Secret Realm
Green vines form a gate with strange patterns, and the vines are dotted with colorful flower buds. Looking at them, people can't help but wonder if there is a world of elves behind the door.
The secret realm appeared within the territory of Tianxuan Sect, and the disciples of Tianxuan Sect went there first.
The jade tokens received before departure not only serve to divide the team, but also can teleport people with the same jade token to the same location when entering the secret realm.
A white light flashed before his eyes, and Xiao Ze came to a vibrant green forest.
Su Qingjun stood in a relatively conspicuous place, waiting for everyone to arrive. Seeing Xiao Ze appear, he wanted to say something, but as soon as he took a step, he was surrounded by others. He frowned and took his foot back.
Xiao Ze didn't notice this scene, his eyes were full of rare and precious plants on the ground. This trip to the secret realm will definitely be fruitful!
After everyone arrived, Xiao Ze led his men forward along the river.
There were no ferocious or poisonous beasts in the forest, only herbs and friendly, lovable animals. Gradually, most people relaxed their vigilance, gathering in groups of two or three, chatting as they continued their journey.
"Brother, what is this? It looks so beautiful!"
"Brother, isn't this a very precious herb? If I pick more, will I get a higher score?"
Looking at Jiang Xi, who kept chattering beside him, Su Qingjun's inner irritation grew even worse. Jiang Xi didn't even recognize these extremely common herbs. He must have never taken the lessons carefully prepared by the sect seriously.
Thinking of what he had overheard from other disciples before, he was very puzzled: How could Xiao Ze like such a noisy and stupid person? Looking at the person in the distance who was harvesting herbs like a busy little bee, his eyes were filled with dark colors.
Jiang Xi had noticed Su Qingjun's distracted gaze towards Xiao Ze several times, so he lowered his head and bit his lip in resentment. When he looked up again, he had put on an innocent and shy smile, and the anger he had just felt seemed to have never existed.
Xiao Ze happily looked at the ever-increasing amount of herbs in his backpack: "Refine the pills, refine the pills, refine them all into pills! This one will become a soul-restoring pill, this one will become a detoxification pill..."
Hahahaha, I’m going to get rich!
The group walked and stopped in the forest for more than two months before they finally came out.
During this time, Su Qingjun tried to find Xiao Ze many times to ask him why he turned his head and pretended not to see him. However, Xiao Ze seemed to have known his intentions for a long time. Every time he didn't get close, Xiao Ze pretended to have discovered something and walked away.
In addition, Jiang Xi had been sticking to him for more than two months, but he hadn't managed to say a single word to Xiao Ze!
Su Qingjun felt increasingly unhappy, and the pressure on him continued to grow. Everyone else quietly moved away, and even Jiang Xi stopped getting so close.
When we arrived at the open grassland, there was no living creature in sight, so there was naturally no danger.
One day later, everyone stepped into a pure white world.
This is a white forest. The tree trunks, leaves, ground, and even the light scattered from the sky are all white.
It was like a huge incandescent lamp hanging in the sky, Xiao Ze complained silently.
Arriving at a place so different from the real world, the previous ease faded like the tide, and everyone's hearts were lifted.
Someone touched the trunk curiously, wondering if it was a real tree, but accidentally scratched their hand on a protruding thorn. Blood dripped from the long wound, and a few drops landed on the hem of their clothes.
The companion beside him hurriedly took out some medicine and sprinkled it on the wound, then tore off a piece of cloth from his clothes and hastily bandaged the wound. He accused him, "Why are you touching me for no reason?"
The man knew he was in the wrong, and the pain in his hand made him pale, so he didn't say anything in rebuttal.
Seeing this, everyone went on their way obediently, not daring to touch anything.
As if someone had flipped a switch, the white light in the sky suddenly went out, and the whole world was plunged into darkness. A flurry of footsteps echoed, accompanied by the sounds of people searching for their companions. Chaos reigned.
A faint glow spread from one person's side, and when everyone saw the light, they all rushed over.
Xiao Ze was not that panicked. After dark, he called out the backpack system panel and turned the brightness to the maximum, so he could see the surrounding environment.
Su Qingjun, who was surrounded in the center, didn't notice Xiao Ze's figure and frowned tightly: "Xiao Ze!"
"Here!" Xiao Ze, who was suddenly called, responded subconsciously.
After hearing the familiar voice, Su Qingjun finally felt relieved and said, "It's not suitable to move at night. Let's all gather together and set off after daybreak."
Then he said angrily in Xiao Ze's direction: "Xiao Ze, come and stay with me!"
The obvious anger made Xiao Ze's heart beat rapidly.
Thinking about his obvious avoidance during this period, Xiao Ze moved slowly to Su Qingjun's side with a guilty conscience. The others watched curiously, wondering what Xiao Ze had done to make the usually good-tempered senior brother so angry, and they were all waiting to see the show.
Su Qingjun waited until Xiao Ze sat down beside him before she collected the spiritual power in her hand. In the darkness, Xiao Ze felt a hand tightly grasping his sleeve and pulling him aside.
Xiao Ze had no choice but to follow the force. The force on his sleeve only weakened when the man was satisfied. But his sleeve was still tightly grasped.
A familiar fragrance lingered at the tip of his nose, and Xiao Ze felt confused and confused, unable to make sense of anything.
Aside from Xiao Ze, Jiang Xi was the closest to Su Qingjun. Listening to the rustling sounds not far away, under the cover of darkness, he could no longer control his anger: his possessions were about to be taken away! Damn Xiao Ze!
After an unknown amount of time, the world suddenly became bright and everyone woke up from their sleep.
Ignoring the surprised looks and shocked gasps around him, Su Qingjun calmly let go of Xiao Ze's sleeve, brushed off the white grass debris on his body, and wondered which direction to go.
While no one was paying attention, Xiao Ze quietly slipped to the back of the team. Seeing this, Su Qingjun knew that he was not used to being stared at all the time, so she didn't force him to stay by her side during the day.
"Hey! Are you still sleeping? Wake up! We have to leave."
Everyone looked at the person who was still sleeping, and sighed that this person was really generous and could sleep so soundly in such an environment.
Xiao Ze looked at the man's somewhat abnormal expression and hesitated to speak.
Seeing that the man was still unconscious, his companion squatted down and patted his shoulder. The man fell to the ground with a thud.
The faces of the people around him changed. Su Qingjun quickly stepped forward, reached out and probed the man's nose, and came to the conclusion: "Dead."
There was a commotion among the crowd. This was the first time that everyone except Su Qingjun had faced death so closely.
"Dead? How did he die?"
"Who? Who killed him?" Everyone was in a state of confusion.
Su Qingjun gave the body a rough inspection and found no wounds.
Xiao Ze noticed the bloodstains on the hem of the corpse's clothes with his sharp eyes. He quickly walked to Su Qingjun and squatted down, carefully examining the palms of the corpse: not only were there no wounds, there were not even any scars.
"Senior brother, one of this person's hands was scratched by a tree thorn yesterday, but there is no wound at all now." Xiao Ze's words reminded everyone.
The man who bandaged the man's wound yesterday stood up and said, "Yes! I bandaged him yesterday. I saw it clearly. A wound that big couldn't have healed so quickly!"
The body was laid flat on the ground and examined carefully again, but still no abnormalities were found.
Su Qingjun said calmly, "This place is very strange. At the moment, we can only suspect that he died unexpectedly because of the injuries he suffered yesterday. Everyone, please remember not to get hurt. Let's try to leave this place as quickly as possible."
Suppressing their fear, they anxiously looked at Su Qingjun, who was using a compass to determine the direction, wanting to leave as soon as possible. Otherwise, when darkness fell again, death might befall any of them.
While no one was paying attention, Xiao Ze quietly took out a dagger and lightly cut the corpse's hand.
White liquid slowly oozed out of the wound.
Not daring to touch it with his hands, Xiao Ze took out a small porcelain bottle from his backpack and carefully put the liquid in. The four words "white liquid" were displayed on the panel.
Why did this person's blood turn white? The light and air here could all be the culprit. However, if this speculation were to be made known to everyone, I'm afraid it would cause a huge panic, and if they panicked and lost their way, even more people would die.
I can only find a suitable opportunity to tell Su Qingjun quietly.
Moving at full speed along the direction indicated by the compass, they saw a group of small red dots moving quickly in the distance. Everyone's heart was in their throat, and they rushed to hide behind Su Qingjun.
After cautiously approaching, they discovered that the group of red dots were members of the Beast Taming Sect. They were also wary, but only breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that it was Su Qingjun.
"Fellow Daoist Su." The leader of the Beast Taming Sect greeted Su Qingjun.
Su Qingjun nodded: "Why do you look so panicked?"
The leader of the Beast Taming Sect is Zhou Miao, the second disciple of the sect leader. "Since entering here, people have died every night. However, there are no wounds on the bodies. We don't know the cause of death."
It seems that the two groups encountered the same strange thing.
"We too." Su Qingjun said, "The most urgent thing is to find a way out of here as soon as possible."
The two teams traveled together, and with more people, they felt safer.
In the white world, the red and blue figures appear particularly dazzling.
The light went out again, and everyone huddled together tightly, not daring to sleep at all, fearing that they would be the ones to die tonight.
"Ah!" A scream scared everyone and made them stand up instantly.
A ball of fire lit up and grew bigger and bigger.
Looking at the burning tree, the arsonist said tremblingly: "I just felt something touching me. I, I didn't set the fire on purpose." The man had a sad face. He must have a fire spirit root. In fear, he casually set a ball of fire.
Seeing the fire spreading more and more, the person with water spiritual root in the crowd stood up and said: "I have water spiritual root and can put out the fire. But my spiritual power may not be enough, I need someone to help me."
As soon as he finished speaking, the burning tree seemed to come alive, its vines swaying wildly, whipping the flames on its body. At the same time, white resin flowed out from the burned areas, extinguishing the flames on the tree.
However, the fire spread very quickly, and more and more trees were twisting wildly.
Seeing the white sap, Xiao Ze understood and quickly moved to Su Qingjun's side: "Brother, you must not touch this white sap!"
Xiao Ze spoke in a hurry and had no time to explain why.
Su Qingjun didn't ask either.
The spiritual power entered his ears, telling everyone not to touch the sap, and leading everyone to move quickly in the direction they had been heading during the day.
A branch was already waving in front of him. When Xiao Ze reacted, it was too late to dodge and he shouted in his heart, "Oh no!"
A sword energy came and cut off the vine, saving Xiao Ze's life.
Xiao Ze turned around and saw Su Qingjun's worried expression. His heart moved and he smiled at him gratefully.
Su Qingjun led the way, Zhou Miao stayed behind, and everyone managed to escape from the wildly twisting trees with difficulty.
However, even though the surrounding trees were silent and still, it was still eerie. Not daring to linger, everyone was extremely alert and determined to leave.
Seeing the green color from afar, everyone slowly breathed a sigh of relief and rushed into the green forest without stopping.
However, this forest is more sparse than the one encountered when entering the secret realm, with many open spaces and more undulating terrain.
When they arrived here, they finally let out the breath they had been holding. Many people sat down on the ground without caring about their image, feeling lucky to be alive.
"Brother, what should I do? I touched the white sap. My hand is numb now." A man said to Zhou Miao with a sad face.
Before Zhou Miao could say anything, there was a loud thud and a man fell straight to the ground.
The man's clothes had a large tear on his abdomen, probably from being hit by a branch, but there were no wounds on the exposed skin. It was exactly the same as the previous dead person.
"It must be the sap. The sap seems to assimilate human blood." After stating his conclusion, Xiao Ze turned to the man whose arm had lost all feeling and said, "If you don't deal with it quickly, you will become like him."
When the man heard this, his face turned pale and he looked at Zhou Miao: "Senior Brother."
However, Su Qingjun and Zhou Miao had never seen such a thing before, and there was currently no medicine that could treat this "toxin".
Su Qingjun acted decisively, raised his knife, and cut off the man's arm. He quickly poured medicine on the torn hem of his clothes and wrapped it around the wound.
Although he lost an arm, at least his life was saved.
Zhou Miao thanked the man on his behalf.
The escape had consumed a great deal of energy, so they rested where they were, gathering in groups of three or four to calm their nerves. Only now did they truly experience the dangers and hardships of the path of cultivation.
This time, Su Qingjun didn't need to force him, Xiao Ze walked over and sat down next to him.
"Senior brother, why did you choose to cut off that man's arm just now? Aren't you afraid that he will hate you in the future?" Xiao Ze didn't say that he hated you for making him a disabled person, but he believed that Su Qingjun must have thought of this possibility himself.
"I have no regrets."
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