Lantian shrunk his neck, but immediately reminded himself that he couldn’t be such a coward; he had to at least act the part of a Demon King. So, he quickly stretched his neck out again.
Stiffening his neck, he shouted with a hint of exasperated agitation: “Look! What are you looking at?!”
Yu Shengyan turned around and spoke with them. “I suppose we’ll just have to keep the Senior Brother tied up for now.”
Min Yue seemed to ponder this for a moment. “Hmm…” He raised an eyebrow and glanced at Lantian. Lantian blinked his eyes at him in return.
On the other side, Jialuo looked at Lantian with great guilt. “My Lord, I’m sorry. I need the Holy Master’s help, so I’m afraid you’ll have to suffer for now.”
Lantian hurriedly performed an expression of great anger, puffing out his cheeks. After glaring at Jialuo a few times, he turned his head away indignantly. Hmph!
Main Line Boss: “Pfft! Little Villain, how are you acting so cute?”
Lantian: “Ah.”
After the discussion, Yu Shengyan volunteered to watch over Lantian, while Jialuo was responsible for leading the way, and Min Yue would handle any unexpected situations.
Of course, Lantian, who now only needed to farm “hatred points,” would not be as obedient as before. The moment Yu Shengyan touched him, he used all his strength to resist the approach.
Heh heh, I won’t make things easy for you.
Yu Shengyan looked at Lantian, who had been too weak to move just a moment ago. Lantian struggled vigorously the instant Yu Shengyan helped him up. Yu Shengyan was slightly surprised; he looked closely at him and noticed that Lantian’s face was still pale—was he just forcing himself to hold on?
Regardless of how Lantian struggled, Yu Shengyan remained patient. If Lantian brushed off his hand, he would place it back. If Lantian pushed him a step back, he would simply take a step forward.
In the end… Lantian grew impatient. He didn’t want to play anymore… and besides, he had to hurry to the Shenyin Village; he couldn’t waste too much time.
Consequently, he stopped and panted a few times, making it look like he was just too weak to resist anymore…
Yu Shengyan smiled at the sight and seized the opportunity to get close to him.
“You, get away from me!”
Yu Shengyan completely ignored Lantian’s words and gripped him, walking forward step by step. Lantian gave a few more token shakes of resistance.
Suddenly, Yu Shengyan released his hand from Lantian’s shoulder. Lantian felt himself flip, a gentle breeze brushed his cheeks, and that was when he realized: Yu Shengyan was actually carrying him in a bridal style!
“If Senior Brother is so unwilling to walk, then I will carry you.”
Yu Shengyan spoke in a flat, unremarkable tone, as if he were doing something perfectly normal. His warm breath drifted onto Lantian’s face. Lantian felt the scorching heat on Yu Shengyan’s neck. Upon closer inspection, the base of his ears was clearly red… but his face remained normal, devoid of any special expression…
So he knows how to be shy too…
Lantian: “…I feel like I just dug a pit for myself…”
Main Line Boss: “This pit isn’t bad either; isn’t it quite comfortable?”
Lantian: “Come on, this pit is for you.”
Main Line Boss: “No thanks, I don’t have such ‘good fortune’.”
Lantian: “…”
What is the joke here? Am I unable to walk? Lantian realized he was being carried bridal style by a grown man… this was too shameful!
“Senior Brother, you should sleep for a while…”
Lantian, hearing Yu Shengyan’s words, was just about to say that it was impossible to sleep at a time like this! But when he looked up, he collided with those glowing, intense pupils.
Yu Shengyan… used this trick again…
Helpless, and with no protection mechanism triggered, Lantian could only drift into a daze and pass out once more…
Lantian’s head tilted, falling against Yu Shengyan’s chest. Yu Shengyan held him tighter and walked toward the entrance.
“My Lord!” Jialuo still had a conscience; seeing Lantian unconscious, he didn’t know what had happened.
“It’s fine, I just let him sleep.” Yu Shengyan said in a deep voice. He glanced outside the cave entrance and suddenly remembered the incident with the pebbles earlier…
“By the way, something strange happened when I went out before.”
Hearing that his Lord was fine, Jialuo breathed a sigh of relief, but then he heard him mention something strange. “Holy Master, what happened?”
Yu Shengyan’s brows furrowed slightly, his expression complex. “It’s hard to say. You’ll know once we’re out.”
Min Yue wasn’t afraid of these things; he didn’t overthink it and said directly: “Let’s set off quickly.”
Yu Shengyan nodded, and the four of them exited the cave.
The moment they left, the intense sunlight was still shining down exactly where it had been before, burning like fire, radiating recklessly onto their faces.
“Why is the sunlight so intense?” Min Yue raised his hand to shade his forehead, frowning slightly.
“It’s truly strange. I remember it being exactly like this when I first came out.”
Yu Shengyan suddenly recalled something. “Could it be that it hasn’t moved at all?”
A strange sun, strange light. Yu Shengyan observed the position of the sun through his fingers… truly, there was no difference from before. It hadn’t moved!
“I understand.” Jialuo suddenly spoke from the side, pointing at the sun. “I understand. We are caught in a maze array, and that sun is the array’s eye.”
“What?” Both Yu Shengyan and Min Yue were astonished.
“The sun is the eye of the array?” Min Yue had learned quite a lot in this world, but he had never heard of a maze where the sun was the eye—to say nothing of Yu Shengyan.
Jialuo looked around and said slowly, “That’s right. The place where we are is called Shenyin Mountain. There is a massive maze array within this mountain. Outsiders who enter trigger it directly. It must have been triggered accidentally by the Holy Master just now.”
Yu Shengyan finally understood. So those pebbles from before were meant to disorient him. No wonder he couldn’t find his way out no matter how he walked…
Yu Shengyan looked at Jialuo and asked, “Then how do we break the array?”
Jialuo smiled slightly: “Don’t worry. I am from the Shenyin Village, after all; I know how to break the arrays of Shenyin Mountain.”
“The Holy Masters just need to follow me closely.”
Having said this, Jialuo surveyed the surroundings, suddenly fixed his gaze in one direction, and said confidently: “It’s right here.”
He led the way, and Yu Shengyan followed him closely. Min Yue, however, was a step behind. He listened to Jialuo’s words, deep in thought.