Chapter 2156: Chapter 2423: The Descent!
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Meanwhile, at the White Mansion.
Atop a grand hall.
Bai Hongyu, Bai Ling’s father, sat high above, listening to a report from the people below.
“So, the young lady is missing too?”
Bai Hongyu’s voice was chilling to the bone.
“Y-yes.”
A master of the Bai Family spoke, his figure trembling significantly.
Because right outside the young lady’s door, he had been standing guard, yet inexplicably, she just vanished!
By the time he realized, it was already completely too late!
“Bang!”
Bai Hongyu slammed his right hand down on the table, instantly shattering it into powder!
“Really a bunch of useless fools, can’t bring back Ren Feifan, and they lost the young lady! You all seem to really want to die!”
“Master, I really don’t know about the young lady—”
Yet before the Bai family master could finish his words, Bai Hongyu struck with his palm, instantaneously leaving a bloody handprint across the man’s chest.
The man’s eyes widened in shock, glancing down at his chest, his body fell straight down, spewing mouthfuls of blood.
Extremely tragic.
Those around were frightened at the scene.
Although the master was stern, he had never acted like this towards his servants!
“Master, we know we were wrong…”
All knelt down, kowtowing even more.
Bai Hongyu’s eyes were cold, his body engulfed in vigorous energy: “Some people can’t handle tasks themselves and only know to make excuses; these kinds of people have no reason to live! If you act like this man again, my handling will be more decisive!”
“Yes, yes, yes!”
“Master, we absolutely won’t commit such errors again.”
Bai Hongyu remained silent, deep in thought.
Bai Ling suddenly leaving the Bai family, evidently went looking for that boy!
Bai Ling probably knew he was moving to kill that boy, so she deliberately tied herself to him, as that boy’s amulet.
“I really don’t understand, what’s so remarkable about that boy that makes my daughter admire him so much! Even to the point of facing off against her father! I guess that girl has already met up with that boy now.”
Seconds later, Bai Hongyu spoke to the servant: “Where did Ren Feifan’s last trace disappear?”
A master of the Bai Family hurriedly said: “It… it seems in the Thistle Forest!”
“What!” Bai Hongyu stood up, “Inform several Gold Robe elders of the Bai family to go to Thistle Forest with me!”
If this were a normal day, Bai Hongyu wouldn’t be worried at all!
But recently these days are the days of ritual in Thistle Forest!
If they’re not careful and go to that place, even if the Bai family exhausts everything, Bai Ling might not be saved!
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Thistle Forest.
Ren Feifan and Bai Ling had been stopping and walking for a whole day.
Ren Feifan thought this Thistle Forest should be traversable within several hours!
Yet who could have thought it would be so vast!
Fortunately, there weren’t too many dangers.
Yet Bai Ling’s brows furrowed more and more, muttering: “This doesn’t make sense, why do I feel like we’ve walked wrong? Is this really Thistle Forest?”
“Although I haven’t been to Thistle Forest, I’ve heard tales here of many cultivators intercepting halfway or slaying monster beasts, yet today, apart from seeing some corpses, we haven’t seen anybody else.”
“I always feel something’s off.”
Ren Feifan’s eyes slightly narrowed, his spiritual sense extending in all directions: “This Thistle Forest indeed has issues. The deeper we go, the fewer monster beasts there are, as if something terrifying is about to descend.”
The dragon girl tugged Ren Feifan’s sleeve: “Brother Feifan, don’t speak so frighteningly, okay?”
Ren Feifan patted the dragon girl’s head, just about to speak when an ancient bell sound resonated!
“What is that?” Bai Ling exclaimed, “Why is there a bell sound?”
Rumble…
The next second, as if mountains crumbled and earth split, green light spread intensely in all directions, and billowing energy surged directly from underground!
Bai Ling sensed something amiss, quickly condensed True Qi, and leapt onto a tree.
The dragon girl and Ren Feifan also hid to the side.
The strong sensation of vibrations constantly struck.
The entire Thistle Forest seemed to discharge terribly frightful energy!
The bell sound intensified, countless thistles seemed to see something terrifying, retracting completely!
Ren Feifan’s expression slightly changed; though he didn’t know what was happening before him, the premonition felt intensely bad.
He retracted the Ancient Dust Sword, a Soul Devouring Golden Needle appearing in his hand!
If any problem arises, he’d use the Soul Devouring Golden Needle first.
“Rumble!”
The ground kept shaking!
Splits appeared all around!
Ren Feifan grew more solemn because he knew, this shaking wasn’t coming from Pilgrimage Mountain!
Only occurring in this Thistle Forest!
Around them, countless splits opened!
In the crevices, extraordinarily dark glimmers flashed!
Suddenly, the ground directly beneath them dropped away!
The trio fell into it simultaneously!
Below was pitch-black!
Like an abyss!
Feeling the whistling wind by his ears, Ren Feifan condensed flames, the fire burst forth, illuminating everything around.
The dragon girl also sensed how long, abruptly transforming into a Divine Dragon, directly catching Ren Feifan and Bai Ling!
Just as they tried heading towards the sky, the ground surprisingly closed up!
A powerful force of prohibition sealed all domains above!
The dragon girl refused to concede, fiercely rushed outward, only to find it impossibly futile!
“Dragon girl, don’t crash against it, it’s no use. This force of prohibition is strong; even I can’t break it immediately. Let’s head down, down there should be flat ground, shouldn’t be too dangerous.”
“Alright.” A mild dragon roar echoed, and the dragon girl directly descended towards the abyss!
Soon, the trio landed steadily on the ground.
The dragon girl reverted to her little girl form.
Bai Ling gazed at the dragon girl before her, mildly dazed—who could have thought this lass was a Divine Dragon!
And judging from the aura, absolutely not weak!
Ren Feifan’s spiritual sense continuously spread, finding this place vast beyond measure, not a thing within ten miles.
Unfortunately, the strong force of prohibition surged, his spiritual sense couldn’t advance anymore.
Retracting his spiritual sense, Ren Feifan glanced at the sealed overhead: “This path seems temporarily closed, let’s continue traveling downwards. The three shouldn’t stray far, if possible, best hold hands.”
“Okay!”
Bai Ling was about to hold Ren Feifan’s hand, eyes seeing the hand about to touch.
A tiny figure slipped out, a small hand grabbed Ren Feifan while the other grabbed Bai Ling.
Bai Ling paused, somewhat amused, even spotting the dragon girl making a face at her.
As if saying: Want to hold hands with my Brother Feifan, you can dream.
The trio headed deeper, a dark aura rippling the entire space.
After walking about a few minutes, suddenly, a sound echoed from deep within!
Seemingly chanting some sort of incantation.