As it was already late outside, the cave was even darker. Liang Yihan slowly walked up to Liuli and the other two demons. He fixed his gaze on Lingxi, his eyes deep and unfathomable, and said in a low voice, "Lingxi, this is your last chance. Go now. Otherwise, you will surely die once you get up the mountain."
Lingxi remained curled up, motionless.
Lang Yuan looked intently at Ling Xi, frowned, and said, "Ling Xi, let's go!"
Lingxi looked up at Langyuan and whispered, "Langyuan, you don't need to persuade me anymore, I won't leave."
After saying that, she got up and jumped onto Liuli's shoulder, half-lying down and holding Liuli's clothes tightly, burying her little face between her two front paws.
Liang Yihan looked at Lingxi in silence, his face somber and helpless. After a long while, he raised his voice and said, "Come in, all of you. Seize them and take them back to the mountain!"
After saying that, he turned and slowly walked out of the cave.
Five disciples of the Yuandao Sect walked towards Liang Yihan. They looked at each other in surprise at Liang Yihan's somber expression.
Liang Yihan was completely different today. Usually, he would smile nonchalantly, as if nothing bothered him. His face was often expressionless, and his eyes were unfathomable; no one could tell what he was thinking.
But today, Liang Yihan was perhaps a little too emotionally expressive.
Liang Yihan walked outside the cave and heard the roars of Yu Xin, Ge Yiyuan, and Ji Jue getting closer and closer. He summoned his flying sword and took off first.
The six disciples of Yuandao Sect grabbed Liuli and the other two demons and followed them out of the cave, while the remaining disciples flew to the very back.
A group of more than a dozen sword lights of various colors flew extremely fast and soon arrived in front of the Yuandao Sect's mountain gate. They passed through the protective sword formation outside the sect without any hindrance and entered the Yuandao Sect.
It was already night, and most of the disciples in the Yuandao Sect had returned to their rooms to meditate and cultivate. Apart from the disciples patrolling the mountain, there were very few people around.
Liang Yihan intentionally avoided the gazes of the sect disciples, but coincidentally, Yu Xing and another Yuandao Sect disciple returned from a meeting in the main hall where the sect leader resided and still saw Liang Yihan and his group.
The young disciple beside Yu Xing looked up as Liang Yihan and his group flew straight toward the prison on the back mountain. He was about to greet them when Yu Xing stopped him.
Yu Xing looked up at Liang Yihan and his group flying past quickly, and said thoughtfully, "It looks like... a spirit cat?"
“Yes.” The boy who wanted to greet Liang Yihan nodded and said, “I saw it too. Senior Brother Han and the others caught a spirit cat. Senior Brother Han is really amazing. He was able to catch the spirit cat. Uncle Ying will be very happy.”
Yu Xing lowered his head and pondered for a while, then said thoughtfully, "Junior Brother Yang, go and report to Martial Uncle Ying. Tell him that Junior Brother Han has captured a spirit cat, and the place they went to... should be the prison in the back mountain."
“This…” Junior Brother Yang hesitated and said, “Senior Brother Yu, at this time, Uncle Ying is probably already in meditation.”
Yu Xing turned to look at him and said, "Don't you know how important the matter of the spirit cat is? If you tell Uncle Ying, he will be overjoyed and will surely reward you with something. Are you really not going? If you're not going, then I'm going."
Junior Brother Yang's eyes darted left and right, then he cupped his hands in a gesture of respect and said happily, "Thank you for the reminder, Senior Brother Yu. I'll go and report to Martial Uncle Ying right away!"
"Go on." Yu Xing watched his junior brother Yang leave happily, but he remained on the path between the wooden houses. He looked up in the direction where Liang Yihan had disappeared, his gaze deep in thought, and he didn't look away for a long time.
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Yuan Daozong's prison was built on a flat area on the back mountain, covering an area of about two acres. The entire prison was roughly rectangular when viewed from the sky. It was built with polished stone bricks, which had a beautiful blue color, as if the blue Taoist spiritual energy had permeated the stone bricks.
The entire prison has only one door on the far left, which is just big enough for two people to walk side by side. That door is a huge stone about a foot thick, and it requires a specific incantation to open.
At that time, since there was no one imprisoned in the cell, there was no one guarding it either, and the area around the cell was quiet. Liang Yihan arrived at the gate, used a magic spell to open the stone door of the cell, and went in first.
Upon entering the prison, one finds a guardhouse about ten feet long and wide. Parallel to the guardhouse are three other cells, separated by iron bars. The prison is unlit, but the eerie blue light emanating from the walls, combined with the glow of the demon-trapping arrays within the three cells, makes the entire prison exceptionally bright.
Liang Yihan turned a corner at the stone gate, walked a few steps along a narrow path about half a zhang wide against the wall, and entered the first prison cell.
Apart from the five people who captured Liuli and the others, everyone else had left before entering the prison.
After the five men entered, they threw Liuli and the others into the cell. Liang Yihan said calmly, "Junior brothers, you should all go back and rest. Our seniors should all be resting by now. Let's not disturb them with what's happening here."
"Yes," the five said in unison, then turned and filed out.
Liuli sat against the wall, looking around. She saw a circle of small blue flags floating around the four sides of the cell. The flags were arranged in a mysterious pattern, forming a demon-trapping formation. This formation was a top-tier trapping formation, especially effective against demons and monsters.
She gave a cold laugh and said sarcastically, "A good place."
Yu Xin sat next to Liu Li, looking at the numerous small blue flags with a bitter expression, and muttered under her breath, "What's so good about it..."
Ge Yiyuan and Ji Jue sat further away, exchanged a glance, and smiled bitterly at each other.
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