The people of the Mirage mostly used swords and knives, and this person also swung a large sword at Meng Wanwan.

The others also drew their knives and glared angrily at the Meng family.

Many people, like the Han family, were simply watching the show unfold.

"This little bitch is so arrogant, someone should teach her a lesson." Han Fei had long wanted to use someone else to kill the Meng family father and daughter, and was just thinking about how to find an opportunity when the little girl delivered herself to her doorstep.

Just as the broadsword was about to strike the Meng family members, Meng Xiuyi waved her hand to knock the opponent back and stood steadily in front of Meng Wanwan.

"My daughter has been unruly; please calm your anger, fellow Daoist."

That's a very insincere statement.

"Ha, now you realize you're wrong? Too late!" The man roared and slashed at Meng Xiuyi again.

With a flick of her small hand, Meng Wanwan unleashed a Hundred Treasures Seal that arrived before Meng Xiuyi could, directly confronting the person.

The man's actions were thwarted, and he had to take two steps back before he could disperse the Hundred Treasures Seal.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Helian Xiao dragged his greatsword and stood in front of Meng Wanwan.

Chi Yun was speechless: "Young Master Helian, what are you doing? Are you going to stand up for these two rogue cultivators?"

Helian Xiao chuckled: "They are friends of the Helian family, so it's only natural that I would stand up for them."

Chi Yun said unhappily, "Young Master Helian, aren't you afraid of offending our Mirage Tower by doing this? Although Xiaoshan You is powerful, our Mirage Tower is not to be trifled with. Aren't you afraid of losing more than you gain for the sake of two rogue cultivators?"

Helian Xiao sneered: "Do I even know you? Have I offended you? Did I forget to include you when I sent out the 'clearing out' notices? Don't worry, I'll make up for it next time!"

"You!" Chi Yun was also furious. How could he be so stubborn?

Meng Wanwan seemed to have realized her fear now, hiding behind Meng Xiuyi, but kept making faces at the Mirage.

This infuriated the other party, who flew into a rage.

Helian Xiao acted as a balancing force, sandwiched between the two sides, preventing them from making a move for the time being.

Upon seeing this, Han Fei's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and she gave Han Chao a wink.

Han Chao immediately understood and said, "You were all invited by the Han family and should be working together. It's really inappropriate to cause such a fuss over two rogue cultivators."

Chi Yun sneered, "Is this a matter between two rogue cultivators? Could it be that your central cultivation families are joining forces to deal with us in the west? Elder Han, is this the sincerity you showed in inviting us here?"

Han Chao immediately said, "Palace Master Chiyun is overthinking it. The sects and families of our world help each other. How could we deliberately target each other? This is really... a private matter."

Han Chao looked at Shangguan Linglong: "Miss Shangguan, don't you think so?"

Shangguan Linglong glanced at Meng Wanwan. In the painting, this girl wasn't like this at all!

There must be some grudge between her and the Han family or the Mirage Tower, but for the sake of the bigger picture, she naturally wouldn't favor someone she'd only met once; getting down to business was the priority.

So he shook his head slightly and said, "We will naturally not target Mirage Tower, please rest assured, Master Chiyun."

Han Fei smiled leisurely and said, "That might just be Young Master Helian acting on emotion. Forgive my bluntness, but without unity of purpose, we cannot succeed. If that's the case, let's not travel together."

Han Fei bowed gracefully to Chi Yun and said, "Chi Yun, we are venturing deep into this place and should not resort to violence lightly. How about this, we drive these two rogue cultivators away and continue on our way?"

She looked at Meng Wanwan with a smile on her lips: "Letting these two rogue cultivators go down another path is their punishment. If they can make it to the end safely, that will be their good fortune."

"Young Master Helian, what do you think?"

Before the sword was even sheathed, the leader sneered, "Miss Han is indeed worthy of being a young lady from a prestigious family. Her demeanor is elegant and dignified. However, she is still too merciful. Killing them would not require much effort from us. Letting them go? That would be too easy on them."

Helian Xiao raised an eyebrow at him: "Why don't you give it a try? Do you think the people of the Helian family are dead?"

"you……"

Shangguan Linglong also felt that it was about time, so she said, "Let them go. We'll take this route, and they can take another one. Maybe they'll make more discoveries that way."

After receiving a signal from Meng Wanwan, Meng Xiuyi said, "In that case, it is indeed not appropriate for my daughter and me to stay in the opposite room any longer."

He said to Helian Xiao, "I'm sorry to have troubled Young Master Helian. I'd better take the baby and go somewhere else."

Helian Xiao isn't stupid. Who is Meng Wanwan?

Could he let go of someone who's always causing trouble and plagued by strange occurrences?

So he said with great bravado, "Fine! You want to split up, huh? I'll go with them too!"

After saying that, he put away his broadsword and said to the other members of the Helian family, "Those who want to follow me can follow me, and those who don't want to follow can follow their squad leader."

The squad leader of the Helian family immediately said, "Since we have been entrusted to the Han family, we should follow them. Young Master, please be careful."

Helian Xiao snorted and followed Meng Xiuyi and her father in another direction.

"Hey, wait for me, wait for me." Shangguan Liuyue waved her fan and caught up.

Meng Wanwan turned to look at him: "Why are you here too?"

Shangguan Liuyue looked disgusted: "I will not walk the same path as unworthy descendants."

Meng Wanwan looked surprised: "What? Didn't the Shangguan family offer incense to their ancestor?"

Shangguan Liuyue waved her fan wildly: "That's right, his ancestor is furious."

As soon as the four of them were out of sight of those people, Helian Xiao asked suspiciously, "Little girl, what are you planning to do? Don't tell me you don't know that if you leave the group, Han Fei will definitely send someone to kill you. Why would you risk everything to leave the group?"

Meng Wanwan originally wanted to separate from Meng Xiuyi, since only the Meng family knew about Niannian's abilities.

But unexpectedly, two more burdens were added. Helpless, Meng Wanwan could only bind the information into a history book, just like the previous secret manual, and put it into her storage bag.

If it were only Helian Xiao, she would have taken it out.

But unexpectedly, Shangguan Liuyue appeared as well.

Meng Wanwan felt that life was difficult.

"Of course I discovered something." Meng Wanwan glared at Shangguan Liuyue: "You're not a spy for the Shangguan family, are you?"

Shangguan Liuyue immediately raised her hand and swore: "If I have any ill intentions towards you, may my Dao heart collapse."

He looked at Meng Wanwan sincerely: "Is that alright?"

Meng Wanwan looked at him for a while before taking out a book and saying, "I found this in the sect. It should be a history book, but the records are incomplete. I hadn't thought about the connection between the contents and this place until I saw those stone statues."

Meng Wanwan had Niannian incorporate some local histories into the story, and thus Linggumen became part of a vast body of history.

She flipped to the history of the Linggu Sect, handed it to Meng Xiuyi, and then rubbed her hands together excitedly, saying, "The Han family's entry into this place is definitely not because of the Han family being hunted down, or rather, it's not just because of that. I suspect it's related to the Linggu Sect, so I want to do something big."

Meng Wanwan wasn't lying about this; in the information Nian Nian gave her, there were indeed some blurry stone statues. But they might not necessarily be this Venerable Ling Su.

Because Linggu Sect originally had a rule of erecting a stone statue for the sect leader.

Meng Wanwan took out another piece of paper from her storage bag.

"What is this?"

Meng Wanwan chuckled: "A map of Linggu Sect from over six hundred years ago."