Even after Shu Lan and Yun Yao escaped from the desolate mountains, they could still hear the roars behind them.
Fortunately, the array inside the desolate mountain trapped the Fiery Rock Lizard, preventing it from escaping. This relieved Shu Lan and Yun Yao.
Next, Shu Lan led Yun Yao to wander aimlessly through the secret realm.
Shu Lan walked into a dense forest and heard voices talking ahead. In an instant, Yun Yao transformed into the Yun Yao Sword, which Shu Lan grasped. With a thought, she sent it back to her dantian.
Just then, the conversation grew louder. The people in front were already very close to Shu Lan.
Shu Lan stepped forward and found that there were three inner disciples: one man and two women. The male disciple had a square face, one of the female disciples had a baby face, and the other female disciple had a cold and aloof expression, as if she wanted to keep strangers away.
The three disciples also noticed Shu Lan. The male disciple bowed to Shu Lan and said, "My name is Li Yu. May I ask who you are, sir?"
"My name is Qin Shu." Shu Lan, quick-witted, gave a false name. *Disciple, I'm just borrowing your surname for an emergency. I hope you won't mind.* Shu Lan thought to herself.
"My name is Zhang Keke, and her name is Liu Ling." The baby-faced female disciple introduced herself and another female disciple to Shu Lan in a rather familiar manner.
The other female disciple simply nodded.
"Since you're here all alone, would you like to team up with us?" Zhang Keke asked.
Shu Lan pondered for a moment and then agreed. "Thank you all for your kindness. I would like to express my gratitude in advance."
"No problem, no problem." Zhang Keke waved her hands repeatedly. How could someone be so incompetent as to have made it this far unscathed?
Li Yu nodded, tacitly agreeing to let Shu Lan join them.
After Shu Lan joined them, the group continued to venture deeper into the secret realm.
Along the way, everyone killed quite a few monsters. The harvest was quite good.
After another monster fell, Zhang Keke couldn't help but exclaim, "Qin Shu, you're amazing! That swordsmanship is so cool!" Shu Lan had killed most of the monsters along the way, and his strength was recognized by everyone.
Li Yu nodded in agreement, "His swordsmanship is not bad."
Shu Lan only used the relatively low-level swordsmanship he had learned, but even so, his swordsmanship was already impressive.
Shu Lan flicked the blood off her sword. "I still have a lot to learn."
Everyone felt that Shu Lan was being too modest, so they thought even more highly of him.
After hearing what he said, Li Yu, who was already taking cultivation seriously, resolved to cultivate even harder.
Shu Lan and the others continued on their way when they suddenly heard a commotion.
They rushed towards the sound and found a group of disciples beating up another disciple.
Zhang Keke looked closely and suddenly exclaimed, "Ah! It's Wang Lin!" It turned out that the disciple being beaten was none other than Wang Lin, an acquaintance they knew.
At this moment, Wang Lin, who was being ganged up on, was in despair. He had been hiding from Hu Xiong before entering the secret realm, but he didn't expect that Hu Xiong would still find him. Now, he was in grave danger.
Wang Lin roared, "Hu Xiong, I've already given you the Yuan Yang Grass. Why are you so determined to kill me?!"
The man called Hu Xiong was tall and burly with a rugged face. He stood with his hands on his hips, laughing wildly, "This time I'm going to take your life! You'd better surrender obediently!"
Then, Hu Xiong gathered his spiritual power, preparing to deliver the final blow to Wang Lin.
Wang Lin was covered in wounds and unable to dodge. He watched helplessly as the attack was about to hit him, and closed his eyes in despair.
Just then, a white shadow flashed by. A "clang" was heard as Shu Lan used her sword to block Hu Xiong's attack.
Earlier, Shu Lan had sensed Hu Xiong's murderous intent from afar. Therefore, the instant Hu Xiong made his move, Shu Lan rushed over and blocked his attack.
"Who are you? Mind your own business!" Hu Xiong squinted at Shu Lan, his voice somewhat vicious.
"Wang Lin!" At this moment, Zhang Keke rushed to Wang Lin's side. "Are you alright? Are you okay?!"
Wang Lin opened his eyes and looked at Zhang Keke's worried face. A warm feeling welled up in his heart: "I'm fine, I won't die."
"What exactly happened? How did you get involved with that treacherous villain, Hu Xiong?"
Wang Lin took a deep breath, his heart filled with rage: "I only stopped him because I couldn't stand him bullying a novice disciple. Just because I embarrassed him, he's been relentlessly pursuing me and now he wants to kill me!"
Meanwhile, Li Yu whispered about Hu Xiong to Shu Lan: "Qin Shu, you need to be careful. This Hu Xiong is extremely vindictive. He loves to bully new disciples and those without power or influence. Anyone who crosses him will not have a good ending."
"So he's a parasite of the sect after all." Shu Lan despised this kind of behavior the most.
"Don't you know that harming fellow disciples is punishable? It's a capital offense that leads to expulsion from the sect!" Shu Lan said loudly.
"Hmph, what a joke!" Hu Xiong sneered. "If I kill you all here, who will know it was me?"
"That's right, that's right!" the other disciples echoed.
"You! You guys!" Zhang Keke was shocked by their shameless behavior. She pointed at them with a finger and couldn't say a word for a long time.
"Brother Qin, be careful. This Hu Xiong is at the late stage of Foundation Establishment, while the others are at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment." Li Yu stood to the side, ready to defend himself.
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