Chapter 160 "I won't leave, I'll protect my master."
Upon hearing this, Bai Ruoqian's eyes flickered slightly. She now disliked Du Jiaoxi even more, and had many doubts about this woman in her heart.
This woman is the type who won't get up early for nothing, and she usually prefers to be a bystander and enjoy the peace. Why is she so obsessed with the matter of the Heart and Soul?
Moreover, she seems to know quite a bit about how to control her mind and soul, which is very unlike her usual style.
"Junior Sister Bai, have you seen this before?" Du Jiaoxi's sudden voice brought Bai Ruoqian back to her senses.
When I looked up, I met her scrutinizing gaze, and a strange panic rose in my heart. Had she seen through something?
“I’ve never seen it.” Bai Ruoqian glanced at Cen Feng and continued, “I left first and didn’t see any of those dark figures.”
Du Jiaoxi: "That's really strange. Every time the shadow appears, it's near you, but you always manage to escape unscathed."
Upon hearing this, Bai Ruoqian's heart tightened, and she became somewhat embarrassed and angry. "What do you mean?!"
"It doesn't mean anything, I'm just envious of your good fortune, why are you so agitated?"
"You—!" Bai Ruoqian looked at her mocking face and her anger flared up. Just as she was about to say something in response, her inner soul spoke.
"This woman is too perceptive; you must not say another word!"
Bai Ruoqian heard the coldness in Xin Hun Yin's voice and wisely shut her mouth, letting out a cold snort: "Second Senior Brother, let's go!"
"Oh, okay..." Su Yuyuan responded and led the Tianfeng Sect members to follow and leave.
Du Jiaoxi looked in the direction Bai Ruoqian had left, her eyebrows furrowed in thought. She thought to herself: It seems... I need to report this to my master.
"Xiaoxi, I...I..."
Shi Yi was a little excited at this moment, his face turned red and he became somewhat incoherent. She actually said in public that she liked him and even admitted that he was her Daoist partner.
Du Jiaoxi raised an eyebrow: "I was just making up an excuse, why are you getting so worked up?"
"Huh?" Shi Yi felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over her head. Although she was a cultivator and didn't need to pay too much attention to the formalities of the mortal world, it was still a woman's reputation, so how could she make up such nonsense?
"How could you say such things so casually..."
Looking at his simple-minded appearance, Du Jiaoxi suppressed a smile, looked around at her surroundings, and said seriously:
"Alright, we need to find the others, or find the exit of this secret realm first, otherwise we won't be able to get out once the outside teleportation channel closes!"
Ling Shu: "By the way, how many days has it been since we entered the secret realm?"
"It seems to be around the third day," Cen Feng said after thinking for a moment.
"Time is running out, let's hurry up and leave, maybe we can still find some treasure." After saying that, Du Jiaoxi walked forward.
Shi Yi caught up with her in a few steps, carefully observing her expression, and said, "Xiao...Xiao Xi."
"what?"
"I...I was really happy just now...I will try my best to become your Daoist partner in the future."
Du Jiaoxi suppressed a smile, raised her hand and tapped him on the forehead, "What are you being so mushy about, you rough guy? Hurry up and get down to business!"
After she finished speaking, she took Shi Yi's hand and strode forward, leaving Cen Feng and Ling Shu looking at each other with expressions of surprise.
"Brother Cen Feng, do you think Sister Du and Brother Shi Yi are really a couple?"
"Um...maybe so."
At this moment, Yan Xiao followed behind the two of them. Seeing their slightly intimate appearance, he immediately felt displeased. He took a few steps and walked between the two of them, deliberately separating them.
"What are you doing?" Cen Feng asked, puzzled.
"Protect the master."
Ling Shu: "???"
"There's no danger here, you should get out of here!"
"I won't leave, I'll protect my master."
"..."
...
"Boom—!"
A loud crash came from the canyon, and chunks of rock tumbled down the cliff face.
A giant silver-backed mantis was seen frantically chasing after the fleeing group, its "mantis blade" gleaming with a terrifying eerie light, and within moments it had killed another person.
"Aaaaaah—Help!"
"Run!"
A female disciple of the Beast Taming Sect, tears welling in her eyes, glanced at the scattered pieces of corpse and said in a trembling voice, "The Silverback Mantis is a fourth-tier demon beast. Judging from its appearance, it seems to be about to advance to the next tier. We...we are no match for it at all!"
"Young Master Qingyu, what should we do now?"
"Never mind that, the most important thing is to escape!" Qing Yu said as she rode her flying artifact through the deep valleys and forests. Suddenly, a cry for help came from ahead.
Qingyu and the others stopped in their tracks. Several people were entangled in a huge spider web, and then the monsters hidden nearby swarmed them and devoured them in an instant.
"Ugh—!" A female cultivator, upon seeing such a bloody and horrifying scene, immediately gagged uncomfortably, which was actually due to her emotional tension.
Seeing that the road ahead was blocked, Qingyu turned around and looked at the demonic mantises chasing behind her. Suddenly, she noticed what appeared to be a crack in the mountain and said urgently, "Quickly, you all need to crawl inside the mountain and hide. Let's get through this first!"
Everyone was already in a panic, and could only nod hurriedly as they squeezed into the mountain crevice not far away.
"Hurry up, the monsters are coming!"
"Yeah! Hurry up, you guys!"
Because the gap was narrow, everyone entered one by one, which took a while. As the monsters drew closer, Qingyu had no choice but to use the Ice Crystal Lotus magic weapon within her body to block the monsters that were pouncing on.
"You all go inside right now!"
Seeing that Qingyu had blocked the demonic beast, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. "Good, good, you hold on for a while!"
Qingyu looked at the demonic beasts staring at him and couldn't help but shudder. He gritted his teeth and circulated his spiritual power, saying, "I absolutely cannot perish here... I must hold on!"
Are you all done?
"Almost there!!" The female cultivator from the Beast Taming Sect, after being the last to squeeze in, urged Qing Yu outside, "Alright, hurry up and come in!"
"Alright!" Just as Qing Yu put away the precious lotus, a huge spider web suddenly covered the entrance to the crevice, startling everyone inside who gasped in surprise.
Qingyu looked up and saw a huge spider monster lying in wait on the rock wall. Its huge eyes revealed ferocity as it spewed out streams of venom at him.
Seeing this, Qingyu was shocked and nimbly dodged. Watching the dark green venom instantly corrode the rock, she couldn't help but frown.
If you get infected with this, you probably won't survive.
Qingyu said urgently, "Quickly remove that spider web!"
"Alright!" Just as the group was casting a spell to burn the spider web, they were stopped by several Qingyang Sect disciples behind them. "If you burn the spider web, the small demonic beasts outside will come in!"
"That's right! Quickly seal the cracks in the rocks so the monsters can't get in!"
"No!" the female cultivator from the Beast Taming Sect exclaimed urgently, "Qing Yu, he hasn't come in yet!"
"We can't worry about that now. I've found a cave behind here. We can go there and find a way to survive. If you want to live, come with us!"
"But...but..."
A male cultivator from the Qingyang Sect instantly turned cold and said, "Every man for himself, or the world will punish him. If you are ungrateful and insist on going your own way, I don't mind throwing you out to feed the demon beasts!"
Upon hearing this, the female cultivator turned pale. She glanced at Qing Yu outside with a look of guilt in her eyes and could only turn around and crawl inside.
The disciples of Qingyang Sect stayed behind, moving stones to block the entrance and affixing sealing talismans. "Done, let's go!"
At this moment, Qing Yu was unaware that he had been abandoned by everyone and was still focused on dealing with the attacking monsters. "Are you done yet?!"
He heard no response for a long time. When he turned around, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave. The spider web was not only not destroyed, but the entrance was blocked.
"Damn it!" Qing Yu couldn't help but curse, but the situation didn't allow him to think too much, so he flew towards a relatively safe path.
Little did they know, this was just a trap they had set.
When he entered that area, several spider webs suddenly appeared around him, trapping him completely.
Looking at the surrounding monsters, despair welled up in his heart, and his lips trembled as he said, "Father... I may not be able to go back..."
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