My Super Beautiful Lady Boss-Chapter 655 - 646: Eat Them

Fortunately, Su Xuan, guided by the Wolf King Huang Guan, had arrived at the cave where the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus grew. The cave was filled with Snow Lotuses, but most of them were of inferior quality and couldn’t be considered a complete Snow Lotus.

Su Xuan, Qiuyue, and Li Yuanyuan suffered from an ailment that could only be cured by consuming a complete Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus. Inferior ones were good for cultivation, but regrettably, the bone Su Xuan used for cultivation had been destroyed. Jing Gangzhi had made a ruthless move, and Su Xuan would never forgive him.

Su Xuan was still exploring the cave, searching for the real Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus; the cave was a world of ice and snow, where even the stone walls could reflect one’s shadow.

Suddenly, Su Xuan spotted a complete Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus on a stone platform ahead. The petals were distinct and clear; this was exactly what he had come for.

"I’ve finally found it."

With a long sigh of relief, Su Xuan thought about the past week, including the significant delay at the Song Family, all for this moment.

Su Xuan was not a reckless person; he knew that the better things were, the more dangerous they could be.

Su Xuan picked up a stone and threw it under the platform.

A loud crash was heard; the platform collapsed, including the complete Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus, which was smashed into pieces. Such a treasure, ruined so carelessly.

Looking at the collapsed area, Su Xuan saw a gurgling red liquid. He knew it must be harmful. Fortunately, he hadn’t tried to retrieve it himself. Seeing the complete Snow Lotus destroyed made him feel heartbroken.

Moving forward, the less he saw of the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus, the more relaxed Su Xuan felt. Their presence signaled danger, making him wish he wouldn’t encounter them; indeed, he was faint-hearted.

As he continued, Su Xuan noticed that the cave walls gradually displayed paintings. He speculated that people must have resided here in the past, perhaps even yuanmouensis.

Indeed, Su Xuan found several human skulls in a corner; they were eerily white and crumbled upon the slightest touch.

Su Xuan had no time to delve into the details as a scientist; his sole purpose here was to find a complete Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus. Anything else was superfluous; his life was almost at stake, leaving no time for other inquiries.

Even if there were boxes of gold in front of him, Su Xuan would choose the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus over the gold without hesitation—there’s no use for treasures if you are not alive.

The paintings on the walls had faded due to their age and were barely discernible.

Su Xuan walked for a while and sensed the ice-covered cave walls had ended; he discovered a small door that even had a doorknob. This made him even more certain that people had lived here before.

Without hesitation, Su Xuan pulled open the door, and the instant he opened the door, the sight inside stunned him.

Holy crap!

Inside were dozens of complete Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus, unusually large with distinct petals, all pristine white like blossoming Snow Lotus flowers.

Su Xuan cautiously used a pebble to check the path before walking in.

Su Xuan didn’t dare touch the Snow Lotuses, fearing they were poisoned. After all, like everyone, he feared death.

The worst possible thing happened—when Su Xuan walked in front of these Snow Lotuses, the small door automatically closed!

"Damn it!"

Su Xuan tried to open it, but it was extremely difficult! He couldn’t open it at all, and what’s more, there was no handle to pull on. The stone door fit perfectly with the wall from the inside, leaving only a visible slit that not even a fly could escape through.

Just now, Su Xuan had been focused on the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus; now, he started to observe his surroundings. Skulls leaned against the walls, their clothes still relatively intact and not completely degraded; there was a camera on the floor, and a cloth bag. Su Xuan opened the bag and found a notebook inside. Opening the notebook, he was stunned.

It noted that the owner was a German explorer who had sadly ended up trapped here until his death.

Su Xuan gasped as he checked the last date in the notebook—it was June 1933.

According to the contents of the diary, the place was filled with demons and ghosts that could easily invade one’s mind. No specifics were mentioned about the cause.

Upon counting, there were twenty-five Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotuses. Su Xuan, Qiuyue, and Li Yuanyuan only needed three; the rest he could sell or, no—he remembered that Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus was an excellent item for cultivation, and he could use it himself.

The Snow Lotuses emitted a fragrant aroma, which Su Xuan smelled and thought might taste good.

Suddenly, Su Xuan recalled a terrifying detail from the diary—the aroma could summon demons and ghosts, which indicated that there was something wrong with the fragrance. Quick to react, Su Xuan covered his nose with his hand.

But by then, it was already too late.

In fact, preventative measures were futile since he couldn’t leave and couldn’t stop breathing; inhaling the fragrance was inevitable.

Suddenly, Su Xuan’s vision blurred, and he found himself at the foot of Mount Everest in a small village.

Su Xuan realized this was an illusion, but he didn’t know where the danger lay.

"Su Xuan, when are we going to climb the mountain?"

Qiuyue surprisingly walked out of a room, which astonished Su Xuan—how could she be here?

Su Xuan felt his body; his mobile phone was still with him. He checked the time, and it turned out to be the same time when he and Qiuyue first came to Mount Everest. They were just about to start their ascent and didn’t know about the Song Family on the mountain then.

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Su Xuan remained extremely cautious, unaware of where the danger would come from or when he would exit the illusion.

"Su Xuan, what’s wrong? You’re not worried I might run away, are you?"

Qiuyue asked, their relationship wasn’t very close at the time. She remembered that when Su Xuan brought her to Mount Everest, it was to use her as cannon fodder, but unexpectedly, they sparked a relationship that night at the Song Family’s doorstep.

"I’m fine, don’t worry about me, you go ahead with your stuff," she said.

Su Xuan didn’t want to contact anyone, afraid that someone might take the opportunity to harm him, so at that moment, cultivation was still normal.

Suddenly, a person approached from not too far away, someone Su Xuan recognized as the village head. Su Xuan had given him one hundred thousand yuan to bribe him for help with climbing the mountain; the village head was overjoyed, even waking up laughing several times that night.

"I’ve found all your guides, we can start the journey up the mountain tomorrow morning."

"Okay, got it."

Su Xuan was busy and then walked away. He didn’t want to be involved with this village head; now, Su Xuan saw everyone as a threat, knowing it was all an illusion and nothing was real.

Suddenly, Su Xuan thought of something; the village head seemed different from the one he had met before, especially the hat on his head. He remembered the village head wearing a leather hat that could be pulled down to cover his ears.

When the village head came over just now, his hat was also made of leather, but the shape of the fur on it was very strange, it looked like something.

Suddenly, Su Xuan realized, it was shaped like Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus!

Su Xuan didn’t know what tactics he would use against him, but at least now he could see there was something off about him.

As dusk fell, Su Xuan could only go to his room to sleep.

Su Xuan and Qiuyue were in the same room. Since it was an illusion, Su Xuan didn’t want to joke with his life, so he chose to sleep on the floor instead of sharing a bed with Qiuyue.

"Heh, didn’t expect him to be quite the gentleman," remarked Qiuyue.

At this time, Qiuyue’s feelings for Su Xuan weren’t deep, so her tone was rather indifferent. She slept more comfortably alone on her big bed, not caring where Su Xuan slept, as long as she had a place to sleep.

In the middle of the night, Su Xuan felt someone nearby, a very peculiar sensation, almost like a sixth sense.

"Who’s there!"

Su Xuan shouted loudly.

Swish!

Su Xuan dodged a sharp knife, it turned out to be Qiuyue trying to assassinate him while he was asleep.

At that moment, Su Xuan truly saw the reality. It turned out there was a pattern similar to the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus on Qiuyue’s forehead. Since Su Xuan’s cultivation hadn’t been destroyed at that time, Qiuyue was no match for him. After a few quick exchanges, Su Xuan had Qiuyue pinned down on the bed, tightly bound.

For dangerous people in the illusion, Su Xuan dared not kill her easily, fearing he might not be able to exit the illusion since he was unfamiliar with it.

The next morning, Su Xuan planned to climb the mountain alone, taking Qiuyue along would be suicidal. The village head was very enthusiastic, seeing Su Xuan off with a bowl of hot milk.

"Here, distant friend, drink this bowl for a safe journey!"

Su Xuan, not being a fool, especially noticing that the village head’s hat with the Snow Lotus shape, knew there was definitely something wrong with the hot milk.

"Oh, oh dear, I’m really sorry, my hand slipped!"

Su Xuan took the hot milk and intentionally let it fall to the ground, the village head’s face immediately showed displeasure.

Just then, a little dog ran over and began licking up the spilled milk from the ground. In less than a minute, the dog was lying on the ground, frothing at the mouth.

"You were trying to harm me?!"

Su Xuan grabbed the village head by the throat, squeezing hard until his face turned red.

At that moment, the Snow Lotus pattern on the hat of the village head became even more apparent.

Snap!

Su Xuan couldn’t bear it any longer; he snapped the village head’s throat, knowing that everything in the illusion was mere illusion.

Pop!

Like the sound of shattering glass, Su Xuan returned from the illusion back to the real world, back to the cave.

Su Xuan shook his head vigorously; it had been quite a close call. If he hadn’t been so observant and noticed all the inconsistencies, he might have died in the illusion, and while all other people there were illusions, his death would have been real.

Su Xuan looked at the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus before him, twenty-five blossoms, all large and lush, all great for nourishment.

"Damn, all these scents were coming from these Snow Lotuses."

Su Xuan decided to leave two blossoms for Qiuyue and Li Yuanyuan, consuming the rest himself. Having just experienced the illusion, Su Xuan was quite thirsty, and these Snow Lotuses were tender and sweet, like a sweet watermelon. Su Xuan picked them up and began eating; after falling from the Ice Cliff, he hadn’t had a proper meal, and his stomach had been grumbling.

Splat!

Su Xuan consumed them quickly, they were fragrant and sweet. Actually, eating one was enough to completely neutralize the poison in his body, and consuming more delicious stuff probably wouldn’t do any harm.