"What's wrong? Staring blankly?" Xuan Yuanjue's voice was filled with pleasure. He always seemed to be quite confident in his appearance. Even while talking to Shen Li, he still didn't forget to lift his lips.
"Hehe! Xuan Yuanjue, has anyone ever told you that you're very narcissistic?"
Shen Li averted her eyes and stopped looking at him. But in her heart, she couldn't help but murmur. This Xuan Yuanjue always looked so unorthodox on a daily basis. However, his hearty and genuine laughter just now was somehow different. Although he seemed much weaker than usual, he didn't look as idle and irresponsible as he normally did.
"Don't worry. Even if the outside burns to ashes, this place won't be affected in the slightest." Xuan Yuanjue's gaze fell on the interior of the room.
"This place is about seven or eight meters away from the ground. Moreover, the entire interior is reinforced with solid stones. There are also countless drainage channels designed here. It's well - protected against water and fire! One can say it's impregnable. There's absolutely no need to worry!"
"It's just a pity that we don't know who designed and built it. To build such a huge underground palace behind Pufa Temple, we don't even know if it has any relation to Pufa Temple."
There was a thoughtful look on Shen Li's face. She actually knew someone who could build this palace with the permission of Pufa Temple. But she didn't know what the great master Taixu's purpose was in building such a place for seclusion and refuge.
"Let's go! Let's go take a look at this palace first!" Xuan Yuanjue seemed not in a hurry at all. He wasn't worried about the current danger outside either.
"Why don't you give me a hand?" Xuan Yuanjue said he wanted to take a stroll, but his body didn't move at all. He lifted his chin and stretched his arm towards Shen Li, indicating for her to help him up.
Shen Li didn't want to argue with him. She let Xuan Yuanjue rest his hand on her arm and helped him up.
Xuan Yuanjue slightly raised his right arm and placed it in front of his abdomen. His uninjured hand rested on Shen Li's arm. There was a faint smile on his face, looking in a very good mood. Even his walking seemed rather leisurely.
Xuan Shu followed behind them. Whenever Xuan Yuanjue looked at a room, he would consciously step forward to open the door. The first three rooms they saw were all bedrooms, neatly tidied up but showing no signs of anyone ever living in them.
After opening the fourth room, they found a study. There were two calligraphy works hanging on the walls of the study, both written by the same person without any seals or signatures. There was also a painting of a mountain mist in the morning. The painting skills were very skillful and sophisticated, and similarly, there was no signature.
When Xuan Yuanjue entered here, he seemed as if he had returned to his own home. He picked up a writing brush on the desk, which still had dried black ink on it, and started looking at it.
"It seems that the owner of this place left in a hurry!"
Shen Li also saw the large - character calligraphy on the desk that was only half - written. Judging from the handwriting and the two works hanging on the wall, it should be written by the same person.
"It seems that the owner of this place is really a master of calligraphy and painting! It's a pity that he doesn't seem to be keen on worldly fame. He didn't even sign his name."
Xuan Yuanjue looked at the paper on the desk and then put the writing brush back.
They didn't find any more clues in the study, so they stopped looking.
"How about it? Are you feeling better?"
After leaving the study, Shen Li looked at Xuan Yuanjue and asked.
"Cough, sigh! I don't have any strength in my hands and feet. I can hardly even stand!" As Xuan Yuanjue said this, his body swayed and he seemed about to fall onto Shen Li.
Seeing this, Shen Li directly pushed him with her hand and said with certainty, "I remember that the effect of the Soft - Skill Powder only lasts for about two hours! Let me calculate. From the time I got the news and rushed here, it's probably been... more than an hour. And from the time the young master was poisoned until I got the news and rushed here, it must have been at least..."
Before Shen Li could finish calculating, Xuan Yuanjue covered his injured part with one hand, closed his eyes, and regardless of Shen Li's resistance, he directly fell onto her, resting his head on her shoulder. "Ouch! My shoulder hurts. I've lost too much blood. I can't stand up!"
Regarding Xuan Yuanjue's rascally behavior, Shen Li raised her eyebrows. "Does the young master want me to carry you out?"
"Well... little thing, if you really want to do so, I won't refuse!" Xuan Yuanjue still had his head reclined on Shen Li's shoulder, his face turned towards her. Looking at her side - face, he squinted his eyes with a very enjoyable expression.
"Hehe! Forget it then. The young master is of noble status. I don't dare to get too close. In case I accidentally hurt the young master!"
After Shen Li said this, she took a step to the side and successfully dodged Xuan Yuanjue. Xuan Yuanjue couldn't find any support for a moment, and his body couldn't help but fall forward. If it weren't for Xuan Shu, who was quick - eyed and quick - handed, to hold him up, he might have fallen head - first to the ground.
"Little thing, you..." Xuan Yuanjue shook off Xuan Shu's hand that was holding him and looked at Shen Li with an unfriendly tone.
"It's getting late! If we don't leave now, those people outside might really set the mountain on fire. Then we might be trapped here for several days!" Shen Li directly interrupted Xuan Yuanjue's words, turned around without looking at him, and walked outside.
Xuan Yuanjue stood there and watched for a while. Seeing that Shen Li really walked outside without turning to look at him or paying attention to him, his face became even more gloomy.
"If the young master wants to stay here, then I'll leave first!" Shen Li didn't stop walking, and her voice came faintly from the front.
"Leave! Why not leave? This young master doesn't want to stay here overnight!" Xuan Yuanjue's voice was gritted with teeth. He flung his sleeve and quickly followed up.
Xuan Shu, who was standing behind, watched the two of them leave one after another. He shook his head helplessly and sighed in his heart: Their young master would turn into such a shameless person whenever he met Miss Shen. Even he, the personal servant, couldn't stand it!
On the way out this time, Xuan Yuanjue didn't complain about being too weak to move forward. But since just now, he had been keeping a cold face, as if someone owed him tens of thousands of taels of silver. He didn't say a word to Shen Li, and even Xuan Shu didn't dare to say a word.
"Sir, let me help you!" When they reached the cave entrance, because Xuan Yuanjue's arm was injured and he couldn't exert too much force, Xuan Shu quickly prepared to go up and help him.
"No need!" Xuan Yuanjue waved away Xuan Shu's hand that wanted to help. He said with a bit of a grudge, "What's the use of helping? Just let me fall! It would be even better if my wound opens up again! Anyway, no one cares about me!"
Hearing his childish words, Shen Li found it funny in her heart. But she still couldn't bear to see him really fall, so she stretched out her hand. "Let me help you!"