Chapter 167: A Maze of Breaking a Path

"Sorry……"

Xiaoying apologized to Li Xiaolang with guilt. Last time, she accidentally opened the wound in classmate Xia's heart, and this time, she opened the wound in classmate Li's heart again.

Could it be that among this group of friends who collect Clow Cards, Tomoyo is the only one who has both parents?

No, no, you can't be so arbitrary. After all, she doesn't know about Meiling's situation yet.

Meiling is Li’s cousin, not a biological sibling, so maybe Meiling’s parents are still alive.

But two of the five people come from single-parent families, and one is an orphan. It just so happens that all three of them know magic. Is this also one of the prices of using magic?
Just as Sakura was thinking this, Li Syaoran's voice came.

"Nothing, after all, it's been so many years."

Xiaoying still felt uncomfortable when she heard Li Xiaolang's calm voice. Judging from herself, although she was also calm when others talked about her mother, she still felt a little sad in her heart.

"I'm really sorry... But, Mr. Li is in the same boat as me."

"What's the same?" Li Xiaolang asked puzzledly.

Sakura's eyes softened as she explained frankly, "I look a lot like my mother, but she also died when I was very young."

Hearing this, Li Xiaolang was stunned for a moment, his originally resolute eyes softened, and his tone couldn't help but be gentle: "Is that so."

"Yeah, but we have a lot of photos of our mother at home, and so does Li's home, right?" Sakura smiled back, trying to dispel the slightly sad atmosphere.

However, Li Xiaolang did not play by the rules. He thought for a moment and shook his head, "No."

"Eh? Why?"

Xiaoying was dumbfounded for a moment, while Li Xiaolang said impatiently: "Various reasons."

"Uh-huh——"

Sakura felt a little embarrassed. She obviously just wanted to talk to Li because she didn't want the atmosphere to be too boring, but why did the atmosphere become weird as they were chatting?

"Okay, enough rest, let's continue looking for the exit."

Looking at Sakura's dazed look, Li Syaoran stood up with the help of the wall. No matter whether he could find the exit or not, one thing was very clear, that is, there was no chance of being rescued if he sat here, and he would not sit there and wait to die.

"Wait, Mr. Li, wait for me."

Seeing Li Syaoran standing up and preparing to leave, Sakura also hurriedly stood up, intending to continue looking for an exit with Li Syaoran.

She didn't want to be left here alone. It was better to have someone accompany her than to be alone.

But before the two of them could re-determine the direction to leave, a familiar ethereal bell sound suddenly rang out.

噔——!
The ringing of a bell echoed through the maze, and Sakura and Syaoran were startled when they heard the familiar voice.

This sound... was exactly the same as the sound they heard when they were trapped in the maze, a very distinctive ethereal ringtone.

At this moment, the ringing sound was approaching them from far away.

After a few seconds, a shadow suddenly appeared at the corner where the ringing sound came from.

Seeing this scene, Li Xiaolang's expression tensed up, and he quickly dodged in front of Xiaoying to protect her, and asked the strange person, "Who is it?"

The next second, the owner of the shadow appeared.

"Raspberry Bell?"

Li Xiaolang was surprised that the owner of the shadow was actually Mei Ling who had been separated from them long ago. But if it was Mei Ling, then where did the strange ringing sound come from?
"Little Wolf!"

Li Meiling's eyes were filled with tears. She rushed forward excitedly and hugged Li Xiaolang. Her strength was so great that Li Xiaolang's entire body tensed up.

After a few seconds, when Meiling's strength weakened, Li Xiaolang hurriedly broke free from Meiling's restraints, took a deep breath, and spoke gently.

"Okay, okay, I'm here, stop crying."

"Hmm!" After Mei Ling calmed down, Li Xiaolang asked, "Mei Ling, how did you find us?"

"Someone show me the way."

"Who?!"

Hearing this, Li Xiaolang hurriedly asked.

Just at this moment, the familiar ringtone was rang again, and a shadow appeared at the corner again, followed by a beautiful tall figure with a gentle smile on her face, who walked out slowly.

Seeing this familiar figure, Sakura exclaimed: "Teacher Mizuki?!"

Unlike Sakura's simple surprise, Li Syaoran was a little surprised but more alert. He frowned and asked seriously.

"Why is the teacher here?!"

When Guanyue Utaho heard the question, he smiled and answered, "My family's shrine looked a little strange, and I was accidentally dragged into it while investigating."

"Mine?" Sakura wondered.

"I am the daughter of the chief priest of Tsukimine Shrine. I am her only child."

After finishing speaking, Guan Yue Ge Fan took a look at the three people at the scene and continued to explain: "It's great to meet you. I was worried that someone might get lost in here, so I was patrolling everywhere, and I ran into classmate Li who was crying alone."

Hearing this, Sakura and Syaoran couldn't help but look at Meiling, and Meiling turned her head away with a blush.

After Sakura and the others turned their eyes over again, Guanyue Gehan raised the bell in her hand and shook it, and the ethereal bell sounded again.

Pointing to the bell in his hand, Guan Yue Ge Fan said, "Did you hear this sound?"

"I heard it when the maze first appeared..." Sakura answered obediently.

Hearing this, Guan Yue Ge Fan smiled and said, "I wanted to remind everyone to be careful, but it seems I was still a step too late."

“The shape of the bell is really unique.”

After hearing the explanation, Sakura looked at the bell curiously. The shape of the bell was not like the usual rattles, but more like a crescent moon. The two ends of the crescent moon were connected by a handle with a red ribbon tied on it. The ribbon extending from the handle included colors such as red, white, blue, black, and yellow.

In addition, there is a crescent moon pattern printed on the outside of the bell, and mysterious runes are engraved in the center, with the word "moon" in the center.

Facing Sakura's curiosity, Kanzuki Utaho held up the bell and smiled, "This is a kind of bell that has been passed down from ancient times in this shrine."

"Oh--"

Sakura said "oh" as if she understood something.

"Since there is no problem, let's continue looking for the remaining people."

After hearing this suggestion, Sakura finally reacted and said subconsciously: "By the way, we don't know where Tomoyo and Xia are yet. We must find them."

After that, Sakura looked at Guanyue Utaho and asked, "Teacher Guanyue, how are we going to find them? The maze is so big and there are no road signs."

"It's very simple. Just follow the path to find it."

Guan Yue Gefan raised the Moon Bell in his hand, walked to the wall with a smile on his face, then gently smashed the Moon Bell in his hand against the wall, and a wave of air immediately spread out.

The next moment, the wall in front of Guanyue Gefan shattered forcefully. After three or four walls were shattered in succession, the shattering stopped, and the shattered walls did not recover again.

"Okay, great."

Seeing how easily Kanzuki Utahan smashed the wall, Sakura couldn't help but exclaim.

"Okay, let's go quickly."

Guan Yue Gefan smiled and waved to Xiaoying and the others, then took the lead and walked into the broken road.

(End of this chapter)