Starting with a Super Five-Star Hotel

"Boss, do we need to weave some vines?" Wu Ba asked hurriedly as soon as he heard Su Xuan was going down.

The chasm was bottomless and dimly lit. It wasn't safe to descend blindly without aid. A single slip could mean being smashed to pieces.

"You can weave some vines to go down. I'll head in first."

With his body at the Longevity Realm, Su Xuan wasn't worried about a thing. He waved his hand, retrieving the Fire Spirit Sword from his sachet space. Wielding a ball of fire for light, he plunged into the pit.

"The boss is so brave!"

"Isn't that the truth! Once he officially enters the Longevity Realm, he'll definitely be a major power!"

Zhu Hongyun and Wu Ba stood at the edge of the pit, watching the light from Su Xuan's fire grow smaller and smaller, their voices full of admiration.

The two looked at each other and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Not long ago, they had been intent on killing Su Xuan, and now they had ended up… quite fond of him.

"Wu Ba, you weave the vines!"

"Miss Ji Sisi, you should stay up here and wait. No need to go down."

"Brother Min Chun, please help Wu Ba."

With Su Xuan in the pit, Zhu Hongyun immediately became authoritative and started giving orders.

It wasn't long before Wu Ba and Min Chun had woven two vines and lowered them into the pit.

"Young Master, I'll go down first!"

Wu Ba informed Zhu Hongyun, then grabbed a vine and was the first to descend. Once inside, he was immediately hit by a musty, moldy smell—not quite like manure—and a bone-deep chill that gave him goosebumps.

Zhu Hongyun and Min Chun followed him down shortly after.

Ji Sisi really didn't descend. Instead, she cupped her cheeks in her hands and waited above, hoping that her "cousin" would come up soon and secure first place.

At this moment, she had completely fallen for this impostor cousin, feeling that every move he made was filled with an unrivaled charm—as if he had become a different person.

I have to thank this trial. Otherwise, I wouldn't have known how excellent my cousin truly is. He was just too ordinary within the family before…

Thinking this, Ji Sisi's beautiful eyes shimmered with infatuation.

She wasn't worried that her relationship with her cousin would be shackled by societal norms, because there was no blood relation between them. Her father had been injured in a fight during his youth, leaving him unable to have children. She wasn't his biological daughter.

However, she hadn't known this before; her cousin had blurted it out while pursuing her.

So, their union was permissible.

THUD, THUD, THUD!

Suddenly, footsteps approached the chasm. Five or six Trialists ran over, but upon seeing Ji Sisi, they immediately turned to flee.

The reason was simple: where Ji Sisi was, Su Xuan was surely nearby.

"Don't be afraid," Ji Sisi explained with an exasperated laugh. "My cousin isn't here; he's already gone down into the pit. He also said that since today is the last day of the trial, he won't be too… harsh. You can all safely go down."

PHEW!

The group breathed a sigh of relief. They cupped their fists in thanks to Ji Sisi and then began weaving vines to descend into the pit.

Ji Sisi watched them go down, shaking her head with a smile. Even when by herself, she wasn't afraid of these people who were accustomed to killing. Su Xuan had given her so much security that, on the contrary, they were afraid of her. *Hee hee, how fun!*

WHOOSH!

Su Xuan slid down along the pit wall, guided by his Fire Spirit Sword. The light emanating from the sword illuminated the surroundings.

He couldn't help but marvel.

Although the opening above was small, the further he slid down, the larger the space became, shaping into a gourd-like form. The diameter of the pit eventually reached nearly a hundred meters, almost as if the area below had completely collapsed.

On the distant pit walls, many people were also clinging on. Some had lit fire-strikers, while others had illuminated some kind of tool to inspect the area.

From Su Xuan's perspective, the pit wall seemed to be dotted with tiny, slowly moving fireflies. They looked like sparse stars in the night sky and had a strange, unexpected beauty.

"I've found a Blood Immortal Vine!" someone suddenly shouted excitedly, plucking a plant with vivid red veins from the pit wall.

"Whoever the fuck dares to snatch my Blood Immortal Vine, I'll take them down with me! The reason I'm telling you I found it is to get you all to hurry up and look—this place *does* have them! Don't waste your energy on me! I'm not an easy one to mess with!"

The man immediately hurled a series of fierce shouts upon seeing several figures moving toward him. His shouts indeed had an effect; those few figures returned to their original spots.

In fact, in the current environment, no one dared to start a conflict. If one were to fall by accident, they would only meet again in the next life!

Su Xuan smiled at the sight. With no intention of fighting over that single vine, he suddenly withdrew the Fire Spirit Sword, and his body plummeted downward. After falling for dozens of meters, he abruptly stopped next to another Blood Immortal Vine.

"I've found one too," he said, storing the plant in his sachet space before shouting cheerfully to the others.

"Ah, congratulations!"

"Valley Boss will definitely take first place this time!"

"Isn't that obvious? He must take first place!"

Congratulatory voices arose around him, and the atmosphere seemed to improve dramatically. In reality, they were all hoping Su Xuan would find enough on his own so he wouldn't have to rob them. Others suspected he hadn't found one at all and was just trying to spur them into finding vines faster so he could steal from them.

"Oh no, help!"

Suddenly, someone screamed in alarm as his body plummeted toward the bottom of the pit, his figure quickly disappearing. His vine had probably snapped or wasn't long enough.

This made everyone more cautious, their movements becoming doubly careful. It took a long while after the man fell before a distant PLOP echoed from the bottom of the pit, demonstrating its profound depth.

Nevertheless, the vines were never long enough. People began to abandon them, using their weapons to pierce the pit walls to continue their descent. During this time, the excited shouts of people finding Blood Immortal Vines grew more and more frequent.

「An hour or so later,」

Su Xuan suddenly did something baffling. He began to speed up his descent. Even when Blood Immortal Vines grew on the walls beside him, he didn't stop to pick them, continuing his slide downward. Shortly after, his figure halted abruptly as his feet touched the extremely damp ground.

He stared intently toward the bottom of the pit, his eyes narrowing to slits.

Countless Blood Immortal Vines, emitting a blood-red luminescence, grew in dense clusters across the ground. These vines stood over half a meter tall, with thick leaves and lush blossoms, exuding a rich, exotic fragrance. The Blood Immortal Vines they had collected earlier were like cheap counterfeits in comparison!

The entire floor of the pit was a Blood Immortal Vine Forest!

His eyes glazed over for a moment. He walked toward the forest of vines and reached for one of them.

Suddenly, his body trembled strangely. He jerked his head up and shouted, "Stop! All of you! Don't come down!"