After getting some distance from the auction, they took off their black robes. Fu Ziyi and Ji Yuanchi both felt very excited. "Tonight was truly an exhilarating adventure!"
Xu Yuehuai ignored him and walked ahead on her own. As soon as they arrived at the inn's entrance, they saw Elder Zisang with a serious expression, as if something major had happened. She quickly walked up to Elder Zisang and stopped in front of him. "Elder, what happened?"
"The inn was attacked." Elder Zisang's worries immediately subsided when he saw that they were standing in front of him unharmed. "The rooms where you were staying had been damaged. When I discovered it, the person had already finished making preparations and left. I chased after them but found nothing."
Xu Yuehuai's expression wasn't very good either. They had only been here for one day. Who could possibly know their identities? Even if they had been at the auction, it had only been half an hour. It was impossible for those people to have found out their identities within half an hour of seeing them, and then come to the inn where they were staying and destroy it. What was their purpose?
Xu Yuehuai couldn't understand why Elder Zisang was worried about their safety and wanted to set off immediately to return to the sect. No one had any objections, so in the middle of the night, the dozen or so of them left this place in a grand procession.
A person appeared from the shadows. He was wearing a black hat, which was very similar to the black robe of the Emperor's Auction House. The face under the black robe was all too familiar to Xu Yuehuai and the others. It was Xiaozhi, who had been serving them in the room all along!
Not long after Xu Yuehuai and the others left, others tracked them down and searched the entire inn but found no trace of them. The leader found it strange, "This shouldn't be the case. According to the information we received, they should still be in this inn. Why is there no one here now?"
Xu Yuehuai and his group showed their faces after leaving, which gave several families and forces the opportunity to investigate them. After receiving news that they had come from the lower realm, the members of various families mobilized to try to seize resources from them.
Xu Yuehuai sat on the spirit boat, watching the scenery rushing past, her eyes fixed on the direction of the inn, as if she could see the scene of that group of people causing a ruckus in the inn later.
Ji Yuanchi sat down next to Xu Yuehuai, swinging her legs and smiling. "Why did you hide here? And why are you sitting so high up? Elder Zisang will say we're causing trouble again when he sees us."
Ji Yuanchi said this, but she had no intention of getting down at all. "What are you thinking about sitting here?"
"After leaving this area, we will have completely said goodbye to the third level." Xu Yuehuai's words were true. They all knew how difficult it was to return to the third level, and that their lives were in danger at any time. With their current strength, they didn't know how many years it would take to cultivate.
However, all of this was just worry. When Xu Yuehuai later realized her own cultivation speed, she practically wanted to meditate all day long. After traveling for two days and two nights, they finally arrived at the foot of Qingtao Valley. Elder Zisang looked at the sect in front of him and saw that the miasma was even thicker than when he had left, and his expression turned sour.
Looking at the situation on the mountain, Fu Ziyi exclaimed, "Whoa, Elder, where have you led me?"
Elder Zisang coughed awkwardly, covering his mouth. He hadn't expected children these days to be so blunt.
Fu Ziyi, seemingly oblivious to his embarrassment, continued, "You know what, the miasma on this mountain is so thick that one person could probably inhale it all in one breath."
"I meant that everyone in the Middle Realm should take a breath." Elder Zisang was still puzzled, but the next second he heard this, and his expression froze. He didn't know what to say to ease the atmosphere.
Seeing this, Xu Yuehuai stepped in to smooth things over, saying, "Elder, that's not what he meant. Don't take it to heart."
Yu Ze walked forward with his hands on his hips. He looked Xu Yuehuai up and down and sneered, "I think you really are people from the lower realm. You don't know any manners at all. Before, I just thought you were unsophisticated. Now I think you are not only unsophisticated but also don't know any manners. You are simply useless."
Yu Ze was speaking to everyone. Apart from Xu Yuehuai and the other five, the remaining six people didn't look too good. Two of the boys even looked at Fu Ziyi with strange eyes, as if he had dragged them down.
As a ghost cultivator, Fu Ziyi was very sensitive to gazes, so he naturally noticed these unfriendly stares. Fu Ziyi was not one to suffer a loss, so he immediately turned around and looked back. He locked onto two people in the crowd, simply chuckled at them, and did nothing excessive.
He turned his head, and just as Elder Zisang was about to reprimand Yu Ze, he heard a voice say, "Don't you know whether we came from the third floor or not? Didn't you personally go to greet us and bring us up?"
Elder Zisang also turned to look at Yu Ze, "Don't cause trouble here. You weren't qualified to go to the third floor this time. I hope you know why you went in the end."
After Elder Zisang finished speaking, Yu Ze's anger intensified, but at least this time he didn't say anything to argue back.
Elder Zisang and the others stood at the foot of the mountain, not rushing up, waiting for the people in the valley to come out and meet them.
Soon, a person dressed in academy uniform came out and bowed to Elder Zisang. "Elder Zisang, I have arranged the matter you mentioned."
Elder Zisang nodded, lifted his foot and walked into the mountain, saying to the people behind him, "Keep up, don't get lost. If you get lost, you might not survive. Don't think I'm joking with you."
Elder Zisang became serious, a rare sight for him in many days, and everyone perked up.
Elder Zisang didn't want the prodigy he had already brought to the door to suffer a loss due to a careless mistake.
After they started climbing the mountain from the bottom, the disciple who came out walked in front to clear the way, holding an object in his hand that could emit light and illuminate the surrounding area.
Xu Yuehuai looked at the thing in his hand, but couldn't figure out what it was about.
After walking for about fifteen minutes, the group finally saw some of the buildings in the valley. Fu Ziyi was unusually quiet during the journey.
Elder Zisang kept looking back to see if anyone had gotten lost. There was another elder behind Xu Yuehuai and the others, but he was still worried.
But as it turned out, Elder Zisang's worries were not unfounded. After walking for a quarter of an hour, some people in the group felt it didn't matter and relaxed.
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