"At first, it was a 'scratching' sound, a bit like fingernails scraping against metal; later, the sound became extremely eerie and terrifying, indescribable. Right, it was a bit like the sound of the water zither, the instrument played by the Western Region caravans when they came to perform in the manor."

Upon seeing this, Zuan was somewhat surprised, not expecting that this world actually had a musical instrument called the water harp.

Back when I watched horror movies and ghost stories, many of the eerie background music tracks were played using a water piano.

“I’ve heard my colleagues at the mine say that every time such a strange and terrifying sound is heard in the mine, a fellow worker often disappears, and their body is never found…”

"I suspect those sounds were made by some kind of monster."

"Moreover, this black mist is mostly left behind when monsters appeared."

"I'm terrified... but as a guard of the Yu family, I must remember the family's honor and not bring shame to this uniform..."

“I can’t let anything happen to the main force of the Star Slaves, so I’m trying to find a way to lure the monster in the opposite direction.”

"I don't know how much longer I can hold on."

"It's a pity I'll never have the chance to see Madam again. I hope she can pull through this ordeal."

...

Upon seeing this, a tear slid down Yu Yanluo's cheek. She rested her forehead against Zu An's chest, her body trembling slightly, clearly indicating that she was very emotional at this moment.

Zuan patted her shoulder to comfort her, while continuing to flip through the pages. There were a couple of lines of writing there, but unfortunately they were blurred by bloodstains.

The record then abruptly ends, and considering the broken sword from before, it's clear he has met with misfortune.

Zuan analyzed, "This notebook was previously embedded in the wall. He must have used his last strength to throw it here when he was killed, probably to leave a message so that others would know what happened."

“If it was thrown out at that time, considering the location and angle…” Zuan checked the surroundings and quickly arrived at a place with black mist nearby. He reached out and pressed his hand on the wall. “The soil here is soft. Normal mines have reinforced walls to prevent collapses. It’s impossible for it to be this soft. Something must have suddenly emerged from here and attacked Yu Bin.”

Yu Yanluo also activated her elemental shield and came over, examining the walls as well: "But although the soil is soft, there are no traces of caves. If some monster came out of here, there should be a big hole left."

Zuan shook his head: "It seems that the other party is an earth-type ferocious beast, which can move freely in the earth and does not need to actually open a hole. It's just that the places it passes through are affected by the earth element, so the soil quality has become somewhat abnormal."

“Indeed, it seems we need to be careful that something doesn’t suddenly come out of the wall.” Yu Yanluo’s expression was somewhat sad. “This intelligence was obtained for us by Yu Bin at the cost of his life.”

Zuan patted her on the shoulder; words of comfort seemed inadequate at a time like this.

After she calmed down a bit, Zuan said, "The most urgent thing is to save the survivors to prevent the tragedy from happening again. Since Yubin deliberately lured the beast in this direction, Xingnu and the others should be on the other side."

Yu Bin's path was blocked by a landslide, but given their current cultivation levels, they could easily overcome it if the landslide wasn't too large.

Having finally obtained clues about Xingnu and the others, they naturally had to go and investigate.

Yu Yanluo nodded. If something similar happened to Xingnu, she didn't know how heartbroken she would be.

She collected all of Yu Bin's belongings and solemnly said, "When I return, I will build a cenotaph for these brave warriors and erect a monument to commemorate them. Although they are dead, their spirit will live on and live forever in the hearts of the Yu family."

Zuan, however, was somewhat worried. Now that her Medusa identity had been exposed, she probably wouldn't be able to return to the Yu family in Cloud City...

Of course, these sad and disappointing things wouldn't be mentioned at this time.

The two then searched in the opposite direction and found some traces along the way, which should have been left by Yu Bin when he passed by earlier.

Finally arriving at a landslide site, looking at the wall in front of him, Zuan reached out and felt it for a while before opening his eyes and saying, "About ten meters of it is blocked by fallen rocks. We should be able to dig through."

"Alright!" As she spoke, Yu Yanluo rolled up her sleeves, ready to get started.

Zuan chuckled: "Leave this job to me. You're injured, take this opportunity to recuperate."

Yu Yanluo looked at his chest with concern: "Your injury is much more serious than mine. If it were anyone else, they would probably be dead by now. You should rest and let me take over."

Zu An pulled open his shirt and leaned close to her, as if afraid she couldn't see clearly. At the same time, he took her hand and placed it on the wound: "I told you my body is very strong. I also took Yan Xuehen's healing medicine. Now the wound has healed. Look, it's all scabbed over."

Yu Yanluo gently stroked his wound with her fingers and found that it had really healed: "It really healed so quickly? Bai Yujing's Ice Heart Creation Pill is really as miraculous as the legends say."

Zuan chuckled. It seemed that ordinary people had difficulty understanding their own physical strength and would only subconsciously attribute it to the elixir.

"Sigh, I'm really curious, how could Yan Xuehen bear to give you such valuable medicine?" Yu Yanluo's expression was strange, she felt that the whole thing was too bizarre.

"Maybe she likes me because I'm handsome," Zuan replied.

"You rascal," Yu Yanluo gave her a playful glare, "if Abbot Yan heard this, he'd probably skin you alive."

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