Wen Xue gazed at the lotus in her hands, then looked at Chu Feng, who had come away empty-handed, and felt even more guilty.
"Junior brother, there's still time. You help me take this out, and I'll go find the Gu worms for you."
Wen Xue extended the lotus toward Chu Feng.
Seeing this, Chu Feng reached out as well — but rather than taking the lotus, he seized Wen Xue by the wrist.
"There's no more time. Besides, you don't know how to control the Gu worms anyway."
With that, he forcefully pulled Wen Xue back into the rock world.
With the outcome already decided, Wen Xue stopped dwelling on the matter and said to Chu Feng: "Junior brother Chu Feng, the favor you owed me — consider half of it repaid."
"Only half?" Chu Feng asked.
"Of course. Sure, you sacrificed quite a bit for me and very likely lost the inheritance here. That was loyal enough, I won't deny that."
"But what I did for you back then was nothing short of saving your life."
"Even if I'm grateful, we have to be fair about things, right?" Wen Xue said.
"Fair enough."
Chu Feng felt that what Wen Xue said was reasonable.
"So what do we do now? Leave directly? Or do you really have another way? Try again?" Wen Xue asked.
After all, she was an old monster — she knew that the results inside the world just now had been critical.
Under normal circumstances, failing there would mean it was time to give up entirely.
"There might still be a chance. I'm not sure, but let's give it a try."
"That said, Senior Sister, the next time your junior brother needs your help, don't hold anything back on me," Chu Feng said.
"Oh, listen to you talk."
"It wasn't that I was deliberately hiding things before. I just hadn't obtained what I wanted yet, so naturally I had to keep a card up my sleeve."
"Now I've gotten what I wanted."
"If you need me, junior brother, I'll fight with my life — even if it means my consciousness shatters."
As she spoke, Wen Xue carefully placed the lotus into the Universe Bag of her true body.
That way, even if her consciousness shattered and she returned to her true form, what she wanted was already secured.
Watching Wen Xue's careful movements, Chu Feng couldn't help but remark, "This lotus is actually worth far more than it appears."
"Not really. It's just particularly useful to me," Wen Xue said.
Chu Feng smiled but said nothing. Even as a consciousness, his observations were never wrong.
The value of this lotus was beyond imagination.
And that only proved how formidable the Gu worms inside it truly were.
"Junior brother, lead the way."
Wen Xue was ready for the final battle.
"Let's go."
With that, Chu Feng led Wen Xue toward the entrance of one of the rock caves.
Based on his observations, this was the last cave that could be entered here. The three caves before it had all been building up to this one.
This would be the place where everything was decided.
Passing through the barrier gate, a gentle breeze immediately swept over them.
Before them stretched an endless green grassland.
Even the slightest gust of wind could send waves rippling across the prairie.
But this place was more than just grass — hidden within the grass were countless insect eggs, and they were no ordinary eggs.
Still, something felt oppressive.
It wasn't the grassland that was oppressive. It was the sky.