Chapter 82 Winning by Doing Nothing is Invincible
After passing through the dark sea route, what comes into view is lush green grass and rows of trees.
Everyone seemed to have entered another world, and they couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
"There's no seawater here! We can breathe freely!"
"All the water spirit orbs I prepared are useless now. I never expected the ruins to be on land!"
A group of people were chattering away, marveling at the scenery around them, when they suddenly realized that there seemed to be fewer people around them.
These people included disciples of the Southern Spirit Sect and disciples of the Northern Ridge Holy Land, but the number of people standing here was more than half less than when they first entered, as if they had vanished into thin air.
Those present were taken aback.
"Lan Yue is missing!" a disciple of the Southern Spirit Sect shouted.
All the disciples of the Southern Spirit Sect were terrified. Even Lan Yue, who possessed a celestial artifact, had disappeared at the beginning. How could they possibly escape successfully?
"Lan Yue?" Baili Xingzhou frowned. He remembered that the girl he had met before was named Lan Yue.
"Listen carefully, everyone. This ruin has deliberately separated people. The others may be elsewhere, so don't panic."
He gave instructions to the disciples of the Northern Ridge Holy Land behind him.
"Silence!" A familiar voice rang out from the crowd of the Southern Spirit Sect.
"Senior Sister Qingzhu!" someone exclaimed.
"Shh." Qingzhu didn't carry her signature oil-paper umbrella; instead, she held a long sword.
Seeing this already famous senior sister, all the disciples of the Southern Spirit Sect breathed a sigh of relief.
It's said that Senior Sister has already reached the Golden Core stage, and she must have come here to protect them.
Although they didn't know how their senior sister got in, they felt at ease.
"I hope Lanyue and the others are safe and sound." Qingzhu's eyes also showed a hint of worry.
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The other half.
Lan Yue found everything around her very strange. Why was there earth above her head?
[System: Girl, you're upside down, didn't you notice?]
Lan Yue was startled, only then realizing that she was hanging upside down on a tree, or more precisely, stuck to a large spider web.
A huge black spider was quietly weaving its web there, probably still unaware of her presence.
Judging from the aura of this black spider, it should be a Foundation Establishment stage demon beast.
She has now reached the early stage of Foundation Establishment, so fighting this demonic beast is not a problem for her.
However, before she could even draw her sword, she noticed that one, two, three, four... had appeared around her.
All I can say is that this towering tree is covered in dense spider webs, all from these giant spiders.
She immediately pretended to be dead and stopped moving.
One or two can be dealt with, but this whole family is truly impossible to handle.
How come she's so unlucky even when visiting an ancient site? Did she offend the heavens?
Since she couldn't move and the monster hadn't noticed her, she could only try her best to conceal herself and reduce her presence.
Fortunately, the Ten Thousand Year Cold Jade and the system's concealment were very effective, allowing her to successfully doze off next to this Foundation Establishment stage spider demon beast.
She accidentally fell asleep, and when she woke up, the spider opposite her was still weaving its web.
[Lan Yue: Sigh, those communication methods within the secret realm are useless. I wonder how Yun Xi and the others are doing.]
The spider opposite suddenly stopped and paced back and forth, but it couldn't find anything strange, so it had to go back to weaving its web.
Just when Lan Yue was getting so bored she was practically rotting away.
On the other side of the volcanic cluster, the twin siblings and Yuan Shuo fell into this place.
The volcanic cluster was inhabited by a group of fiery beasts whose bodies blazed with flames. Upon seeing the three of them, they immediately roared and chased after them.
"These fire beasts are extremely troublesome. Each of them is at least at the Foundation Establishment stage. We must be careful not to get caught." Wu Tianya said with a grave expression.
As she ran, she worried about Lan Yue's situation. "I wonder where Lan Yue and the others have fallen. I hope they can escape safely and reunite with us."
"Hey sis, don't worry about that guy. How could she be in danger? Lan Yue is probably sleeping soundly right now."
All I can say is that Lan Yue really did get a good night's sleep, and she still feels refreshed. She just can't move around easily, otherwise she would be living an even more carefree life.
Just as she was about to indulge in some internal monologue, the giant spider finally made another move.
It swiftly stepped off the spider web and disappeared in no time.
"Now!" Lan Yue's eyes lit up. Just as she was about to have Yin Xue cut off the spider silk on her body, she saw the spider silk come back again, with a twig in its mouth.
After the spider returns, gently stick this twig onto the web, and then continue weaving the web next to it.
Lan Yue looked at that branch and her mouth watered.
Because the branches were full of juicy, cherry-like spiritual fruits, and they were overflowing with spiritual energy, they were clearly high-grade spiritual objects!
Seeing the black spider demon beast run away again, she quickly stretched out her head, secretly gathered water elemental power, washed the fruits, and then swiftly bit into one of them.
The sweet taste exploded in her mouth, and Lan Yue squinted her eyes, thoroughly enjoying it.
Of course, she didn't forget to put all the fruits into her storage ring, and in the end, she didn't even leave that piece of branch behind.
Soon the giant black spider brought another branch, laden with orange-yellow spirit fruits.
When it returned, the spider gently stuck the branch onto its web. It was startled to find that the right side was completely empty.
Perhaps feeling that the strong winds had blown away all the spiritual fruits he had collected, the giant spider diligently crawled around a few more times to reinforce the web within that area.
After reinforcing the spider web, he quickly left, presumably to search for spirit fruits again.
Lan Yue kept using her spiritual sense to observe the spiders around her. The other spiders were much more normal; some brought carnivores, while others brought various smaller monsters.
This one is rather strange; it likes all kinds of spiritual fruits, and its aura is different from that of other spider demons.
It's probably an oddity among these spiders, as it only likes to eat vegetables and doesn't like to eat meat. No wonder the spiders over there didn't move when she first fell here.
Before the spider returned, Lan Yue quickly put away the branch and went back as if nothing had happened.
[Yinxue: Lanyue, what have you been doing here? Can I help you leave?]
Yin Xue's voice sounded somewhat puzzled.
[Lan Yue: Wait a little longer, wait a little longer.]
A short while later, the giant spider returned, once again bringing a branch full of juicy fruits.
This time, the spiritual fruit turned out to be a very familiar red jade fruit, and it was even more plump than the red jade fruit from Green Jade Mountain.
[Lan Yue: How can I leave now? This is the first time in my life I've hit the jackpot; I have to fleece this spider before I leave!]
Lan Yue was in high spirits and refused to leave!
What's the point of leaving? There might be even more dangers in these ruins. Instead of her huffing and puffing her way through the search, she might as well let this giant spider do the work.
Anyway, the spider monster has a huge family and can find things quickly. If she relied on herself, it would take her forever to find it!
This is the confidence of a lowly cannon fodder!
If she had Yunxi's luck, she would definitely leave no matter what!
After a while, the monster returned, bringing another branch with lots of pink fruit hanging on it.
When it returned this time, it saw that there was nothing on the spider web and finally realized that something was wrong.
The giant black spider suddenly placed the branch on its web, then, suspending a strand of silk, lunged at the web beside it.
The two giant spiders fought there for a long time. Finally, the familiar black spider returned triumphantly, rested for a while, and then ran out again, hanging on its web.
[Lan Yue: This is so touching! Its intelligence is truly amazing. I knew I made the right choice!]
[system:...]
The system was speechless and threw a string of ellipses at her.
Back and forth like this, Lan Yue harvested batch after batch. The giant black spider over there had also fought with all the spiders around it, and was so exhausted that it collapsed and lay motionless on its own web.
[Lan Yue: Hehe, finally found something more interesting than just watching the drama unfold! Turns out, winning without lifting a finger is so comfortable!]
[This black spider is quite strange, let me see what's going on.]