"Holy crap! Where did you find this???" Yue Jiu Nian grabbed the boy and asked excitedly, "My God, my darling, you're finally back!!!"
As she spoke, she even forgot to untie the boy's ropes, and excitedly held the pair of short swords she had found again to her lips and kissed them: "Mwah~~, it's been so long since I've seen my old friend, how are you? I'm so happy to see you again!"
The short sword had been with its master for many years and had long since developed its own consciousness. So when it returned to its master's hand this time, it trembled slightly, as if expressing its excitement at being reunited with its master.
Although the boy didn't see the short sword's subtle movements, he could tell that Yue Jiu Nian was excited. He twisted his body to let Yue Jiu Nian untie the rope for him and said, "So these two knives are yours? What a coincidence. I found them in a cave. I originally wanted to use them for self-defense, but in the end I didn't have to."
"A cave? Which cave? Take me to that cave quickly!"
Upon hearing about the cave, Yue Jiu Nian immediately and quickly untied the boy's ropes, then pulled him to find the cave where the short sword had been found, because there was a high possibility that her true form might still be inside that cave.
"Quickly, take me to that cave. By the way, did you find anything else in the cave where you found the short swords? Besides those short swords."
The boy was being pulled along by Yue Jiu Nian. Relying on his memory to find the way to the cave, he said, "I remember the cave seemed to lead this way. Oh, they're short swords! I thought they were knives! Ahhh!!~"
After leaving the tomb, the boy headed straight for the entrance, the direction they had come from. On the way, he saw the corpse that had been torn apart by the ghostly thing, and screamed in fright.
The boy stared at the mangled corpse on the ground with a look of terror and nausea. He was clearly terrified. His mouth opened and closed several times before he finally managed to say, "Are they...are they all dead? Were they killed by that thing?"
Yue Jiu Nian disdainfully pulled the stunned boy away from the dismembered corpses, saying dismissively, "Otherwise what? Do you think this place is so easy to get into? Even if you get in, you might not get out alive. As for why you didn't die, I guess it's because you picked up my things, so that ghost didn't kill you and even sent me to take you away."
Before Yue Jiu Nian, she couldn't understand why the boy wouldn't be torn apart by that thing, and why she would bring him out. But now that she has found the short sword, she understands.
Because the short sword had demonic energy, the ghostly thing dared not kill the boy easily. It wasn't until later that the ghostly thing encountered the owner of the demonic energy on the short sword that Yue Jiu Nian was brought into the tomb and took the boy away.
After hearing Yue Jiu's words, the boy asked, somewhat confused, "So that's how it is. But why didn't it dare to kill me after it found your things? Is there something special about your short sword?"
"That's because my short sword is a rare treasure, and it has a murderous aura on it, which is why it protected you. Alright, let's not worry about this anymore. Hurry up and take me to that cave." Yue Jiu Nian casually replied, "It'll be dark soon if we don't go now."
The boy nodded in agreement with Yue Jiu Nian's words and said, "Oh, I didn't expect your short sword to be so powerful. It seems that I am lucky in this misfortune."
After emerging from the cave, the boy followed his memory to find another cave, sharing his tragic experience with Yue Jiu Nian as he walked.
It turns out the boy was a high school student who was kidnapped by the group of tomb raiders when he got off the train at the station and then brought to the tomb as a shield.
Those tomb raiders probably knew there was danger in the tomb, so in order to reduce casualties in their group, they kidnapped the boy and brought him here as a gift to the tomb guardian. However, the boy accidentally picked up a short sword, so he didn't die. Instead, all the tomb raiders died.
"Hey, luckily I found your short sword, otherwise I would have been dead long ago. Oh, by the way, my name is Liu Zhan. What's your name? And why did you come to this place?" The boy led the way while talking to Yue Jiu Nian behind him.
Yue Jiu Nian followed behind the boy and said, "My name is Yue Jiu Nian. I came here for tourism. I lost some things and started looking for them. Okay, let's hurry up and find the cave before dark, otherwise we'll have to spend the night in the cave."
Yue Jiu Nian planned to finish the battle quickly and didn't want to waste any more time, since she still needed to bring the short sword back to Yue Jiu Ling and go back to school for her exams.
Inside the Blood Demon's formation:
Yue Jiuling and Ya Zi had not yet found the array's core to break the formation. They had been here for a long time. Although they didn't know the time outside, staying in this disgusting place for so long made them feel like each day was an eternity.
"Ugh, I feel like if I keep going like this, I'll really turn into a mud figure! Look at my face, look what I've become!"
After repeatedly encountering magical beasts that doubted their identities, forcing them to roll in the mud again, Yue Jiu Ling Sheng was already quite annoyed. At this moment, she was complaining to Ya Zi, who was also frowning and looking miserable, with a sense of hopelessness.
By this time, Ya Zi had long since lost his temper. He grabbed his muddy hair with both hands and said painfully, "In this damned place, I'm about to explode! Why can't we find the array's core? Why do those monsters always suspect us? Ugh, I'm so annoyed!"
Yue Jiuling reached out and touched her mud-covered face: "Can't you find anything different? We've almost explored the whole place, and we haven't found anything unusual at all?"
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