After receiving the news, Lin Duanshan and others quickly rushed back to Lixi Town.

"Did Sima Changyan say that?" Guan Shanyue said in surprise.

"Yes." Ling Yunpo nodded and repeated everything Sima Changyan said.

"I see." Guan Shanyue said with a chuckle, "He's trying to get close to me on purpose."

"Trying to get close to me?" An Zhisu asked with a frown.

"Looking for the sword." Guan Shanyue said one word.

Then everyone understood immediately.

Sima Changyan somehow learned that Ling Yunpo was highly regarded by the Guan family's ancestor, so he wanted to strike up a conversation with him.

Looking at Guan Shanyue's disgusted expression, it is obvious that Sima Changyan has been working on the Guan family for a long time.

"If that's the case, then there's probably no motive to falsify the information about the Misty Forest," Lin Duanshan analyzed.

"Why, did you first suspect that he was falsifying intelligence?" Duan Fenhai asked with a frown.

"Sima Changyan is a very scheming person." Lin Duanshan said in a low voice.

"He has built the peak into an ironclad entity and made friends with many elite disciples outside. I'm afraid he has put the development of his power first." Guan Shanyue said with a sneer.

"I heard that this person is from a branch of the royal family." Duan Fenhai said thoughtfully, "It's normal for him to have such a mindset... But his strength is not bad, at least he can withstand my attack for ten breaths."

Everyone tacitly ignored his fart, and only heard Ling Yunpo say:

"Regarding the Misty Forest, I have a little puzzlement: What did the head of Yujing find when he went deep into the forest?"

"I don't know." Guan Shanyue said bluntly, "He hasn't told anyone."

"Who said there is no danger in the misty forest?" Ling Yunpo said in astonishment.

"It was said by a Jindan Zhenren from the sect of the headmaster." Lin Duanshan replied, "But firstly, the headmaster did not specifically deny this rumor. Secondly, the Shushan swordsmen who went to the Misty Forest did come out intact... except that we don't know how they got out."

"Is there a possibility?" Ling Yunpo said worriedly, "All the Shushan Sword Immortals who went in were imprisoned, and all those who came out were their clones?"

"What is cloning?" Guan Shanyue asked in surprise.

"That's it..." Ling Yunpo paused and said, "Based on your body and memory, I will copy an identical person, and control his mind..."

"If someone could imprison the headmaster and copy him, and even the immortals couldn't find him, then Shushan would have perished long ago." Lin Duanshan shook his head. "Besides, if the hidden forces in the Misty Forest really have such power, why do they still stay in the Misty Forest?"

"Indeed." Duan Fenhai said impatiently, "Even if it's just a random guess, there must be at least some evidence."

"Okay!" An Zhisu said in a deep voice, "My junior brother is just worried, what's the big deal? Time is running out, let's hurry up and head to the Misty Forest!"

So everyone flew into the mountain on their swords, pressed down the sword lights near the miasma, and trekked through the jungle again.

Probably because the location of the Misty Forest had been exposed, the group did not encounter any battles on the road, but instead found a large number of corpses, and most of them were dressed as members of the Demon Cult.

Of course, this does not mean that there were no casualties on the Shushan Sword Immortal's side, but it means that Shushan won most of the battles, so even if someone died, their bodies were taken away by their fellow disciples.

When we were about to reach the misty forest, we saw thick fog gradually rising around us.

It was not a pink miasma, but some kind of condensed, delicate, floating water droplets.

Not only is the vision restricted, but the spiritual consciousness is also compressed around the body and has no way to spread out.

Ling Yunpo suddenly thought of something, and asked Qing Ping Jian Dao in his heart:

"Qingping, look at the environment of this misty forest. How come it is so similar to the effect of your first-level Taoist technique, 'Green Mist Covering the Green Mountains'... No, it's exactly the same."

"What's so strange about this?" Qing Ping Jian said nonchalantly, "Rain, fog, frost and snow are the four states of acquired yin water, and the corresponding Taoist laws naturally have similar forms and characteristics; just like rivers, lakes and seas are the four states of innate yang water. You have learned so many Taoist theories in Penglai Yuqing Temple, and you have mastered the acquired five elements extinction divine light, don't you even know this?"

"Qing Ping." Ling Yunpo said earnestly, "Although you are my natal flying sword, you can still be replaced..."

"Ahem!" Qing Ping Sword said hurriedly, "Master Sword Master, I seem to have some impression of this place!"

"Have you been here before?" Ling Yunpo asked with a frown.

"Not really." Qingping Jian said vaguely.

This broken sword is talking nonsense to me again! Ling Yunpo was furious.

If you have been here, then you have been here. If you have not been here, then you have not been here. What do you mean by “not considered to have been here”? I will use the Five Elements Divine Light right now to dig a one-kilometer-deep hole vertically downwards and bury you in it. Do you believe me?

"Don't ask so much about the flying sword!" Qing Ping Jian said angrily, "But if my guess is correct, there shouldn't be any danger here. Even if you don't trust me, at least trust Yao Yao. How could she sit there and watch me plot against you?"

"I've said before, I'm not always looking into the future!" Kunlun Jing complained, "I can only say that this path won't put you in a life-threatening situation, because once you die, there will be no trace of you in the subsequent timeline."

"But for example, if someone's hands and feet are broken, their Dantian is shattered, they are trapped and imprisoned, they are cruelly tortured, they are possessed by someone else, they are polluted and alienated... Unless I spend a lot of spiritual energy to observe in detail, I definitely have no way to judge!"

Lingyunpo: ...

His silence made the mirror and the sword feel uneasy, so they rushed to rescue and said:

"Oh, if this situation really happens, we will definitely save you!"

I'm worried because I don't trust you, okay! Ling Yunpo sighed.

But we have already reached the misty forest. We cannot retreat here when there is no evidence or signs.

Now that they were here, he mustered up his courage and followed Senior Sister An into the forest.

As they continued to go deeper, the fog around them became thicker and thicker, and it was almost impossible to see one's hand in front of one's face.

Ling Yunpo was just getting worried when suddenly Senior Sister An next to him stretched out her hand and interlocked her fingers with his.

"Junior brother, be careful and follow me closely!" she warned carefully.

"Senior Sister..." Ling Yunpo was deeply moved.

This is the unique sense of security that Sister An brings! Just like a fortress on the battlefield, a reef in the waves, and a mountain in the storm, it is always worthy of trust!

When I am with my senior sister, I am not afraid of anything!

The next second, An Zhisu suddenly fell limp in his arms.

Lingyunpo: ???

"Illusion!" As if eager to prove that he was not wasting time, Kunlun Mirror immediately shouted a warning, "It's a very powerful illusion!"

"Mirror flowers and water moons, shining silently on the void! Break it for me!"