Chapter 340: The Rooms of Samsara (2/2)

Xue Wei felt his heart jolt, but he had more or less foreseen this happening.

Since he was prepared, his heart quickly calmed down again, and he scanned the room.

”Welcome to one of the rooms of Samsara,” an ancient voice suddenly boomed out from within the orb on the table.

Xue Wei frowned. Samsara? The circle of life and death? What was this place?

The feeling of danger increased in Xue Wei's mind, but he still managed to calm down. Even if there was a danger, he could do nothing about it now. He was trapped within the room.

Taking a deep breath, a dangerous glint appeared in Xue Wei's eyes as they focused on the orb.

Just as it was about to continue the door was suddenly opened, and Hei Gou was standing in the door frame together with Luoluo.

Every single feeling that Xue Wei had felt before vanished. The danger had perished instantly, and so had the feeling of being summoned by something.

He looked at the pearl-like orb, but it did not even let out an ounce of light anymore.

”What a grim room,” Hei Gou said as he strolled inside, looking at the many scratch marks. Xue Wei looked as both Luoluo and Hei Gou entered, but the door did not close, and the orb did not light up again.

Xue Wei hesitated, but he understood that this room would no longer activate. He instinctively realized that when Hei Gou and Luoluo entered, whatever had activated had shut down and would not activate again.

Looking at the pearl-like orb, Xue Wei hesitated for a moment before he reached out his hand and picked it up.

The orb was cool to touch, and when he touched it, space surrounding them suddenly started twisting. All of a sudden, a massive eyeball appeared in front of them.

The eyeball was red, unlike normal eyeballs, and it was leaving a heavy pressure on all of them.

Suddenly an archaic and slightly withered voice resounded in the ears of Luoluo, Hei Gou, and Xue Wei.

”Samsara is the cycle of death and rebirth to which life in the material world is bound. There is no escaping the circle; there is no escaping fate.”

Xue Wei narrowed his eyes, but before he had the time to say anything, space twisted again, and the eyeball had vanished into thin air.

”How strange,” Hei Gou said as he looked slightly stumped at the place where the eyeball had vanished, only Luoluo and Xue Wei were both silent.

Both seemed to be in deep thought. Xue Wei was contemplating what these rooms of Samsara might be and what their purpose was while Luoluo, on the other hand, was feeling uncomfortable because of the massive spiritual energy that had leaked from the eye.

Hei Gou was the least affected, and when he saw that both others were deep in thought, he just shrugged his shoulders as he left the room and continued on his search for treasures.

It took both Luoluo and Xue Wei took a long time before they calmed down. Xue Wei kept away the pearl-like orb, while Luoluo sent a final glance at the place where the eye had been.

”How was the refinement going?” Xue Wei asked her gently, and Luoluo, who had been severe and solemn smiled lightly when she heard his concern for her.

”It will take me some time to refine all the energy I consumed this time,” she said without hiding anything. ”The evilness within the energy is struggling when I am trying to cleanse it. But it is also much more powerful than the rest of the energy I command, so in the long run, it will be worth it. I just need to be patient and cleanse it little by little.”

Xue Wei nodded his head approvingly as he reached out his hand and ruffled the girl's hair.

There were no more treasures in the residential area when they exited; everything had been swiped clean by Hei Gou.

Together they left the cave, only to find that Xue Fu and her bats had surrounded Bai Tianyi, protecting him.

His brows were furrowed, sweat was pouring down his face, and his clothes were drenched.

A red mist seemed to envelop him, and from this mist, Xue Wei could feel hatred, anger, resentment, and other negative energies.

This was the evil energy, and Bai Tianyi was pushing himself. ”That idiot,” Luoluo muttered as she looked at Bai Tianyi with a tinge of worry in her eyes, ”He is reaching for the Ordinary Saint rank,” she explained, ”but he will need to consume a whole lot of evil energy to do so. I don't know if he can cleanse it fast enough, even with the natural defense that a sword artist has against evil beings.”

Xue Wei had a grim expression on his face as he observed Bai Tianyi. ”We can only trust in him,” he said eventually with a sigh.

”He must have a certain amount of faith in himself to be able to attempt this,” he continued, ”so we need to give him peace an quiet and trust that the evil spirit will not erode him, but conquer it instead.”

Luoluo nodded her head. Things were indeed as he said, they could do nothing else than trust in Bai Tianyi, and considering how he was an ancient old monster who had seen so many things, he was likely to know what he was doing.

”Time to look at our spoils of war,” Xue Wei snickered as he began sorting the many spoils and resources he had gained throughout the adventure.

Xue Wei laughed happily when he looked into the many resources he had gained, and even more so, he was relieved when he saw that there were multiple ships in the storage treasures.