81: Chapter 81: The Festival of Sacrifice (Twenty-Six)

Qian Ye twitched the corner of her mouth.

Once it was released, she wouldn't be able to control it.

Little Flower was about to be furious.

The little flame hopped around on its flower pot, tilting its body. If it had eyes, it would surely be wondering: Why is it so irritable?

Seeing that Little Flower was practically ready to run away from home, Qian Ye finally pulled the little flame back and grasped it in her hand.

To the side, the battered black mist had turned into a tiny ball, struggling on the ground in a way that looked quite cute.

Qian Ye bent down and tapped the curled-up black mist with her fingertip. "Now you're in my hands!"

"Can you tell the truth now?"

"Who exactly are you?"

"You also came for the treasure!" The black mist's expression was ugly; it hadn't expected to be defeated here.

Hearing "treasure," Qian Ye raised an eyebrow. The clearance condition was also related to the treasure; what exactly was this treasure?

"They're back!"

"They're back! You're done for, you're done for!" Leaving behind this sentence, the black mist vanished with a swoosh, moving so fast that Qian Ye hadn't even reacted yet.

Meng Yu, standing to the side, hadn't yet reacted when she saw the white venom below start to boil incessantly, with white smoke rising continuously.

Before they could react, countless black mists surged up from below in an instant, passing directly over the three of them, over the cage, and disappearing completely into the stone cave.

"What the hell, what's going on now?" Tai You ran toward the entrance of the stone cave, but the black shadows had all disappeared around the corner, and nothing could be seen.

"Is there any way to get rid of this piece of junk? I really want to go in and see." Tai You kicked an iron pillar. The next instant, strange movements began to come from all around, and the three of them started to sway.

"Hey, hey, hey, what's going on?"

Tai You tried hard to steady himself, but the surroundings suddenly began to shake violently, and he couldn't stand still at all.

Tai You glanced at Qian Ye, his face full of question marks.

Good grief, how are you staying so still?

Qian Ye looked at the surrounding environment and suddenly said, "I think we might be in the belly of some huge thing."

"No, that can't be, right?" Tai You asked uncertainly.

They hadn't seen anything huge, and they certainly hadn't seen a giant mouth!

Wait a minute!

Tai You suddenly thought of that spring in the forest.

Damn!

No way!

If that was a mouth, then weren't they walking right into a trap?

"Then what should we do now?" Meng Yu was the first to react.

Right now, it wasn't about dwelling on that, but where they should go.

Qian Ye pointed to the area enclosed by the iron pillars and smiled slightly.

"Since we're already here, we can't leave empty-handed."

Qian Ye smiled and walked to the front, flicking her fingertips, where the little flame danced.

"Little Red Lotus, see that? Melt this for me." Qian Ye pointed at the iron pillars in front of her.

The little flame on her fingertip might look small, but its power was incomparable to ordinary fire; this was the Red Lotus Karma Fire that could burn away all the evils in the world.

Little Red Lotus made a few whimpering sounds.

Its master was actually using it to burn iron bars.

Little Flower to the side was almost choking on its own breath, its little green leaves waving frantically.

Even if Little Red Lotus was unwilling, it was forced to work.

Qian Ye flicked the flame from her fingertip onto the iron pillar. Before it even landed in mid-air, the flame "whooshed" and grew much larger, with intense heat instantly rushing toward them.

"What the hell, what kind of fire is this? The temperature feels so high." Tai You looked at the suddenly appearing flames in surprise.

The little flame suddenly turned into a large fire, enveloping the entire iron pillar, and the surrounding temperature rose sharply.

Tai You looked at Qian Ye with curiosity and envy; how did she manage to get all these good items?

Sigh, comparisons really are odious.

The flames burned wildly, but strangely, apart from those pillars, there wasn't even a trace of damage anywhere else.

"Su Ye, what is the name of this fire of yours?"

The more Tai You looked, the more he liked it.

"Red Lotus."

"This blood color entering a lotus—indeed, it's a good name!"

Tai You rubbed his hands together. "Hehe, I just don't know which dungeon you got this from?"

This really made one's heart itch.

Qian Ye curled the corners of her mouth, smiling brilliantly. "Sorry, limited edition."

Before long, the iron pillars were mostly melted, and the Red Lotus turned back into the little flame, dancing on Qian Ye's fingertips.

The three of them crossed over easily and entered the cave, where a cool breeze hit them.

The three of them headed inside along the route where they had previously seen the black shadows disappear.

The further they went, the narrower the passage became, and it grew increasingly dark.

Little Red Lotus's usefulness appeared again as it floated in mid-air, lighting the way for its master.

The mountain walls on both sides were covered in scars.

"This doesn't look like the inside of a living thing."

This just looked like an ordinary cave no matter how you looked at it.

Tai You looked around, but didn't see anything suspicious.

Qian Ye led the way in front, silent the whole time. As they went further, the passage became so narrow that it could only accommodate one person.

The three of them had to walk in a single file line.

As they walked, a burst of white light suddenly appeared. When they opened their eyes, the space in front of them suddenly widened. Qian Ye looked down, saw something, and slammed on the brakes.

"Stop, be careful!"

Meng Yu and Tai You behind her saw this and stood next to Qian Ye.

Tai You lowered his head slightly. "My god!"

"These, are these all human bones?"

They saw countless skeletons piled up below.

Densely packed.

In the very center of the skeletons, there was a high platform.

Qian Ye looked up; countless resentful spirits were gathering above the skeletons.

It was evident that these skeletons hadn't died naturally.

"How do we get across now?"

Tai You looked around; there was nothing in the surroundings.

"Wait here for me!"

After saying this, Qian Ye opened her hong ling umbrella and leaped forward.

Amidst the exclamations of Meng Yu and the other, she landed steadily on the high platform in the center.

"Phew..." Tai You exhaled deeply.

"Meng Yu, do you think we're playing the same game as her?"

It's so far!

She just "whooshed" and flew across!

Ah, this!

Why does it feel like we're on a different channel?

Tai You made a crying face.

Why does it feel like this is a survival game for them, but an adventure game for Su Ye?

Meng Yu gave him a cold smile. "If you're unskilled, don't say it out loud."

Before Tai You could react, Meng Yu slapped him.

Tai You stared at her in disbelief.

With a "slap," a sound rang in Tai You's ear, but he didn't feel anything different on his body.

He turned his head slightly and saw Meng Yu holding a skeleton in her hand.

"What the hell, where did this thing pop out from?" Tai You turned his head, met those empty, hollow eyes, and was so scared he jumped to the side.

The next instant, "clack, clack" sounds came from behind, getting closer and closer.

"No way, no way!"

"Is this forcing us to jump down?" Tai You looked bitterly at the narrow space.

The skeleton army was closing in on them.

There was no retreat nearby; there was only the deep pit and the high platform in front of them.

Tai You estimated the distance to the high platform; ah, this...

Looking again at the densely packed skeletons below...