Blue, Red and White Dark Abyss Cauldron

Chapter 316 Aqi's Adventure (Demon Cave)

Yu Aqi couldn't help but ask: "Hey, who are you? Where are you?"

The woman sobbed and said, "I... I'm from Willow Grass Village. I don't know... I don't know where this is."

This answer surprised and frightened Yu Aqi, so he continued to ask, "Is your name Liu Yingzi, and your father's name Liu Chenggui?"

The woman said softly, "Yes."

Yu Aqi was overjoyed and said, "I finally found you. I came to save you." But he suddenly remembered that he had not yet rescued her and was trapped in this strange tube. What was there to be happy about? So he began to sigh again and said, "It's a pity that I can't save you now. It looks like I'm going to die here myself."

Liu Yingzi started sobbing again, and after a few cries, she suddenly screamed in fear, obviously encountering something extremely scary. Then there was the sound of rocks hitting each other, as if Liu Yingzi picked up some rocks and threw them.

"Could it be that the monster wants to eat her?" Yu Aqi understood immediately and shouted, "You evil dog spirit, you stinky evil spirit, how dare you bully a girl? If you have the guts, you should come and eat me, I will break your neck with one hand..." He kept cursing loudly.

After a while, only the crying of Willow Warbler could be heard again.

Yu Aqi breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that the monster did not eat her. He kept comforting her, and Liu Yingzi's mood gradually stabilized.

Yu Aqi asked, "Miss Yingzi, are you also trapped in a tube?"

Liu Yingzi said: "No...no, I was released."

"Then tell me where we are. I can't see anything in here."

"It's a cave, a big one. There are many thick pipes like tree roots hanging down from the top of the cave, and you...you...are inside one of them."

"Can you see the entrance to the cave?"

"I can see it, but it's too high to reach."

Yu Aqi sighed and asked again: "Is there a monster in the cave? What does it look like?"

Willow Warbler said: "Its hands and feet are so long, its eyes are white, and its ears are very long and big. It's so scary... I... I dare not say."

"Where is it now?"

"I don't know. It's crawling around in the cave and it's dark here. I don't know where it is now."

"How long have you been held here?"

"I don't know either. There's only a little light coming from the tree roots hanging above. I don't know what day it is now..."

Yu Aqi thought, this cave seems to be the monster's lair, but it hasn't harmed Liu Yingzi yet, so it doesn't seem to be an evil spirit that eats human flesh and drinks human blood. However, it has captured us, so it must have a purpose. What could it be?

Yu Aqi also asked how Liu Yingzi was caught in this cave.

Liu Yingzi said that after being caught by the bandits that day, she was knocked unconscious and taken into the woods in a daze. She walked along a stream for a long distance and finally came to an open space full of white flowers. The bandits tied her hands and feet, stuffed her mouth with a piece of cloth, and carried her to a very strange tree in the middle.

Yu Aqi thought that what she said was exactly the same as what she saw last, but she didn't know why the bandits brought her here.

Liu Yingzi continued, "One of the bandits carried me to the strange tree, saying sorry and asking for forgiveness from the spirit master. Another bandit said that if it wasn't for saving people, he wouldn't do such a heinous thing."

Yu Aqi was very puzzled and asked, "What do you mean by saving people? What do you mean by doing something that is against the will of heaven and earth?"

Liu Yingzi said, "I don't know either. They crawled into the strange tree, put me next to the roots of the strange tree, and knelt on the ground and kowtowed continuously. One of the bandits said, 'Please be kind, Spirit Master, and let my daughter go. I have replaced her with a better one. This girl has a better spirit and is more to your liking.' I don't know what they meant, and I couldn't ask them because my mouth was blocked."

"The two bandits knelt for a long time, and the strange tree actually started to move. A strange black mouth opened under the trunk, and a few foul breaths came out of the strange mouth, and a girl came out of it. The two bandits picked up the girl, kept thanking the strange tree, kowtowed several times, and then left."

Yu Aqi suddenly realized and said, "So this group of bandits captured you to exchange for another girl who was captured by the evil spirit."

Liu Yingzi said, "I think so too, but...but I don't want to die either..." Then she started crying again.

Yu Aqi said: "Don't worry, you won't die."

Liu Yingzi naturally didn't believe it and cried, "You were caught and will be eaten by the monster too, how do you know I won't die?"

"I am an expert at reading faces. I can tell at a glance that you are a person of great fortune and will live a long life in the future."

Liu Yingzi burst out laughing and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? You are trapped in the tree tube, how can you see what I look like?"

Seeing that Liu Yingzi had stopped crying, Yu Aqi answered seriously, "Of course I could see it." He then asked, "What happened after those bandits left?"

"Later... later the strange tree started moving again, and its strange mouth slowly opened and swallowed me. My hands and feet were tied, and I couldn't break free. That feeling... was so scary... I fainted from fright, and when I woke up I was already in this dark cave."

Yu Aqi asked: "Are you injured, or do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?" He thought that since the willow warbler was eaten by the strange tree, we must be under it now, and he probably got "eaten" by the strange tree as well.

Liu Yingzi said softly, "No."

Yu Aqi said, "This is strange. The strange tree can move. It looks like an evil spirit. It ate you, but you are safe and sound now. Could it be that the monster with long legs and white eyes saved you?"

Willow Warbler said: "No, no, the white-eyed monster in the cave is bad, not good. I am hiding in a narrow crevice now, so it can't bite me. And... and..."

"And what?"

"There are so many human and animal bones here. It must have killed a lot of people..."

When Yu Aqi learned that the monster ate people, he became anxious again and said, "It's not a good idea for you to keep hiding in the cracks of the rocks. Even if the white-eyed monster can't bite you, you will starve to death sooner or later."

Liu Yingzi didn't say anything. She probably thought about this and was worried and scared.