The disciples looked at Meng Jie with envy. Although they didn't know what it was, it must be extraordinary since even a Nascent Soul stage elder couldn't detect it.

Fairy Su Mu felt a little regretful. If she had known what that was, she could have given it to Tian Ning or Tian Kui to use, which would have been the icing on the cake.

"Meng Jie, which peak are you from?"

Meng Jie answered in a low voice, "From Shuiwu Peak."

"Water Mist Peak? Then your master is Water Ripple?"

Meng Jie's heart tightened: "Yes."

Fairy Su Mu smiled gently: "You don't need to be nervous. I have some connection with your master. I will talk to your master about what happened today and ask her to pay more attention to you in the future."

Meng Jie's bad premonition intensified, but she could only bow and express her gratitude: "Thank you, Fairy Su Mu."

At this moment, the disciples no longer envied her, but pitied her, and at the same time felt sorry for themselves. Was this the treatment they, as ordinary disciples, received? Even Golden Core disciples who had cultivated to the inner sect were just objects that could be sacrificed at any time in the eyes of the sect.

It's unknown what Junior Sister Meng Jie will face in the future. She may live under surveillance from now on until Fairy Su Mu and the others figure out what just entered her body.

Seemingly sensing that everyone's emotions were not right, Shi Tiankui frowned and said, "Everyone, please don't misunderstand. My mother is just concerned about Senior Sister Meng Jie and is afraid that what happened just now might be harmful to her."

Is that so? Everyone questioned this answer, but no one showed it on their faces. After all, the crisis on Qianli Island was not over yet, and whether they could return to the sect safely from Qianli Island depended on the arrangements of these people.

"Hurry up and cut down all the bamboo in the cave. Today, I'll decide that you only need to hand over half of the bamboo to the sect." Elder Yuan offered this benefit to everyone in order to divert attention from the conflict.

Although these spiritual bamboos were withered and yellow, they still possessed a great deal of spiritual energy. In today's cultivation world, they would be considered a considerable fortune. So everyone put aside their earlier apprehension and focused on cutting down the bamboo. Some of the more active ones dug up some roots, wanting to try and see if they could be planted back home.

Fairy Su Mu and Elder Yuan collected every last drop of spiritual water from the small pool, and they didn't waste any of the top-grade spirit stones that still retained their spiritual energy.

After collecting them, everyone felt a pang of heartache looking at the countless top-grade spirit stones at the bottom of the pool that had already exhausted their spiritual energy. Once all of this was done, the cave began to collapse.

"Run!"

No sooner had they retreated than they encountered a large number of monsters, which had clearly come drawn by their scent.

"Where are those cultivators from Thousand Island? Weren't they guarding outside before?" The Shenyuan Sect disciples cursed and swore, but they never considered that if you don't let them in to search for treasure, why would they stay here to ensure your safety? In the repeated confrontations, they have already seen through your true colors.

"How come these monsters seem endless? How many have we killed in the past few months?"

"When will this end? When can we return to our sect? If we don't eliminate these monsters, are we destined to fight here forever?"

"Don't be discouraged, everyone. I have already sent a letter to the sect, and reinforcements should arrive soon."

Not long after Fairy Su Mu finished speaking, the cultivators of Thousand Li Island sensed several powerful auras, and the disciples of the Divine Origin Sect were overjoyed.

"Junior brothers, you've arrived." Elder Yuan felt a sense of relief.

The visitors were Elder Fu from the Divine Origin Sect and Elder Ying from the Profound Light Sect. Like Elder Yuan, they were both at the Integration Stage.

"Let's help our senior brother seal this sea area together."

"That's good. Although cultivators from Thousand Island will no longer be able to freely go to the sea to cultivate, it can be considered as solving the current crisis."

When the cultivators of Qianli Island learned of the conclusion they had reached, some of them raised the question of what to do if the monsters attacked from other sea areas, but in the end, the people of Shenyuan Sect brushed them off.

"These monsters keep coming ashore, probably because they can't stand living on the seabed for long periods of time. So as long as this area is sealed off, they can't reach other places."

The Divine Origin Sect only offered this explanation. If the cultivators from Thousand Li Island asked any further questions, they would be considered ungrateful, since the sect had already been helping for so long and couldn't just stay here.

Therefore, the cultivators of Qianli Island only hoped that what they said was true. Their inability to enter the sea to cultivate was a minor matter; ensuring the safety of Qianli Island was the most important thing.

It took several Nascent Soul stage elders half a month to seal this sea area. Because it was too costly, when they returned to their sect, they unceremoniously took the tribute from the cultivators of Thousand Li Island and spread the good name of their Divine Origin Sect and Profound Light Sect all the way.

"Fellow Daoist Zhong, is our Thousand Li Island truly safe now?" a cultivator asked with a hint of doubt after Fairy Su Mu and the others left.

The Daoist Zhong, whom he was questioning, shook his head with a worried expression: "I don't know either."

"After all, he's a powerful cultivator at the Integration Stage; he can't be just trying to fool people!"

"But the origins of those monsters have not been found yet. As you have seen, the monsters that appeared later are much more powerful than the ones that appeared at the beginning. What if the monsters that appear later can break through the formation?"

"Fellow Daoist Huo, don't exaggerate."

Despite this rebuttal, no one was entirely convinced.

One cultivator sneered, "Qianli Island is now a complete ruin, not even a single cultivation resource is left. Whoever wants to stay here can continue to stay, but I'm taking my family and leaving."

"Where can we go after leaving Qianli Island? Not every place has spiritual veins where we can cultivate."

"The spiritual vein wasn't large to begin with, and now it's only half left. How many people can it support? Leaving this sea area means we won't have to worry about danger erupting at any time."

There are quite a few cultivators who think like this. For many people, Qianli Island is no longer an ideal place to live. Even those who have lived here since childhood do not really believe in the final plans that Shenyuan Sect made for them after several months of cooperation.

"What kind of savior is this? It might all be a hoax orchestrated by the Divine Origin Sect to fool the world. In this world, I don't care about having high cultivation levels. I just want my family to have a peaceful life for the rest of their days."

After saying all this, all the cultivators from Thousand Island dispersed, except for a few sentimental ones who couldn't decide whether to leave as well.

These people will soon pay the price for their indecisiveness, because everyone's previous guesses and suspicions were correct. Not only did the Nascent Soul stage expert of the Divine Origin Sect not exert his full strength when building the isolation array, but the monsters also evolved as they had previously imagined.

When the monster attacked again, this time there wasn't even a chance to go out and call for help.