This scoundrel is a bit of a swordsman.

Chapter 279 Everything Has Changed

Following the route he remembered, he galloped off like a wild horse, without any restraint. This time, he had only one goal—to find the route.

Whenever he encounters an obstacle, he will not hesitate to strike it with his palm and shatter it.

The cave entrance wasn't far from the Silent Temple. His accidental fall last time made him feel like a star falling into an abyss, and then the White Tiger brought him out through another exit.

Therefore, finding the entrance was like searching for a needle in a haystack, requiring tremendous effort. However, perseverance pays off, and with Mu Wushuang's impatient urging, he finally pushed aside the weeds and found the entrance.

"Found it, this is it."

"You're not lying to me, are you?" Wushuang's doubts came like a tidal wave, because how could such a powerful figure as Xiaojianxian have died in such a dilapidated place?

“You’ll find out when you get down.” Xiao Xingchen took the lead, leaping down as lightly as a bird. While in mid-air, a blazing flame rose from his palm like a shooting star, then sped away into the distance.

In the firelight, there was no longer any river of blood, no longer any piles of white bones; all that met the eye were cold, frosty stone walls.

With a "thud," he crashed to the ground like a meteorite, while Wushuang floated down behind him like a feather, looking puzzled. "This is a huge natural cave, and this aura... is a bit strange."

“Strange? More than that.” Xiao Xingchen squatted down and gently picked up a handful of soil from the ground. It was here that he fell into the River of Blood, and that harrowing scene was still vivid in his mind.

However, when he returned to this place, his past experience felt like a dream. Not only was everything completely different, but even the people who had come here for the first time had vanished without a trace, as if it had all been an illusion.

However, Xiao Xingchen knew perfectly well that he was absolutely certain that there must have been a human element that changed everything.

The ground was as if it had been wiped clean by an invisible hand, without a trace of water. In other words, not only had the blood river vanished without a trace, but it was as if there had never been any water here at all.

Even if that massive river of blood were erased after he left, its moisture could not possibly have disappeared so quickly.

"Let's go, let's walk forward." His gaze was firm, he chose a direction, and walked forward with brisk steps.

Flames danced in his palm like nimble sprites, then shot off into the distance like arrows. Wherever the flames touched, the darkness receded like a tide, and he finally saw his surroundings clearly.

At the end of the cave was a passage that stretched to an unknown destination. The bones had vanished without a trace, and the monument was nowhere to be found.

Standing at the location of Xiaojianxian's second monument, his memories flooded back, and the scene from that time kept replaying in his mind.

Xiao Jianxian was besieged and killed, and in his death, he left behind a blood monument, which recorded many unknown things.

It was because of these events that he firmly believed Xiao Jianxian had passed away, leading to a flawed judgment about him. The information about the other transmigrators mentioned on the monument struck him like a bolt from the blue, leaving him utterly shocked.

He had been cautiously on guard against someone coming to hunt him down, but to this day, despite the many enemies that had appeared, he had not discovered any organization specifically targeting transmigrators.

In fact, he had never heard of anyone who knew about time travel. Apart from Master Zhu Wu, who was suspected to be a time traveler, he had no information about other time travelers.

However, the current situation made him wonder if Xiao Jianxian was really dead. How could someone who could break through the sacrificial ground fall so easily?

Based on this conjecture, countless questions emerged like mushrooms after rain, each one like a sharp sword, ruthlessly piercing through his previous understanding.

"What are you thinking about?" Mu Wushuang keenly noticed Xiao Xingchen's unusual behavior. Since they came out, this man seemed to have become a different person, as if he was hiding endless secrets in his heart.

"I'm thinking about something. Let's go, let's go to the end and take a look."

"The end?" Wushuang countered.

"has a problem?"

"Don't you think this space is a bit strange?"

While Xiao Xingchen was distracted, Mu Wushuang kept an eye on the surroundings. Her intuition told her that something was wrong.

"What's the problem? Tell me in detail,"

"I can't quite put my finger on it, but I have a feeling that ever since we arrived here, the Dark Ones have been watching us with an eye, but when I try to track them down, I find nothing."

Xiao Xingchen's lips curled up.

"You're overthinking it. Let's keep going, and hurry up."

Having said that, without waiting for Wushuang's response, he rushed in with a sword step, his speed astonishing, which confused Wushuang even more. His figure vanished instantly, and he disappeared at the end of the cave.

Where they disappeared, two figures slowly emerged, one of them somewhat angry.

"Why is he here? If I remember correctly, shouldn't he be in Yong'an?"

"I don't know. Quickly notify our people that things have changed and we need to evacuate immediately."

"Notify us? Didn't you see their movement? We didn't have time at all. What should we do? This is terrible. If His Majesty finds out there's been a mistake here, we'll all be dead."

"This is terrible, this is going to be a disaster. How did he end up here?"

The two people who appeared seemed anxious. Suddenly, one of them shouted,

“There’s another way,”

"You mean?"

"Let's give it a try. It's better than doing nothing. His appearance here was unexpected by everyone. Let's do our best."

"Well, things have come to this, so we have no choice but to try that method. I'll go activate the mechanism, and you'll be in charge of drawing blood."

"Alright, move quickly. I'm worried that Blood River's speed will fall behind theirs." The two immediately split up and acted separately. Xiao Xingchen was completely unaware of all this. Mu Wushuang's intuition was indeed correct. Since entering this place, two pairs of eyes had been staring at them like hungry wolves.

Throughout the journey, Xiao Xingchen remained silent, while Mu Wushuang followed closely behind without any apparent pressure.

"Did something come to mind? I feel like you're a completely different person from before."

"Don't ask any more questions, just look with your own eyes. I am also searching for the truth. Someone has deceived me."

Xiao Xingchen accelerated, wanting to catch a glimpse of the end before those people could destroy the evidence. However, as he moved forward, a strong stench of blood began to spread like a plague.

"What's going on? Why is the smell of blood so strong?"

"Get out of the way! It's the Blood River!" This familiar aura was the Blood River that Xiao Xingchen had been searching for. But suddenly, a Blood River surged out like a roaring dragon, which still made him uneasy.

This was a surging wave of blood coming from the end of the cave, completely different from the calm, mirror-like river of blood I had seen before. However, the stench of blood within it was exactly the same, or even stronger.

"No! Get out of the way! Don't get involved!" Mu Wushuang suddenly woke up, grabbed Xiao Xingchen's shoulder, and the two of them vanished into thin air in an instant. Just as they disappeared, the River of Blood surged like a burst dam, completely engulfing them.