Chapter 32
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The disciples of Liuyun Sect did as they said. After confirming that their eldest senior brother wanted to stay in the Nuwa Secret Realm, they were led out of the secret realm one by one by the one with the highest cultivation level in the team.
The disciples from other sects just watched them go out so cleanly and neatly. Apart from doubting their lives, they did not take any other actions.
Ning Chen was getting impatient, so he turned the spear he had retracted around, eagerly looking for the next target to fly out. He said, "Will you leave or not? If you don't leave, I will take action."
Righteous disciples: “!”
"Demon Lord! You have done such a tyrannical act, aren't you afraid of retribution?"
"What our sect needs is in the Nuwa Secret Realm. How do we get out?"
Ning Chen sighed and said, "Is life more important than treasure? I don't care. Whoever dares to stay here, even if they can pass the secret realm, can't pass me."
Ning Chen said, "If you don't want to die, get out now. Do you dare to bet that I will show mercy and let you go?"
The spear in his hand suddenly flew out again, this time aiming at the leader with the highest level of cultivation, and just grazed the man's neck.
No matter how ugly that team leader was, he was still a cultivator in the Yuanying period, and he didn't even have time to dodge!
The leading monk broke out in a cold sweat.
It was not until Ning Shen really acted like a threat that the righteous disciples were awakened from their state of watching the show and eating sugar.
It’s one thing to enjoy the sweet moments, but it’s another to actually face off against the Demon Lord Tianxiao.
Jokes circulating in the Three Realms are jokes, but when they really look into Ning Shen's dark red eyes, they can feel the omnipresent sense of oppression and the fear of death that they may die at any time from this madman.
Fortunately, some of the great demon kings who destroyed the world and the cold human saints were very fond of love and hatred, and many famous writers loved to produce food, so they didn't have to worry about food.
Unfortunately, the great devil who is capable of destroying the world is right in front of them, and he is staring at them with an expression that says, "If you don't leave now, you won't be able to leave. I will kill you all in a moment."
“…”
The righteous disciples all took a step back and looked at their sect leader with sad faces.
Seeing that the Demon Lord was serious, the leading monk hesitated for a while, and finally decided to send a message to the sect to explain the situation and request the next step.
A ground-level secret realm is certainly nothing in the eyes of high-level cultivators, but for more ordinary cultivator sects, it is also an opportunity that is rare once in decades. If they can seize this opportunity and come out of the secret realm alive, the things they bring out will definitely be of great benefit to their cultivator sects at this stage.
It will take who knows when the next earth-level secret realm will be opened.
The Demon Lord is here. Even if they insist on not withdrawing, not to mention the possible danger to their lives, if a high-level powerful person has nothing better to do and wants to sabotage them and make them lose all their money, it would be too easy.
In the final analysis, it is because their strength does not allow it. If they had a leader as powerful and prestigious as Xie Tingyun this time, they would not have to be afraid of the Demon Lord!
Most of the Liuyun Sect's disciples had left. After Xie Tingyun confirmed that they had really left, he walked over to Ning Chen and asked, "How do you know that the difficulty of the secret realm will increase?"
Ning Chen smiled and said, "Do you know that this is so important? You have already sent your little bastards back home. It's a little late for you to confirm with me now."
Xie Tingyun: "..."
Xie Tingyun didn't know for a moment whether he was having a bad taste or something else, and frowned and said, "Tianxiao, if you were willing to joke about human life, you wouldn't be willing to step out of the defense formation for a group of villagers who you don't know whether they are human or ghost. Although this secret realm is important to them, it is not absolutely necessary and urgent."
So after weighing the pros and cons, Xie Tingyun decided to let his fellow disciples go back.
Ning Chen was surprised and said, "Actually, I didn't expect you to believe it. You said it as if we demons are kind people who care about human lives. Should I thank you for clearing the demons' reputation?"
Xie Tingyun: "..."
Xie Tingyun endured it and said patiently: "Tianxiao, is it difficult to speak human language?"
"Hmm," Ning Chen said happily, "I am a demon, how can I speak human language?"
“…”
Xie Tingyun refused to continue communicating with Ning Chen.
However, after hearing this attitude, Xie Tingyun felt inexplicably relieved.
Tianxiao likes to go against other people, so it is very likely that what he says is the opposite of what others say.
After playing with someone else's senior brother, Ning Chen felt much happier. Seeing this group of ignorant righteous disciples, they were no longer so ferocious. He said, "Is your sect okay? I sent a message for so long but there is no response?"
The leader whose neck was grazed by the spear was still waiting for the letter from the sect. In the past, the rare treasures that could be obtained by exploring a ground-level secret realm were at least enough to support a small or medium-sized sect for decades. If they gave up so easily, they would definitely not be able to find another suitable ground-level secret realm in a short time.
What's more, compared to trusting a demon king with whom they have never interacted and even have a racial feud, they are actually more willing to believe the intelligence detected by their own sect.
The leader said with a slightly unpleasant expression: "Demon Lord, you are not just looking for an excuse to monopolize the entire Nuwa Secret Realm, are you?"
Ning Chen got tired of turning the spear in his hand and wanted to reach out to hook Xie Tingyun's Riding the Wind to Play, but Xie Tingyun slapped his hand away lightly.
Ning Chen retracted his hand and shrugged. Hearing the leader's words, he was a little surprised: "What do you mean, do you look down on me? First of all, I do want to monopolize you. Secondly, even if I want to monopolize you, what do you think?"
These restless little brats don't really think they can snatch away a great demon from the realm of annihilation, do they?
Righteous disciples: “…”
Ning Chen was really bored waiting. This group of righteous people were so slow and refused to leave. The leader didn't even have the right to make decisions on his own. If Xie Tingyun hadn't been there to give him some patience, Ning Chen would have thrown them all out one by one.
Ning Chen tried to reach out to ride the wind again, but Xie Tingyun gave him a warning glare.
Xie Tingyun dodged and whispered, "What are you doing?"
Ning Chen said, "It's just for fun, don't be so stingy, look how willing Chengfeng is, and how happy the sword tassel is dancing."
Xie Tingyun looked down, and Chengfeng, who had wrapped all the sword tassels around Xie Tingyun's waistband and refused to leave his master, gave Ning Chen a bright "x" sign, and was a little speechless: "......?"
Xie Tingyun asked, "You won't forget that you still owe me a favor, right?"
"...Hey!" Ning Chen said, "It's pointless to bring up the past. It's just a matter of borrowing a sword, how can you say you owe me?"
Ning Chen couldn't play with the Wind Riding Sword, and he had no patience to wait any longer, so he said, "Thank you, Saint Son, just one word, will you give it to me? If not, I will throw them out one by one, regardless of whether they have received a response to their request or not, all of them, get out of here."
Xie Tingyun: "..."
All righteous disciples: "..."
Xie Tingyun really didn't know how to comment on Ning Chen's childish behavior: "No, what on earth are you going to do? Also, why do they have to leave and I have to stay?"
What confused Xie Tingyun even more was the looks from the righteous disciples after they heard Ning Chen's words.
Some young disciples may have felt that the scene was not exciting enough, so they coughed lightly and said tactfully: "...Fellow Daoist Xie, can you help to control him? We know that he should listen to you, or you can just give him some advice. We are really in a dilemma with him here."
Without exception, the eyes of those disciples were filled with hope and a plea for help, as if Xie Tingyun was some kind of savior, and as long as they opened their mouths and agreed to commit themselves to the big devil, the big devil would quietly give up on these little guys and go play with Xie Tingyun happily.
"What are you talking about... Who cares who? What is pillow talk?!" Xie Tingyun seemed to have heard something unbelievable: "He listens to me?? You might as well believe that Nuwa Secret Realm can produce a thousand-year-old spirit beast ninth-level treasure that even the heavenly level can't get."
Righteous disciples: “…”
However, before they could make any move, the entire Nuwa Secret Realm suddenly shook violently, and the entrance that had been steadily open began to fluctuate violently, and it seemed that it would be closed ahead of schedule!
For a Earth-level secret realm like this, the cultivators would have to wait for ten days or half a month for the entrance to open, and the opened entrance would usually remain open for four or five days. However, they hadn't even been in the secret realm for two hours, and the entrance was going to be closed?
Everyone's expression changed.
This seemed like an ominous sign, indicating that this secret realm was unusual.
The Chengfeng Sword suddenly came out of its sheath and landed at the entrance to the secret realm. Xie Tingyun shouted in a loud voice, "Get out now!"
The entrance was closed early, either because the secret realm was unstable, or because of secret manipulation by humans, or... the difficulty of the secret realm increased dramatically, causing the entrance to remain open for a shorter period of time.
Neither of these situations is a good thing right now.
Most of the team leaders were at the Yuanying or Kongming level. They had cultivated to this stage after hundreds of years of cultivation. Their intuition was not dull, and they subconsciously felt that something was wrong. So at this moment, everyone ignored everything else and rushed to the entrance. Everyone pushed out the disciples below the Jindan level in the team first, shouting, "Disciples below the Jindan level get out first!"
Ning Chen was also a little surprised. He guessed that the secret realm would close very quickly, which was a normal phenomenon caused by the sudden increase in difficulty. The entrance to the heavenly secret realm would also not be closed for a long time. However, he did not expect it to be so fast.
There were at least a few hundred people in the secret realm, and judging by their attire, there were about twenty to thirty sects, large and small. With the entrance about to close, it was impossible for all of them to get out.
Even if Xie Tingyun tried to use the Wind-Riding Sword to block the entrance and buy more time, there was no way that several hundred people could pass through the exit in such a short time.
Seeing that the Wind-Riding Sword was becoming increasingly shaky, the entrance passage was extremely unstable and an accident might happen.
Ning Chen strode forward, and simply raised his hand to release a stream of demonic energy, instantly squeezing out a large number of righteous disciples who were blocking the entrance.
The next moment, under the pressure of the secret realm entrance, Xie Tingyun was forced to retract the Chengfeng Sword. However, just before the secret realm entrance was completely closed, a group of people suddenly rushed in in a panic, and just happened to pass by a group of disciples who were going out face to face in astonishment.
Ning Chen: “???”
Xie Tingyun's expression changed.
The entrance to the passage was completely closed. Thanks to Ning Chen who roughly pushed a large group of people out, there were only about a hundred people left out of the original hundreds, almost all of whom were leaders of the sects. Most of the monks in the Yuanying period had a certain ability to protect themselves.
So, seeing the entrance begin to fluctuate, the Liuyun Sect disciples who had hurried back and a group of fellow Taoists above the Yuanying period looked at each other in bewilderment, and they successfully became the cultivators who laid the foundation for the cultivation here.
Xie Tingyun: "..."
Xie Tingyun had never thought that one day he would be so angry that his ears would be buzzing. He glanced at the entrance to the secret realm that had been completely closed, took a deep breath, and paused for a while before saying, "What are you doing back here again?!"
Before thanking Tingyun, I was secretly glad that these bastards usually stayed close to me, were very obedient and compliant!
The Liuyun Sect disciples shrank their necks, but when they saw that their senior brother was safe and sound, they finally breathed a sigh of relief. They tiptoed under the gaze of all the cultivators present, and bit the bullet and moved to Xie Tingyun's side. They stuffed a jade pendant into Xie Tingyun's hand and whispered, "Senior brother, we didn't act on our own. We followed our master's orders."
"Master urgently sent a jade talisman over, but the entrance to the secret realm was unstable at the time, so the jade talisman could not pass through, so we were ordered to deliver it."
"Yes... and Senior Brother! We are both Golden Cores, and there are two Yuanying Senior Brothers here. They won't hold you back, really."
"..." The veins on Xie Tingyun's forehead were throbbing wildly, and he was probably so angry that he had nothing to say.
Ning Chen was amused: "Your master asked so many of you to come and give you a jade token?"
The five disciples who came back this time shrank their necks and dared not say a word: "..."
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The author has something to say:
Ning Mao Mao: (Cat sneaking around) (Aiming at the target) (Stretching out the claws once) (Being patted) (Stretching out the claws again) (Being glared at) (Breathing to intimidate others)
Righteous disciples: 6