The Suspended Lamp Guides the Way

"Wu Man?"

Xiao Ran's heart tightened. Of the four of them, everyone else had been accounted for by now. Only Wu Man was still missing.

Was he worried? Wu Man was so powerful that Xiao Ran honestly had no reason to worry about him.

But could he say he wasn't worried? ...Whenever he thought about it, he couldn't help feeling uneasy.

"How does this guy know anything about Wu Man?"

Xiao Ran thought it over, then pretended to hesitate. "Let's go take a look first."

He didn't agree right away, but he didn't refuse either. They could see what was going on first.

If it took too much out of him, Xiao Ran would rather ditch the group and travel alone than waste the literary energy in his staff.

After all, that thing was his lifeline now. Every use depleted it, so he shouldn't waste it if he could avoid it.

As for Wu Man...

Whether he had any news about him wasn't all that important to Xiao Ran, anyway.

When he reached the front of the group, he saw that they had come to the end of the path. A deep ravine stretched across the ground like an impassable chasm.

All sorts of shrine caves lined both sides of the ravine, but Xiao Ran couldn't make out what the statues inside looked like.

Farther down, it was too dark. The darkness seemed to swallow all light, and even Xiao Ran couldn't see what lay below.

"The route out is at the bottom of this ravine."

Chen Cheng pointed at the ravine before them, his tone utterly certain.

Xiao Ran didn't reply. He stood to one side and watched in silence.

By now, some people couldn't hold back any longer. They tried climbing down with their tentacles. At first, they