"Yes! Thank you!"
"Fellow Daoist Li! Junior Brother Black-Hand is out!" Qu Long Scholar walked over with Black-Hand Demon Child as he spoke. Black-Hand Demon Child's complexion had improved somewhat.
"Mm! Are you all right now, Fellow Daoist Black-Hand?" Li Xiaoya nodded and asked, looking at Black-Hand Demon Child.
"I'm fine!" Black-Hand Demon Child said, his expression impassive.
"That's good!"
"By the way, Fellow Daoist Li, which way should we take to get out?" Qu Long Scholar asked from beside him. After a pause, he suggested, "With all the commotion we've caused, I think we'd better avoid the valley where that giant bat lives, don't you?"
"Mm! I was thinking the same thing." Li Xiaoya nodded, then shifted his tone and said mysteriously, "But I have my own way. Rest easy, Fellow Daoist Qu Long!"
"Oh!" Seeing how confident he was, everyone felt considerably reassured.
"All right! Let's go out and take a look first. Don't make any noise!"
"All right!"
A thick layer of lime covered the area. The trees in the basin had either turned to ashes or were coated in blackish-gray volcanic ash, and the entire valley still reeked of burning.
Crash! On one cliff face, debris suddenly tumbled down like falling snow, revealing an opening. A head poked out and looked around. Only after confirming that no one was nearby did its owner fly out, followed by one figure after another slipping silently from the opening.
It was Li Xiaoya and his companions. The beautiful landscape of exotic flowers and unusual plants that had greeted them on their arrival was completely gone, replaced by a blackened vista of ash and ruin. They looked toward the volcano that housed the Primordial Chaos Immortal's cave abode. It had somehow grown considerably taller. The exotic plants and towering ancient