The Frail Guide Who Devoured an Entire Pollution Zone

Chapter 107: Chapter 107: Lu Jingyu, Are You a Turtle?

As the blade, glinting with a cold light, rushed toward him, Lu Jingyu stood motionless, not even blinking.

Only when the blade was about to pierce him did he finally move, dodging the attack.

Chen Chang’an didn’t relent. He immediately swung his blade and pursued Lu Jingyu in the direction he’d dodged.

Lu Jingyu remained on the defensive, focused solely on dodging.

”Lu Jingyu, are you a turtle? Do you only know how to hide? Or do you look down on this old man, thinking me beneath you to fight?”

Noticing Lu Jingyu’s reluctance to fight back, Chen Chang’an began to curse him out.

A flicker of movement in Lu Jingyu’s eyes. ”Elder Chen, since you’ve put it that way, please forgive my impudence!”

With that, Lu Jingyu drew his own weapon and, as Elder Chen’s next attack came, he met the blow.

CLANG!

The sound of clashing steel echoed through the courtyard, and Chen Chang’an roared, ”Good! Again!”

Chen Chang’an flicked his wrist, batting Lu Jingyu’s weapon aside, and thrust again.

As the two began to duel, Xu Qingsui reached the bedside.

The last time she was here, she’d only glanced from a distance. In the dim light, if Lu Jingyu hadn’t pointed it out, she wouldn’t have even noticed there was a person on the bed.

Standing by the bed now, she finally got a clear look at the person lying there.

The young man’s handsome features bore a slight resemblance to Elder Chen.

But his eyes were tightly closed, and if not for the faint rise and fall of his breath, anyone would have mistaken him for dead.

Now that she’d seen him, Xu Qingsui didn’t want to waste any time.

The sound of clashing weapons outside grew more frequent, and she couldn’t help but worry about what was happening.

Although Chen Chang’an was powerful, she believed Lu Jingyu was still stronger.

She wasn’t worried about Lu Jingyu hurting Chen Chang’an, because she was certain Lu Jingyu would hold back and not use his true strength.

But for that very reason, she was worried that Chen Chang’an might lose control in the heat of the moment and injure Lu Jingyu.

Even though Lu Jingyu had said Elder Chen never fought for real, weapons have no eyes. She was afraid an accident would lead to bloodshed.

Xu Qingsui did her best to suppress her worries and focused her attention on Chen Yunfei.

To break the seal, she had to enter Chen Yunfei’s Spiritual World.

Xu Qingsui immediately placed her right hand on Chen Yunfei’s head and began to release her Spiritual Power.

A moment later, Xu Qingsui’s spirit body entered a world of chaos.

Her surroundings were incredibly dim, and the ground beneath her was pitch-black. If not for the solid feeling underfoot, she would have worried she might suddenly plunge into an abyss.

In the gloom, she couldn’t see a thing, let alone the node of Chen Yunfei’s self-imposed seal.

Taking a deep breath, Xu Qingsui began to feel her way through the chaos.

Unlike the Mutant’s Sea of Consciousness or Lu Jingyu’s Spiritual World, this place, for all its primordial emptiness, was peaceful. Nothing suddenly attacked her.

But this meant all she could do was search blindly. As time passed without any breakthrough, she started to feel a growing sense of unease.

A Spiritual World was boundless. Searching endlessly like this without any clues, she might never find the node.

This was wasting too much time. She didn’t have this much time to burn.

’System, I can’t find the sealed node. What should I do now?’

Unable to find a solution, Xu Qingsui had no choice but to ask the Golden Octopus for help again.

[This Sentinel’s Spiritual World sealed itself due to an impact. This type of seal is a self-preservation mechanism.]

[To find the node quickly, Host can try attacking this Spiritual World. Once the self-preservation mechanism is triggered, changes will occur. As long as you observe carefully, you are sure to find something.]

’Attack the Spiritual World?’

Xu Qingsui hesitated, afraid she might damage Chen Yunfei’s Spiritual World.

But the Golden Octopus had only offered this one solution before going silent.

With no other options, Xu Qingsui decided to try it.

Xu Qingsui summoned her body’s Fire Attribute, first igniting a small wisp of flame on her fingertip.

Steeling herself, she flicked the flame away.

When the flame touched the void, it was like adding fuel to a fire—it instantly erupted.

The flames spread rapidly, illuminating the surrounding void.

While she wasn’t sure if it was working, it did help her get a clear view of her surroundings.

Chen Yunfei’s Spiritual World was like a vast, endless space.

She could see no boundaries, and everything within her line of sight was utterly empty.

Xu Qingsui watched as the fire she’d released continued to burn away the void, expanding her field of vision.

But even with this change in the Spiritual World, Xu Qingsui still hadn’t found any clues.

Her brow furrowed. ’Maybe I need to be more ruthless,’ she began to wonder.

Just as she convinced herself to strike again, she noticed something strange about the flames in the distance.

The fire, which had been spreading out evenly, suddenly seemed to hit something, sending a shower of sparks into the air.

At this sight, Xu Qingsui’s eyes lit up. ’This must be the self-preservation mechanism the Golden Octopus was talking about.’

Overjoyed, Xu Qingsui ran to where the flames had collided. By the time she arrived, the sparks had vanished.

Xu Qingsui reached out to touch the spot, which appeared to be empty space. Her hand met an invisible wall.

’This must be the node where Chen Yunfei sealed his Spiritual World. I just need to find a way to open it for him.’

’Matters of the Spiritual World require Spiritual Power.’

Stroking the invisible wall, Xu Qingsui released her Spiritual Power once more.

Her Spiritual Power met with resistance at first, but Xu Qingsui didn’t give up. She poured it out in a continuous stream.

She lost track of time, aware only of her Spiritual Power draining away at a rapid pace.

Suddenly, fragmented images flashed through her mind. They were too broken for her to understand what was happening.

But it was working, which gave her confidence. Disregarding the risk of total exhaustion, she continued to release her Spiritual Power.

As more and more of her Spiritual Power seeped into the node, the broken fragments started to become coherent.

Xu Qingsui focused, trying to extract any information from the fragments that could help Chen Yunfei.

’Mutants laying siege... fighting Mutants... Lu Jingyu...’

The more she saw, the more Xu Qingsui felt that these scenes were familiar—not because she had seen them, but because she had heard about them.

Especially when she saw the moment a Mutant suddenly charged at Chen Yunfei as he was administering aid...

Xu Qingsui was certain. This was the memory fragment of when Chu Yunfei was injured.

But she couldn’t understand—why was this fragment playing on a loop in Chu Yunfei’s sealed Spiritual World?

As she grappled with this question, a golden gate suddenly materialized before her.

From beyond the gate, she could even hear the sounds of battle, of weapons clashing.