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19 - Trapped

We all went back to the entrance just to be safe only to find the ropes had been cut.

"Wen Chao, you are such a shameless bastard!" Jin Zixuan said angrily, "I can't believe they cut all the rope!" Jin Zixuan then threw the rope down to the ground. Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian looked at each other, wondering what they could do now that the rope was cut.

"Lan er gongzi, where are you going? The monster is back there?" Jiang Wanyin asked me.

I turned to look at him and the others and spoke, "we need to go back to the pond, there is a way out. I saw a maple leaf in the water. Since we are inside a cave there is no tree here. So there must be a way out."

Wei Ying bounced over to my side, "So are you saying that there is an underground exit beneath this pond? That means it is connected to from outside."

"Mn."

"Wait, how do we know how big the hole is for us to go through? We don't know if the hole is big or small," Jiang Wanyin questioned.

This time it is Jin Zixuan's turn to speak up, "Hold on a second, did you all forget about that big monster who is still guarding the pond. We won't be able to leave."

Wei Ying huffed, "Listen here, there is a chance for us to leave from here. We can't just sit around and wait for our parents to come save us. Besides, we can lure the monster away."

I looked at Wei Ying's wound when I heard a hiss come from his mouth, then averted my eyes up to his, "Ah, Lan Zhan, I'm fine, really."

All I could do was give him a glare. I was a bit upset as I couldn't really do much for myself let alone help him. For now I had to let it go as we all went back to where the monster was. We hid behind a wall in the cave, where the monster could not see us. When the monster wasn't looking, Wei Ying took the chance to grab a torch and threw the torch to the other side, gaining the creature's full attention.

Jiang Wanyin took the chance to get into the water and swam to the bottom of the pond and swam back up to the surface a moment later, he slowly and quietly went back to us, " There is a hole at the bottom of the pond! It is a fairly big size!" He explained.

"How big is big?" Wei Ying asked

Jiang Wanyin responded, "it can fit five to six people at a time!"

They all piled into the lake one by one. I saw that Wei Ying was playing bait, and didn't like it one bit. I stayed back with him to hold off the beast.

"Hey Wei Wuxian! Come quickly!" I heard Jiang Wanyin yell.

"I will come soon!" Wei Ying answered him.

Jiang Wanyin helped the others into the water, to the bottom of the pond to go through the hole from underneath. The monster went crazy because of the smell of blood throughout the cave.

"Lan Zhan!" Wei Ying got off the ground, and jumped to the monster to open its mouth to get Lan Wangji free. Once I was free from the mouth of the beast, I was just about to fall to the ground when Wei Ying helped me by carrying me to go hide behind one of the walls so the monster wouldn't get to us.

"Wei Wuxian! Wei Wuxian!"

Wei Ying looked into the water, "Jiang Cheng! Go now! Go find help!"

Jiang Wanyin is pulled away by Jin Zixuan, "I will come back! Just wait!"

Wei Ying took me deeper into the cave to get away from the creature.

Wei Ying helped me sit down and said, "Lan Zhan, the monster is gone, we should be safe here now," Wei Ying then took a look down at my injured leg, "Wait here for a second!"