Mistakenly Connected to the Jade Flower Branch

Chapter 379 Something happened

As the booming sounds continued, the massive forest began to spin. Luo An slowly stood up, closed his eyes, gripped his hidden dart, and listened to the sounds to pinpoint their location.

The sharp sound of arrows pierced the air. Just as Luo An was about to retreat, he heard the sharp sounds turn into a jumble of noises.

Luo An leaped into the air, his hidden sword circling around him, deflecting arrows coming from all directions, and then flew up into a tree based on his memory.

"Luo An!" Nian Yao's anxious voice came through the phone: "Are you inside?"

Luo An exclaimed in alarm, "Nian Yao, don't come in!"

Once the Bagua Reverse Array is activated, the space within the array distorts, and the position of each door changes constantly. Anyone unfamiliar with the array may fall into an illusion and never be able to escape if they take a wrong step.

Nianyao stood in the formation, hearing only the howling of the cold wind and seeing only the flickering shadows of the trees. She could hear Luo An's voice but could not see him, not even a grave or a tombstone.

Luo An didn't hear Nian Yao's response, so he tentatively called out, "Nian Yao?"

Nianyao felt a little dizzy and almost fell while reaching out to grab a tree next to her. The tree was gone, but she clearly saw it standing there.

Nianyao had never experienced a moving Bagua formation before, and she panicked for a moment: "I'm here, where are you?"

Luo An said, "Close your eyes and don't look at anything. Stand there and call my name, and I'll come find you."

Nianyao closed her eyes tightly, and immediately everything went dark; the illusion vanished. "Luo An, Luo An, Luo An..."

Luo An's name seemed to possess a magical power. Nian Yao called out to him again and again, and as the panic caused by the illusion gradually disappeared, she felt more at ease. Following the order of the eight gates in her memory, she slowly walked forward.

"Xiu Sheng Shang Du Jing Si..." Nian Yao murmured to herself, opened her eyes and looked around at her surroundings. She found that it was different from the last time she came. Could it be that she remembered wrong?

Not only that, she also heard sounds of fierce fighting, cries of pain from the injured, and the impact of falling to the ground, the sounds coming and going, sometimes near and sometimes far.

Nianyao felt a surge of nervousness: "Luo An..."

Luo An's voice came from behind: "Nian Yao?"

Nianyao turned around: "Luo An, I can't see you. Are you alright? I should have reached the Death Gate by now."

Luo An couldn't see her either: "I'm fine, just stand there and don't move."

Nianyao said, "We... oh dear..."

Luo An knew something was wrong. He stared at a certain point and turned step by step toward the dead end. He looked up and saw Nian Yao kneeling on the ground with a throwing knife stuck in her left shoulder, her clothes stained red with blood.

Nianyao supported herself, looked him up and down, and smiled somewhat reluctantly: "I'm so glad you're alright. I heard the fighting and was afraid something had happened to you..."

"Don't speak." Luo An bent down and carried her on his back, his voice filled with fear and trembling: "Close your eyes, conserve your energy, I'll take you out."

Nianyao acted as if nothing was wrong, her voice relaxed: "Don't worry, it's just a minor injury, I won't die. You're a doctor, you know that."

If it were someone else who was injured, Luo An would calmly say, "They won't die."

As a doctor, what kind of injuries haven't he seen, what kind of patients haven't he encountered? But it was Nianyao who was injured. He knew she wouldn't die, but his heart still ached, especially since Nianyao was injured while trying to come in to find him.

The "death gate" is the exit, and the "life gate" is the entrance. Luo An carried Nian Yao around in a circle. Nian Yao made no sound on his back, and Luo An's voice involuntarily trembled with emotion: "Nian Yao?"

Nianyao was startled and quickly said, "I'm fine, I'm fine..."

Luo An said, "If it hurts, just scream. It will make you feel better."

Nianyao gritted her teeth and endured the pain: "It doesn't hurt, it really doesn't hurt. I am Xue Nianyao, a strong and upright woman, not a delicate princess..."

Luo An carried her out of the cemetery, and suddenly the area was brightly lit. Nian Yao squinted as her eyes adjusted to the light, when she heard Luo An shout, "Stop!"

The sword flashed faster than the sound. Jingzhe drew her longsword and retreated, blood dripping down the blade onto the tender green grass, a shocking sight.

The disciple in the manor clutched a bloody hole in his chest with one hand and pointed to the left with the other: "Master, he's going to... kill you..."

The disciple fell to the ground, his eyes wide open, his finger pointing towards An Liangchen. Centered on An Liangchen, five or six other disciples' corpses lay on the ground.