A magical journey of a sharp-tongued woman and a goofy man

Ye Shuli slowly stretched out her hand, her fingertips only an inch away from the rune.

The air seemed to freeze, and a tiny static charge danced on her fingertips.

Jiang Ye held his breath, watching her movements nervously, afraid that something terrible might happen next.

"Sister Li, shall we retreat first?" Jiang Ye swallowed hard, his heart pounding.

The eerie atmosphere reminded him of the horror movies he watched as a child, always giving him the feeling that some kind of monster might jump out at any moment.

"What's there to be cowardly about? Fortune favors the bold, don't you understand?" Ye Shuli rolled her eyes at him, but her fingertips didn't touch the runes for a long time.

"However... this thing is indeed a bit strange..." she muttered to herself, her mind racing as she tried to analyze the meaning of the runes.

Seeing her hesitation, Jiang Ye immediately perked up and transformed into a "master of persuasion": "Sister Li, look at these runes, they look like scribbles, they're obviously not good stuff! We finally found a spirit crystal mine, isn't it better to play it safe? What if we trigger some trap and lose our lives? What's the point of mining spirit crystals then?"

"Are you hoping something bad will happen to me so you can inherit my fortune?" Ye Shuli glanced at him sideways. This kid always messes things up at crucial moments.

"Heaven and earth bear witness, I truly care about Sister Li from the bottom of my heart!" Jiang Ye raised three fingers, making a vow gesture.

"Stop being so cheeky." Ye Shuli withdrew her hand and turned to look at Jiang Ye. "Go, pick up a stone."

Although Jiang Ye didn't understand why, he still obediently did as he was told.

He found a stone the size of an egg and handed it to Ye Shuli.

Ye Shuli took the stone, aimed at the runes that were flashing with a dark blue light, and flicked it gently.

With a "whoosh," the small stone struck the rune precisely.

The next second, something unexpected happened.

That stone instantly turned into dust!

Jiang Ye stared in disbelief at the scene, and couldn't help but swear: "Holy shit..."

Ye Shuli's expression also turned serious. The power of this rune far exceeded their expectations.

The two exchanged a glance, both seeing deep apprehension in each other's eyes.

"This thing... is a bit tricky..." Ye Shuli murmured.

Jiang Ye swallowed hard, his voice trembling slightly, "Sister Li... how about we..."

"Withdraw? Withdraw my ass! Those two words don't even exist in my dictionary!" Ye Shuli's eyes gleamed with excitement; this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

The more dangerous the place, the greater the opportunity it often presents, and she didn't want to give it up easily.

Jiang Ye's inner monologue: Is Sister Li perhaps the legendary "not shedding tears until seeing the coffin"?

Despite his complaints, he still obediently stood behind Ye Shuli, acting as a human shield.

Who told him to run into such a daring person?

Ye Shuli carefully examined the runes, muttering to herself, "This thing... looks a bit like... a QR code? Wait, let me scan it..." She took out a crystal from her storage bag and gestured towards the runes.

Of course, this is not a QR code payment; Ye Shuli is using crystals to record the shape and arrangement of runes.

"Sister Li, what kind of high-tech stuff is this?" Jiang Ye looked bewildered, completely unable to understand Ye Shuli's actions.

"High technology? This is called the power of knowledge, do you understand?" Ye Shuli explained while taking notes, "Although these runes look complicated, there are actually certain patterns to follow. According to my observation, this should be an ancient sealing rune. As long as you input spiritual power in a specific order, you can break the seal."

"That's amazing?" Jiang Ye's eyes widened. Sister Li is indeed Sister Li; she can always turn the impossible into the possible.

It took Ye Shuli nearly an hour to finally finish recording all the runes.

She took a deep breath and slowly channeled her spiritual power into the runes.

The runes shone brightly, emitting a buzzing sound. Then, a dazzling white light flashed, and the runes disappeared!

"It's done!" Ye Shuli clenched her fist excitedly. She had guessed right!

Jiang Ye breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, Sister Li was reliable, otherwise he would have lost his life today.

"Sister Li, you're amazing!" Jiang Ye gave a thumbs up and praised her generously.

Ye Shuli proudly raised her chin: "Of course, don't you know who I am!"

However, just as the two were about to celebrate, the ground suddenly began to shake...

"What's going on?" Jiang Ye's expression changed.

Ye Shuli also sensed something was wrong. She suddenly turned her head to look into the depths of the cave behind her, her eyes suddenly becoming serious: "It seems... something is about to come out..." Deep in the cave, the ground shook violently, and smoke and dust filled the air.

Once the dust had settled, a tall figure appeared before the two of them.

It was a puppet made of rock and spiritual energy, radiating powerful spiritual energy fluctuations.

"Holy crap! What is this thing?!" Jiang Ye cursed in shock. This puppet looked a hundred times more dangerous than the runes from before!

“A puppet guarding the spirit crystal,” Ye Shuli said with a grave expression, “It seems that this spirit crystal mine won’t be so easy to obtain.”

Without a word, the puppet launched an attack, its massive stone fist crashing down on Jiang Ye with a whooshing sound.

Jiang Ye dared not take the attack head-on and quickly dodged.

"Sister Li, help!" Jiang Ye cried out to Ye Shuli for help while dodging the puppet's attacks.

"What are you cowardly for! A man can't say no!" Although Ye Shuli said with disdain, her hands didn't stop moving as she quickly analyzed the puppet's attack patterns.

This puppet has extremely strong attack power, but its speed is relatively slow, and it will pause briefly after each attack. This is their chance!

"Jiang Ye, attract its attention!" Ye Shuli shouted.

"Sister Li, I suspect you're mind-controlling me! But I don't have enough evidence!" Jiang Ye complained as he tried his best to attract the puppet's attention, jumping up and down like a monkey.

Enraged by Jiang Ye, the puppet attacked even more fiercely, but each attack was followed by a brief pause.

In that brief pause, Ye Shuli seized the opportunity and slammed the spiritual crystal power she had gathered into the puppet's vital points.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the puppet crashed to the ground, turning into a pile of rubble.

"That's awesome!" Jiang Ye jumped up excitedly. Sister Li is really amazing!

"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up and collect the spirit crystals!" Ye Shuli urged. Although the puppet had been dealt with, no one knew whether there were any other dangers in this cave.

The two carefully collected the spirit crystals while cautiously observing their surroundings.

The cave was quiet except for the sounds of them collecting spirit crystals.

Suddenly, Ye Shuli stopped what she was doing and her gaze fell on a corner deep inside the cave...

“Jiang Ye,” Ye Shuli’s voice was low and serious, “Look over there…”