Chapter 61: Troops Divide into Two Routes, Soul Selection Labyrinth

  Normally, Xianxian and I are always the leaders, walking in the front, but this time, we two fell behind, and I don't know what he said to others, without causing any abnormality among other people.

  "Hmm, you're being so cautious, are you really that scared, Fengfeng?" Xianxian said with a slight smile, her eyes slanted.

  Although I knew he was intentionally reminding me, my heart just couldn't put it at ease, so I simply let Da Bao walk ahead of me. Fortunately, his pace wasn't slow, and we didn't fall behind either. As we walked further forward, the temperature around us rose by a few degrees, until after tens of minutes, we once again returned to the previous fork in the road. By this time, the eerie chill was gone. This also made everyone even more convinced that the correct path was indeed the straight one.

  "What's wrong, Da Bao?" Seeing everyone else rushing in, but Da Bao still standing at the door, motionless, I walked up to him with a puzzled expression, only to find his face even paler, his eyes fixed on the road ahead with dilated pupils, and the temperature around us rapidly dropping!

  "Fengzi, why haven't you gone in yet?" Wu Xiaoshou had already come back out from inside, saying as he shivered and hugged his arms, frowning: "Why do I feel like it's gotten colder..."

  "I..." Now only I and Xianxian are still standing in place without going in. Looking at Dabao, he is extremely unwilling to go in. Is there danger ahead? I furrowed my brow, the people inside the door curiously turned their heads to look at me. I had no choice but to express my concerns: "I always feel that something is not right, how about this? We split into two groups, Pei Zi, Song Ah, you take this path, and Xianxian and I will take another path. Choosing the right path is better than total annihilation."

  As soon as I finished speaking, Song Ah walked out from inside and turned his head to say to the people inside: "Pei Zi, you all leave, I'll stay behind to protect Feng Zhi."

  "This brother, don't you believe in my abilities? Fengfeng is my brother, I will protect him myself." Xianxian stepped forward a few steps to stand between me and Song Ah, with his back to us.

  You're really a good brother! I'm touched just by hearing this, hehehe~ I raised my hand to cover my mouth and coughed lightly, then walked over to Xianxian's side. Looking at Song Ah, I smiled and said: "Yeah, Song Ah, you must have your own reasons for coming here too. I don't want to hold you back, although it's not easy to say, but as you know, I'm useless in everything."

  "Are you still blaming me......" Song Ah lowered his head, looking somewhat despondent. I knew he had the wrong idea. Although I had blamed him before, he hadn't actually done anything to hurt me, and we'd been friends for so many years - I'd long since let it go. Everyone has times when they can't help themselves, but... even if I wasn't blaming him, trust isn't something that can be easily rebuilt either.

  "Song Ah, you know that our Feng Feng is simple-minded. Although you deceived him, I believe he didn't take it to heart, otherwise he wouldn't have responded to you in the first place. However, I don't like having others follow us, although you've helped us and I thank you for that, this is a matter of principle. I hope you can understand." Xian Xian said politely, her courteous yet serious demeanor almost made me unable to refute her. Indeed, Song Ah hesitated for a moment before reluctantly saying: "Then be careful, and we'll meet again safely."

  "Be careful too." After watching Pei Zi and others, as well as Song Ah, leave, I let out a sigh and said to Xian Xian: "Thank you."

  Xian Xian was taken aback, suddenly hit me and said in an unhappy tone: "What's with the politeness, you're really treating me like an outsider!"

  I saw him looking somewhat unhappy, I couldn't help but burst out laughing and also patted him on the back, saying: "Alright, just a moment, you really aren't ashamed to agree."

  "Hmm, Fengfeng, I feel like your mouth is getting sharper and more sarcastic, not as innocent as before!" Xianxian said with her eyes narrowed, sizing me up.

  "Whatever, you're no saint yourself." I gave him a withering look before turning to Da Bao and asking, "Shall we go right or left?"

  "Left, left!"

  "Yes, I always feel like there's a gloomy atmosphere whenever I enter from the right side!"

  "Why don't we just go straight? I think going straight is the most correct choice!"

  "Why don't we try going left first? If it doesn't work out, we can always go straight."

  Perhaps they thought I was asking Xianxian again, so Dabao hadn't replied yet, and others started discussing it in a flurry of voices. Xianxian didn't say anything, he also looked in the direction I was looking at, knowing that I was asking Dabao.

  Dabao's eyes moved slightly, then looked at me. After a long time, he opened his pale and bloodless lips and muttered: "I don't know."

  "Let's go right then!" Because Da Bao was already on that road from the start, although I didn't know where it led or what pitfalls lay ahead, for now I couldn't care less, as long as Da Bao wasn't stimulated too much, that would be the best route!

  Dabao bit his lip, and finally nodded slightly. Seeing this, I gave Xianxian a look, indicating that he had agreed.

  "Right? No way, Fengfeng big brother, we just came out and now we have to go back?" Wang Yi said discontentedly.

  "Are we really taking this road on the right? I always have a bad feeling!"

  ……

  "Stop!" Xian Xian raised her hand to stop others from continuing, and after the surroundings quieted down, she coldly said: "What's wrong, do you all have opinions?"

  "There's no need to be polite, Master Xianxian, wherever you want to go, we'll follow!" As soon as Xianxian got tough, Wang Yi and the others quickly changed their expressions and put on a flattering smile. I couldn't help but shake my head and laugh, indeed, "violence" is always the best way to solve problems, no matter what!

  "Since no one has any objections, let's go." After finishing speaking, Xianxian winked at me with a mischievous glint in her eye, looking just like a cute little dog. Of course, I didn't dare to say this directly to him, or else he would definitely tease me mercilessly. So I could only hold back my laughter and pull on Dabao's sleeve to leave. It was strange, but when I pulled him for several steps, I realized that I had grabbed onto something again! Was it possible that I could only grab onto a physical object subconsciously?

  I and Xianxian led the way in front, although this road was very wide, enough for four or five people to walk side by side, but this time Dabao did not walk alongside me, instead he floated along in front leading the way, I also trusted him extremely, so I just let him turn left and right as we walked.

  During this time, everyone tacitly didn't speak, the temperature inside was still low enough, although I had already worn two thick clothes, and was frozen to some extent. But at that moment, everyone was not far from each other. Until we reached the next fork in the road, Xian Xian quietly pulled my sleeve and whispered: "Where is he taking us?"

  I looked at Da Bao, who didn't even turn his head, and couldn't help but shake my own head. To say that Da Bao was wandering aimlessly would be inaccurate, because every time he came to a fork in the road, he would pause for a moment before choosing a direction, making it seem as though he had a purpose. But since he was acting this way, I didn't dare ask too many questions, so I could only follow him for now.

  "Xian Xian, aren't we lost? These twists and turns are just like a maze!"

  "Not bad, it's a maze." Xianxian turned back to them with a slight smile, without any sense of crisis, which again made the people behind her chatter and discuss.

  "Not good, run fast!" Xianxian suddenly shouted and pulled me to sprint forward. At the same time, several mechanical sounds rang out around us, followed by a dense barrage of hidden crossbow bolts shooting down from the ceiling! Even though we ran quickly, the sound of continuous screams still echoed from behind...