Qin Yue was very sensible and had a strong sense of boundaries, so that the excuses Zhenru had prepared were useless.
After Qin Yue left first, Zhenru recalled the map she had seen before, turned on her toes, and flew in a direction she remembered.
After Zhenru entered the ancient secret realm, apart from the initial encounter with the five-colored bird that instilled some awe in her towards it, she did not encounter any real danger.
After Qin Yue's explanation, they understood even more clearly that as long as they didn't deliberately seek death, the natives of this secret realm who could threaten their lives would not launch an attack on their own initiative.
It sounds really safe, but there's one thing Qin Yue didn't mention, or rather, he hadn't seen it mentioned in any ancient texts.
The native inhabitants of the secret realm must have some kind of restraint, so they generally don't attack cultivators on their own initiative—or perhaps it's because human cultivators are too weak, and they themselves have no interest in them.
Of course, this only applies to the majority.
The other small part consists of those that are boring and have a perverse sense of humor.
For example, if you really meet this person now.
"Little girl, did you lose this celestial weapon or this divine weapon?"
An extremely affected, yet somewhat stiff voice blocked Zhenru's path.
Zhenru was forced to stop, her face dark as she looked at the intersection ahead. A monster with a human head and a worm's body was holding a longbow in one hand, using what she thought was a seductive tone and expression to urge her to make a choice.
"I haven't lost anything, I hope you can let me through."
Seeing that Zhenru was not tempted at all, the demon beast's expression became somewhat strange. It frowned and looked Zhenru up and down with a puzzled look, then muttered under its breath:
"Huh? How come it's not affected at all?"
The worm clearly didn't take Zhenru seriously, treating her as just a toy to pass the time. Seeing that Zhenru's eyes were clear and she didn't fall for it, it became somewhat annoyed and immediately slammed its fleshy tail down on the ground.
A thick, yellow haze rose from the ground, enveloping an area of ten miles in it.
Although Zhenru was unaffected, she could sense that the other party had used some kind of hallucinogenic substance to lure her into making the first move.
As long as she doesn't take action, the other party, due to certain constraints, may not easily make a move, but they also won't let her leave.
Besides these mysteries, there were also two longbows in her hands that seemed to gleam with precious light, which were likely also tools to lure her into taking action.
The more this is the case, the more vigilant Zhenru needs to be to avoid being dragged into the mess.
While the serpent released smoke and was still observing whether she was bewitched, Zhenru's mind raced, and her gaze became somewhat unfocused.
The worm-like demon, upon seeing Zhenru's appearance, indeed showed delight. Its plump body slithered nimbly on the ground, and in the next breath it was in front of Zhenru. Then it raised its two hands again and said:
"Little girl, did you lose this celestial weapon or this divine weapon?"
With dazed eyes, Zhenru raised her head and reached out to the excited human-headed worm-like body, muttering as if unconsciously:
"A celestial artifact... or a divine artifact..."
As Zhenru spoke, her hand, which was reaching out to the monster, hesitated, sometimes reaching out to one side and then stopping, sometimes reaching out to the other side and then stopping, looking very troubled.
The monstrous beast with a human head and an insect body kept shifting its gaze from left to right, its attention always focused on Zhenru's hands.
The desired effect is to divert the other party's attention away from oneself, and then find an opportunity to escape.
Seeing that this method worked, Zhenru's feet moved, her eyes were vacant and she staggered toward the monster.
Seeing this, the monstrous beast with a human head and a worm's body, its vertical pupils now filled with an even more excited, seductive light, whispered enticingly:
"Yes, that's it. Come on, take another step forward and pick out a bow you like..."
Zhenru followed the instructions and moved forward. Just as his right hand was about to touch one of the longbows, Zhenru released his left hand, which had been concealed in his sleeve and had already formed a hand seal. A thin, almost invisible white light shield enveloped Zhenru.
At the same time, Zhenru's body shot straight into the sky at top speed, then activated the wings on the Heavenly Fire Fusang Bow, pushing his already extremely fast body forward again, and he disappeared.
Similarly, when Zhenru started to move, the human-headed, worm-bodied monster realized it had been tricked. The moment Zhenru's afterimage disappeared, its fat, long tail lashed out mercilessly in the direction Zhenru had left.
Given the beast's original strength, it shouldn't have been able to be deceived by Zhenru at all, and its reaction speed shouldn't have been so slow, but the fact is that it was indeed slow.
The credit for this goes to the power of faith that Zhenru obtained from the temple. That gentle, subtle force briefly paralyzed the demon beast.
Another reason is due to the monster's contempt for Zhenru—contempt for the lowly cultivator who came to train.
This makes it sound like a lot of time was left in between, but in reality, these two factors combined only slowed the monster down by a single breath.
But that one breath could be the difference between life and death.
Such success stories have already been staged more than once or twice in Zhenru.
Whenever a crisis arises, she is always willing to gamble on that one in a million chance.
As it turned out, Zhenru's Wan Dafa saved her life again. Although injury was inevitable, and sometimes some injuries are not necessarily a bad thing.
As if swept by the beast's tail, his blood surged and he was pulled a long way away. The moment he hit the ground, he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
The change occurred the instant Zhenru spat out the blood.
Zhenru had no idea where he had been drawn to. He hadn't even had time to see his surroundings clearly. The blood he had spat out was still floating in the air and hadn't landed yet when he felt his blood boiling with excitement.
"Chirp chirp chirp—!!!"
Before Zhenru could even sense the boiling blood, bird calls came from all directions.
In the ancient secret realm, which was mysterious and powerful but lacked vitality compared to the normal cultivation world, a phantom of a red sun, filled with long-awaited joy, rose into the sky above the secret realm.
However, the phantom of the red sun only lasted for about ten breaths before quickly dissipating into the air, as if nothing had ever happened.
However, for someone with sufficient strength, these ten or so breaths are already more than enough.
With the three drops of Golden Crow essence blood he already possessed, Zhenru intuitively sensed the location of the fourth drop of Golden Crow essence blood.
The other realms had the advantage of a comprehensive understanding of the ancient secret realm, and their arrival was also quite fast. Zhenru had only just found the entrance when others who were nearby arrived right after.
"Fellow Daoist, your speed is truly remarkable!"
The first to be affected was Qin Yue, an acquaintance Zhenru had only recently met.
He greeted Zhenru loudly, stepped out from the crowd of people behind him, and walked up to Zhenru in a few strides, his eyes filled with a playful yet worried look, and said:
"Fellow Daoist Zhenru is truly dishonest. If the two of us join forces, we might be able to avoid some unnecessary troubles!"
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