"This can't be possible.... Huh... With how many bombs that are scattered, the normal slots on the floor should outnumber them by nine times... Haaaaa... So why am I stepping on all of them!"
Cursing out loud because Jian Shen hadn't once been able to stop since he began escaping after triggering the explosions, he was starting to believe that she really was unlucky.
But just this level of unluckiness wasn't that bad due to which he still didn't believe about her being cursed.
Still, to stop and take a break from all this jumping around Jian Shen threw Meirong into the air.
After that, once he managed to safely land he caught her falling body who had a proud smile on her face because she managed to make Jian Shen understand she was unlucky.
"I just wanted to let you enjoy flying through the air."
"Yeah, sure."
Obtaining a chance to rest after constantly jumping around for so long, Jian Shen felt around to see if there were any bombs near him after which he immediately lied down on the floor.
"The two of us are going to take a break, so you guys can go ahead."
Letting the others know what he was going to do, Jian Shen began seriously trying to think about how he would continue walking alongside Meirong.
Would it be better to save her after she triggered the traps, or should just continue doing the same and run around while holding her?
While Jian Shen was thinking this, Meirong who was happy for a while from making Jian Shen believe she was bad luck started turning worried.
Now that he realized this, would he leave her?
Thinking so she looked down to see the handsome boy frowning deeply which showed that he was trying very hard to decide something.
Seems like he didn't have any plans on abandoning her right now.
So, Meirong sat down on the floor near Jian Shen and made him rest his head on her lap after which she began gently stroking his hair.
The other however despite not being in a mood to watch this couple had no choice but to stop and wait until they were ready to continue moving.
Having relied on Jian Shen and Meirong until now to trigger the traps in their path, the scared group who never explored any ruins until now were unwilling to go ahead.
After all, even if they might not be as unlucky as Meirong, they did have a chance of triggering those traps waiting for them.
And not all traps might be simple explosions which could be escaped from.
Not to forget about how it was impossible to fly inside the ruins for some reason, and they weren't like Jian Shen whose strong body allowed him to jump high enough to escape the blast.
Seeing this, Meirong only snorted and didn't bother saying anything because Jian Shen himself who was doing all the hard work didn't care enough to say anything.
"Are you finally going to learn what you need to stay away from me?"
"Huh? What are you talking about? It's going to take more than some stupid explosions to make me forget about a beautiful woman like you."
"I really think this stubbornness of yours will cause you a lot of trouble."
Smirking and not replying, Jian Shen after he felt like he rested enough got back up and resumed running around while holding Meirong and triggering all the explosions in the path.
Luckily though, once they exited this pathway there were no longer bombs hidden below the floor due to which Jian Shen didn't need to continue jumping like a frog the entire time.
Similarly, this was also where the group encountered their first treasure inside the ruins.
In the rooms adjoining the corridor they had now entered, there were multiple tables with jars containing various kinds of items ranging from preserved herbs to weapons.
To open those jars however they'd need to undo the array which was sealing them inside the jars and keeping them from being spoiled by the flow of time.
Here Jian Shen didn't bother taking anything since most of them were way too low level for him to put so much effort into trying to obtain them.
The other however excluding Meirong gave it their best to try and obtain as many of the treasures as they could by opening every jar possible.
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After the treasure jars, the group of first-time explorers continued going deeper inside the ruins where the traps waiting for them turned more and more dangerous and hard to escape.
Poisoned arrows, narrowing walls, the floor disappearing below then, and so on.
Like this, as the difficulty of escaping these traps increased Jian Shen also suffered quite a lot of hardships because due to Meirong whom he was holding at all times made him trigger each and every single one of them.
Luckily even when he was harmed the injury wasn't too severe due to which he could continue exploring the ruins.
Meirong, however, was no longer worried about Jian Shen abandoning her and instead she felt sad about causing so much trouble to him.
Similarly, on their journey they came across many more locations similar to the first one where they obtained treasures from inside jars. These included herb gardens, armoury vault and many more which helped everyone fill their pockets with in the beginning.
But soon Jian Shen who began hating how much work he was doing while the others were just walking behind him started to take everything he found by himself forcing the others who wanted treasures to take the lead in exploring the ruins.
Like this, when one day the group was gathered in front of a giant open door through which they couldn't see what was waiting for them on the opposite side, one of them explained that this was most likely a hidden trial which gave rewards based on their performance.