Pan Yun followed close behind Xuan Miao and slipped into a cave. Pressing a hand to her chest, she forced down her terror. "Good thing I came prepared. Otherwise, that fall would have turned me into a meat pancake."
"If you couldn't even make it into the cave entrance, dying outside would be better than dying in here. At least someone could collect your corpse."
Pan Yun rubbed her nose and looked around curiously. It was simply an enormous mountain cave, dark in the depths, with no edge in sight.
She felt a chill rise beneath her feet and swiftly crawl up her spine, leaving her with the prickling sensation of thorns at her back.
Pan Yun no longer dared to joke. She swallowed and pressed close to her Senior Sister.
Xuan Miao's back was tense as well, but this was not her first time here. She had more experience than Pan Yun.
She walked straight inward, taking nine steps before stopping. Pan Yun's gaze sharpened in thought. She reached out and touched the air, and sure enough, a barrier stood before her. At her touch, ripples spread out wave after wave.
Pan Yun could tell that this was an extremely powerful formation. She could not break it, and even burying all the explosives she currently had would make little difference.
Which meant the thing inside could not break it either.
Xuan Miao pressed her token against the barrier, formed a hand seal, and murmured an incantation. Golden light streamed from the token and touched the barrier. After the watery ripples trembled, an opening shifted aside. Xuan Miao grabbed Pan Yun and flashed inside. The formation swiftly closed behind them, while the token passed through it and landed in Xuan Miao's hand.
Holding the token in one hand and Pan