food, and then slowly recover here!"
Xiaolongnu nodded upon hearing this, and immediately led Qian Jin out of the ancient tomb along the secret passage marked on the map.
Halfway there, Little Dragon Girl suddenly turned around and asked:
"Young Master Qian, can you swim?"
Upon hearing this, Qian Jin said:
"I know a little bit. If it's just a short dive, there shouldn't be any major problems."
"That's good. We'll need to cross a river in a bit before we can leave the tomb safely."
The two walked for a while longer, when Xiaolongnu suddenly reminded Qian Jin, saying:
"Young Master Qian, be careful, there's waterway ahead."
"it is good."
Qian Jin responded and then went into the water with Xiaolongnu. They walked for about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea before emerging from the waterway.
After walking a few more steps, they saw a light ahead, which grew brighter and brighter until they finally emerged from a cave.
Feeling the dazzling sunlight scattering across the earth, Qian Jin couldn't help but laugh loudly:
"Great, we're finally out."
Little Dragon Girl followed behind Qian Jin, her heart filled with boundless joy, and said:
"Yes, we've all come out."
Upon hearing this, Qian Jin turned around and saw that Xiaolongnu was soaking wet, her white dress clinging tightly to her body, her exquisite curves faintly visible, making it difficult for anyone to take their eyes off her after just one glance.
Sensing Qian Jin's unusual behavior, Xiaolongnu looked over in surprise and said:
"Young Master Qian, is something wrong?"
Upon hearing this, Qian Jin quickly chuckled twice and said:
"I never imagined that there would be such a long waterway after leaving the ancient tomb."
Our clothes are all soaked, so we can't just go out to look for food like this.
I think we should find a place to make a fire first, dry our clothes, and then continue our work.
Upon hearing this, Little Dragon Girl also felt that it would be inconvenient to walk around in wet clothes, so she nodded and said:
"I'll leave everything to you, young hero."
Qian Jin walked around and saw that it was completely silent, so he knew that this must be an extremely remote place at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain.
So they went around to find some firewood, then lit a fire to dry their clothes.
"Young Master Qian, after we find enough food, will we return to the ancient tomb?"
Qian Jin nodded upon hearing this and said:
"Of course we have to go back."
Didn't you say that when we cultivate the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra, we must do it in one go and not interrupt it at any time?
Although this place is remote, it's hard to guarantee that someone won't suddenly appear and disturb us when we're practicing our skills at a crucial moment.
Therefore, for safety's sake, it would be safer for us to return to the ancient tomb.
"Um."
Xiaolongnu nodded in response, feeling a strange sense of security.
Perhaps deep down, she still didn't want to leave the place where she had lived since childhood!
Now that Qian Jin said he was going back, I naturally felt at ease.
Just then, a little rabbit, seemingly attracted by the firelight, hopped out and looked at Qian Jin and Xiaolongnu from afar.
Upon seeing this, Qian Jin suddenly smiled faintly and said:
"Miss Long, we are really lucky. Our prey has actually come to us."
"Wait a minute, we'll have roasted rabbit to eat."
Upon hearing this, Xiaolongnu looked down and hesitated before saying:
"Young Master Qian, how are we supposed to capture it in our current state?"
Upon hearing this, Qian Jin said:
"This is easy, watch me."
After saying that, he immediately stretched out a finger and pointed it at the little rabbit in the air. A burst of energy was instantly released and hit the little rabbit in the distance.
The little rabbit kicked its legs and then collapsed to the ground, never understanding how it had become the two people's food until its death!
Zizizi!
The aroma of roasted meat wafted out, causing Qian Jin and Xiao Longnv to unconsciously rub their bellies before exchanging smiles.
They were already starving, and now, watching the delicious food slowly ripen before their eyes, they couldn't wait any longer.
Finally, after enduring until the rabbit was fully ripe, Qian Jin immediately tore off a leg and handed it to Xiaolongnu, saying:
"Try it, see if this little rabbit that came to our door is delicious."
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