Chapter 400: The Notorious Langlang Mountain

"Zhuge Cuicui??"

"Heh, you aren't hiding inside Langlang Mountain; you actually dare to come out?

And you even ran over to this Secret Realm that both the Righteous Path and Demonic Path are participating in...

Speak, what kind of tricks is your Langlang Mountain trying to play this time?!"

Yet, the moment Zhuge Cuicui led Ye Bai and the other two into the fifty-thousand-meter radius of the Secret Realm, a voice rang out!

Although the Secret Realm restricts cultivators below the Third Step from participating, both the Righteous and Demonic Paths still have quite a few Third Step cultivators who come along.

They are responsible for escorting the disciples and safely taking them away after the Secret Realm officially ends.

And that fifty-thousand-meter radius is the "warning zone" continuously covered by the Mental Power of the Third Step cultivators from both the Righteous and Demonic Paths currently at the Secret Realm!

Therefore, the moment the three of them stepped into this range, they were discovered!

"Swish!" As the voice fell, the owner of the voice also appeared.

A middle-aged man dressed in black robes, with black Qi surging around him and only the whites of his eyes visible, gave off an extremely intense and eerie impression at first glance.

He stood in mid-air, ten thousand meters away from them!

"This?"

Ye Bai and Situ Chengdao looked at the middle-aged man from afar; his face was unfriendly, faintly carrying a look of wariness, and they couldn't help but exchange glances, their expressions incredibly strange.

A Third Step Demonic cultivator!

The key point was that Demonic cultivators were notoriously ruthless, the type who would stop at nothing to achieve their goals.

"Langlang Mountain is a Righteous Path faction, so it's understandable that they don't get along with Demonic cultivators, but why does that unfriendly and wary expression give me the feeling that he isn't the Demonic cultivator, and that Second Senior Sister, this Langlang Mountain disciple, is the real Demonic cultivator?"

This was what Ye Bai was thinking internally at this moment.

Situ Chengdao felt the same!

"It's you, little black dog."

Zhuge Cuicui temporarily stopped moving due to the arrival of the Third Step Demonic cultivator.

She glanced at the middle-aged man in the distance, her brows slightly raised, showing complete contempt.

"This Master's name is Tunri, not black dog!!" The Third Step Demonic cultivator, namely Tunri Shangren, immediately bristled.

"Alright, little black dog, this lady knows, little black dog."

Zhuge Cuicui didn't care at all.

"And another thing, little black dog, with just you alone, where did you get the dog guts to interrogate this lady?"

"And what tricks is Langlang Mountain trying to play? Even if this lady stuffs your head into your own ass in a moment, do you have even a shred of ability to resist?"

She continued, not hiding her disdain in the slightest.

Ye Bai and Situ Chengdao exchanged glances, feeling even more absurd.

Although this was the attitude Zhuge Cuicui had always had toward them, and she seemed very unfriendly toward Nan Motian back then, with the "preemptive strike" warning Zhuge Cuicui had just given them, looking at the scene now...

It really gave one the feeling that Zhuge Cuicui was the true Demonic cultivator!

However, the surprises were only just beginning...

If it had only been the appearance of Tunri Shangren and seeing Zhuge Cuicui's attitude toward him, Ye Bai and Situ Chengdao wouldn't have felt that their previous guess was correct.

Demonic cultivators, after all, are meant to be at odds with the Righteous Path; they believed that any Demonic cultivator they encountered inside that so-called Secret Realm would try every possible way to take their lives.

"Zhuge Cuicui, a single Third Step like Tunri Shangren is not qualified to make you honestly explain your purpose for coming here this time.

What if you add me?"

Just as Tunri Shangren was flushed red with anger from Zhuge Cuicui's few words, another ill-timed voice rang out!

Following that, a young man dressed in white, with sword-like brows and star-like eyes, radiating an aura of righteousness, appeared in front of the three of them, not far from Tunri Shangren!

"Xiudao, you've come at the right time!"

"Although we don't get along usually, I owe you a favor this time!"

Because of the young man's appearance, the pressure on Tunri Shangren decreased sharply, and he was instantly overjoyed.

"Heh, don't misunderstand, I'm not here to help you; it's just that I don't want to see Langlang Mountain disciples approaching with unknown motives!"

The young man named Xiudao sneered.

"Another Third Step?"

"And, looking at their appearance, this Xiudao Shangren is a Third Step of the Righteous Path?

But why does a Righteous Path Third Step have this attitude toward Second Senior Sister and Langlang Mountain?! Isn't Langlang Mountain a faction belonging to the Righteous Path?"

Ye Bai and Situ Chengdao discovered the crux of the matter and completely realized that things were looking bad!

"Second Senior Sister..."

They then couldn't help but look at Zhuge Cuicui and began to transmit their voices, dying to know what exactly was going on!

"Ahem, two Junior Brothers, you've already guessed it, haven't you?"

"Our Langlang Mountain is not only at odds with the Demonic Path, but we also don't get along very well with other cultivators of the Righteous Path..."

Zhuge Cuicui was actually willing to say a few words during this voice transmission, her gaze darting away, her little face slightly flushed.

"No, why is that??"

Ye Bai and Situ Chengdao were even more bewildered.

"Oh my, actually it's all the fault of these cultivators outside; they can't keep up with the advanced ideas our Master uses to cultivate disciples!"

"Master just requires every disciple to peacefully communicate with all cultivators of the same realm in both the Righteous and Demonic Paths when they leave the mountain, and they must bring back cultivation resources of a certain value. But I don't know what's wrong with these people outside; they've long since disliked our Langlang Mountain, and especially starting from the fifth one, everyone shouts to beat us."

Zhuge Cuicui continued the voice transmission, this time "explaining clearly," her tone carrying dissatisfaction.

"Everyone... shouts to beat you?"

Ye Bai and Situ Chengdao discovered the crux of the matter once again!

They felt like crying but had no tears!

They did not know what kind of "peaceful exchange" the disciples of Langlang Mountain practiced, but they had already guessed by now that this so-called peaceful exchange was absolutely not peaceful, and the means used to bring back cultivation resources of a certain value were likely not honorable either.

And because of the past conduct of Langlang Mountain disciples, what they needed to be wary of on this trip to the Secret Realm was, in all likelihood, not just the Demonic Path cultivators, but every single cultivator in the Secret Realm besides themselves!

The entire Secret Realm is the enemy!

"That mysterious master we have never met really did set us up for a big one..."

The two of them could not help but think this at the moment.

Even if they hadn't let Zhuge Cuicui escort them, but had let them come on their own, wouldn't that have been better?

As for the possibility that Tunri Shangren and Xiudao Shangren would not allow them to enter the Secret Realm, the two of them had not considered it.

Tunri Shangren and Xiudao Shangren were only wary of what kind of trouble Zhuge Cuicui was coming over to stir up again, and had come to stop Zhuge Cuicui from entering.

Although the Third Step experts of the Righteous Path had grievances against the Langlang Mountain disciples, because they all belonged to the Righteous Path, it was impossible for them to take action without a legitimate reason, and the Demonic Path side should also be wary of the other Third Step experts of the Righteous Path.

Otherwise, it would not have been only Tunri Shangren and Xiudao Shangren who came over.

Therefore, if they had not guessed wrong, Zhuge Cuicui only needed to explain the true purpose of this trip and introduce their identities, and they would be able to proceed smoothly to where the Secret Realm was located...

This time, they had guessed correctly again...

"Zhuge Cuicui, stop stalling for time..."