"Qianlinchuan is known as a mysterious place rather than a forbidden or dangerous place, but it's not without danger. Some people have died in the mysterious place!"
The disciples present all nodded in agreement.
Subsequently, Sun Muqing, Jiang Lingxuan, Bai Muxue, and the other disciples followed Cao Zhengjian to descend and enter the area of Qianlinchuan.
"Strange, we're getting lower and lower, but the clouds are getting thicker and thicker," Jiang Lingxuan said.
Sun Muqing nodded and said, "Yes, I also find it strange. Could this be one of the mysteries of Qianlinchuan?"
Just as they got to this point, Sun Muqing and Jiang Lingxuan realized something was wrong.
Because the presence of everyone around them had vanished!
The two of them quickly turned around and looked around, only to find that Bai Muxue, She Manqing, and the other Shenmu Sect disciples had all disappeared!
However, Cao Zhengjian is still around.
Cao Zhengjian was riding the Flying Swallow in front, flying slowly. He seemed unaware that most of the disciples behind him had disappeared.
"Elder Cao, stop immediately! Bai Muxue and She Manqing have disappeared!"
"We've been separated, now it's just the two of us!"
Sun Muqing and Jiang Lingxuan shouted together.
However, Cao Zhengjian in front seemed not to hear their voices and continued to fly forward, even increasing his speed!
"What's going on?"
"This is so weird!"
Jiang Lingxuan and Sun Muqing looked at each other in bewilderment.
The two of them then sped up to catch up with Cao Zhengjian, but they couldn't catch up even after chasing for a long time. Instead, they got further and further away from Cao Zhengjian.
In the end, Cao Zhengjian turned into a small black dot and disappeared, and they completely lost track of him.
Now, it really was just the two of them left.
Jiang Lingxuan bit her lip and said, "This place is indeed incredibly mysterious and unpredictable. I think it would be better if we left here first."
"Leave?" Sun Muqing asked.
“Yes, Qianlinchuan is very strange and mysterious, but it is located on the ground after all. We can just keep flying upwards! Fly to a high altitude and then leave Qianlinchuan from the air!” Jiang Lingxuan said emphatically.
Upon hearing Jiang Lingxuan's words, Sun Muqing suddenly realized what was going on.
“That’s right, how come I didn’t think of such a simple principle? Come on, let’s leave here now. Maybe Elder Cao and the others have already withdrawn from Qianlinchuan.” Sun Muqing said with a smile.
Then, Sun Muqing and Jiang Lingxuan flew into the air together, rising higher and higher.
However, not long afterward, Sun Muqing and Jiang Lingxuan were shocked to discover that there was an obstacle above their heads.
The ceiling, which looked like it was made of rock, blocked their way, forcing them to fly along it.
Moreover, the higher they flew, the smaller the surrounding space became. In the end, what appeared before Sun Muqing and Jiang Lingxuan was a winding cave.
"Outrageous, absolutely outrageous!"
"We've been flying in the sky the whole time, and then suddenly we ended up in a cave? I just can't understand it!"
Jiang Lingxuan puffed out her cheeks and said angrily.
Sun Muqing sighed, "Perhaps this is the mystery of Qianlinchuan?"
"Never mind, let's get out of this cave first," Jiang Lingxuan said through gritted teeth.
The cave was extremely narrow, and the flying swallow was incredibly fast; flying inside would be tantamount to risking one's life.
So Sun Muqing and Jiang Lingxuan got off the back of the Flying Swallow and led the two flying beasts toward the cave exit.
These two swallows seemed unaccustomed to walking on the ground; they walked very clumsily and kept making cooing sounds, as if they were protesting.
"Can you all be quiet for a second? It's not that we don't want you to fly, it's just that it's not safe to fly in here," Jiang Lingxuan shouted.
"Coo coo coo coo!"
"Coo coo coo coo coo!"
The two flying swallows cried even louder, flapped their wings incessantly, and stared at Jiang Lingxuan with their large, copper-bell-like eyes.
Sun Muqing chuckled and said, "Lingxuan, why are you arguing with them?"
“Birds and monsters are indeed very annoying, so noisy,” Jiang Lingxuan said.
The two flying swallows seemed to understand Jiang Lingxuan's words, but instead of feeling ashamed, they were proud, holding their heads high and their faces full of pride.
Even Jiang Lingxuan was amused.
Half an hour later, Jiang Lingxuan and Sun Muqing led Fei Yunyan out of the cave.
Jiang Lingxuan and Sun Muqing were shocked as soon as they left the cave.
One can see mountain peaks pointing straight to the sky like sharp swords, and everywhere you look there are towering, straight peaks!
The number of these mountains is countless; describing them as hundreds or thousands is not enough, saying tens of thousands seems just right.
"No wonder this place is called Qianlinchuan. With so many peaks, it really does look like a forest," Jiang Lingxuan remarked.
Sun Muqing then said, "That's strange. Why didn't we see so many mountains when we were flying downhill?"
As she spoke, Sun Muqing turned around and looked at the cave behind her.
Behind Sun Muqing and Jiang Lingxuan, there was a towering mountain peak that reached into the clouds, and at the bottom of the mountain, there was a cave that looked like the gaping maw of a prehistoric beast.
Just now, Sun Muqing and Jiang Lingxuan led two flying swallows out of this cave.
They looked at the surrounding mountains that resembled a forest, then at the mountain in front of them and the cave at its base, and a head full of questions immediately appeared on their minds.
Jiang Lingxuan and Sun Muqing really couldn't understand how they had flown into the cave on this mountain after following Elder Cao Zhengjian down from the sky.
An eerie atmosphere began to permeate the area around them.
However, there was no point in thinking about this now. Jiang Lingxuan and Sun Muqing banished their wild thoughts and prepared to ride the Flying Swallow away from here.
But just then, a cacophony of voices came from afar.
"Quick, grab it!"
"Don't let it get away!"
"If we catch this big guy, our village will have meat to eat for the next month!"
Sun Muqing and Jiang Lingxuan exchanged a glance, then quickly mounted their flying swallows and flew towards the direction from which the sound came.
Before long, Sun Muqing and Jiang Lingxuan saw a large group of burly men wielding clubs, knives, and spears, dressed in coarse linen clothes, chasing and intercepting a flying swallow!
Those people weren't very strong. The square-faced, burly man leading them was only at the late stage of the Qi Movement Realm, while the others were mostly at the Body Tempering Realm.
However, Fei Yunyan's strength was not strong to begin with; a fourth-grade demon beast was only equivalent to a human martial artist at the Qi Movement Realm.
So now, the swallow is fleeing in a panic under the pursuit of more than twenty strong men. Its wings seem to be injured and it can't fly at all!
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