However, Lei Ji, the Golden Jade Pagoda, and the Nine Aperture Bewitching Pearl were severely damaged and could not be awakened or used.

Right now, the only thing he can use is the Zhou Xing Sword, a ninth-grade spiritual weapon.

Faced with the questioning from the young man named Jing Qing, Wu Qingyu became even more flustered.

Moreover, Jing Qing's words also enlightened everyone present, so more and more people surrounded Wu Qingyu, completely surrounding Wu Qingyu and the disciples of the Sanyuan Sect.

"What exactly does the Three Elements Sect want?"

"We came here with good intentions to attend the sect's grand ceremony and celebrate your newly promoted elders, but you've captured us and brought us here. What do you mean by this?!"

"Does the Sanyuan Sect want to become a public enemy?"

The atmosphere became tense as everyone started talking at once.

Wu Qingyu was so aggrieved that she was almost crying, and the disciples of the Sanyuan Sect were also both angry and aggrieved.

Just then, a voice suddenly rang out.

"Put the sword down first."

The speaker was none other than Night Wind.

As a result, Ye Feng became the focus of everyone's attention, especially Wu Qingyu, who looked at Ye Feng with gratitude, not knowing what to say.

Who are you?

Jing Qing coldly looked at Ye Feng and questioned him.

"Shouldn't you introduce yourself before asking others?" Night Wind retorted.

Jing Qing snorted coldly before saying, "Li Jingqing, an inner disciple of the Shangxiao Sect!"

Ye Feng smiled and then continued, "I am Ye Feng, an inner disciple of the Xuanji Sect."

Li Jingqing stared coldly at Ye Feng, his brows furrowed, and a strong killing intent emanating from him.

"You want to stand up for Wu Qingyu? Are your Xuanji Sect and Sanyuan Sect in cahoots?" Li Jingqing asked in a chilling tone.

The others also cast resentful glances at Ye Feng, but Ye Feng calmly said, "Wu Qingyu is just a minor inner disciple of the Sanyuan Sect. Even if the Sanyuan Sect had some malicious intent and captured us all here, how could Wu Qingyu possibly know?"

"Furthermore, we inexplicably entered this place in a dream. Whether it was the Three Elements Sect causing trouble in secret is still unknown."

Li Jingqing said bluntly, "We were all inside the Sanyuan Sect's mountain gate. If it wasn't the Sanyuan Sect's guardian elders who brought us to the dream world, who else would have done it? Ye Feng, your words are simply laughable!"

"Is that really the case?" Night Wind asked.

The next moment, a young woman suddenly raised her hand and said, "Um, did you all go to the Sanyuan Sect to attend the sect's grand ceremony, and then get caught and brought here?"

"Aren't you one?" Li Jingqing turned to look at the woman and asked.

The woman nodded and continued, "My name is Jiang Xuan'er, and I am an inner disciple of the Five Thunder Sect. My master, several senior and junior brothers and I came to the Three Elements Sect to attend the sect's main hall ceremony, but our cloud boat encountered a problem, so we are still on our way and have not yet arrived at the Three Elements Sect."

Upon hearing Jiang Xuan'er's words, Li Jingqing's expression immediately became extremely awkward.

Since Jiang Xuan'er is not from the Sanyuan Sect, yet she inexplicably entered this strange dream, it means that this matter has nothing to do with the Sanyuan Sect.

In this way, Li Jingqing's question just now seems very unreasonable.

"How far are you from the Sanyuan Sect?" Ye Feng asked.

“There should still be seven hundred li left,” Jiang Xuan’er replied.

Ye Feng nodded and looked at Li Jingqing again, smiling as he said, "Senior Brother Li, now you should know that it's not a problem with the Sanyuan Sect, right?"

Li Jingqing snorted and finally lowered the long sword that was held to Wu Qingyu's neck.

Wu Qingyu breathed a sigh of relief, and the other disciples of the Sanyuan Sect also showed expressions of relief.

Chang Qingyue walked over and said, "Since there are people here who are not from the Sanyuan Sect, it means that the person who forced us into the dream is definitely not from the Sanyuan Sect. Now check yourselves and see if you have any special marks on your bodies."

"Mark?"

Li Jingqing looked puzzled, then looked down to examine it.

Before long, Li Jingqing noticed a mark on his wrist.

It was an oval-shaped mark with the two large characters "Ling Luo" in the middle!

It wasn't just Li Jingqing; everyone else was the same!

“So that makes sense. We all came here because of a special jade pendant, and that jade pendant must be the medium,” Chang Qingyue said.

Li Jingqing's face showed disbelief, and after a while he said, "How could this be? I won that jade pendant at an auction..."

“I found it on the roadside,” another man said.

"I obtained it by chance when I went down the mountain to travel a year ago," said a woman in red.

"My jade pendant was a gift from a good friend half a year ago," another person said.

Everyone present obtained the jade pendant by chance, and most of them were different.

Could this really be a coincidence?

Night Wind said, "Let's summarize the information—what we can be sure of now is that we are in a strange dream, and the reason we were able to enter this strange dream is because of that jade pendant."

“But we all obtained the jade pendants in different ways, so we can basically rule out the Sanyuan Sect as the suspect. At least the Sanyuan Sect is not the mastermind behind pulling us into the dream.”

"Now a new question arises: why did the mastermind use the jade pendant to pull us all into the dream? It couldn't be just to watch us argue here, could it?"

Upon hearing Ye Feng's words, everyone present nodded.

Just then, Chang Qingyue suddenly said, "Wait a minute, was there a statue in the center of the square just now?"

"Statue? What statue?"

Luo Mengxuan said, completely bewildered, and looked towards the center of the square, then revealed a look of deep astonishment.

In the center of this vast white marble square, a magnificent statue had appeared out of nowhere.

The statue depicts an elderly man with white hair and a youthful face sitting cross-legged on the ground, looking dignified and otherworldly. He holds a book in his left hand and drags a gourd in his right.

The statue is about ten meters tall and four meters wide, and can be described as majestic.

The problem is that there was absolutely no such statue in the square before.

Such a large upside-down object appeared here without alerting anyone present until Chang Qingyue caught a glimpse of it.

This is absolutely bizarre!

In an instant, everyone retreated, putting distance between themselves and the eerie statue.

Just then, a white light flashed on the statue, and an aged voice came from inside the statue.

"Congratulations, you have been selected."

"I am Lingluo Yuansheng, and this is the core dream of Lingluo Dreamland."