Looking at the black-robed man who suddenly appeared in front of him, Bai Sitang felt very familiar. Isn't this Li Lailai who tricked him at the Silent Volcano?

New and old hatreds combined, the overwhelming rage burned away Bai Sitang's rationality. He gritted his teeth and said, "Li Lailai, give me back my things!"

Li Lailai, no, it’s Jiang Deng.

For fear of exposing her identity, she not only wore a cloak of concealment, but also did not dare to take out the heavy sword. So she asked Jin Shanshan to stick to the mountain with spider silk and climb all the way down from the peak above.

This action also allowed her to avoid Feng Yilei's attack and successfully get what she wanted from Bai Sitang.

Jiang Deng shook the heavy storage bag in his hand towards Bai Sitang and said proudly, "Since I got it, it's mine. There's no reason for me to give it to you."

"hateful!"

Bai Sitang was furious, but as his body was gradually sucked into the spatial crack, he could only utter a cruel word, "Just wait! One day I will kill your entire family!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Sitang was uncontrollably sucked into the space crack and disappeared in the Eight Gates Secret Realm.

laugh--

The crack gradually closed, and the Eight Gates Secret Realm returned to its former tranquility.

However, this peace is only temporary, because without Bai Sitang, Jiang Deng still has other obstacles...

When the people from the three major sects saw Jiang Deng suddenly snatch the key to the secret realm from Bai Sitang, they immediately lowered their guns and intended to rush forward to snatch it away.

"Stop it!"

Jiang Deng cast a spell, and a ball of fire appeared in her free hand. She placed the storage bag above the flame and said calmly, "If you dare to come forward, I will destroy it!"

Everyone: “…”

Hearing this, no one dared to act rashly and could only look at Jiang Deng eagerly.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Jiang Deng slowly opened the storage bag and probed deep into it with his spiritual consciousness.

Little Pink's perception was correct. There were indeed ten top-grade spirit stones inside. In addition, there was also a strange object...

Jiang Deng took the thing out of the storage bag. It was a stone product the size of a little finger, a thin heart-shaped piece, and pure white in color. It looked like neither a spiritual weapon nor a treasure from heaven and earth.

What is this?

Is it worth breaking your head for this thing?

Before Jiang Deng could figure out what was going on, the people on the opposite side couldn't help but shout, "Who are you? Hand over the key to the secret realm!"

The key to the secret realm?

Jiang Deng blinked his eyes. It turned out that this thing could store a space, which was also the storage place of the so-called Eight Gates Secret Realm. As long as he controlled it, it was equivalent to controlling the entire Eight Gates Secret Realm.

After figuring this out, Jiang Deng quickly input a trace of chaotic power into it, trying to refine it.

As soon as the power of chaos entered it, it was swallowed up by the key to the secret realm and had no connection with Jiang Deng's spiritual consciousness. It seems... this thing requires a lot of spiritual energy.

Realizing that he couldn't refine the key to the secret realm in such a short time, Jiang Deng had no choice but to raise his head and deal with the others, "Now that this thing is in my hands, it naturally belongs to me. Why should I give it to you?"

This seat?

Everyone looked at each other and speculated about Jiang Deng's origins.

"This person is the Night Envoy's clone," said Sun Caimo, who had entered the Sutra Library with Jiang Deng before. "Night Envoy, please stop playing around. This item is useless to you. Just hand it over to our Lingxiao Sect."

"This thing should naturally be given to our Paradise Palace!"

Gu Tianfeng also refused to give in. "Envoy Ye, you are aware of the relationship between our Paradise Palace and Patriarch Murong, right? With this relationship, it would be most appropriate to hand it over to our Paradise Palace."

Xia Chenqing followed suit and said, "Senior Ye, as long as you are willing to hand this item over to me, our Taichu Sword Sect is willing to exchange it for anything you want."

"Me too!" the others echoed.

To be precise, the reason these three Yuanying realm cultivators got involved in this trip to the secret realm was because they had received secret information, and they all wanted to take this opportunity to get the key to the secret realm and control the secret realms in all directions!

Seeing so many people vying for it, Jiang Deng didn't want to give it away anymore. He knew that this thing was a treasure, and of course a treasure should be kept for himself!

What's more, the treasure is already in her hands, why should she give it to someone else!

But she couldn't say this directly. If she did, these people would probably go crazy and start attacking her immediately.

Jiang Deng thought that she had collected ten top-grade spirit stones and would soon be able to leave this level and enter the next one, so she implemented a delaying tactic.

"Ahem!" Jiang Deng coughed lightly and pretended to ponder, "So many of you want it, but there's only one key to the secret realm. I need to think it over carefully."

"The Night Envoy gives us the Paradise Palace!"

"Taichu Sword Sect..."

"Lingxiao Sect..."

Amidst the clamor, a woman in a bamboo-green robe stepped out from the crowd. Danqing's eyes were cold as she said, "This item should most appropriately be given to me."

My true self?

Everyone exchanged glances. "I am the real one?" Only those at the venerable level were qualified to claim this title. This person was just pretending to be stupid!

"Who are you? You have no right to interrupt when people from our three major sects are talking!" A Jindan-level disciple from the Paradise Palace said unhappily.

Danqing didn't even bother to give him a glance, but just flicked his sleeve, and the man flew backwards in an instant as if he had suffered a heavy blow!

Bang!

The whole person smashed heavily into the stone wall and couldn't be dug out.

"hiss--!"

Everyone gasped. Although they didn't know whether this person was a Venerable-level expert, her strength was definitely far beyond the Nascent Soul stage!

Danqing's move made everyone freeze in their tracks and no one dared to say anything.

"I am the guardian of the secret realm. If you can return the key to the secret realm to me, I can exempt you from the test and directly receive the inheritance left by Venerable Wei Yan."

"What?!"

Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked beyond words.

This woman turned out to be the guardian of the secret realm, in charge of each level of the Eight Gates Secret Realm. She was indeed right. As long as she wanted, she could open a back door at will and allow people to obtain the martial arts inheritance left by Venerable Wei Yan.

Everyone couldn't help but be fascinated, but it was a pity that the key to the secret realm was not in their hands, otherwise they would definitely agree to this request!

"Haha," Jiang Deng couldn't help laughing, "I've already passed seven levels, and you're just saying this. Don't you think it's a bit late?"

Danqing's face turned cold. How could she have known someone would come to steal the key to the secret realm? If she had known earlier, the key to the secret realm would never have been lost! She wouldn't have ended up in this situation now...

"In addition to the divine-level skills, I can also let you pick three more things you want. As long as they are in this secret realm, I can give them to you." Danqing continued to add weight.

Just give it to her as long as she wants it?

Jiang Deng licked the corner of her lips and couldn't help but think of the big black cauldron, the soul-locking tower, and the golem that she had been thinking about...