Meng Chao and the other two crawled up desperately.
They were urged by the sound of the chisel hitting stones repeatedly behind them.
When Meng Chao was unable to help himself and looked back for the first time, he could still see Lin Chuan. His body looked as if it had been cast by iron. He seemed to have become one with the stones.
They crawled forward another ten meters, and he looked back a second time. But all he could see were sparks, and all he could hear was deafening noise.
They crawled out of the dark and winding crack, and he turned his head around for the last time. He saw red flames surging about in the depths of the crack, but he did not know whether it was the flames from the Red Radiance Jades or the Undying Bird flapping its wings.
"Big Sis Ya, we…" Meng Chao looked at Lu Siya.
"We go."
From the moment they left Lin Chuan, Lu Siya never looked back.