After speaking, he was about to leave, and Bai Ruozhu hurriedly called out, "You haven’t told the way out yet?"
"I’ll co to find you in a couple of days," Feng Cheng said.
Soon, he vanished into thin air. Bai Ruozhu knew which spatial crevices he’d used, but she couldn’t see any crevices at all. She sighed helplessly; this must be the difference in strength. She didn’t even know when or how he entered.
She moved her thoughts, left the Space, and returned outside to rest, but she couldn’t fall asleep. Fortunately, with Feng Cheng’s promise, everyone could leave safely, which lightened her mood a bit. But after they left, how should they face the chaos outside?
Fortunately, nothing dangerous happened throughout the night, and the surroundings remained unchanged.
Early in the morning, after resting for a mont, soone suggested moving forward. Bai Ruozhu rembered Feng Cheng’s words and suggested everyone rest in place first, but to her surprise, many opposed her.
"At least it’s temporarily safe here. If we move recklessly, we might encounter new dangers," Bai Ruozhu said.
"But there’s no food or water here. If we stay, are we just going to starve to death?" soone questioned.
This indeed was a tricky problem. Bai Ruozhu thought nothing had changed all night, probably thanks to Feng Cheng. Since he wanted everyone to stay put, he must have a solution to their survival problems. Surely, he wouldn’t let them starve or die of thirst here.
After a bit of dispute, Elder Su finally decided, "Let’s rest here for the morning, heal and adjust ourselves a bit, then we’ll make further plans."
Unexpectedly, when the sun fully rose, the scenery around them changed dramatically. Everyone got nervous, thinking another crisis might arise. Unexpectedly, a trickling stream appeared, as if it had sprung up from the underground. Everyone stared wide-eyed; it was too miraculous!
"There are fish in the stream!" soone exclaid joyfully.
Bai Ruozhu squinted her eyes to look closely, confirming that the swimming fish were indeed real Yuyu and not those chanical puppet fish, she felt relieved.
Elsewhere, there were changes in the Forest. Soone with sharp eyes said, "Aren’t those wild deer over there? We won’t starve anymore!"
Bai Ruozhu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking these must be Feng Cheng’s handiwork. At least they could stay here safely for a while now.
The crowd bustled into action, fetching water, catching fish, and hunting. Soon, they had cooked a al, and after a day and a night in this Secret realm, they finally had a full al, significantly boosting everyone’s spirits.
Unexpectedly, after the al, soone still proposed to continue moving forward, the reason being that they wanted to find the exit soon to rescue their imprisoned family. Several elders’ families were also imprisoned, and they were anxious. But if they went out now, in their current state, they wouldn’t be able to face the horsen under the Second Elder. Besides, with family mbers as hostages in the Second Elder’s hands, how could they fight to their fullest?
This diminished the joy from the recent Secret thod transformations, and the group fell silent again.
Bai Ruozhu took the opportunity to say to everyone, "Let’s recuperate here for two days, heal wounds, let Wei Hall’s people seize the chance to integrate, and see if we can research a new Array. Then wait for the opponent to relax a bit; we’ll think of a way to break out and rescue our imprisoned relatives as quickly as possible. This way, we might have a better chance."
The Third Elder sighed and worriedly said, "What about after saving people? How do we deal with the second elder’s troops? Do we really have to fight to the death with them? Even if we win, how many Jiuli will remain?"
Everyone showed a somber expression. Though those who sided with the second elder were despicable, many were friends, neighbors, and even relatives they had known for years. Was there really going to be a massacre between the two sides? In the end, Jiuli would lose a significant chunk of its population.
For a clan that’s already not very populous, such losses were unbearable.
Additionally, with Du Fei having taken the Barrier Jade Pendant from the clan, she might have colluded with the Quanrong Clan. If the Quanrong attacked, how would the remaining Jiuli manage?
Bai Ruozhu rubbed her temples in distress, thinking if Achun were here, he would surely have more solutions regarding the situation.
The group continued resting. The Third Elder found an opportunity to call Bai Ruozhu aside and quietly asked, "Aren’t you hiding so secret from everyone? You don’t want everyone to leave here for so reason, right? I noticed your strange expression."
Bai Ruozhu was startled, thinking about how many things couldn’t be told to the Third Elder, but she couldn’t bear to hide it from him. She said, "I dread last night of a voice telling to stay here for two days. He would naturally tell us the way out. If we move rashly, more people would die in the chanical traps. I’m afraid sothing might happen to everyone, but I feel like nobody would believe it if I said it, so I didn’t."
The Third Elder was shocked and thought for a mont then said, "Secret realms also have Guardian Spirits. If it’s the Guardian Spirit, it’s not surprising for them to send a dream ssage. Too many people entered this ti, and even the Guardian Spirit probably doesn’t want so many Jiuli people to have an accident, so they seized the chance to warn you in a dream. I’ll also try to persuade everyone to stay for another two days and observe. Besides, even if we go out now, we can’t escape the Second Elder’s pursuits."
So the group stayed here for another day. Bai Ruozhu thought Feng Cheng would soon tell her the way out. Unexpectedly, a rumbling sound suddenly reverberated in the distance. Everyone looked towards the direction of the sound and saw a palace-like building slowly rising from underground, with a third of it erging, revealing green tiles and blue bricks.
Everyone couldn’t help but exclaim, what is that?
"Is it the way out?" soone exclaid excitedly.
Bai Ruozhu thought it might be the way out but felt it was unlikely. If it were the way out, why hadn’t Feng Cheng told her? Why suddenly reveal this Palace?
So people couldn’t wait to explore that Palace, but for so reason, Bai Ruozhu felt nervous. She felt sothing untouchable was hidden over there. Could that be the secret Feng Cheng ntioned as sothing they must not touch?
"No, we can’t act rashly. What if there are chanical traps there? We can’t afford to lose more people here!" Bai Ruozhu quickly said.
"Why do you stop us from going here and there? Do you want us to sit here and wait for death?" soone said unhappily.
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