A group of black-clad attackers surged from all directions, some holding array flags, others bending their bows to shoot arrows.
The sudden flash of cold light came from the arrows shot out.
These special arrows were not ordinary; they were aimed specifically at cultivators, shot with artifact-level longbows, capable of piercing through most shields and barriers of the same level.
Caught off guard, someone was pierced through on the spot, blood gushing out with a miserable scream.
Yun Lingshu warded off the arrows aimed at her and shouted, "Who exactly are you!"
Now she was certain that the deaths of the three Golden Core cultivators were related to these people, likely part of an ambush that started with the deaths of Yun Haifeng and his wife from the very beginning.
"Naturally, those who have come to kill you,"
A shadow wearing a silver mask appeared directly in front of Yun Lingshu, the dagger like a venomous snake striking fiercely, a close combat technique.
Realizing the opponent was of the same level, Yun Lingshu moved like the wind, quickly dodging the attack while counterattacking with her flying sword.
The other person swung out a rapier with their other hand, blocking the flying sword, continuing to attack at close quarters, each move fierce, leaving Yun Lingshu with no time to attend to anything else.
The others were unfortunate, quickly surrounded and killed by the well-trained enemies, with fewer and fewer people remaining.
Seeing the unfavorable situation, Yun Lingshu gritted her teeth, "We’ll remember this!"
She chose to escape and withdraw, without entangling with the masked person any further.
If her own people were all dead, she might also die here, without even the chance to report the news.
When Yun Lingshu and others were ambushed, Shen Wang returned with the spoils of battle and did not pursue.
He was alone and without the aid of an array, it was impossible for him to go out and pursue.
On his way back, he noticed Liu Shan acting sneakily, lying on the mountaintop watching below.
"What are you doing? Not staying in the straw hut, are you out here looking for death?"
Shen Wang said discontentedly.
The latter was startled, and upon seeing it was Shen Wang, hastily said, "Master, the fourth madam is missing."
"Yun Shu is missing?"
Shen Wang frowned and asked, "When you all joined, you didn’t see her?" This content belongs to novel✶fire.net
"No." Liu Shan shook his head.
Shen Wang swiftly arrived at the straw hut, scanned it with his mind, and indeed did not find Zheng Yunshu.
"When you came up from the mountainside, you didn’t encounter her?" Shen Wang inquired.
"No, we thought Fourth Madam was following you." Liu Shan shook his head.
Shen Wang glanced at Liu Shan and walked into the straw hut.
In the center was a statue of a Daoist, with no one living inside, as everyone was in the left and right rooms.
In the right room, Paper Kite was holding her son and nursing him, while Jia’Er and Lan Kui were taking care of Lixia and Chuxue respectively.
On the left, Hongping was with both a big and small figure, making the whole straw hut seem a bit crowded with many people staying.
Shen Wang looked around but indeed did not find Zheng Yunshu.
He gathered everyone together: "After entering the room, none of you saw Yun Shu?"
Previously, when he brought the people over, the enemy had attacked, and he hastily responded, unable to enter the straw hut in time, thinking Zheng Yunshu had met up with Paper Kite and the others; it turned out not to be so.
"Didn’t see her, isn’t Shu Mei with you?"
Paper Kite was a bit surprised.
"None of us saw her, could something have happened to her?"
Jia’Er showed a worried expression.
Shen Wang frowned: "Liu Shan, how did you discover Yun Shu was missing?"
"I didn’t see Fourth Madam, nor did I see her by your side, so it seemed strange." Liu Shan said.
Shen Wang fell silent, came to the statue in the center, and frowned as he observed.
The inside of the straw hut was not controlled by an array; even if he refined the hub, he didn’t know what was inside the hut.
Previously Zheng Yunshu had been waiting here; maybe something unexpected happened, and hopefully, it’s not a life-threatening situation.
His joy of having just killed the three Golden Core cultivators and repelled the enemy suddenly diminished dramatically.
This time to achieve such a level, besides his daughter’s key role in obtaining the jade scroll which recorded the core Dao array, Zheng Yunshu’s cracking was also crucial.
It couldn’t be that something went wrong at this time, leaving them unable to share even the joy.
"Have you all noticed anything peculiar in the room, perhaps Yun Shu is trapped within," Shen Wang said.
He prompted everyone to think, while he looked at the statue dressed in a Tai Chi Daoist Robe.
The existence that built the straw hut setting this thing in the middle might have some special significance.
"Dad, look, doesn’t this Tai Chi Diagram seem alive? Xue’Er saw it glowing before," Shen Chuxue spoke up.
Shen Wang’s eyes moved; although his daughter’s strength was still very low at the moment, her perspective was the highest and she wouldn’t talk nonsense.
He observed the Tai Chi Diagram, and when he probed with his mind, an attraction force immediately emerged; he hurriedly withdrew.
At this time, the Tai Chi Diagram seemed to come alive, with black and white spots turning into Yin Yang Fish swimming around.
Something moved in his embrace, and the turtle shell flew out by itself, emitting the Eight Trigrams Map and landing on the Tai Chi Diagram, immediately combining into a Tai Chi Bagua Diagram.
Tai Chi was in the middle, the Eight Trigrams outside, the Yin and Yang transforming into the Five Elements Eight Trigrams, profound and unfathomable.
The next moment, Yin and Yang separated, Heaven and Earth divided, and a Gate of Space appeared, from within which a delicate figure burst forth—it was Zheng Yunshu!
The latter was very frightened, hugging Shen Wang tightly, "Husband, I was scared to death, I thought I would be trapped in there forever."
Shen Wang breathed a sigh of relief and checked Zheng Yunshu, "Are you alright?"
"No, after you left, I studied this Tai Chi Diagram, and as a result, got sucked into it; there’s an incredibly large space inside." Zheng Yunshu said, still trembling slightly.
"What’s the situation inside?"
Shen Wang glanced at the portal formed after the separation, not feeling any danger.
"Inside, it’s only black and white, and once I entered, I was trapped by a pair of swimming fish, one black and one white, unable to move."