Chapter 1190: 1190: Going In

The siblings Gong Chengyan and his sister are the only ones still guarding the direct bloodline, and they understand in their hearts that the hope for Xue Tong and Changle to survive is very slim. However, as long as there is no concrete evidence proving they are dead, their branch will continue to protect them. Actually, Jing Yuansi’s talent isn’t bad either, but unfortunately, her mind is not focused here. If she could find Changle, as long as the Pengge Sect could unite and wholeheartedly train her, advancing towards a family as transcendent as the Mi Family would not be impossible.

It is because of knowing this that the Nie Family spared no cost, and back then had intentions to kill Nie Xuetong, who had married into the Pengge Sect’s direct line. In the face of significant interests, marriage alliances and familial blood ties become meaningless.

Gong Yunfei sighed, actually from the moment Jing Changle was conceived, the crisis for the Pengge Sect’s Jing lineage had already begun. Jing Yuansi’s father went missing first, and her mother was persecuted during pregnancy. With a traitor within the family, having no way out, she fled the Peng Pavilion, escaped that dreadful place, leaving a young Jing Yuansi behind there.

"Sister Xue Tong must have suffered a lot when she escaped. We were all not in the sect, only a little Yuanxi was left there..." Gong Yunfei was full of emotion.

But if Nie Xuetong hadn’t done so, had Jing Yuansi followed her, they would surely have died. By leaving her there, those in the sect who had yet to be deceived would still stand up to protect her.

Back then, Nie Xuetong longed for this, and indeed it turned out to be the case. When Gong Chengyan and others rushed back, Jing Yuansi had not been harmed, only detained.

Recalling these bygone events, the siblings both fell silent.

...

Luo Yirui and Little Fatty had already ducked into the passage. The two went through the passage smoothly without bumping into anyone. This time they went in the dark, following the path to its end.

Finally reaching the entrance of the cave, Little Fatty looked down at the massive complex below, clicking his tongue in amazement. Thinking about how Luo Yirui had entered there yesterday, he couldn’t help but feel admiration.

Luo Yirui squatted at the cave’s entrance and didn’t hurry to go out, asking Little Fatty in a low voice, "Have you memorized the map?"

"Memorized, memorized." Little Fatty answered repeatedly.

This was different from rote memorization; when interested, Little Fatty remembered everything after a few looks.

Luo Yirui recalled that Hou Baiyu had gone left at the time but returned from the right, meaning he likely crossed the entire ’factory’ to escape.

This was just Luo Yirui’s speculation. From a timing perspective, unless he encountered danger and started to run from the beginning, it wouldn’t have been possible to return in time. Since he managed to escape, there might be a secret passage.

The reason Luo Yirui had this thought was in hopes of having an extra way out when necessary.

"Let’s go," Luo Yirui called to Little Fatty, and the two of them, under cover of night, headed in the direction Hou Baiyu had gone.

After that day, Luo Yirui discovered that this ’factory’ operated 24 hours a day. His mother analyzed that the people inside worked in shifts without differentiating between day and night. What they were urgently manufacturing inside was unknown.

Little Fatty’s stamina wasn’t bad. Since his pace was much quicker than in the passage, they initially worried he wouldn’t keep up. However, finding that he managed to stay right behind Luo Yirui, Luo Yirui gradually increased his speed.

The area was essentially pitch-black wasteland. Entering the ’factory’ was much simpler than it had been the day before.