Chapter 312 Sneaking into Underground Palace
A burial is something small and much easier as compared to other conditions. Earl Carl would naturally not reject.

He gave the two maps in his hands to Chu Tiankuo. “Since that’s the case, the hiding place of the Vampire’s Cloak is marked on the map. The rest is up to you two to go find it. I can only help you so far.”

Chu Tiankuo received the two torn maps from his hands. After checking, he confirmed that they were the real deal. Glancing at Tang Xia who was still lowering her head and sobbing, he passed her the map.

He coaxed gently, “We have the complete map now. Let’s go to the next place. I’ve asked them to give him a proper burial. There’s nothing we can’t leave behind now.”

Tang Xia naturally knew that Su Yanxun was just eliminated. She quickly composed herself and gave a big nod to Chu Tiankuo. At this moment, her eyes were clear and clean as if they were just washed by heavy rain.

The duo got the items they needed on this trip to the Underground Palace from Earl Carl. They also changed into clean clothes. After they finished getting ready, they watched Su Yanxun get buried and then headed off to Underground Palace with a comforted heart in search of the Vampire’s Cloak.

They started searching while looking at the map. The journey was a little difficult. Every turn led them to a harsher environment.

Chu Tiankuo managed to resolve all the sudden situations, which caused Tang Xia to be displeased. Chu Tiankuo then remembered that he had agreed with Ye Yifan to not interfere in Tang Xia’s matters. Today, he had already interfered in quite a lot.

He felt a little helpless and could only let Tang Xia walk in front of her. Looking at her back view, he had this inexplicable feeling that this girl was very different. He slowly walked up to her until he was beside her. He then asked, “Has anyone ever told you that you are different from normal girls?”

Hearing this, she lifted her head blurrily. She looked at him. “How am I different?”

When talking to him, she did not look at the road. There was a swamp ahead and she almost stepped into it.

Chu Tiankuo was startled and immediately pulled her up into his embrace. Tang Xia got such a big scare that her heart was thumping like crazy.

She picked up a stone and threw it in. The stone was sunk in no time. Tang Xia quickly took two steps back and looked at him angrily. “This is all your fault! Why are you talking to me? I almost ended up like that rock!”

Chu Tiankuo also felt a little apologetic. Seeing Tang Xia walk around the swamp angrily, he could only follow after her.

Looking at her cheeks that were puffing with slight arrogance, he found her extremely cute. “You are really much stubborn than normal girls, yet you are just a little girl yourself.”

Tang Xia was surprised when she heard it yet she pretended that she did not hear him. Thinking about how she was always unwilling to let him come close to her or to let him help her, and also her anxious face when he was injured the day before, Chu Tiankuo’s facial expression suddenly darkened. He asked solemnly, “Tang Xia, why are you so against me helping you?”

With regard to this issue, since Chu Tiankuo had already reached an agreement with Ye Yifan, shouldn’t he know the reason for it?

Tang Xia wanted to refuse to answer the question, so she did not say a word.

However, unexpectedly, Chu Tiankuo leaped forward and grabbed her shoulder, forcing her to look at him in the eyes.

Tang Xia looked at Chu Tiankuo blankly. Seeing his earnest expression, she had no choice but to answer. “The reason is very simple. When I first wanted to become a streamer, I wanted to become the best through my own effort. That can only happen if I rely on my own effort! I don’t want others to say that I’m just a streamer that relied on others to get to where I am today!”

Tang Xia’s eyes seemed to be concealing a burning hot sun. Not everyone could have that ray of confidence.

Chu Tiankuo’s heart seemed to be captured by her eyes. He had always liked how confident she was.

Tang Xia wanted to break free of his hand. She said helplessly, “Since you’ve already finished asking the question, can you let go of me now? We still have to get moving! We need to quickly find the cloak and go back as soon as possible. I still need to check if Ye Yifan had returned safely.”

Chu Tiankuo was initially going to let go of her but when he suddenly heard the three words ‘Ye Yifan’ coming out from her mouth and the worried tone, he suddenly felt displeased inexplicably. Hence, his grip on her shoulders intensified.

Tang Xia was startled. Feeling his strength intensifying instead of lessening, she looked at him in shock. “What are you doing?”

His gaze suddenly became heavy. With a tint of jealousy, he asked, “Then let me ask you this. What are your feelings towards me?”

After hearing the question, Tang Xia did not know what to do. She dodged his gaze and looked at one side. She even started to stammer, “You…why are you suddenly asking this?”Read More chapter on our vi pnovel. com

She felt that she wanted to escape this question out of instinct.

Chu Tiankuo also clearly noticed this from her expression. However, he became even more serious and continued, “When I was heavily hurt, I can feel that your anxiousness is different. I can also clearly feel how you treat me differently. Tang Xia, I just want to know what you really think.”

Tang Xia did not even know what she really thought about it. She just felt a little awkward at that moment.

At that moment, she suddenly saw a weird shape not far away. It looked like a tombstone. She quickly pointed at it and exclaimed, “Hey! Look what’s that!”

However, Chu Tiankuo did not look at it at all. His gaze did not even falter. He just stared at her seriously.

Tang Xia suddenly felt a little awkward. She patted his hand and pointed behind him. She said with a slight plea, “Really, there’s something behind you! It looks like a tombstone.”

Chu Tiankuo remained silent for a while before releasing her shoulders a little defeatedly.

He knew she was shifting the subject, but he also looked at the tombstone she said. He frowned impatiently and said, “This is the exit of the Underground Palace, let’s go in.”

After saying that, he walked towards it on his own.

Tang Xia froze. She did not expect that the excuse she had used to change the topic was really the entrance of Underground Palace. She quickly followed after him.

After taking a closer look, she realized that the tombstone was only used to attract attention. The most important thing was the set-up below.

Chu Tiankuo found it in no time and the door to Underground Palace was opened.

Since Tang Xia had to insist on walking in front, Chu Tiankuo did not let her be. He pointed at the long and empty corridor ahead and picked up a rock to throw towards it.

Tang Xia watched as the stone was cut into two by a wire-like thread. She covered her mouth in shock.

On the contrary, Chu Tiankuo was very calm. He took out a dagger from his waist and suddenly rushed in like the wind. He was so fast that she could not even see his figure.

Soon, Chu Tiankuo was standing on the other side. He said lightly, “You can come now.”

Then, he wiped the dagger in his hand.

When Tang Xia walked towards him, she realized that the ground was covered with steel wires cut by the dagger. At that instant, her admiration for Chu Tiankuo increased.

After walking for an unknown period of time, the Underground Palace became increasingly moist. Soon, there were more traps which the duo solved one by one. The whole journey could be considered to be dangerous.

Suddenly, there were several things like chess in front of them. The black and white on the ground looked like a chessboard. Each piece was taller than Tang Xia.

Chu Tiankuo looked at it for a while before turning to Tang Xia and said, “We must probably solve this game in order to open that door.”

Tang Xia observed it carefully for a long time. It was indeed a game of chess. She looked at Chu Tiankuo and chuckled. Chu Tiankuo thought that she was strange.

She spent some time figuring the game out and pushed the pieces to different places. Suddenly, the door behind opened.

Chu Tiankuo could not help but be a little surprised. Tang Xia then patted away the dust on her hands confidently. “I was trained in chess.”

Actually, for the past two days in the Vampires’ Castle, she only had western chess to keep her company. She was already bored with it.Read More chapter on our vi pnovel. com

Chu Tiankuo walked to where the chess pieces were moved and checked the original tiles. After a short while, he suddenly said in a lowered voice, “If you’ve made one wrong move, we would probably be gone with the wind already.” After saying that, he stood up slowly.

Tang Xia could not help but feel confused after listening to what he said. “What are you saying? What do you mean?” She quickly ran towards him and checked out what he had just checked.

He pointed to the tiles on the ground. “There are bombs below. You can say that there are bombs below the entire chessboard. When one goes off, all of it will also go off. You can’t escape it even if you’re a god!”

After hearing that, Tang Xia was a little scared. She looked at the tiles and thought, “How many bombs are there! This is enough to bomb the entire place to a leveled ground!”

Anyways, since it was over already, she did not want to think about it.

Chu Tiankuo pulled Tang Xia’s hand and the duo entered the door that opened behind them. Upon entering, they saw a huge circular space. The surrounding walls were curved. The decorations looked like they have been for a long time. There were some murals on the top, but they could not figure out what the painting was about.

The two walked slowly. Chu Tiankuo observed for a while and said, “This should be the center of the whole Underground Palace.”

Tang Xia took out the map in her hand and looked at it for a while. This was indeed the case. This room was the middle ground. She said, “Then according to the map, Vampire’s Cloak should be here.”

Chu Tiankuo nodded.

The two started to search for it. When they took their first step forward, the whole Underground Palace started to shake while making ‘vroom vroom’ sounds. Tang Xia was startled and looked at Chu Tiankuo in shock.

“Is it going to collapse!” Chu Tiankuo frowned. After looking around a few times, he shook his head. This did not seem like it was going to collapse!

He took Tang Xia’s hand and wanted to hold her in his arms. Some small stones from above started falling due to the shock. Chu Tiankuo quickly blocked them with his hands to prevent them from hitting Tang Xia.

Just then, an empty pit suddenly appeared in the center of the Underground Palace.

Chu Tiankuo frowned. Meanwhile, Tang Xia was in his arms and saw nothing.

Following that, a squarish thing slowly rose to the ground from the big pit. At the same time, the entire Underground Palace stopped shaking.