273: Chapter 273 This vine actually spoke!

"Mistress..."

The anxious voices of the group echoed through the mountain forest, but Feng Yange didn't even hear them before being swept into the endless night, with only the whistling wind in her ears—the sound of falling.

Feng Yange took out her Jade Slip, "I seem to have entered an Interlayer Secret Realm. Come quickly."

After sending her location, Feng Yange was quickly caught by a vine and landed on the ground.

It was dim here, so Feng Yange took out a night-luminescent pearl to light up her surroundings; it was a cave, with the soft sound of wind all around, suggesting these caves were connected.

Feng Yange took out the Jade Slip; it was the sound of Long Ze and the others looking for her.

"Mistress, we have all come down, but it seems we are quite far from you." It was Long Ze. He had followed her immediately. When the Interlayer Secret Realm opened, a deep blue light had appeared. After jumping down, he found himself in a cave, far from the Mistress's location.

"Mistress, I am very far from you, but I am heading over now. Whoever is closer to the Mistress, hurry and catch up." Mo Yuan's voice sounded slightly breathless; he really disliked caves, as they reminded him of some unpleasant past events.

"I am very close to the Mistress, I will go find the Mistress now." Bai Jiuxiao's voice was excited; after transforming into his true form, he did not fear walking in the dark.

The others were even further from Feng Yange's position and could only rush over as quickly as possible.

Suddenly, a vine wrapped around Feng Yange's waist, and the tip of the vine coiled around her arm, blooming into a small flower as if greeting her.

"Can you speak?" Feng Yange glanced at the vine and walked through the cave holding the night-luminescent pearl. She felt the cave was suspiciously clean; did this damn place really have the key to the Ancient Secret Realm?

"Yes."

The vine's voice carried a hint of youthful immaturity. Feng Yange looked at it in surprise, "You actually have a boyish voice?"

The vine looked at Feng Yange as if puzzled. Feng Yange laughed out loud; she had actually seen facial reactions on a vine—had it just seen humans for the first time?

"Why did you bring me here?" If it could speak, they could communicate. Feng Yange poked the tip of the vine, "Is it for the key to the Ancient Secret Realm?"

"Yes." The vine replied with a single word, then just 'looked' at Feng Yange.

"Are you a Wood Spirit?"

The vine tilted. "No."

"Then what are you?" Feng Yange asked quickly. The vine 'thought' seriously for a long while, "I don't remember."

Feng Yange felt it was strange; this vine brought her here to find the key to the Ancient Secret Realm but couldn't remember what it was itself—could it be an unenlightened vine?

This complex world really gave her a headache.

"Then do you know where the key to the Ancient Secret Realm is?" Feng Yange looked around, "This place is full of caves and the lighting is terrible; it won't be easy to find the key to the Ancient Secret Realm on my own."

After a while, the vine 'whooshed' to the ground and then probed forward, "I will find it."

"Then thank you, Vine." Feng Yange followed behind the vine, holding the night-luminescent pearl to light the way. The caves seemed endless. After walking for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the vine suddenly stopped.

"Danger."

Feng Yange immediately became alert, but she didn't sense any danger. Could it be...

"Step back, I will fight."

The vine finished speaking and rushed forward rapidly. More and more vines appeared from behind, rushing in from all directions. Just as Feng Yange wanted to step forward, the vine suddenly wrapped around her. In a short while, she was inside a vine cage, with the surrounding vines protecting her.

Feng Yange never dared to dream that she would end up in a vine cage so quickly, and what's more, she still hadn't sensed any danger.

In the deep darkness that she couldn't see, a vine was fighting; in the black night, there were only pairs of green eyes.

Entangling, whipping—the commotion was immense.

Feng Yange was forced to stay in the cage and couldn't escape at all. The vine was protecting her, and Wood Attribute spiritual energy faintly seeped out; for Feng Yange, this kind of Spiritual Qi was like healing, very comfortable.

"Mistress, where are you? I am near you."

Bai Jiuxiao's voice came from the Jade Slip. Looking at the surrounding vines, he wondered why there were so many vines in this cave. They were so obstructive, but he was too lazy to clear them; all things had spirits.

"I am in the cave, trapped in a vine cage by that vine. It said there is danger and told me to wait here for it." Feng Yange looked at Bai Jiuxiao's position and quickly took out a few night-luminescent pearls, "Little Fox, quickly see if there is anything glowing around you; I am at that location."

Feng Yange poked the night-luminescent pearls through the gaps in the vines. Bai Jiuxiao looked around and, seeing the faint white light, shouted excitedly, "Mistress, I see it! Wait for me, I am coming to save..."

Before Bai Jiuxiao could finish, he was whipped by a vine and screamed. Furious, he cursed, "Feng Yange is my Mistress! You dare to kidnap my Mistress? You vine, you're tired of living!"

But the vine ignored him. Bai Jiuxiao tried to approach again, but the vine immediately whipped over, as if a protection mechanism had been triggered. Bai Jiuxiao stood in the distance, glaring at the vine that had trapped the Mistress.

"Mistress, this vine won't let me get close. It seems to have hostility toward any creature that approaches you." Bai Jiuxiao clutched his butt, which had been whipped and was now stinging. This vine was unreasonable.

Hearing Bai Jiuxiao's words, Feng Yange placed her hand on the vine, "He is my husband; you cannot stop him."

Feng Yange's hand stroked the vine, signaling Bai Jiuxiao to try again. Bai Jiuxiao took a step forward, and the vine did not attack him. Bai Jiuxiao quickly walked to the front of Feng Yange, looking at the Mistress trapped in the vine cage, examining her carefully.

"Mistress, this vine cage is really exquisite. It actually understands human language."

"It is the same vine that was fighting with Zhushou. It can speak, but it is not a Wood Spirit. It brought me here to find the key to the Ancient Secret Realm and trapped me here because it said it was dangerous ahead."

Feng Yange looked into the distance with some worry, not knowing if that vine had won or not; it had been evenly matched with Zhushou...

Right, she could let Zhushou help it.

"Zhushou, come out quickly."

Feng Yange summoned Zhushou. It opened its eyes, looked at the vine cage in front of it, and bared its fangs in anger.

"Zhushou, don't be angry yet. The vine said this was to protect me, and there is something very dangerous ahead. Can you go check it out? I will let Dark Spirit go with you."

"Master, you want me to help the vine that fought me?" Zhushou's tone was full of grievance; it didn't want to.

"It went by itself to protect me. You go take a look, and I will find a way to get out. Even though it is annoying, it is protecting me. Can you go take a look, please?"

Feng Yange coaxed softly. Zhushou was silent for only three breaths, "Master, I will go now. I will let Dark Spirit follow, and I will make it release you immediately."

Zhushou leaped and disappeared into the dark night. If that vine said it was dangerous, it might truly be a danger it couldn't defeat.

Damn vine, what a piece of trash.

Feng Yange tried to get the vine to undo the vine cage and let her out, but there was no way to communicate at all. Bai Jiuxiao tore at it for a long time but couldn't even pry open a gap.

"Mistress, if it really doesn't work, let Dengdeng burn it with a fire."

As soon as Bai Jiuxiao finished speaking, a white ball of light flew over, landed, and made a loud thud.