"What's going on?!" Qiu Yuanxi looked at Gu Yuncheng, who remained silent, and asked, "Demon Emperor Venerable, what's wrong with Xiao Luo'er?"
Qiu Yuanxi was shocked. With Ling Luoyi's strength, she shouldn't be unable to detect the illusion, nor should she be unable to get out of it. What was happening? And Gu Yuncheng, if Ling Luoyi was trapped in an illusion, Gu Yuncheng couldn't not worry, but why was he silent?
Gu Yuncheng still didn't speak, only staring emotionlessly at the cat-shaped sacred beast, "What do you want to do? Don't you know our strength?"
"What do I want to do? I want her cultivation. As long as I obtain her cultivation, this holy beast can break through to become an imperial beast!" The cat-shaped sacred beast's eyes were fixed on Gu Yuncheng, but its finger pointed at Qiu Yuanxi.
Gu Yuncheng and Qiu Yuanxi understood this and were not surprised.
"I know I'm no match for the two of you, but I have to take a gamble. My illusion can show you what you desire most. As long as one of you becomes infatuated, whether I get her cultivation or not, at least this holy beast can retreat safely!"
"I can give you my cultivation, but first, release Xiao Luo'er!" Qiu Yuanxi shouted sternly. She didn't care about her own cultivation; she could always cultivate again, but Xiao Luo'er...
Hearing Qiu Yuanxi's words, a flicker of joy flashed in the cat-shaped demonic beast's eyes, but it wasn't blinded by joy. "Do you think this holy beast is an idiot? If I release her, will this demon let me go?!"
The fact that it could cultivate to the sacred beast level meant it wasn't stupid. It had noticed the close relationship between this demon and that woman. This demon dared not touch it now because of this woman. Once it released her, wouldn't it be courting death? Moreover...
"Then what do you want?"
"Nothing," Gu Yuncheng spoke before the cat-shaped demonic beast could.
"What?" Qiu Yuanxi was shocked.
The cat-shaped demonic beast was also shocked, but more flustered. It feigned composure and said, "What are you talking about? If she can't get out of the illusion within an hour, she'll never be able to get out! Aren't you afraid?!"
Gu Yuncheng ignored the cat-shaped demonic beast. After trapping it, he turned and walked to Ling Luoyi's side, shielding her.
"Demon Emperor Venerable?" Qiu Yuanxi was also confused by Gu Yuncheng's series of actions.
"Qiu Yuanxi, you don't need to give it your cultivation. It has already lost complete control of the illusion." He said this to Qiu Yuanxi, but his eyes remained fixed on Ling Luoyi.
"What?"
"The illusion we just saw was the first layer controlled by it, but Luo Luo is currently in the second layer of the illusion. Although both were created by it, the second layer of the illusion has already escaped its control."
"Then what should we do now? Kill it?"
"How dare you?!" Hearing that it was going to be killed, the cat-shaped sacred beast became anxious. "Although I can't control her illusion, if you kill me, she still won't be able to get out! Her divine consciousness will be trapped in the illusion forever, and even if she wants to come out, she won't be able to!"
This was not entirely false. The cat-shaped sacred beast could not control the content of the illusion, but it had not completely severed the connection. Once it died, the exit to the illusion would also disappear.
"Demon Emperor Venerable, then how can we save Xiao Luo'er?" Qiu Yuanxi became inexplicably angry looking at Gu Yuncheng, who wasn't worried at all.
"No need, she will come out." After a long while, Gu Yuncheng finally said this.
"What?" Qiu Yuanxi became even more annoyed looking at Gu Yuncheng's calm demeanor. Although the cat-shaped sacred beast's cultivation was inferior to Ling Luoyi's, she couldn't stay in the illusion for too long. If she stayed too long, she would also get lost.
"She's just going to see the person she wants to see. Let her go."
If he wasn't mistaken, Luo Luo walked into the illusion herself. Luo Luo, I won't stop you from seeing the person you want to see, but you must come out!
Hearing this, Qiu Yuanxi became even more bewildered. Xiao Luo'er's desired person should be the Ling family. Couldn't she see them by going to the small world? Why would she go into an illusion to see them?
Gu Yuncheng didn't explain. He didn't know much either, and this was her secret.
Meanwhile, after Mu Anning and the others came out, they didn't see Ling Luoyi. Qiu Yuanxi's guards also didn't see Qiu Yuanxi. After meeting Mu Anning and the others and learning that the two were together, they parted ways. Mu Anning and the others naturally returned to the Sacred Domain, while Qiu Yuanxi's guards were all from the Sacred Hall of Linghua Island, so they returned to the Sacred Hall.
The remaining survivors who entered the ancient ruins had all come out. They had basically gained something from inside, and their journey back would naturally not be smooth. As for those who did not survive, they were all pressed to the bottom of the lake by the sacred spirit lake water, silenced.
Mu Anning returned to Luoyun Hall and reported the matter to the Fourth Elder. The Fourth Elder also reported it to the Domain Lord. Upon learning that Ling Luoyi had not returned with them, the Domain Lord merely waved his hand slightly, and the Fourth Elder returned to Luoyun Hall.
Only the Domain Lord remained in the hall. Looking at the empty room, the Domain Lord recalled what the owner of the ancient ruins had told him when he went to see the ancient ruins: 'Only one person in the world can open the barrier, one is her, and the other is...'
"I didn't expect Si Zhan's past life to be... but it doesn't matter what his past life was. In this life, she is the Si Zhan Saintess of my human race."
Ling Luoyi was unaware of all this. When she opened her eyes, she found herself downstairs in the house where she lived as a child in the 23rd century. There were also car horns around. It was the time after school, and students were bustling on the road. However, the surrounding buildings seemed a bit tall.
Realizing this, Ling Luoyi looked down at her hands. Her hands were very small, just like the original owner's body she saw when she first transmigrated to the Ancient Spirit Continent. She raised her head blankly and looked at the window next to her. The little person in the window was about 1.2 meters tall, still wearing a school uniform, and Ling Luoyi recognized that face. It was her childhood appearance before she transmigrated!
She was back! At this time, was she...
Thinking of this, Ling Luoyi ran into the building and went up to the fourth floor in one go. Her home was on the fourth floor!
As soon as she stepped onto the corner from the third floor to the fourth floor, Ling Luoyi smelled the aroma of food from upstairs. The familiar aroma made Ling Luoyi's eyes blur, and her steps slowed down. On the last few stairs, Ling Luoyi's steps felt as heavy as a thousand pounds.
After an unknown amount of time, Ling Luoyi finally reached the door of a room on the fourth floor. The door was wide open, and by the door were a pair of small, pink, cute slippers, placed there as if waiting for someone to come home.
The aroma of food continued to flood into Ling Luoyi's nose and directly into her heart. The door was not far from the kitchen, and the sound of a spatula hitting a pot could be heard from the entrance.
Ling Luoyi was already sobbing uncontrollably. She didn't dare to go in. She was afraid that if she went in, it would be an empty room again, that all of this was a bubble that would shatter with a light touch.
Thinking of this, she took a deep breath, wiped away her tears, and walked in without even changing her shoes, closing the door behind her.
From the entrance, Ling Luoyi could see a slender figure in water blue busy in the kitchen. Hearing the sound of the door closing, she said without turning her head, "Is Xiao Yi back? Go wash your hands, dinner will be ready soon."
Hearing this sentence, the tears Ling Luoyi had been holding back poured down, blurring her eyes again. She tried hard to wipe away her tears, wanting to see the slender figure clearly.
The woman who heard the crying turned around and saw the little child smiling at her, "Mom, I finally see you again."