Chapter 41

All the mysteries were finally revealed. The red creature was something that the Thousand-legged Immortal had deliberately cultivated inside the bodies of the Entropy people. This creature could grant the Entropy people the ability to teleport, but it would also drain the vitality of its host. Once the vitality was completely drained, the red creature would burst out of the body and fly into the statue of the Thousand-legged Immortal, providing a massive amount of vitality for the Thousand-legged Immortal's rebirth.

From the beginning, this was all a conspiracy, a plot to manipulate the entire Entropy race. This Thousand-legged Immortal was nothing more than an exceptionally evil and cunning beast.

Thinking about the probable death of the entire Entropy race, Qin Yu felt an intense anger. He was not a moralist, but as a human, he could not help but be outraged by such a cruel and genocidal plot.

"Thousand-legged old demon, you still want to be reborn? You've killed so many people; I'll risk my life to destroy your foundation." Qin Yu began to search his mind for loopholes in the "Petrification Rebirth" technique from the Zhuge Inner Canon. With perseverance, he finally found a method after half an hour.

The greatest fear of those who performed the Petrification Rebirth was the ghosts of the netherworld. Before the technique was successfully completed, the practitioner had no vitality and was essentially dead. The duty of the netherworld ghosts was to guide the souls of the dead from the mortal world. Once the soul was taken, the Petrification Rebirth technique would fail completely.

The Zhuge Inner Canon contained many methods to summon the netherworld ghosts, but most required special tools or rituals. Without these, Qin Yu was at a loss.

The Zhuge Inner Canon detailed the levels of geomancers, divided into nine ranks. To summon the netherworld, one needed to be at least a fourth-rank geomancer. Qin Yu, after being nourished by the dragon qi, had just broken through to the second-rank geomancer. He was still far from being able to summon the netherworld.

If he had the necessary tools, he might have a chance to summon the netherworld as a second-rank geomancer, but for now, he could only watch helplessly.

"Let's leave this place first." Since he had no way to destroy the Thousand-legged old demon's Petrification Rebirth technique for the moment, Qin Yu decided to leave and find an opportunity to destroy it later. It seemed that the demon needed more time to fully reincarnate.

Qin Yu approached the stone bed and felt around the right corner. After a moment, his eyes lit up as he found a slightly protruding spot. According to the silk owner's records, there was a secret passage under the stone bed leading outside. The silk owner had spent over a month digging this passage after discovering the red creature. Unfortunately, he felt an abnormality in his heart and knew he could not escape, so he left the message on the silk and returned to the chamber where the Entropy people's remains were buried.

However, this made things easier for Qin Yu. He pressed the protruding stone with force, and the stone bed began to slide, gradually revealing a passage.

"Ancestors of the Entropy race, rest assured. Once I get out, I will find a way to deal with the Thousand-legged old demon and avenge you." Qin Yu bowed three times in front of the chamber where the Entropy people's remains were buried before crawling into the passage.

The passage was narrow and rough, and Qin Yu's hands frequently scraped against the stones, causing several cuts. Despite this, he was grateful to the Entropy ancestor for providing this escape route. Without it, he might not have been able to escape.

Qin Yu struggled to crawl through the passage. On the other side, Mo Yongxin and her group searched the entire area but found no trace of him. They eventually regrouped at the Nine Stars and Three Talents Array.

"Sis, Qin Yu might not be here. Let's go up first; he might have found a way out and gone up already," Mo Yongxing suggested, noticing his sister's pale face.

"We've searched every place on this level, and there's no way out. The only way up is where we fell from. If we leave, how will he get up?" Mo Yongxin rejected her brother's suggestion.

"Miss Mo, since there's no exit, where could Qin Yu have gone? You and Qin Yu were dropped here by a mechanism. I think there must be some hidden mechanism or passage down here. Qin Yu probably triggered a mechanism and ended up in a hidden place. Searching like this isn't effective. We should post someone at the entrance and go up to discuss how to find Qin Yu. With just a few of us, it's nearly impossible to find a hidden mechanism or passage."

He Ping also advised, and Mo Yongxin glanced at him, pondering for a moment before nodding in agreement. Continuing the search this way wasn't effective, and she felt that Qin Yu was likely safe. The group began to head back the way they came.

"Finally, we're out. This cave is no place for humans." Mo Yongxing carefully helped his sister up, sighing.

"Don't talk nonsense. Qin Yu is still down there. Let's discuss how to find him later." Mo Yongxin shielded her eyes with her hand, giving her brother a stern look.

"Miss Mo, I don't think we need to look for Mr. Qin. Look at the person in front of us." A bodyguard pointed ahead, speaking to Mo Yongxin.

"In front?" Mo Yongxin followed the bodyguard's finger and saw a figure approaching. The figure's build was similar to Qin Yu's. As it got closer, a familiar face appeared—it was Qin Yu, though he looked disheveled, with his clothes torn and his hair covered in dust, resembling a wild man.

"Ha!"

Mo Yongxing couldn't help but laugh, walking up and slapping Qin Yu on the shoulder, laughing heartily, "Qin Yu, how did you turn into a wild man from Copper Basin Mountain?"

Seeing Mo Yongxing's smug and gloating expression, Qin Yu thought to himself, "Isn't it because of your family's affairs? Otherwise, I wouldn't be like this."

Thinking of this, Qin Yu's gaze involuntarily turned to Mo Yongxin, who was looking at him. Their eyes met, and Mo Yongxin's face suddenly turned red. Her eyes darted away like a frightened rabbit.

"Does this girl remember what happened after the aphrodisiac?" Qin Yu wondered. Judging by Mo Yongxin's expression, it was very likely. He was glad he had restrained himself and hadn't done anything improper.

"Qin Yu, how did you end up here? Weren't you in the cave? And who knocked out my sister? Where did you go?"

"Qin brother, it's good to see you safe. But why did you appear from the foot of the mountain?" He Ping also walked over, asking curiously, clearly intrigued by Qin Yu's appearance.

Qin Yu glanced at Mo Yongxin, who winked at him. Qin Yu understood that Mo Yongxin had not yet revealed everything to He Ping. Though he didn't know her plan, he couldn't expose it.

"Ah, it's a long story. After Mo Miss and I fell into the river, we kept moving downstream until we reached the Nine Stars and Three Talents Array, where we found Li Long's body. Mo Miss, in a hurry, triggered a mechanism and fainted. I don't know what happened, but when I woke up, I was at the foot of the mountain."

Qin Yu pointed to the other side of the mountain, to prevent He Ping from secretly investigating the foot of the mountain. If they discovered the cave entrance, it might cause more trouble.

"Fainting and appearing at the foot of the mountain? Qin Yu, are you joking?" Mo Yongxing was skeptical. How could someone run from the cave to the foot of the mountain while unconscious? Was there something in the cave that kindly carried him out?

"Brother, don't be ridiculous. I think what Mr. Qin said is very likely. There are things in this cave that we don't understand." Mo Yongxin interrupted Mo Yongxing's doubts. She didn't believe Qin Yu's story either, knowing that she had been knocked out by him. However, she couldn't ask too many questions in front of He Ping.