Death Game: Starting as a fraudster, pretending to be a god

#686 - Interpersonal relations and gifting of talismans

"Oh my god, it's so hot down here, and there isn't even a sun!" Seagull said, wiping the sweat from his face in the vast, dark underground rune space.

After everyone had steadied themselves, they immediately headed towards the ruins of Willow Town. Xuan Yunzi naturally retracted the cyan protective bell shield.

The instant the protection was removed, the even more scorching heat than above ground caused everyone to feel intense discomfort.

If the scorching sun above was like an oven roasting meat, then this underground space was like a steamer.

Hearing Seagull's words, Lin Yu calmly explained, "Because there are magma veins underground. The spider's rune array definitely had them. I don't know if Daoist Xuan Yunzi's new rune space includes them... but anyway, the two spaces are connected."

Xuan Yunzi nodded, following Lin Yu's explanation: "Indeed, this rune array has enclosed quite a few magma veins... Or rather, you all come from beyond the realm and may not know that the extreme heat and scorching heat of this Fire Prison are definitely not solely caused by the three suns directly overhead."

"The structure of the Two Mountains and Six Prisons is very simple—the Six Prisons are located in different directions of the two towering mountains and are separated from each other by the two mountains."

"And these two mountains, many people in the Prison Mountain Realm do not know their wonders, and even their names are different."

"But in the records of our Four Great Daoist Sects, these two mountains have divinely bestowed names—one is called Nine Cold, and the other is called True Yang!"

"Nine Cold Mountain is extremely Yin and cold, while True Yang Mountain is extremely Yang and hot."

"Most of the Fire Prison's territory is located on the sunny side of True Yang Mountain, and it is also where the geothermal activity of True Yang Mountain is most frequent."

"The area around Twin Sawtooth Mountain and Old Willow Town is still relatively inactive," Xuan Yunzi stroked his beard and said, "but there are still too many dormant volcanoes deep underground."

After Xuan Yunzi explained, Li Nian also understood.

"No wonder, there's a smell of sulfur in the air..."

"Now that you've said so much, Daoist, can we open that shield?" Seagull was covered in sweat, like a dog just pulled out of the water, struggling to walk in this hot and humid environment. "No matter what the cause of the high temperature here is, I'm afraid I'll faint before I reach the destination."

Xuan Yunzi said with a wry smile: "Hero, it would be good if I could activate it at will, but maintaining the 'Azure Gold Body Protection Bell' consumes a great deal of energy. Later, that Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Thread Demon Lord will be difficult to deal with, and I still need to reserve some energy and mana to deal with the demons."

Li Nian curled her lips: "Tch, then don't open it—I have talismans that can dispel heat and avoid summer heat. You can use them."

"However... this isn't free, okay?"

Li Nian took out a few talismans from her pocket and handed them to Seagull.

Seagull took the talismans. Snow Owl frowned slightly, but feeling the stuffy, sticky feeling on her skin, especially the faint pain of her unhealed, oozing wounds being eroded by sweat, she could only nod.

"Isn't it grasshoppers on the same rope?"

Seagull couldn't help but correct.

"It's all the same. If the boat capsizes, can the grasshoppers still swim?" Li Nian curled her lips. "If you keep arguing, give the talismans back to me."

Afterwards, she separated three talismans and gave them to Lin Yu, Flying Knife, and Xuan Yunzi.

"Employer, Sister Yao, you two have a share too."

"And you, old Daoist."

As for Li Nian herself, she didn't keep any, after all, she was still wearing the temperature-regulating clothing, and although the underground high temperature exceeded that on the ground, it was still within the adjustment range of the clothing.

In the darkness, there was the sound of "tearing" and "tearing" as the talismans were torn, and then, bursts of cool breeze slowly generated.

Xuan Yunzi exclaimed in surprise.

"This... this talisman is actually my Taiqing Sect's 'Clear Wind Whirlwind Talisman'... Could it be that Benefactor has a connection with my Taiqing Sect?"

"No, I took it from the box under the statue in your Daoist temple. I saw that the Daoist temple was about to collapse, so I took it out to avoid wasting it. You're welcome, old Daoist."

Li Nian said with a grin.

Xuan Yunzi was stunned for a moment, and then said: "You... how did you do that?"

These words, when they fell into Lin Yu's ears, also dispelled the doubts in Lin Yu's heart.

No wonder Li Nian was so generous this time and gave away something like a [Consumable] talisman... it turns out she just stole it.

"Senior, this guy's nickname in our Outworlder community is 'Thief'. Don't even mention putting it in a box, even if you keep it close to your body, it's not necessarily safe in front of her."

Lin Yu said, and Xuan Yunzi nodded slowly.

"So that's how it is... Then this 'Thief' Benefactor really has good skills and good methods."

On the side, Snow Owl and Gao Shan, who were enjoying the coolness brought by the talisman, suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

Thinking that they had been criticizing 'Thief' all the way, but now they were enjoying the convenience brought by the things she stole, the two of them were still somewhat conflicted.

They wanted to refuse, but they had already promised a "favor" just now... They couldn't take it back now, could they?

If they really did that kind of thing, they would be ungrateful and heartless.

However, although the two were upright, they were not rigid and pedantic, and they soon let it go.

Just like what Li Nian said just now, the difficulty of this [Instance] is very high now. Now they have to face the "Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Thread Demon Lord", that spider demon that is bigger than a mountain. Maintaining their condition is more important.

What's more...

Although Li Nian did "steal" it, this stealing behavior was still justified—after all, as Li Nian said, the Daoist temple had just collapsed, and it would be a waste if she didn't take the talisman.

As the holder of this talisman, the old Daoist Xuan Yunzi didn't seem to have any objections to this behavior.

Therefore, Snow Owl and Gao Shan no longer wasted energy and continued to move forward.

And with the blessing of this talisman and the guidance of Xuan Yunzi, an experienced Daoist, soon...

They came to the edge of this rune space—although the new and old rune spaces were connected, there was still a layer of rock wall separating them at the boundary.

The rock wall had a few gaps and openings due to the geothermal activity triggered by Xuan Yunzi's Hundred Tribulation Forbidden Technique. Although they were not large, they could accommodate several people walking side by side.

"Let's go. After we go in, we will arrive at 'Old Willow Town' and where the 'Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Thread Demon Lord' is located!"

Xuan Yunzi said, and then, as the guide, the old Daoist took the lead and plunged into the passage in the rock wall.