A flash of sword light broke through the water.

The two men rushed out of the lake, all wet.

Xu Yinglian sneezed, and then he felt his body suddenly warm up. It turned out that Qiu Changtian had cast a small universal clear sound light spell.

The two looked around, the sword light swirled for a moment, and Xu Yinglian said uncertainly:

"This place... seems to be Guozha Lake?"

Guoza Lake, called "Guoza Co" in the local dialect, is a lake located on the southern foot of the Kunlun Mountains.

The north is fresh water and the south is salt water, which is very strange.

The place where the two came out of the secret realm was exactly the boundary between fresh water and salt water.

So after using the Small Light Technique to dry his clothes, Qiu Changtian's body was covered with countless tiny salt crystals, sparkling in the sunlight, while Xu Yinglian's body was spotless.

"Why is senior brother so unlucky?" Seeing through the reason at a glance, Xu Yinglian couldn't help laughing and brushed the salt off Qiu Changtian's clothes.

Qiu Changtian didn't say anything, but just stared at her quietly.

Soon, Xu Yinglian also realized that this action was somewhat ambiguous, and quickly put his hand away in embarrassment. At the same time, he summoned the Yujia Sword, rode the sword light and fled to the north, hastily leaving a sentence:

"Brother, this secret realm is of great importance. We should report it to Master as soon as possible."

"Yeah." Qiu Changtian nodded slightly, and the light of the Jade Dragon Sword shot up into the sky.

The two of them flew their swords one after the other and soon reached the top of Kunlun Pillar again and came to Yuxu Palace.

Xu Yinglian arrived at Ziwei Sect Master's place first, but did not speak. He just signaled Qiu Changtian to speak.

The head of the Qiu Changtian Dynasty bowed respectfully, and then recounted how Jiang and Hu came to look for them, how the four of them entered the secret realm, how the golden-armored warrior committed violence, and how they subsequently fell into a strange time replay.

Finally, relying on the wisdom of Junior Sister Xu, they killed the golden-armored warrior and successfully cracked the Yuntai defense outside the secret realm. Only then did they go to Zhao Palace to receive the reward and leave.

Master Ziwei said nothing, just listened with his whisk in hand, his face expressionless.

However, the slightly trembling tip of the whisk seemed to indicate that the master's heart was not as calm as his expression.

Finally, when Qiu Changtian mentioned that the two of them had escaped from Guozha Lake, Master Ziwei slowly said:

"The Divine Fire Sect... did occupy the Kunlun Mountains about 10,000 years ago."

"But later, for some unknown reason, he disappeared from this world inexplicably."

"If not for this, the ancestors of our sect would not have been able to occupy the entire Kunlun Mountains so easily."

"It is extremely rare for you to survive from that secret place."

"It's just... to make sure the situation is true, I have to go with you again."

Qiu Changtian agreed immediately.

This is of course what should be expected, because if the Palace of the Queen Mother of the West is really a secret place for the trial of the Golden Elixir Realm, then its importance to the Kunlun Taiqing Sect is naturally self-evident.

Since it has not been explored by anyone for nearly ten thousand years, the reserves of various treasures and resources therein are so rich that they may even be better than those in the East China Sea Palace.

Therefore, it was within the expectations of the two that Master Ziwei would go in person to confirm.

Qiu Changtian and Xu Yinglian flew up on their swords again and brought Sect Master Ziwei to the original rock location, only to find that the crack in the rock had disappeared long ago.

Master Ziwei narrowed his eyes and looked at the shallow groove on the ground in front of the crevice. After a moment of silence, he drew out the Taiyi Fenguang Sword.

With just one slash, he split the hundred-meter-thick rock, exposing the cracks in the rock again.

The three of them stepped into the crevice again, and before long, they entered the secret realm again and came to the cliff platform, with a vast sea of ​​clouds in front of them.

The golden-armored warrior guarding the bridge also appeared and stood still at the bridge head. He only heard the headmaster Ziwei say:

"How did you deal with it? Show me again."

Qiu Changtian nodded in agreement, then silently chanted a spell, used his Taoist techniques, and sent out a bolt of Xiandu thunder, which created a crack on the chest armor of the golden-armored general.

The golden-armored general immediately opened his eyes wide with a fierce look, and rushed forward with his sword, but the Ziwei Sect Leader just pointed his finger, and the Taiyi Fenguang Sword passed by lightly, cutting the opponent in half.

"It is indeed the power of will." Master Ziwei stared at the divine general for a moment and said, "Golden Core level, willpower armor, indestructible by swords and spears, and hard to be invaded by water and fire."

"If you didn't have the Xiandu Thunder, which just happened to restrain it, this trip would be dangerous."

The three continued to cross the long bridge and arrived at Yuntai.

At this time, in the Yaochi, there was only the empty mirror stand and lake water, nothing else.

Regarding the fragments of Kunlun Mirror, Qiu Changtian only said "they will disappear if touched". Sect Leader Ziwei did not pursue the matter too much and continued to pass through the Heavenly Gate. He waved his whisk and the palace gate opened by itself.

Inside the main hall, all kinds of treasures are still on display, dazzling to the eyes.

Master Ziwei glanced around, then used a whisk to pick up two pill bottles from the table and threw them to Qiu Changtian and Xu Yinglian.

The two of them quickly caught the pill bottle, and in an instant, they were teleported back to Taoyuan.

Qiu Changtian took out the pill bottle, put it under his nose and sniffed it gently.

It’s actually the Purifying Energy Pill?

"This is the Purifying Vitality Pill." Xu Yinglian was born in the Tiannan Xu family after all, so he quickly recognized it and said in surprise, "After taking it, the medicinal power will be refined and penetrate the limbs and bones, which can shorten the time of marrow cleansing."

"Indeed." Qiu Changtian put away the pill bottle calmly.

"It's a pity that the golden mercury elixir didn't appear again." Xu Yinglian said with regret, "Are we just going to wait here for Master to return?"

"Master must be confirming the situation inside Zhao Palace. I don't know how long it will take." Qiu Changtian thought for a moment and said, "Even if we have to wait, it's best to wait at the exit outside the secret realm."

"Yeah." Xu Yinglian had no objection.

The two men then rode their swords and pierced directly into the Taoyuan Linjing, and then broke out of the Guozha Lake outside.

After waiting by the lake for nearly half an hour, the two saw the water suddenly split into two parts. Master Ziwei, holding a whisk, walked out leisurely and came to their side.

"You did a great job this time." Master Ziwei said slowly. Although there was no obvious smile on his face, there was joy in his tone. "Pari will give you a great merit."

"Let's go, go back to Kunlun first."

Qiu Changtian and Xu Yinglian nodded in agreement, then flew back to Jinling on their swords.

Only Sect Master Ziwei was left standing silently by the lake, gazing at the sparkling surface of the lake, his fingers in his sleeves moving slightly, as if calculating something.

After returning to Jinling Cave, Qiu Changtian had just landed on the ground when he heard Xu Yinglian hesitate to speak, and finally said:

"Well, although it's a little less, I can give you half..."

Qiu Changtian was stunned for a long time before he realized that she was talking about the gold-mercury elixir. He frowned slightly and said impatiently:

"Does Junior Sister look down on me?"

Xu Yinglian was stunned when she heard this. She usually used this to criticize her senior brother, but she never expected that he would fight back in the same way. Her face immediately turned cold and she sneered:

"Junior sister, you underestimated me. Well, with my peerless talent, even if I don't need any external aids in my cultivation, I think I can easily make a first-grade pill."

After saying that, she turned around and left angrily. Where Qiu Changtian couldn't see, she couldn't help gritting her teeth and cursing a few words angrily in her heart.

Qiu Changtian watched her leave with a slight smile, not taking her ridicule to heart at all.

Of course, he would not covet this little bit of golden mercury elixir, after all, it was Junior Sister Xu's opportunity.

What's more...with my own abilities, how could I possibly lack the opportunity to make a pill?