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Enter the Cave.
It was still silent, a deathly stillness.
Ziyan suddenly felt worried about Little Python and immediately looked up to ask her Demon Prince, Ling Yuxuan, "Do you think something might happen to Little Python?"
"Don't worry, it's fine. At worst, it's just chatting and flirting with that fierce Purple Python. It will naturally come back to find us afterward," Ling Yuxuan casually expressed his feelings and guesses, then smiled lightly at Beloved Child.
"Uh? Flirting—"
Ziyan initially wanted to repeat the idea of flirting but, glancing at the group of men in front and behind her, she felt a bit embarrassed and chose to remain silent.
Ling Yuxuan couldn't help but chuckle at the sight of this little woman: "Do you think animals don't understand flirting?"
Ziyan raised her head again and rolled her eyes at the Monster in front of her, then lowered her head and ignored him.
The journey ahead was uneventful, and soon everyone followed the stars through the long, narrow secret passage in the mountain.
After a little more than half a stick of incense's time, they finally exited the secret passage, stepping back into the light.
At this moment, they found themselves on a narrow natural outdoor cliff path that led directly to another natural mountain tunnel ahead.
From this position, looking down at both sides of the cliff path, they saw sheer drops into abyssal depths shrouded in mist; from here, it was impossible to see the bottom of the abyss.
Suddenly! Everyone spotted two giant pythons entwined together on a protruding cliff platform to the right of this path...
“Little Python, this is…”
Just as Ziyan was about to exclaim, Demon Prince Ling Yuxuan immediately reached out with one hand to cover her mouth while raising a finger from his other hand to signal her to be quiet.
He was afraid that she would disturb the two Pythons that seemed inseparable at that moment. If the Purple Python caught up with them, it would be a big trouble.
Coming back to her senses, Ziyan nodded at him.
Then she looked towards the wide cliff platform, which offered a breathtaking view. Facing that platform were towering peaks that seemed to scrape the clouds, and directly opposite one of those peaks was a vertical waterfall cascading down like a massive white satin cloth into the deep Mountain Stream gorge below.
On the platform stood a tall Peach Tree, its branches adorned with pink peach blossoms, creating a picturesque scene. However, at that moment beneath the Peach Tree, it was not humans displaying affection.
Instead, it was the Little Python, devotedly surrendering itself into the embrace of a Fierce Python it had once been unfamiliar with. One could only wonder if it felt any grievance.
From a distance, though, Little Python did not seem to be coerced by the Fierce Python.
“Hopefully, Little Python has found its own kind of love among animals!”
As Ziyan watched, she couldn't help but start wishing well for Little Python.
“Don’t worry, if the Purple Python really wanted to harm it, Little Python would have likely been battered and bruised by now or on the verge of death. It’s spring now; they need love too! Let’s go.”
Ling Yuxuan reassured Ziyan, then urged Beloved Child to hurry and leave the place.
“Okay! Sure.”
Ziyan softly replied and shifted her gaze away from Little Python, obediently turning to follow in Ling Yuxuan's footsteps.
Next, everyone entered the natural tunnel. This tunnel was naturally formed, but the path inside was a rudimentary staircase that had been manually excavated and sloped downward.
The steps were quite steep, but fortunately, there were no dangerous traps in this passage.
Thus, it took nearly half an hour for everyone to approach the exit without any surprises.
At this moment, Xingchen suddenly let out a low growl and crouched down, refusing to move forward.
Qian Fu stretched his neck and discovered the reason: right in front of where Xingchen was crouching, there was a large pit that was at least two yards deep.
Strictly speaking, it should be called a trap. When everyone reached the trap, they found that it resembled the trap after the Deep Pool Waterfall—filled with sharp blades.
For these martial arts experts, each possessing lightness skills, jumping over this pit was not difficult at all.
Everyone paused for a moment to rest and adjust before using their lightness skills to leap over the trap like light swallows.
However, immediately another problem arose. Xingchen could not get across; both sides of the trap were completely walled off. It seemed that previously, Xingchen had likely been carried over by Little Python.
Seeing that everyone had crossed the trap, Xingchen remained calm and gently growled twice toward the others on the opposite side before lazily crouching in place.
"Let's go first; Xingchen means it will wait here for Little Python to come out," Ling Yuxuan explained to everyone. Then they exited the cave. This place was exactly at the entrance behind the Deep Pool Waterfall, which he and Ziyan had visited a year ago.
It turned out that Xingchen and Little Python had entered their cave through this path earlier. Similarly, being able to exit smoothly was also thanks to Xingchen and Little Python clearing all the traps along the way.
As everyone walked along the path from last year and arrived at the outskirts of the Deep Pool, they happened to encounter Nangong Yu leading many soldiers toward them.
When the crowd saw Ziyan and the others appear before them unharmed, a wave of cheers erupted.
Among the crowd, Ziyan also spotted his Divine Physician Master, Old Man Mo. It turned out that someone had alerted him and brought him here.
Feeling as if he had escaped from death, Ziyan quickly ran up to Old Man Mo.
"My precious disciple, you nearly scared me to death."
Old Man Mo looked Ziyan up and down before shifting his gaze to Ling Yuxuan.
"It's fine, Master. Your precious disciple has always been blessed by fate. So I won't die!"
Seeing the beads of sweat covering Old Man Mo's forehead, Ziyan could imagine how worried they had been for him during those previous moments.
Ziyan felt a warmth in his heart and thought that he truly hadn't lived in vain in this life.
"That's good to hear. It's also a form of hard-earned experience for you all."
Old Man Mo stroked his long beard in his signature manner and nodded lightly.
"Yes, thank you for your concern, Master."
With danger gone and worries lifted, Ziyan's demeanor appeared especially bright and sunny this time.
Even Old Man Mo couldn't help but gently pat his beloved disciple's forehead, then let out a long sigh of relief.
Nangong Yu approached Ziyan and deeply bowed, saying, "I apologize, Miss Zi. Today's event is merely a coincidence; this fire meteorite appears only once every few hundred or even thousand years. I never expected it to happen in Chu County. According to our ancient prophecies from Persia, it seems that a true hero may soon emerge in Chu County!"
"Oh—there's such a saying?"
Ziyan responded with curiosity, looking at Nangong Yu with some disbelief.
"Miss Zi, this is a true story that has been passed down in Persia. In one of our provinces, a fire meteorite once appeared. Ten years later, a most talented and beloved Your Majesty emerged from there!"
Nangong Yu spoke with great enthusiasm and seriousness about a story belonging to Persia.
As soon as Nangong Yu finished speaking, Ziyan inexplicably found herself associating this story with her own Demon Prince.
At the same time, she couldn't help but raise her gaze and stare intently at Ling Yuxuan.
Her sixth sense told Ziyan: if this legend were to come true, then in this vast Chucheng City, besides Ling Yuxuan, who else could possibly become the so-called true hero?
Ling Yuxuan instinctively caught Ziyan's unusual gaze and her anxious expression.
He smiled gently at his beloved woman, hoping that his smile would help dispel all her worries and gloom at that moment.
"This test flight..."
Nangong Yu was about to seek Ziyan and the others' approval for the flight.
However, Ziyan clearly remembered that there had originally been eight people on the Fire Ship, but now she only saw seven, meaning one person was still unaccounted for.
Thus, before Nangong Yu could finish her thoughts, Ziyan raised her hand to interrupt her and instructed Li Yu, who had also come to wait for orders: "Do not approach the waterfall; search thoroughly around the perimeter of the waterfall to see if you can find any trace of the other person."
"Yes, Subordinate will take care of it right away."
Li Yu received the order and immediately led everyone to search for the missing person.
Ziyan speculated in her heart that if the remaining individual had also entered the vicinity of the treasure location, given the capabilities of an ordinary guard, it was likely that he would be in grave danger.
However, if he were as fortunate as Nangong Yu and had not sunk into the Deep Pool, but instead remained outside the waterfall's Deep Pool, there might still be a chance for him to survive.
Since they had not encountered any corpses during their escape, it meant that this person still had a glimmer of hope. But ultimately, it would depend on his own fortune!
With this thought in mind, Ziyan had nothing more to say. After glancing at everyone present, she managed a forced smile at Nangong Yu and said, "Next, I will trouble Young Master Nangong to create another Fire Ship."
"Alas—fine!"
Nangong Yu had been waiting for Ziyan to say this. He wasn't foolish; after experiencing this calamity, there was no doubt that this young lady would ask him to create another new Fire Ship.
Having completed all the tasks for the next steps, Ziyan felt slightly fatigued and did not want to linger any longer.
"Let's go back! After such a long time of turmoil, I'm so tired!"
Ziyan playfully pouted at her master and beloved.
The group then accompanied her as they left the back mountain and returned to the front courtyard.
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