(God's perspective)
Hao Qi and Hao Mingcheng carefully walked into the depths of the woods.
The moment Xie Qi stepped into that dark place, the surroundings changed.
Mingyan saw the trees change into pieces of cold walls, and they drove away the original scenery.
In the blink of an eye, Xi Qi and Xi Mingcheng were trapped in a cold fortress.
This should already be inside the maze...
Hao Qi believes that the depths of the forest are just a switch that turns on the real illusion.
In fact, from the very beginning, turning sentient beings upside down is the maze of your own heart. It just keeps you trapped where you want to be.
Observing the surroundings, Hao Qi indeed discovered five different road entrances.
One of them is the path of Xie Qi's own consciousness.
"This... which way should we take?"
Ji Mingcheng was confused for Ji Qi. No one knew which way to leave without prompting, right?
Qi Qi was also hesitant. He didn't know the rules of this maze. It would be wrong to just wander around without a goal.
[Sometimes when you can’t make a decision, you rely on your intuition. As long as you take the first step, no matter whether you are right or wrong, there will be a way to recover! 】
Yun Qishen's voice emerged in Xi Qi's mind.
"Dad! This way!"
Hao Qi smiled and then moved towards the entrance that he was facing directly.
"But……"
"Believe me."
Ji Mingcheng hesitated for a moment and then followed Ji Qi into the road.
Because the surroundings were too dark, Zhai Qi had no choice but to use magic lighting.
As they walked, the two of them came to a fork.
"it is as expected……"
Xie Qi split the spell into two, and one of the balls of light flew towards the other side.
Ji Mingcheng watched Ji Qi's actions with concern, and they walked towards the other side.
Qi Qi became more and more convinced that any entrance to the passage at the beginning was fine, because there was another road in the passage, which would lead to another road.
Every time he reaches a fork, Hao Qi will separate part of the magic light ball to explore.
He and Ji Mingcheng headed to the other side.
This was the first time that Qi Qi felt that the art of observation was still useful. Fortunately, he had practiced it while he was in confinement in Jingling Mountain.
The art of observation is a compulsory art in Jing Lingshan, but the art of observation is very different between the Immortal Sword Sect and the Immortal Medicine Sect.
Among all the monastic observers, Mi Zixin is the best, and his family has been the astrologer of Dongyu Kingdom for generations.
While learning the techniques of the Immortal Sword Sect, Hao Qi also secretly learned some observation techniques from Mi Zixin.
However, Zuo Qi's original purpose of learning this was indeed to better catch those mythical beasts.
After the two of them walked deeper for a while, Hao Qi stopped.
"What's wrong?"
Ji Mingcheng asked Ji Qi and then looked around with concern, and then he saw a white shadow flashing towards the intersection to the side.
The shadow here wasn't scary, but Mingcheng suddenly felt a strong desire to follow him.
Qi Qi closed his eyes, feeling the mana he had separated.
There are some dead ends; there are some that keep moving; and there are some encounters.
When Hao Qi opened his eyes, he didn't see the shadow of Hao Mingcheng.
"Dad?"
Here again, Hao Qi quickly sensed the location of Hao Mingcheng, even after chasing him to find it.
Ji Mingcheng groped into an intersection following the white shadow.
The white shadow moved faster, and Ming Mingcheng caught up even faster.
Kuang——
Just when Naina Cheng was about to catch up with Bai Ying, the intersection was suddenly blocked.
This made Ji Mingcheng unable to move forward but to go back.
"Linglong! It's you! Answer me! Let me see you!"
Ji Mingcheng was certain that the white shadow was Linglong.
"Are you blaming me... blaming me..."
"No... Nasumi... please leave... now you are the only one who can protect Ji Qi..."
The exquisite voice reached Ji Mingcheng’s ears.
"Linglong! It's really you! Let me see you! Okay!"
"Sorry, Nasumi...we can't meet..."
Opposite the cold wall, a white shadow covered his face.
"Why? Linglong! You just need to open the wall here, and we can meet..."
"I can't... Nasumi, please leave quickly..."
Linglong's voice also trembled with sadness.
Ji Mingcheng's voice was even hoarse.
When Hao Qi came over to search, he saw Hao Mingcheng knocking on a wall.
As soon as he saw Ji Qi coming, Ji Mingcheng grabbed him and said, "Zi Qi, please help me break down this wall! Can you let me meet your mother?"
Xieqi looked at the wall, and he could feel the presence of consciousness on the other side of the wall.
But that consciousness was very resistant to meeting, so the wall was blessed with magic power.
Once Ji Qi breaks the wall, the consciousness on the other side will also be injured.
"Haiqi...take your father and leave..."
Linglong spoke with an obvious cry.
"Leave quickly! Then live happily!"
"exquisite!"
"Mingcheng! I know you are sad, so am I! But we are different, I am already a dead person, you can still live! I don't want you and Ji Qi to have a hard time... Mingcheng, do you understand?"
"I...understand...but..."
"If you understand, then leave!"
Linglong roared loudly, and then the wall began to glow white.
Kuang Kuang Kuang——
The ground shook with the sound.
Qi Qi felt that some of the forks in the road were blocked, leaving a clearer path.
"Linglong..." Ji Mingcheng gritted his teeth, tears lingering uncontrollably.
Hao Qi grabbed Hao Mingcheng's hand and chanted a spell.
"Ningcheng...I love you..."
These were Linglong's last words that Ji Mingcheng heard.
The next moment, he and Zuo Qi teleported to another road.
Hao Qi also added teleportation spells on top of the scattered mana.
The next moment he teleported over, Yin Mingcheng collapsed on the ground.
"Dad..."
Looking at Ji Mingcheng's haggard appearance, Hao Qi felt uncomfortable.
How terrible it is to lose someone twice at the same time.
At the same time, Hao Qi felt someone tugging on his clothes behind his back.
When Xie Qi turned around, he saw himself when he was a child.
"We meet again……"
When he was a child, Xi Qi looked at his grown-up self with his trademark smile.
"First of all, I congratulate you on finding a passage to the outside world, but there are some things I still want to ask you."
Xiao Shaoqi glanced at Ji Mingcheng and then looked at Shaoqi, "Have you recognized your heart clearly?"
"Ah...probably, because people are unpredictable, but now I am sure of what I want." Ji Qi squatted down to talk to his childhood self.
"That's it... I'll give you a surprise. Straighten your hands." Xiao Shaoqi stepped forward and pulled Shaoqi's arm.
Ji Qi also straightened his hands.
"Then look up!"
The little girl smiled and told him to look up.
Qi Qi also raised his head and looked up, only to see a black shadow coming towards him.
As the black shadow approached, the environment around Xi Qi also changed.
Yun Qishen fell from the sky, and Ji Qili should catch him.
As a result, Yun Qishen fell and hit Zuo Qi directly, and the two of them also fell to the ground.
"I'm talking about Hao Qi! You can just pick it up! It's okay to use it as a cushion even if it's not good! I'll fall to death... Oops."
Yun Qishen complained.
Ji Qi smiled and said, "It's not because the Demon Lord is too heavy. I can't do anything for the little Taoist priest~"
