I'm going to use my big move

Happiness is created by contrast. Xu Shulou leisurely looked at the fierce and noisy killing scene below, and then quickly looked away.

The cultivators on the ground gritted their teeth and fought off a group of blood-sucking long-billed insects. They cleaned up the battlefield, divided the materials, and then looked up at the floating fairy palace in the sky. They were all furious, and even more indignant for Bai Roushuang, who had just fought hard and was covered in insect blood.

Bai Roushuang had no intention of complaining. Instead, she shouted to the person above her: "Senior Sister, do you have any use for the materials on the blood-sucking beetle?"

Well, there's no hope! Everyone sighed.

"I don't need it, you keep it." Xu Shulou's voice came with a smile.

After hearing what her senior sister said, Bai Roushuang put the materials into her Qiankun bag, wiped her face carefully, and then caught up with the team.

It would be fine if they didn't come down to fight, but the girl on top would ask from time to time: "Junior sister, how high should the fire be when cooking milk and green bean paste?"

Bai Roushuang replied good-temperedly: "Boil over high heat and simmer over low heat."

Sometimes the conversation goes like this: "Junior sister, is the ending of the story of Yu Zaotou happy or sad?"

Bai Roushuang recalled briefly: "Using happy scenes to describe sad feelings."

Xu Shulou nodded and drank a mouthful of the freshly cooked milk and green bean paste. This Mirage Palace was indeed a courtyard worth 20,000 spirit stones. It had everything, including a number of common mortal books on the bookshelf. Xu Shulou half-lay on the comfortable big bed and continued to flip through the books, looking extremely leisurely.

Someone finally couldn't stand it anymore. One moment it was milk and bean paste, the next moment it was a storybook. Did they really think they were here for an outing? Which sect raised this spoiled young lady? He pulled Bai Roushuang and whispered, "We are doing serious work. Even if your sister won't help, at least don't let her disturb you."

Bai Roushuang didn't seem to understand his good intentions. Instead, she spoke seriously for her senior sister: "We haven't encountered any enemies at the moment. If a fight really breaks out, my senior sister will definitely not let me be distracted."

"..."Does your senior sister really have this in mind?

Occasionally, Bai Roushuang would ask, "Sister, we killed a giant cicada. Do you want to eat fried cicada meat?"

"I don't want to!" Xu Shulou responded to her with a resolute voice.

"Senior Sister, would you like to eat boiled giant silkworm pupae?"

“No!”

The other monks looked at Bai Roushuang doubtfully: "Is this thing really edible?"

"These are what mortals usually eat. I've checked. The cicadas here are just a little bigger, but otherwise they're the same as those in the mortal world," Bai Roushuang offered a piece of fried cicada meat. "Would you like to try it?"

The man looked at the white and tender fried meat with a slightly browned color in front of him, and it was sprinkled with chili peppers. Not only did it look extremely tempting, but the aroma lingered around his nose. Finally, he couldn't help but put the fried meat into his mouth. He felt the delicious taste on the tip of his tongue, and was slightly startled. He wolfed down the whole piece of cicada meat, then nodded and praised it endlessly, "It's delicious! The girl's cooking skills are amazing!"

Others came up curiously and said, "I've heard that mortals in some places eat insects, but I didn't expect these scary things to smell so good."

Bai Roushuang saw that everyone was interested, so she took out a knife, cut some meat and gave it to those who were brave enough to try. After tasting it, everyone praised it. They felt that this girl was not afraid of the enemy, had good cooking skills, and was honest and simple. They all wanted to get close to her. It was a pity that she was not their junior sister, but the "encumbrance" in the air who could not help at all.

Some even lamented privately with their companions: "It is often said that good girls often meet unfaithful men, and good men often marry such unfeeling girls. I didn't expect that this also applies to apprenticeship. Such a good junior sister actually met such a hypocritical and useless senior sister. It's really a pity that a pearl is thrown into the dark."

Bai Roushuang didn't hear this, she just listened to everyone's praise for her cooking skills, smiled slightly, and felt sorry for her senior sister who couldn't taste this delicacy. Unfortunately, looking around in this forest, there was really nothing that could be on her senior sister's menu.

After eating fried cicadas and boiled silkworm pupae, the group continued to move forward until the experienced man suddenly reminded everyone to stop. He quickly picked up his knife and chopped the attacking midge in half, complaining: "This insect used to live in the middle of the forest, why is it running to the periphery now?"

When everyone heard this, they thought it was just a lone midge that ran in the wrong direction, so they didn't take it seriously and continued to discuss with laughter what other insects were edible. Unexpectedly, after they had taken a few steps, they suddenly heard a shout of "Be careful", and a huge swarm of midges attacked them.

The big man was prepared. He gritted his teeth and held up a flame shield with a distressed look. In an instant, the flames shot up into the sky, illuminating the dark forest. The shield was large enough to cover the whole group of people. The group of midges kept crashing into it, hitting the shield, making crackling sounds, and then sliding down the shield.

After a few breaths, more than half of the midges were killed or injured, and finally dispersed. Everyone was relieved after having safely survived this wave of attacks, and they thanked the big man repeatedly. However, looking at the distressed expression on his face, it was clear that the fire magic weapon in his hand could not be used infinitely. I wonder what he would do if he encountered another attack next time.

Everyone accepted his favor and promised that if there was a similar situation again, they would use their magic weapons to deal with it. However, the big man was a little hesitant: "In the past, I should have left after using this life-saving flame shield, but this time I have only been here for less than a day and haven't even touched the edge of the middle of the secret realm..."

He was obviously unwilling to give up, so when others persuaded him, he continued to move forward. However, he seemed much more cautious and no longer had the ease he had when he first entered the secret realm.

Just after walking a distance, the group was attacked by another wave of man-eating moths. These moths had ghost face patterns on their wings, which looked terrifying at first glance.

"Use fire, use fire quickly!" Everyone hurriedly took out their magic weapons. Some used fire to burn, some used ice to freeze, and some used weapons to chop. They finally managed to deal with this wave and leaned against a tree to rest, panting.

Before they could catch their breath, leaves from the tree they were leaning against had already fallen down. One of them landed on the face of a male cultivator. He was about to brush it away, but as soon as he raised his hand, he let out a scream and desperately pulled the leaf off his face. Everyone was shocked when they saw the bloody hole on his forehead. After a closer look, they realized that these were not leaves at all, but leaf insects disguised as leaves. The tree had long been bare and eaten by them. They imitated the color and shape of leaves and lay on the branches, confusing everyone.

“Run!”

The experienced monk immediately shouted a warning: "Don't run, it's too late, fight!"

Before the leafworms were repelled, everyone heard a rustling sound on the ground, as if something with many legs was crawling towards them. The big man with the machete shouted, "It's a centipede, it must be a centipede! Everyone, fly up! Ignore the ones crawling on the ground for now, and focus on the ones with wings that can fly!"

Bai Roushuang did as she was told. She mixed in the crowd and fought hard with the leaf insects. The insects would jump onto everyone's faces as soon as they got the chance, then stretch out their mouthparts and nail them hard into people's foreheads, as if they wanted to suck their brains.

This mouthpart was originally used by them to suck tree sap. I don’t know if all the nearby big trees have been sucked dry by them, but they are obviously extremely hungry and are ready to suck anything they can see.

Fortunately, everyone reacted quickly and no one has suffered irreparable harm so far.

Everyone was aware of the danger and quickly took out their best skills. Someone took out an exquisite lotus-shaped magic weapon and threw it above the swarm of insects. The red lotus fire spread out instantly, burning the leaf insects and multi-legged centipedes.

The pressure on everyone was relieved immediately. They were about to breathe a sigh of relief and even wanted to admire the lotus magic weapon, but suddenly they noticed a shadow floating above them. It turned out to be a giant beetle. The only consolation was that this beetle acted alone.

"The ironclad beetle's abdomen and eyes are its weak points," the experienced monk reminded again, "Send a few people to fight them, and the others can focus on dealing with the leaf bugs!"

Immediately, a monk flew in front of the ironclad beetle, attracting its attention. Bai Roushuang took the opportunity to rush towards the beetle's abdomen with her sword, carefully avoiding its stomping feet, and stabbed her sword into its belly. Instantly, the yellow-green liquid flowing out of its abdomen poured over her head. She gritted her teeth and held the sword, cutting a very long cut in the beetle's abdomen. As its abdominal viscera flowed out, the beetle also fell to the ground with a bang, twitching for a long time before it completely stopped moving.

Bai Roushuang deeply understood why her senior sister was unwilling to set foot in the Cave of Ten Thousand Insects, and she herself really didn't want to come here again in the future.

In this way, everyone dealt with several waves of various insect swarms in succession, and they were all exhausted. The big man with the machete felt something was wrong and began to observe the surrounding trees. He found that they were all dead trees, but they were just decorated by leaf insects, and no one noticed them.

His face was solemn as he flew into the air. After he landed back on the ground, the people who were still fighting with the remaining centipedes hurriedly asked him if he had any clues.

"There is a slight crack in the barrier in the air."

"What?!" Everyone was shocked. If the bugs here escaped, the consequences would be disastrous. "Are you sure?"

The big man nodded. "I've felt something was wrong for a long time. There are far more insects than when I came here before. I think they are multiplying too fast. The plants and trees in this secret realm are not enough for them to eat, so they are trying their best to break out."

"This is a big deal," everyone began to retreat, "Let's leave quickly and inform those big sects to find a solution!"

"Okay, let's go." No one likes to joke with their own life, so they immediately turned around and flew towards the exit.

"Wait..." The experienced monk stopped them, "There's something coming from that direction."

"What is it?"

Before the monk answered, everyone no longer needed to ask. They saw a swarm of locusts covering the sky and earth, sweeping in like a dark cloud. The locust plague in the mortal world was terrible enough. Each locust here was only the size of an adult man's forearm. When they rushed over, even the dead trees disappeared in an instant.

"run!"

Without saying a word, everyone rushed in another direction. They flew for only a few breaths before being stopped by a giant mantis. It waved its sickle at everyone. The monks tried to dodge it, only to see it hit a large rock behind them, leaving a smooth cut on the hard stone.

The group changed direction and flew at full speed, then discovered in despair that they had been surrounded. East, west, south, north, sky, and ground were all filled with all kinds of giant insects, staring at them with greedy eyes, ready to devour them one by one.

The big man holding the machete turned pale: "At this critical moment, if you have a life-saving trick, use it quickly, don't hide it!"

Everyone's life-saving magic weapons had been used up in the battles with several waves of insect swarms just now. How could they have any life-saving tricks left?

Some people did take out a few magic weapons, but they were just a drop in the bucket for the current situation. Everyone looked at each other, and all they saw in each other's eyes was despair.

Only Bai Roushuang nodded calmly: "Okay, I'm going to summon my ultimate move!"

A glimmer of hope ignited in everyone's dim eyes, and they looked at her expectantly, waiting for her to come up with some unique magic weapon that could alleviate the current crisis.

But Bai Roushuang shouted to the sky: "Senior Sister! Help!"

“…”

Damn, is this your secret weapon?