"Yanran, what's wrong?"
The woman in the red dress looked at her somewhat uneasy junior sister in white standing behind her and asked in confusion.
"Senior Sister, I just have this feeling that something is unsettling my mind."
Yanran clutched the corner of her clothes, her face growing increasingly pale. She even had the urge to turn around and leave at once.
"It's fine, Yanran. Senior Brother Zhao Liu is with us this time. Even if we run into danger, we'll still be able to retreat unscathed."
Hearing her junior sister's words, the woman stepped forward and draped an arm around Yanran's fair neck, speaking smugly.
"All right..."
With that, the group headed toward Extreme Yin Mountain. In the blink of an eye, they vanished over the mountaintop. From afar, Extreme Yin Mountain looked more like a monster with its jaws wide open, ready to swallow whole anyone who dared offend it.
"Follow behind me. Whatever you do, don't get separated."
Zhao Liu walked at the front, holding a piece of jade in his hand as he instructed those behind him. The jade gave off a faint glow.
The group was walking through a pitch-black cave, the faint light radiating from the Jade Talisman providing them with the barest glimmer of illumination.
"Senior Brother, it's so suffocating in here. Is there really no other way?"
The woman in red behind Zhao Liu looked at the black walls around them and finally could not help asking. She truly could not bear it any longer. The cave was not tall enough, forcing them to walk bent over; it was unbearably oppressive.
"This is the only path. There's no other way. Only by passing through here can we enter the mountain's interior. Hold on a little longer. Once we go a bit farther,