Although Hengyang Secret Realm is directly controlled by the Spirit Alliance, it is not to say that there are no traces of demonic beasts in it.
There are also many powerful and numerous demonic beasts within, since this secret realm is a world unto itself, and the propagation of life is simply impossible to prevent. Only a sacred cultivation ground that is open all day long could possibly avoid this.
The Spirit Alliance did not specifically prevent this from happening, nor did it use it as a trial.
Therefore, this event occurs once every five hundred years, during which a large number of demonic beasts will grow up.
Therefore, various formations are set up throughout the secret realm to prevent the growth of spiritual herbs from being destroyed by those demonic beasts. Each team is equipped with formation cultivators to assist them. Otherwise, they can only break through by brute force, which is extremely time-consuming and would undoubtedly cause them to lose the initiative in the competition for opportunities.
However, it is ultimately a secret realm, and the rules of the Heavenly Dao are incomplete and fragmented, making it difficult for the demons and beasts here to reach high realms.
If it were a full five hundred years, only a portion of the early to mid-stage Purple Mansion Realm demon beasts would likely appear.
But this is not a problem at all. In the past, those who were able to enter the Hengyang Secret Realm were basically led by disciples at the Purple Mansion stage, so they basically ignored this risk.
Now, things are getting a bit complicated.
Because the Hengyang Secret Realm was opened hastily this time, and the mainstay cultivators of both the righteous and demonic sides are facing off in the Southern Border, they are naturally competing for the opportunities in the secret realm. Therefore, after consultation, only the junior elites were sent.
Although the Hengyang Secret Realm opened more than a hundred years ahead of schedule, it is virtually impossible for demonic beasts at the Purple Mansion stage to appear. Even if they did, they would all be wiped out when the powerful cultivators of the Spirit Alliance opened the secret realm passage!
However, the number of Foundation Establishment demonic beasts there is probably no less than that of the Demon King's Secret Realm in the Southern Border, given how rich the spiritual energy is in this place.
Therefore, after Zhong Jiajia and Pi Shujun escaped the ancient forest, they immediately found a cave and set up multiple arrays to hide there. Because the secret realm was teeming with demonic beasts, and neither of them were particularly skilled in combat, they were both prodigies who focused solely on cultivating the art of array formations.
This might seem unbelievable to outsiders, but it's quite normal for a large sect like the Cloud Soaring Sect, which has a complete training system.
Because it has a complete training system, and the Xuanmai lineage is at the bottom in terms of combat ability compared to other lineages, and has extremely high requirements for talent, the threshold is basically the highest among all the cultivation arts. Therefore, Xuanmai disciples are the rarest among the four lineages.
It has a certain degree of resource allocation and the school entrance requirements are the lowest.
It allows the geniuses of the Xuan lineage to fully enjoy a peaceful cultivation environment, devote themselves to studying the Dao of Arrays, and allow the talented disciples of the Xuan lineage to steadily break through to the Purple Mansion stage!
Once one reaches the Purple Mansion stage, the abundant magical power and the profound changes in the Dao of Arrays are enough to bring about a qualitative change in one's abilities, and one will be able to set up medium to large-scale arrays. For a force, this is an indispensable means and an elite force regarded as a pillar!
Even if not everyone can break through to the Purple Mansion stage, those experienced array masters in the Foundation Establishment stage will not face missions that involve being sent out to participate in combat. Instead, they will assist in setting up arrays in various places, which is relatively easy.
Therefore, people of this lineage usually do not specifically practice combat techniques, but instead focus their minds on improving their array formation skills. They will only practice various cloud-based secret techniques if they have no further progress to make!
Therefore, initially facing fierce competition for opportunities and a large number of demonic beasts in the secret realm, they simply hid in this cave.
About seven or eight years have passed since then.
Not to mention those demonic beasts, they've probably already plundered almost all the opportunities.
It seems that only a few medium-to-large medicinal herb gardens remain, which have not yet been completely looted.
Based on past experience, at this time, the disciples of each sect would gather together, using the medicinal fields as a base to seize profits and plunder spiritual herbs.
Then it will gradually evolve into a struggle for medicinal fields.
Zhong Jiajia had this in mind, so when only she and her fellow disciples remained in the team, they did not intend to leave. Instead, they waited for the final moment to reunite with their fellow disciples from other branches of the sect, defend the spiritual fields, and compete for spiritual herbs.
Besides that, there's another factor, which probably falls on Lin Xiuyuan.
Zhong Jiajia always felt that Lin Xiuyuan wouldn't die so easily...
"Sigh, what were we thinking back then, setting up so many formations?"
The two women felt the time was right and decided to leave the cave.
They had been working on dismantling the formations for most of the day, but there were still nearly half of them left. Especially since the two women had worked together to set them up, dismantling them required extreme caution, otherwise the formations would collapse and cause a chaotic flow of spiritual energy that would be quite unpleasant.
But they have no choice but to dismantle them, as these foundational items are extremely valuable.
This made Zhong Jiajia sigh and complain.
Pi Shujun rolled her eyes at her and said, "I told you from the beginning that we didn't need to set up so much, but you insisted on doing it just for safety's sake. Now you regret it, don't you..."
"It's definitely for safety reasons. Haven't you seen it? Over the years, countless groups of people have passed by, and they've all turned around and left. Isn't it because our formation is so effective?"
"Tch, you're talking nonsense. Even if it's just a simple setup, do you think someone would come looking for trouble with two Foundation Establishment stage cultivators like us just because of a formation? Besides, there aren't any spiritual herbs here..."
"Who knows? Seeing how beautiful we are, what if someone has bad intentions..."
"…………"
Amidst the murmurs and bickering, time seemed to pass even faster.
After more than half a day, the two sisters finally dismantled the formation and put away all the items on the formation base.
Zhong Jiajia let out a heavy sigh of relief and said, "Finally done!"
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