Chapter 63: Underground Labyrinth

Bai Yuan and Ning Rongrong simultaneously turned their gazes toward Qian Renxue.

The rest of the people, whom Qian Renxue could not see, all turned their gazes over.

"Qian Renxue, do you know the price of lying?" Bai Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the handsome youth before him and said coldly.

Ning Rongrong froze.

Qian Renxue?

Isn't he called Xue Qinghe?

Because the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Heavenly Struggle Royal Family had a very good relationship, Ning Rongrong had seen Xue Qinghe since she was young; if she weren't too young, the Xueye Emperor would even have wanted to propose a marriage alliance.

Qian Renxue also froze for a moment, but she quickly came to her senses and, without refuting, said: "Of course I know."

Bai Yuan again joked with a light laugh: "Then aren't you worried I'll torture you into confession, leaving you with nothing?"

Qian Renxue clasped her hands and said: "I was worried before, but after thinking, with Senior Bai Yuan's strength, he would hardly deign to deceive an ant like me."

At this moment she lowered her head, her tone humble, full of flattery, and her expression showed extreme respect.

Bai Yuan didn't care at all about Qian Renxue's flattery; he nodded satisfied: "You're not bad, far more sensible than that brat Tang San—lead the way!"

Qian Renxue released her martial soul; soul rings appeared one after another on her body—two yellow, two purple, two black.

Her hair turned into shining golden strands, each glowing; the clothing on her back split open, and two pairs of pure white wings surged out and unfolded from behind.

"A six-winged angel?" Ning Rongrong exclaimed in shock.

Qian Renxue glanced at Ning Rongrong, her pure white wings behind her flapping, she flew silently toward the Heavenly Struggle Royal Palace without a word.

Ning Rongrong stared, suddenly recalling Bai Yuan's words.

"Xue Qinghe" and Bi Bi Dong are mother and son!

Now it seems likely true—Xue Qinghe is not at all the offspring of the Xueye Emperor, but the child of the Spirit Hall's Pope.

As for who his father is, Ning Rongrong pondered and guessed a possibility, which shocked her even more.

Bai Yuan embraced the remaining visible Bai Yu, one hand holding Wang Qiu'er, using qi to control objects to bring Xiao Wu along, stepping on the Black Long Sword he swiftly followed up.

Gu Yue Na then brought Ning Rongrong along, walking silently.

Her stepping pace was neither fast nor slow, yet she kept pace with Bai Yuan's side without falling behind, giving the feeling of walking on a flat escalator.

Bai Yuan looked on with envy.

Soon after, Qian Renxue's wings behind her flapped, and she halted in the air above the Heavenly Struggle Royal Palace.

She extended a finger as white and tender as mutton-fat jade, pointing at the ruins below, and said lightly: "The Poison Douluo is underground."

Ning Rongrong frowned, looking at Qian Renxue and asked: "Will a Title Douluo be buried down there?"

Qian Renxue said expressionlessly: "Earlier the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect sought the Poison Douluo; the Xueye Emperor, fearing they'd clash, hid the Poison Douluo and his granddaughter here."

After a pause, Qian Renxue added: "Later the Spirit Hall also began searching for the Poison Douluo, making him dare not leave even more."

"Then came the previous events; with such a huge commotion and the auras of so many Title Douluo, the Poison Douluo surely didn't dare come out."

Bai Yuan gave a slight nod. "If the Poison Douluo had dared to show his head just now, he'd surely have gotten a beating."

"And this place is indeed suitable as a hiding spot."

"No matter how close we got, they still couldn't sense the Poison Douluo's aura—this must be a shelter specially built by the Heavenly Struggle Royal Family."

"'Di Tian, make your move!' Bai Yuan said lightly."

Di Tian glanced at Bai Yuan, realizing that besides himself, the only one who could quickly dig open this place was Gu Yue Na.

This let Di Tian secretly decide that next time he followed Bai Yuan out, he'd need to bring a fierce beast to do odd jobs.

"Otherwise this digging work would all fall on him—would the mighty Beast God lose face?"

Left with no choice, Di Tian slowly raised his hand, and extremely rich darkness elements gathered around him.

At this moment the world turned to darkness; only Qian Renxue's surroundings still had flickering light.

But at this moment Qian Renxue, suspended in midair, her aura that could originally rival the blazing sun was like a firefly that might be swallowed by darkness at any moment.

This made Qian Renxue feel a flicker of fear arise.

Having never faced Di Tian directly, one wouldn't know how strong he is; at this point she barely grasped a bit.

At the same time, Qian Renxue, through the darkness, curiously glanced at Bai Yuan, wondering how he could tame such a powerful being.

Without any sound, the darkness suddenly receded.

Qian Renxue again looked toward the ground; the rubble there had vanished completely, revealing a solid space below.

"No one inside." Di Tian said.

Qian Renxue's face changed as she said: "What I saw earlier was the Xueye Emperor personally sending him in here."

Bai Yuan calmly piloted his sword, flying straight into the roofless secret chamber and began to examine it closely.

The secret chamber wasn't large, but its materials were extremely sturdy; it hadn't collapsed despite the aftermath of the earlier battle.

Just as Bai Yuan was about to search carefully, Gu Yue Na, whom Qian Renxue couldn't see beside him, suddenly waved her hand.

Instantly, the wall beside them peeled away, revealing a circular opening two meters in diameter upward, with no light visible.

"Is this... a snake den?" Ning Rongrong looked puzzled, not understanding why the Heavenly Struggle Empire's shelter would have such a huge snake hole.

Bai Yuan laughed and joked: "Qian Renxue, it looks like Dugu Bo also doesn't trust the Heavenly Struggle Empire—he secretly used his true martial soul form to dig a tunnel and escape."

"This tunnel certainly wasn't dug long ago, and because there's an ordinary person, Du Gu Yan, the Xueye Emperor would certainly not fail to send someone to bring food."

"Therefore the greatest possibility is that Dugu Bo secretly dug the tunnel, then sensed today's situation was off and decisively fled."

Qian Renxue took a deep breath, gritted her teeth, and said: "If we chase from here, we'll surely catch them."

"She now feels extremely unwilling—those hundred-thousand-year soul rings and soul bones she had in hand just flew away."

"'Then let's go.' Bai Yuan took the lead, bringing Bai Yu and Wang Qiu'er, piloting his sword toward the matching large hole and flew in."

The others followed, pressing forward all the way.

Qian Renxue's aura lit the path ahead; she had to exert herself immensely, fearing that even a slight delay would let the Poison Douluo escape.

However, as everyone followed the passage, they hadn't flown long before a fork appeared ahead—not just two paths, but a full three.

Bai Yuan gritted his teeth and said, "Well done, Dugu Bo, you still have the leisure to dig a labyrinth underground."

Seeing this scene, Bai Yuan could easily imagine that Dugu Bo, on one hand, didn't want to break with Xueye Dadi and simply fled; on the other hand, to prevent anyone from pursuing, he had carefully dug a labyrinth underground.

Even the exits of this labyrinth were likely not just one or two, but dozens or even hundreds, all leading to various wrong places.

Moreover, there is another possibility: Dugu Bo, together with Du Gu Yan, is hiding inside the labyrinth and has not come out.

After all, with so many people looking for him outside, who would be comfortable staying underground? Besides, ordinary people wouldn't think of that.

(End of chapter)