Shang Lin was overjoyed and immediately called out to the cave entrance, "Brother Yu, are you down there?" Even if he was down there, he would have frozen to death after such a long time, right?
Shang Lin's heart trembled as he was about to go down, but Chi Xie grabbed him, saying, "Don't rush down, we have scouts ahead of us." With that, he threw the monster down.
The sound of a heavy object rolling down rang out instantly, but Shang Lin watched intently, afraid of missing any potentially triggered formations or mechanisms.
After looking for a while and not finding anything wrong, Shang Lin said, "You stay here, I'll go down and take a look. If there are any traps at the entrance, you can deal with them from up here, so we don't end up like we were in the cave, where we were all locked up inside."
Upon realizing this possibility, Red Scorpion hurriedly said, "I can't do it alone. Let She Jinxing come out too."
"Alright." This can be considered splitting up the forces into two groups, providing double protection.
However, as soon as She Jinxing came out, he wanted to go down with Shang Lin, because he was really worried about leaving the sect leader alone.
So Shang Lin repeated what he had said to Chi Xie to She Jinxing, adding, "I am now at the seventh level of Qi Refining, and my body has recovered. I am several times stronger than before, so you don't need to worry."
Although She Jinxing was still worried, he had no choice but to agree, because the experience of being trapped in the cave and almost burned to death had just happened, and they had to learn from it.
Seeing that She Jinxing had agreed, Shang Lin began to descend the steps one by one, truly engaging all her senses. Fortunately, she landed safely without any serious injury.
Shang Lin hurriedly took out his phone and turned on the flashlight. The basement floor and walls were made of stone. There was a corridor, and it was clear that the basement was a partitioned structure. There were also old lamp holders for oil lamps on the walls of the corridor.
On the wall below the first compartment, there are protruding stones, all on the same plane, with wooden planks between some of the stones. What are they used to store?
Shang Lin looked at it carefully again, but still couldn't figure out what kind of mechanism or magic array it was. Maybe it really was just for storing things? After all, this isolated island-like place was really inconvenient to get in and out of.
If someone lived here before, they would have stockpiled supplies. Of course, hundreds or even thousands of years ago, this Zhuzishan Mountain may not have been an "isolated island," and may have experienced many changes over time.
However, none of these things were what he cared about at the moment. Shang Lin slowly walked inside and saw Yu Qingfeng in the second cubicle, whose fate was unknown.
He was tied to a wooden cross, his eyes closed, his face ashen. Shang Lin rushed over to untie him, but Yu Qingfeng was surrounded by red light, like countless sharp arrows, shooting straight at Shang Lin.
He hurriedly entered the Dragon Spirit Tower, realizing that relying on his own speed to evade was completely impossible. They had been using monsters to scout ahead all along, but had forgotten about it now.
Once the rain of arrows had completely disappeared, Shang Lin reappeared, using the monster to probe the surroundings. When he went to untie Yu Qingfeng's ropes, he used the monster as a shield.
The monster was indeed riddled with arrows, instantly turning into a foul-smelling pool of blood. Shang Lin immediately held his breath; it was truly mortifying. He supported Yu Qingfeng with one hand and held his phone in the other as he walked outside, but then…
As soon as Yu Qingfeng left the cross, the basement began to collapse. If Shang Lin were alone, he could have rushed out through the gaps in the collapse, but with Yu Qingfeng with him, it was completely impossible.
Left with no other option, Shang Lin could only take the people into the Dragon Spirit Tower for temporary refuge, while the tower spirit, Divine Lord, rushed out through the gap. This startled She Jinxing and Red Scorpion, who were waiting above, and they hurriedly used their demonic power to stop the collapse.
The Dragon Spirit Tower emerged from the darkness like a golden streak of light, then vanished just as quickly, revealing Shang Lin and Yu Qingfeng.
She Jinxing and Chi Xie each carried one person to the restaurant, closed the door, started a fire, and checked their injuries.
Shang Lin hurriedly said, "I'm fine, it's Yu Qingfeng who's not well."
While speaking, he fed Yu Qingfeng pills, applied cold-resistant talismans, patted his stiff limbs, fed him warm water, put on his outer clothes, and channeled spiritual energy into him. The outer clothes were taken off from She Jinxing.
After all that work, Yu Qingfeng's complexion finally improved a little. Shang Lin hurriedly took his pulse and thankfully, there was no fatal injury. He must have been chilled all night to be in this state.
Shang Lin channeled some spiritual energy into Yu Qingfeng, then had Chi Xie carry him away. They needed to get him to the hospital as soon as possible; they couldn't stay here, but going down the mountain now wouldn't be easy because…
The water that the deity used to extinguish the fire is now frozen, and the path down the mountain has also been frozen. Shang Lin looked at She Jinxing helplessly, "Looks like you'll have to carry me down."
She Jinxing immediately knelt down in front of Shang Lin, "Sect Master, don't worry, this is not a problem."
Shang Lin said a little embarrassedly, "Weren't you injured?"
"What's a little injury like this?"
"That's an injury too. Be careful, it's best if no one finds out."
Red Scorpion released his divine sense to sense the surroundings before saying, "Don't worry, there isn't a trace of human presence."
By this time, She Jinxing had already jumped down with Shang Lin on his back, and Chi Xie hurriedly followed, amidst ice and snow. They didn't dare to land, flying all the way to their car parked halfway up the mountain.
As soon as Shang Lin's feet touched the ground, he looked at the car first. "Thank goodness, the water didn't flow here."
The next second his phone rang. It was Situ Pojun calling. As soon as he answered, Situ's worried voice came through, "Shang Lin, how are you?"
Shang Lin immediately smiled and said, "Great, we just found Yu Qingfeng and haven't had a chance to call you yet."
"That's good." Situ Pojun immediately breathed a sigh of relief. "What about those demons?"
Seeing She Jinxing open the car door, Shang Lin immediately got in, saying, "They've all turned to ash."
"How is Yu Qingfeng?"
Shang Lin glanced at Yu Qingfeng in the back seat before saying, "She's quite badly injured. I'm about to take her to the hospital."
Situ Pojun hurriedly stopped him, "Don't send him to the hospital, bring him here. How do you explain his injuries going to the hospital? Do you want Uncle Hat to invite you for tea? The culprit has turned to ashes."
Shang Lin hesitated, "The journey is a bit long, and I'm worried he won't be able to make it."
"Then send him to a private hospital, or contact his faction."
Shang Lin thought to himself, "He's not even awake yet, how am I supposed to contact his sect?"
But when he opened his mouth, he said, "Okay."
After hanging up the phone, Shang Lin started looking for a nearby private hospital, and he actually found one. It would take more than forty minutes to drive there, but it was still much closer than going back home.
It was only then that Shang Lin realized he was starving. He checked the time; it was 3 p.m. Goodness, he had missed both breakfast and lunch. But rescuing Yu Qingfeng was more important than anything else.
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