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There was only one way out of this passage. There were no other forks.

The group walked along the stone passage, and when they could see the light from far away, Xiao Jingyue suddenly stopped.

Eighth Prince asked in puzzlement: "General Xiao, what's wrong?"

Xiao Jingyue said in a bland voice, "Let's rest here for a while. If anything happens to the Magistrate Zeng, it will definitely be another fierce battle after we leave."

Eighth Prince's expression changed slightly. After a long while, she finally said hoarsely, "I really didn't expect that even Magistrate Zeng would …"

As he said this, he seemed to have thought of something and was unable to continue.

He took a deep breath and shook his head. Then, he walked to the side of the stone wall and put down the follower on his shoulder.

Xiao Er also put Xiao San down, he squatted beside Xiao San and did not say a word.

Murong Shan, whose eyes had been completely red, stopped on the other side of Xiao San.

Xiao Jingyue stretched out his hand and checked the big artery on Xiao San's neck.

After a moment, he withdrew his hand with a grave expression.

When Qu Ling saw Xiao Jingyue's expression, almost without asking, he already knew the result.

The atmosphere became heavy in an instant.

Xiao Jingyue suddenly walked in front of Eighth Prince and said: "I apologize."

With that, under Eighth Prince's vigilant eyes, he reached out his hand and pointed at his sleeping point.

When the Eighth Prince finally collapsed, he walked back to Qu Ling's side, looked down at him from above, and asked: "What happened after you fell down?"

Murong Shan raised his head, his eyes completely red as he looked at him. After a long while, he finally spoke out everything that had happened.

It turned out that after they fell down, they rested for a while before they began to search for a path to come up.

Who knew that before walking too far, they would meet Rong Xi and a woman?

Regardless of whether it was Murong Shan or Jin Yi, both of them had never seen Jin Yi before, so neither of them knew that she was Qu Ling's servant girl.

After the two sides met, Rong Xi took out his flexible sword and walked towards them.

That Rong Xi's martial arts is too strong, they are not his match even if they were to fight two against one.

Xiao San was killed by Rong Xi in order to save him.

Then, Rong Xi took his silk robes and tied the two of them up.

After Rong Xi left, the brocade robes Rong Xi had left behind to take care of them suddenly untied to help them, and let them leave quickly.

Murong Shan anxiously waited for Xiao San to find Xiao Jingyue, but seeing that Jin Yi had let them off so easily, he didn't want to take his life.

"This is roughly what happened."

The few of them listened to Murong Shan and did not say a word.

Qu Ling was quiet for a moment, when he suddenly squatted down, and extended his hand out, wanting to check Xiao San's pulse.

"What do you want to do now?!" Murong Shan slapped Qu Ling's hand away.

Qu Ling painfully retracted his hand, and when he looked down, he saw that the back of his hand had turned completely red.

"Murong Shan!" Xiao Jingyue roared in anger, he squatted down and held Qu Ling's hand, and started to inspect it.

Looking at Xiao Jingyue's worried expression, the anger that was on Qu Ling's mind earlier disappeared without a trace.

She withdrew her hand, fished in her bundle for a long time, and took out a small porcelain bottle.

Seeing this porcelain bottle, Xiao Jingyue and Xiao Er were stunned.

Murong Shan knew that this bottle was given to him by his brother. Qu Ling had said before, that inside this bottle was a Gu Worm that could bring a person back to life.

Resurrection of the dead?

Murong Shan's eyes lit up, and extended his hand, wanting to snatch the Gu Worm away.

Qu Ling avoided her hand, and said to her with a solemn face: "Miss Murong, you better think carefully, the thing in this little porcelain bottle is also not something good. It can make a person's life worse than death."

Murong Shan looked at the lifeless Xiao San with a complicated expression, at his deathly pale green face.

After a long while, he took a deep breath and said, "It is better to live than to die."

Xiao San kept thinking about her saving his life. She had been taken care of a lot of times recently, but she knew very well that this so-called saving his life was nothing more than lifting a finger.

She originally already felt ashamed of receiving his' gratitude '. Now that he had died for her, as long as there was even a sliver of a chance for him to live again, she would not give up!

Qu Ling looked at Xiao Jingyue with an inquiring gaze, but Xiao Jingyue shook his head and said: "It's better to live than to die."

Regardless of whether it was Xiao San, Xiao Yi, or the Xiao Er, from the moment they were loyal to him, they had already mentally prepared themselves to die at any moment.

If Xiao San was still conscious, he would definitely not choose to become a monster that could recognize ghosts and not recognize ghosts.

Xiao Er was well aware of this point, and only after seeing this Gu Worm did his emotions change in the slightest.

Because it was him, he was equally willing to die than to use such a thing to ruin his own dignity.

Murong Shan's eyes were swollen and bloodshot.

Taking advantage that Qu Ling was not paying attention, she suddenly took away the small porcelain bottle in her hand, opened it quickly, and aimed the mouth of the bottle at the fatal wound on Xiao San's chest.

A black coloured item slowly crawled out from the bottle and entered the lacerated wound.

A moment later, Xiao San, who should have been dead, trembled as if he was in pain.

The Xiao Er at the side was dumbstruck, "This …"

Qu Ling awkwardly retracted his hand, and touched his nose.

At this point, Xiao Jingyue did not say anything, he pulled Qu Ling to the other side and sat down cross-legged to recuperate.

As he meditated, Qu Ling became bored.

Eighth Prince and his follower had one of their acupoints pressed against the wall and the other was still unconscious.

As for Murong Shan and the Xiao Er, the atmosphere was too heavy, so she didn't dare to go and join in on the fun.

After squatting for a while, Qu Ling touched his bald head in distress and muttered: "Do you think I would catch a cold?"

"Father... No... royal father … "

Eighth Prince did not know what he had dreamed of, and he began to mutter.

Qu Ling glanced at him but ignored him.

His gaze swept towards Murong Shan and Xiao Er again. Seeing them shake their heads, his heart skipped a beat.

Oh yes, they had just breathed in the scent of the Worryfree Lantern.

Now that his spirit was relaxed, the hallucinogenic effect of the aroma began to take effect.

Qu Ling hurriedly pulled out a few leaves from his bag that he kept with him until they were safe. Then, he stuffed one into Xiao Jingyue's mouth before he stuffed the rest into his mouth.

Fortunately, he didn't need to swallow the leaf. Even if he only swallowed it, it would still have an effect, but its effect would be slower.

Since they didn't plan to go out now, they might as well stay put.

Qu Ling returned to Xiao Jingyue's side and sat down with his legs crossed and his chin on his knees.

It was probably because she hadn't dreamt of her father and mother for many years that she experienced such hallucinations.

However, she paid more attention to the strange voice she heard before the illusion disappeared than she recalled her father and mother.

The voice said...

"Madam!"

When the low and familiar voice entered his ears, Qu Ling regained his senses.

Turning his head, he saw that Xiao Jingyue had opened his eyes at some point in time, and was looking at him worriedly.

Qu Ling's heart warmed, and he immediately felt that his head was not so cold anymore.

He snickered as he walked over and hugged his arm, saying, "Your sudden loud shout scared me."

Pausing, she suddenly thought of something and asked curiously: "What did Rong Xi tell you?"