Under Sun Chenghao's leadership, the team did not encounter any major dangers for several days. They did encounter several fourth-tier monsters, but they managed to get through them without any serious harm.
That night, Li Ze advanced once again, and he is now at the tenth level of Qi Refining.
Bai Xue, however, remained at the eighth level of the Qi Refining stage.
Everyone couldn't help but 'encourage' Bai Xue, successfully making her little face turn red, white, blue, and purple—a truly spectacular sight.
Bai Xue was furious. Before she met He Yu, everyone treated her differently. But since He Yu appeared, everyone has changed?
It must be He Yu who has bewitched everyone!
“Junior Sister Bai Xue, you should learn from He Yu. You are both at the Qi Refining stage, but look how much more hardworking He Yu is than you,” Sun Chenghao said sincerely.
"Second Senior Brother, I'm also working hard. Why do you only see He Yu? Why didn't you see me when I was cultivating seriously?" Bai Xue complained with red eyes. She felt extremely wronged after being ridiculed by everyone since the beginning of the day.
Sun Chenghao was speechless. You call that kind of half-hearted effort?
Perhaps it was because Sun Chenghao's expression was too direct, Bai Xue felt insulted and angrily turned and ran away.
"Junior Sister Jiang Lan, would you please go and take a look?" Sun Chenghao said to the woman beside him.
Jiang Lan nodded, "I'll go right away."
After Bai Xue left, everyone's expressions became somewhat complicated.
“It’s not that I’m targeting Junior Sister Bai Xue, it’s just that I’m dissatisfied with her behavior this time,” a disciple spoke up first.
The lowest cultivation level among them who came to the secret realm this time was the Foundation Establishment stage. Bai Xue was not originally on the list of disciples entering the secret realm. It was only after she begged the sect leader that the sect leader removed another Foundation Establishment disciple and replaced her with her.
Unfortunately, the disciple who was replaced was their friend.
"Giving such a good opportunity to Junior Sister Bai Xue is a waste."
"She's here, but what angers me is her lack of seriousness. She doesn't cultivate diligently, doesn't search for spiritual fruits and herbs, and when she encounters demonic beasts, she doesn't even draw her sword, only hiding behind others."
"Given her status, it's understandable that she acted that way. After all, she lacks nothing, yet she took away the opportunities that others were striving for."
......
Just as everyone was verbally attacking Snow White, a scream suddenly came from the woods.
"Oh no, something's happened!"
Sun Chenghao's expression changed, and he rushed into the woods first.
Seeing this, others followed suit.
"He Yu, stay here and don't wander off," Liu Haozhi instructed Li Ze.
Li Ze nodded, "Okay."
In the woods, Bai Xue clutched her injured shoulder and hid behind Jiang Lan, while Jiang Lan, sword in hand, struggled to fight a large bird in mid-air.
Several small birds lay dead on the ground not far away, their bodies mutilated, while their mother cried out in anguish over their corpses.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. I didn't know they were your babies." Bai Xue cried, her body trembling. The mother bird's cries almost shattered her eardrums.
Jiang Lan didn't have time to blame Bai Xue; she just hoped the others would arrive quickly, as she was about to collapse.
"ah--"
Snow White suddenly let out a piercing scream.
It turned out that the mother bird had bypassed Jiang Lan and attacked her from behind.
puff!
Bai Xue spat out a mouthful of blood and lunged at Jiang Lan in front of her.
Jiang Lan was caught off guard and stumbled forward two steps when she was pounced on. The male bird opposite seized the opportunity and pecked at Jiang Lan's eyes with its sharp beak. Jiang Lan was startled and hurriedly dodged.
Finally, the sharp beak landed on her fair and beautiful face.
Hmm—
Jiang Lan felt a tearing sensation on her face, and the next moment, she saw the male bird swallow a mouthful of meat right in front of her.
Those are the flesh on her face!
At this moment, Bai Xue appeared behind her, hugged her waist, and cried out in terror, "Senior Sister Jiang, there are birds behind us too!"
At this moment, Jiang Lan wished she could throw Bai Xue out to feed the birds.
The battle in the forest was fierce. Li Ze saw trees falling one after another, as well as sword flashes, wind blades, and large wings.
Is this monster a bird?
Li Ze secretly extended his divine sense, and then his expression changed. "A fourth-tier demonic beast and a fifth-tier demonic beast!"
They only have four Golden Core stage cultivators, a dozen Foundation Establishment stage cultivators, and two Qi Refining stage cultivators. How are they going to deal with fifth-tier demonic beasts?
While the fifth-tier demon beast wasn't paying attention to him, he escaped first.
Li Ze was constantly watching for the battle raging in the woods. He was about 80% confident he could escape if he fled now, but—
Li Ze shook his head. He couldn't leave. These people were all fellow disciples of He Xingjue, and he couldn't abandon them.
Li Ze hesitated whether to go into the woods to rescue the people, but then he saw Liu Haozhi and the others rush out of the woods.
"He Yu, run!" Liu Haozhi shouted.
Without saying a word, Li Ze turned and ran.
The sky was the domain of birds and monsters, so everyone abandoned flying on their swords and ran wildly on the ground. At first, Li Ze was in the lead, but gradually, everyone overtook him.
As for Bai Xue and Jiang Lan, they were each carried by two Foundation Establishment stage disciples, while Sun Chenghao led three Golden Core cultivators to retreat while fighting off the two demonic beasts.
Seeing that Bai Xue and Jiang Lan were about to disappear from the sight of the two demonic beasts, the two beasts became anxious.
The oppressive aura of both fifth-tier and fourth-tier demonic beasts surged towards the Foundation Establishment disciples who were ahead.
puff!
Bai Xue, whose consciousness was the weakest, reacted the most violently. Blood kept gushing from her mouth, her eyes rolled back, and she fainted.
The fleeing Foundation Establishment cultivators staggered, their legs trembling. At this moment, not only did they not run, but their last act of defiance as disciples of a major sect was to kneel down.
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