It would be too embarrassing to admit it.
But she also didn't want Ye Fei to bear such grievances.
Since she had wrongly accused him, she had to admit it.
"Ye Fei, I'm sorry, I wrongly accused you!"
"It was indeed my own problem."
"I'm truly sorry!"
Shangguan Xue'er was daring to do and brave enough to admit her mistakes.
"It's okay, I'm fine."
"Let's put this topic to rest!"
"We need to continue our journey to find the remaining disciples."
"If they encounter danger, they probably won't last much longer."
Ye Fei said worriedly.
"You're right, I know where they were teleported. I'll go with you!"
"There's no time to delay, let's pack up and leave!"
Shangguan Xue'er urged.
Then, the two of them ate some dry rations and set off together.
"Ye Fei, follow me!"
"I know where to go."
Shangguan Xue'er instructed Ye Fei beside her.
Then she took the lead and ran into the dense forest to the left.
They had to cross two long mountain peaks to reach their destination.
To get there as quickly as possible, both of them used all their strength, running forward silently and swiftly.
When they were halfway through, they heard the roars of many demonic beasts around them.
"Be careful, we've stumbled into the lair of these demonic beasts!"
"Let's leave quickly!"
Ye Fei said with a solemn expression.
Shangguan Xue'er was also nervous. If she were alone, she wouldn't dare to cross here.
Along the way, they also killed two demonic beasts that blocked their path before they could get out.
"That was close!"
"We're alive!"
Shangguan Xue'er clutched her chest, filled with lingering fear.
"Ye Fei, we're close, I estimate we're around here!"
"But we still need to search carefully to find out where exactly they are trapped."
Shangguan Xue'er continued.
Ye Fei glanced at the surroundings and found a vast swamp ahead.
To the right, there were towering rocks with many ancient plants.
"It's too quiet!"
"I feel like something is wrong."
Ye Fei frowned, his mind had some ideas but he couldn't quite grasp them.
Seeing Ye Fei's distress, Shangguan Xue'er comforted him.
"Don't worry, we'll just search one place at a time."
"If the final result is not satisfactory, at least we'll have a clear conscience."
Ye Fei suddenly realized that he had been overthinking.
"You're right, I was being too fixated."
"Thank you!"
Ye Fei clasped his hands in thanks.
Then Ye Fei opened his spiritual sense, closed his eyes, and carefully sensed the movements around him.
However, after searching around, he didn't even see a single demonic beast.
But after careful investigation, he finally discovered beast footprints on the ground beyond the boundless swamp!
And if Ye Fei wasn't mistaken, there were also footprints of human cultivators mixed in!
Great!
"We have a lead!"
"Let's cross the swamp immediately and head forward!"
"I estimate those cultivators are trapped ahead!"
Ye Fei exclaimed with a smile, slapping his palm.
However, Shangguan Xue'er couldn't smile. This swamp could easily trap one and make it impossible to escape. She wasn't confident she could cross it.
Helpless, she had to interrupt Ye Fei and explain her worries to him.
"You don't need to worry about this!"
"I'll carry you across!"
"This is nothing to me."
As if fearing she would refuse, Ye Fei continued.
"Don't misunderstand, I'm not trying to take advantage of you."
"It's just that this is the only way I can think of."
Seeing Ye Fei's pure intentions and bright eyes, Shangguan Xue'er felt a bit petty.
"Then do as you say!"
"Let's go as soon as possible!"
Shangguan Xue'er urged.
"Alright, I'll take you there!"
Ye Fei quickly stepped forward, embraced Shangguan Xue'er's slender waist, stomped his foot, and used the Flying Cloud Steps, leaping across the swamp.
"We're here!"
"I'll let you down now!"
Ye Fei's speed was too fast; Shangguan Xue'er hadn't even fully reacted.
"Go, this way!"
"Let's follow these footprints immediately!"
Ye Fei said urgently.
Finally, just as they were about to lose sight of the footprints, Ye Fei's sharp ears detected continuous roars of demonic beasts and sounds of fighting.
"Go to the right!"
Ye Fei took the lead, rushing to the right again.
Shangguan Xue'er immediately followed.
When they both arrived, panting, they finally found the remaining disciples who had come to explore the treasure.
They were seen fighting with many swamp mud beasts.
Swamp mud beasts, as their name suggests, live in swamps. These demonic beasts are very cold-resistant and have thick hides. The color of their skin is indistinguishable from the mud in the swamp, hence their name.
"It's a formation!"
"Oh no, they must have accidentally triggered the formation here!"
Ye Fei realized that all the demonic beasts and the disciples from the sects could only fight within a fixed range.
It seemed that a transparent barrier was preventing them.
"Could this be the legendary invisible formation?"
Ye Fei only knew about this invisible formation from the book given to him by the Green Robed Daoist. To verify his guess, Ye Fei threw a small stone.
With a bang, the stone rebounded as soon as it touched the invisible barrier!
"It's true!"
"It seems I must break this formation first before I can help them!"
Ye Fei was anxious. The sect disciples were clearly at a disadvantage, and if he couldn't quickly break this invisible formation, the only outcome for them would be death.
"Ye Fei, what are you hesitating for?"
"Let's hurry over!"
Shangguan Xue'er saw Ye Fei stop and frowned, asking in confusion.
Ye Fei then explained his guess.
"No wonder I felt something was off, so that's what it is!"
"What should we do then?"
Watching the demonic beasts gain the upper hand, Shangguan Xue'er was extremely anxious, wishing she could fight alongside them at any second!
"Don't rush!"
"I've already thought of a way to break the formation!"
"Once I break the formation at the fastest speed, we'll immediately go forward and fight with them!"
Ye Fei reassured her.