"Boom!"

Above the Fusang Secret Realm, a bolt of lightning struck down from the clear sky, startling countless powerful beings.

"A lightning strike in a clear sky over a secret realm doesn't seem like a cultivator advancing in cultivation. It's not that a spiritual treasure has encountered an accident; it's that a new secret realm has opened."

Within the various sects and forces, all the powerful beings above the Nascent Soul stage had the same guess. After pondering it for a moment, their figures disappeared from the spot and reappeared above the Fusang Secret Realm.

Yes, not just one powerful being, but a whole group.

If any junior disciples looked up, they would be horrified to find that powerful beings, whom one might not see even once every few decades or centuries, were now growing in large numbers in the air, like free cabbages.

Unfortunately, none of the junior disciples who were training in the Fusang Secret Realm were distracted by looking around.

Because everyone was excitedly gathered in front of a ruined palace that had seemingly sprung up out of nowhere.

The ancient mansion was magnificent and grand, with its outer walls made entirely of translucent, azure jade shrouded in spiritual energy. It was none other than the mansion where Liu Yunqing and the others had previously been.

The only difference was that when they saw the ruins before, there were no protective measures outside the ruins, only water snakes covering the entire outer wall of the ruins.

The ruined mansion is still the same mansion, but the dangerous water snakes are no longer on the outer walls. Instead, there is a huge transparent light shield surrounding the mansion, preventing anyone from entering.

The junior disciples didn't recognize the light shield, so they waited foolishly here, but most of the old monsters hiding in the air recognized it.

"A protective barrier? I was wondering why that Lei Si didn't look like a thing; it turns out it's a remnant of the family recognizing its master."

"Yes, I wonder which lucky little one it is."

“In the last hundred years, our Yaori has rarely had such a great opportunity. We are indeed lucky, but we don’t know the origin of this ruins.”

"Regardless of its origin, with this scale, it must have a lot of heritage and good stuff inside."

The powerful being's chatter, slowed down and delivered in a back-and-forth manner without any contest, sounded much more relaxed than the noisy chatter of the junior disciples below.

But for those who are truly interested, useful information can only be gleaned from the chattering young disciples.

How did you get out from inside?

"What exactly happened inside? You all seem to be in bad shape."

"Is anyone still inside? Look around, has everyone come out?"

How did you get in?

The cultivators who were training near the ruins witnessed a group of people being suddenly thrown out of the ruins after a lightning strike in the clear sky.

I wanted to ask about the situation on the spot, but all of them were unconscious and in very bad condition.

Even now that those people have come to their senses, they are all staring blankly, looking even more bewildered than before.

Upon hearing the questions from the onlookers, one of the female cultivators looked around blankly, as if searching for someone.

Someone recognized the person and quickly asked:

"Fellow Daoist Ying Xuejiao? Who are you looking for?"

When Ying Xuejiao heard someone call her name, she subconsciously replied:

"I'm looking for Fellow Daoist Zhenru, but I haven't seen her."

Not only was Liu Yunqing nowhere to be seen, but Qiu Zhengping was also nowhere to be found.

Ying Xue's pretty face instantly filled with worry as she turned to Ying Yuelang beside her and said:

"Brother, are they alright? What happened after that? I don't remember anything about it!"

Ying Yuelang's elegant gentleman image was gone; covered in blood and with a vacant look in his eyes, he looked quite disheveled.

Upon hearing Ying Xuejiao's words, and thinking back, I felt a dull ache in my head and couldn't remember anything.

"They are both quite strong. Although I don't know where they are, I don't think they'll get into any trouble."

Qiu Zhengping was indeed unharmed. At this moment, he was sitting high in the main seat of the Yifu Palace, his eyes closed, his face turned upwards, and he was muttering silently.

With each silent incantation he uttered, the aura of the ruined mansion merged more seamlessly with his own.

Until the last incantation was recited, his outstretched hands quickly formed a hand seal in front of him, and the aura of the entire mansion completely merged with Qiu Zhengping's.

Qiu Zhengping's aura, which was originally only at the Golden Core stage, suddenly surged in an instant, before returning to the Golden Core stage after three breaths.

After doing all this, Qiu Zhengping got up, stepped down from the main seat, knelt on both knees, and performed a devout salute.

Then, he formed a hand seal again and pulled down sharply, causing the entire mansion to sink into the ground, transforming into a palm-sized model that disappeared into Qiu Zhengping's dantian.

Finally, he looked up and gazed deeply at a certain spot in the sky. Without turning back, he walked away in the opposite direction of the crowd, ignoring the commotion caused by the disappearance of the ruins.

The other party who disappeared did not have it as smoothly as Qiu Zhengping.

When Liu Yunqing woke up, he felt as if he had been thrown into a furnace and tempered by eighty-one furnace fires, until he was so dry that he was almost nothing but ashes.

Before she could even see where she was, her body was already frantically absorbing spiritual energy on its own.

Fortunately, although he didn't know where he was, the fire elemental energy in this place was pure and rich, and its compatibility with his body was almost comparable to the fire elemental energy in the Golden Crow Ring.

How could a place like this not be a good place?

Since she was temporarily unable to move, Liu Yunqing simply opened up all her meridians and absorbed the fire spiritual energy to nourish her withered body.

In this pure and undisturbed environment, Liu Yunqing's absorption of spiritual energy stabilized in no time. His breathing became steady and long, eventually becoming so soft as to be almost silent, and he completely entered a deep state of meditation.

"Thud—"

As dawn broke, a drop of sweet, clear dew gently fell onto Liu Yunqing's forehead, carrying a refreshing coolness and fragrance that cleansed her soul, awakening her from her meditative state.

When I opened my eyes again, my childlike, clear eyes returned to a state of both peace and complexity after my consciousness returned.

Liu Yunqing stretched lazily, feeling a sense of relief, like finally getting a good night's sleep after a long period of insomnia.

At the same time, she discovered that her body, which had previously been reduced to nothing but ashes, was now nourished by spiritual energy and became full and powerful again, and even her cultivation level had slightly increased.

After examining his own situation, Liu Yunqing remembered things outside of himself.

Her last memory was of relaxing her mind and preparing to use a scheme to uncover the secrets of the abandoned mansion, after which her mind went completely blank.

Let's take a look at the environment here.

Surrounded by darkness, Liu Yunqing released her divine sense and discovered that she was inside a hollow mountain.

The space was small, no bigger than a living room, and had no entrances or exits.

Only at the top of the space, there is a small hole about the thickness of a finger, through which light shines into the space.

Liu Yunqing's gaze followed the direction of the beam of light, and at the end of the beam, her eyes fell on a small sapling that was both extremely lush and tender.

The sapling wasn't growing randomly; it was growing right in the center of a spirit-gathering platform, where a continuous stream of spiritual energy was nourishing it.

Below the spirit-gathering platform where the saplings are being nurtured is the spot where Liu Yunqing was meditating earlier.