This slight noise excited You Su, but it also made him more alert.
He took Ji Lingruo and turned around to walk ahead, and the two of them moved forward slowly with the lightest steps.
No one knows whether the people ahead are friend or foe; they must proceed with caution.
As they drew closer, the sounds became clearer, and it became possible to understand what they were saying. Then it became apparent that the sounds were somewhat muffled, as if they were coming from behind a wall.
"Liu Nengwu! Are you crazy?! This is meant to be taken back for everyone to eat!"
"Huang Shian, don't play the noble card with me! I'm not crazy! Ugh... anyway... anyway, I can't escape now, why should I starve to death!"
You Su recognized the two voices; they were two mortal elders who were on good terms with him.
The passageway did indeed end at a wall, but judging from the volume of the sound, the wall was clearly very thin and had been built for quite some time.
You Su was puzzled. His master said the well was connected to the outside, so how could it be blocked?
"What if that evil spirit doesn't catch up and we survive? If you eat all the food, what will we use to save everyone when we get back!"
"Do you think that's possible? You can't even save yourself, yet you have the mind to think about saving others?"
"You son of a bitch, do you have any conscience?! Everyone gave us all their food before sending us out so we'd have the strength to find food! How dare you eat this life-saving food! Spit it out!"
No sooner had the man finished speaking than You Su heard the sound of the two men wrestling.
He also guessed some things from the two men's brief conversation. It was probably that a group of people were hiding in one place, and after running out of food, they sent these two men out to collect food. As a result, they encountered evil spirits and were forced to flee to this place. Uncle Liu felt there was no hope and did not want to starve to death, while Uncle Huang opposed Uncle Liu's behavior.
It seems that not all the ends of the passageways lead to blessed lands or forbidden areas for inheritance.
Just as You Su was inwardly complaining, the two people on the other side of the wall suddenly stopped fighting.
"Did you... see that? That thing at the cave entrance..." Liu Nengwu's voice trembled.
In the pitch-black cellar, a scorpion-like evil spirit, its body radiating a bright red glow, stood not far away, peering out. Its features were indistinct, as it was surrounded by an unknown mist.
"Um..."
"We're doomed..." Liu Nengwu, thin and frail, clutched his arms full of food, trembling uncontrollably. "Damn it, I should have eaten a few more bites earlier..."
"Stop eating it! Listen to me! There's only one. I'll lure it away. You run! Take the food and run! You have to bring it back to save everyone! You hear me?! If I find out you've hidden away and eaten it all, I'll kill you!"
Huang Shian was physically strong. He turned his head and gripped Liu Nengwu's shoulder tightly, his eyes full of determination.
"Old Huang, you..."
"Don't speak! The fog won't spread over so quickly; it won't dare to come out of the fog. Don't move here. I'll go to the right. Wait for me to distract it, then you run!"
Huang Shian released his grip and quietly made his way to the right along the stone wall behind him, without making any attempt to conceal his footsteps. In the darkness, the evil spirit's two eyes shone like torches, eerily bright.
It naturally saw the two of them, but it didn't make any move yet, seemingly just as Huang Shian had said, it was waiting for the newly entered fog in the cellar to thicken.
But what happened next completely ruined Huang Shian's plan. There was more than one scorpion-shaped evil spirit! Two more identical evil spirits emerged from the dark tunnel one after another!
At that moment, the three evil spirits suddenly moved at the same time. Two rushed towards Huang Shian, and one rushed towards Liu Nengwu.
Huang Shian still refused to give up. He ran towards Liu Nengwu with all his might, trying to stop the evil spirit as well. He roared:
"Run! Run!"
In the darkness, the evil spirit that had rushed towards Liu Nengwu had already leaped high into the air. The fluorescent light illuminated Liu Nengwu's terrified face. He had already collapsed to the ground, his face devoid of color, and his lips were still trembling incessantly.
Huang Shian was utterly desperate. Their deaths here meant that the elderly, women, and children who were hiding with him would starve to death in the cellar.
"Don't want!"
With a loud "bang!", a huge explosion suddenly rang out!
Several pieces of rubble overturned, forcing the evil spirit back, and a candle flame shone in from behind Liu Nengwu.
A handsome young man, wielding Immortal Sword, charged toward the evil spirit before him with lightning speed, and actually cut it in half at the waist.
All of this happened so fast that Huang Shian hadn't even had time to react before he found the young man rushing towards him.
Seeing that the young man's sword momentum had not diminished, he understood and immediately fell to the ground. Sure enough, the young man swept his sword horizontally, taking down the two evil spirits behind him as well.
In the blink of an eye, all three evil spirits were killed.
"Uncle Huang, are you alright?"
Huang Shian took the hand offered by the boy and looked closely, only to be surprised to find that the boy was actually You Su.
"Help me..." Liu Nengwu struggled as he was buried under the rubble.
You Su hurriedly went over to remove the stones for Liu Nengwu. Although he had been hit by the stones and suffered many wounds, it was better than becoming food for evil spirits.
"You Su!" Liu Nengwu, who had been protecting the food in his arms until his death, looked up with surprise in his eyes.
"Uncle Liu, it's me." You Su helped Liu Nengwu up again.
Uncle Huang also came over at this moment. Having just survived the ordeal, his voice trembled slightly. "I really didn't expect that it would be you who saved us."
"What do you mean?" Ji Lingruo asked in a cold voice.
Uncle Huang's expression also stiffened, only then noticing the stunningly beautiful girl holding the candle. "This is..."
You Su quickly shielded his junior sister behind him, saying, "She's my junior sister."
Huang Bo was taken aback for a moment before realizing that his unintentional remark had been misinterpreted by the girl as contempt for You Su. He then explained:
"Please don't be offended, young lady. It was a slip of the tongue. You Su, Uncle Huang thanks you for saving my life."
As he was about to bow, Liu Nengwu also tried to bow, You Su quickly stopped them, saying:
"No need for that, it's just a small favor."
"Oh, but what are you doing here?" Huang Shian asked.
"My junior sister and I also hid, but we happened to hear your voices through the wall, so we broke through it to make our move."
Huang Shian nodded, while Liu Nengwu rubbed his aching limbs and said:
"You Su, you're truly a hidden talent! So many cultivators have died in the west of the city, yet you've managed to hide with your junior sister for so long. Impressive!"
You Su frowned. He was still hesitant about whether to intervene. After all, these two were elders who had taken care of him since childhood. However, after Qi Daodong discovered that his junior sister was possessed, he would inevitably inform everyone. If these two tipped him off, it would cause new trouble.
In the end, he chose to trust the two before taking action, but judging from Uncle Liu's words and attitude, he seemed unaware of this. And what about the many cultivators who died in the west of the city?