Volume 9 Chapter 74 A Rare Sumptuous Meal

“Why won’t you believe me?!”

“Okay, okay, okay, how skilled are you?”

I had spent ages contemplating how to answer the question already. “… I don’t want to talk about my martial arts skills. For all questions pertaining to my martial arts, I can only say, ‘See for yourself, and make your own judgement. Do not tell anybody.’ I only ask that you keep to yourself whether you see me as weak or strong, competent or incompetent. Do not share. That is my only request.”

Shen Yiren came forward and tapped me on the shoulder: “It’s okay. I won’t tell anyone.”

I wasn’t asking you to keep me being piss weak a secret! Stop giving me that pitiful look!

“That’s all I have to ask for today. We have plenty of time in the future to converse more. For now…” Shen Yiren got up to stretch out and scrutinise the room. “We need to find a way out of here.”

“Oh?” I folded my arms. “Didn’t you say there’s no escape once eternal stone descends?”

“Though eternal stone is indestructible, this is only a stone door. Humans make trap mechanisms, so… We only have enough water and rations to last for seven days, at most. Therefore, we should have enough time to find clues. We’ve only been searching in this main room. I’d say we have a chance of finding clues in the other rooms. What say you?”

“You have my vote. You’ve forgotten something, though.”

“What’s that?”

“When Poison King came out from that room and discovered the eternal stone had been lowered, he looked more despaired than witnessing his mother have an affair.”

“I get it, b-”

“No, I’m not implying that, just because he can’t find an exit, we can’t find one. All I’m trying to point out is that, since he wasn’t cognisant of the fact that it had already dropped, he must’ve entered ahead of us. Why would he be here if he entered prior