Chapter 418 - Do You Know a Secret Passageway? (1/2)

Bai Mu watched for a moment longer how Qiu Ling stumbled through the corridor before he shook his head and accelerated his steps. He grabbed Qiu Ling's arm and tried to hold him upright.

”What do you think you're doing?” Qiu Ling wanted to retract his arm but in his condition, Bai Mu's grip was too firm to shake him off.

Bai Mu slightly frowned. ”I don't know who you are and how you found out about my blood but I do realize that you're my only chance to get out of here. So, let's just work together. We get out of here and then you can tell me what exactly you found me for.”

Qiu Ling kept silent for a while before he sighed. ”What's there to talk about? My fiance got stuck in that secret realm in the Leyuan region. Xin Lan … that dude back there.” He vaguely nodded to the back while stumbling forward with Bai Mu's help. ”He said only someone with blood from three races could open it. So we investigated and it turned out you actually fit the bill. So, I want you to come with me and help me save my fiance.”

”That realm isn't somewhere other people should enter.”

”Yes, yes. It's too late now. He's already in there. And don't be like this. You're family. You should help him out.”

Bai Mu frowned. ”How are your fiance and I related?”

”Well, you're the son of his uncle, aren't you?”

”His uncle?” Bai Mu's brows creased even more. ”That can't be. My mother only had a sister and she wasn't married.”

”I'm talking about your father. And can't you walk faster?”

Bai Mu looked at the man that was leaning nearly all of his weight onto him by now. Qiu Ling's face had lost the last bit of color. Not only that but his eyes or rather one of his eyes was slowly losing color and turned to an unholy red. This person obviously wasn't a full-blooded demon either but now the Blood Gem was stimulating that side of him.

Bai Mu looked back at the two people behind them. ”How about one of them helps? Wouldn't we be faster then?”

”Forget it. That servant girl is trouble and Xin Lan … Uh, let's not talk about it.”

Bai Mu nodded. He could hardly argue with that. It was exactly the same impression those two had given him. ”About what you said just now …”

”You mean about that servant girl?”

”No. No, I mean … About my father. What did you mean? I've never heard that my father had a sibling.”

”Mn. He has a sister. She's called Bai Fen. Eh? Come to think of it. Aren't you called Bai Mu? What a coinci—” Qiu Ling stumbled again and almost dragged Bai Mu down with him. ”Ugh. Why aren't we out yet?”

Hong Bao hurried forward on cue. ”It's still a long way. We're only halfway through the dungeon. But if you want to take a break it's alright, Senior Martial Brother Qiu. We can wait for you to catch your breath.”

Bai Mu frowned and turned to Hong Bao. It was obvious that she didn't get the situation. ”Miss Hong, do you see these red stones in the wall? That is something called a Blood Gem. That is what is making him sick right now and the longer he stays here in the dungeon, the worse it'll get. You're part of the Chun Feng Sect. Do you know if there is a faster way out of here?”