Mandrill picked up Jiang Bai and made a magic spell. A ray of light enveloped the two of them, directly penetrating the seal and falling downwards.
There was a severe feeling of weightlessness, a feeling like falling into an abyss, which made people feel fear from the bottom of their hearts.
"Ah - I'm going to be beaten to death -"
Jiang Bai, who was grabbed by the collar, screamed like a pig.
Mandrill let go of his hand speechlessly and let him fall down.
The Wings of Wind unfolded behind Jiang Bai. He pulled at his collar and felt like he was breathing heavily.
Descending slowly for more than ten minutes, Jiang Bai finally felt that he had stepped on the ground.
He looked around, and it was pitch black all around, with only some luminous crystals in some corners emitting gleaming light.
However, the light of these crystals is limited and can only illuminate the small area where it is located. The entire cave is still extremely dark.
"Mandrill, can you see it?"
Mandrill's voice came from the side, "I can see a little bit."
Although he is an immortal, he does not have the ability to see through the darkness.
It's just that it can sense the objects around it, so it won't be unable to see the road clearly.
"Go look at that glowing crystal."
Mandrill could feel that the luminous crystal was unusual and seemed to contain some pure energy.
Jiang Bai took out a stone that was usually used as a lamp. As soon as a light source appeared, the surrounding area suddenly became much brighter.
He walked to the location of the glowing stone in the cave and picked up the crystal that was placed on the shelf.
This crystal is blue in color, warm to the touch, and has an inexplicable energy.
The material made him feel a bit like fragments of the Cold Sky Nail.
"What kind of stone is this?" Jiang Bai looked at Mandrill.
"have no idea."
"You don't even know?"
"I haven't been to the bottom of the abyss many times, and I don't know more than you."
"Okay... then I'll take it with me first. The lighting effect is quite good."
Compared to the luminous stone in his hand, this crystal is much brighter, and the light travels farther.
"How should we go now? Where to go?" Jiang Bai looked at Mandrill again.
He knew nothing about the bottom of this abyss, and even his sight was blocked in this dark underground world.
Before he set off, he went to inquire about it, and found out that no one had a map of the Strata Abyss.
Even the map of the General Affairs Department only maps a small part of the mining and transportation distance of the miners.
It is said that the bottom of the layered rock abyss is extremely vast, and the mining locations currently mined are only a very small part.
This small collection of maps is useful, but not very useful.
Mandrill came underground to look for the footprints of the unknown Yaksha. If the Yaksha was active in the mine tunnel, he would have been discovered long ago. Since only a little news has been circulated, the place where the Yaksha appeared was actually deep in the depths.
"Follow me." Mandrill walked straight in one direction, where there was a road leading to the depths.
Mandrill has been here before. At that time, the Zengyan Great Abyss had not yet been sealed, and there were workers working enthusiastically underground to mine.
At that time, there were countless lighting tools that illuminated the underground world. And as the place closed, the miners were dismissed, and the lights that used to illuminate the place lost their light.
If there weren't some luminous plants and some naturally luminous crystals, this place would completely become a dark place.
Jiang Bai looked around while following Mandrill.
Judging from the traces left here, these miners left quite hastily.
Some excavated ore was piled in the mine cart, and the manuscript was thrown aside casually, obviously without time to process it.
The whole underground was extremely quiet, except for the footsteps of the two walking, there was no other sound.
Jiang Bai quickened his pace and followed Mandrill to chat with him.
It's so quiet here, it's still lively if there is some noise.
"I heard that the Strata Abyss seemed to be closed because of strange black mud that appeared in it.
"These black lumps gush out in large quantities, blocking the mines and passages. Moreover, the black mud is difficult to remove, harmful to human health, and even endangers the lives of miners, so Qixing has temporarily closed this place..."
"Harmful to people?" Mandrill stopped.
"What's wrong?"
"I'll take you back. I'm an immortal, and those black mud can't affect me, but you are different."
Mandrill has always been unwilling to let Jiang Bai come to the underground to accompany him and take risks, but now it just gives him a reason to send him back.
Seeing Mandrill preparing to send him away, Jiang Bai smiled mysteriously.
"That's the opposite of what you said. I won't be affected, but you are easily affected. Master has given me a lot of Lianli Qingxin Powder and is ready to give it to you at any time."
Mandrill raised his eyes and glanced at him for a long time before continuing to walk forward.
Jiang Bai followed him step by step, "I'm telling you, don't even think about getting rid of me. The task master gave me is to protect you..."
"I don't need protection."
"Don't say too much, I'm very strong now. General Inazuma Raiden, do you know? I was evenly matched with her..."
Wu Xiang was able to catch Wu Xiang's sword without being killed, so rounding off it was a tie.
Very reasonable, nothing wrong with it.
Mandrill looked at him expressionlessly.
In this case, Paimon was deceived.
"You don't believe it? I really tied with General Thunder. Just go to Dao Wife and ask anyone!"
Mandrill chuckled and didn't want to say more to him.
"Mandrill, don't believe it. That guy Sora defeated General Raiden and directly changed General Raiden's belief..."
Jiang Bai was like a noisy parrot, chattering endlessly.
Mandrill felt very tired.
It's like there's a fly in your ear that you can't get rid of, it keeps buzzing around you.
"You're too noisy."
"Oh, I don't want you to talk more. It's so boring down here. If you don't talk, you'll get suffocated."
"Words are not necessary for me."
"I said, Mandrill, why are words unnecessary? You are just too boring. In life, you have to have some fun, otherwise your life will be boring, right?"
"Bored, that's an emotion only humans can have."
"Yeah, then how do you usually feel when you have nothing to do? Isn't it just boring?"
Mandrill was momentarily stunned by the question.
I don't know when he had some free time, but he didn't know what to do with his free time.
Is that boring?
"Emperor...what does Mr. Zhongli usually do?"
Maybe you can refer to the emperor's method to make your idle time less boring.
Jiang Bai counted on his fingers, "Walking birds, admiring flowers, listening to books, appreciating antiques, tasting delicious food, listening to operas, fishing, playing chess, painting..."
Listening to this, Mandrill blinked blankly.
Why is this different from the emperor he imagined?
"The emperor must have some deep meaning in doing this..."
Jiang Bai corrected his concept, "It's wrong for you to think that way. The emperor has finally relieved himself of the burden of thousands of years, but can't he just relax and have a rest?"
"Walking birds, admiring flowers and drinking tea... This is the life that retired seniors should have..."
(End of chapter)
