This night was very short for Yan Chutian, but for Zhou Yao, it was long and torturous. However, the reason for her torment tonight was destined to be different from the past.
Finally, after a night had passed, Yan Chutian, who had been sitting cross-legged for a long time, slowly opened his eyes.
And Zhou Yao, who was already tormented, immediately opened her beautiful eyes when she sensed Yan Chutian's movement.
Yan Chutian glanced at the former, then turned his gaze to the palace that seemed to lead to the outside world, and said softly, "Let's go."
… …
It was still Yan Chutian leading the way. Although Zhou Yao had recovered a lot, and even her cultivation had recovered more than half of her previous level. But as soon as they started moving, she couldn't help but follow behind Yan Chutian.
Even looking at Yan Chutian's back, the image of herself lying on top of him a few days ago appeared in Zhou Yao's mind.
However, Yan Chutian no longer cared about Zhou Yao's face. He slowly ascended the stone stairs leading to the second floor. His gaze swept across the surroundings, paying attention to every single movement in the wind and grass.
The stone stairs were old and decayed, and there seemed to be cracking sounds as they stepped on it, as if the stone stairs could collapse at any time.
But maybe this was just the two's worry. At least, under the scan of Yan Chutian's Spiritual Eye, the stone stairs were clearly very hard, not to mention cracking.
After a while, the two really climbed to the second floor of the palace. The second floor of the palace wasn't as wide as the first floor, because there was a circular hole in the center. It was this hole that allowed Yan Chutian to know that there were countless similar levels above the first floor.
Sweeping his gaze, the second floor of the palace was the same as the first floor, without any figures or objects. It was empty, and seemed to be extremely lonely.
Yan Chutian didn't move, and Zhou Yao also didn't move, quietly following behind the former, her beautiful eyes blinking as she looked around.
When Yan Chutian started to move forward again, she followed closely behind Yan Chutian and stepped onto the stone stairs leading to the third floor.
When they reached the third step of the stone stairs, Yan Chutian finally saw something different. Some thick green vines extended from the spacious three-story hall, wrapping around the huge eaves or hanging upside down in the air.
However, the vines were too large, and the vines that were exposed on the third floor were only a small part of them. When Yan Chutian and Zhou Yao ascended to the fourth floor of the great hall, all they saw was the vines.
Only the heavens knew where such a huge vine had taken root and grew from, and how many layers of palaces it had crawled through.
When he first saw the giant vine, Zhou Yao immediately became nervous. This reminded her of the black vines in the tunnel. To her, the days when the vines pierced through her body were the biggest nightmare in her heart.
However, when she realized that the two were different, or that Yan Chutian was beside her, she became much bolder and tried to approach some of the vines.
"This vine is already dead, and there is no sign of life at all."
Yan Chutian said slowly behind Zhou Yao. He could see that the giant vine was already dead, leaving behind only a huge shell. However, this shell showed no signs of rotting or disappearing, which was quite strange.
Hearing that the giant vine was already dead, Zhou Yao became even bolder, and even tried to touch the green vine.
Seeing this, Yan Chutian didn't stop her, because perhaps this could eliminate the nightmare in Zhou Yao's heart. After a few days of interaction, he already knew that this woman's nature wasn't bad, so he was naturally happy to see her develop in a good direction.
However, when Zhou Yao tried to touch this deathly still giant vine, that giant vine actually trembled slightly.
Even though this movement was extremely small, the scene of the black vine piercing through her body suddenly appeared in Zhou Yao's mind, and she quickly retreated in a panic.
As she retreated, she involuntarily rushed into Yan Chutian's arms. However, at this moment, Yan Chutian obviously couldn't care about this. His gaze was also fixed on the giant vine, and even the huge amount of spiritual energy in his body had been stirred up.
However, after one breath, two breaths, the giant vine still didn't move. Yan Chutian repeatedly scanned it with his spiritual eye, and confirmed that this giant vine didn't have any signs of life.
Then, he looked at the woman in his arms and said slowly, "It's okay, this giant vine has cut off all signs of life, it should just be an accident."
"Okay."
Zhou Yao softly agreed, and from an angle that Yan Chutian couldn't see, her pretty face was already fiery red.
Just now, she was terrified, but now that she had regained her senses, she naturally knew where she was.
She hid in Yan Chutian's arms. Zhou Yao never imagined that she would actually rush into a man's arms one day. Even if this was an unconscious action, the truth was the truth.
Moreover, she didn't feel any disgust like she had in the past. In the past, she felt disgusted just thinking about touching a man, let alone hiding in his arms.
But no matter what, after agreeing, Zhou Yao quickly broke free from Yan Chutian's arms.
In fact, it couldn't be said to be breaking free, after all, Yan Chutian's hands didn't move at all from the beginning. Even if it was a slight movement, it was only to decide whether to stop the former from rushing into his arms.
In the end, Yan Chutian didn't refuse, and still held on to the previous idea, hoping to help Zhou Yao overcome the nightmare.
After that, they didn't stay for too long, and the two continued to head up the hall. However, Zhou Yao was much quieter than before, motionlessly following behind Yan Chutian like a puppet, and no one knew what she was thinking.
After an hour, the two didn't know which floor they had reached, but they knew that the number of floors in the hall seemed to be endless. No matter how many floors they reached, there would always be a floor higher.
However, it wasn't that there weren't any changes. At least, more and more of the huge vine's body was revealed in front of the two. Yan Chutian didn't know what kind of creature this huge vine was, but he had a feeling that if this huge vine was still alive, its strength would probably be very terrifying.
And just as Yan Chutian was thinking this, he suddenly saw a small vine sweeping towards Zhou Yao. In Zhou Yao's current state, even if she used all her strength, it would be difficult for her to block it, not to mention that she didn't seem to be aware of the danger.
Yan Chutian didn't care too much. He grabbed Zhou Yao's shoulder and directly pulled her into his arms.
The sudden situation made Zhou Yao's beautiful eyes widen, and her already chaotic heart beat even more violently.
What was he doing? Did he want to do that kind of thing to her?
Although Zhou Yao had never experienced such things, it didn't mean that she didn't know. In the vast Central Plains, such things were common, especially in those chaotic regions. There were often rude and unreasonable male cultivators directly grabbing beautiful women and occupying them.
And at such a time and place, the other party suddenly grabbed her into his arms so rudely. Previously, she had also taken the initiative to throw herself into his arms. It was impossible for Zhou Yao to not think in all directions.
However, Zhou Yao soon knew that she was wrong, because the moment she was pulled into Yan Chutian's arms, she heard a huge muffled sound.
Looking back with her beautiful eyes, she was surprised to see that where she was just now, there was actually a small vine sweeping across the ground, even leaving a shallow mark on the ground.
This familiar scene immediately made Zhou Yao throw away the complicated thoughts in her heart, and they were all filled with fear.
She didn't care about the difference between men and women, and her delicate body tightly wrapped around Yan Chutian's chest.
At this time, Yan Chutian couldn't care about anything else, because after the sweeping vine gradually rose up, several more vines surrounded them.
This made him subconsciously think, could it be that this giant vine didn't die?
If that was the case, even Yan Chutian couldn't escape death today. He felt how terrifying this giant vine was. If it was still alive, not to mention that he was only an Elixir, even if he cultivated to the Yuanying level, he would die without a doubt.
However, Yan Chutian quickly dispelled this guess, because these emerging vines were extremely small, and the huge vine that was only a few feet away from him didn't even move.
If this giant vine really didn't die, why didn't he just sweep this huge vine down?
Yan Chutian thought that maybe the main body of this giant vine had died, but these small vines hadn't completely died. But even if it was just a few vines, he didn't dare to underestimate it. After all, the source of these vines was an extremely terrifying strange giant vine!
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