Chapter 00358: I’ll Even Take Your Pot
# I’ll Even Take Your Pot
Chapter 358
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 358: I’ll Even Take Your Pot
Gong Yunqi sighed deeply.
"I've been trapped here for 180,000 years. In truth, we all know the chances of leaving this place are slim. From what I understand, ever since this canyon came into existence, no one has ever managed to leave. As for why Bai Hai and the others knew that the teleportation array could send them into a sealed killing formation, it’s because someone found a soul jade slip at the bottom of the Juesheng Pool. The cultivator who left that jade slip was named Xiao Xuanchen. All the information Bai Hai and the others obtained came from Xiao Xuanchen’s records..."
Lan Xiaobu quickly understood.
Xiao Xuanchen must have been an extraordinary talent.
He, too, had been trapped in that killing formation, but unlike Lan Xiaobu, Xiao Xuanchen had likely found another way to escape.
However, for some reason, he had perished in the Juesheng Pool.
If it weren’t for Lan Xiaobu’s stroke of luck in setting up a ninth-grade explosive array outside the killing formation, he might not have made it out either.
"You should know by now that Xiao Xuanchen met the same fate as us—he was teleported to the Juesheng Pool. His luck was worse than ours, though. At least we survived, while he perished in the pool."
Gong Yunqi’s tone grew somber.
"There’s one more thing that all the Immortal Emperors who’ve been here for a long time know: once you’ve survived here for 200,000 years, over 90% of the Immortal Emperors will voluntarily offer themselves as sacrifices by jumping into that iron pot. Only a very few can avoid this fate. As for why, no one knows."
"How does the sacrifice work?" Lan Xiaobu asked, puzzled.
Gong Yunqi explained, "You jump into the iron pot and let it dissolve you into nothingness. The few of us who are nearing the 200,000-year mark are..."
Before Gong Yunqi could finish, Lan Xiaobu’s expression suddenly changed, and his entire body began to tremble.
"Brother Lan, what’s wrong?" Gong Yunqi asked urgently.
Lan Xiaobu spat out a mouthful of blood and said in a hurried voice, "That iron pot seems to be calling me to sacrifice myself. I can’t control my body—it’s being pulled toward the pot..."
At that moment, Lan Xiaobu’s body began to move uncontrollably, clearly being drawn toward the iron pot.
"That’s impossible! You’ve only been here for a short time!" Gong Yunqi exclaimed in disbelief.
"Is there any way to stop this?" Lan Xiaobu quickly threw out several array flags, setting up a defensive array to block himself.
But within moments, the array began to crack and shatter.
"The only way is to rush into the Juesheng Pool, but entering the pool is also a death sentence..."
Gong Yunqi said anxiously.
"Can the iron pot be taken away?" Lan Xiaobu asked urgently.
Gong Yunqi knew he couldn’t help Lan Xiaobu, so he could only say, "The pot can be picked up, but everyone who has tried to move it has either voluntarily placed it back and jumped in as a sacrifice, or been sucked into the pot, which then returns to its original position. That pot is called the Life and Death Cauldron. It’s said to be a top-tier treasure, and it has an owner. No one has ever been able to take it away..."
*Crack!* Lan Xiaobu’s defensive array shattered.
Lan Xiaobu didn’t bother setting up another array.
Instead, he grabbed a handful of array flags and said, "Brother Gong, I need your help. When we get near the pot, attack it immediately, and then we’ll use the teleportation array to escape."
Gong Yunqi sighed again.
"That might just send us back into the Juesheng Pool..."
He didn’t say it out loud, but he knew that if they ended up in the Juesheng Pool again, he probably wouldn’t survive.
Lan Xiaobu couldn’t stop his body from being pulled toward the pot, but he still clasped his fists and said, "Brother Gong, please help me this once. Maybe we can leave this place. For us, as long as there’s a sliver of hope, we shouldn’t give up. Brother Gong, if you stay here, you’ll die for sure. Trust me this once, and you might just survive."
After a moment of hesitation, Gong Yunqi caught up to Lan Xiaobu and said, "Alright. Even if I don’t help you, I don’t have many days left anyway. Rather than suffering here, I might as well make a friend like you."
As Lan Xiaobu was pulled toward the iron pot, many Immortal Emperors watched in silence.
This wasn’t the first time they’d seen such a scene.
However, Lan Xiaobu didn’t seem like someone who had been here for 200,000 years.
In the distance, Liu Yanjin, who saw Lan Xiaobu’s pitiful state, didn’t feel any schadenfreude.
Today’s Lan Xiaobu was tomorrow’s them.
"Brother Lan, we meet again," Gu Xu said slowly as he stood up and opened the wooden gate for Lan Xiaobu when he was pulled near.
Lan Xiaobu’s immortal energy surged, and he managed to stop for a moment in front of Gu Xu.
"Gu Xu, you didn’t fall from above, did you? But I also know you’re not one of the vampires here. Who are you?"
Gu Xu hunched over as if he hadn’t heard Lan Xiaobu’s words, muttering, "Go, go..."
Lan Xiaobu forced himself to stay in place.
While frantically carving void array patterns, he said, "Are you the servant of that vampire? Or are you the spirit of the iron pot? Or do you have some grand scheme?"
As he carved the array patterns, Lan Xiaobu continued to ramble.
"Brother Lan, I’ll go attack the pot first," Gong Yunqi said as he rushed to the iron pot and began fiercely attacking it with his treasure.
By then, Lan Xiaobu had finished setting up the array and was pulled to Gong Yunqi’s side.
Before the pot could suck him in, Lan Xiaobu threw out several high-grade immortal treasures to attack the pot.
To resist the pot’s pull, Lan Xiaobu burned his immortal energy like crazy.
The teleportation array near the pot gradually became clearer.
Lan Xiaobu threw out a handful of array flags and shouted, "Brother Gong, get on the teleportation array now!"
Without hesitation, Gong Yunqi stepped onto the teleportation array.
Lan Xiaobu spat out a mouthful of essence blood, and with his immortal energy burning, he also stepped onto the array.
The moment they entered the teleportation array, Lan Xiaobu threw out another handful of array flags.
The iron pot was lifted by Lan Xiaobu and placed beside him.
A violent force erupted from the depths of the pot, clearly trying to suck Lan Xiaobu in and return to its original position.
But Lan Xiaobu decisively threw out a high-grade immortal spirit vein and another handful of array flags.
In an instant, a ninth-grade teleportation array was set up.
"Let’s go!" Lan Xiaobu roared as he activated the array with a series of intricate hand seals.
The iron pot, which had been floating beside him, didn’t suck him in.
Instead, it was sent into the Cosmic Dimension Matrix by the teleportation array.
Once the pot entered the Cosmic Dimension Matrix, its pull on Lan Xiaobu vanished completely.
With another wave of his hand, the void array patterns he had set up earlier came into play.
The wooden barrel buried underground by Gu Xu was lifted by the array patterns and placed in Lan Xiaobu’s hands, then sent into the Cosmic Dimension Matrix.
The teleportation array activated, and Lan Xiaobu and Gong Yunqi disappeared without a trace.
Gu Xu stepped over to where the teleportation array had been, staring blankly at the spot where Lan Xiaobu and Gong Yunqi had vanished.
Not only had the two disappeared, but the teleportation array was gone as well.
When Lan Xiaobu had taken the pot, Gu Xu had acted as if he hadn’t seen it, because he knew no one could take the Life and Death Cauldron.
Even if someone had a True Spirit World, they couldn’t take the cauldron.
Unless they had a top-tier space that surpassed the True Spirit World—a space that couldn’t even be described by levels.
But even having such a top-tier space wasn’t enough.
You also had to be a top-tier ninth-grade array master.
Otherwise, you wouldn’t be able to send the Life and Death Cauldron into your space.
Yet what had he just seen? Lan Xiaobu had taken the Life and Death Cauldron! Not only that, but he had also taken Gu Xu’s life-saving treasure!
Gu Xu’s face turned pale.
Though it had all happened in an instant, he didn’t even know how his barrel had been taken.
"Lan Xiaobu, Lan Xiaobu..."
Gu Xu muttered, his face pale and his body trembling.
A cold snort came from underground, and Gu Xu felt as if his soul was about to shatter from the sound.
He didn’t dare move.
Even though he knew the pot would eventually return, he had failed in his duty.
The only silver lining was that he now knew Lan Xiaobu possessed a top-tier world—one that surpassed the True Spirit World.
Anything that surpassed the True Spirit World was beyond even the level of innate treasures.
"Brother Lan, did you really take the pot?" Gong Yunqi asked, his face filled with awe.
As he spoke, they were teleported for the second time into this sealed space, which had two sealed passages.
The last time, Lan Xiaobu had gone to the rear passage to set up array flags, and they had escaped through the front passage, only to end up trapped in the killing formation of the Juesheng Pool.
"We’ll talk about that later. Brother Gong, wait here for me. Once I set up the explosive array, follow me closely into the rear sealed passage. If we’re even a moment late, someone will catch up to us," Lan Xiaobu said as he rushed to the front sealed passage and quickly set up an explosive array.
Then he rushed back and entered the rear sealed passage.
Gong Yunqi had lived for many years, and even if he wasn’t fond of scheming, he wasn’t a fool.
When Lan Xiaobu finished setting up the explosive array and rushed into the rear sealed passage, Gong Yunqi followed closely behind.
Once the explosive array was activated, Lan Xiaobu began throwing out array flags.
In a short time, the Kan and Li passages appeared before him.
Last time, Lan Xiaobu had chosen the Li passage to set up the Three-Moon Array Flags, which had sent them to the Juesheng Pool.
This time, Lan Xiaobu decided to set up the Loop Array Flags in the Kan passage.
If the Li passage was wrong, then the Kan passage must be the correct one.
Just as Lan Xiaobu was about to set up the array flags, a bad feeling suddenly washed over him.
He hadn’t felt this way last time when he set up the array flags in the Li passage.
Was the Kan passage also wrong? If the Kan passage was wrong, then there was no way out.
*Boom!* A series of tremors came from behind them.
Before Lan Xiaobu could speak, Gong Yunqi said in a trembling voice, "Brother Lan, it seems a powerful expert is chasing us. I can feel him getting closer..."
(That’s all for today’s update.
Goodnight, friends!)
(End of Chapter)