CHAPTER 2100: CHAPTER 2098: YIHUAN LENT A HAND

The thing about rabbits is that they can make sounds, but the noise is rather strange and not very loud. The black rabbit was so scared it didn’t dare open its eyes, its little nose twitching above its three-lobed mouth.

"Can you understand what I’m saying?" Bai Ruozhu stared at it and asked.

The rabbit nodded urgently, but since its ears were being held, nodding was quite difficult.

"Why are you so scared of me? Afraid I’ll eat you?" Bai Ruozhu suddenly found it amusing, and sure enough, the little rabbit nodded again.

She couldn’t stay long after entering; otherwise, her family might think she’d disappeared. She flicked the little rabbit’s head with her finger and said: "Take good care of Dengdeng and the others, and I’ll reward you with something nice later!"

The rabbit’s eyes lit up, and its short front paws were clasped together on its chest, clearly trying to imitate a human’s bowing gesture.

"Mom, let go of Tutu quickly, it will hurt," Little Dengdeng said worriedly.

Bai Ruozhu released Tutu, this time it didn’t run away, obediently grabbing a milk bottle, hopping onto the bed next to Little Tiaotiao to feed him.

Tiaotiao grabbed the bottle and started drinking from it himself.

Bai Ruozhu felt a lot more at ease, gave Little Dengdeng a few more instructions, and then left the Space.

Sure enough, her mother was already calling her. She quickly went out and said, "I’m ready."

"You took so long to come out; I thought something else might have happened," Lin Ping’er said, patting her chest in relief.

Bai Ruozhu smiled apologetically at her mother and went back.

"What do we do now? Should we go back the way we came and try to exit from the entrance?" the Third Elder asked the other elders in a consultative tone.

Before the others could speak, Wei Hall’s Xiu Shao said, "As I observed just now, since we entered, the Array inside started to operate. It now looks like our way back, but it’s no longer the entrance. Just like when we entered the Stone Chamber, we discovered danger and intended to retreat, but got caught in a mechanism, and found out another direction was actually the entrance."

As he spoke, he took out a green bean to show the Third Elder. "This is something I like to carry to mark paths. When we went in, I threw a few green beans in the passageway, but when coming back out, I couldn’t find them, showing that while we exited the same way, the passage had changed."

"It’s as if there’s a wheel inside that automatically turns, making our memories useless?" Bai Zepei asked.

Xiu Shao nodded, "That’s probably how it is. Moreover, I once heard from an Elder that the exit of this special Secret realm is not the entrance."

"Has anyone from the Xiu family been in this Secret realm?" Several Elders were astonished. They had lived so long and were coming here for the first time. This Secret realm hadn’t opened for at least dozens of years.

And because of this, the Second Elder couldn’t open the Main Gate to continue chasing them.

"So now we can only keep exploring?" Elder Su frowned, "This place changes constantly, and we can’t send people to scout since anyone who leaves might never be found again."

Everyone fell silent. If they all continued the exploration together, it would be dangerous, not to mention that protecting the people from Wei Hall would be particularly challenging.

Bai Ruozhu exchanged glances with her elder brother; they didn’t oppose everyone staying together, as this would allow them to protect their family on the side.

"Husband!" Si Yihuan, who had fainted earlier, woke up and upon seeing Bai Zepei, burst into tears, "Are you hurt?"

Bai Zepei quickly embraced her, "I’m fine, you don’t need to worry."

"I was scared to death; I thought I’d never see you again." Si Yihuan cried intensely but soon clutched her head, saying, "My head hurts, I feel weak."

After saying this, she fainted again.

Bai Ruozhu initially thought she had fainted from fright and wasn’t in a hurry to wake her up, figuring she should get some rest. But how did she wake up with a headache?

She hurried over to check Si Yihuan’s pulse, relieved only after confirming she wasn’t poisoned.

"Earlier, when your wife shouted, it seemed the speed of those converging spikes paused for a moment," Xiu Shao suddenly mentioned, "It was a mess in my Head before, didn’t think much about it, but now hearing her head hurts, it sounds like a sign of overusing Divine Sense."

"My wife doesn’t know Martial Arts, nor any Magic Technique," Bai Zepei shook his head, saying.

"Some people naturally have stronger Divine Sense than others, but it simply goes unnoticed until potential emerges at specific moments. Did she ever mention headaches before?" Xiu Shao asked.

Bai Zepei looked at Bai Ruozhu, who hurriedly said, "Second Sister-in-law doesn’t have any physical or brain illness; it seems to truly be a case of Divine Sense fatigue."

"I remember now, after coming out of the Enlightenment Tablet, she had mentioned headache," Bai Zepei said, recalling how, during his deepest obsession, he suddenly thought of Si Yihuan, and everything became clear, allowing him to pass the trial of the Enlightenment Tablet.

After coming out, he heard from his little sister that Si Yihuan had her hands clasped over her heart in prayer for him, unresponsive when anyone talked to her.

Could it be that her Divine Sense helped him back then?

Bai Zepei’s heart was filled with surprise and joy, but it wasn’t the time to discuss this. He picked up the unconscious Si Yihuan and asked, "How long will she be like this?"

"She might need a few days of rest. Letting her sleep is the quickest way to recover her Divine Sense," Xiu Shao said, looking enviously at Si Yihuan, "You’ve got some luck here, going through the Enlightenment Tablet and marrying a wife with higher-than-average Divine Sense, that’s really enviable."

Bai Zepei smiled, thinking he would rather Si Yihuan be an ordinary person, at least then she wouldn’t be suffering from headaches now.

Lin Pinger and the others realized that Si Yihuan had helped Bai Zepei in a critical moment, making them like this daughter-in-law even more, feeling they had truly made the right choice back then.

Bai Ruozhu noticed her aunt looking troubled and knew she was worried about Lanlan, so she went over to hold her hand and said: "Lanlan took Morning Wind to pick herbs on the mountain today. They are both clever; if something seems off, they’ll definitely hide."

"Morning Wind was brought out by Xiaojiang, so I trust him. I just worry about changes in Lanlan’s condition," Jiao Ling said anxiously.

"It won’t happen. You have to trust Lanlan. Once we get out, we’ll look for her together," Bai Ruozhu comforted Jiao Ling.

Fen Jiu also said a few words to console Jiao Ling, whose mood improved somewhat.

Afterwards, the elders discussed for a while and finally decided that everyone would move forward together, advancing and retreating as one.

...

The Back Mountain of the Jiuli Clan was also called She Mountain, which had a lot of herbal medicine growing on it. The mountain terrain was variable and stretched out for dozens of miles, making it hard to search for someone who deliberately hides in the mountain.

At this moment, Morning Wind was pulling Lanlan with a serious face, saying, "You can’t go back! That was Jianqi’s signal just now, indicating danger. He took the young masters away, meaning something must have happened to the Jiuli Clan."

"Then I need to go back even more, I’m worried about my mother!" Lanlan shook off his hand, rushing down the mountain.

Morning Wind was so anxious he could jump, somehow summoning the courage to dart forward and grab Lanlan before kissing her on the lips...