Chapter 211: Mysterious Land

Yuan Yao heard the words, immediately took out the communication crystal, then sent a message to Thousand Jade Mountain: "Master, the Flowing Light Secret Realm has opened; my third senior brother and I are about to enter together."

At the same time, Song Yan, Xiao Lingwei, Xue Jin, and Ying Wuji, each in different places, all sensed the abnormality of the Flowing Light Secret Realm token.

"Hurry up and eat, eat your fill!" Seeing the token's light growing brighter, Cang Li urged Yuan Yao.

Upon hearing that, Yuan Yao, not wanting to waste the spiritual meal her third senior brother had painstakingly prepared, immediately grabbed food with her chopsticks and stuffed it into her mouth; soon her cheeks were bulging.

Cang Li directly picked up a plate and shoveled the dishes from it into his mouth.

The two ate as if they had been starving for hundreds of years, gulping down their food.

Just as Cang Li was about to say "enough," he unexpectedly got choked.

Seeing this, Yuan Yao punched him directly.

Bang!

"Cough cough cough..." Cang Li clutched his aching chest and coughed violently.

He caught his breath and quickly said, "Stop eating! Let's enter the Flowing Light Secret Realm."

Yuan Yao nodded.

"Grab my hand," Cang Li said.

Upon hearing that, Yuan Yao hesitated not at all, reaching out to firmly grasp his hand.

The two exchanged a glance, then began transmitting their own spiritual power into the token; in the blink of an eye, they vanished from the spot.

When the people from Thousand Jade Mountain arrived in pursuit, they could only see the leftover dishes on the table.

"Flowing Light Secret Realm..." The young man's silver hair fell smoothly over his shoulders; he lowered his eyes slightly, as if mist from distant mountains blurred his facial features, and he whispered softly.

This time, to what era will the Flowing Light Secret Realm trace back?

At the same time.

Yuan Yao's hand, which had been tightly clasped with Cang Li's, was forcibly torn apart by the secret realm's power.

She didn't even have time to utter a word before everything before her fell into darkness like nightfall, and she promptly sank into a deep coma.

Unknown how much time had passed.

"Sister, are we really going to hand her over?"

"Hmm, if we don't hand her over, we'll be considered traitors."

"But..."

"Yinger, she is human, we are monster tribe; we are ultimately different."

That Yinger remained silent.

Yuan Yao's consciousness was hazy, as if someone whispered in her ear; she tried to open her eyes, but that 'Sister' keenly noticed and swiftly struck her acupoint like lightning.

Yuan Yao fell into the depths of unconsciousness once more.

When Yuan Yao regained a bit of consciousness, she finally managed to open her eyes with difficulty.

She quickly scanned her surroundings warily and discovered this was actually a dark dungeon; her whole body was bound by the Immortal-binding Rope.

Besides her, three others were also held in the same dungeon.

One woman and two men.

They, too, were bound hand and foot by the Immortal-binding Rope and had not yet awakened.

Yuan Yao's heart jumped—could this be the Flowing Light Secret Realm?

But why was she trapped inside the dungeon?

Her master had once said the Flowing Light Secret Realm could rewind time to an earlier age of the cultivation world; so, what year is it now?

If not for entering the Flowing Light Secret Realm, the cultivation world would now be in the year Pingyuan 753.

753 years ago was the year humanity successfully resisted the invasions of the demon and monster tribes; thus, from that time onward, it has been called Pingyuan Year 1.

She recalled that two voices had once sounded in her ears.

They called themselves the monster tribe.

Yuan Yao pondered; if the monster tribe still existed in the cultivation world, then this must be a time before Pingyuan Year 1.

In other words, they very likely had been sent back by the Flowing Light Secret Realm to before 753 years ago!

Her master had once said that everything the Flowing Light Secret Realm rewinds does not alter history, for it is merely like a mirror reflecting what once happened.

In other words, the scenes the Flowing Light Secret Realm rewinds can also be called illusions.

With these thoughts, Yuan Yao began to survey her surroundings, finding the environment utterly real.

She wondered.

What is the hidden mission of the Flowing Light Secret Realm?

How exactly was the Flowing Light Secret Realm formed?

Who issued the hidden mission? Could the Flowing Light Secret Realm also have a hidden mastermind?

And what would the so-called reward be?

As she pondered, suddenly a faint rustling sound came from the opposite cell; though soft, in the dungeon's quiet, dark setting it seemed especially sharp and piercing.

Yuan Yao focused her gaze and saw that in the opposite cell, a young woman in green robes had sat up; the lady was lovely, her brows and eyes bearing a charming grace, and she keenly noticed someone opposite, lifting her gaze to look over.

Yuan Yao and the green-clad woman locked eyes.

Yuan Yao gave her a nod and a smile.

As the green-clad woman got a clear look at Yuan Yao's appearance, she couldn't help but be amazed.

She came to her senses, realizing that the white-clad maiden in the opposite cell was also a participant in the Flowing Light Secret Realm, and she nodded in response.

Just then—

Footsteps hurriedly echoed from the corridor outside the dungeon.

Yuan Yao instantly became alert; she immediately lay down on the ground, feigning continued unconsciousness.

While the woman in blue clothes in the opposite cell saw this scene, she first tried to break free of the Immortal-binding Rope, but found that her spiritual power could not be used at all, and moreover, the more she struggled, the tighter the Immortal-binding Rope became.

After thinking for two seconds, the woman in blue clothes also imitated Yuan Yao and lay down.

Soon, a group of monster tribe soldiers wearing heavy armor and holding sharp blades appeared in the dungeon.

These soldiers were tall and mighty, each bearing obvious monster tribe features—fluffy dog ears and swaying dog tails—making it immediately apparent how they differed.

Yuan Yao quietly opened one eye, and when she clearly saw the monster tribe, she felt a subtle sensation in her heart.

Is this the monster tribe?

It looks like they should be the dog tribe.

"Drag all the humans out!" ordered the leading dog tribe soldier.

"Yes!"

The door of each cell was opened.

The dog tribe soldiers swarmed in, lifting all the humans in the dungeon up.

Including Yuan Yao.

Yuan Yao: "……" I wish I hadn't woken up.

Yuan Yao felt as if the dog tribe soldiers were dragging her away like a corpse.

A few strands of her hair were clutched in the dog tribe soldier's palm, pulling so hard her scalp ached.

At that moment, a human woke up.

The young man, upon waking, began to struggle wildly, "Who are you?! Let me go!"

The dog tribe soldier roughly grabbed his neck, lifted him up, and dragged him away directly.

The young man was still struggling.

But now, tightly bound by the Immortal-binding Rope, he could not break free at all.

"Isn't this the Flowing Light Secret Realm?" the young man shouted.

Meanwhile, the dog tribe soldiers seemed not to have heard this sentence.

"Let me go quickly!" This sentence, on the contrary, was heard by the dog tribe soldiers.

The dog tribe soldier holding him directly knocked him unconscious.

Many humans had actually already woken up, but they cleverly maintained the appearance of unconsciousness, then silently observed the situation.

Yuan Yao suddenly remembered something, and called out to the 250 System with her thoughts.

But after calling for a moment, there was still no response.

She had just woken up, and also did not hear that familiar system broadcast voice.

The system seemed to have been isolated.