"Respectfully seeing off Master," she said, holding the child, bowing deeply at a ninety-degree angle as she left in the direction her master was heading.
"Puff!" A faint sound was heard, like someone's wings flapping.
Out of the corner of his eye, he felt the red light flashing on the feathers above his head. The young Xiao straightened up and saw the feathers on his head shaking violently, like burning flames, flickering and making "poof!" sounds.
"Let's go!" Understanding Red Feather's intention, Xiao took a deep breath and followed Feather down a mountain path...
Under the faint red light, on the hillside in front of them, a large, dense spider web was interspersed among the green grass. Behind the spider web, red feathers walked along, stopping and starting, and finally stopped in front of the spider web.
"How strange! I've lived here for so many years and I've never discovered such a place before. Master is truly amazing." Xiao shook her head, holding the child. As she pondered this, she bent down to pick up a tree branch from the ground, preparing to remove the spider web.
However, before he could even reach out, the feather poked its head with a "poof!" and shot into the spider web like a flame, disappearing inside.
The thick, dense spider web before them was instantly ignited, turning into a wisp of blue smoke that quickly disappeared.
Before them appeared a cave entrance large enough for two people to pass through. Above the entrance, the words "Illusion Cave" were faintly visible.
Could this be the place? Xiao looked up at the words in front of him, pursed his lips, exhaled through his nose, and raised his hand towards the words "Illusion Cave." With a flick of his wrist, fire and stone chips shot out, and the words were instantly smoothed out as if they had been chiseled away by a blunt instrument.
"It's better this way. I'm afraid no one will know what this place is in the future." Xiao nodded in satisfaction and entered the cave with the child in his arms. As soon as he went in, the spider webs that had disappeared behind him reappeared. They were still densely covering the cave entrance, just like before.
After passing through the passageway, we arrived at the cave. The entire cave was faintly glowing red. It was a spacious stone cave, and the red light inside was dazzling. We could clearly see a simple set of stone table and chairs. The floor of the cave was clean and flat, and the air was fresh, as if people had lived there before.
Xiao looked up and saw the feather that had just rushed in, still intact. Strangely, it pressed itself against the opposite wall, and with a "buzzing" sound, the feather's silhouette gradually expanded and bulged outwards...
A moment later, a stove appeared against the wall, with flames flickering inside, as if something was really burning. However, upon closer inspection, the flames did not produce smoke, but only illuminated the entire cave.
"Xiao Xiao, this is where you will practice illusion magic from now on. Your master has placed your secret techniques and the things you need into the furnace..." The furnace flickered with fire, and his master's hoarse voice echoed, "You will achieve your goal of perfect merit when you guard this place until the person who took the scepter is gone. When the furnace door opens, you will be able to complete your mission and enter the furnace..."
"Thank you, Master." Upon hearing his master's words, Xiao's knees buckled, and he knelt down with a "plop!"
"Remember, everything must be plausible, and you must not reveal any secrets..." The voice gradually faded away, and after a moment, the flames in the furnace stopped flickering.
"Master, Master," Xiao Xiao got up, walked to the stove, and shouted loudly at the stove, but at this moment, no one answered him.
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