With the help of the giant hands on the tree, the fruit-bearers quickly blocked the way upwards completely.

With Su Diandian in one arm and Xuanlin Sword in the other, Qinglan swiftly weaved through the encirclement and pursuit.

When he reached the base of the giant tree, he raised his sword and thrust it upwards.

Suddenly, shimmering light caught Su Diandian's eye.

The smile had just appeared on her face when her body suddenly felt light.

Qinglan actually threw her up there like a stone.

Just as she started cursing, countless female hands transformed from tree branches rushed towards her.

Immediately afterwards, the fruit-bearers also abandoned Qinglan and followed closely behind.

Just as the shimmering exit above her head was about to disappear, she quickly shouted to Qinglan, "Old fox, come up here quickly!"

Qinglan was surrounded by dozens of fruit-bearers and couldn't escape for a while.

He looked up at her and smiled, "Listen to me, go out first."

Before Su Diandian could respond, he raised his arm and slammed his palm upwards.

A gust of wind from a palm steadily lifted her towards the exit.

"Glug glug..." Su Diandian found herself in the spring water.

She quickly turned around to look for Qinglan, but saw the exit closing rapidly.

Inside the narrow exit, Qinglan was completely concealed by the fruit-man; not even a corner of her clothing could be seen.

Without a second thought, Su Diandian quickly plunged her head down and shouted inside, "Old fox! Old fox! Qinglan!"

Only the naked fruit-man responded with giggling laughter.

Immediately afterwards, a fruit-man looked up and saw her, and a smile immediately appeared on his lips.

The fruit-man muttered, "Don't try to escape, don't try to escape, why... why..."

Su Diandian ignored her, her attention almost entirely focused on finding Qinglan.

"Qinglan, hurry up and leave, it's too late!"

Suddenly, a large, bony hand appeared, covered her eyes, and shoved her head upwards.

"You old fox!" Su Diandian cried out as she woke up from her bamboo bed.

She sat up abruptly, searching around: "Qinglan, Qinglan!"

No one answered her from inside the bamboo house.

Yao Wang is gone, and Qing Lan is gone too.

She hurriedly tried to put on her shoes and get out of bed, but saw a pool of blood next to the footstool.

Su Diandian put on her shoes and quickly ran out of the bamboo house.

"Yaowang! Yaowang!" she called out several times, but still no one responded.

What about Qinglan?

Is he still in that godforsaken place being surrounded by those naked fruit people?

We have to get him out no matter what!

Su Diandian sat down cross-legged on the spot and quickly used her divine sense to reach the Lingtai Spring.

But no matter what she did, she couldn't get into the spring.

After failing again, Su Diandian opened her eyes, got up, and ran down to the bamboo building.

We need to find someone to help us break open the spring again and go to that godforsaken place to fish the person out.

Just as she was rushing down, a centipede as thick as an arm quickly crawled to her feet and, in the blink of an eye, transformed into a gigantic creature, carrying her on its back.

"Xiao Wu?" Su Diandian was overjoyed. "Please take me to find Qinglan!"

It's possible that Qinglan's soul has already returned to his body.

Xiao Wu moved his jaw and stammered, "Okay...okay."

Outside the Valley of Poison Doctors, Sang Huo and several others sat cross-legged to the side, their eyes closed in deep thought.

Only Shen Changhen stood not far away, leaning on his ring-pommel sword, his eyes fixed on the direction Su Diandian had left.

Xuanqing, who had been pacing back and forth, suddenly reached out and covered his chest.

The tightness in his heart almost suffocated him.

He and his brother were twins and had always been in perfect harmony.

Something must have happened to my brother.

No, my elder brother is already a Nascent Soul stage expert. The Poison Doctor Valley is no match for him.

The more Xuanqing tried to comfort himself, the more his heart ached.

After finally calming down, he quickly took out the Xuancang Sect token and whispered, "Brother? Brother?"

No one responded.

Xuanqing anxiously walked to Zhenming's side, "Fourth Elder, my brother has been gone for so long and hasn't come back yet. Why don't we go in and see what's going on?"

Zhenming raised his eyelids to look at him, and finally stood up with a worried expression. "Alright, Xuanqing, don't worry."

Seeing that the two were about to enter the depths of the Poison Doctor Valley, Sang Huo quickly stood up and said, "I will go with you."

The others followed immediately.

Su Diandian rode the giant centipede and soon discovered that the ground and the sky were full of all kinds of poisonous insects.

The giant centipede used its mandibles and claws to eat as it went.

Seeing poisonous insects in the Valley of Poison Doctors is not unusual.

Strangely, these poisonous insects that fly in the sky and crawl on the ground all seem to be anxiously rushing in the same direction.

The giant centipede seemed to be leading her in the same direction as well.

She bent down and patted the large centipede. "Xiao Wu, what happened?"

The giant centipede stammered, "Injury...injury...covered in Gu poison, injury."

"Yao Wang?" Su Diandian frowned slightly. "Is Qing Lan's body also in the same place as his?"

The giant centipede grunted twice and quickened its pace.

Countless poisonous insects swirled around the flat-roofed house made of bluestone slabs like a tide.

This scene sent chills down Su Diandian's spine.

But when the giant centipede arrived, the poisonous insects quickly made way for it.

Su Diandian jumped down, jogged forward, and pushed open the door of the bungalow.

On two blue stone platforms, Yao Wang and Qing Lan lay side by side.

Wu Yue and Chu Kuo each guarded one of them, occasionally exchanging glances.

The sudden appearance of Su Diandian made both of them turn around at the same time.

"Little Dian Dian, I knew you'd be alright!" Chu Kuo's face lit up with joy. "Where's the Sect Master?"

Upon hearing this, Su Diandian gestured towards Qinglan lying on the bluestone platform with her chin: "Isn't that him? He's not awake?"

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