There's something wrong with the general.

No, that's not right. How could Wen Qianyi appear here? He is weak and must have fallen asleep on the couch in the inn.

But how could it not be him?

The voice was neither fast nor slow, with a cold timbre and a pitch that was neither low nor high. Wen Yuxi could even imagine the sound of his voice, his eyes calm, as if there was nothing in them.

He couldn't help but smile bitterly, General, would you really do this?

Perhaps Wen Yuxi's emotions permeated the entire dark corner.

The person who originally told him to shut up spoke to comfort him.

"Don't despair. Once we get there, we'll see how things unfold. There might even be a glimmer of hope."

Although the woman said words of comfort, her tone was a little cold, which made people feel more sad.

Wen Yuxi's emotions subsided quite quickly. After a while, he regrouped and prepared to find out the reason for what happened after reaching the top of the mountain. Even if it meant death, he would rather die than be a fool.

The team began to speed up.

Wen Yuxi clearly felt that the car was moving faster.

"The car is going up the mountain." The woman said confidently.

Wen Yuxi was surprised. "If that's the case, then the mountain we're on must be the same mountain where Putuo Temple is located. I only remember that there were steep cliffs and stone steps everywhere, but now I don't feel any bumps. Could they have come up the mountain from some small path?"

“Could it be…?”

The woman murmured, as if she had thought of something, but she said no more.

"What is it?"

The woman came to her senses and shook her head. Suddenly, she remembered that the person opposite her couldn't see her in the dark, so she replied, "It's just a legend. I don't know if it's true or not."

Wen Yuxi smiled and said, "The road ahead is long and arduous. Why don't you tell me your story to ease the pain of the journey?"

The woman sneered, "You're not afraid anymore now, and you even have the leisure and elegance to listen to the stories of the deceased."

"I'm trapped in a cage with nothing else to do. If I can get a little comfort from the girl's story, my life will not be in vain." There was a hint of smile in Wen Yuxi's tone, which made the woman change her mind about him a little.

The woman paused for a moment before speaking, "I heard that the previous Emperor Ai was fond of seeking immortality. When he was in high spirits, he dismissed the eunuchs and attendants and began refining elixirs in the palace. Perhaps due to poor skills or bad luck, the furnaces kept blowing up. Later, he heard that an immortal lived in seclusion on Shenglong Mountain, drinking morning dew and feasting on evening clouds, so he drove there to pay a visit. But seeing the towering mountain and the scorching sun overhead, he couldn't help but retreat and returned to the palace."

She paused and continued, "Although it was abandoned halfway, it was quieted down and no further mention was made of the alchemy matter. And after the fall of the previous dynasty, Emperor Ai disappeared. I think there must be some connection between them."

"What the young lady meant was that Emperor Ai had opened a new path through the mountain so that he could go up the mountain to search for the immortals."

"That's right. I can feel the carriage going up the mountain. If this road wasn't opened by the previous Emperor Ai, I don't know who would be willing to put in such effort."

Wen Yuxi was a little puzzled: "As the young lady said, since such a mountain road has been opened up, how could future generations not know about it?"

"My dear, you may not know that Emperor Ai's favorite son died of illness in the temple while accompanying his mother to the mountain to worship Buddha. Heartbroken, Emperor Ai ordered the mountain closed. As a result, weeds and trees grew on the mountain, covering everything. It wasn't until the current emperor ascended the throne that Putuo Temple was renovated. Since then, the number of people visiting the mountain has gradually increased. A hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye, and who remembers those mundane events?"

"So that's it."

Wen Yuxi couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "Could the death of his beloved son be another lie fabricated by Emperor Ai in order to achieve his quest for immortality?"

Oh, who knows.

"But everyone else has forgotten or doesn't know this secret, but the girl knows it like the back of her hand..."

Wen Yuxi smiled and said, "Could it be that the young lady is a princess from the previous dynasty?"

The woman said "Pah" and said, "Such a tyrant king is not worthy of being my father."

Ok?

If the woman was not a princess of the previous dynasty, he should have directly denied it. Why did he say that Emperor Ai was not worthy of being his father?

Could it be that she really was a princess? But not a princess of the previous dynasty, but the daughter of the current emperor?

Wen Yuxi paused for a moment, then changed the subject: "Miss, did you have a grudge against someone? Why were you brought here?"

"This doesn't seem to have anything to do with whether we can escape." The woman said in a cold voice, unwilling to talk about it.

"Sorry, I was being rude."

As soon as Wen Yuxi finished speaking, the woman suddenly flew over, covered his mouth with one hand, and whispered, "Be quiet, someone is coming."

He didn't hear any sound. This woman must be a martial artist with sharp ears and eyes.

Wen Yuxi thought she could see in the dark, so he nodded heavily at her and signaled the woman to let go of his hand.

The woman hesitated for a moment, and knowing that he was not a person who did not know the seriousness of the matter, she let go of her hand and wiped it on her body in disgust.

Of course, Wen Yuxi couldn't see all this, and he didn't know that the woman hated him so much.

"There should be new people coming. You must be careful not to act rashly. There are archers outside. If you step out, you will be shot into a sieve."

New people coming?

Wen Yuxi's scalp tingled when he heard this. What was the purpose of these criminals kidnapping them?

He suddenly remembered that the subordinate had told the general that the altar should be opened at midnight.

Are they going to be thrown into the fire to summon or sacrifice something?

Sure enough, after just a moment, Wen Yuxi heard hurried footsteps and mumbling sounds coming from outside.

There were also sounds of whipping, pushing and struggling.

"The door is about to open, lie down on the floor and pretend to be asleep."

After the woman finished speaking, she immediately shrank into a corner of the iron cage, closed her eyes and pretended to sleep.

Upon hearing this, Wen Yuxi did not hesitate for a moment. He curled up facing the iron wall, closed his eyes, and listened closely to the movements outside.

Wen Yuxi had just laid down when the iron gate creaked open and a ray of light shone in. It was the light coming in from the torches held by the group of people outside.

After not seeing the light for a long time, his eyes could not recover for a while, but he did not dare to move and just pretended to be asleep.

It was because the iron wall that rose up was the same iron wall he was facing when he was lying on his side.

Wen Yuxi thought, could it be that the person who comes in later will just ride on his head?

Unexpectedly, a warm hand suddenly reached out to him.

Wen Yuxi resisted the urge to jump up and smash the other person's head, and tried to relax all the muscles in his body, portraying a sleeping victim to the fullest.

Although his acting skills cannot compare with those of some veteran actors, they are at least comparable to those of the top actors.

He only felt a heat on his wrist, and the man started to untie the rope on his hand, and it was untied in a few seconds.

Who is this man, and why are the ropes binding him being untied?

Wen Yuxi racked his brains but couldn't figure out this man's purpose, so he just pretended from beginning to end.

After the rope was untied, his wrist slid down. When it was about to fall into the iron cage, the man caught it and slowly let it down.

Where the palm and wrist meet, it feels as if a burning heat is invading that piece of skin, making it hot, itchy, and numb.

All the hairs on his body seemed to stand up, and Wen Yuxi's scalp went numb. He just hoped that the person in front of him would leave as soon as possible.

But the man seemed to be against him and stopped in front of him without moving.

Wen Yuxi could even feel that the man was staring at him intently.

Just when I was about to open my eyes to see who that person was, he finally stood up.

Then, a person was thrown in from outside the iron cage and fell to the iron ground with a bang.

Wen Yuxi could feel how painful it was just by hearing the sound, but the man didn't make a sound.

Wen Yuxi took a look at the man as the iron gate fell.

It turned out to be an acquaintance.

He was just knocked unconscious and thrown in.

Wen Yuxi secretly thanked his luck that he was not hit.