Chapter 258: The Missing Person
Bai Hongtu himself was stunned by this realization, hardly able to believe it. Li Yanchu gave a slight nod, his gaze deep.
“It looked like we were the ones making the choice just now, but in truth, we were also being chosen. If we had decided to open the Heavenly Palace of Myriad Phenomena, we might have ended up trapped inside Feng Jiu’s imagination.”
Feng Jiu’s body trembled, the color draining from her face in an instant.
“No... impossible... this can’t be... Why would it be fake? There’s no reason to deceive me...”
She murmured under her breath, unable to accept it.
Li Yanchu and Bai Hongtu exchanged a glance, silently agreeing to keep quiet. In the end, the three of them left the depths beneath Thousand Corpses Ridge, climbing toward the surface along the ropes.
Suddenly, Li Yanchu stopped in his tracks.
“What is it?” Bai Hongtu asked.
Li Yanchu was silent for a moment before saying slowly, “There are five ropes here.”
He had overlooked it earlier, his mind preoccupied in such a dark, silent place. For a time, he hadn’t noticed.
Bai Hongtu froze. “Five ropes... so what?”
Then it hit him. He turned toward the silent abyss, a faint chill creeping into his heart.