Just as Su Jiu had done, he let the others pass one by one, taking his turn last.
The difference was that the strange woman did not appear again.
After everyone entered the room, their combined efforts uncovered the special stone hidden beneath the candlestick. Si Que cast a spell to activate the Teleportation Array in the room, and they stepped into it one after another.
As for the cultivators who had taken the other door, for some unknown reason, they had actually started fighting in that room. Whether they could still get out without Si Que was anyone's guess.
The moment Gu Ningyun and her group were teleported to their final destination, they saw Su Jiu and the others already waiting.
Of them all, Si Lin probably had his eyes open the widest. As though he had seen some unbelievable creature, he asked in an utterly uncertain voice, "Cousin?"
Si Que gave Si Lin a faint smile but did not answer.
Then Si Lin shifted his gaze to Gu Ningyun's face. Remembering what had happened at the Zen Sound Temple, he found himself at a loss for words.
Only after entering the Zen Sound Temple had he learned that the girl his cousin had been secretly protecting all along was Gu Ningyun.
No wonder his cousin would rather become a monk than marry that woman from the Zhu Household. Compared with a great beauty like Gu Ningyun, that woman really did pale in comparison.
Besides, that marriage agreement had never been his cousin's to begin with. As for how things had ended up this way... all he could say was that his eldest uncle had something wrong with his head.
Fortunately, the head of the Si Family was not his muddleheaded eldest uncle.
Still, when he thought about