As soon as he came out of the crack, Ji Qingzhou felt suffocated.

Outside was the underground, and she and Hao Ren seemed to be embedded in it, unable to move.

Fortunately, Ji Qingzhou had anticipated this, and he mobilized his spiritual power to use the earth escape technique to bring Hao Ren back to the ground.

As soon as he returned to the ground, Hao Ren half-knelt on the ground, panting.

In the secret realm that was about to collapse, the storm caused by the disorder of spiritual power swept over her several times, trying to crush her into pieces.

If it weren't for Ji Qingzhu's protection, she would have died in the storm long ago.

After surviving the disaster, Hao Ren felt lucky, but also felt sorry that he didn't gain much from this trip. The earthquake bell flower he wanted to find the most was nowhere to be found.

"Here... I know, we are about five or six miles away from the village."

Hao Ren looked around. Since they had come out of the rift created by the demon cultivator, they were a little far away from the original entrance.

She supported her knees and stood up, saying, "Immortal, Young Sect Master, I will lead you..."

Before he finished speaking, Hao Ren realized something was wrong: "Young Sect Master?"

Liu Furuo, who was supposed to leave the secret realm with them, disappeared without a trace.

On the side, Ji Qingzhou had a stern expression as he stared at the ground.

Hao Ren had a bad feeling in his heart and said in a trembling voice: "Immortal, the young master..."

"She pushed me away in front of the rift and jumped into the vortex."

Ji Qingzhou couldn't understand why Liu Furuo did that.

But she could vaguely understand the purpose of Liu Furuo's doing that.

So at this moment, Ji Qingzhou felt mixed emotions.

"what?!"

Hao Ren was horrified: "Why did the Young Sect Master..."

The collapsed secret realm, let alone Liu Furuo who was in the Foundation Establishment Stage, even if he was in the Golden Core Stage or the Nascent Soul Stage, he would not be able to withstand the pressure of the collapsing space. He would only be squeezed into a meat patty and eventually die!

Hao Ren was anxious, and quickly took out the Jade Order: "I will ask the sect for help first..."

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Before Hao Ren could finish his words, something seemed to collapse and explode underground, with a force comparable to that of a dragon turning over, and the mountains were shaking!

"That's too late……"

Hao Ren's hands trembled, and Yu Ling fell to the ground upon hearing the news. She sat on the ground with red eyes, "The secret realm... collapsed!"

On the side, Ji Qingzhou said nothing, suddenly summoned out a small white jade sword, and flew towards a certain direction.

Hao Ren stared at her as she left, thinking that Ji Qingzhou didn't want to care about the young master who was seeking his own death.

But in a blink of an eye, she realized that the direction Ji Qingzhou left was particularly familiar.

Hao Ren realized something and quickly took out his flying magic weapon to catch up.

In front of the thousand-year-old tree.

Xiang He was guarding the entrance when she suddenly felt the ground shaking. She almost fell down and screamed in fear: "What happened?! Is it an aftershock?"

Every time the earth dragon turns over, there will be large and small aftershocks in the following period of time.

"Whoosh."

At this moment, a ray of light fell from the sky.

Xiang He thought that it was the elder of his own sect who came, and was about to pay him a visit, but he saw a familiar figure.

"Senior, why is it you?"

Xiang He was surprised and couldn't help looking in the direction of the thousand-year-old tree. "Didn't you enter the magic cultivation secret realm with Senior Sister Hao?"

"We left through another exit."

Ji Qingzhou didn't say much to Xiang He and went straight underground.

The secret realm below was still collapsing. When Ji Qingzhou was escaping underground, he was squeezed several times by the suddenly shaking rocks and soil.

When she followed her memory and came to the location of the secret room where the entrance was originally hidden, she found that the secret room was no longer in its original place due to the collapse of the secret realm and the movement of the earth's crust!

Staying underground, listening to the roars all around him, Ji Qingzhou felt a little depressed.

She closed her eyes and expanded her spiritual sense, almost to the limit.

No, no, no...

She couldn't find the entrance within her spiritual awareness range.

"Boom!"

There was another violent shock, as if the sky was falling and the earth was collapsing!

Ji Qingzhou also moved downwards with the collapse.

Suddenly, the edge of her consciousness caught something.

"The remains of the Earthquake Bell Flower... are there!"

Ji Qingzhou opened his eyes, activated the earth escape technique, and quickly escaped downwards.

She finally discovered the location of the secret room.

After several ground subsidences, the appearance of the secret room had changed. The space was less than one-fifth of the original size, and the terrain was rugged. It could only accommodate an entrance emitting dark silver light and a space for one or two people to stand.

Ji Qingzhou felt lighter and stepped into the narrow secret room.

The collapse continued, squeezing the narrow space of the chamber.

Ji Qingzhou raised his hand and slapped a talisman on the wall. A very safe khaki aura spread in the secret room, resisting the pressure from the surroundings.

She stood there, staring at the entrance.

In fact, there was no point for her to go in now.

A random teleportation array is set up at the entrance.

Even if she just put her head in, the magic circle would be activated and teleport her to somewhere in the secret realm instead of meeting Liu Furuo.

Now the secret realm is collapsing, and every corner may be hiding dangers.

She might die in the space collapse the first second she entered.

When Liu Furuo pushed her away, had he thought about the consequences?

Must have thought about it.

Ji Qingzhou remembered Liu Furuo described in the original text. Although she was later PUA'd by the male protagonist to the point of being like a Stockholm patient, she was so lively and smart at the beginning.

Liu Furuo would know that if he turned around and fell into the whirlpool on the seabed, he would most likely never come back.

But she went anyway.

Ji Qingzhou stared at the dark silver entrance that was emitting demonic energy. He said nothing but stretched out his hand towards the entrance.

Just as Ji Qingzhou’s hand was about to enter the light gate—

"Clap."

A bloody hand stretched out from the light gate and held her hand.

Almost instantly, Ji Qingzhou subconsciously grabbed that hand and held it tightly.

I won't give her the chance to push me away again.

Ji Qingzhou exerted force with his hands and pulled the other person out of the light gate.

The smell of blood hit me in the face.

The other person was almost covered in blood and fell powerlessly into her arms.

"Rumble..."

"Click, click..."

With a shocking sound of collapse, the light gate that was only one step away from the two of them shattered and dissipated like a mirror.

Ji Qingzhou looked at Liu Furuo, who was covered in blood, in his arms. He saw her eyelashes tremble slightly, and she opened her eyes to look at him.

"senior……"

The first time he saw her, Liu Furuo forced a smile and raised his other hand——

In that hand, he tightly grasped a green vine, on which grew several clusters of small flowers that looked like bronze and bell-like.

"I found the Earthquake Bell Flower."

Liu Furuo smiled brightly at Ji Qingzhou with a proud tone.

Before leaving the secret realm, Liu Furuo noticed that when Ji Qingzhou mentioned the real exit and the earth-shaking bell flower, he looked at the vortex on the seabed.

Liu Furuo was not stupid either. She immediately guessed that perhaps that vortex could lead to the exit.

It was just that time was running out, and Ji Qingzhou wanted to protect her and Hao Ren, so he didn't take the risk and chose the safer rift instead.

So Liu Furuo jumped down.

Just like Ji Qingzhou gave up the treasure that was within his reach and chose to protect her and Hao Ren.

Liu Furuo gave up the safe way out and chose to help Ji Qingzhou find what she needed.

"why?"

Ji Qingzhou didn't look at the Earthquake Bell Flower in her hand.

Even if that is what I want most right now.

Ji Qingzhou said: "You and I are just casual acquaintances."

She even warned Liu Furuo to be careful about what he did when dealing with others.

But Liu Furuo seemed not to hear a word.

"Senior, I don't quite understand what you said, and I don't know how to get along with others. But my intuition tells me that if I can stay by your side and learn, I may be able to slowly understand some things."

Liu Furuo let go of Ji Qingzhou's hand and supported her weak body, trying to stand up straight, using her actions to express her seriousness at the moment, "But even if I try my best, I still can't impress you."

Many people like her and will agree to her request as long as she asks.

If someone doesn't like her, they will accommodate her as long as they give her enough spirit stones.

But Ji Qingzhou doesn't want anything.

Faced with such a person, Liu Furuo felt helpless for the first time.

Only then did she realize that everything she was proud of was nothing in front of Ji Qingzhou.

"So there's only one way left."

Liu Furuo stretched out her hand and handed the Earth-shaking Bell Flower to Ji Qingzhou, "I want to exchange my heart with yours."

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