The cave was immensely spacious. At a glance, it held close to a hundred disciples.
Of course, these were not all the disciples. Two irregular openings lay in each of the cave's side walls, clearly connecting to other caves.
One connected to another, forming an unbroken network of spaces that sheltered them.
Each space held many disciples, standing or lying down, resting or recuperating...
Of course, what Su Jiu disliked most was the faint demonic qi permeating the air. It had no apparent source, as though it had long since blended into the ordinary air.
Aside from that, a faint, foul, bloody stench drifted from some of the disciples.
These disciples, however, rarely waited long before using Purification Talismans to cleanse the filth from their bodies. If their injuries were too severe for them to use spiritual power, the fellow disciples beside them would do it for them.
Suddenly, the foul, bloody stench in the air grew much stronger. Its source was the cave entrance.
"A Jiu!!!"
A familiar person in familiar red clothes rushed toward Su Jiu like a gust of wind. Of course, that wind carried a trace of the foul, bloody stench...
Su Jiu sighed helplessly and swiftly flicked out a Purification Talisman before Su Mianmian could throw her arms around her.
The stench vanished, the clothes became clean again, and a sudden warmth enveloped Su Jiu in a tight embrace.
Su Jiu stroked the top of Su Mianmian's head. "You're all grown up. Why are you still acting like a child...?"
"A Jiu, why were you asleep for so long? I almost thought..."
Su Mianmian clung tightly to Su Jiu's waist, her heart still full of lingering fear.
Su Jiu patted Su Mianmian's back, then looked at the others who had come with her.
"Second Older