Chapter 97: First Entry into the Secret Realm

"Turn off the Array; I will deal with them!"

The Third Elder's words made the disciples' faces change. "Third Elder, if the Array is opened, they will be able to rush in..."

"Rest assured, I have a way to deal with them."

As the Third Elder spoke, he released the aura of the Foundation Establishment Stage. "What? You dare not obey my words?"

These disciples felt the aura of the Foundation Establishment Stage and immediately felt as if a great mountain pressed on their backs, leaving them breathless.

Under normal circumstances, they would naturally not dare to disobey the Third Elder's orders, but now that the Array is opened, how could they stop those Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators from the Ziguang Sect?

Thus, they could only grit their teeth and say, "Closing the Mountain Protection Array requires the Sect Master's order; we..."

Following Luo Yao's command, the God-Devouring Ants shook the two antennae on their heads and then quickly crawled toward the distance.

Afterwards, Luo Yao followed the movement of that God-Devouring Ant.

The Secret Realm is vast, and Luo Yao had no map; she simply chose a direction at random and began exploring the Secret Realm.

Luo Yao naturally did not want Xiao Kui to die.

Quickly, these disciples held the Tokens together to close the Array; the Mountain Protection Array requires more than twenty disciples working together to activate the Tokens and close the Array.

For example, if Xiao Kui's original body material was wood, then using iron ore and other materials to rebuild Xiao Kui's body would turn it into an iron body.

The Third Elder, his face dark, interrupted their words. "The Sect Master has already met with disaster; now I am in charge."

At the very least, when facing attacks from the Foundation Establishment Stage in the future, Xiao Kui's body will not be destroyed in an instant; moreover, as long as the core is not destroyed, Xiao Kui will not die.

They rushed in without hesitation, and the disciples of the Xuanyuan Sect, seeing several Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators, immediately showed expressions of terror, turning to look at the Third Elder, hoping the Third Elder had a way to deal with them.

That is to improve one's own material quality.

"Third Elder..."

"Defying orders; I see he must be a spy; he should be killed."

"Is this the Secret Realm?"

The other disciples immediately shivered, and the quick-witted ones hurriedly said, "Third Elder, wait a moment; we will close the Array immediately."

"If only we could find a good Dandanlu."

Swish!

The next second, Luo Yao felt herself standing on solid ground, touching her somewhat dizzy head; she took a deep breath and only after a while did she recover.

Walking for less than five minutes, Luo Yao arrived at a valley.

Although it was not some precious Spirit Herb, it was still worth dozens of Spirit Stones.

More importantly, this Spirit Herb was like weeds, visible everywhere.

With it, one could refine pills anytime, anywhere, and also increase one's strength; the Spiritual Fire could not only be used for refining pills but also for combat.

"Wait?"

Luo Yao suddenly had a flash of inspiration: if the food of the God-Devouring Ants was something related to Spirit Qi, would that not mean they were also sensitive to things related to Spirit Qi?

Therefore, Luo Yao decided to let the God-Devouring Ants try.

Besides, if they do not surrender, they will die.

Kong Xianglin also stepped forward, giving everyone a reassurance.

"We will handle these people; you hurry and enter the Secret Realm."

Indeed, when a few disciples expressed that they would rather die than surrender, they were immediately slapped to death by the Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators of the Ziguang Sect, not even having time to leave a last word.

That disciple still wanted to say something more, but he saw the Third Elder raise his hand and send out a Sword Qi, piercing through the disciple's heart.

In the valley, a faint fragrance floated into Luo Yao's nose.

On the other side, as Luo Yao stepped into the Secret Realm, she instantly felt herself wrapped by a streak of flowing light, her whole body like being in waves, drifting with the current.

"Elder Wei said that even people entering together might be randomly teleported to different places; it seems that is the case now."

Seeing that even the Third Elder had surrendered, what else could they do? How could they still fight?

Besides, wasn't it said that one could join the Ziguang Sect?

"I will join!"

Swish!

Kong Xianglin and others outside the mountain gate saw the Xuanyuan Sect's Mountain Protection Array open and immediately showed joy.

Of course, Luo Yao could only think about it; after all, Spiritual Fire is extremely rare, and one needs very strong strength to subdue it.

Swish!

Luo Yao took out the Spirit Beast Bag, and more than a dozen God-Devouring Ants, each the size of a fist, instantly appeared before Luo Yao.

In short, Xiao Kui's current body is too weak; it was destroyed in the previous battle, so she plans to increase the strength of Xiao Kui's body.

Shaking her head to dispel these thoughts, Luo Yao thought of something more practical; besides the Dandanlu, Luo Yao also wanted materials like Starfall Iron and Sky-Blue Stone.

Kong Xianglin waved his hand, dismissing Yang Zhi and others, since the Xuanyuan Sect was effectively destroyed and they were no longer needed.

Fortunately, most of the disciples were not fools and all agreed to join the Ziguang Sect.

Rustle, rustle, rustle!

Watching the God-Devouring Ants crawl one by one toward the distance, and it seemed they were not all going to the same place, left Luo Yao speechless; she had no choice but to keep only one and store the rest.

As for whether they were sincere, it did not matter; as long as they joined the Ziguang Sect, their regret would be useless, and even if they wanted to betray, they would have to see if they had the ability.

Therefore, originally, a wooden body required ten punches to smash a stone, but now, after becoming an iron body, one punch is enough to smash the stone.

She planned to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill herself; she definitely needed a good Dandanlu to somewhat increase the success rate of forming pills.

Although Xiao Kui could cultivate, the cultivation speed was actually somewhat unable to keep up with her own; however, as a Puppet, there was another way to quickly increase strength.

She took out the Communication Jade Pendant again, planning to contact Fang Qingyan, but she did not know if it was because she was in the Secret Realm or because the distance was too great; she simply could not make contact.

The Spirit Power around was infinitely more dense than outside, and merely glancing around allowed her to see Spirit Herbs on the ground nearby.

With these materials, Xiao Kui's strength could be enhanced.

However, they watched in horror as the Third Elder stepped forward and stood alongside the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Ziguang Sect.

"However, if that one obtains the Spiritual Flame, that would be even better."

Of course, she was only thinking it.

After speaking, the Third Elder turned his head to look at the others.

Boom!

The disciples of the Xuanyuan Sect, seeing this scene, were instantly struck as if by lightning, standing frozen in place.

The Third Elder had actually betrayed the Xuanyuan Sect?

Now that the Sect Master is dead, the Third Elder is the Xuanyuan Sect's only high-ranking official.

Yet instead of leading them to resist, the Third Elder was the first to surrender?

"Those who surrender shall not be killed, and may even enter my Ziguang Sect as disciples."

Luo Yao extended her Divine Sense and saw a purple flower, over ten centimeters tall, in the valley; the fragrance was emanating from that very purple flower.

At this moment, Luo Yao felt that numbers truly made strength.

The Spiritual Flame is a treasure existing only in legends, a treasure that would stir the hearts even of Golden Core cultivators and those even stronger.

Seeing no danger around, Luo Yao finally frowned; her companions from just moments ago were already gone.

Many low-level cultivators stepped forward one after another, expressing their willingness to join the Ziguang Sect; after all, life in the Xuanyuan Sect had already been bad enough, and even if life in the Ziguang Sect were worse, how much worse could it be than the Xuanyuan Sect?

They no longer considered the consequences of shutting down the Array, because if they dared to resist again, the Third Elder would surely kill them; they might not die later, but if they disobeyed now, they would definitely die.

Thinking of this, Luo Yao took Xiao Kui out of the space again and let her help with the search as well.

Afterwards, the Third Elder shouted even louder, "Surrender! Only by surrendering is there a path to survival."

"Soul-Nourishing Flower?"

Luo Yao widened her eyes, finding it somewhat hard to believe.

(End of this chapter)