My best friend asked me if I was still doing system tasks.

"What kind of place is this..."

Luo Hanying rubbed her bottom. "It still hurts so much... Didn't you fall from up there? How come I can't see any gaps?"

She spread her divine sense in bewilderment, but found nothing.

This was a pitch-black passageway. Behind her was a stone brick wall that blocked the way. The walls on the left and right sides were inlaid with glowing minerals, and snakes, insects, and rodents would occasionally pass by, making rustling sounds.

Looking ahead along the passageway, all that remained was darkness, and no one knew what was hidden within.

In the blink of an eye, Luo Hanying sensed the fluctuation of spiritual energy, and the next instant, Ji Daoyun appeared out of thin air.

"Whoa! Junior Uncle, you scared me!"

Luo Hanying shuddered in fright, then asked with delight, "Where did you come from?! I couldn't see the road!"

Ji Daoyun was stunned when he saw Luo Hanying; he hadn't expected to see her.

He coughed lightly, regaining his usual calm and kindness: "I don't know either. I just ended up here after leaving the illusion array."

"Oh, me too!" Luo Hanying hesitated, glancing at the darkness deep within the passageway. "This is so strange. Why did the ground suddenly crack open, and now we're in an illusion array? What do we do now?"

Ji Daoyun said gently, "You really like asking others what to do."

What do you think our current situation is, and what should we do?

Luo Hanying: ? No, bro, I just didn't know what was going on, that's why I asked you what to do. What are you doing?

Xian Ge offered a timely reminder: "Wenren Ya is currently trapped in the illusion array above your head. You can explore this tomb first. We don't know when Wenren Ya will emerge from the illusion array; we'll discuss how to reunite then."

Ruan Chayan's concerned voice echoed in Luo Hanying's mind: "Xiaoxue, are you alright?"

"I'm fine. You've also come out of the illusion array?"

Luo Hanying asked curiously, "Why haven't I seen you? I'm with Junior Uncle right now."

Xian Ge dutifully took on the role of tour guide: "There are four passageways in this tomb; you were randomly teleported there."

Upon hearing this, Ruan Chayan asked, "Is there any danger here?"

She called out Jinhua Cat and Huajiao, preparing to walk forward and take a look.

Ji Daoyun sighed: "It might not be such a bad thing that we are now separated from the enemy."

"Come on, let's go inside and take a look. Maybe we can find some relics from our ancestors here."

Xian Ge scratched his stomach and said lazily, "Danger and opportunity coexist; that's all I can say."

The group walked into the underground palace from two directions along the passageway. Suddenly, the sounds of armor clashing and strange, muffled noises came from the underground palace, and sand and gravel fell from above.

Ji Daoyun looked back at the place he and Luo Hanying had passed with a puzzled expression: "Strange, there were no traps in the places we passed, so how could they have caused the tomb to shake..."

The sound of clashing armor grew closer, and Luo Hanying was so shocked by the scene before her that she couldn't speak: "Holy crap, Junior Uncle! Junior Uncle! What is this?!"

A large group of people carrying knives, spears, halberds, and wearing armor walked towards Luo Hanying and Ji Daoyun. They had no facial features; their faces were like pieces of wood, with only a strange, scarlet stone shining on their foreheads.

"They're puppets used for funerary purposes! This is troublesome!"

Ji Daoyun drew his broadsword from his back with a backhand motion. "Let's charge over there. We can't stay here any longer."

Luo Hanying subconsciously took out a writing brush, but then remembered that these inanimate objects would not be affected by the illusion, so she took out a spirit sword and a talisman: "Junior Uncle, I still need your help. My close combat skills are very poor."

Ji Daoyun leaped up: "Follow behind me."

With the help of the clouds clearing the way, the puppets' attacks were relatively simple, and the two of them were able to handle them.

However, as more and more puppets were destroyed, the scattered limbs and broken arms on the ground turned into sand, and the remaining scarlet gems refracted an eerie red light.

Hearing the sound of something cutting through the air behind him, Ji Daoyun turned around and caught the sword strike that Luo Hanying was about to unleash.

"Luo Hanying! Concentrate! I am Ji Daoyun!"

As Ji Daoyun's voice, imbued with spiritual energy, entered Luo Hanying's ears, her muddled mind finally cleared somewhat.

Luo Hanying quickly sheathed her spirit sword: "Junior Uncle? Uh, I thought I was fighting a puppet!"

Am I hallucinating?!

"I don't know. There's something wrong with the puppet. We need to leave here as soon as possible."

Ji Daoyun grabbed Luo Hanying's shoulder and led her away from the puppets' attack. He slipped and stepped on something, and suddenly a barrage of arrows was fired!

"The northern wind carries the sound of the watchman's clapper, and the cold light shines on the iron armor!" Luo Hanying quickly wrote, and the words stretched out to become an iron pot and armor covering the two men on the march.

The arrows failed to penetrate the iron pot and armor, and Ji Daoyun took the opportunity to lead Luo Hanying into the stone door behind the puppet.

*

Ruan Chayan was the only one with two beasts who could explore the tomb, and she also sensed the changes in the tomb.

At the same time, Xuan Ge told her that Wenren Ya had left the illusion and had just been randomly assigned to her side. Xuan Ge told Ruan Chayan to quickly turn back and find Wenren Ya.

Xian Ge urged, "[Wenren Ya has been affected by the Soft Bone Incense, and now she even has difficulty standing up and walking. If you don't go back to find her, she's definitely going to die in this tomb.]"

"Okay, okay."

Ruan Chayan returned to her original spot and indeed saw Wenren Ya leaning against the wall.

"Wenren Ya? Are you alright?" Ruan Chayan squatted down to observe Wenren Ya's condition.

Wenren Ya forced a smile: "It's alright."

Did you hear those sounds? We're probably in danger.

"Peanut, Peanut, can you stay in the spirit beast pouch for now?" Ruan Chayan said as she stuffed the Golden Flower Cat into the pouch; she couldn't care less about it right now.

Ruan Chayan helped Wenren Ya up and asked, "Do you know how to break the 'Soft Bone Incense'? This won't work either."

Wenren Ya asked with a wry smile, "How would I know about the spices of your Shiren Sect?"

I feel completely weak, my spiritual energy is stagnant, and I can't even regulate my breathing to recover. Song Yingshi is indeed formidable.

Ruan Chayan thought to herself that now was not the time to praise Song Ying.

Ruan Chayan said with a headache, "Xiange, you have to think of something."

Xian Ge quickly replied: "You have Vitality Pills in your storage ring. Find them and give them to her; she'll recover faster."

Just as Ruan Chayan fed Wenren Ya the Vitality Pill, the armored puppet walked up to them.

"What the hell is that?!" Ruan Chayan exclaimed. "It looks like a puppet from a puppet formation!"

"Congratulations, you're right! It's a puppet."

Xian Ge set off a firework sound effect, then said, "Quickly take Wenren Ya to break through the blockade and enter the maze inside. If you stay here, you'll only exhaust your spiritual energy and spirit."

Ruan Chayan was speechless and worried: [“What are you saying! She still needs my support, how am I supposed to get her out of here?”]