"Yes, yes, yes! This disciple knows his mistake!" The masked man quickly kowtowed and admitted his error. "Next time, I will only capture young boys and girls!"
"King...Resurrect the King..." Shen Qingtang's heart skipped a beat. Who was this "King"?
She slowly opened her eyes and silently observed the situation inside the cave, looking for an opportunity to escape.
At the same time, she was also pondering the old white-bearded Taoist's purpose: to resurrect the king. It sounded utterly absurd, but they had captured so many children, so they were clearly serious.
Shen Qingtang knew that this situation was more complicated and dangerous than she had imagined. She had to find a way to rescue the children as soon as possible.
To stop the old white-bearded Taoist's conspiracy. Shen Qingtang saw that the time was ripe.
Suddenly, he pulled out a modified machine gun from his spatial storage and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
A barrage of bullets swept across the masked men in an instant. They didn't even have a chance to react before they fell to the ground, their blood staining the cave floor.
The white-bearded old Taoist priest was so frightened that his soul almost left his body.
He turned to run away.
Shen Qingtang rushed forward, grabbed his collar, and pinned him to the ground.
"You...who are you? You're a witch! You're a witch!" The white-bearded old Taoist priest trembled with fear, struggling and screaming, "The king won't let you go! You'll all die!"
"A monarch?" Shen Qingtang sneered. "I'd like to see what this so-called monarch of yours can do to me!"
Pei Nian'an watched from the side, her little face full of admiration: "Auntie is so amazing! Auntie is a great hero!"
Just then, Pei Wuwang rushed in with his men. Seeing that Shen Qingtang was unharmed, he finally felt relieved and quickly went to her side: "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine." Shen Qingtang shook her head and pointed to the white-bearded old Taoist on the ground. "This guy is the mastermind. He wants to capture young boys and girls as sacrifices to resurrect some kind of king."
Pei Wuwang nodded, and was about to order the white-bearded old Taoist to be tied up when the surrounding environment suddenly changed.
The once eerie cave has disappeared.
Instead, a forest shrouded in mist appeared. The mist was as thick as milk that couldn't be dissolved.
Visibility was less than one meter.
A strange wind whistling sound came from beside him, sending chills down his spine.
"Oh no! It's an illusion!" Shen Qingtang's expression changed. Just as she was about to warn Pei Wuwang, she saw the white-bearded old Taoist suddenly get up from the ground.
A peach wood sword appeared in his hand without his knowledge, and he thrust it towards Shen Qingtang's back.
"Watch out!" Pei Wuwang reacted quickly, pushing Shen Qingtang aside, but he didn't have time to dodge, and the peach wood sword pierced his shoulder.
"Ah!" Pei Wuwang groaned, and blood instantly stained his clothes.
Seeing this, the white-bearded old Taoist priest laughed triumphantly: "Hahaha! You're all trapped in my illusion! None of you are leaving today!"
Shen Qingtang looked at the injured Pei Wuwang, feeling both anxious and angry. She wanted to rush up and teach the white-bearded old Taoist a lesson, but found that her body was as if bound by an invisible force, and she could not move at all.
“This illusion is very strange; we’re trapped.” Pei Wuwang said in a low voice, enduring the pain. “Don’t be impulsive; let’s find a way to break the illusion first.”
Shen Qingtang nodded and began to concentrate, trying to break free from the illusion.
No matter how hard she tried, it was like throwing a stone into the sea, with no effect whatsoever.
Instead, all sorts of fragmented memories began to surface in her mind, including her life before she transmigrated and the various experiences she had in this world.
There were also some scenes she had never seen before, like other people's memories, intertwined in a chaotic mess.
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