Do you really think you can get me with just a banana?

Yan Ruchen stared at the scattered buildings behind the corridor in silence. After this search, Guan Shanyu had begun to doubt his own reasoning.

Could it be that he was really wrong, and this soul-devouring grass was not planted by Zixiao at all?

Song Ziye waited for a moment, and seeing that neither of them responded, he sighed and turned to return to his room.

Today I will just join them in some fun. It is now clear that Zixiao has any suspicion of being involved with the demons.

Guan Shanyu thought about it carefully, but he felt something was wrong. When he stood up, he felt a strong dizziness and discomfort. He stumbled and fell into Song Ziye's outstretched palm. Song Ziye noticed his movement, stopped, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Yan Ruchen, who had already supported Guan Shanyu steadily, answered for him, "He's consumed too much spiritual energy while possessing me, and I'm afraid he's already had some adverse reactions. I'd better go back and rest today, and we'll discuss it later."

Song Ziye nodded when he heard this and was about to leave when Guan Shanyu suddenly stopped him: "Wait!"

This sudden shout surprised both of them, and they looked at him in confusion. Guan Shanyu took a few deep breaths and said, "No, it's not dizziness."

Yan Ruchen looked at him hesitantly, not daring to let go of his hand, and asked softly, "Shanyu, what's wrong?"

Guan Shanyu's breathing was a little rapid, and he replied: "It's the breath of the demons, I feel it. It's not a demon, but the breath of something else, a demon. Where is this place?"

Song Ziye was a little frightened by him and replied, "Nearby is the Formation Pavilion."

"Let's go! Go to the Formation Pavilion! There's a problem there!" Guan Shanyu covered his chest and shouted at Song Ziye hurriedly. Song Ziye was still a little dazed and didn't react. Seeing that he didn't move for a long time, Yan Ruchen looked up at him impatiently and said, "Go to the Formation Pavilion!"

"Oh, okay." Song Ziye came back to his senses, and seeing Guan Shanyu's tone was so urgent, he did not dare to slack off and immediately walked towards the winding path on the side.

Through the cover of the bushes, a dark and deep building surrounded by green trees vaguely emerged under the moonlight, and the three words "Zhenfa Pavilion" on its plaque were clearly visible.

Yan Ruchen and Guan Shanyu leaped from Song Ziye's palm and quickly began searching the Formation Pavilion. However, aside from Guan Shanyu's growing palpitations, everything remained the same, with nothing unusual to be seen.

Song Ziye looked at the two paper figures standing in front of him in the dark, and the impatience that had been suppressed for a long time finally began to grow.

Since the two of them suddenly broke into his room, they asked him to take them to search the entire sect on the pretext that Zixiao suspected that there were demons, and even took them to the forbidden areas that outsiders were not allowed to enter on weekdays. However, they found nothing after searching for most of the night.

At least we can prove that there is nothing abnormal inside Zixiao, and this farce should end.

Song Ziye sighed heavily and whispered, "Zixiao has checked everything thoroughly and it has nothing to do with the demon clan. It's better to go back first."

Hearing this, Guan Shanyu glanced at Yan Ruchen with some worry. He was indeed experiencing unusual palpitations, and he intuitively felt that something was amiss here. However, his long search had yielded no results, and his spiritual energy had been severely depleted, leaving him somewhat dazed. He also suspected that his palpitations might simply be due to spiritual exhaustion, rather than any real abnormality here.

So when he saw Yan Ruchen remained silent, he turned around and prepared to go back first.

Seeing this, Yan Ruchen gave up the idea of ​​going deeper into the hall to investigate and turned around to help Guan Shanyu walk out. But just as he took a step, he caught a fleeting glimpse of strange light from the corner of his eye.

"What's wrong?" Guan Shanyu asked softly when he saw him suddenly stop.

Yan Ruchen didn't respond, but instead turned his head to the right, casting a scrutinizing gaze as if he had discovered something. Seeing this, Song Ziye followed Yan Ruchen's gaze, but found nothing. However, he still asked, "Ruchen, did you see anything?"

Yan Ruchen turned around, his eyes passing over the flickering candlelight on the wall, as if muttering to himself: "The candlelight on this wall is a yellow light, right?"

Guan Shanyu looked up, but Song Ziye responded first: "It is indeed yellow, made of beeswax."

Upon hearing this, Yan Ruchen turned his attention to the right corner again and asked in confusion, "Why is there a green light there?"

Guan Shanyu was startled when he heard this and quickly turned around, but he didn't see the green light Yan Ruchen had mentioned. He looked at him with some confusion. Seeing this, Yan Ruchen gently led him forward. In the deep darkness, a barely perceptible green light indeed shone from the cracks in the stone wall.

Guan Shanyu looked at Yan Ruchen in disbelief and exclaimed in a low voice: "Your eyesight is too good to be true. You can even see this?"

Yan Ruchen nodded slightly, remaining silent, his entire attention focused on the faint green light. Song Ziye approached, also catching sight of the glow. After a pause, he slowly said, "Perhaps it's the moonlight outside the wall, filtering through the leaves and shining here?"

Yan Ruchen shook his head: "Not necessarily, let's go and take a look. Shanyu, do you still have the strength?"

Guan Shanyu stared at Yan Ruchen in a trance. He was already seeing stars, and even trying to keep Yan Ruchen's figure from overlapping was quite difficult. Seeing that he hadn't responded for a long time, Yan Ruchen took the initiative to hold his hand and began to transfer spiritual power to him.

After a moment, Guan Shanyu's vision finally returned to clarity.

Guan Shanyu shook his head, and after his vision cleared and the dizziness subsided, he replied, "No problem, let's go and take a look together."

Yan Ruchen nodded, no longer paying attention to Song Ziye, and walked straight towards the crack in the stone wall.

With its paper man form, it took some effort to squeeze in despite the narrow gap. Looking back, Guan Shanyu also managed to squeeze in, but because the gap was too small, Guan Shanyu was squeezed all over.

Seeing this, Yan Ruchen helped him tidy himself up a little. After Guan Shanyu's body was smoother, the two of them looked at the road ahead together.

Before him lay a long, narrow, and deep corridor, winding and shrouded in thick darkness. Not even a ray of light could penetrate this endless abyss. However, in the distance, a faint green light flickered in the darkness, like a netherworld fire, drawing one deeper and deeper.

Yan Ruchen and Guan Shanyu looked around and found that the stone walls on both sides of the corridor were rough and engraved with complex runes. Obviously, there was a secret room hidden deep in the formation pavilion, which must contain extraordinary things.

The two exchanged glances, understanding each other, and slowly moved forward. However, just after taking a few steps, a subtle sound suddenly came from behind.

"alert."

Yan Ruchen reacted quickly and quickly pulled Guan Shanyu over. The two of them pressed against the stone wall, hidden in the darkness, their eyes fixed on the direction of the wall door. However, the expected Sect Leader Yuan did not appear. Instead, a piece of dry grass quietly poked through the crack in the stone wall.

Guan Shanyu looked at Yan Ruchen suspiciously, only to see Yan Ruchen's brows furrowed as he stared at the crooked blade of dry grass that had wriggled its way in. After the dry grass fell to the ground, he stumbled to his feet, still a little unsteady on his feet. Seeing this, Yan Ruchen whispered suspiciously, "Senior Brother Song?"

"It's me." Song Ziye's weak voice came from the dry grass, "Wait a moment, I can't control this body."

Guan Shanyu looked at the withered grass that could barely be called a body and asked in confusion, "Brother Song, do you want to come too?"

Song Ziye finally stood firm and responded softly, "Since this place is my sect's secret room, I should come with you to ensure that everything is safe."

Well, it turns out they were here specifically to keep an eye on them.

Guan Shanyu curled his lips slightly, feeling bored. Seeing that Yan Ruchen hadn't even finished listening to Song Ziye's words and turned to walk into the corridor, Guan Shanyu also perfunctorily replied "OK" twice and hurriedly followed Yan Ruchen.

Song Ziye finally adapted to his new body, but found that Guan Shanyu and the other man were getting farther and farther away, so he quickly quickened his pace to catch up.

This corridor was deep and long, its destination unknown. The ground and walls were covered with hidden devices, just like the forbidden chambers and alchemy halls they had explored before. If they had not been in the form of paper and straw figures, breathless and weightless, they would have been killed by thousands of arrows if they had taken a step.

As they went deeper, a faint chill quietly spread, and the green light became more and more dazzling. When they approached the end of the corridor, the view suddenly opened up. Guan Shanyu was a little impatient to step in, but was stopped by Yan Ruchen: "Wait a moment."

Guan Shanyu stopped obediently and asked softly, "Is there anything unusual?"

Yan Ruchen nodded and said in a deep voice, "It seems normal here, but the spiritual energy is surging. It must be a barrier. Even if something as small as a hair falls into it, it will be burned to death by this barrier without the command."

Guan Shanyu immediately turned around and looked at Song Ziye, asking, "Brother Song, do you know the password?"

Song Ziye looked embarrassed, and after a long silence, he shook his head and said nothing.

Hearing this, Yan Ruchen smiled and pointed to the side: "Although there is no password, there are other ways to get in. Brother Song, there is a very small crack in the ground. Go through it and there is a switch on the upper right wall of the room. Press it and the barrier will stop. You just need to buy us a moment to enter."

Song Ziye looked in the direction Yan Ruchen pointed, a bit stunned, wondering why everyone was now considered "little people" and why he had to squeeze through the crack in the ground. But when he saw how narrow the gap between the tiles was, he realized that only someone as small as a piece of grass could fit through, and a paper figurine wouldn't be able to fit through.

Guan Shanyu asked curiously, "If the barrier is turned off, wouldn't Sect Leader Yuan be able to sense it? I heard from Master before that this barrier is bound to the elders' spiritual power, and it will sense any fluctuations."

Yan Ruchen nodded in confirmation, "That's true, but in Zixiao, only Sect Leader Yuan is responsible for multiple sect barriers. His daily spiritual energy consumption is enormous, and at night, his spiritual energy is at its weakest. A spiritual energy fluctuation of just a fraction of a second would be difficult for him to detect."

Guan Shanyu understood what he meant when he heard this, but Yan Ruchen added, "I was just guessing. Since we're here, let's take a gamble."

what?

Guan Shanyu's heart tightened when he heard this, but looking around, he didn't seem to have any better ideas, so he turned to Song Ziye and encouraged him, "Brother Song, I'm counting on you."

Although Song Ziye had transformed into dry grass, his features invisible, Guan Shanyu could clearly sense his speechlessness. So, under the expectant gaze of Guan Shanyu and Yan Ruchen, Song Ziye, without dignity, crawled through the crack in the ground once again.