It wasn't until she saw the restless tree spirit beast that she realized the little white dragon was arguing with it.

Amazing...

The gossipy Fifth Elder: What's all the commotion about? Why are you so excited? I really want to know.

"So what if the old one comes after the young one? I have someone backing me up, you don't, hehe~" The little white dragon smugly flicked its tail, then roared at the little tree spirit beast with a look of disgust.

The Fifth Elder's eyes widened: The old one?

"You're saying I'm old? You're asking for it!" The Fifth Elder rubbed her eyes in disbelief. She was actually being called old by an ugly spirit beast? To hell with your father's little watermelon!

She suddenly regretted finding out. Ha.

Seeing that the tree spirit beast still dared to grumble, the Fifth Elder assumed the little thing was still insulting her and was furious: "You little watermelon, babbling on and on, I'll tear you to pieces right now!"

As he spoke, he summoned his natal magic weapon, a golden writing brush, and charged towards the tree spirit beast.

Suddenly, the brush grew larger in the Fifth Elder's hand. With two swift strokes, the Fifth Elder swung it, severing the tree spirit beast's mouth, then its hand, and finally its body.

In just a quarter of an hour, the tree spirit beast was gone.

If I say shredded, then I really mean shredded!

Wei Wenru and the other two fought tooth and nail for over half an hour, getting injured all over, but they still couldn't do anything to it, especially with the Fifth Elder...

She tormented her for a while first.

As expected, high cultivation and strength are truly formidable. (Never again should you say that the Fifth Elder is old; it's a fatal mistake.)

"Fifth Elder is mighty and handsome!" Nian Wanzhou was the first to cheer.

"Yes, yes, he's so handsome!" Mingyun chimed in, genuinely impressed by the Fifth Elder's good looks. He wasn't just flattering him.

The Fifth Elder, who had originally intended to settle scores later, was flattered and became quite smug. It took him a long time to come back to his senses: "Nian Wanzhou, didn't I tell you not to run around like that? You brat, you've been beaten up like this... You didn't even have a magic weapon to use, did you?"

The Fifth Elder easily caught the enlarged white dragon and looked it over with great interest. "Tsk tsk, you're a treasure from head to toe! Especially your fur, it would definitely be more effective in my magic artifacts, and so are your bones."

"Wow, no wonder they all say mythical beasts are treasures from head to toe, so that's why!"

Little White Dragon: Shock! Fifth Elder is so wicked, she actually... wanted to do that kind of thing to me!

"Fifth Elder, I was wrong. I shouldn't have run away on my own. Please forgive me!" Nian Wanzhou quickly begged for mercy. She was really afraid of having her tail hair plucked again. She had already had a patch of it pulled bald. Please spare her already meager tail hair!

"Hmph~ If you don't behave later, I'll skin you alive and boil you into soup." The Fifth Elder snorted coldly, shrunk the little white dragon, and tossed it to the worried and frightened Wei Wenru.

Mingyun helped take the little white dragon from the side, feeling a mix of emotions: Wow, this guy's fur is so nice! It must feel so good to touch it like this, right?

"Mingyun, stop touching me!" Wanwan is a girl, what are you doing touching her like that! Wei Wenru slapped away Mingyun's lewd hand and hid the little white dragon inside her clothes.

Poor little junior sister, so cute (yet so violent), beaten up like this.

To protect her.

Wei Wenru was moved to tears, but at the same time she was also angered by the little boy's reckless behavior. The old mother's heart pounded, and she wanted to spank Nian Wanzhou to teach this ignorant child a lesson.

But where is the dragon's butt?

She's not afraid of getting beaten up...

"Alright, let's go back." The Fifth Elder quickly put away the elixirs, bones, and other useful items, tossed a few pills to Wei Wenru and Mingyun, and then activated the protective shield.

Only then did they prepare to go back.

Although it's dangerous to come here, the rewards are also great.

The Fifth Elder was also entering this secret realm for the first time. Besides gaining a great deal, she was also seeing so many demonically possessed spirit beasts for the first time. And then there was the oppressive aura left behind by someone unknown.

She also noticed the black mist surrounding Wei Wenru and the others, which was so tightly wrapped that even she was not immune to it.

The most outrageous case is that of Nian Wanzhou, who got away with nothing.

Aside from being beaten up and suffering minor injuries, it didn't affect me at all.

The Fifth Elder was also puzzled: Why could a Foundation Establishment stage dragon cub fight against a Nascent Soul stage spirit beast? And why was she completely unharmed after entering the secret realm? What exactly is the reason...?

Go back and make the arrangements!

...

Along the way, the Fifth Elder slayed spirit beasts and rescued people.

There were still many disciples from other sects being chased by the tide of spirit beasts in the surrounding area, and most of the spirit beasts were scared away by Nian Wanzhou's aura.

A small number of arrogant individuals were presented to the Fifth Elder as research material to be taken back for study.

"Fifth Elder, it's that black pillar of light!" Wei Wenru suddenly pointed to a distant mountain where a power was hidden, clearly the pillar of light that had attacked them earlier.

The Fifth Elder investigated for a long time before he finally saw it; it was hidden far too well.

Wei Wenru could sense how much hatred she felt.

What a waste of a perfectly good training session! It's been dragged here by this thing. Who wouldn't be angry?

The Fifth Elder dared not recklessly venture out to investigate. She retreated with her disciples, intending to leave the secret realm as quickly as possible. This creature's cultivation was higher than the sect leader's; she couldn't handle it.

"Retreat! Retreat now!"

Before they could run away, a cloud of black mist rushed in and overturned some of the last cultivators.

"Ah!" Some cultivators screamed in panic and scattered in all directions.

The black mist showed no signs of stopping its expansion, and soon enveloped the unsuspecting cultivator, directly covering him and eroding his spiritual power and consciousness.

"Help!"

The Fifth Elder disregarded everything else and immediately erected a protective shield to block the crowd.

However, she could only protect a portion of the people. The Black Mist's cultivation was above hers, so all the Fifth Elder could do was draw more talismans to protect those around her.

"Ahhh...it hurts! I'm going crazy..." one of the cultivators screamed, clutching his head.

The other cultivators followed suit, some even going so far as to bite their own ears and necks, while others lost their minds and collapsed to the ground convulsing.

In the chaos, Wei Wenru was suddenly pushed out of the protective barrier by a crazed disciple. At that moment, the black mist rushed towards her like madmen.

"Senior Sister!"

"Wenru!"

This scene terrified the Fifth Elder and Mini Cloud. Just as the black mist was about to trap Wei Wenru, and the Fifth Elder was about to throw out a talisman, the black mist...

It was neutralized by the white light emanating from Wen Ru.

"What, what's going on?" Everyone watched as Wei Wenru appeared unharmed in the black mist, and then in the next moment, she actually dispelled the black mist!

"She...she can dispel the black mist! Miss Wei has dispelled the black mist!"