Seeing the burly man's hesitant expression, Mu Shuangshuang smiled sweetly, her eyes crinkling with a charming allure, and asked with a playful tone, "What? Tiger King, are you trying to break the contract?"
"I am a Demon King of this generation, how could I break my promise!" The burly man glared with his tiger-like eyes: "However, if there were only one Poison Bone, I could easily handle him! But that old hag Poison Jade is quite capable; even that old bastard Shu Wuxin might not be able to defeat her in his prime. I might not be able to help you snatch the Azure Vein Crystal, so things are a bit complicated..."
"Oh? I didn't realize that the Tiger King really values the strength of that Lingyou Valley Master."
"Nonsense! If he didn't have some skill, how could he possibly guard the Azure Vein of Spirit Valley?"
The girl in the black dress nodded thoughtfully, stepped forward, and looked at the lush, dark valley in the distance. A strange smile appeared on her lips again: "Since the Tiger King has said so, then we won't rush to make a move. Let's see what other tricks the Valley Master of Lingyou Valley has up his sleeve!"
“But there’s one thing…” Mu Shuangshuang suddenly turned her head, a faint chill appearing in her eyes: “It would be best if we could get the Azure Vein Crystal, but if we can’t, we must do everything we can to destroy it… If that coward Teng Kui gets it, then our agreement is null and void! When my mother comes looking for us, Tiger King, don’t say we’re both demons and that we’re being treated like strangers!”
Hearing this, even the burly man couldn't help but tremble, and chuckled dryly, "Uh...hehehehe! Miss Mu, why are you saying such formal things? Don't worry, with me, the Wild Tiger Demon King, here, this Azure Vein Crystal will surely be within our grasp!"
Mu Shuangshuang didn't look at him again, but just stared into the distance.
"Alright... then let's wait and see..."
...
As Shen Yunhao emerged from the pool, he looked around at the dimly lit cavern, illuminated only by some glowing moss, and felt as if he had returned to the bottom of the abyss.
"Brother Yunhao!"
Just then, another small head popped up on the surface of the water.
The girl wiped the water off her face and looked around: "This should be inside a cave on the cliff of the Ten Thousand Vine Cave... I can already sense a very strong aura of the Azure Vein!"
Shen Yunhao splashed around in the water, swam to the shore, climbed up, and spat out a tender leaf from his mouth. He chuckled and said, "Green Vine! This thing of yours is really useful! If we had it back home, we wouldn't need oxygen tanks when going into the sea!"
"???"
Qing Teng blinked, looking completely bewildered.
"By the way, where did you get this stuff? Do you have any more? I'll keep a few on me just in case."
Unexpectedly, the girl blushed upon hearing this, quickly stepped forward, slapped the leaf out of Shen Yunhao's hand, and then fled as if escaping.
"Huh? Why are you getting so worked up?"
Shen Yunhao scratched his head, looking at the leaves that had turned into specks of fluorescent light and disappeared, somewhat puzzled.
After walking for a few minutes in the cave, Shen Yunhao finally saw the moonlight shining in from outside.
"arrive!"
At this moment, Qing Teng stood behind a huge vine and waved to Shen Yunhao: "This is the Ten Thousand Vine Cave!"
Shen Yunhao stepped forward, peered out of the cave, and found himself on a cliff face on the side of the abyss. Huge vines twisted and folded, covering the entire cliff face like ivy. Looking down, there was a bottomless expanse of dark green.
Shen Yunhao swallowed hard, seemingly shocked by the scene before him.
"The Green Bamboo Fortress is located above the Ten Thousand Vine Cave! We can go directly to the lowest level of the fortress..."
"But... how are we going to climb up?" Shen Yunhao looked up and saw that he was currently about a hundred meters away from the top of the cliff.
"You can walk up the vines!"
Qing Teng leaped onto a giant vine, climbed a few steps, turned and waved, saying, "Let's hurry, I don't know how much longer Master can hold on..."
Shen Yunhao thought to himself, if the Valley Master of Lingyou Valley really wanted to send those clansmen out of the valley, he should be heading down here by now...
Suddenly, he frowned and looked down into the abyss.
A deep and tranquil scene unfolds before my eyes, beyond the reach of moonlight.
"The Azure Vein...is it located deep underground? Why do I have such a strange feeling?"
He didn't think too much about it and jumped onto the vines outside, just like Qing Teng did.
But after taking just two steps forward, I saw the girl in the blue dress standing in front of me, lost in thought.
Shen Yunhao subconsciously looked up, and finding nothing unusual, asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
"Brother Yunhao..."
Unexpectedly, the girl suddenly burst into tears, turned around and threw herself into Shen Yunhao's arms, sobbing, "I...I don't want Master to die!"
To be honest, this emotional outburst caught Shen Yunhao somewhat off guard.
Just now outside, the little girl had been hugging herself and crying for a while...
However, Shen Yunhao could understand, after all, they were his closest relatives, so it was normal for him to be sad.
Perhaps it was because I was inside the Ten Thousand Vine Cave, closer to it, that my emotions became harder to suppress...
Thinking of this, Shen Yunhao raised his hand and patted the girl's thin back to comfort her.
But he never expected Qing Teng's next words.
The girl looked up, a resolute glint suddenly appearing in her tearful eyes: "Brother Yunhao! Let's go to the Azure Vein below!"
"Huh?" Shen Yunhao was now somewhat confused: "Why are we going to Qingmai?"
"Go and break the seal!" The little girl bit her lip. "If we can break the seal on the Azure Vein, Master will gain more power and might be able to defeat the enemy!"
"However, the Valley Master may not be able to withstand such powerful Azure Vein energy..."
"That's better than doing nothing and watching Master die!"
As she spoke, tears welled up in the girl's eyes again: "Unsealing the Azure Vein might be too much for Master to bear, and might even leave him with injuries... but if he's gone, what's the point of all this?"
Shen Yunhao lowered his head and remained silent.
Indeed, if the Valley Master of Lingyou Valley can acquire more Azure Vein Power, his combat strength will be greatly enhanced, and he may indeed be able to repel the people of the Demonic Sect.
In this way, no matter what backlash they might suffer later, the other clansmen in the valley and Sister Li'er will be safe!
But……
“Even the Valley Master couldn’t break the Azure Vein seal, so how could the two of us possibly do it?” Shen Yunhao sighed. “Qing Teng, I know you’re anxious, but helping your master safely relocate the clansmen in the valley is the most important thing…”
Actually, Shen Yunhao had a hidden motive when he said this...
If we go up here, and that Valley Master can delay the Demon Sect, at least Zhu Li will still have a good chance of escaping Lingyou Valley.
But if we choose to go to the underground green vein, then we might never see Sister Li'er again!
Unsealing the Azure Vein might turn the tide, but it's a low-probability event.
Shen Yunhao dared not gamble...
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