"How about you and them first..."

Before she could finish speaking, she swallowed the words back at Rong Yu's furrowed brows.

If it were him, he wouldn't feel comfortable letting Rong Yu go to the ninth floor alone either.

"Is there any way to avoid the spacetime 'turbulence'?" he asked himself.

Geng Qi's eyes lit up, but then he saw the map on the system interface turn into a continuous golden line, and he instantly felt despair.

Those golden lines are routes that can be taken to avoid spatial turbulence.

But he can't leave.

Among this group of people, he is not a particularly important figure. He cannot just open his mouth and say arrogantly: "Come with me, and I guarantee I will get you out of here!"

Whether they believe it or not, even if they avoid the spatial turbulence, they will still encounter other dangers. If anything goes wrong, all the dangers these people encounter will be blamed on him. Only a fool would do something so thankless!

More importantly, he was unwilling to lead this group of people who would be a hindrance and were not trustworthy.

Some of the people here are complete strangers to him, some don't like him, and some even tried to kill him not long ago. He's not a saint; he can't do the kind of thing of repaying evil with good!

But if he doesn't do it, there will always be a fool to do it. Ji Rong said, "I have a way to avoid the spatial turbulence. If you trust me, I can take you to the next two floors. If you don't want to, I won't force you."

Geng Qi: "..."

He always felt that this person was no ordinary person. Ji Rong knew this secret realm very well, more than anyone else here, but he couldn't understand the hearts of ordinary people. If he had to use one word to describe him, Geng Qi could only think of the word "simple".

There was also the girl following him. All the other disciples of Yiling Sect had stayed on the sixth floor, but this girl looked to be only twelve or thirteen years old. Ji Rong was actually relieved to let her come along.

"You really don't recognize them?"

Geng Qi whispered in Rong Yu's ear, expecting a negative answer, but Rong Yu didn't respond. Instead, he looked at the man with a slight frown.

The others looked at each other in confusion, but immediately chose to believe Ji Rong.

Compared to recklessly charging through the secret realm on your own, having someone scout ahead is naturally the best option.

Geng Qi kindly made way for "Bighead," and Ji Rong exchanged a glance with him before slowly stepping forward. Just as he was about to remove the barrier, a sudden gust of wind rushed in, forcefully breaking through the barrier. The wind was strong enough to overturn a flying boat, causing screams to erupt from the crowd. Several people staggered a few times before barely managing to stand firm.

"Keep up."

Ji Rong spoke loudly.

Just as Geng Qi took a step, the system suddenly said:

"..." Why at this time?

He paused, and Rong Yu turned his head: "What's wrong?"

Geng Qi reacted quickly, shaking his head and saying, "It's alright, let's go."

"On which floor?"

Geng Qi raised his eyes and looked at the person who was holding him tightly to his side. With so many of them together, there should be no danger. Seeing that Ji Rong was confident, as long as he followed him, there would be no danger for the time being.

He glanced at the spatial turbulence close to his right, gritted his teeth, and with a slight movement of his right hand, Feng Yuan emerged from his sleeve, darting to his ankle at a speed barely visible to the naked eye, and tripped him forcefully.

He suppressed even his gasp, forcefully shook off Rong Yu's hand, and fell headlong into the spatial turbulence.

He couldn't explain it to Rong Yu, so he could only shake off these people for now.

"ah!"

"Young Master!"

With one hand tilted back, already sucked into the turbulent current, Geng Qi was about to look up and say a few words of comfort to Rong Yu when his other hand was suddenly grabbed.

"I will remember you forever!"

A flash of panic crossed Rong Yu's eyes as she gripped him tightly.

Geng Qi was terrified. The feigned panic in his eyes turned real, and he roared, "Let go!"

He was a step too late. The suction of the spatial turbulence was beyond his expectations. Before he could shake the person off again, both of them were pulled in at the same time.

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