No...don't...

Jun Feijue screamed inwardly, but the drugs prevented him from making any sound.

Tears welled up in the corners of her eyes and slid down her cheeks.

Pain, helplessness, and despair filled her entire mind.

Is she going to be locked up again?

Are we going back to that cold world again?

If that were the case, she would rather die!

Ten miles outside the imperial palace, in a small grove of trees.

High up in a tree, a boy in red lay lazily, surrounded by three birds and beasts—one black, one white, and one colorful—while a small animal the size of a cat crouched in his arms.

These people were naturally Shi Wuxie and his group.

In the blink of an eye, half a year has passed since the ruins opened. Shi Wuxie and his treasure-hunting team are rapidly expanding outwards in concentric circles, but the ruins are too large, there are too many things, and there are too many people vying for them, which has slowed down their progress.

Even now, they have only traveled ten miles outside the imperial palace.

"Senior Brother Xie, what are we doing?"

Looking down at the three people sitting under the big tree, Xiao Bo looked at Shi Wuxie with a puzzled expression, "The three of them are almost dead, why don't we just go down and kill them?"

At this moment, the ground under the tree was covered with corpses. Only three people managed to survive, but their eyes were filled with wariness as they looked at each other.

"Let's see what they do."

Shi Wuxie raised an eyebrow, put his hands behind his head, and said with interest, "Watching a show once in a while isn't bad."

"oh."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Bo could only nod and look at the scene below.

Meanwhile, the three people below were completely unaware that they were being spied on. They all tacitly chose not to launch an attack, but instead took medicine to heal their wounds.

"Now that there are only three of us left here, how about we go find this top-grade Xuan vein together over the next three days?"

After a moment, the tallest of the three spoke first, “We came in to search for treasure, not to risk our lives. Besides, such a large Xuan vein can’t be taken down by one person alone.”

"It's possible, but how can we be sure it won't be leaked?"

Another short, stout man said, "What if someone takes the information about the treasure map and sells it after we get out? Wouldn't the other two have worked for nothing?"

"Then why don't we become sworn brothers?"

The short-bearded, square-faced man said, "In this way, we will be one family, and we will never betray each other, how about it?"

"good."

Upon hearing this, all three agreed.

After all, in the world of cultivation, all vows are bound by the laws of heaven.

Without further ado, the three of them knelt down together.

"Um, what's a good word to say?" the tall man asked the three of them.

"No need to think, bring out the strongest one."

The short, stout man said, "I don't ask to be born on the same day, month, and year, but I do ask to die on the same day, month, and year."

"this…"

After listening, the other two paused, and said somewhat awkwardly, "This oath is a bit old-fashioned, let's change it?"

"Ha, I knew it, you weren't sincere!"

Upon hearing this, the short, stout man immediately shouted angrily, "Are you all determined to go back and change your minds?!"

"Alright, since that's the case, then this one will do."

Fearing a conflict, the short-bearded, square-faced man quickly smoothed things over, saying, "Once we get out, the three of us will obtain a whole top-grade Xuan vein. Our cultivation will skyrocket, and we'll all live a long and healthy life. As long as we develop stealthily, we won't die young."