Leng Ji looked at Chu Qianli, his voice hoarse, "Our brothers have been searching this cliff for a long time, but they couldn't find a way down."
He suddenly knelt before Chu Qianli with a thud, "Miss, please save His Highness!"
Chu Qianli was a celestial being!
When everyone else was out of ideas, Leng Ji believed she must have a way!
She could create many miracles!
She had saved His Highness from the brink of death before, and she could do it again now!
Chu Qianli was Leng Ji's only hope now.
"Get up, don't kneel to me, I'm not dead yet."
Chu Qianli walked to the edge of the cliff.
It was daytime, but below, it was pitch black, and nothing could be seen.
It showed how deep it was!
If a person fell from such a depth, was there really a chance of survival?
"Before he fell, was... was he injured?" Chu Qianli asked, her palm clenched tightly.
Her heart ached.
Leng Ji felt even worse and said hoarsely, "I watched from afar, His Highness... His Highness was bitten by a Yaoren..."
Chu Qianli closed her eyes tightly.
Those Yaoren were poisonous!
Even with his strong physique, how much could he resist?
Poisoned and injured, then falling off a cliff... she couldn't bear to think about it.
"A'li, perhaps..."
"I'm fine."
When she opened her eyes again, there was no emotion in Chu Qianli's eyes.
During battle, one must not panic.
Once the mind is in chaos, accurate and correct judgments cannot be made.
"I'm going down to take a look."
"A'li!" Fulong knew she was worried, but they hadn't found a way down yet.
Falling from here meant certain death!
Even he dared not act rashly, how could she, a young lady, be seeking death?
"I have a way."
Chu Qianli walked to the grass not far away and soon returned, dragging a huge object.
"Miss, what is this?" Leng Ji asked in surprise.
Fulong didn't ask further. Although he didn't know what it was, he knew it must be something from her era.
Chu Qianli did not explain and asked Fulong to help.
Soon, the hot air balloon was inflated.
The surrounding brothers were all dumbfounded.
However, with their hearts focused on His Highness's safety, they didn't think or ask much.
But could this thing really take them down?
"How do we use it?" Fulong walked up to Chu Qianli and said firmly, "Teach me, I'll go down and see."
"You can't control it, only I can."
Chu Qianli stepped into the rattan basket.
"Then I'll go with you!" The rattan basket was not small, and it seemed there was still room for a big man like him.
"No, this is my first time using it, and I'm not skilled yet. If I make a mistake, both of us will fall to our deaths."
"You know that a mistake means falling to your death!"
Fulong was a little angry. Did she not know the danger?
"You dare to act recklessly! For him, you can even disregard your own life?"
Chu Qianli didn't know what to say.
Feng Yexuan was not important in her heart, definitely not important.
She was just... just bound by imperial orders.
It wasn't because she cared too much!
"Fulong, I don't have time to explain. Tell the brothers to find a way down, and have some brothers stay here to support us."
She pressed the hydrogen switch, and the hot air balloon quickly rose slowly from the ground.
"A'li..."
"Trust me, I'll be fine." The hot air balloon had already left the ground.
Chu Qianli controlled the direction. When the hot air balloon reached mid-air over the cliff, she released some hydrogen, and the balloon began to descend slowly.
Fulong and Leng Ji watched with pounding hearts.
It was too dangerous. Could this thing really descend slowly to the bottom of the cliff?
If something happened midway... they dared not even think about it.
Leng Ji was so moved that he was almost in tears.
If His Highness could witness this scene, he would surely be deeply moved.
The Princess was willing to risk her life for His Highness.
In this world, besides Chu Qianli, who else was qualified to be their Princess?
Chu Qianli ignored the thoughts of the people above.
She controlled the amount of hydrogen in the balloon, accelerating the descent.
Modern technology was indeed good; even hot air balloons no longer required ignition like before.
Controlling with ignition made them easily affected by the weather and prone to accidents.
She used hydrogen for control, which was relatively safe.
As long as the balloon wasn't pierced by arrows midway, its quality should ensure her safety.
However, she still couldn't let her guard down, fearing discovery and being shot by a hidden arrow.
As the balloon slowly descended, everything at the bottom of the cliff gradually became clearer.
Unexpectedly, after descending deep enough, the bottom of the cliff revealed a different world!
She immediately controlled the balloon's descent speed, found a large rock in the cliff, and quickly steered towards it.
After some adjustments, she managed to stop the rattan basket on a horizontal rock.
She then retracted the hot air balloon into her spatial dimension.
Chu Qianli lay on the rock and looked down, faintly seeing a trace of movement.
It was indeed a stronghold for Yaoren.
However, compared to the stronghold on Black Wind Cliff, it was clearly not particularly large.
Due to the distance, she couldn't see how many Yaoren were below.
Using the elasticity of her Sky Silk, she slowly felt her way down the cliff.
The closer she got to the bottom of the cliff, the more obvious the putrid smell became, accompanied by an eerie aura of death.
She continued to hook the rocks with Sky Silk, carefully exploring downwards.
But soon, Chu Qianli realized something was wrong.
The putrid smell seemed to be nearby.
As expected, a rock not far away suddenly moved.
There were Yaoren ambushing here too!
But because their aura was different from ordinary Yaoren, Chu Qianli didn't notice them immediately.
By the time she noticed, the two Yaoren were already very close to her!
With a whoosh, the closest Yaoren lunged at her.
Chu Qianli's pupils contracted, and she immediately dodged backward.
But she couldn't move too much; this was a cliff face, and a slight misstep would send her falling to her death!
Chu Qianli cherished her life, but those Yaoren were fearless.
After lunging, they didn't fear falling and opened their mouths to bite her.
They were the kind of Yaoren who had completely lost their self-awareness!
Chu Qianli's heart tightened. Holding a short knife, she was about to slash at the Yaoren.
But although the Yaoren had lost their consciousness, their combat awareness, honed through training, was still very strong.
It dodged with a sideways movement and, with its dark mouth revealing sinister teeth, lunged at her ferociously.
The other Yaoren also lunged, like wild beasts roaming through mountain streams.
It opened its mouth and bit at Chu Qianli, completely blocking all her paths forward and backward.