After forming the bond, Fang Ruotang noticed a new ball of energy in her sea of consciousness, right next to Da Mei. This energy was much brighter and larger than Da Mei's, though she didn't know if it was due to a difference in strength.
"How about we give it a try?"
Fang Ruotang looked at Fan, eager to try.
Fan immediately disappeared from the spot.
Fang Ruotang waited a few breaths before summoning Fan, who appeared beside her with a 'bang' as if by magic.
"This summoning skill is really good!"
Fang Ruotang really liked this skill.
After playing for a while, he looked at the small map provided by the little mirror and saw that Gu Yanjin and the other two were still some distance away. He looked at Fan with suspicion.
"You didn't do anything wrong, did you?"
"No, they were just unlucky this time. They fell into places where there were monsters."
Fan showed no displeasure at being doubted, and earnestly explained, as if afraid that Fang Ruotang wouldn't believe him.
"Alright! I'll start refining the secret realm now!" Fang Ruotang decided not to wait any longer.
Originally, I didn't intend to bring the three of them along, so I didn't need them to protect me. Besides, I've already taken in Fan ahead of time.
With Fan and Da Mei protecting her, almost nothing in this secret realm could harm her, mainly because Fan was there.
“Okay!” Fan and Da Mei agreed at the same time.
Fang Ruotang then asked the little mirror for the incantation and spells for refining the secret mirror.
It looks significantly more difficult than the summoning incantation.
Fortunately, Fang Ruotang is as good at this as eating and drinking, no matter what she does. It's as if she already knows these magic incantations.
No matter how complicated or tedious the incantations and gestures are, she can learn them with just a few more glances, and this time is no exception.
The secret realm trembled as the blood dripped down.
The quiet atmosphere around them was shattered, and all sorts of birds and beasts emerged, but they weren't coming for them; instead, they were causing a senseless riot, running around in all directions.
Fang Ruotang didn't care. Anyway, with Fan and Da Mei around, they wouldn't offend her. She continued to form hand seals. After a while, most of her spiritual energy was drained away.
A long-lost feeling of emptiness swept over me again, but thankfully it was just physical fatigue, not enough to make me faint from exhaustion.
"Master, are you alright?"
"I'm fine, I just need to sit down and rest for a while."
As Fang Ruotang answered Da Mei's question, she was already sitting on the ground, cross-legged, and began to meditate. Instantly, the surrounding spiritual energy rushed into Fang Ruotang's body.
Fang Ruotang's complexion gradually regained its rosy hue, and in less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, she stood up again, full of energy.
"It seems like it has already succeeded."
Just like taming two spirit beasts, this secret realm she had refined also had a faint connection with her. At this moment, she could sense where Gu Yanjin and the other two were.
"Congratulations, Master."
"No problem."
Fang Ruotang waved her hand, looking proud.
"Ah, right, Yin Yue's soul."
"I sensed it as soon as I entered the secret realm, but I couldn't find it. Master, please try again." Fan's grasp of the secret realm is definitely not as good as Fang Ruotang's at the moment.
He felt it was normal that he couldn't find it, after all, it was a soul, not a living person.
Fang Ruotang closed her eyes, and her divine sense spread out in all directions like an invisible net, teasing Gu Yanjin and the other two along the way.
But even after spreading her entire divine sense throughout the secret mirror, she still couldn't find Yin Yue's soul. She couldn't help but frown, open her eyes, and say, "She's not here."
"Could it be that his soul and spirit have been completely annihilated?"
"I don't know, let me check again."
Fang Ruotang's consciousness once again wandered throughout the entire secret realm. Gu Yanjin and the other two were very familiar with Fang Ruotang's soul, after all, they had communicated deeply with her countless times.
This time, noticing her probing, they stepped forward, but Fang Ruotang left without a word. The three of them were puzzled, but they quickened their pace in killing the demon beast.
"No."
Fang Ruotang shook her head, her face scrunched up.
"This is a difficult problem. If her soul is destroyed, how can we clear my older sister's name?"
"We'll have to find other ways," Van replied.
Fang Ruotang turned her head to look at him, "Didn't you notice when the accident happened?"
"I was with you at the time, but my divine sense wasn't fully developed, and I didn't have enough control over the secret realm, so I didn't know what had happened on the other side."
Except for the very beginning, when Fan noticed someone approaching them and trying to disturb him and Fang Ruotang, and he took some drastic measures, he did not interfere with those cultivation opportunities at other times.
Constantly projecting one's consciousness outwards is also very tiring.
Moreover, with so many noisy sounds entering his mind, he couldn't bear it for long.
"What should we do?"
Fang Ruotang muttered to herself.
They then searched the area thoroughly again, but still couldn't find Yin Yue.
"Did they die so cleanly? Could it be that, like Xinghe, their souls were extracted and refined by evil cultivators? If so, this will be troublesome."
If you die at the hands of a demonic cultivator, there might still be some demonic energy left behind, and you might be able to find some clues. But if you die at the hands of an evil cultivator, there's really no way to find out what happened.
After all, even a heretical cultivator appears to be a righteous person on the surface.
Just like Master Renwei, before she killed him, who would dare say that the Supreme Elder of the Tiangang Sect was a bad person?
These heretical practitioners often pretend to be more upright than ordinary people.
Little mirror, look through the mirror again. Maybe you can see the truth this time?
What if she refined the secret realm and broke through the barrier?
"My lord, it's still the same, no difference from last time." The little mirror had already checked it and showed it to Fang Ruotang at the same time.
Fang Ruotang muttered to herself thoughtfully.
"This person can transform into my older sister's appearance. Either they have some kind of magical treasure, or they can transform themselves. Little Mirror, do you know any cultivation techniques that can be used to practice illusion magic?"
"There are too many. Among them, the sect that studies the most illusion techniques is the Wenyue Sect, since illusion and charm are their specialties."
"The Moon-Asking Sect?"
Fang Ruotang thought for a moment, "It seems there were no disciples from the Wenyue Sect this time when we entered the secret realm?"
If there were any, given her tendency to join in the fun, she would inevitably go and take a look, since this sect was rather unconventional.
It's neither righteous nor evil.
"Well, at least there are multiple clues. Once we're out of the secret realm, I'll ask my elder sister if she has any grudges with the disciples of the Wenyue Sect. Surely she wouldn't frame my elder sister for no reason?"
Fang Ruotang spoke to herself, and after finishing, she said to Gu Yanjin and the other two, "You all stay and cultivate in the secret realm! I'm going to find Xingxing and the others now."
"……good!"
Gu Yanjin and the other two gave somewhat frustrated answers in their sea of consciousness.
Fang Ruotang didn't understand at all, because she was about to leave the secret realm after she finished speaking. It was at this moment that she discovered that there were a large number of cultivators waiting outside the original coordinates.
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