"I will take people out to look for the princess. You, the left guard, will stay in the city. If the princess comes back, you will send people out of the city to find me and tell me." As he said that, Rong Chengxuan got on the horse sideways, squeezed the horse's belly, pulled the reins, turned the horse's head and rode away.
Rong Chengxuan led his men out of the city. On the other side, Yun Wanwan took a wrong turn on her way back. During one wrong step, she suddenly felt something protrude beneath her feet, as if she had stepped on something...
Because Yun Wanwan didn't know what the thing was, she just had a vague feeling that it was not a good thing.
She looked down. It was almost dusk. On the gray ground, traces of the soil being turned over could be vaguely seen, but she could not see through the surface what was underneath.
Yun Wanwan just stood there not daring to move, but she was not afraid either. She just thought that the two divinations she had gotten were not good. It would be fine if something happened to her, but if Rong Chengxuan was implicated, that would be a situation she did not want to see.
But simply stepping on the same spot wasn't a solution. What if she loosened her foot, could she hope for a chance of survival? She thought, unwilling to wait any longer, and was about to gently move her foot, which had stepped on the foreign object, when she heard a heartbreaking cry from behind her—"Wanwan!"
When Rong Chengxuan arrived alone, he saw Yun Wanwan standing alone in the open space, without moving at all. When he saw this, Rong Chengxuan knew that there must be some mystery.
When Rong Chengxuan rode over, he saw that the person who had been motionless before was about to start moving. He was so frightened that his heart was in his throat, and he could only shout, "Wanwan!"
Yun Wanwan turned her head and saw Rong Chengxuan riding towards her. She dug her other foot into the soil and finally rubbed out the spot where she stepped. It was a trigger button of a mechanism that had almost faded.
Yun Wanwan calmly said to Rong Chengxuan, "Rong Chengxuan, I think I've stepped on a trap. I just did some divination, and the two predictions I got weren't very good."
When Rong Chengxuan dismounted from his horse and heard Yun Wanwan say this, his legs trembled. He shouted at Yun Wanwan, "Wanwan, don't move! No traps or anything like that can stop us!"
Rong Chengxuan walked up to Yun Wanwan step by step and took her hand. "Okay, you can let go now. We can face anything together."
Rong Chengxuan's words seemed to calm Yun Wanwan down, and the anxiety she had just felt subsided inexplicably. She held Rong Chengxuan's hand and said, "Yes, we're together."
"Okay." As soon as Rong Chengxuan finished speaking, Yun Wanwan's feet loosened.
Yun Wanwan only felt that the ground beneath her feet seemed to be shaking, and there was a "buzzing" sound from below. Before Rong Chengxuan could hug Yun Wanwan, the next moment, a huge force suddenly rushed up from the ground, as if the mountains were collapsing and the earth was cracking. Rong Chengxuan hugged Yun Wanwan and flew up.
Rong Chengxuan grabbed Yun Wanwan and jumped up, trying to stand on the branch of a big tree, but the branch seemed fake. Just as Rong Chengxuan was standing on it with Yun Wanwan, it broke down. Rong Chengxuan had no support and fell straight down with Yun Wanwan.
Rong Chengxuan was startled and turned around in the air while holding Yun Wanwan, trying to lean against the tree trunk next to him. Just as he hooked the trunk with his toes, the tree fell down with a loud bang in the blink of an eye.
Rong Chengxuan finally realized that this was all an illusion. Yun Wanwan buried her face in his shoulder. She knew how to break the illusion, but now, if she moved, it would cause trouble for Rong Chengxuan. So she could only nestle in Rong Chengxuan's arms, waiting for him to take her to a place to stay.
Rong Chengxuan took Yun Wanwan past a few more trees. When they looked down, they found that the entire ground had sunk, just like the scene they saw when the ground outside the city collapsed last time. Rong Chengxuan and Yun Wanwan arrived late at that time, so they didn't see the scene at the beginning when it seemed as if the ground was going to swallow everyone up.
Rong Chengxuan carried Yun Wanwan over several trees in a row, and finally, with the help of the force of the fallen tree, he took Yun Wanwan and flew four or five feet away. He just stood still and before he could even breathe, his feet suddenly felt empty and he fell down with Yun Wanwan.
Rong Chengxuan was caught off guard when he fell, and he had no time to react at all. He only had time to protect Yun Wanwan in his arms. It was pitch black all around, and the place where he and Yun Wanwan had just fallen seemed to be alive. Rong Chengxuan and Yun Wanwan were together again after they fell.
Rong Chengxuan wanted to find a fulcrum, but he didn't know how deep the hole was. Rong Chengxuan knew that if he didn't react, he and Yun Wanwan would fall down together and be killed.
Rong Chengxuan looked around, then took a deep breath and slapped the stone wall below him. He didn't know how much strength he used, but the stone was actually shattered into pieces by him.
Rong Chengxuan used the stone to slow down his falling speed. Rong Chengxuan wanted to find another place to land, but before he could react, a sharp sword came out from the gap of the place where Rong Chengxuan had just made a dent, almost stringing Rong Chengxuan and Yun Wanwan together like a string.
Rong Chengxuan and Yun Wanwan were both terrified, but luckily Rong Chengxuan reacted quickly and dodged to the side. He had no choice but to relax his grip and let the two continue to fall.
Fortunately, they reached the bottom quickly. Rong Chengxuan landed first, then let go of Yun Wanwan. Fortunately, when Yun Wanwan came out to look for Rong Chengxuan, she was afraid that it would be dark and she would not be able to see the way clearly, so she picked up a night-shining pearl on the way out. Although the light was not very bright, it was still enough to see.
Rong Chengxuan took the Night Pearl from Yun Wanwan's hand. They found a narrow passageway with a door in front. He stopped at the doorway, reached out to stop Yun Wanwan, and whispered, "Wanwan, get out of the way. If there are any more traps, you can stay behind me."
Yun Wanwan also looked up and took a look around. It was no wonder Rong Chengxuan was worried. In such a small space, if a trap popped out as soon as he pushed the door open, there would be no escape. Rong Chengxuan hesitated for a moment, then, to be cautious, let Yun Wanwan move a little further away.
After watching Yun Wanwan stand far away, he pushed open the small door with extreme caution. The door hinges made a "creaking" sound and dust fell. Rong Chengxuan tensed up, fearing that some mechanism would suddenly pop out like the last time he entered the ancient tomb.
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