Yuan Muye remained calm upon hearing Gu Xiaoning's words, and said slowly, "You're right. It's impossible for me to reach this realm at my age. I must be mistaken."

Arguing about meaningless things was, to Yuan Muye, also meaningless.

After running for a while, Yuan Muye suddenly saw a cave in the woods ahead.

They had been running for almost half an hour, and Yuan Muye was truly starting to tire.

So he said to Gu Xiaoning, "I can't run anymore. Let's rest for a bit."

Gu Xiaoning didn't have much of an opinion on this.

The two of them headed towards the cave.

Yuan Muye didn't hesitate and rushed straight inside.

As soon as he entered, he felt the temperature drop sharply.

It was pitch black inside.

"Put me down first."

Yuan Muye grunted in acknowledgement and set Gu Xiaoning down.

After she was down, she took something out of her bag and swallowed it directly.

After swallowing it, her complexion visibly improved.

She coughed a few times, and the look in her eyes as she looked at Yuan Muye was not at all friendly.

Yuan Muye didn't dwell on it too much.

He still wore a calm expression.

"How are you feeling now?"

"Is that any of your business?"

Gu Xiaoning seemed to have seized an opportunity and didn't hold back in snapping at Yuan Muye. Yuan Muye was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't mind.

Yuan Muye didn't ask anything more, but said directly, "Let's move further inside. It's not safe outside. If the evil spirit senses our presence, it will definitely come after us. If this cave is a dead end, we might both end up dying here today."

Yuan Muye explained the situation simply.

Gu Xiaoning had been responsible for escorting the Gu family's goods all these years.

In fact, she had always been quite competitive.

But in this situation, she naturally knew to yield.

Yuan Muye no longer supported Gu Xiaoning.

The two of them slowly started moving inside.

The evil spirit behind them probably hadn't caught up yet, because Yuan Muye hadn't felt any Yin energy or a rotten stench pressing in from behind.

So the two of them should be safe for now.

The cave was a bit damp.

The ground was muddy, making it difficult to walk.

They walked forward for about a hundred meters.

The light shone ahead, revealing that it was still bottomless, seemingly without end.

In the middle of the night, looking at such a cave was unsettling.

Yuan Muye stopped and said, "Let's not go any further."

Gu Xiaoning looked at Yuan Muye and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Didn't you feel that something's not right with this cave? We've been walking for so long without reaching the end. I'm afraid that if we go in, we won't be able to get out."

"Mm."

Gu Xiaoning hummed softly. Some color had returned to her pale face.

The two rested in place.

Yuan Muye took out his phone and glanced at the time, finding that it was already one o'clock in the morning.

At this rate, they would have to endure at least seven or eight more hours before dawn.

It was a torment. Yuan Muye now hoped that those people wouldn't discover the location of Liang Senyu and the others.

The two of them were quietly in the cave, not speaking.

Gu Xiaoning still held a considerable grudge against Yuan Muye, and she snorted softly.

Yuan Muye pretended not to hear and said, "Tell me, why would a young lady like you come out and do this kind of thing? Does your Gu family have no one else?"

He asked the question that was on his mind.

Gu Xiaoning said irritably, "Our Gu family is full of talented people, you know?"

"Mm, I know. Then why did you come out?"

"What's it to you?"

Gu Xiaoning's words were all barbed when she spoke to Yuan Muye.

Yuan Muye also knew that it was impossible to communicate with Gu Xiaoning properly. Rather than that, it was better to say nothing at all.

The two were silent for a while longer.

At about one thirty, when there was no more sound outside, Yuan Muye said, "Let's go, let's go out and see."

The air in this place was a bit humid. Staying in the cave made Yuan Muye feel uncomfortable.

Gu Xiaoning didn't argue with Yuan Muye this time, and she hummed softly. The two of them started walking out.

Based on the distance they had walked in, it was probably only about two hundred meters.

Two hundred meters would only take a few minutes for an adult.

But the two quickly discovered that this time, they had been walking for ten minutes, but they still hadn't seen the cave entrance they had entered through.

Yuan Muye suddenly felt that something was wrong…

"Stop walking."

Yuan Muye said.

Gu Xiaoning belatedly asked, "What's wrong?"

"Something's not right. We might have gone the wrong way, or we might have encountered a ghost wall." (ghost wall: an illusion in which one is trapped and unable to find their way out)

Yuan Muye was particularly clear about his feelings at this time.

"Really? Didn't we come in along this road? Now we can just go out along this road."

Gu Xiaoning didn't think too much and just said it.

"We can't get out this way."

Yuan Muye continued.

Gu Xiaoning was a bit confused by these words.

If they encountered something like a ghost wall, the two of them should be able to solve it easily.

It wasn't a big deal at all, so she cast a spell.

After the spell was cast, something glowing suddenly ran out of her sleeve, a bit like a wooden horse.

It was very small, but in this dark environment, it seemed a bit glaring.

"We can get out by following it."

Gu Xiaoning was quite confident when she said this.

Yuan Muye hummed softly and didn't say anything more.

After all, it wasn't strange for a large family like the Gu family to have some treasures.

Yuan Muye also wanted to get out now and didn't want to be trapped in this place.

Now he didn't know what the situation was like on Liang Senyu's side, so he followed this little wooden horse, moving forward little by little.

But this little wooden horse didn't hop a few times before it suddenly stopped moving.

The atmosphere became a bit awkward.

Yuan Muye looked at Gu Xiaoning, and the two of them exchanged glances.

Yuan Muye said, "What's wrong with your little wooden horse? Is it sick?"

"Negative emotions from Gu Xiaoning +99…"

"No one will think you're mute if you don't talk."

A hint of anger appeared on Gu Xiaoning's face.

Yuan Muye laughed dryly a few times.

Gu Xiaoning didn't bother with Yuan Muye and squatted down to check the little wooden horse.

But after checking, she found that there was nothing wrong with the little wooden horse.

So she started casting spells again, but surprisingly, the little wooden horse ran a few times and then fell to the ground again without moving…

A bit strange…

Gu Xiaoning couldn't help but think in her heart.