"How could there be a child hidden down here?" A hint of doubt flashed across Yaohua's eyes. "Could he be with that girl we saw earlier?"
"But we're already trapped in this formation." Mo Qing really couldn't think of anything else that would attract others. "Maybe he's just a real child."
What he said made sense, but Yaohua felt that things weren't that simple.
After all, they had just suffered a setback.
"Let's rescue him first," Rong Chu sighed. "He looks so pitiful."
Yaohua controlled her spiritual power and smashed open the ground.
The cold basement was exposed to the light again.
Yaohua saw a child, about seven or eight years old, wearing tattered clothes. His legs had been cut off neatly, and maggots had grown on them due to long - term lack of treatment.
His eyes were tightly closed. Sensing the light, he raised his dirty hand to shield his eyes.
"He's blind. He can't see," Rong Chu whispered.
Yaohua came back to her senses from the initial shock. This child seemed to have been here for a long time. Being blind and disabled in both legs, how did he survive?
Just as she thought this, she saw something beside the child.
Just as she was about to walk over to take a closer look, Mo Qing grabbed her. "Forget it, sister. There's nothing worth seeing."
Yaohua looked up in surprise. Mo Qing sighed with a pained look on his face. "Let's take him out."
Yaohua was extremely curious. "Sixth brother, what on earth is it?"
"Some dirty things. If I tell you, it'll just soil your ears." Mo Qing raised his hand, and the phoenix fire shot out, burning the dirty things to ashes. After a moment's hesitation, he used the phoenix fire to clean the child's amputated legs.
The child let out a few pained cries. He propped himself up on the ground with his hands, opened his sightless eyes which were just white without pupils. "Who's there? Who's there?"
Yaohua was startled by his eyes. Hearing his voice, her pounding heart slowly calmed down.
"We accidentally landed here. Who are you?"
The child seemed to have not talked to anyone for a long time. He repeated Yaohua's words in a low voice, as if he was trying to understand. Then he said, "My name is Ergou. You should leave quickly. If someone comes later, you won't be able to leave!"
"Does someone come here?" Yaohua looked around and only saw a small wooden door in the corner.
She walked over and tried to open the door, but as soon as she touched it, the barrier rebounded a beam of light that grazed the side of her face.
"Be careful!" Mo Qing pulled her to his side. "This place is also within the formation. This child has also been affected by it."
"Yaoyao?"
The voice of their master came from outside. Yaohua quickly replied, "I'll come out right away."
The child was like a puppet, allowing them to move him around.
Yaohua still wanted to ask a few more questions when a gradually approaching laugh came.
She was stunned. This place was so remote. Could someone come here?
No, maybe it wasn't a person.
"Master, you should hide quickly!" Yaohua took out her Exorcising Evil Sword and held it tightly.
Under their vigilant gazes, the female priest slowly walked over.
"You're not dead!" Yaohua exclaimed. Then she noticed something was wrong. They had clearly seen that female priest die. How could she come back to life?
Taking a closer look, although this woman was dressed exactly the same as the female priest, there were still some differences upon closer inspection.
"The little princess is mistaken. I'm not that stupid woman," the woman said with a smiling squint. She raised her hand, and a strong demonic qi flew straight towards them. "The ancient bloodline is extremely nourishing."
"Are you a false god?" Yaohua dodged the demonic qi and slightly widened her eyes.
"I am a god. How can there be such a thing as a false god?"
She was all smiles and didn't seem angry at Yaohua's words. Only her actions became more and more ruthless.
At this time, their master was hiding behind the house. Yaohua was worried that the false god would notice, so she could only fight as much as possible.
The false god seemed to be deliberately holding back, enjoying the pleasure of a cat playing with a mouse. She cast spells while giggling.
Mo Qing cursed under his breath several times and was at a disadvantage.
Yaohua was also struggling.
It seemed that the two siblings were really going to meet their end here today.
Yaohua sighed silently.
The false god seemed to be tired of playing. She casually raised her hand and gathered a large mass of demonic qi. Although it was more powerful than before, it was obvious that she hadn't used her full strength.
Yaohua stepped in front of Mo Qing, preparing to block it with the Exorcising Evil Sword.
At this moment, she suddenly felt that all her spiritual power that had been suppressed by the formation was returned to her.
The abundant spiritual power made her feel light as a feather.
"Huh?"
The false god's attack was blocked. She looked at Yaohua in surprise, as if wondering why the formation suddenly lost its effect.
At this moment, Yaohua and Mo Qing both transformed into their original forms, picked up Chongming and the child behind the house, and flew away.
The phoenix spread its wings. At this critical moment, it burst out extremely powerful strength and flew out of the territory of Henan Prefecture in the blink of an eye.
Yaohua folded her wings and landed on the ground, out of breath.
So close. She had almost died just now.
She covered her pounding chest and slowly exhaled.
"What did you take just now?"
Rong Chu's voice came from behind. Yaohua looked over, and he was staring at what the child was holding in his hand.
Chongming on one side was also looking at the child.
Could it be that the sudden recovery of their spiritual power was related to this child?
"Thank you for saving me," the child said slowly. He spread out his hand, revealing a white bone. "I remember the sound and location when they put things there."
"What is this?" Mo Qing and Yaohua looked at each other. This time, even the well - informed Rong Chu didn't know what it was. They all looked at Chongming.
"It's a section of the great demon's spine," Chongming frowned slightly.
It seemed that there were more bones of the great demon here than he had imagined.
"Those people will definitely not let you go," the child suddenly said. "I heard someone talking underground. If you eat the things there, you'll never be able to leave Henan Prefecture."
"Can't you leave either?" Yaohua asked hesitantly.
Although the child's accent was different from that of the people in Henan Prefecture, he seemed to have been in Henan Prefecture for a long time. She didn't quite believe that he hadn't eaten the things there.
But if what he said was true, why didn't he show any reaction?
The child didn't say a word. His face twisted slightly, as if he was enduring great pain.
"What's wrong with his hand?" Mo Qing exclaimed and released the phoenix fire, trying to protect his hand that was gradually turning into sand.
However, the sand - turning speed was too fast. In order to save the child from dying, Mo Qing could only quickly take him back to the territory of Henan Prefecture.
As soon as they got back, his arm returned to its original state.
"This is really strange," Yaohua opened her mouth wide. "It's no exaggeration to say that Henan Prefecture is a purgatory on earth."