I Became the Devil Queen's Heart Demon novel Chapter 1386

Chapter 1386: Chapter 536: Hero Saves Beauty? The Secret Passage Leading Out of the City! (Part 2)

"It’s really Mr. Chen!" The woman rubbed her red eyes, nodded forcefully, and said, "Mr. Chen is a great hero who cares about the people. I naturally trust you and will speak frankly without reservation!"

Chen Mo asked, "It seems you are not from the West Suburb. How did you end up here?"

"It’s a bit embarrassing, but I don’t mind if you laugh. I am a songstress from the Jade Building, named Qiutang, and I am an Elegant Courtesan who hasn’t yet served any guests." Fearing that Chen Mo might misunderstand, she specially explained herself. Seeing there was no contempt in his expression, she finally breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "After last night’s performance, it was already late at night. I was so exhausted that I quickly fell asleep. When I woke up again, I was in a strange place..."

Chen Mo pursued further, "Do you remember where that was?"

Qiutang tried hard to recall and said, "The light was too dim at the time, I couldn’t see clearly. It felt like a tunnel, with fierce statues all around, terrifying..."

"A tunnel?" Chen Mo’s heart stirred, "Then what happened?"

"There were five other people besides me, all captured together, tied to a cart by several men in black. On the way, suddenly there was a loud boom, as if something exploded, causing the ground to shake violently, like the tunnel was going to collapse."

"In the chaos, someone untied my rope and whispered in my ear, ’Run.’

"I didn’t have time to think and ran in the opposite direction, not knowing how long I ran before reaching the end. I climbed out of a dry well and just ran into these two men."

"Afterwards, the incident just now happened..."

Qiutang spoke somewhat incoherently, but Chen Mo still picked up quite a bit of key information and roughly pieced together the whole process.

It seems Yu Hongyin secretly followed them to the West Suburb. After entering the tunnel and realizing something was wrong, she wanted to create chaos to rescue people.

But now, it appears that only Qiutang returned safely.

"By the way, she gave me this..."

Qiutang took out a Jade Talisman from her sleeve, which matched the Communication Jade left by Yu Hongyin, except the corners were broken, rendering it useless.

This also indirectly confirmed that the woman wasn’t lying.

"Where is that dry well you mentioned, take me there now." Chen Mo said sternly.

"Alright, Mr. Chen, follow me." Qiutang nodded, stood up, and walked out of the room.

Qiao Tong tugged at Chen Mo’s sleeve, looked at the two men, and asked, "Mr. Chen, what about these two?"

Chen Mo flicked his fingers and shot two streams of air, sealing their energy channels. Instantly, they fell unconscious to the ground. "We don’t have time to deal with them now, let the Six Gates send someone over later to handle them."

The two followed Qiutang to the backyard, where there was an abandoned dry well in the center.

The depth was only about four meters, the well wall had uneven brick seams, suitable for climbing. Even a weak woman could climb up without much difficulty.

"Here it is." Qiutang pointed to the bottom of the well and said, "There seems to be a mechanism below. After I got out, the entrance disappeared."

Qiao Tong said, "Mr. Chen, there must be dangers below, why not call for reinforcements first..."

"There’s no time." Chen Mo shook his head and said, "It’s been nearly an hour since Yu Hongyin lost contact. If we delay any longer, it might be dangerous. I’ll go down and check, you immediately take Qiutang to Chen Mansion and inform the Princess."

Yu Hongyin was trapped because she tried to help him solve the case. He must find her first, no matter what!

"Okay, take care, Mr. Chen. I’m entrusting the Saintess to you!" Qiao Tong knew he couldn’t help here, so he said no more and swiftly left with Qiutang.

Chen Mo first set up an array in the courtyard to prevent the entrance from being destroyed, then jumped into the dry well.

At the bottom of the well, he activated his Pupil Skill, observed for a moment, and indeed found a clue. He gently pressed on one of the bricks.

Boom—

Accompanied by a low rumble, the stone wall slowly moved back, revealing a dark tunnel.

"This scene seems familiar..."

Chen Mo furrowed his brows, took a deep breath, and stepped inside.

As the stone wall closed behind him, he was engulfed in pitch darkness, though his Vision Power naturally was unaffected.

Before him was a stairway winding downwards. Chen Mo lightly tapped his toes, gliding downward.

In about five breaths, he reached the bottom of the stairway.

As he expected, beneath was a deep passageway, entirely constructed from Demon-breaking Stone, devoid of Primordial Qi, nearly identical to the tunnel beneath the Imperial Palace, akin to the Land of Dharma Decline.

"What exactly happened? How did you end up unconscious here?" Chen Mo inquired.

Yu Hongyin struggled to sit up, rubbed her temples, recalled for a moment, and said:

"I’ve been monitoring the Jade Building lately but found nothing unusual. At dawn today, the locator beacon suddenly moved, and more than one appeared, so I tracked them here..."

"Unexpectedly, the underground tunnel had a Forbidden Skill, preventing any contact with the outside, and the exit was sealed, leaving me no choice but to venture further."

"As soon as I reached here, there were intense tremors, followed by a rain of falling stones. I must have been hit before I fainted..."

Chen Mo nodded; the situation matched what Qiutang described.

Yu Hongyin regained her senses and asked curiously, "Mr. Chen, how did you find this place?"

"When Qiao Tong returned, she found you missing, and sent me a message. I tracked the Yin Yang Qi to the West Suburb and ran into the girl you rescued, who showed me the tunnel’s entrance." Chen Mo explained.

"Girl?" Yu Hongyin looked puzzled, "What girl?"

Chen Mo frowned, "Didn’t you take advantage of the chaos to rescue a songstress?"

Yu Hongyin shook her head and said, "After entering the tunnel, I lost my cultivation, and although I used the Concealing Ring you gave me, I didn’t dare follow too closely and never saw those captured girls, let alone saved anyone..."

?!

Chen Mo felt a chill down his spine, suddenly realizing something.

"This is bad!"

"Qiao Tong is in danger!"

Boom—

Just then, the ground trembled violently, and countless stones fell.

Chen Mo looked up, his pupils contracted as he saw the enormous statue coming to life, its face illuminating with a ghostly red light, a giant sword in hand sweeping down fiercely!