Silence, an unprecedented silence.
They thought they had completely lost their senses.
They thought they should have died under the claws of Zhuyan by now.
They thought they would all become wronged souls who died unjustly in this assassination in the labyrinth cave.
However, when that relaxed voice came to their ears, their bodies began to tremble. Their eyes suddenly opened wide, and the excitement in their eyes was palpable to everyone.
It was hope, the look of seeing hope.
"What? Don't you want me to come?"
It was Zhao Shuning's voice! It was really Zhao Shuning!
At this moment, Kong Shishuang struggled to get up from the ground. There was still blood oozing from her right shoulder.
"Zhao Shuning."
As soon as these three words were uttered, the five accompanying people immediately had red eyes. Shuang'er's tears began to roll down continuously, and she burst into tears.
During the days when Zhao Shuning was away, they dared not be weak or back down. They used their own shoulders to shoulder the future of Shuiyunsheng.
Just now, in such a dangerous situation, when they all knew their lives were coming to an end, none of them shed a tear. But now, except for Su Nian, the other five were all on the verge of tears.
"I said, Miss Kong, what's wrong with you guys? It's been so long since we last met. As soon as I come, you all look so mournful. Are you not welcoming me?"
"Zhao Shuning, danger!"
While Zhao Shuning was talking to them, Zhuyan swooped in again.
She sighed and said, "Let me deal with this first. I'll talk to you in detail later."
The little girl's body began to slowly rise. She stared at Zhuyan. Suddenly, she closed her eyes. The spiritual power flowing on her hands began to turn into strands of light and drill into Zhuyan's body.
Spiritual power?
Su Nian was stunned.
How did this child, Zhao Shuning, know how to control spiritual power? Moreover, her spiritual power was so strong that it was even stronger than the master of the building.
The moment Zhuyan's body came into contact with the spiritual power, it gradually calmed down.
Then, its eyes full of violent factors began to become calm.
Seeing this, Zhao Shuning slowly landed on the ground.
She threw the pills in her hand to the people behind her and said softly, "Take these. They can keep you from being in this state for a short time."
Without any doubt, the others quickly took the pills.
Then, Zhao Shuning turned her attention to the now gentle Zhuyan and began to communicate with it.
Of course, the others had no idea how an alchemist communicated with a monster. They were completely confused.
"They didn't kill your cub. Believe me."
"They are all kind - hearted kids. They wouldn't do such a thing."
"I checked your cub before. Now, there's probably no hope of saving it."
Zhuyan let out a shrill cry, and tears began to seep from its eyes.
"I know you're sad. I also think what those people did is unforgivable."
"But you can't make them pay with their lives. Your cub's death really has nothing to do with them."
At these words, Zhuyan's eyes began to change color again.
Zhao Shuning secretly thought it was bad. It was obvious that Zhuyan now regarded her as one of those who had harmed its cub. It thought she was taking the side of humans and not being fair as an alchemist. So now, it also regarded Zhao Shuning as an enemy.
"Your temper is even more irritable than my friend's."
"However, I don't have time to fight with you now."
Zhao Shuning took a few steps back, then took off the Qiankun bag from her waist. She opened the bag and patted it.
"What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and come out to see your old friend."
Then, in everyone's incredulous looks, a huge ape crawled out of Zhao Shuning's Qiankun bag. It looked almost the same as Zhuyan.
Su Nian was just about to tell the others to back off when Zhao Shuning stretched out her right hand, signaling them to calm down.
"Is this... not Zhuyan? Is it Huodou?"
Su Nian's eyes widened. Finally, on this day, she witnessed the simultaneous appearance of two ancient fierce beasts.
"Don't worry. Huodou is relatively gentle and won't attack you."
Gentle? When Zhao Shuning said this word, her right eyelid twitched involuntarily. Indeed, before coming to the Maze Forest, Huodou was far from gentle. From time to time, it even wanted to throw stones at her.
As soon as Huodou appeared, Zhuyan's eyes completely changed.
Zhao Shuning didn't understand before why Huodou had such a strong attachment to this labyrinth cave. But now, after seeing Zhuyan, she understood.
Obviously, the Huodou beside her should be the offspring of Zhuyan and an ordinary monster.
No wonder Zhao Shuning thought before that the Huodou following her was so stupid. Now it seemed that its brain had not developed well since childhood. If Ye Xingchen hadn't been feeding it with good herbs all day long, it might not have even hatched by now.
"Little Huodou, talk to it properly."
In the monster world, there are rules of the monster world. Zhao Shuning didn't want to interfere in the relationship between the two of them.
She slowly walked towards the people behind her. There was still disbelief in their eyes.
"Don't look at me like that. Look at you guys. You almost lost your lives here, and you even dragged Teacher Su into this."
"Miss Kong, don't look at me like that. You're used to being arrogant. I'm really not used to this delicate look of yours."
"Zhao Shuning."
"Leader Zhao."
"Little Ning'er."
Zhao Shuning looked at them and knew what was on their minds.
"Zhao Shuning, it's been a long time. I really missed you, you know. I always said that bad guys live a long life. How could a person like you die so easily?"
Zhao Shuning sighed. After all this time, Kong Shishuang's mouth was still as sharp as ever.
But her eyes were watery at the moment, quite endearing.
Shuang'er immediately hugged Zhao Shuning.
"Little Ning'er, woo - woo - woo - you're finally back. You don't know. Those bastards from Tianyuan Que always bullied us. Little Ning'er, you must avenge us after you're back. Woo - woo -"
Shuang'er hadn't shed tears for a long time. Now, as soon as she saw Zhao Shuning, her tears were about to flood.
Se Se was different from Shuang'er. She always hid all her grievances.
Zhao Shuning looked at her. She just nodded, then nervously held Zhao Shuning's hand and said softly, "Leader, it's good that you're back."
The two big boys, A Shui and A Yue, were also wiping their tears shamefully.
"Alright, alright. Don't worry. I'll get back all the grievances you've suffered today for you in the future."