His words reached the ears of others, and everyone who heard them froze.
These were all "children" with low cultivation levels, unlike Geng Qi who slept comfortably in the carriage. As they traveled, they had become aware of the changes in their surroundings. In addition, their fellow disciple had gone missing the previous night, and they had been on edge all night. When they heard that the yin energy was heavy, they instinctively turned their attention to the person who said it.
But then, after glancing at them, the person continued eating and asked innocently, "Why are you all so nervous?"
"..."
"..."
"Don't worry, as the saying goes, if you have a clear conscience, you have nothing to fear. Even if there are wronged souls lying here, they won't come after you as long as you didn't kill them."
These words made the disciples even more nervous. Geng Qi smiled and said, "Of course, those who are too timid and get scared to death don't count."
"..."
Having startled the younger generation, he looked around the woods, feeling a sense of familiarity. Before he could dredge the answer from his memory, someone behind him said, "Li Yao has been here before too."
Geng Qi suddenly realized that Li Yao had indeed come to such a place after escaping. Those who have seen a lot are indeed different; he recognized it at a glance.
"Looks like we didn't come to the wrong place."
He smiled. Li Yao escaped through the secret passage, and her memory ended after passing through this forest. But the one they captured at the Li family had her memory begin here. He would never believe that this place was just an ordinary forest.
He paused for a moment, then began to examine the grove of trees again.
The secret passage that Li Yao had escaped through—he couldn't recall which direction it was, so he turned his gaze to Rong Yu behind him.
"Where is the secret passage?"
Rong Yu pursed his lips and thought for a moment, then said a direction: "Southeast."
Li Yao escaped at night, and it was difficult to find her way in the moonless, dense forest.
Geng Qi immediately strode off: "Let's go take a look."
Yuan Xin also led a few disciples to search. With a specific direction, finding a secret passage was not difficult. However, unexpectedly, they found an underground passage with an exit that led underground. Judging from the undulating terrain, the underground passage was quite large.
When Geng Qi dug out the entrance to the tunnel under a tree that was so big that it would take three people to encircle it, he frowned as he looked down into the bottomless passage.
This secret passage seems to have been found far too easily.
"Senior Sister Yuan, is Junior Sister Su really down here?"
The sudden sound interrupted his thoughts. Yuan Xin looked at the dark, bottomless pit and hesitated, "I don't know."
Geng Qi said, "When your Tianzhi Sect disciples go down the mountain for training, don't you prepare anything that can be used to track their whereabouts?"
“Yes, there is.” Yuan Xin took out a wooden token from her waist: “This is our sect’s entry token. Every disciple has one. The token is engraved with the divine sense imprint left by the sect elders, which can track the whereabouts of the sect’s disciples. However, when Junior Sister Su disappeared, her identity token was left in the backyard of the village head’s mansion.”
"..."
The three of them lay prone at the entrance of the secret passage for a while. Geng Qi was the first to stand up, patting his clothes as he walked back: "The entrance isn't big; not many people can go down there."
Rong Yu seemed to already know what the cave entrance looked like, so he didn't go over to look. He stood calmly by the carriage, seemingly talking to Qing Han. When he saw him coming over, he looked at him.
Geng Qi took the bag of dried plums that Qing Han hadn't finished eating from his hand and continued, "The secret passage is underground. The situation down there is unknown, and the dangers are unknown. What do you plan to do?"
Rong Yu said, "Let them choose."
Compared to Rong Yu, bringing these disciples to investigate the missing souls was like bringing a dozen useless burdens. However, he couldn't bear to leave them in Ge Feng Town. Without any capable fighters, they would be at the mercy of the murderer if they came looking for them.
Now that the secret passage is underground, it is fraught with danger and unpredictable events. No matter how high their cultivation level is, it is difficult to protect everyone. Therefore, most people choose to stay on the surface.
"Qinghan, you stay up there too."
"yes."
Ultimately, only three disciples chose to go down into the secret passage.
Those who didn't go down were either self-aware enough to fear becoming a burden, or cowardly and afraid of death.
Geng Qi naturally followed him down the secret passage. As soon as they entered the passage, a gust of cold wind hit them, making them shiver. It was pitch black ahead and they couldn't see anything. Rong Yu took out a few luminous pearls and held them in his hand to provide light. The soft light shone into the dark passage, which was nothing but soil.
"Why not bring Yang Tianhui along? Wouldn't it be perfect to have him scout ahead now?"
Geng Qi lagged half a step behind Rong Yu, his words sounding quite regretful.
Yuan Xin said, "Senior Yang returned to the inn yesterday, and we set off this morning without informing him."
"Why didn't you tell him? Didn't their Yan Dan Sect also lose a disciple?" Yuan Xin turned back with a puzzled look, unwilling to pay him any more attention, and looked at the person walking at the front.
"Our grandmaster said it wasn't necessary, so we didn't inform Senior Yang." Another disciple spoke up, the one who had been complaining about the "plaster" before they set off that morning.
Geng Qi raised an eyebrow with interest and turned to look at the person in front of him.
Could it be that this person overheard my guess from last night, which is why he didn't bring Yang Tianhui along?
Secretly delighted, she quietly caught up a little further.
The group of five walked through a narrow, dark passage that wound its way into the distance. There was only one path, and the deeper they went, the heavier the eerie atmosphere became. The people at the back couldn't help but rub their arms together, feeling a chilling aura surrounding them as if it were coiling around their necks.
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