In the water, she was so cold that she lost the ability to think, and only subconsciously remembered what she saw in the water.

After regaining her senses and recalling the arrangement of the eight water-like stones, Su Ruojin realized that it was actually an array.

Qiankun Guardian Formation!

The legendary guardian formation.

This pool of water is actually a door!

Her second master had told her about this formation, but it was too ancient for anyone to rebuild; they only knew how to break it.

After all, cracking is much simpler than building.

Su Ruojin didn't know what kind of powerful being had set up this formation, but she knew that it had existed for at least several hundred years.

It would take hundreds of years for the formation to loosen and develop a flaw.

Otherwise, the Qiankun Guardian Formation itself has the function of creating an illusion, so a person falling down would not be able to see the red light at the bottom of the water, nor the eight water-emulsion stones, unless they accidentally touch them.

She couldn't see what the red light at the bottom of the water was, but Su Ruojin's intuition told her that the water was definitely related to the volcanic rock toad.

So she had to go back into the water!

"Then I'll have someone drain the water before I go down," Xiao Yanchu said.

Since it's underwater, draining the water will reveal it.

“If the water is drained, it will trigger a mechanism, either flooding the entire area or setting up a flint that will blow everything up. Then, no matter what's down there, we won't be able to get it,” Su Ruojin said urgently.

If this formation could be broken so easily, it wouldn't have been used here.

“But…” Xiao Yanchu was still unwilling for Su Ruojin to take this risk.

“Xiao Yanchu, this might be our only chance to find the volcanic rock toad, and I don’t want to miss it. I told you, I will definitely heal you, believe me, okay? I’ll be alright.”

Seeing the determination in Su Ruojin's eyes, Xiao Yanchu no longer objected, but simply said, "I'll go with you!"

Since she's going, he'll do everything in his power to protect her!

Su Ruojin stopped arguing and said, "Okay, once we're in the water, you'll be in charge of the four water-stone pillars on the left, and I'll be in charge of the four on the right. Follow my instructions."

Xiao Yanchu nodded.

"Take this medicine; it will keep you going for a while." Su Ruojin handed the medicine to Xiao Yanchu.

This was originally a medicine for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, which can accelerate blood circulation and resist some cold.

I went into the water again, having taken the medication beforehand and prepared myself mentally. It was still cold, but I could tolerate it a little better.

To speed things up, Su Ruojin and Xiao Yanchu, as agreed beforehand, went to the water-milk stone separately.

Su Ruojin had already calculated the solution to the formation on the shore. She was now gesturing to Xiao Yanchu, instructing him to rotate which pillar in which direction.

One, two, three, four...

When Su Ruojin finished turning the eighth pillar, she felt the water around her begin to vibrate, bubbling and gurgling, and the water temperature began to rise noticeably.

The two, bewildered, were about to swim upstream when they felt a tremendous suction force pulling them downwards, a force so great that it was beyond human resistance.

With a loud bang, both of them lost consciousness at the same time.

Hu Qing and his companions also heard the loud noise. When he and his guards arrived at the cave, they were completely dumbfounded.

The cave has completely collapsed, leaving only ruins.

Hu Qing's lips trembled, and he couldn't utter a single word.

The prince and Miss Su are still in the cave!

No, he couldn't believe that the prince and Miss Su were gone just like that.

He rushed forward and frantically searched through the ruins, shouting, "Your Highness, Miss Su!"

Two guards also joined the search.

But how could three people easily search through such a large collapsed cave?

By the time Hu Qing's voice was hoarse and her fingernails were full of blood, they still couldn't find a single piece of clothing belonging to the prince and Miss Su.

Hu Qing, her eyes red, stared at the ruins and gritted her teeth: "Back to the capital! Bring men to rescue the Prince and Miss Su!"