Yan Qing didn't react for a moment until the entire huge black stone box was gradually covered in blood before she belatedly came to her senses.
Qingqing, did she just expose herself?
Chu Jiang No. 2's reaction was completely different from what she had imagined. Judging from his extremely worried attitude just now, she was a little afraid that he would have a complete breakdown.
Strangely, Chu Jiang No. 2 remained incredibly calm. Apart from his eyes being fixed on the shocking bloodstains on the black stone box, he showed no sign of sadness.
Could this person have gone mad from being overwhelmed by trauma?
Yan Qing silently took two steps back, until she was beside Chu Jiang, then quietly nudged him and whispered, "..."
"Your Qingqing, just like that, passed away? I bet there will be a twist later, right?" She still couldn't quite believe it.
Chu Jiang's face showed no emotion, he simply said,
He'll be out soon.
"Who is he?" Yan Qing immediately became alert. "You mean the person locked in the stone box?"
Chu Jiang remained silent, because at this moment, the commotion inside the black stone box grew increasingly louder.
After Qingqing self-destructed using some unknown method, all her flesh and bones seemed to have turned into a sticky state. Red slime firmly covered the outside of the black stone box, spreading downwards little by little, until the entire black stone box was almost blood red.
Then, a faint cracking sound came from the darkness, and the first crack appeared on the black stone box, followed by a second, a third...
In less than a minute, the blood-red stone box was covered with cracks.
Finally, the stone box couldn't hold on any longer and collapsed with a loud bang.
At the same time, the small lava lake below also gathered all its energy, and a beam of red light, as thick as a bucket, poured straight down onto the falling stone box.
Unfortunately, the red light was ultimately an inanimate object without human control. Once the stone box broke free of the silver chains binding it, it instantly became incredibly agile. With a few easy turns, it successfully evaded the red light's pursuit. After a few more flashes, it finally landed safely on the open ground beside the lava lake.
The rubble was scattered all over the ground. Chu Jiang No. 2 was the closest to it and instinctively took a few steps back before it could stand up straight.
When he looked over again, he found that there was another person there.
This person has a handsome appearance, looks to be around twenty years old at most, and has a kind and friendly baby face, making him seem completely harmless.
Upon seeing this person, Yan Qing's worldview was shattered. Wasn't this the imposter "Chu Jiang" who had been guarding them for so long in the Zhang family's old house?
So, he was the one who had been hiding the deepest! Cave God, what a clever scheme!
He probably hadn't been active for a long time, and was slowly stretching his body and moving his arms and legs.
"Mmm, that feels so good—" He slowly stretched, then turned his head towards Chu Jiang No. 2 and asked with a smile,
"Young man, I'm in a good mood today, so I'll allow you to choose how you die—how about that, am I not very considerate!"
Chu Jiang No. 2's face was somewhat pale, clearly having been slightly injured in the explosion. However, compared to this person, these injuries were nothing.
The moment this person appeared, he immediately realized that he was no match for him. Therefore, he decisively gave up the struggle.
"I know I am no match for you, so before I die, could you at least let me die knowing the truth?"
The man was in a good mood and actually nodded, "Go ahead and ask."
"Then let me ask you, what exactly is your relationship with Qingqing?" He now understood that this person had gone to great lengths to bring them here so that he could break the huge black stone seal for him.
The man laughed, a hint of eeriness creeping onto his handsome face. Chu Jiang No. 2 clearly saw a flash of red light appear in his eyes before disappearing.
He immediately picked up his weapon and assumed a defensive stance.
"Don't get so agitated, I meant no harm." The man reached out to comfort him.
"Since you've asked, and I have nothing else to do anyway, I might as well answer. Your Qingqing, strictly speaking, is my descendant—though, to be more precise, she isn't."
"What do you mean by that?" Chu Jiang No. 2 remained on high alert.
"Calm down, calm down—" The man spread his hands, looking somewhat helpless. "You can see for yourself, my true form is locked in this sturdy box by that black guy, and I can't get out at all."
Yan Qing noticed that when the man mentioned the word "black devil," the hatred in his eyes was completely undisguised.
She nudged Chu Jiang quietly and asked, "The black ghost this person is talking about, could it be the Eight Heavenly Dragons and Yakshas King who guard the Nine Nether Hells of Buddhism?"
Chu Jiang nodded; there was no doubt about it.
Yan Qing touched her chin. "It seems this person has suffered quite a bit at the hands of the Yaksha King!"
The man she was talking about, the so-called God of the Eighteen Villages Caves, was now recounting his great achievements at length.
"Qingqing's mother was also once a woman from the Fallen Flower Cave—to be precise, for over a thousand years, all the women from the Fallen Flower Cave have been my people. It was with their help that I was able to successfully break through the Black Demon's suppression array, and this damned giant cage!"
Chu Jiang No. 2 frowned upon hearing this. "Impossible. Qingqing's mother studied abroad from a young age. She never returned to the Eighteen Villages, much less worked as a 'Falling Flower Cave Girl'—you're lying!"
The cave spirit laughed so hard his stomach hurt from his words, "That's right, of course, Qingqing's mother, as you outsiders say, has never returned. But what if that person wasn't her biological mother at all?"
The content of this statement was indeed quite rich, and Yan Qing couldn't help but think of the legend of the Fallen Flower Cave Girl.
Once chosen by the Cave God, the Fallen Flower Cave Maiden becomes foolish and spends her days singing by the water. Her only lucid moment is the moment she marries the Cave God. Shortly after the wedding ceremony, she disappears without a trace, and her body eventually reappears in the Fallen Flower Stream before vanishing completely again.
Those beautiful women, like fallen flowers on flowing water, bloomed briefly, but ultimately remained forever at their most beautiful age. No one knows where they ultimately went.
But the words of the cave spirit today gave her a bold idea.
What if those beautiful women hadn't actually died?
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