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Chapter 4961: 5.0713 No Need for Thanks

Qiao Mu hurriedly shook her head, "I'll go take a look too."

"No way." Duan Yue naturally wouldn't let her run down into danger. He quickly advised, "It'll be quick, half a cup of tea's time. I'll go check and be right back."

Qiao Mu looked down at her belly and reluctantly nodded in agreement.

After Duan Yue went down, the little stoic paced back and forth in front of the斷層 (fault line).

Shao Yi was a bit startled seeing this and quickly advised, "Crown Princess, you really shouldn't stand by the edge of that cliff."

Who knows, that damned fault line might suddenly give way. If the Crown Princess so much as got a single hair hurt, he truly didn't know how his Majesty would go berserk.

Qiao Mu glanced at the icy platform beneath her feet, then turned to look at Shao Yi, walking expressionlessly to stand beside him. "Does that ancient sealed grand formation have a core? Let me see it."

Shao Yi quickly shook his head, "There's no core. We've already checked thoroughly inside and out. Only an empty hollow of the formation remains; there's nothing else."

Qiao Mu looked puzzled: That's strange. Logically, such a large ancient grand formation, meant to seal something, should definitely have a matching core.

As she was pondering this, Duan Yue leaped up from beneath the ice, rushing to her side.

"Below, it connects to the sea. That holy beast must have entered the ocean."

Qiao Mu stared at Duan Yue in astonishment, quietly asking, "Then what about Mo Lian and the Rotten Peach Blossom? Why are they gone?"

"Not just that," Duan Yue said solemnly, "Qiao Qiao, Shao Yi and the others have searched thoroughly. There are many remnants of native artifacts here."

"Which means... this place should have originally been inhabited by many people."

"So where have they all gone now?" Duan Yue lowered his head, looking at Qiao Mu.

Qiao Mu felt her heart beating exceptionally fast, as if her small heart was about to jump out of her chest!

"Where could they be?" Duan Yue saw her inexplicably tense expression, her small face revealing an unnatural paleness, and his heart tightened abruptly.

He quickly said, "They probably fought their way out with that holy beast?"

Saying this did sound very far-fetched.

After all, the uneven deep pits along the way seemed to only have the footprints of that chaotic beast.

There were simply no traces left by Mo Lian or the Peach Blossom Immortal Venerable.

"Don't worry, Qiao Qiao, we'll keep looking. We'll find that guy eventually." Duan Yue hated seeing the little stoic looking like she was about to cry, and he quickly comforted her, "We'll call more people here and search every corner of Wangchuan. We'll definitely find him."

The little stoic looked at him dejectedly, "But you have to go back to Cangzhou."

Duan Yue paused, then couldn't help but secretly sigh with emotion: This little one usually doesn't say anything, but she notices everything.

Indeed, Cangzhou was busy. Duan Yue had already received over a dozen letters from Prime Minister Wu, "sincerely" urging him to return to Cangzhou quickly.

"I'm already out anyway," Duan Yue winked at the little one, "Who cares? I'll stay a bit longer before going back."

Lord Qiao Qiao looked at him with serious eyes, solemnly saying, "Duan Yue, thank you."

Duan Yue sighed softly, "Between you and me, what need is there for thanks?"

Qiao Mu thought for a moment and said, "Let's set a five-day limit. If we still can't find him, I won't look anymore!"

Lord Qiao Qiao was angry, humph!