"Don't make it sound like a life-or-death separation. If I'm alive, then you'll be alive too."

"Ling Xiao, I only recognize you."

So if you want me to be happy, you have to be with me. I'll only be happy with you, understand?

Jieyuhua was a little distracted, her hands slipped a few times, and she made a mistake that she shouldn't have made.

"I'm sorry." Ling Xiao's tears fell even harder, not knowing whether it was because he felt he was too much of a burden and was holding Xie Yuhua back, or because he felt he couldn't fulfill his promise to make her happy.

"Don't say sorry anymore. You didn't do anything wrong, and there aren't that many apologies between us. Try to stay clear-headed and help me find a way out. It will be much better than me doing it alone." Xie Yuhua couldn't watch over Ling Xiao all the time, so he could only keep talking to Ling Xiao. The child was afraid of being a burden, so he found some things for the child to do to keep him alert.

Ling Xiao nodded, and only after Xie Yuhua brought him to a safe landing did he ask, "What's your name? I should remember it."

"Since you don't remember, let's get to know each other again. Xie Yuchen, that's my name. My master gave me a stage name, Xie Yuhua. You love to call me Brother Xiaohua. Don't forget me this time, kid." Xie Yuhua patiently introduced herself to Ling Xiao.

"The flowers that seem to understand words are delicate and charming." Ling Xiao thought of a poem from the Song Dynasty.

"How did you know?" Xie Yuhua was a little surprised, then laughed and said, "When I was little, I didn't understand what it meant and always asked my master to change it. When he said it, I felt it was a bit too delicate. I am clearly a boy, so why should I have such a delicate name as Xie Yuhua? It made me think I was a girl for a time, which caused a lot of laughs."

"I'm good enough for you, not delicate at all." Ling Xiao smiled gently, and the two chatted casually as Ling Xiao held the luminous pearl and shone it around them.

The two walls here are covered with dents and bumps of various sizes and shapes, as if they have been subjected to countless violent impacts. These pits and bumps have made the originally smooth and flat walls unrecognizable, giving them a sense of vicissitude and decay.

It's hard to imagine that such a place would be designed as a secret room. Usually, a secret room should be a place where important items or secrets are hidden, but this secret room was completely empty, without any decorations. Xie Yuhua and Ling Xiao wandered around for a long time but could not find the exit or anything other than the luminous pearl. They just kept going in circles in the secret room.

"It seems we're back to square one," Jieyuhua murmured to himself, his gaze fixed on the familiar open space before him, a strange unease rising within him. The layout here was almost identical, making him wonder if he had been going in circles all along.

Without the slightest hesitation, Ling Xiao swiftly reached into Xie Yuhua's arms, pulled out a dagger, tore off a piece of cloth, and threw it on the ground.

Seeing this, Jieyuhua breathed a slight sigh of relief and immediately understood Lingxiao's intention. She then led Lingxiao forward.

They carefully walked around and came back but did not find the piece of cloth. The two of them realized that every room here had the same structure.

This seemed a bit difficult, so the two decided to make a mark on each room they entered, so they wouldn't have to worry about finding their way back or getting lost.

But the two of them felt something was wrong as they walked. It was impossible that so many rooms were without signs. Xie Yuhua decided to move forward first and then turn back.

However, just as he was doing this, he discovered that the symbols he had carved earlier had disappeared!

A chill ran through them both. Ling Xiao asked fearfully, "Actually, we've been walking this same path, but it disappears once we leave the markers, right? Is it like we're trapped in a maze?"

"It doesn't seem like a ghost wall. This secret room might have some kind of mechanism that can keep changing the room's layout until it returns to its original state," Xie Yuhua analyzed.

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