Although the little apprentice sister is weak, she can fight

“Cough cough cough cough… Ugh!!”

Zhang Qiyan leaned against the wall, coughing so hard she couldn't straighten her back. Shen Qiao patted her back apologetically, "Sorry, sorry, it's my fault. I have a Hui Yuan Dan here. You can take it first to recover."

Zhang Qiyan's eyes were red from choking on the water. He looked at the pill and waved his hand, "Forget it. Your medicine may not be effective for me."

After she finished speaking, she looked behind Shen Qiao and said, "Let's see how to open this thing first."

"This door can only be opened by certain people."

Zhang Qiyan wiped his mouth and said, "This statement sounds fresh, but why do you say that?"

Mu Jiu stretched out his hand and pointed, and the two of them looked at the three lines of crooked words clearly engraved on the side of the stone door - Don't look at it, it's you, come and open the door.

This highly directional slogan made Mu Jiu and Zhang Qiyan look at Shen Qiao at the same time.

The corner of Shen Qiao's mouth twitched, "...So how are you sure it's mine?"

Zhang Qiyan gave a slightly dangerous smile, "Guess how we got down here?"

"...makes sense."

Shen Qiao walked forward consciously and placed his hand on the door.

Time passed slowly for a while, and the door still didn't move.

"I think I'm a little stupid." Shen Qiao turned and looked at the two of them, saying sincerely.

"How about trying another way?" Zhang Qiyan seemed to be certain that Shen Qiao could definitely open the door, so he subconsciously suggested.

"How about...you give it a kowtow?"

After saying this, Zhang Qiyan successfully received a warning look from Mu Jiu.

Zhang Qiyan scratched the side of his face and looked away, "Hehe... I was just kidding."

Another way?

Shen Qiao pondered for a moment, and then the two of them saw the child raise his right hand without hesitation and punch him.

With a loud "clang", Shen Qiao's punch punched a hole through the seemingly thick stone door.

She reached out and fumbled for a while, and unexpectedly she actually tried something like a door bolt. She pulled it and pushed it to the side. With a "creak", the stone door swung open.

Shen Qiao pulled his hand back and brushed off the dust. "I really need to change the way I open the door."

Mu Jiu and Zhang Qiyan: "......"

No, ordinary people would not normally think of opening a door in this way.

But no matter what, the door was opened and the problem was solved.

Shen Qiao led the way in and took out a torch from his storage bag to light it for illumination.

As the light came on, the scene before me became clearer.

This is a narrow path that can only accommodate two people walking side by side. It is no more than two meters high. The walls on both sides are covered with wet soil covered with moss, and only the ground is paved with stone bricks. Overall, the construction of this passage is very rough and does not look like a proper road.

Zhang Qiyan: "A secret passage? I wonder where it leads to?"

Shen Qiao didn't know where it went, but one thing was certain, the error in her right hand's spell casting was definitely related to the red carp that "died in the light" and tried to scam people, and this red carp was most likely a clue left by Jiang Quechen.

From this we can conclude that Jiang Quchen was guiding them here.

"There's wind in here, it should be blowing outside."

"Outside? Didn't we fall from above? 'Outside' at this depth... could it be a hole in the cliff?"

No one continued to speak, even Zhang Qiyan himself fell silent.

If this is true, after they fell and were washed deeper underground by the undercurrent, they would be at least two miles away from the edge of the cliff. According to Mu Jiu and Gu Xu's previous investigation, the yin energy at this depth has reached the point where no living creatures can survive. Even if they are cultivators, wouldn't it be very troublesome if they were really contaminated by that yin energy?

"It's okay! Now that things have come to this, why not just go slowly?" Zhang Qiyan said lazily.

Mu Jiu nodded, "It's impossible to go back the same way. This is indeed the only way to go."

Sure enough, people are never open-minded for no reason.

But there is no way, life has to go on, just like the road in front of us, we have to walk on it whether we want to or not.

So the three of them walked along the way.

Walking...

Walking...

"So, will we die of exhaustion first?" Zhang Qiyan asked sincerely while holding on to the wall and catching his breath.

"It's been an hour, at least an hour! It even feels like we're going down. If we keep going a little longer, won't we reach the bottom of the cliff?"

"Hmm?" Shen Qiao paused, "What did you just say?"

Zhang Qiyan put his hands on his waist and repeated seriously, "I said we've been walking for an hour!"

"No." Mu Jiu obviously understood what Shen Qiao was concerned about.

"'Bottom of the cliff'. Isn't that the way to avoid those miasma?"

Zhang Qiyan also calmed down. "In other words... this place might be where the Xiyuan people fled? Well, if that's the case, isn't this proof that the Xiyuan people are not extinct?"

"That's possible." Shen Qiao agreed.

"If you put it that way... then I'm not tired anymore. Let's keep going!"

Snap...

The subtle sound of dripping water made Mu Jiu subconsciously look back. It was pitch black outside the firelight of Shen Qiao, and his vision was blocked so he couldn't see the situation behind him. But after walking for so long, this was the first time he heard the sound of water.

Zhang Qiyan: "Why don't you leave?"

Mu Jiu retracted his gaze and followed again, "Here I come."

I didn't know how long I had been walking. Even when Shen Qiao felt that his patience was about to run out, the scene in front of him finally changed.

"Another stone door?"

Zhang Qiyan subconsciously looked at Shen Qiao.

Shen Qiao was silent for a moment, squatted down, and reached into the crack of the door. The two of them watched her pull out a rusty bronze key from the crack.

"...I have reason to suspect that you dug this passage." Zhang Qiyan said firmly.

Shen Qiao joked, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "Didn't you just predict it would fall?"

When she saw the stone door, a scene of pulling the key out from the crack in the door flashed through her mind.

And then he really pulled it out.

After the stone door was opened, Zhang Qiyan and Shen Qiao simultaneously stuck their heads out to look around.

Behind the door is a square space. Unlike the dimness in the passage just now, there are burning wall lamps hanging on all four walls. The lighting is excellent, but the temperature is very low, and the temperature difference with the passage can be clearly seen.

Shen Qiao looked at the surrounding walls in the light and couldn't help but exclaim, "What vivid murals!"

Zhang Qiyan's eyes lit up, "What a big bed!"

Mu Jiu: "..."

You two didn't even look at that huge coffin in the middle.

"This place looks like it has all the daily necessities. It seems to be a place where people live, right?" Zhang Qiyan couldn't help but look around after entering. When he passed the wooden coffin in the middle, he subconsciously took a look inside.

Immediately afterwards, Shen Qiao saw her eyes suddenly widen and she took several steps back in an exaggerated manner.

"Oh my god! Come and see! He's resurrected!"