The secret realm is inhabited by sentient beings, and the cherry blossom trees in this dense forest also possess sentience. They have grown here for tens of thousands of years, and this dense forest is like themselves. Ji Rong can sense their sentience and thus quickly find the fastest route.
Geng Qi smiled, and Ji Rong's expression changed slightly upon hearing his words. He quickly erected a barrier between them to shield them from others, and looked at Rong Yu with a deep gaze, saying, "You told him?"
Rong Yu did not respond. The black thorns in his hand grew and turned into mist, corroding the entwined vines and spreading towards Ji Rong's arm.
"Uncle-Master!"
The girl in green behind him exclaimed in surprise, and Ji Rong withdrew his hand in response. The vine he had just thrown had turned into a withered branch and fallen onto the green grass.
The young girl grabbed her martial uncle's hand and examined it, her delicate brows furrowing as she pointed her slender fingers at Rong Yu: "You actually dared to lay such a cruel hand on your martial uncle! And you even revealed the sect's secrets to outsiders, you...you traitor!"
"..."
Geng Qi looked at the withered vines on the ground, his lips twitching slightly. If these were Ji Rong's true form, cutting them all off probably wouldn't have any effect on him. It was just a matter of corroding a few branches and leaves. What kind of vicious hand was that?
He sneered, "Senior, you've been revealing your secrets at every turn, are you afraid of others telling on you? Besides, as far as I know, he's not a member of your Yi Ling Sect?"
"A bastard born of a saintess and an outsider is certainly not a member of my Yiling Sect..."
"Shut up, Liuyin!"
Ji Rong tried to stop the girl, but someone was faster than him.
The purple fire dragon moved with lightning speed, almost invisible to the naked eye, and darted in front of the girl who had spoken. It ignited her long hair, which was tied together with a green ribbon. Only when she felt the burning pain and smell of burning flesh on her head did the girl realize what had happened above her. She was immediately horrified, her face turning deathly pale as she said, "You...it's you?"
She could easily recognize the fire from earlier as the same one she had encountered outside the thorn forest, which had come from a threat posed by a boy!
The boy who was caught in the spatial turbulence and whose whereabouts remain unknown!
He was actually the Demon Lord of the Demon Realm!
Liu Yin's pretty face lost its color. She was so wronged that she forgot to even cry. She stared blankly at the man in red, a hint of fear in her eyes. She didn't even dare to ask what their relationship was.
These plant spirits are most afraid of fire!
She thought she would have no worries now that the boy wasn't there, but unexpectedly, she found herself in the line of fire once again. She got into a verbal fight and was retaliated against, but she didn't dare to say a word!
Seeing that they had quieted down, Geng Qi withdrew his hand and said, "I hope that you will be more careful with your words in the future."
He glanced at Ji Rong again and then prepared to remove the barrier.
Now that he knows the biggest secret of the Yiling Sect, unless they want their entire clan wiped out, there's no need to worry about them saying anything they shouldn't!
"Wait." Ji Rong suddenly looked at a storage bag at Rong Yu's waist and said in a deep voice, "Did you two take something from the mountain of corpses?"
Upon hearing this, Geng Qi turned and exchanged a glance with Rong Yu.
The corpse tree that was taken from the mountain of corpses back then, this person almost forgot about it if he didn't mention it!
Just as they were about to retrieve the storage bag, the ground suddenly shook violently, and a loud bang came from all directions at the same time. The patch of green grass where they were standing collapsed instantly, sinking into the center.
"Allow……"
Before he could even utter a cry, he was caught in a hug, his feet slipped, and he plummeted straight down. At the same time, Geng Qi raised his hand and dispelled the barrier.
The people standing on the grass all drew their swords at the same time, trying to stop their fall by using their swords, but in the end, they all sank to the bottom of the pit.
Amidst a pile of scattered dirt and boulders, the people who had been gathered together now stood in disarray, looking around with undiminished vigilance.
To others, the people inside the barrier had only been locked in a stalemate for a while, until the barrier broke, at which point they could see who had been inside.
Three of the four were unharmed, but the girl in green had a burn mark on her head. She wore a hat made of leaves from who-knows-where, and her face was pale as she hid behind the man in green robes.
Under normal circumstances, some people would inevitably be tempted to say a few words of "greeting," but when they crossed the mountain of corpses, the group encountered a group of deer beasts, and all of them were injured. They had just fallen and were covered in dust, so their faces were not in good condition. Naturally, they had no mind to make fun of them anymore. They just looked at the other two people who were hugging each other again and again, and had doubts but dared not speak.
It was pitch black all around. Even though cultivators have strong spiritual senses, they couldn't see clearly. Perhaps they just mistook the two of them because they were so close!
Without light, they dared not move rashly. Just as Geng Qi was about to light a fire, a sound suddenly rang out in the darkness, very close at hand, like something rubbing together. A dull thud followed, as if something had been opened.
This deep pit was extremely eerie; the others didn't even dare to breathe!
As everyone fell silent, a faint golden light suddenly appeared in the direction from which the sound came. Everyone held their breath and watched as the "giant" emerged from the faint light as a single point of light, shimmering with dazzling golden light.
"..."
"..."
It's a phoenix kite!
Geng Qi breathed a sigh of relief, stepped towards him, and grasped one end of the golden whip.
The place where Feng Yuan ran out was originally a winding cave with no end in sight, and the cave walls were painted with strange totems.
The pit looked somewhat dirty and messy because of the huge rocks that had fallen on it, but the untouched cave walls remained smooth and flat. Upon closer inspection, the totems were not drawn, but carved into the inside of the cave walls.
“It seems to be a phoenix,” Geng Qi murmured.
He turned his head slightly, and Rong Yu, who was behind him, was also observing the totems inside. Upon hearing this, he said, "Let's go in and take a look."
"Um."
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