Zhongli finally stopped smiling. She carefully examined Chen Qian for a moment before slowly saying, "I'm usually not threatened by others, but I have to admit, I am indeed very wary of you."
"How about this... once the Queen Mother of the West helps me open the stone coffin, I'll let you leave, okay?"
"good!"
After only a moment's thought, Shen Qian immediately agreed to the other party's request.
"Sink forward..." Cheng Qingqing frowned from behind.
"I don't care what's in that stone coffin. Even if it's a raging flood or a ferocious beast, I can't just sit by and watch Jiang Xuan and Eighth Senior Sister's lives go wrong. If anything goes wrong, I'll take the blame."
He said softly before sinking in.
Cheng Qingqing immediately shut up, because she sensed an unquestionable determination in Shen Qian's words.
This kid seems to have matured a bit...
Cheng Qingqing glanced at Shen Qian's retreating figure, and her feelings became somewhat complicated.
"Eighth Senior Sister, listen to her, open the stone coffin."
Shen Qian turned to Ji Ruoshui and spoke.
Ji Ruoshui stared at Chen Qian for a while, as if she had sensed something from his eyes. She gently nodded, "Okay."
Seeing Ji Ruoshui nod, Zhong Li gave a signal with her eyes, and Jiang Chengye stepped forward, subtly separating the group. Then she led Ji Ruoshui and Jiang Xuan straight up into the sky and arrived in front of the floating stone coffin.
Zhong Li stepped back, slightly raised his chin, and gestured for Ji Ruoshui to make a move.
Ji Ruoshui glanced at Shen Qian again, then gracefully stepped forward and placed her fair hand on the stone coffin.
Buzz!
The stone coffin, which had been silent all along, suddenly trembled, and streaks of blood-red lines emerged from its surface. Then, as if drawn by some force, those lines flowed like water towards Ji Ruoshui's palm.
When the last trace of crimson color disappeared from the area covered by Ji Ruoshui's palm, the stone coffin fell silent for a brief moment.
Thump!
A sound like a muffled drum suddenly echoed between heaven and earth.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
Immediately afterwards, the sounds became more frequent and rapid. At the same time, everyone who had been watching this scene with curiosity since Ji Ruoshui began to break the seal turned pale and had difficulty breathing.
The sound, like the beating of a drum, not only echoed in the air but also struck their hearts directly.
"That sound...it sounds like a heartbeat?"
Someone muttered something under their breath, which made everyone's expressions tense.
Everyone recognized it; it was the sound of a heartbeat.
What kind of being could have such a terrifying sound, even just its heartbeat?
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