A blinding white light flickered before them, and everyone felt a sharp sting in their eyes.
In an instant, everything returned to normal. Once the white light dissipated, they realized the place they stood was no longer the mysterious great hall, and those puppet creatures with beast heads and humanoid bodies had completely vanished.
"Where is this?!"
"Where are we now?"
"What happened to the puppets?"
"This place is too strange!"
The group of nearly a thousand people was now reduced to just five or six hundred, with the rest having perished in the previous battle with the puppets. At this moment, regardless of allegiance to good or evil, God Cultivation or Demon Cultivation, they all stood together.
The place they were in appeared to be a large tomb chamber, yet it was quite empty, without a single burial item. The only difference was the peculiar patterns and lines etched on the tomb chamber walls, the meaning of which was unclear.
On the dome above, a pearl as large as a head glowed, emitting a cold radiance.
"Where is Qingge?" Ji Yaohua and the others stood together, and the first to notice Mu Qingge’s absence was Xi Qianxue.
She glanced around but couldn’t spot Mu Qingge, prompting her to ask in surprise.
Her question made the people around her deepen their concern.
Indeed... Where is Mu Qingge?
Ji Yaohua craned his neck, searching the crowd, but indeed couldn’t find Mu Qingge’s figure.
Moreover, he couldn’t see Elder Longsheng or Xuxu’s figure either. Frustrated, he cursed, "That old guy and Xuxu took the opportunity to escape!"
Escape? How did they escape?
They had all been inexplicably brought to this place, so how did Elder Longsheng take Xuxu and leave?
"Could this be a trap set by Elder Longsheng?" Yao Xinghai guessed with a frown.
"Is it possible we aren’t actually in the Primordial Venerable Tomb?" Ying Ze added, looking up.
Wei Molili shocked everyone further, "Could Mu Qingge have been captured by him?"
"Don’t panic, the Young Master should be safe." Huangfu Huan came over to calm their emotions.
When he spoke, all five people turned their gaze toward him. Behind Huangfu Huan, Shen Bicheng closely followed. Shen Bicheng’s demeanor was somewhat similar to that of Ying Ze and Wei Molili. All three were Martial Fools, silent and taciturn. However, there were differences among them.
He rarely spoke while beside Huangfu Huan. In contrast, Huangfu Huan gave a impression of being charismatic and shrewd, calm and astute. The pairing of their stillness and activity, the literary and martial, was very fitting.
"Why do you say that?" Yao Xinghai’s eyes flickered as he asked.
Huangfu Huan shifted his gaze to him, revealing a polite and gentle smile as he nodded, "The Young Master sent me a message before disappearing, asking me to tell everyone she’s safe."
"She sent a message to you?" Ji Yaohua asked doubtfully. "Why didn’t she send a message to us, but specifically to you?"
Huangfu Huan chuckled and glanced meaningfully at the nearby Demon Cultivators, "I have another task. The Young Master’s exact words were... wait for her return."
Wait for her return?
Ji Yaohua and the five remained silent, pursing their lips.
They weren’t foolish. Huangfu Huan’s hint was already obvious. Why did Mu Qingge specifically choose Huangfu Huan to deliver the message?
It could only mean that at the moment of her disappearance, she had only enough time to choose one person to convey her message. This was evident by the fact that the message contained only four words. The reason she chose Huangfu Huan was that she knew if she weren’t present, the Demon Cultivators would still need Huangfu Huan to restrain them, and Huangfu Huan would be enough to soothe everyone’s emotions.
"What is your relationship with Qingge?" Xi Qianxue asked coldly, with a chilling undertone.
Huangfu Huan looked at her with a subtle smile in his eyes, "Goddess, rest assured, we will not harm the Young Master. As for our relationship... if the Goddess is truly curious, she can wait for the Young Master to return and ask her personally."
"..." Xi Qianxue remained silent, but her beautiful eyes showed a thoughtful expression.
Huangfu Huan spoke again, "As for how that pair of grandparents disappeared, my acquaintance also saw it with his own eyes." After saying this, he turned back to indicate Shen Bicheng.
Immediately, all five shifted their gaze to Shen Bicheng.
Shen Bicheng stepped out from the gaze of the five, while at this moment, Han Caicai also walked towards them, not looking at anyone else, but directly focused on Huangfu Huan and Shen Bicheng.
"Where is she?" Han Caicai asked directly.
His attitude intrigued Ji Yaohua and the five. Who was he? Ji Yaohua and Ying Ze knew, as they had once gathered at Mu Qingge’s City Lord Mansion when Luoxing City was established.
Ji Yaohua also knew Han Caicai was the Young Master of the Han Family, and Wanxiang Building was a Northern Continent Han Family enterprise.
Han Caicai knew Mu Qingge, and their relationship was close.
But his attitude towards these two...
Ji Yaohua’s eyes flickered with suspicion: ’Could they also know each other?’
"Young Master Han." Huangfu Huan looked at Han Caicai, neither humble nor arrogant, with a slight smile.
"Where is she?" Han Caicai asked again.

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