Immortality Cultivation: I can use my clansmen’s energy and blood to add points.

Curiously, she dipped her finger in a little water and put it to her nose to smell it. There was no strange smell, but instead a faint fragrance.

"Senior Brother Luo, Sister Wan'er, there is water here! It seems drinkable!" Su Xiaowan shouted as if she was offering a treasure.

Luo Qingchen and Lin Wan'er were concentrating on treating Bai Ling'er at the moment, and they just nodded slightly to indicate that they understood. After a long period of running and fighting, they did need to replenish water.

While Luo Qingchen was controlling the power of chaos to refine the elixir and recover himself, he was also observing the environment of the cave. His eyes fell on the glimmering stone wall at the end of the cave. The runes on the stone wall were ancient and obscure, with winding lines forming an indescribable rhythm. The style of these runes was indeed strikingly similar to the rune fragments he saw at the edge of the Starry Sky Illusionary Platform and the rune fragments he obtained when analyzing the altar of the Nine Nether Palace, but they seemed to be older and more incomplete.

In the center of the rune, the circular light gate that rippled like water waves emitted a gentle spatial fluctuation. This fluctuation was very weak, even a little unstable, but the energy attribute contained in it was the same as the star power of the Starry Sky Illusion, but it also carried a kind of... desolate and broken atmosphere.

"One-way portal..." Luo Qingchen whispered in his heart. This should be the only way to leave this strange mushroom forest. However, where the other side of the door leads to is still unknown. After experiencing the almost fatal teleportation turbulence in the Starry Sky Illusion, he was full of vigilance against this unstable space channel.

Time passed by little by little. The medicinal power of a moonlight orchid was slowly absorbed by Bai Ling'er, and the light of the leaves between her eyebrows stabilized a lot. Although it was still dim, at least there was no trend of further deterioration. Her pale face seemed to have regained a trace of blood color. Lin Wan'er continued to input vitality, and fine beads of sweat had already oozed out of her forehead, and her face became a little pale again.

Luo Qingchen's own injuries also recovered a little under the slow healing of the elixir and the power of chaos. At least his movements were no longer as difficult as before, and the exhausted chaos source in his body finally welcomed a trickle of water like a dry riverbed. Although it was still insignificant, it was finally showing signs of recovery.

He stood up, walked to the rune stone wall, and studied it carefully. His spiritual sense penetrated into those ancient runes, trying to analyze the information in them. However, these runes were more complex and incomplete than those in the starry sky illusion. With his current attainments in formations and runes, and his mental strength not yet fully recovered, he could only barely recognize the spatial teleportation properties contained in them, as well as a vague artistic conception related to "stars", "destruction", and "abandonment".

"It seems that this is probably the entrance to an abandoned ancient ruins that originated from the Starry Sky Illusion." Luo Qingchen made a judgment in his mind. The Starry Sky Illusion itself is full of weirdness, and this abandoned ruins is probably even more dangerous.

"Senior Brother Luo, how is it?" Lin Wan'er stopped transmitting spiritual power and walked over, looking at the light gate with a questioning look in her eyes.

Luo Qingchen turned around and looked at Lin Wan'er, Su Xiaowan who came over, and Bai Ling'er whose breath was a little stable on the stone platform.

"This should be a portal leading to an abandoned place related to the Starry Sky Fantasy." Luo Qingchen said, "Although the insect swarm outside is temporarily blocked by the vines, we can't stay here forever. The energy of these vines seems to be slowly weakening, and our food and water sources are limited."

When Su Xiaowan heard this, her face fell again: "Abandoned place? Isn't that more dangerous? We just escaped from a bug nest, and now we have to go to some damn place that no one knows what it is?" As she spoke, she glanced at the wriggling purple vines at the entrance of the cave with lingering fear.

"No venture, no gain." Luo Qingchen's eyes swept across the light door, "Staying here is waiting for death. Going through this door may be dangerous, but there may also be a glimmer of hope, or even a way to completely cure Ling'er." He paused and looked at Lin Wan'er, "Wan'er, what do you think?"

Lin Wan'er looked at Luo Qingchen's determined eyes, then looked down at Bai Ling'er, who was breathing weakly in her arms, and nodded gently: "I will listen to Senior Brother Luo. No matter what lies ahead, we will go through it together."

Su Xiaowan looked at this, then looked at that, and finally stamped her feet: "Alright, alright! Let's go! Anyway, following you, Senior Brother Luo, I'm either being chased or on the way to be chased. I'm used to it! But we have a deal, if we encounter something more disgusting than those bugs, I... I will be the first to run away!"

Luo Qingchen's lips rarely curled up a faint smile. Although this girl said she was afraid of death, she never fell. "Don't worry, I will protect you."

After making the decision, the three of them no longer hesitated. Luo Qingchen carefully put away the remaining moonlight orchids and took some clean water and moss found by Su Xiaowan for later use. Lin Wan'er checked Bai Ling'er's condition again, and after confirming that her condition was temporarily stable, she wrapped her in soft cloth and carefully held her in her arms.

Luo Qingchen walked to the door of light that was rippling like water waves, took a deep breath, and gathered the little bit of chaotic power he had recovered to protect his body. He looked back at Lin Wan'er and Su Xiaowan, signaling them to follow him.

"gone!"

He took the lead and stepped into the rippling halo. His figure disappeared in an instant like a stone thrown into the water.

Lin Wan'er hugged Bailing'er tightly and followed in without hesitation.

Su Xiaowan looked at the light door, as if she could see a monster with bared fangs and claws behind the door. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and gave herself courage: "I'm not afraid! Go ahead!" Then she also dived into the light door.

As the three figures disappeared, silence returned to the cave. Only the ancient rune stone wall still emitted a faint light, and the light gate in the center continued to ripple like water waves, as if it had never changed. At the entrance of the cave, the dark purple vines sensed that there was no breath of life inside, and the energy light on the surface also dimmed a little, as if they fell into silence, quietly waiting for the next intruder, or the day when the energy was exhausted. Outside the cave, in the depths of the dark light mushroom forest, there was a faint disturbing "rustling" and "clicking" sound, which seemed to indicate that a new danger was brewing.

The moment I passed through the light gate, I didn't feel the expected dizziness, but a strange feeling of stretching and squeezing, as if my body was infinitely stretched and then compressed into a point. There was no longer a chaotic color in front of me, but a deep, almost solidified darkness, accompanied by a subtle "crackling" sound like shattering glass.

This feeling only lasted for a brief moment.

The next moment, Luo Qingchen felt his feet go empty and his body suddenly fell downwards!

"Ah!" Su Xiaowan's scream followed closely.

Luo Qingchen reacted very quickly. Even in this sudden state of weightlessness, he still reached out and grabbed Lin Wan'er and Su Xiaowan who were also falling. The power of chaos surged out of his body. Although it was still thin, it barely formed a layer of buffering cyclone around the three people, slowing down the speed of falling. Bang! Bang! Bang!
The three of them fell one after another onto the hard and cold ground. Although the power of chaos cushioned them, the huge impact still caused their blood to boil.

"Ahem...my butt...is in trouble again..." Su Xiaowan rubbed her buttocks with a grimace, feeling that this time she fell even harder than last time.

Luo Qingchen didn't bother to check his injuries. He immediately stood up and looked around vigilantly.

They seemed to be in a vast expanse of ruins that stretched as far as the eye could see.

There was no sky above his head, only a silent, dark grey void that seemed to be solidified. No sun, moon or stars could be seen. Only some distant and dim points of light like star fragments were floating slowly in the void, emitting a faint and cold light.

Under his feet was a huge broken and fractured stone slab. The material of the stone slab was strange, neither gold nor stone. The surface was covered with thick dust and engraved with ancient runes similar to those on the cave walls, but most of them were in tatters. There were collapsed pillars, collapsed temple wreckage, broken arch bridges scattered around... Everything looked so old, dilapidated and desolate.

The air was thin and cold, filled with a long-forgotten smell and a kind of... chaotic energy fluctuations. The energy here was much richer than the mushroom forest before, and its properties were similar to the star power in the Starry Sky Illusion, but it was like broken glass, full of discordant conflicts and violent auras, and if you inhale it, you will even feel a slight tingling in your meridians.

"What is this place?" Lin Wan'er stood up holding Bai Ling'er, looking at the dead ruins in front of her with a frown. Bai Ling'er was still sleeping, but Lin Wan'er could feel that the chaotic energy here did not seem to be good for Bai Ling'er, and even had the signs of interfering with the efficacy of the Moonlight Orchid in her body.

"It feels even more uncomfortable than that dark palace and the eerie mushroom forest..." Su Xiaowan shrank her neck and looked around, "It's dead and lifeless, there's not even a blade of grass. Are there any ghosts?"

Luo Qingchen did not speak. His consciousness spread out carefully, exploring the surrounding environment. The space here seemed very unstable, and the gravity was a bit strange, sometimes light and sometimes heavy. The light emitted by those floating "star fragments" in the distance carried a disturbing radiation.

"Let's find a place to stay first, check Ling'er's condition, and then make plans." Luo Qingchen said in a deep voice. He could feel that his injuries were recovering more slowly in this chaotic energy environment, and there were even signs of erosion. He had to find a relatively safe and stable place as soon as possible.

The three of them walked through the ruins carefully. Many of the stone slabs under their feet had already broken. If they were not careful, they might fall into the dark cracks below. The chaotic energy in the air was like an invisible knife, constantly scraping their body energy.

After walking for about half an hour, they found a relatively sheltered corner behind a relatively intact ruin. This seemed to be the site of an ancient altar, with some broken pieces of sacrificial vessels scattered on the ground. The material was unknown and they were cold to the touch.

Lin Wan'er immediately put Bai Ling'er down and checked her condition again. As expected, the light of the leaf between Bai Ling'er's eyebrows seemed to dim a little, and the trace of blood on her face disappeared. The medicinal power of the Moonlight Orchid was slowly being offset by the chaotic energy here.

"No, the energy here is harmful to Ling'er." Lin Wan'er said anxiously, "We must find a place that contains pure energy or can isolate this chaotic energy as soon as possible."

Luo Qingchen frowned. He tried to activate the power of chaos, and found that although the power of chaos could slowly absorb and refine the chaotic energy here, the efficiency was extremely low, and the conflict generated during the refining process also made his meridians ache. The energy in this place was more troublesome than he had imagined.

"Don't worry." Luo Qingchen tried his best to keep his voice steady. "I'll recover some strength first, and then explore the surroundings. This ruins is so vast, maybe I can find something useful."

He sat cross-legged, took out a moonlight orchid, and swallowed it directly instead of applying it externally. He began to fully practice the Chaos Art, refining the medicinal power, and at the same time tried to guide the chaotic star energy around him to temper himself. This was an extremely risky move, and if he was not careful, he might get burned, but it was also the fastest way to restore his strength. The power of chaos was said to contain everything, and perhaps he could find a glimmer of hope in this broken energy ocean.

Lin Wan'er stood guard beside Luo Qingchen and Bai Ling'er, keeping an eye on the surroundings. Su Xiaowan couldn't sit still and began to search through the nearby ruins.

"Hey, Sister Wan'er, look, what is this?" Not long after, Su Xiaowan ran back holding a palm-sized, black metal piece shaped like a turtle shell. "There are patterns on it, too, the same as the ones on the ground, but a little smaller. Do you think this is a shield used by the people who lived here before? It's too small, isn't it?"

Lin Wan'er took it and looked at it. The metal piece was heavy to the touch. The runes on it were indeed consistent with the style of the ruins, but it was incomplete and its specific purpose could not be seen. She shook her head: "I don't know, maybe it's a fragment of some artifact."

Su Xiaowan was a little disappointed. She stuffed the "small turtle shell" into her storage bag and muttered, "How stingy! I don't even have a decent treasure..."

At this moment, Luo Qingchen suddenly opened his eyes, and a fierce look flashed in his eyes!
"Something is coming!"

Almost as soon as he finished speaking, a low, creaking sound, like metal friction, came from the shadow of the ruins not far away.

Lin Wan'er and Su Xiaowan immediately became nervous and clenched their weapons.

Crunch...crunch...

The sound was getting closer. A few humanoid constructs made of broken metal and rocks, with twisted shapes and unstable electric sparks flashing at their joints, staggered out of the ruins!

These constructs are about ten feet tall, their bodies are broken, some even lack arms or legs, and can only move slowly by relying on strange balance. (End of this chapter)