Chapter 73: These Two Have Something Going On

Level: 24

HP: 5800

Cultivation: Transcendence (Increases percentage damage against lower cultivation)

Next level: Enlightened Spirit (Requires 5000 Lingqi)

Lingqi: 1351

Fragrance: 1280

Chen Xiaoyan gave a casual smile but didn’t respond.

Chong Chong looked at Xianyun, who appeared utterly shocked, and teased, “Look at you, acting like you’ve never seen the world before. Do you think Xiaoyan Sister became the number one in Tianxiang for no reason?”

Xianyun pulled the corner of her mouth and quietly asked Chong Chong, “Why aren’t Xiaoyan Sister’s skills in the Sect’s library?”

“Those are rewards from hidden quests.”

“Hidden quests?”

Chong Chong shrugged, indicating she didn’t know either.

Back then, no matter how much she begged, she couldn’t get a single bit of info from her.

“All right, save the whispering for later. Now, heal and deal damage fast.”

Hearing Chen Xiaoyan’s reminder, the two quickly focused on Mu Qingxue.

Thanks to the Huifeng Umbrella’s wide-area healing, it was enough to sustain them until their skill downtime ended.

As long as the frontline didn’t break and the healer survived, everything was manageable.

However, fate had other plans.

An unexpected event occurred.

Chen Xiaoyan realized these monsters could climb walls.

More than a dozen Yanxi were swiftly crawling up the rock walls of the mountain path outside their circle, heading straight behind them.

“Move away from the walls! Damn it, they can climb walls?”

She truly hadn’t expected such smooth rock surfaces to be as easy for them to walk on as flat ground.

She immediately ordered to abandon the Ban Yue Formation and switch to the Yuan Yue Formation.

With this, the ten of them were instantly surrounded, attacked from all sides.

Hong Chen and Six Paths were only two people; they couldn’t cover all directions.

Even if Liu Yue temporarily acted as a meat shield, they were still short one corner.

Worse, the Yanxi that climbed the rock walls leapt into the circle with a strong kick from their hind legs and began frenzied attacks on the healer.

It startled Chen Xiaoyan and the other two.

But it was quickly dealt with by the four Snow Clears.

Right now, the most important thing was plugging the missing corner in their encirclement.

That little figure from Mount Shu was simply not built to take hits; sending him up meant he’d probably be gone immediately.

Let the healer go up?

Chen Xiaoyan had initially thought of that but gave up immediately after considering the Yanxi’s targeted tactics.

There was no other choice.

If only she had more group healing skills.

Watching the situation worsen, Chen Xiaoyan bit her nails and studied the terrain of the mountain path carefully.

Especially the rock walls on both sides—she suddenly had an idea.

“Shence, use your knockback skills to clear the monsters. We’ll stick to the other wall.”

Upon hearing Chen Xiaoyan’s voice, Hong Chen and Six Paths swiftly adjusted their positions, standing on opposite sides and using Hengsao Bafang to knock back the blocking Yanxi.

“Return to previous positions.”

“Shence, watch your Ba Ti duration closely. If it ends during our skill downtime, you won’t be able to hold.”

“Received.”

While healing, Chen Xiaoyan earnestly reminded them.

Shence’s Ba Ti had a cooldown but was very short—only a few seconds.

Soon, more Yanxi climbed the rock walls to sneak into their base.

Chen Xiaoyan had expected this and, when they neared, immediately had Hong Chen and the others clear them before shifting back to the other side.

This tactic was called the left-right shuttle.

Ten minutes later…

The three healers sat on the ground, recovering their Fragrance, while the others collapsed, exhausted like dogs.

“It’s over, finally over.”

Hong Chen Ru Meng lay sprawled on the ground in a “big” character shape, exhausted and aching, staring at the thick white mist above with a defeated expression.

Six Paths leaned against the rock wall, spear in right hand, a faint smirk appearing at the corner of his lips as he looked at Hong Chen’s ungraceful posture.

In fifty seconds, the healer’s Fragrance would be fully restored.

Chen Xiaoyan brushed the dust off her butt and said, “Rest for two minutes, then we go fight the boss.”

“Captain, are we really fighting the boss?”

Hong Chen Ru Meng sat up, looking at her gloomily.

If fighting a small monster was this hard, how could she possibly have any confidence against the boss?

“Let’s try. If we can’t win, we’ll just quit the dungeon.”

Seeing her dejected state, Chen Xiaoyan smiled and continued, “What’s wrong? Our Hong Chen Miss is feeling weak? If it’s no good, we can always quit and come back another day.”

The moment Hong Chen Ru Meng heard this, she jumped up.

“Who said that? I, Liu Mengmeng, don’t have the word ‘can’t’ in my vocabulary.”

“Liu Mengmeng? So Hong Chen Ru Meng, your real name is Liu Mengmeng?”

“Yeah.” Hong Chen Ru Meng didn’t deny it and was happy to share her real name.

“Meng?”

That sudden gentle voice instantly silenced the air.

The few stared at Six Paths in surprise, unable to believe such a soft voice came from him.

Hong Chen Ru Meng angrily strode over to Six Paths, grabbed his shoulder, and shook him hard.

“I’ve told you many times, call me Sister Meng, Sister Meng!”

Six Paths said nothing, pouting with an unwilling expression.

Seeing this, Chen Xiaoyan and the others exchanged glances and wore the knowing smiles of old aunts.

These two definitely had something going on.

Hong Chen Ru Meng, the ponytailed goddess of Shence, was someone they had casually pulled from Guaiwu Cun before—an impressive and valiant young lady.

Well, she was a little bit of a chuunibyou.

But once she gripped her spear, her domineering aura was undeniable.

She matched Six Paths perfectly—who didn’t exactly look like a general but carried the aura of one.

No wonder these two got along so well.

“All right, you two stop flirting. We don’t want to eat dog food.”

Chen Xiaoyan curled her lips in disgust.

“Yeah, yeah.”

Chong Chong nodded vigorously.

“I’m not flirting…”

Hong Chen Ru Meng stopped mid-sentence, suddenly realizing something.

She glanced at Six Paths, then at Chen Xiaoyan.

This tough girl instantly blushed before regaining her composure.

“I think you’re misunderstanding something.”

“What are we misunderstanding? Chong Chong, do you know?”

Chen Xiaoyan pretended to play dumb.

“No idea,” Chong Chong blinked her big watery eyes and shook her head.

“What about Xianyun?”

“Huh?”

Xianyun was clearly stunned, not expecting Chen Xiaoyan to ask her.

“I don’t know either.”

Chen Xiaoyan spread her hands and grinned mischievously, “See? None of us know.”

Hong Chen Ru Meng facepalmed.

She had nothing to say about these three goofballs.

***

Deep in Abyss Canyon

As they walked, it seemed this canyon had just been newly developed; the rock walls on both sides showed no trace of age.

Chen Xiaoyan hadn’t realized this at first, but as they explored further, she saw the mountain path’s rock walls remained as smooth as ever, with no unevenness.

Could this mountain range have been cut cleanly?

With this question in mind, Chen Xiaoyan continued forward.

“Xiaoyan Sister, are we going to fight the boss now?”

Chong Chong asked nervously.

“If the dungeon mechanics don’t change, probably.”

The mountain path grew narrower—the width that once fit several people side by side now only fit two.

And it was still shrinking.

“Captain, there’s no way forward!”

Hong Chen Ru Meng shouted from the front.

Chen Xiaoyan went over to take a look.