"Miss Flora, is that really you?"
Austin asked as he stared at the woman in white clothing.
"Hey, young man. Do you know her?
How could that be?
You're not even from this universe."
The eight governing gods of the wood puppet race were shocked when they heard Austin utter the woman's name.
Their eyes opened wide and they couldn't believe what they heard.
After all, the maternal tree of their race told them the situation at the bottom of the abyss a long time ago.
And according to the maternal tree, the woman in white must have been here all this time.
She had been guarding the piece of wood at the bottom of the abyss, so there was no way that Austin met her in some other place.
There had to be some mistake there.
Most probably, the young man must be mistaking her for someone else.
"Young man, you can't possibly know her. You're just mistaking her for someone else.
She has been in this place for a long time. I believe that she's even far older than your great grandfather. There's no way that you have met her before.
Come on. We already got the holy treasure. Let's go back now.
This place is very dangerous.
We should leave as soon as possible,"
one of the governing gods continued to persuade Austin.
The pressure that they felt from the bottom of the abyss was too great and became more unbearable with each passing second.
Although Austin aided them in withstanding most of the enormous pressure, they were still enveloped by fright and felt like something wrong might happen at any time.
Especially after they saw the woman in white who was standing there, looking like a fierce beast waiting for her prey, their hearts were racing due to extreme fear.
The moment they saw her, they had a strong feeling that she might devour them if they didn't leave right away.
"Miss Flora, it's me, Austin. Don't you recognize me?
What are you doing here?"
Austin called the woman a few more times. He was so sure that she was the woman he knew, so he didn't want to give up until she recognized him.
Currently, his spiritual sense was much stronger than that of any ordinary governing god.
Hence, he was convinced that the aura he was sensing from the woman in white was the exact same one from Flora.
However, no matter how many times Austin called to her, the woman didn't respond.
In fact, she didn't even bother to look at Austin.
It made him feel a little frustrated and doubtful.
"Am I really mistaken?
If it is really Miss Flora, there is no way that she'd
f the governing gods were the ones who handed it to the maternal tree, and it suddenly broke its promise to Austin, things would certainly get troublesome.
But if it was Austin who personally gave the holy treasure to the maternal tree, this could be prevented.
Austin had to at least play it smart until the maternal tree held the end of the bargain.
"Hmm... Young man, I'm afraid it's kind of inappropriate."
The eight governing gods all stopped and wore a long face.
"Well, I'm also afraid that you have no other choice but to deal with it.
Don't you want to get out of here?
I can go out by myself if that's what you want,"
Austin said flatly.
"All right, we understand."
At this moment, the eight governing gods had no choice but to give up.
First, they couldn't defeat Austin even if they worked together. Moreover, without his help, they wouldn't be able to get out of the abyss.
Thus, their lives were literally in Austin's hands.
Soon after, Austin left with the eight governing gods.
A moment later, they had finally come out of the bottom of the abyss and returned to the edge.
"It seems like the Longevity Valley is much more horrifying than what legends said it to be."
The governing gods still couldn't shake off the fear that they experienced when they encountered the crushing pressure at the bottom of the abyss.
Right after getting out, they stopped in their tracks.
Then, they looked at Austin all at the same time, wearing serious expressions on their faces.
"What's the matter?
Are you going to try to take this piece of wood away from me?"
Austin asked coldly, knowing what was running in the minds of the governing gods.