Chapter 19 The Original Male Lead Driven Mad
"By the way, what happened?" Cen Feng asked.
"It's not safe here. Come with me and we'll leave. I'll tell you later." At this moment, Ye Luo noticed the several rogue cultivators beside him. "Who are they?"
"Oh, we were searching for you along the way when we saw those big sects bullying them, so we just helped them out and ended up working together."
Ye Luo recognized the group of people as the rogue cultivators from the inn that day. "These are invisibility talismans. Use them and follow me."
"Junior brother, give me another one."
"You've used up all of these?"
A female cultivator said with a face full of guilt, "He used almost all of it for us. If it weren't for his generosity along the way, we wouldn't have made it this far..."
Cen Feng, fearing his reproach, nervously said, "I just wanted to get to the central area as soon as possible and then meet up with you!"
"Alright, stop talking and let's go."
The battle on the cliff continued. Ye Luo and his companions stealthily left the battle zone and slowly made their way towards the entrance of the Stone Heart Cave.
Along the way, Ye Luo briefly explained the cause and effect of the matter, and Cen Feng's face showed excitement, "Hahaha! Letting these major sects fight like dogs, it's absolutely awesome!"
"Yeah, it's so satisfying to think about it now, hahaha!"
Ye Luo turned to look at the monk in plain clothes and asked, "May I ask your surname, sir?"
"My surname is Chen, and my given name is Danyang."
Chen Yang turned around and introduced the three people behind him, "They are all my junior brothers and sisters, Jian Yu, Bai Wan, and Lan Ruyan."
"Are you all rogue cultivators?"
Chen Yang met his scrutinizing gaze, paused, and then truthfully said, "To be honest, we are not actually rogue cultivators..."
"Oh." Ye Luo didn't press the matter further; digging into the details wouldn't benefit anyone.
Following the markings on the map, the group found one of the entrances. Cen Feng looked at the deep cave entrance and was about to go in when Ye Luo stopped him.
"What's wrong, junior brother?"
Ye Luo didn't answer him, but turned to look at Chen Yang and the others, and said directly, "Fellow Daoist Chen, let's talk things out first. There are many treasures inside the Stone Heart Cave, and we'll each have to rely on our own abilities after we go in. But I don't want there to be any infighting among us, which would benefit other major sects."
Upon hearing this, Chen Yang and the others exchanged glances, naturally understanding his meaning. He clasped his hands and said, "Fellow Daoists, we all understand the rules. We are deeply grateful for Fellow Daoist Cen's care along the way!"
Cen Feng glanced at Ye Luo, then hesitated, saying, "Uh... no need to be so polite, it was just a small favor."
After pondering for a moment, Ye Luo took out a formation box from her storage bag. "This is a defensive formation box. Remember, it can only be used once. Once opened, it will automatically set up a defensive formation. If you want the formation to last longer, you need to charge it with spirit stones."
Chen Yang hesitated for a moment, then accepted the array box. "Thank you, fellow Daoist. We'll take our leave now!"
"Take care of yourself."
Cen Feng watched their departing figures and asked, "Junior Brother, why didn't you let them leave with you?"
"The dark side of human nature can easily break free of its cage; don't give people the chance to test it."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"..."
Ye Luo looked at her naive and innocent fifth senior brother and sighed, "You can't judge a book by its cover, so it's best to be careful. Besides, we're going to find treasure, and it's inconvenient to bring them along."
"What treasure?"
"I don't know the specifics either." Ye Luo took out a map and pointed to the locations circled in red ink. "Let's go check out these two places first."
"Alright!" Cen Feng immediately became excited when he heard that they were going to go treasure hunting.
With Cen Feng by his side, Ye Luo felt a little more at ease, but it was a pity that Yu Qianling had not yet shown up, which made him somewhat worried.
"Oh well, let's go in too."
Inside the passageway of Shixin Cave.
"Bang!" A powerful force sent stone chips flying, and a silver spear was embedded in the rock, blocking the blue-robed man's path. His handsome face showed a disheveled expression.
"You crazy woman! What grudge do I have against you that you're chasing after me like this!"
Yu Qianling's eyes flashed coldly as he pulled the silver spear from the rock. "My junior brother said you're a heartless man, and he'll kill you if he sees you!"
"???"
Yu Xuan felt extremely frustrated. He had only recently joined the sect and had never had any contact with female cultivators. How could he be considered a heartless man?
Seeing the woman in red before him, who was about to attack him with her spear, Yu Xuan was startled and inexplicably fearful. He hurriedly said, "Fellow Daoist! There must be some misunderstanding between us. Can you calm down and listen to me?!"
"No!" Yu Qianling flicked the tip of his spear, pointed it at him, and continued, "My junior brother said, don't listen to a single word you say, don't believe a single word you say!"
"?!?!"
Yu Xuan felt like he was being driven crazy. This crazy woman had been chasing him and beating him for two days and two nights without showing any signs of fatigue. On the contrary, she seemed to be getting stronger and stronger. Did she really not get tired?
Most importantly, who exactly is her junior brother?!
Yu Xuan trembled with rage, gripping his sword tightly, and roared, "Where is your junior brother? I want to confront him face to face!"
“He—” Yu Qianling paused and frowned slightly: “Oh no, I got carried away and forgot about them all!”
Upon hearing her words, Yu Xuan forced a friendly smile. "How about... we go find your junior brother together, and then we'll figure things out?"
"Hmph! You're full of tricks, aren't you trying to harm my junior brother? I won't fall for it!"
Yu Qianling exuded a fierce killing intent, assumed an offensive stance, and said, "Anyway, they're both clever. It's not too late to kill you first. Hurry up and prepare to die!"
"..."
Yu Xuan felt completely numb.
In an instant, the sounds of fierce fighting rang out, sparks flew and sword light danced wildly, illuminating the entire dark passageway.
In another passageway.
Ye Luo and Cen Feng were overjoyed, as the place was filled with ancient spiritual herbs that were dazzling to behold.
Without thinking twice, the two picked all the plants, leaving none behind, even prying off and taking away the glowing stones.
"Fifth Senior Brother, are you done with your work over there?"
"Okay!"
Looking at the dark passageway ahead, Ye Luo shone the light from the talisman in her hand. "We should be almost at the marked location."
The two quickened their pace and walked forward. Sure enough, they hadn't gone far when they saw a golden shrine box floating in the air inside an altar not far away.
Ye Luo: "There are definitely good things here, the quality of which is on a completely different level."
"Let's go see what good stuff is inside." Cen Feng looked excited and eager, and strode towards the spirit shrine box.
"etc!"
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