"This dungeon originally belonged to the vampires. After the vampires were wiped out, it was left empty. One day, it was discovered by the Dragon Gang Leader and became the secret prison of the Valiant Dragon Society," the older guard said, glancing around.

Hearing all this, Ruoxi was naturally shocked. The two remained silent for a while. Ruoxi had just composed herself when she suddenly came to her senses and stared at the older guard's face with an extremely strange look.

After a long pause, she asked him, "Who exactly are you? How do you know so much?"

"I...I heard it from Chief Long." The older guard seemed to have just woken up from a vivid dream, and was stunned for a moment before turning around and saying.

"Really?" Ruoxi looked at his slightly uneasy eyes, which were hard to detect, and a hint of doubt rose in her heart. How could a guard know such a confidential matter so clearly?

However, it seems that the vampire clan is indeed a noble family with a tragic and mysterious fate. This also confirms that everything the old empress said was not unfounded. If she is truly the only descendant of the vampire clan, for the sake of all living beings, she must also risk her life to continue protecting this hard-won land and the kind and righteous descendant of the Western Qin emperor.

But if she is, why doesn't she have the phoenix mark? If she isn't, why does that inexplicable, mysterious power erupt from within her? Master Xuan Kong of the City God Temple…

Unconsciously, her gaze suddenly drifted to the other side of the mural, to Yan'er, who, though frail, was holding up an oil lamp to light her way, and to Lanxiang, who had been supporting and caring for her without ever leaving her side. She was lost in thought for a moment, then pursed her lips and murmured softly, "Of course, there are also those two crying, silly little girls. What do they say about me being a young lady from the Yi family in the west of the city?"

It is clear that even without taking that resurrection pill, she will be able to slowly regain these lost memories. She is not actually greedy, but she always has a vague feeling that her obsession is very important to her.

There was no time to think further, because the most important thing right now was to save people. She also didn't know how badly the cold-faced man was injured. With that thought, Ruoxi immediately asked, "Where exactly is the other secret prison? And what is its connection to this mural?"

The older guard then turned to look at the mural in front of him and said quietly, "The other secret prison is behind this mural, at the bottom of a deep, emerald-green lake. That was originally where the vampires imprisoned traitors who had been severely punished. The witch doctor spy from back then was imprisoned there until his soul vanished. It seems that Long Ye truly hated that person, which is why he imprisoned him there as well."

"Then how can we get there?" Ruoxi asked, her brows furrowed as she listened and searched the murals for a long time, but she did not find any mechanism.

"Look, once you open this carved stone door, follow the secret passage and you'll reach that secret prison."

After listening to the older guard's words, Ruoxi suddenly realized: "So this relief mural is a portal to another secret prison. How can we open it?"

Seeing him just silently shaking his head at the mural, Ruoxi couldn't help but ask in surprise, "You don't know?"

The older guard sighed softly before speaking, “It’s not that we don’t know, it’s just that it’s useless. Since the vampire clan was wiped out, there’s only one key left in the world that can open this stone door. When Chief Long first saw the mural, he found it quite cruel, and the secret dungeon behind it was even more sinister and evil. He originally wanted to destroy it along with the key, but the treacherous Long Ye tricked him into giving it to him. Since then, Long Ye has kept it as a treasure, keeping it in a very secret place. There’s no way we can get it!”

At this moment, Wang Er, Lanxiang, and Yan'er also approached the two people who had been standing still in the middle of the mural for a long time, from both sides of the wide stone gate.

Yan'er's gaze was fixed on the maidservant tightly embracing the infant girl in the mural, her armpit seemingly twitching as the little girl playfully kicked out one bare foot. Suddenly, as if bewitched, she stared intently at the infant's location and slowly walked towards her. She brought her large eyes very close, studying the infant intently for a long time, then suddenly seemed to realize something. She snapped back to her senses, quickly returned to Ruoxi's side, and lifted her sleeve to reveal the seven-colored gold and jade bracelet on her wrist, saying, "Miss, look at the bracelet on that infant's ankle. Doesn't it look like yours?"

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes were drawn to Ruoxi's wrist. They looked at Ruoxi's bracelet, then at the bracelet on the baby girl's wrist in the mural, and then looked at each other, before all of them rushed towards the bracelet in the mural.

For a moment, the room fell silent. The older guard was the first to compare the two bracelets, which were completely identical, but then he suddenly stared at Ruoxi with wide eyes and exclaimed, "You really are a descendant of the vampires!"

Upon hearing this, Ruoxi immediately turned to look at his slightly upturned eyes, seemingly puzzled by his sudden agitation. The older guard explained, "Last time I saw you unleash that mysterious and powerful force in Peach Blossom Village, your bracelet also emitted a powerful purple light. Now, the vampire orphan in this mural has the exact same bracelet as you. How could such a coincidence exist? No, no, no, this must be... this bracelet must be the legendary heirloom of the vampires. You really are a descendant of the vampires, you really are a descendant of the vampires..."

The older guard was overjoyed. He took a few steps back, rubbing his hands together vigorously as he paced back and forth, repeating himself incessantly. Meanwhile, Yan'er and the other two were completely bewildered by his unusual behavior.

Seeing this, Ruoxi was more than just surprised. She took two steps towards the older guard, her mouth slightly open, but then she swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue. Without replying, she turned back and gently stroked the bracelet on the porcelain doll's wrist, which was identical to her own. Gazing into the doll's eyes, she murmured, "So, this is the only surviving descendant of the vampire clan when they were wiped out, the ancestor of the later guardians of Western Qin! According to the Dowager Empress, her bloodline consists of extraordinary women rarely seen in the world!"

Just then, she suddenly saw a wisp of purple light slowly emerge from the bracelet on her wrist, like a cigarette. The purple light meandered and rose into the air before her eyes, and then poured into the bracelet on the porcelain doll's wrist.

The bracelet worn by the porcelain doll gradually transformed into a purple halo, which expanded rapidly, revealing a completely dark void within. The void appeared to be being torn apart by a powerful force, growing ever larger. As both the purple halo and the dark void grew larger, the purple light intensified until a sudden burst of light illuminated the entire cave, forcing everyone present to shield their eyes with their hands. Ruoxi was clearly stunned by the wondrous sight before her.

"Miss, be careful!"

"Miss Yi, be careful!"

"Girl, come back quickly!"

Even though they were only five or six steps away from Ruoxi, no matter how hard everyone around tried, not a single person could take the step to go and help her.

Just as everyone was wondering why they had lost their strength and instinctively had to cover their eyes to avoid the purple light, at the last moment, they saw the black void, which had been torn apart and was much taller than Ruoxi, tightly surrounded by a purple halo. They were shocked and shouted loudly at it. Suddenly, a mysterious and powerful force seemed to emanate from the void and instantly sucked Ruoxi into it.

In the blink of an eye, Ruoxi vanished as if she had evaporated from the face of the earth, leaving no trace. The carved stone door was restored to its original state, the purple light dissipated, and the black hole appeared as if it had never existed.

Seeing this, the three realized they had gained strength again, so they rushed towards the painted wall, lay down where the illusory hole had appeared and Ruoxi had disappeared, and frantically pounded on the cold stone door, shouting and searching...

"Where am I? Why is it so dark?"

Is anyone there?

In a flash, it was in a vast, unknown, silent space, pitch black, with only the occasional, distant dripping sound of water droplets coming from above.

Fortunately, the bracelet on her wrist still emitted a faint glow, preventing her from bumping into anything in the dark.

Following a winding, dark, and bottomless secret passage, I wandered alone for an unknown amount of time, like a lost soul, until an iron gate slowly appeared ahead.

Upon closer inspection, the iron gate was ajar. He stopped, gripped the bars with both hands, leaned inside, and shouted several times, "Is anyone there? Hello..."

After a while, no one responded, so he stepped inside and scanned the room.

Suddenly, it seemed as if it had just swept across a cold, metal frame. So, it quickly swept its light back towards it.

"Oh my god!" In the darkness, Ruoxi exclaimed in surprise, covering her mouth at the same time.

It turned out to be a gallows. On it, stretched out in a starfish shape, was bound a body with its head bowed and hair disheveled. The person was dressed in black night clothes and appeared to be a seven-foot-tall man. This startled Ruoxi, who took several steps back.