The two groups stared at each other, but Mo Bai spoke first: "What? It was you? Did you cause the strange phenomenon just now?"

Rong Jiaojiao nodded, about to speak, when Qing Xuanzi interrupted with a smile, "I accidentally made a bit too much noise while I was cultivating, sorry."

Mo Bai didn't say whether he believed it or not, but simply nodded and asked, "Are you leaving?"

Qing Xuanzi nodded: "We just attracted a lot of demonic beasts. In order to avoid being disturbed while cultivating, we will prepare to leave now."

Mo Bai said, "We were also cultivating when we saw the strange phenomenon and rushed over. There's a small spiritual vein there; you can come with us."

They also seized the territory of the demon beasts to cultivate in order to absorb the spiritual essence liquid.

Qing Xuanzi looked at Mo Zhizhou, who nodded in affirmation of his young master's words.

Qing Xuanzi looked at Rong Jiaojiao: "Are you going or not?"

Rong Jiaojiao said, "It's fine as long as Master makes the decision."

The key point is that she thinks Mo Bai and the others are decent people.

Qing Xuanzi pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Then I'll take the trouble to trouble you."

Upon hearing this, Mo Bai smiled and gestured for him to follow: "Senior Qingxuan, you are too kind. Please come with me."

The four of them flew on their swords. Mo Bai approached Rong Jiaojiao and asked, "Rong Jiaojiao, are you about to break through in your cultivation? Why do I have this particularly terrifying feeling about you?"

Rong Jiaojiao sensed her cultivation level and realized she was about to break through to the late stage of the Profound Master realm. She shook her head and said, "My cultivation level hasn't broken through yet; it's just that my divine sense has improved somewhat."

Mo Bai feigned sudden realization and said, "So that's how it is. No wonder you gave me the feeling that you were much stronger than me. It must be because your spiritual power is much stronger than mine."

Rong Jiaojiao smiled but didn't say anything, while Mo Bai secretly made up his mind that he must cultivate well, otherwise his spiritual sense would be stronger than his cultivation level.

Rong Jiaojiao couldn't sense his cultivation level, so she asked, "How's your cultivation? Are you about to break through to the Earth Master realm?"

Mo Bai smiled and said, "I have just broken through to the peak of the Profound Master Realm. Now I am starting to hone my cultivation in preparation for breaking through to the Earth Master Realm."

Rong Jiaojiao glanced sideways: "Doesn't that mean we're going home?"

Mo Bai nodded: "I was planning to go back in the next few days, do you want to go back too?"

Rong Jiaojiao shook her head, "I'm still a few years away from the peak of the Profound Master realm. I want to train here until I reach the peak of the Profound Master realm before going back to break through like you."

"Then I'll contact you when we get back. I'll come visit you at the Immortal Mountain. Our Mo family and your Xuanqing Sect have quite a bit of business dealings!"

"Okay, but I'll have to wait until I break through to contact you again, otherwise I won't have time to entertain you."

"good!"

As they spoke, the four of them soon arrived at a valley filled with spiritual energy. Mo Bai said, "This is a small spiritual vein, enough for temporary cultivation."

The group arrived at a naturally formed stone platform, where they saw that the platform was covered with intricate array patterns.

"This is a spirit-gathering array that we set up temporarily," Mo Zhizhou explained. "Cultivating here will be twice as effective with half the effort."

Rong Jiaojiao looked around and found that the valley was very well hidden, with steep mountain walls on all sides and only a narrow entrance.

She secretly used her divine sense to investigate, and only felt relieved after confirming that there was nothing unusual.

"Rong Jiaojiao," Mo Bai suddenly spoke, his eyes filled with anticipation, "Since you intend to cultivate here, how about we have a spar?"

Upon hearing this, Qing Xuanzi frowned: "Young Master Mo, this is inappropriate!"

“Okay!” Rong Jiaojiao readily agreed, her eyes gleaming with excitement. “It’s a good opportunity to try out the new moves I’ve learned.”

Seeing this, Mo Zhizhou quickly pulled Qing Xuanzi aside, saying, "Don't worry, young friend Qing Xuan, my young master knows what he's doing."

Qing Xuanzi's lips twitched, thinking to himself: [I'm afraid my disciple might overdo it and hurt your young master.]

However, seeing how confident my young master seemed, he didn't say anything more.

The two stood still, and Mo Bai took a deep breath, his spiritual energy surging around him: "Please enlighten me!"

Before he finished speaking, a blood-red blade appeared in his hand—the very same Demon-Devouring Blade from before.

As soon as the Demon-Devouring Blade was drawn, the temperature in the entire valley plummeted.

The blade was covered in eerie blood-red patterns, emanating a chilling aura.

"Watch out!" Mo Bai shouted, his figure flashing like a ghost to Rong Jiaojiao's side, his blood blade slicing out a sharp red light.

A glint of silver light flashed in Rong Jiaojiao's eyes: "Rat - Spatial Perception!"

She accurately predicted the trajectory of the blade and gently sidestepped it.

The blood-stained blade grazed the hem of her clothes, and the resulting gust of wind carved a deep trench in the ground.

"Such a quick reaction!" Mo Bai exclaimed in admiration, his sword stance suddenly shifting, "Demon Devouring Sword Technique - Blood Shadow Thousand Layers!"

In an instant, countless blood-red shadows surged forth like a tidal wave, each one containing terrifying malevolent energy.

Rong Jiaojiao remained calm and composed, forming a hand seal: "Wu Ma - Space Refraction!"

A silver light screen unfolded around her, and the blood shadows that collided with the light screen strangely turned back and attacked Mo Bai instead!

"What?!" Mo Bai exclaimed in shock, quickly changing his stance, "Demon-Devouring Protection!"

A crimson barrier appeared in front of him, barely blocking the rebounding attack.

However, the force of the recoil still forced him back several steps, leaving his hands numb.

"This spatial power is too cheating!" Mo Bai smiled wryly, but his fighting spirit intensified. "Take this move again!"

He poured his spiritual power into the Demon-Devouring Blade, and the blade immediately shone with a bright crimson light, from which a ferocious blood dragon flew out!

"Demon-Devouring Blade Technique - Blood Dragon Devours the Heavens!"

The blood dragon roared and pounced, its passage causing the air to hiss and crackle as it corroded the surroundings.

Rong Jiaojiao's expression hardened: "Are you serious? Then... Ugly Ox Gravity Domain!"

She pressed her hands down, and the gravity within a radius of ten feet suddenly increased tenfold!

The blood dragon immediately felt as if it were stuck in quagmire, and its movements became extremely slow.

"Destroy!" With a flick of her finger, a flash of silver light appeared, and the blood dragon was cut in half at the waist, turning into a cloud of blood mist and dissipating.

Mo Bai's face paled, clearly suffering from the backlash. But instead of being angry, he exclaimed excitedly, "Good! The final move!"

He bit his tongue hard, spitting a mouthful of blood onto the Demon-Devouring Blade. The blade immediately emitted a piercing hum, and the blood-red patterns began to writhe as if alive.

"Demon-Devouring Blade Technique - Blood Prison Descends!"

In an instant, the entire valley was shrouded in blood.

Countless crimson chains stretched out from the void, coiling around Rong Jiaojiao. The chains exuded a suffocating sense of oppression, even distorting the space itself.

Qing Xuanzi's expression changed drastically: "This is... a forbidden technique?!"

Mo Zhizhou hurriedly explained, "Don't worry, young master only simulated the essence of the forbidden technique; its power is less than one-tenth of the real forbidden technique."

Rong Jiaojiao felt unprecedented pressure, and her eyes flashed with silver light: "Twelve Yuan Chen - Spatial Barrier!"

The twelve Yuan Chen Pearls lit up simultaneously, forming a perfect silver barrier around her.

The crimson chains slammed against the barrier, producing a teeth-grinding scraping sound.

"Crack—" A crack appeared in the barrier.