"I understand." The long-browed immortal sighed.

After returning to Shushan, Su Jian reported the situation to the Long-browed Immortal.

After the Long-browed Immortal found out, on the one hand he regretted not going with them, but on the other hand he also felt that the situation was somewhat serious.

The world of cultivation is now a battle between good and evil, and the strength of the two camps is generally stable. In terms of the number of immortals, the Six Paths has a slight advantage; but in terms of single combat and overall combat power, the righteous side is better.

To put it in depth, this situation is actually a battle of philosophies between the two sides. The Three Pure Ones emphasizes "intensive cultivation" and strictly controls the quality of their disciples at the introductory stage, preferring to have fewer disciples than fewer. However, the Six Paths emphasizes "survival of the fittest", first directly increasing the number of disciples, then letting them roll up their sleeves to select the elites.

The two methods are evenly matched, as shown by the better talent of the orthodox disciples and the greater number of evil disciples. As they gradually progress from foundation building to golden elixir, Nascent Soul, and finally to immortality, the overall strength of the immortals on both sides is roughly balanced.

This balance is both stable and fragile. It is stable enough to last for hundreds or thousands of years without changing, after all, immortals are so difficult to produce. But it is fragile in that if one side has one more immortal, the balance of victory or defeat in the war will tilt.

Now that the Demon Cult has produced such an immortal, how can the Three Pure Ones of the Orthodox Cult not be alarmed?

If not getting the Yunmeng Sword Box only limited the strength of the Taiyin Sword Master, but the emergence of a new immortal in the Demon Cult was a matter of great importance to the survival of the Three Pure Ones Taoist lineage. Therefore, Changmei Immortal did not care about anything else and hurried to contact Chisong Immortal and Wanxiang Immortal to arrange a time for a reunion.

Of course, before that, we have to comfort Master Qingheng.

After all, from the perspective of both Longmei Immortal and Su Jian, Lingyunpo was the most uncomfortable in this matter. He thought he could control Taiyin Suming Sword in advance, but in the end, because of the Demon Cult's interference, he missed the treasure. How could he not feel uncomfortable?

Of course, Ling Yunpo couldn't say "I would rather hide my incompetence", so he revealed his unyielding belief that "although I am unwilling to lose, I am still firm and tenacious", which made Su Jian and Changmei Xianren admire him even more, and the synchronization value also increased rapidly.

After leaving the Demon Locking Tower, Ling Yunpo was dragged by An Zhisu to drink again.

"To put it bluntly, the Yunmeng Sword Box is just an external object." An Zhisu comforted him while they were drinking. "It's good to have it, but there's no need to be too depressed if you don't have it. After all, what we sword immortals really have to rely on is our own strength."

"Indeed." Ling Yunpo took a sip of wine in a depressed tone, and said with a forced smile, "Now that Master has come out of retreat, Senior Sister, you must not hold back when you teach me in the future."

"Look at what you said. When have I ever held back, senior sister?" An Zhisu said angrily, and poured wine for Ling Yunpo again.

The two sat and drank for a while, and An Zhisu frowned and said:

"That devil... why does he look familiar to me..."

Ling Yunpo was suddenly shocked.

When Jiang Li secretly attacked and assassinated himself, his entire body was shrouded in thick black fog, and his true appearance could not be seen.

It was because of my scanning function that I knew that the person hiding in the black fog was Madam Jiang. But how did my senior sister know that?

"No way?" He said calmly, "The other party's cultivation level is too high, how could Senior Sister recognize it in advance?"

"I don't know." An Zhisu hesitated and shook her head, "Maybe it's my illusion..."

"...Anyway, it's just a very disgusting smell."

After drinking with An Zhisu, Ling Yunpo returned to Qingluo Peak and started loading the game.

When they came to Wei Dongliu, as the six paths gave their respective responses, the elite team of cultivators who were going on the expedition to Jingzhou was quickly organized.

The leader was Wei Dongliu, his deputy was Jiang Li'an, and there was another deputy from the Yin Gui Dao, called "Zhenren Youlan". Although the Taoist name sounded very feminine, he was undoubtedly a male Zhenren.

"I have long heard of Alliance Leader Wei's great name." True Man You Lan complimented, "I have long heard from True Man Lian Shan that Alliance Leader Wei is extremely talented and wise. Now that we have to contend with the elite troops of Mount Shu, we will have to trouble Alliance Leader Wei to lead us."

"You're welcome." Wei Dongliu didn't say much, but just asked, "I wonder what your sect's expected goal is this time?"

"Expected goal?" Master Youlan was slightly startled, then replied, "Of course, it is mainly to prevent Shushan from obtaining the Yunmeng Sword Box."

"Besides that, it would be even better if we could plunder some treasures?" Jiang Li'an asked from the side.

"Of course." Master Youlan smiled and said, "You all should think so too."

"In that case, in order to maximize the harvest as much as possible," Wei Dongliu said in a deep voice, "Everyone should take what they need from this trip first, and then distribute it all together after the trip is over."

This request was somewhat unreasonable: after all, in the world of cultivation, if multiple people cooperated to explore a secret realm, whoever got it would usually own it. If anyone was dissatisfied, they could only fight.

However, when everyone thought about it carefully, they could understand it.

This trip is not purely for exploration, but to compete with Shushan. If we fight for treasures before we even fight Shushan, what kind of thing would that be?

It makes sense, but if someone else makes this suggestion, it will definitely not convince people.

However, Wei Dongliu had a glorious command record after all, and all the major sects were very satisfied with him. Before he left, he repeatedly told everyone to follow his command. Therefore, although the people who came this time were all proud and arrogant, they still acquiesced to Wei Dongliu's proposal when their interests were not directly harmed.

"Let's go." Wei Dongliu waved his hand and took the lead to fly up on his sword.

Everyone soon followed, flying from Mount Wutai towards Jingbei.

Wei Dongliu silently calculated the time and knew that he should be about half a day ahead of Shushan.

In other words, something must have happened in the secret realm, which slowed down the actions of him and others.

Considering that Shushan and others had a smooth journey into the secret realm, Wei Dongliu already had a rough guess.

Arriving at the Jingbei Plain, I heard Master Youlan say:

"Our spy learned from Shushan that the entrance to the secret realm should be near a river, but we don't know exactly where it is."

"Yeah." Wei Dongliu nodded slightly and said, "It's quite simple to guess this clue."

"Since the Yunmengze Secret Realm has not been discovered by any sect for so many years, it means that there must be few people wandering around. Otherwise, if many people accidentally enter, the existence of the secret realm itself will be difficult to keep secret. What we are looking for is a river that few people have set foot on."

"But if no one is involved at all, Shushan should not be able to get any information." Jiang Li asked curiously.

"That's right." Wei Dongliu nodded and said, "Since Shushan was able to get the clue, it means that someone has come into contact with this secret realm."

"A few people have come into contact with the secret realm, but the cultivation sects have not discovered it. Considering the population density of the Jingbei Plain, I guess it is likely that the locals know about this river, but for some reason they deliberately avoid it and do not set foot in it."

The cultivators from the Six Paths were all surprised when they heard Wei Dongliu come to the conclusion after hearing just a few words.