Little Yi Hao, with his small stature, blocked the cave entrance. "Mother, if you want to go, you must take me with you. Otherwise, I will never let you in."
Duan Xifeng, angered, lifted the child.
"What are you doing tagging along? Go aside! Are you not listening to your uncle?"
Little Yi Hao tugged at Bai Yu Feng's trouser leg. "Father, quickly persuade Mother! It's really too dangerous down there. We don't want Mother to go and face danger."
Unexpectedly, among everyone, only Bai Yu Feng spoke differently.
He stood before Gu Qian Ying. "I believe in you. If you want to go in, I will follow you. If you want to see, then go ahead and see!"
"Thank you."
Gu Qian Ying was deeply touched by the only person in the entire group who supported her.
Everyone exchanged glances, but they knew they couldn't dissuade Gu Qian Ying.
Du Chun spoke, "Since that's the case, let's go together. It's better than you going alone. Can those little brutes really take all of us down!"
Gu Qian Ying gritted her teeth. "Alright, let's all go together."
After a moment of rest, Gu Qian Ying returned to the cave entrance and descended without hesitation.
Du Chun and the others followed suit.
Bai Jue and Li Yu Jie, due to their physical condition, were not persuaded to go, so they were left behind for the time being.
Once an exit was found, they would be brought back.
Bai Yu Lan trembled beside them, not intending to go down. She knew her spiritual power was weak and would only be a burden.
Unexpectedly, Nangong Li sneered from the side. "What a coward. I've truly seen it today, Bai Yu Lan. You're so amazing."
Bai Yu Lan pretended not to hear him and turned her head away.
That place was so dangerous; she wouldn't go to her death.
Nangong Li approached gradually, saying contemptuously, "Are you really planning to be this coward!"
Bai Yu Lan finally couldn't stand it and flung her hand aside. "What do you want?"
But in the next second, Nangong Li kicked her directly, cleanly and decisively sending Bai Yu Lan into the cave entrance.
"Ah!"
Inside the entire cave, only Bai Yu Lan's screams could be heard incessantly.
Nangong Li raised an eyebrow, dusted off his palms, and then said to Bai Jue and Li Yu Jie beside him, "Uncle and Aunt, it's not that I'm being absolute. This person has weak spiritual power and needs more tempering. I am helping her now."
Bai Jue wiped away cold sweat and quickly waved his hands.
"Go, go. Be sure to take good care of this child. This child's abilities are indeed not very good."
"Mm!"
Nangong Li's expression returned to sternness, and he quickly leaped into the cave.
Bai Jue and Li Yu Jie supported each other, their hearts filled with worry.
"You see this! Sigh!"
Bai Yu Jie sighed, "What a karmic entanglement!"
Everyone finally arrived inside the cave. Those children were still in a state of frenzy.
As soon as they sensed the presence of the people above, they immediately opened their monstrous mouths, their flesh and blood clinging to them, and madly attacked them.
Everyone had only heard Gu Qian Ying describe the terrifying scene below.
Suddenly seeing these creatures for real, they felt extremely disgusted.
Du Chun's mouth twitched. "I feel like throwing up all the food I've eaten in my life."
At this moment, all the children leaped into the air. Above them, a giant net suddenly appeared, woven from their innocent aura.
"Damn it! I knew these ghostly things were the most terrifying. Those things can confuse the mind. Everyone be careful!"
Du Chun was the first to charge forward, transforming his body into a giant blade and began to fight those things.
Bai Yu Lan looked serious, protecting her elder brother, maintaining her precarious spiritual power.
"Big brother, don't worry, I'll protect you."
Bai Yu Feng looked helpless but had no choice but to accept it, as he currently had no spiritual power and could only be a burden.
Nangong Li glanced at this spot, and a smile suddenly curved his lips, lingering for a long time.
But when he turned his head, his expression became stern again, and he moved rapidly towards the evil energy before him.
Duan Xifeng, below, held a child in each hand, shattering them with the power within him. His eyes were bloodshot, and he was particularly frenzied.
Gu Qian Ying and Ouyang Qing Lin exchanged a look.
As long-time friends, they were very tacit.
Their figures landed in mid-air, their hands forming seals, drawing a massive talisman.
Gu Qian Ying then bit her middle finger, letting out a drop of blood.
They condensed their power and dripped this drop of blood into the talisman.
With a flash of light.
A formation instantly emerged.
The children, sensing the power of the formation, all lost their composure, their monstrous mouths emitting chilling cries of pain.
Gu Qian Ying tried her best to maintain her posture, forming seals with her hands again.
The power from her fingertips erupted once more, transforming into immense spiritual energy, bringing forth a giant blade that shattered the giant net formed by the evil energy on the children.
Du Chun and Meng Qing Hua took this opportunity to use their strength to hold their ground, forcing all the children to the center.
Although these children possessed great power, having never been exposed to the outside world, they had no minds.
Under the pressure of this power, the children were forced to fall from mid-air.
They landed precisely within the formation.
Upon contact with their evil energy, the formation was quickly activated by Gu Qian Ying.
The evil energy quickly vanished into nothingness.
Under the pressure of the formation, the children rapidly turned into flesh and blood, becoming pools of mud, all falling into the river.
As these children were swiftly defeated, peace finally returned to the scene.
Gu Qian Ying exhaled a turbid breath, gathering her spiritual power back into her dantian.
The others also quickly stepped forward.
"The matter has been resolved!"
Du Chun patted the blood and flesh off himself, constantly complaining, "Who was it? This is too disgusting."
Gu Qian Ying stepped back and pointed to the stone statue behind them.
"Perhaps this thing can tell us."
Bai Yu Feng happened to be standing there. While they were fighting, he had been studying the stone statue. As expected, there was an entrance behind it.
He waved to everyone. "There's a door behind this. Perhaps everyone can take a look. It should be the exit."
Everyone was startled and moved closer.
Gu Qian Ying stood in place, pondering the appearance of the person on the stone statue.
She should have recognized them.
But for some reason, in her memory, this person's image had been erased, completely gone.
When they circled around the stone statue, there was an entrance behind it.
This entrance was different from the outside. It was peaceful, with no terrifying things. Instead, it was filled with books.
The books had turned to dust but were very dry and well-preserved.
Everyone had no time to pay attention to these books, their sole focus being to find the exit.
However, no matter how they searched, this place seemed like a sealed space, filled only with books and nothing else.
Du Chun searched for a long time, shaking his head in frustration. "I've already looked three times, and I haven't found anything."
Meng Qing Hua leaned against a bookshelf. "There are a few good books, but as for an exit, there's still nothing!"
Gu Qian Ying's eyes deepened. "Where is the exit?"