No one responded; only his own shouts echoed in the passage. After the sound faded, the surrounding silence made Luo Chu feel a little uneasy.
"Senior Brother? Second Senior Brother?" he called out tentatively, a sense of foreboding creeping into his wildly beating heart.
Still, no one responded.
No way...
Ahead of them were Shen Sangruo, Jiang Chu, and Lin Qianyin. Lin Qianyin was skilled in illusion magic, so she went ahead to investigate whether there was any illusion magic.
Behind them were nine other people.
Luo Chu cautiously peeked out from around the corner, but there was no one there.
The passage I had just walked through was deserted, and my blood seemed to run backwards at that moment.
"They're gone! They're all gone!" Luo Chu shouted at the top of his lungs. "Nine people of that size have all disappeared!"
She took off running towards Lu Shiqing, shouting, "Third Senior Brother! Third Senior Brother! Wait for me! Eldest Senior Brother and Second Senior Brother are missing too!"
He only has Lu Shiqing left, and he can't afford to lose Lu Shiqing again!
Perhaps sensing danger, Luo Chu's potential was suddenly unleashed, and he actually managed to catch up with Lu Shiqing.
He gripped Lu Shiqing's hand tightly, wishing he could tie them together with a rope.
"Third Senior Brother, it's just the two of us now. We got separated from the others. What do we do now?!" Luo Chu was extremely anxious.
Among those in front of them was Shen Sangruo, and those behind them had the advantage of sheer numbers.
By all accounts, their combination is the most dangerous. Both of them are only at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm. If they encounter a crisis later, how will they deal with it?
This is truly the worst luck imaginable!
Lu Shiqing didn't care about anyone else; all he could think about was Shen Sangruo.
"No matter what, we must find Sang Ruo first!"
He tried to break free from Luo Chu's hand, but found that the latter's hand was locked on his wrist like a pair of pliers.
Unable to break free, and with finding Shen Sangruo being the more important matter at hand, Lu Shiqing had no time to worry about such things, so he could only let Luo Chu pull him along.
The previous irritation and impatience completely disappeared, and the two became extremely vigilant as they walked towards the front of the passage.
They came to another corner, but instead of a passage, a blinding white light suddenly appeared after the turn.
Caught off guard, the two instinctively closed their eyes in response to the bright light.
"Oh no!" Realizing he had fallen into a trap, Lu Shiqing quickly opened his eyes.
But when I opened my eyes again, the scene before me had changed.
He was in a completely white space, surrounded by an endless expanse of white, a white that sent chills down his spine.
Fortunately, Luo Chu held his wrist tightly enough, and they entered the space together without getting separated.
Luo Chu opened his eyes as well. "Where is this? Third Senior Brother, have we been captured by those evil cultivators?"
"We're doomed! We're going to die here! What do we do? What do we do?!"
"Will Chen Sangruo and the others find out we're missing and come looking for us to rescue us?"
"Shut your mouth!" Lu Shiqing roared at Luo Chu, annoyed by his constant chatter.
Luo Chu was already extremely nervous, and was startled so much that he shuddered. After a while, he muttered in a low voice, "What are you yelling about..."
Lu Shiqing looked around but couldn't find any information. He couldn't help but curse, "Damn it!"
Just as he was about to step forward to look for clues, several projections suddenly appeared out of thin air in front of the two of them.
The projection was incredibly realistic, as if it had brought another scene to life right in front of them.
So much so that they didn't realize at first that it was just a projection. Lu Shiqing happily ran towards "Chen Sangruo" but passed right through her body.
Lu Shiqing looked bewildered before realizing it was a projection.
"What are these things? Third Senior Brother, look! They're all here!" Luo Chu said happily.
Everyone except them was projected in front of them.
Each person was in a separate, room-like space, and like their current environment, the surrounding walls were all white.
Shen Sangruo, Jiang Chu, and Lin Qianyin were in adjacent spaces, while the others were in one space.
At this moment, Chen Sanruo was cautiously observing everything in the space, her palm stroking the white wall.
"That's great, they're not in any danger." Luo Chu breathed a sigh of relief, then began to wonder, "But the space they're in seems different from ours. Why are their projections appearing in front of us?"
There seemed to be no projection in the space where Shen Sangruo and the others were.
Luo Chu keenly realized this problem.
The next moment, a voice appeared in their ears, a laughing voice that was both male and female, as if it had a bewitching power.
"Welcome to the Illusion Control Center. You will be granted supreme power, and omnipotent illusions will be able to fulfill all your requests. Control their illusions to your heart's content."
Upon hearing this, both Lu Shiqing and Luo Chu were stunned.
So they've arrived at a place that's essentially behind the illusion, and they even have the ability to manipulate the illusion?
Thinking of something, Lu Shiqing became incredibly excited and immediately asked the voice, "Hey, can you really create any kind of illusion?"
There was no answer; the voice disappeared.
"Third Senior Brother, what are you planning to do?" Luo Chu realized that Lu Shiqing's words had a hidden meaning. "That voice doesn't sound like a good thing."
"Maybe they're trying to lure us into some condition so they can kill us. If we really manipulate the illusion, we'll probably be eaten alive, leaving not even bones behind."
Ultimately, it was something created by those evil cultivators, and Luo Chu instinctively remained suspicious and vigilant.
"Are you stupid, Luo Chu? You don't actually think that the voice will let us out just because we don't use this illusion, do you?"
Lu Shiqing's face was full of disdain for Luo Chu.
"What am I going to do? Naturally, I'll use the opportunity of manipulating illusions to bring Sang Ruo back to the Sang Ruo she used to be." A smile appeared on his lips.
His gaze towards Chen Sangruo's illusory figure was filled with deep affection. Recalling the past, his eyes became gentle and tender, yet concealed a subtle, almost imperceptible, obsession.
"What do you mean?" Luo Chu was clearly still confused.
Her gaze returned to Luo Chu, and it shifted back to disdain.
"If that illusion is truly so powerful, capable of creating anything, why can't we manipulate it to make Sang Ruo forget all the things that have happened in the past few years?"
"Make her forget Bai Mumu, forget those people from Ninghua Sect, forget everything we've done, forget the conflicts between us!" Lu Shiqing became more and more excited as he spoke.
"Let her only remember us, only remember the time we spent together on Zhenlin Peak, and only remember us from beginning to end! Sang Ruo will always be the Sang Ruo who only has eyes for us!"
As he said this, Lu Shiqing's voice trembled uncontrollably.
He spoke in a low voice, but his tone was filled with barely suppressed madness, "My Sang Ruo will be back soon!"
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