Feng Yuqin took the medicinal powder and walked to the other side. Then, taking advantage of the gentle night breeze, she scattered the powder.
The powder was quickly inhaled by the two guards standing in front of the stone staircase entrance.
The effect of Feng Yuqin's medicine took hold very quickly. In the next instant, the two guards just stood there and fell asleep.
Xiao Ying was speechless again. "Master, how can they fall asleep while standing without falling down?"
"It's just a temporary brain freeze," Feng Yuqin replied.
Xiao Ying didn't know what "brain freeze" meant, but from the current situation, he could guess the general meaning Feng Yuqin was trying to convey.
Feng Yuqin seized the time and rushed into the stone staircase entrance.
After walking down for a short while, she encountered more guards.
This time, there were four of them.
"Master, what should we do?" Xiao Ying asked, looking at the four guards ahead.
"Move to the side," Feng Yuqin said as she shifted to the other side and then scattered the medicinal powder in the same way.
The same thing happened to these four guards as to the two outside.
Feng Yuqin continued to use the medicinal powder all the way as she advanced. When she reached a stone house, she saw a small window beside it. She quietly walked over.
When she saw what was inside, her eyes suddenly widened.
"Master..." Xiao Ying sensed the change in his master's aura and immediately looked inside through the window.
There were many people inside. Some were alive, some were dead, and some were half - alive, struggling in pain.
"This..." Even Xiao Ying was stunned by this scene.
Although the stone house was spacious, it was like a purgatory on earth.
Except for the living, the situation of the others was not good.
Most of the dead had been tortured to death. Many of them had blood oozing from their seven orifices, their expressions twisted in pain.
The skin on their bodies showed a motley array of colors - black, green, and purple. In some severe cases, it was as if they had scratched their own skin.
"The guild master told me that the Qi family members are not good people, but I never expected to see such a scene," Feng Yuqin said with cold eyes, a chilling voice, and a terrifying aura emanating from her body.
If it weren't for her spatial domain covering her, she might have already exposed her tracks.
"I haven't seen Yan Geng. Could it be that..." Xiao Ying looked at the scene inside and said worriedly.
"No..." Feng Yuqin said. "At least not for now. Qi Ruyi still wants to lure me out. She won't do anything to my cousin for the time being."
"So what should we do now?" Xiao Ying asked.
Feng Yuqin looked at the people inside, and a flicker of struggle flashed across her eyes.
Xiao Ying didn't dare to say a word at this moment.
"Let's go find my cousin first," Feng Yuqin said coldly and turned to leave.
Xiao Ying knew that she didn't want to leave like this, but there was no other way under the current circumstances.
Feng Yuqin continued to walk deeper. Along the way, she also encountered some guards, but they were not as strict as the ones outside.
This made Feng Yuqin and Xiao Ying understand that the Qi family had such strict guards because of those people.
They didn't know what the Qi family was researching, but since they had killed so many innocent people, they must be very cautious.
However, after walking for a while, Feng Yuqin said, "Although my cousin's situation is not as serious as theirs, he may have been poisoned."
"What?" Xiao Ying was shocked. "How do you know, Master?"
"I guessed," Feng Yuqin replied.
Xiao Ying knew that Feng Yuqin's words couldn't just be a guess.
Along the way, if it were someone else, they might have been discovered. But because of her spatial domain, the master had managed to enter this deep part of the basement. He thought that the master must have sensed something.
Moreover, he had felt something was wrong when they first arrived at the Qi family.
"Master, if something happens later, you leave first. I'll stay behind to cover for you," Xiao Ying said with a look of determination.
Feng Yuqin: "..."
"Master, there's a stone house ahead," Xiao Ying suddenly said.
Feng Yuqin also saw it. She walked towards the stone house and looked inside through the small window on top. Sure enough, she saw Yan Geng.
However, he looked rather disheveled.
Feng Yuqin could tell at a glance that Yan Geng had indeed been poisoned.
"Master, how do we open this stone house?" Xiao Ying asked.
If they forced it open, they might be discovered. But if they didn't force it open, it was impossible for Yan Geng to climb out through such a small window.
Moreover, judging from Yan Geng's appearance, his condition was not very good.
Feng Yuqin walked up to the stone house and started to figure out how to open it.
Seeing this, Xiao Ying released his spiritual sense to keep watch.
After about a quarter of an hour, it was time for the guards to change shifts. Then Xiao Ying noticed that the expressions of the newly - arrived guards were a bit strange.
Just as he was wondering, one of the guards said something to another and then turned to leave.
The words he said were: Someone has been here.
Xiao Ying said to Feng Yuqin, "Master, we may have been discovered. That guard must be going to call for reinforcements."
"Xiao Ying, get ready for battle," Feng Yuqin said.
"Yes, Master," Xiao Ying replied and continued to observe the situation outside with his spiritual sense.
Just as Feng Yuqin was still trying to figure out how to open the stone house, Xiao Ying's voice rang out again. "Master, I see the head of the Qi family."
Feng Yuqin didn't expect that it would be the head of the Qi family who came.
This meant that there was someone else behind this.
She immediately thought of what the guild master had said about the Qi family's ancestor.
Could it be that all of this was the ancestor's idea?
"Master, what should we do? The head of the Qi family is coming in," Xiao Ying said anxiously.
Feng Yuqin said, "Xiao Ying, you try to hold him off later."
No matter what, she had to rescue her cousin tonight.
Xiao Ying thought that this was the only option for now.
He began to use his spiritual sense to detect the situation outside. When the head of the Qi family came in, he released the power of his spiritual sense to block him.
The head of the Qi family's face changed. "I'd like to see who dares to cause trouble in my Qi family today."
As he said this, he waved his hand, and dozens of bodyguards behind him rushed forward in unison.
At that moment, Xiao Ying felt that the bodyguards brought by the head of the Qi family were on a completely different level from the previous guards.
Boom!
When the two sides' forces collided, Feng Yuqin felt the basement tremble.
Yan Geng, who had been in a coma, was also awakened by this violent tremor.
Feng Yuqin's spiritual sense had been paying attention to the situation inside, so she noticed the moment Yan Geng woke up.
"Second cousin, don't worry. I'll rescue you now," Feng Yuqin said as she tried to break open the stone door.
Hearing this voice, Yan Geng was momentarily stunned.
Was he having a hallucination before he died?
Why did it seem like he had heard A Qin's voice?
Not getting a response from Yan Geng, a flicker of worry flashed across Feng Yuqin's eyes. She asked again, "Second cousin, are you alright?"