However, Rong Jiaojiao saw that there was nothing in the stone trough. The little one lifted her foot and climbed into the trough, jumping around inside.
Qing Xuanzi saw this and was about to tell Rong Jiaojiao to be careful not to fall, otherwise it would hurt a lot.
Before she could finish speaking, the stone trough beneath Rong Jiaojiao's feet sank slightly, as if it had triggered some mechanism. A white light shone around her, enveloping her.
The light was so bright that Rong Jiaojiao couldn't open her eyes. She instinctively raised her small hand to shield her eyes, but she only felt her body lighten, as if she were being carried by an invisible force and falling rapidly downwards.
She cried out in terror, "Father Xi—" but her voice seemed to be swallowed up by some force and could not be heard at all.
Qing Xuanzi was focused on turning the soil when he suddenly sensed something was wrong. He turned around abruptly and saw a bright white light emanating from where Rong Jiaojiao was, and then her figure disappeared.
He was startled, his expression changed drastically, and he shouted, "Jiaobao!"
With a flash, he rushed towards the place where Rong Jiaojiao had disappeared.
Rong Jiaojiao felt that everything around her was dark, she was dizzy, and her body was falling uncontrollably.
She was terrified and cried loudly, "Father Xi, I'm scared! Father Xi, please save me!"
If Qing Xuanzi heard that terrified and helpless voice, his heart would probably break.
After a while, Rong Jiaojiao felt her body stop falling and land steadily on the ground.
She slowly opened her eyes and found herself standing in an unfamiliar place.
This is a huge underground space, with a faint glow emanating from the surrounding walls, making the entire space appear hazy.
The air was filled with a damp scent, mixed with a faint trace of spiritual energy.
Rong Jiaojiao stood at the edge of the space, on a circular platform that emitted a faint light that was gradually fading away.
In the center of this space, there was a huge array with runes flashing on it, and something inside held a fatal attraction for Rong Jiaojiao.
No, it should be said that it has a fatal attraction to the secret realm.
At the same time, Rong Jiaojiao also sensed that it was dangerous there. No matter how much the small secret realm conveyed the feeling of hunger, Rong Jiaojiao just wouldn't approach the central formation.
Outside, Qing Xuanzi was frantic. He was certain there was a teleportation array here, and that his precious disciple had been teleported away.
But no matter how hard he searched, he couldn't find the key to Rong Jiaojiao's teleportation.
He even tried to imitate Rong Jiaojiao by jumping around in the stone trough, but there was no reaction at all.
What he didn't know was that this teleportation array contained a small spirit-gathering array, which required a long time to accumulate enough spiritual power for another teleportation after each activation.
At this moment, within the central array of the underground space, a faint figure emerged from a piece of dark wood, muttering, "How many years have passed? Has someone finally come?"
Through the array, the figure saw that it was a tiny little girl who had arrived. The figure said with disdain, "Why is it a little girl? Oh well, I'll just have to make do with her. I don't even know how many years I've been asleep."
Seeing that Rong Jiaojiao was still in a daze, he used his spiritual power to strike the array plate beside him. The array plate under Rong Jiaojiao's feet lit up, enveloping her and teleporting her to the central array.
Just then, Qing Xuanzi, who was anxiously pacing around the stone trough outside, sensed a faint fluctuation in the formation. He immediately channeled his spiritual energy towards the area of fluctuation, and soon after, his figure disappeared into the stone trough.
When Qing Xuanzi's figure disappeared into the stone trough, Rong Jiaojiao had already been teleported to the center of that huge formation.
Bound to the center of the formation and unable to move, the surrounding runes shimmered, demonstrating its power.
She could feel an invisible force pulling her, the aura emanating from the small secret realm within her body, while the figures within the formation seemed to be yearning for something as well.
The figure floated in the air, his body ethereal and transparent, as if composed of countless tiny points of light.
Yet one could clearly sense the obvious greed and eagerness in his eyes, as if he had been waiting for too long and had finally gotten this opportunity.
Just as the figure was about to possess Rong Jiaojiao, another person was teleported in from outside.
Upon seeing the scene within the formation, Qing Xuanzi's eyes widened in horror, and he screamed hoarsely, "Jiaojiao, Jiaobao!"
"Bastard, who are you? Let go of my disciple!"
As he spoke, a Heavenly Thunder Talisman was blasted towards the center of the formation.
However, it was already the highest-level talisman in his hands, and when it was used to attack the formation, it only made the formation sway slightly.
The figure in the central formation was about to possess Rong Jiaojiao, but at that moment, it saw another person enter the formation.
Upon seeing that it was a man with cultivation, he immediately abandoned his plan to possess Rong Jiaojiao and instead summoned Qing Xuanzi in as well.
The master and apprentice were both frozen in mid-air, unable to move, except for their mouths, which could still speak.
Rong Jiaojiao kept crying out, "Father Xi, I'm scared, Father Xi..."
Qing Xuanzi was extremely anxious, but he still had to comfort his disciple: "Jiaojiao, don't be afraid, Master is here. Master will drive the bad guys away."
The figure chuckled, the laughter not unpleasant, but containing an indescribable irony.
Unwilling to ramble on, he transformed into a ball of energy and was about to rush into Qing Xuanzi's sea of consciousness.
At this moment, a small bead appeared between Rong Jiaojiao's eyebrows. The bead emitted a soft blue light, which seemed to have no threat at all, yet it enveloped the light orb that Qing Xuanzi could not do anything about, rendering it unable to move.
This force instantly enveloped the ball of light, as if it wanted to devour him.
An angry roar erupted from within the ball of light: "What kind of power is this? How dare it block my way!"
His voice was filled with fear and resentment, clearly indicating that he had not expected to encounter such an obstacle.
He tried to struggle, but the blue light emanating from the bead grew brighter and brighter, binding him tightly and rendering him unable to move.
Seeing this, Qing Xuanzi felt a great sense of relief. He immediately circulated his spiritual power, trying to break free of the formation's constraints.
However, the power of the formation was extremely strong, and his efforts were in vain.
“Father Xi, I’m scared…” Rong Jiaojiao was still trapped in the air by the formation and could only seek comfort from her master.
"Don't be afraid, baby, Master will definitely protect you." Qing Xuanzi comforted her, praying in his heart that Rong Jiaojiao's treasure would be powerful enough to deal with the ball of light, and perhaps he could find a way to save himself.
Qing Xuanzi immediately recognized that the figure was a powerful divine soul. It was probably a cultivator who was unwilling to accept his death and set up an array to wait for the opportunity to possess another's body. He didn't expect that Jiao Jiao would accidentally touch the array.
The power of that divine soul was so great that even his own grandmaster could not match its majesty, let alone Qing Xuanzi. Yet it was frozen in place by Jiao Bao's treasure, which shows just how powerful Jiao Bao's treasure was.
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