The passages before them branched in every direction, leading who knew where.
Yang Qing steadied himself, then pointed to a narrow path ahead on the left and said to Fen Liyou, "Why don't we go in this way?"
The Dream Demon Snake had pursued its quarry down the earlier passage. There had been no sound or disturbance since, and they had no idea whether it had caught up with Yin Xian.
Even so, Yang Qing had no wish to follow it down that path.
He kept feeling that, clumsy and stupid as the Dream Demon Snake appeared, it had schemes of its own.
It had guarded this place for hundreds of years. Who knew what tricks it might have held in reserve?
Now that it was bent on dealing with Yin Xian, all the better.
Fen Liyou nodded in agreement at Yang Qing's suggestion.
Yet he looked around, still somewhat puzzled.
As though sensing his unease, Yang Qing asked, "Has something occurred to you?"
Fen Liyou said, "According to our ancestral teachings, the Four-Square Land was where our ancestors lived. But looking at this place, how could anyone settle down here?"
Fen Liyou was certainly right. They had traveled for most of the day, yet had seen nothing besides these passages.
Could there have been an omission in those ancestral teachings?
Yang Qing said, "Not necessarily. What we see may not be the truth. Perhaps we simply haven't found the Ancestral Grounds yet."
With passages branching in every direction and a ferocious Dream Demon guarding it, this place certainly could not be as simple as it appeared.
"Perhaps there is another world beneath the earth."
Yang Qing and the others had guessed correctly. There was indeed another world underground.
And that was why Yin Xian had risked his life to