Tomb Spirit glanced at Ye Chen and Lan Guangxian in the sky, then looked at Axi. He crouched down and said to him, "Axi, then you'll have to come with me."
Axi replied, "Okay, Uncle."
Tomb Spirit's eyes widened in anger as he looked at Axi. "Uncle?"
Realizing he'd called him the wrong thing, Axi quickly corrected himself. "Big brother."
Tomb Spirit immediately broke into a smile and patted Axi on the head. "That's a good boy." Then he hurried after Ye Chen and the others.
Ye Chen and his companions hurried along as fast as they could. Ye Chen was frantic with worry the entire way, while Lan Guangxian flew ahead with all his strength and Tomb Spirit followed close behind.
In three more hours, it would be tomorrow. Ye Chen had no idea whether they would make it in time.
Lan Guangxian glanced at Ye Chen. "I'd guess the backlash is already starting."
Ye Chen said nothing and kept flying.
The group flew at high speed for more than two hours before they finally arrived. The cave was in complete disarray, and Tang Sanzang and the others were nowhere to be seen. Ye Chen shouted, "Where are they?" His voice rang across the entire sky.
Lan Guangxian grabbed Ye Chen. "Calm down, calm down. I'll cast a spell remotely first to suppress the backlash, then we can search. I can suppress it for two hours, but if we haven't found them by then, there'll truly be no way to save them."
Ye Chen nodded.
Lan Guangxian quickly sat down, clasped his hands, and began chanting an incantation. A mass of black light appeared beside him. He squeezed it tightly between his hands, then flung it away with all his strength. The black light vanished.
Ye Chen glanced at