Under the Sword Mountain, the underground river is not only dark, it is also as messy as a spider web.

Entering upstream from the exit under the Cloud Valley, it is extremely narrow at first and can only accommodate a small boat.

After making a promise to make a promise, I suddenly felt cheerful inside.

Just by the light of the torch, you can see that this place looks like a huge lake!

There are countless caves on all sides of this lake.

The water in the cave merged into the lake, and then flowed out of the cave entrance.

The water flow is not turbulent, indicating that the drop is not large.

But with so many underground rivers, no one knows which one leads to Wangqingtai.

Then you can only rely on luck.

Princess Yun'an Lu Xiaoyu divided everyone into three teams.

Among them, Amu, Wu Wen, and Qiu Chen were in a team of three.

This was obviously done intentionally by Lu Xiaoyu. Amu wanted to refuse, but in the end he didn't say it.

After the three of them entered the giant lake, they chose a larger dark cave on the left. Amu rowed a boat and entered the dark cave.

This journey lasted more than ten days.

Although it took a long time, the walk was not too far, because Amu needed to leave marks on the branches he passed.

In the past three days, the three of them seemed to have a tacit understanding without saying a word.

On the fourth day, Wu Wen began to ask some questions about Amu’s past.

Amu did not answer, he chose silence.

It wasn't until the sixth day that Wu Wen asked again, and Amu would occasionally reply with a sentence or two, and seemed to be absent-minded.

But is it really absent-minded?

Of course not.

Amu rarely talks on weekdays. Even if he does talk occasionally, it is mostly with his junior brother Wang Zhenghaoxuan, Li Chenan and other people he is familiar with.

Facing strangers, he has an instinct for self-protection.

Just like when he was begging in Yujing City when he was a child, he was afraid that those people would snatch away the broken bowl in his hand, and he was even more afraid that someone would snatch away the half of the hard and rancid steamed buns that he finally begged for!

He will not trust anyone easily, and he will always maintain a high degree of vigilance towards people he does not know.

Even after he went to Mushan Dao, he stayed with his uncles and junior fellow apprentices in Mushan Dao for more than ten years.

He lowered his guard against all the people in Mu Shan Dao, but that was based on familiarity with each other.

That kind of defense engraved in his bones prevents his heart from being opened easily, making it difficult for outsiders to get into his heart.

He longs for sunshine and warmth.

So he has great trust in the people he knows.

For example, junior brother, such as Li Chenan, such as... Zhongli Ruoyu!

Rescued by the second master of Zhongli Mansion in Kyoto, Zhongli Ruoyu only gave him the first ray of sunshine in this world out of the little girl's compassion.

At that moment, the sunshine shone into his heart.

It made him feel that his world finally had warmth, so he remembered Zhongli Ruoyu firmly, and even longed to be by Zhongli Ruoyu's side for the rest of his life——

He dreams of marrying Zhongli Ruoyu!

He thinks that is the greatest luck in his life!

Maybe some of his actions seemed too intimate, or maybe Zhongli Ruoyu only regarded him as a guard.

He was sent to Li Chenan by Zhongli Ruoyu. He was depressed because of this and couldn't sleep at night.

But gradually he also figured it out.

He and Zhongli Ruoyu are from two different worlds!

Miss Ruoyu is the phoenix on the sycamore tree, and she... is just a little ant under the tree.

The boy's first love dream was so shattered.

So he became even more taciturn.

But he cherishes this rare friendship with Li Chenan and the others more and more.

Just as he once said to Li Chenan, "As long as I'm alive, you can't die!"

When I said this, it was just a promise.

Now, this sentence has become his protection.

It's just that he never expected in his dreams that his parents were really alive and appeared in front of him.

He was still nervous these days.

Although he already knew that this was really not a dream, he still didn't know how to get along with such strange parents.

He was not defensive about the parents in front of him, but his heart did not open up because of this.

Wu Wen was a little anxious.

Qiu Chen seemed a little calmer.

"Amu,"

Amu, who was rowing, was slightly startled, turned to look at Qiu Chen, and said "hmm" in a low voice.

"As a father, I have thought carefully about it these days. First of all, it must be my father's fault."

"Back then...back then, you were still in your infancy. After you were snatched away by them, the news came that you were no longer alive..."

Qiu Chen's voice was very low, and Amu's hand holding the oar froze slightly.

"Your mother and I believed it to be true. Your mother returned to Tianshan Mountain heartbroken and never came down the mountain again."

"My father was at Bailu Academy and I never looked for you again."

"After I learned the news that you are still alive a few days ago, your mother went down the mountain in the wind and snow, and your father also left White Deer Academy..."

"We were heading to Ningguo. We wanted to go to Ningguo to find you. On the way, we met Mr. Tu Er... Lu Xiaoyu's butler. He said that you and Xiaowu were returning to the garden."

"Your mother and I rushed to Guiyuan without stopping, but it was said that you had already left Guiyuan and headed for Xijian Tower, so we rushed to Xijian Tower."

"I tell you this, of course, hoping to get your forgiveness... But my father also knows that this resentment is deep in your heart. I understand that you don't forgive me, but I also ask you to forgive your mother.

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"When the news of your death came out, your mother's hair turned gray overnight...you were the flesh and blood of her heart..."

Amu lowered his head slightly, shook the oars again, and after a moment said in a low voice: "Let's talk about these things after we go out."

He raised his head again, his eyes looked at Qiu Chen, then at Wu Wen, and his eyes fell on the dark river in the distance.

"Now I need to concentrate on remembering this road, and I also need to concentrate on just in case."

"Aunt Lu said that if the Zhongli Mansion is really the descendant of the royal family of the former Dali Empire, then they probably also know that they can enter Wangqingtai by water."

"Fan Lihua of the Five Poison Sect wants to ensure that nothing goes wrong, so it's hard to say that there are masters from the Hidden Sect here..."

Amu groaned for three breaths and then said:

"No matter what happened in the past between us, Li Chenan... he is my brother!"

"I once promised him that if I live, he will definitely not die!"

"So don't distract me now. If he is okay...I will naturally have a good chat with you after he gets out."

This is the most talk Amu has had in so many days.

Qiu Chen was about to say something more, but was stopped by Wu Wen.

A smile appeared on Wu Wen's face, "You are right, there is danger hidden in it..."

Before she finished speaking, she suddenly turned her head and looked to the left.

The moment she turned her head, her eyes suddenly widened, and she pulled out the sword on her back with a "Clang...!"

"careful!"

An arrow shot out of a dark river on the left!

Wu Wen did not strike at the arrow.

Because the speed of that arrow is not very fast.

Also because of the faint light from the torch, she saw a small bamboo tube tied to the arrow.

She stretched out a hand and caught the arrow in her hand.

She took off the bamboo tube and pulled out a piece of paper with a peach blossom petal on it.

The petals are soft and have only lost a little bit of their red color.

Four words were written below the petals:

"Danger!"
Chapter completed!