Chapter 401: The Powerful Nine Sects, Hostility from All Sides

"Zhuge Cuicui, stop stalling for time and state the purpose of your Langlang Mountain disciples coming here this time!"

The next moment, because Xiudao Shangren did not want to waste any more time, he spoke in a cold voice.

"That's right, Zhuge Cuicui, give us an honest account!"

"If you don't give us a proper reason, you are absolutely not allowed to approach the Secret Realm!"

Tunri Shangren also chimed in.

"Two idiots."

Although Zhuge Cuicui maintained her look of contempt, this time she did not wait for Tunri Shangren and Xiudao Shangren to get angry, and instead cast her gaze toward Ye Bai and Situ Chengdao in her hands.

"Are you two blind, unable to see the two new disciples I, your auntie, have brought from Langlang Mountain?"

"And even more unable to see that these two junior brothers of mine only have the strength of the Second Step?"

"It is very obvious that I, your auntie, am here this time to send my two junior brothers to participate in this Righteous and Demonic Path Secret Realm!"

She stated the purpose of their visit.

"What?!"

"Langlang Mountain actually recruits cultivators below the Third Step?!"

"More importantly, Langlang Mountain is actually going to participate in this Secret Realm?!"

After hearing this, Tunri Shangren and Xiudao Shangren completely disregarded the issue of Zhuge Cuicui's attitude.

After the shock, their eyes erupted with infinite brilliance!

The kind that stared fixedly at Ye Bai and Situ Chengdao!

"Fellow Daoist Zhuge, it's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding! Haha, if I had known your sect was here to reinforce this Secret Realm Trial, would I have blocked you no matter what?"

"Oh my, these two newly recruited disciples of Langlang Mountain are truly talented and handsome; one can tell at a glance they are dragons and phoenixes among men! I wonder what their names are? I can instruct the juniors of my sect later to take extra care of these two inside the Secret Realm!"

When Xiudao Shangren regained his senses, he immediately put on an excited and enthusiastic appearance!

"Fellow Daoist Zhuge, this time it was my rashness! I, I apologize to you here!"

"Although your sect's two disciples' strength is not very high, they must have some unknown trump cards, right? I ask Fellow Daoist Zhuge to tell your two junior brothers to show some mercy inside the Secret Realm!"

Tunri Shangren's face, which possessed a rich sense of the uncanny, also forcibly squeezed out a kind smile at this moment!

"We're done for..."

And although both of their attitudes were very low.

Ye Bai and Situ Chengdao saw at a glance that these two people were harboring evil intentions!

It was obvious that they saw their strength was lacking, so they wanted to appease their emotions to ensure they would enter the Secret Realm Trial!

These two Third Step cultivators clearly held long-standing grievances but could do nothing against veteran Langlang Mountain disciples like Gongsun Qianmo and Zhuge Cuicui, so they set their sights on Ye Bai and Situ Chengdao!

One didn't even need to think to know that once they entered the Secret Realm, what awaited them would inevitably be the hostility of a massive, or even total, number of Second Step cultivators from both the Righteous and Demonic Paths...

"Heh, you two are sensible!"

"These two junior brothers of mine..."

"Can I go through now?"

Zhuge Cuicui briefly introduced Ye Bai and the other at this moment, then continued.

"Fellow Daoist Zhuge, please!"

Tunri Shangren and Xiudao Shangren simultaneously cleared a path.

"Second Senior Sister?!"

Ye Bai and Situ Chengdao wanted to remind Zhuge Cuicui even more at this moment not to be fooled!

Wake up, it's not like they absolutely had to participate in that so-called Secret Realm Trial! With the Righteous and Demonic Paths targeting them together, the two of them really couldn't handle it!

"Oh, Junior Brother Ye Bai, Junior Brother Situ, it's nothing."

"Senior Sister knows what they are planning, but as you know, the meaning of Master, that old man, is that you must participate in this trial."

"And rest assured, it's hard to say about the Demonic Path cultivators, but no one on the Righteous Path side will lay a killing hand on you. Even if they can defeat you, at most they will just use a Recording Stone to record it and spread it throughout the entire Xuanyuan World afterwards~"

Zhuge Cuicui said.

Langlang Mountain was, after all, a power on the Righteous Path side; no matter how dissatisfied other Righteous Path cultivators were with the disciples of Langlang Mountain, they could not touch Langlang Mountain's bottom line.

"Is that so..."

Ye Bai and Situ Chengdao breathed a sigh of relief, at least.

Then they realized something was wrong.

Wasn't it still a situation where both the Righteous and Demonic Paths were targeting them? There wasn't much change!

They were only at Dao Foundation Second Stage and Dao Foundation First Stage; something would definitely, definitely go wrong, right?

However, this time there was no opportunity to speak those words out loud.

Zhuge Cuicui led them forward, and before long they arrived at a portal that looked similar to the Blue Star Dimensional Gate, but with the difference that it was over a thousand meters high—an extremely magnificent and massive gateway!

Moreover, because the Third Step cultivators of both the Righteous and Demonic Paths had their Mental Power continuously covering the area, although only Tunri Shangren and Xiudao Shangren had blocked the road, the other Third Step cultivators actually already knew that Langlang Mountain had Second Step disciples participating in this Secret Realm Trial.

The weakness of these two new disciples not only refreshed the lower limit of all previous Langlang Mountain disciples, but also the lower limit of the strength of the Righteous and Demonic Path disciples for this Secret Realm event.

The group of Third Step cultivators, just like Tunri Shangren and Xiudao Shangren, saw an opportunity to wash away the sense of humiliation that past Langlang Mountain disciples had brought them.

Therefore.

"Fellow Daoist Zhuge, are these two the newly recruited disciples of your sect? They look like stunningly talented monsters at a glance, beings who can defy the heavens and defeat those at Dao Foundation Peak while only at Dao Foundation First Stage!"

"They will surely become our Righteous Path's trump card this time, so I must give them a special privilege! I have already recorded the aura of these two into the Secret Realm Gate; once the time comes, they will be the first to be sucked into the Secret Realm, seizing every advantage!"

The three of them had only just appeared when a Righteous Path Third Step cultivator emerged.

While hypocritically greeting Zhuge Cuicui, he reached out a hand toward Ye Bai and the other, capturing a wisp of their aura.

From this point on, even if Ye Bai and Situ Chengdao persuaded Zhuge Cuicui, it would be useless to not participate in the Secret Realm Trial.

This Third Step of the Righteous Path had actually recorded their auras, causing them to be sent directly into the Secret Realm the moment the Secret Realm Trial began!

"That old geezer!!"

Regarding this, Ye Bai and Situ Chengdao were both itching with teeth-grinding frustration, yet felt helpless!

Especially at this moment, looking around.

With the Secret Realm Gate as the center, on the surrounding ground and in the sky, there were over a hundred small teams, also symbolizing a hundred sects.

Some were sitting atop Dharma Treasures, some were riding massive Alien Races, and some were sitting on mounts pulled forward by Alien Races.

Especially the fifteen sect teams closest to the Secret Realm Gate; their momentum was even more astonishing.

Just speaking of two of those sect teams.

One sect's arrivals were all dressed in Daoist robes; although they were also sitting cross-legged on a Dharma Treasure, that Dharma Treasure was actually in the shape of a jade butterfly, occupied a huge area, and was constantly emitting dazzling treasure light!

Just by taking one look, Ye Bai and Situ Chengdao both felt a chill throughout their bodies, and a huge sense of crisis surged into their hearts!

Another group, a sect team where everyone carried long swords on their backs, although they also had Alien Races pulling their mounts, was actually using nine dragons to pull a coffin!

But without exception.

The gazes of all the sect arrivals from both the Righteous and Demonic Paths were fixed on the two of them at this moment!

Confusion, suspicion, hostility, malice...

All kinds of gazes! But without exception, they clearly all regarded them as targets!