Early in the morning, Yan Qin knocked on Wang Hao's door. She still looked like she was only seventeen or eighteen years old, with a petite and exquisite figure, full breasts, and a slender waist.

And those delicate features, a pair of round, beautiful eyes, and long, curled, fine eyelashes—it's as if she'll forever remain at the age of a young girl.

She stared at Wang Hao for a long time before saying, "It hasn't been that long since we last met, and your cultivation has improved again. Wang Hao, are you a monster?"

“Isn’t Senior Sister the same? She’s only half a step away from Foundation Establishment, and she could become a Foundation Establishment expert at any time,” Wang Hao said with a smile.

Yan Qin proudly raised her snow-white chin and said, "Your observation skills are quite impressive!"

Wang Hao chuckled and said, "Senior Sister Yan, you've been preparing for the intermediate-level ruins exploration exam for a long time, so you should know a lot about intermediate-level ruins. Could you tell me what I need to prepare in advance before entering an intermediate-level ruin?"

Yan Qin didn't mince words and said directly, "According to our investigation, Tianxing has existed for at least hundreds of millions of years, while signs of life disappeared ten thousand years ago."

"When humans first landed on Tianxing, it took the combined efforts of the entire world to build this ancient, desolate city. Later, through exploration, many relics were discovered on this planet."

"The closer you get to the depths of Tianxing, the more dangerous the ruins become, but the treasures inside are also more precious. The Crimson Flame Secret Realm we went to this time was left behind by a Tianjing expert."

"There are only two intermediate-level ruins in the Twin Peaks Mountains. One of them is the Crimson Flame Secret Realm, which was once a giant fire serpent with the cultivation of the Heavenly Realm."

"Back then, humans didn't know there were such powerful ferocious beasts there, and they almost lost an elite force. Fortunately, there was a war god in that force."

"He broke through to the Heavenly Realm on the verge of death, and then led the remaining troops to retreat. Afterwards, the Heavenly Realm experts of the five great nations learned how dangerous it was inside."

"Only then did they join forces to kill the fire serpent, and the secret realm where the fire serpent was located was left behind as a training and exploration ground for future generations."

Wang Hao deeply admired that war god, and then asked curiously, "What about the other secret realm?"

Yan Qin said, "The other intermediate-level ruin is at the bottom of the River Styx. It seems to be the nest of fire serpents, which are trying to evolve into dragons, so it is called the Dragon Palace. However, there is a large formation there that can only be entered by those below the Heaven Realm."

"If you try to forcefully break through the formation from the outside, you will destroy the Dragon Palace. Over the past hundred years, many martial artists have gone in to explore, but out of ten people who go in, only two or three can come out. The danger level of the Styx Dragon Palace is even greater than that of the Crimson Flame Secret Realm."

"The Crimson Flame Secret Realm is located deep underground, near the magma layer. It is extremely hot and dry, so we must prepare enough water and treasures with ice properties to withstand the heat."

"Of course, we all have spatial treasures that can store a lot of water, so we don't have to worry about not having enough drinking water. For other martial artists and cultivators, drinking water is definitely a big problem when entering the Crimson Flame Secret Realm. This is our advantage!"

"There are three things to worry about the most. First, the various strange and bizarre underground beasts that have been born in the Crimson Flame Secret Realm. Second, the martial artists from other academies."

"And what about the third one?" Wang Hao wondered.

Yan Qin's expression turned somewhat solemn as she said, "The third is the exiles. The so-called exiles are those vicious and wicked people who would be lucky to die."

"So they were imprisoned in the Crimson Flame Secret Realm by the major powers, where they died in endless torment, but even so, quite a few still managed to survive."

Wang Hao said, "Since they are being held in some special areas, as long as we avoid those areas, we shouldn't run into them, right?"

Yan Qin shook her head and said, "The people in each academy are too complicated. Some are from the black market, and some are from various forces. It's inevitable that they will rescue people from inside for their own interests."

"The gains we make in three months of exploration might be the result of ten years of training outside. Everything depends on our own opportunities!"

"I've told you everything I needed to say. Now I'm going back to seclusion to cultivate and try to advance my cultivation level further."

Wang Hao watched Yan Qin leave, thought for a moment, then walked towards the No. 1 room. He knocked on the door knocker and asked, "Senior Sister Si, are you inside?"

The door didn't open, but Si Jingjun's voice reached Wang Hao's ears, as melodious as a lark's song, as she asked, "What do you want with me?"

Wang Hao said, "Actually, it's nothing much. I just wanted to thank my senior sister for letting me comprehend the Nascent Soul Intent Diagram with her last time."

"Come in!" Si Jingjun's voice rang out again.

"Squeak!"

The door, which had been tightly closed, opened automatically, as if pushed by an invisible hand.

Wang Hao walked in. The ground was covered with fallen leaves. He walked through a path paved with white stones and came to the outside of a very elegant pavilion.

The attic door was already open. Wang Hao took off his shoes and quietly went inside.

He knew that Si Jingjun liked peace and quiet and rarely went out. All the students at the Burning Lamp Academy had heard of her name, but very few had actually seen her.

It is said that Si Jingjun is either out training or in seclusion cultivating.

Wang Hao was already quite lucky to be able to see her today.

Upon entering the room, Wang Hao smelled a faint, elegant fragrance. At a glance, he saw Si Jingjun, dressed in white, sitting on the wooden floor with her bare, jade-like feet, holding a bronze pen in her hand, drawing on a piece of spiritual paper.

The ink used for painting was made from the blood of ferocious beasts.

The painting depicts a second-tier superior ferocious beast, a leopard-headed blood bat.

Just as Wang Hao stopped, Si Jingjun finished her last stroke.

Suddenly, she extended a slender, jade-like finger and touched the painting. White spiritual energy surged from her fingertip.

Suddenly, the scroll trembled violently, making a "whooshing" sound.

A swarm of blood bats flew out from the spirit paper, flapping their wings, which were over a meter long, and flew towards Wang Hao.

There were more than forty blood bats in total, with heads like leopards and sharp teeth.

Each leopard-headed blood bat possesses the power to kill a martial artist at the Great Perfection of the Profound Realm. More than forty leopard-headed blood bats can, in an instant, bite a martial artist at the Early Earth Realm into a skeleton.

Wang Hao immediately took out the Purple Cloud Sword and activated his spiritual energy.

"Heavenly Heart Sword Bell!"

Countless sword energies converged into a three-meter-tall white sword bell, protecting Wang Hao at the center, and began to spin rapidly.

In an instant, three leopard-headed blood bats were blasted away by the sword bell, their bodies shattering into three wisps of blood vapor that dissipated into the air.

The white sword bell emitted a chilling aura, causing the air in the room to drop rapidly, condensing into snowflakes that fluttered down.

Si Jingjun stretched out a slender, jade-like hand, caught a snowflake, stared at Wang Hao who was being attacked by leopard-headed blood bats, gently nodded, and uttered a soft, melodious voice, "Come back!"

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