"What do you think? Should we go take a look?"
Bai Zixi asked Mo Hua softly.
Protected by her family and elders since childhood, she had almost never experienced this kind of adventure. Looking at the pitch-black mechanism beneath the jade bed, she could not help feeling curious.
Mo Hua pondered for a moment, then nodded lightly. "Let's take a look."
Uncle Gu and the others had gone down. If he did not go see for himself, he could not truly put his mind at ease.
Ever since they had met, Uncle Gu had been the Dao Court Office's tireless workhorse and scapegoat, taking on every dirty and exhausting job.
Now it was even more obvious. At a time like this, with deadly traps lurking everywhere, he had been sent from Ganxue Prefecture to Houtu City in Kun Province to contend against the Earth Sect and the Great Clans. It was practically no different from banishment. It would be a miracle if anything good came of it.
Besides, that suspicious Liu San was very likely down there as well...
Mo Hua led Bai Zixi down from the beam. He released a little of his Divine Consciousness and sensed the opening beneath the jade bed. Finding no dangerous aura, he said:
"Senior Sister, follow me."
Bai Zixi nodded, then shook her head. "No. I'm the senior sister. You follow me."
Her junior martial brother had never tempered his body. Ever since childhood, his body had been precious and delicate; he could not be allowed to suffer so much as a bump or scrape. If they ran into an ambush and he was injured, that would be troublesome.
Mo Hua was about to say something, but seeing the cool, stubborn look on his little senior sister's face, he could only sigh softly.