At this moment, there was another explosion in the depths of the cave behind the two of them. In the distance, white light pierced through the darkness, and bursts of screams of silver butterflies were heard.

The two of them looked up at the same time, their expressions changed slightly. Xie Lian let go of Hua Cheng's sleeve and said, "We'll talk about it later!"

So, the two of them continued to move forward, but this time, they held each other's hands tightly.

Xie Lian’s face was still hot, and he tried to remain calm and said as if nothing had happened: “Sanlang, how did you find out that those two Feng Xin and Mu Qing were fakes? How are the real ones now?”

Hua Cheng was in a similar state as him, and said, "I left two undead butterflies to guard those two bastards, so how could there be two more? Don't worry, Your Highness, they are fine, they won't die!"

Xie Lian said, “We have to get Feng Xin and Mu Qing out of their cocoons first, otherwise it would be terrible if they get hit by him and we have no power to fight back!”

Hua Chengdao: "This way, follow me!"

This Pantheon Cave was indeed his territory. Even if there were five or six forks at an intersection, he could immediately and accurately determine which one to take, and soon he would be back to where they had separated. From a distance, he could hear the two men accusing each other again: "Why did you let His Highness run?! Now he's been taken away!" "You didn't run and stayed here to be killed by him?!" "What? You just wanted him to lead you to Flower City!"

Xie Lian didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The two big white cocoons on the wall were biting and cursing at each other. When they saw him coming back, they were so shocked that they forgot to spit out the white silk in their mouths and asked, "How did you escape?"

Xie Lian's bamboo hat was still on the ground, so he quickly picked it up and put it on his back. Chongchong Baisi let go of the two men and retreated into the dark. Feng Xin and Mu Qing were both beaten black and blue, and barely landed on the ground. Hua Cheng walked out from the dark behind Xie Lian. He probably felt that he was going to be beaten again and things were going to be troublesome, so his face twitched. Feng Xin was about to grab Xie Lian's arm and pull him back, but Xie Lian took the lead and grabbed Hua Cheng.

Feng Xin: "??? Your Highness the Crown Prince?"

Hua Cheng has already started to lead the way: "Brother, go this way."

How dare those two people follow him? Feng Xin said, "Your Highness, why are you still with him?"

Mu Qing said: "I just said that he was bewildered and lost his mind, right?"

Xie Lian did not confront them, but gently but firmly pulled Hua Cheng to his side and said, “There is no time to explain. Let’s all go. There are enemies chasing us!”

Hua Cheng was held by him, his eyes flickered slightly, and after a moment, he smiled and said: "I suggest you stop talking nonsense and just follow me. I'm in a good mood, so I won't bother with you for now."

Seeing this, both of them were speechless and incredulous. With their way of thinking, they could not understand why Xie Lian could still walk with such a terrifying ghost who had spied on him for more than 800 years and had unspeakable thoughts in his mind all day long. He was simply playing with fire and getting burned. Mu Qing was half-believing and half-doubting, and finally chose another point and asked, "You said there was an enemy? This Ten Thousand Gods Cave is his territory, what kind of enemy could there be? Was the wound on his face caused by an enemy? There are not many people in the world who can injure the Blood Rain Tanhua."

Xie Lian said, “It’s Bai Wuxiang.”

Hearing this name, Feng Xin and Mu Qing's faces changed. Then, without saying anything, they followed Xie Lian and left.

Because, they all knew very well that Xie Lian could use anything to joke or deceive people, but he would never do that to this person. He would never admit his mistake. The group had just been fighting in the Ten Thousand Gods Cave, but now they were running wildly together. Mu Qing asked, "What's going on?!"

Xie Lian then told them about the man in white who transformed into them. The two were shocked: “Transformed into our appearance?! How is that possible!”

Xie Lian said, “It’s absolutely true! Although I was in such a hurry that I didn’t look carefully, at first glance it was you two!”

Feng Xin was stunned and asked, "But how come Bai Wuxiang is still alive? Wasn't he killed by the Emperor?"

Mu Qing said: "It's easy to imagine that this thing is so easy to kill. Maybe it was killed at the time, but it can still come back to life if it gets the chance!"

Xie Lian thought of something and turned to Hua Cheng, “San Lang! When we first entered Tonglu Mountain a short time ago, you suddenly woke up from your deep sleep and urged us to immediately evade something. It was him you sensed at that time, right?”

Hua Cheng nodded slightly and said, "It's him."

Xie Lian murmured, “Sure enough! He later chose the fork in the road to the west. The one on the east side who killed thousands of demons and monsters was also him. He was reborn, but still a little weak. He needed to kill the demons and monsters that entered Tonglu Mountain as a stepping stone for him to accumulate magic power... Now, he has recovered, and I’m afraid he is even stronger.”

After all, he was the world's first desperate ghost king!

As he was talking, Mu Qing noticed something was wrong and said, "Your Highness, do you know where he is taking us? It seems like we are not on the way out?"

Hua Cheng said, "This is certainly not the way out, because there is no way out now."

Feng Xin was shocked and said, "What? Isn't this cave your territory? You are not lost either, are you?"

Xie Lian said, “Of course not…” Hua Cheng said, “Because Bai Wuxiang is blocking the way out of this cave. If you think you can defeat him in your current state, then don’t follow me. I will definitely not stop you. Please.”

Feng Xin and Mu Qing were both Xianle people after all. Like Xie Lian, they also had an indelible shadow over that thing. Unless it was absolutely necessary, they definitely didn't want to fight him. Feng Xin looked up at the top of the cave and said, "Can we just break through the cave roof and get out?"

Hua Cheng mocked, "There's a snowy mountain above, do you want another avalanche?"

Unfortunately, the geomancer's shovel was left for Yinyu in case of emergency, and they didn't bring it with them. None of them had studied how to use it, otherwise they could have dug it out silently. Feng Xin said, "Then why are we walking around now?"

Xie Lian said, “As long as we move around randomly, he will catch up with us and leave the only way out. Then the rest of us can take the opportunity to get out.”

Mu Qing asked sensitively, "Wait, the rest of the people? Do you mean to split up into two groups? One group will serve as bait to lure him away, and the other group will escape by themselves?"

Xie Lian said, “That’s right! The Emperor must be informed of Bai Wuxiang’s reappearance. After you leave, find a way to bring the news to the Heavenly Palace…”

Mu Qing interrupted him and said, "Wait a minute! Have you already decided who will be the bait and who will leave?"

Xie Lian shook his head and said, “It was not me who decided this, but Bai Wuxiang.”

Mu Qing understood but said nothing. It was not up to them to decide who to chase. If they had to choose the one that Bai Wuxiang was most interested in chasing, it would definitely be Xie Lian!

Feng Xin said without hesitation: "I will stay and help you deal with him."

In the past, whenever there was something, Mu Qing would be the one Xie Lian sent back to report the news, and Feng Xin would be the one who stayed behind to assist him. Now, it seemed that this scene was about to happen again, but Xie Lian looked at Hua Cheng and said, "Thank you! But it's not necessary. San Lang will stay."

Feng Xin blurted out: "How can he stay? He..."

Hua Cheng's eyebrows tensed slightly, but Xie Lian said, "He can do it. I believe him."

His tone was gentle, but his attitude was extremely firm. Feng Xin couldn't help but be stunned and said, "Your Highness."

Xie Lian patted his shoulder and said, “You two should go together. Tonglu Mountain is closed now, so it’s hard to say whether we can get out. Besides, don’t you still want to find… Lan Chang and her son?”

Feng Xin's face turned pale after being reminded by him. A dead butterfly flew out from the totem on Hua Cheng's wristband. Hua Cheng said, "Follow it."

The two looked at Hua Cheng, then at Xie Lian. Finally, Mu Qing said, "Be careful." Then he turned around and followed the silver butterfly into another cave. After a while, Feng Xin followed.

The four of them split up at this fork in the road. Just as Xie Lian watched their backs disappear, bursts of explosions were heard in the distance. The remaining two looked at each other, and Hua Cheng said in a deep voice, "Here they come."

Xie Lian said, “Take me away.”

As expected, the man in white rushed straight towards Xie Lian. Hua Cheng continuously set up dead spirit butterfly arrays along the road to form obstacles, ensuring that the man in white would always keep a distance from them, while monitoring the situation on several different roads. Every time he heard the sound of explosions and the screams of dead spirit butterflies, his expression became more solemn, and Xie Lian felt a slight pain in his heart. After twists and turns, he came to a cave, and he couldn't help but say, "Too... lost so many silver butterflies."

Although those undead butterflies have a bad reputation outside, in Xie Lian's eyes, they are just some cute little monsters. It is really heartbreaking to see them launch suicide attacks one after another just to stop the enemy for a moment. Hua Cheng sneered, his eyes seemed to penetrate the heavy rock walls, and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry. If he kills one, I will create ten more. It will be a storm, and I will never give up. Let's see who can't hold on first."

Xie Lian’s heart was inexplicably moved, and he thought to himself, “… Oops, oops.”

Although Hua Cheng's expression was only revealed unintentionally, he was really unable to resist this kind of confidence that was accompanied by ruthlessness and rebellion.

After a while, Hua Cheng slowed down his pace, as if he had received some signal, and said to Xie Lian, "Lead him away. Those two are almost out."

Xie Lian said, “Great! We can slowly figure out a solution.”

Hua Cheng said: "Well. No need to rush. We have already left him a long distance away. We can hide here and think of a countermeasure."

“…”

Unexpectedly, suddenly, the atmosphere between the two became a little awkward.

It's not the kind of embarrassment of losing face, but I just feel a little embarrassed for no reason. Originally, the things behind were chasing closely, and Feng Xin and Mu Qing were present, so this feeling was not obvious. Although I just said "talk about it later", now that I have taken a breath, it is already "later", but I don't know how to say it.

Xie Lian coughed twice and scratched his cheek with one finger, feeling that his posture was not right. He wanted to speak, but was worried that it would be inappropriate, too boring, or too deliberate, so he could only hope that Hua Cheng would speak first. However, Hua Cheng also had a tense face, as if he was seriously thinking about how to deal with the enemy. However, it was hard to tell whether he was really thinking, because his hands behind his back seemed to be shaking slightly.

At this time, the two passed by a statue. Most of the statues in the Ten Thousand Gods Cave were life-size, but this one was crudely made and half the size. As Xie Lian passed by, he casually took off the veil covering its head. His eyes lit up, and he asked, "Sanlang, did you make this too?"

Hua Cheng looked at it and fell silent. After a while, he said, "It was a work of my early years. Brother, please don't read it."

This is absolutely true. Because this statue is so ugly. Although it can be seen that the sculptor has tried his best to restore the perfect image in his mind, his craftsmanship is limited and not satisfactory. Although it cannot be said that the nose is crooked, the eyes are slanted, and the statue is misshapen, but it can be said that the head and body of this statue are not in place, and the smile is as if it has a mental disorder.

However, despite this, he still completed all the details meticulously. Therefore, Xie Lian could tell that this was a statue of Prince Yue. Even his pair of red coral bead earrings were decorated.

Xie Lian silently covered his mouth and turned his head away. In order to act as natural as possible, he rubbed his face vigorously. Hua Cheng was speechless and said again: "Your Highness, please stop looking." He was about to put the veil back on. Xie Lian hurriedly said: "Don't get me wrong! I really think it's cute!" But think about it, isn't the sculpture Hua Cheng made him? Praising this thing as cute, isn't that praising yourself as cute in disguise? He lied with his eyes open, which was really shameless, and he couldn't help laughing. Seeing this, Hua Cheng also lowered his head and laughed.

In this way, when both of them smiled, the inexplicably awkward atmosphere that made people uneasy was diluted a lot.

Continuing forward, they passed another reclining statue, lying on a stone bed, but the whole body was covered with a layer of white gauze that looked like light smoke. Xie Lian was very curious, and just as he was about to lift the white gauze covering the statue to take a look, Hua Cheng suddenly grabbed his wrist and said, "Your Highness!"

Since entering the Cave of the Gods, Hua Cheng has been calling him "Your Highness" most of the time. Xie Lian looked at him. Hua Cheng had let go of the hand that was tightly holding him, and he still looked a little uncomfortable.

Xie Lian asked, “I already know this is my statue, so why can’t I look at it?”

Hua Cheng said, "Brother, if you want to see the statues, I have carved the best one that you haven't seen yet. I'll show it to you later. Don't look at the ones in this cave."

Xie Lian was puzzled and asked, “Why? I think you carved all the statues in this cave very well. Really well. I would feel very sorry if I couldn’t see them. Speaking of which, the murals…”

Unexpectedly, Hua Cheng immediately said: "I will destroy it."

Seeing that he was actually about to leave, Xie Lian quickly stopped him and said, “No, no, no! Why are you going to destroy it? Is it because I saw it? Fine, fine… I’ll be honest. I only saw a little bit, just the Lantern Festival and the military camp scenes. I didn’t finish watching most of it because Feng Xin and Mu Qing wouldn’t let me see it, so I don’t know what you drew at all. Don’t destroy it!”

“…”

Hua Cheng then turned his head and asked, "Really?"

Xie Lian pulled him aside and said sincerely, “Seriously. If you don’t want me to watch, then I won’t watch.”

Hua Cheng seemed to be slightly relieved and smiled, "There's nothing to see. Just let me draw whatever you want to see."

His reaction made Xie Lian even more curious. But he didn’t want to force Hua Cheng to destroy those precious murals, so he had to restrain himself. After walking a few steps, he suddenly frowned and said, “…something’s wrong.”