Chapter 98

Several hours passed quickly, and everyone had already started to rest at night. Unexpectedly, just as it was almost the Zi hour, there was suddenly a shrill and sharp scream from the periphery of the campsite.

It spread out, and soon there was another sound, and one could tell that this sound was made by different people.

Lin Zhangqing immediately knew that someone had approached and had been dealt with by the Purple Crystal Scorpions.

He controlled the Purple Crystal Scorpions to stop stinging them; otherwise, they would scream again, which would continue to expose the location of their campsite and might attract other people with ulterior motives.

Lin Zhangqing pacified the junior sisters, let them enter the defensive formation, and then he touched over alone. He found two Danding Sect cultivators lying on the ground motionless, obviously already unconscious.

Not daring to be careless, he scanned the area within 240 meters in front, back, left, and right with his divine sense. After confirming repeatedly that there was no one else, two Golden Thread Escape Light Needles flew out, pierced through their brains, and ended the lives of the two Danding Sect cultivators. Only then did Lin Zhangqing dare to approach.

He collected their storage bags, spirit plant bags, and the dharma artifacts on the ground, and threw two Fireball Techniques to clean up the scene.

Just as he was about to go back, his heart suddenly moved. He could take this opportunity to take out the batch of dharma artifacts in the space and hand them over to Junior Sister Hu to process together.

Thinking of it, he did it immediately. After confirming with his divine sense again that there was no one around, he quickly took the storage bag containing the dharma artifacts out of the space. He only greeted Lu Youqiang's family and immediately came out of the space.

Returning to the campsite, the three junior sisters were all inside the Thick Earth Mountain Guarding Formation. He told them that it was fine, it had been handled, and they could come out.

Then he began to refine the newly harvested storage bags and spirit plant bags, put the pills and spirit stones into his own storage bag for safekeeping, and handed all the dharma artifacts to Junior Sister Hu.

The most important thing was that he had harvested seven more main ingredients. He would exchange them for Foundation Establishment Pills together when the time came! Now he could exchange for eight or nine Foundation Establishment Pills! But safety was a big problem, which was really a headache! He didn't know if they would check the harvest on the spot after leaving the secret realm. If they checked the harvest in front of everyone, Lin Zhangqing would be in trouble.

He let everyone continue to rest and gather their spirits. Tomorrow they still had to pass through the maze and enter the center of the secret realm to find the Ziyang Pool!

Several hours passed in the blink of an eye. Today was already the eighth day of entering the secret realm.

In the early morning, Lin Zhangqing, who had finished his cultivation early, stood at the campsite looking at the huge formation covering the center of the secret realm.

He felt a thousand emotions in his heart. He didn't know which sect had built such a huge formation, which had been running for at least several thousand years.

It must have been a very great existence, but even such a great existence could not escape the erosion of the long river of time and had still vanished into smoke!

He didn't know if he could lead his family to break these shackles of time! To transcend the world, to live long, and to be eternal!

"Senior Brother, what are you thinking about?" Hu Yunna saw Lin Zhangqing staring at the huge formation not far away in a daze and couldn't help asking him.

In fact, she had been secretly observing him for the past two days and found that he definitely had no private affair with Senior Sister Chen, at least not now, which gave her huge encouragement.

Regarding Senior Brother Gao's true appearance, she also had some vague impressions. She remembered that when they were waiting at the sect square and outside the secret realm, Senior Sister Chen was standing with a male cultivator.

Although she didn't look carefully, it shouldn't be this ordinary-looking appearance, so Hu Yunna guessed that Senior Brother Gao might have disguised his face or was wearing something like a human skin mask.

She especially wanted to see his true appearance, but she also knew that if she rashly proposed it, she would definitely be rejected. It seems she could only find a way from Senior Sister Chen! Lin Zhangqing heard Hu Yunna's voice talking to him.

This interrupted his thinking. Of course, he couldn't answer that he was thinking about how to lead his family to immortality.

So he changed his mind and said, "Nothing, just thinking about the situation we might encounter after going in later, so we can be better prepared!" Hu Yunna smiled lightly, "I believe Senior Brother will definitely be able to handle it with ease. I knew it from the first time I saw Senior Brother!"

Lin Zhangqing shook his head, "Junior Sister, you are too kind. I am not as powerful as you think!"

At this time, Zhao Mingxia said with a grin, "Senior Brother must be the most powerful. As long as Senior Brother waves his hand, the divine thunder will arrive, making the cultivators of the other sects run away in panic and cry for their fathers and mothers."

Hearing this, Lin Zhangqing was embarrassed and explained, "The divine thunder was borrowed from a special spiritual artifact, and I can't fire many of them. Junior Sister, don't misunderstand. Senior Brother is really not as powerful as you think!"

Not wanting to continue discussing this issue, he looked at Chen Zi Ya and asked, "Junior Sister, you are a master of formations. How do you think we should break into this formation?"

Chen Zi Ya considered for a moment and said, "For this kind of super-large maze, the most feared thing is being teleported apart and losing one's way.

If we can break through quickly, it's fine. If we can't break through in a short time, we might completely lose our way, and the built-in short-distance teleportation formation inside will separate those who break into the formation together, making it convenient for those guarding the formation to break them one by one.

However, for a formation like this that hasn't been maintained for thousands of years, there must be many places that have been damaged, and its power might have dropped to a very low level; otherwise, with us Qi Refining stage cultivators going in, we would definitely not be able to come out!"

"Then what should we do?" Zhao Mingxia asked. She was most afraid of being separated from everyone now.

Chen Zi Ya looked at her and said, "The simplest method is to hold hands and try not to let go!"

Lin Zhangqing nodded and said, "If that's the case, it's relatively simple. Everyone stick two defensive talismans on your body, and prepare your defensive dharma artifacts. I will be at the very front, followed by Junior Sister Chen.

You two arrange the remaining order yourselves. Everyone must not let go; otherwise, we might not be able to find each other."

At this time, Hu Yunna said, "Senior Brother, can you release one of your spirit insects on each of us? That way, if we get separated, there's still some hope of finding each other."

After speaking, she looked at Lin Zhangqing expectantly. Lin Zhangqing thought for a moment, nodded, and then released a Purple Crystal Scorpion on each of their shoulders.

Then he told them to stay on it and not leave, and even if they left, they had to quickly return to their original position.

Hu Yunna and Zhao Mingxia looked at the light purple, crystal-clear crystal scorpions on each other's shoulders and couldn't help reaching out to touch them.

They were immediately stopped by Lin Zhangqing. They were not their masters, and the danger of touching them was too great. Being stung once would be enough for them to remember for a lifetime! At this time, Hu Yunna and Zhao Mingxia had also discussed the order: Zhao Mingxia held Chen Zi Ya's hand, and Hu Yunna was at the end.

Since it had been decided, they set off immediately and could not waste any more time.

He summoned Chu Yi back, put it into the spirit beast bag, and then the four of them lined up, held hands, and entered the maze range. Sure enough, that invisible barrier had disappeared.

They broke in directly. At this time, Chen Zi Ya began to direct Lin Zhangqing, "Senior Brother, turn left after twelve steps!"

After a while, "Turn right after ten steps! Turn left after thirty-six steps!"

Just like this, they walked for more than two hours. They didn't know how far they had walked, but they still hadn't walked out.

(End of chapter)