Dare to Cancel the Engagement? I Will Marry Your Ancestor! - Chapter 23

Gu Kewai didn’t have time to catch his breath. He pulled Hu Xin and shouted anxiously, “Help! Go back and bring all the disciples to rescue them!”

Hearing this, Hu Xin’s mind raced. He calmly held Gu Kewai back and asked, ‘You have to tell me what happened first, right?’

After Gu Kewai explained everything, Hu Xin immediately took charge. ‘You wait here, I’ll go back and bring everyone!’

Hu Xin left Gu Kewai who stood there stamping his feet and sighing while calculating in his mind that Hi Xin would secure his position as sect leader upon his return!

Mirror Ring Mountain, the valley:

[Ding! Emotional value from Gu Kewai +1000]

As Mo Ling was forced down into the valley, the system send a notification.

Gu Kewai must have thought he was dead.

Well, he wasn’t concerned about that.

During the fall, he promptly used his skill, “Soaring Dragon Dance,” and immediately stepped on the condensed dragon head, searching for the falling Long Qian all the way down.

However, the further he fell, the more it felt like he was tumbling into a steamer with thick mist and scorching heat filling the air.

This intense heat seemed to contain a destructive force. For the first time his dragon, lasted only for ten seconds before dissolving and being destroyed!

Mo Ling had to repeatedly use “Soaring Dragon Dance” to finally land safely in this bottomless pit.

“Qianqian! Long Qianqian!”

As soon as Mo Ling landed, he felt the heat penetrate his shoes from the ground. He continue to searched for Long Qian while calling out her name.

The mist at the bottom of the valley was even thicker, so thick he couldn’t even see his own outstretched hand.

“Could this be a volcano crater?”

Mo Ling stooped down while carefully examining the ground. It was cracked, but the hardened earth wasn’t a volcanic rock.

Sweat poured down on his face, and even breathing felt like inhaling a smoke. Mo Ling quickly became thirsty, but he continued to search and call out for Long Qianqian.

He didn’t care how large the valley was, if there were any strange creatures, or if anyone else was there. He just wanted to find Long Qianqian.

“Ouch!”

Mo Ling jumped as if he’d stepped on a hot plate. A metal object on the ground flipped over and rolled ahead.

“What the heck!”

Mo Ling angrily went over and bent down to look. It was a broken magical artifact. It resembled a staff, with a broken hollow sphere in the center. Mo Ling guessed that when it was intact, it must have contained supreme spiritual energy.

It was a high-grade artifact!

But how could someone with such an artifact fail to protect itself? And how could it have been broken in this valley?

The closer he got to the ground, the more unbearable the heat became. Just as Mo Ling was about to stand up, he saw another fragment of the artifact.

“This…”

“Mo Ling paid close attention to his feet, examining every step. He didn’t expect to find fragments of magical artifacts scattered everywhere!

‘Clang!’

Mo Ling heard the metallic sound of an artifact spreading through the air. It was fragment, about the size of a fingernail.

‘Who’s there?’

Mo Ling was overjoyed and looked in the direction of the sound. ‘Qianqian?’

Long Qianqian immediately responded, ‘Mo Ling, is that you?’

They followed the sound and met up. The first thing they did was examine each other. Long Qianqian, with tears in her eyes, fell into Mo Ling’s arms. ‘I was so scared. I thought I was the only one who had fallen into this dark, sunless place.’

Mo Ling rubbed her head and asked, ‘Was that you using a skill just now?’

Long Qianqian nodded, quickly composing herself and regaining her usual composure. ‘These artifacts are incredibly sturdy. They look like they’ve decayed for thousands of years, but my skills still can’t break them.’

Hearing this, Mo Ling extended his hand while condensing his spiritual energy, and used ‘Crimson Emperor Seal’ on the staff he had seen earlier.

But the broken, powerless artifact couldn’t be crushed by the Crimson Emperor Seal. This was a skill that could even crush the stone debris above!

‘How can it be so sturdy?’

They held hands and searched again, Mo Ling’s suspicions growing deeper.

‘This is bad. It seems the secret realm has appeared, causing the space in Mirror Ring Mountain to be distorted. That’s why this valley suddenly appeared, revealing an ancient battlefield buried underground!’

From these artifact fragments, they could imagine the intensity and carnage of the battles fought by ancient masters here!

Who knows how many people died here? Will their lingering spirits come back to cause trouble now that this place has been exposed?

Long Qianqian frowned and said in a deep voice, ‘We can’t stay here long. We need to get out of here quickly.’

‘Let’s try!’

Mo Ling and Long Qianqian used their skills together, leaping upwards. A solid dragon and a slightly ethereal phoenix flew into the air, but before they could rise even a meter, they were scattered by an unknown force.

After two attempts, Long Qianqian was exhausted and couldn’t use her skills anymore.

It turned out that Long Qianqian had also relied on continuous skill usage to land safely during the fall.

‘Let’s go. There must be a way out.’

Mo Ling remained calm and took the lead in searching for a way out.

After only a few steps, they both stopped and looked at each other. Long Qianqian whispered, ‘The ground is shaking…’

As soon as she finished speaking, the ground around them began to shake violently. It was as if someone was shaking a winnowing basket filled with beans. Mo Ling and Long Qianqian were shaking like beans by something they do not know!

Were they kidding? After falling from a great height, they had to deal with an earthquake? Was today the day they were going to die?

‘Clang! Rumble!’

Behind them, the cracked earth tore open a huge fissure, with rolling heat waves pouring out, like a rift leading straight to hell.

Mo Ling and Long Qianqian both took to the air, hovering above. They wanted to go higher, but Mo Ling felt an invisible force from the fissure, pulling everything from the ancient battlefield, not allowing anything to leave!

‘Ah, be careful!’

Mo Ling suddenly felt a murderous intent behind him. He pushed Long Qianqian away, ducked, and a shadowy figure, both real and unreal, flew over his head and stopped between them.

The shadow had no visible shape, but it seemed to have eyes and a nose. It soared in the air, as if assessing their strength.

As expected, it attacked Long Qianqian first.

The shadow moved like a blur, launching ten attacks on Long Qianqian in the blink of an eye!

The scattered black wisps showed that Long Qianqian hadn’t let it gain an advantage!

Mo Ling flew to support her, but the shadow instantly retreated and reappeared in front of them.

Long Qianqian and Mo Ling stood back-to-back, on guard. Mo Ling could see that Long Qianqian was already covered in wounds.

‘Are you alright?’

Long Qianqian gnashed and whispered, ‘This thing has no physical form, but it’s incredibly strong. Be careful.’

Mo Ling frowned, staring at the black shadow. ‘Are you the remnant spirit of the powerful masters who died on this ancient battlefield? Then you’re just a pitiful, lonely soul who lost and died here—unable to leave!'”