Chapter 218: Respective Preparations

The young man who just issued the order was the leader of the Xingchen Sect this time, Liu Zongping. This person's cultivation had already reached the peak of Foundation Establishment. Not only was he the person with the highest cultivation present, but he was also one of the few people in the Xingchen Sect with the most hope of forming a core.

Liu Zongping was not only profound in cultivation but also very handsome in appearance. Although the Xingchen Sect disciples looked very young on the outside, their real age was actually not much different from cultivators of other sects. The reason they looked young was because many techniques in the Xingchen Sect contained some effects of retaining youth.

After a long time, the yellow-clothed man outside the valley did not see his spirit beast return. His originally relaxed face slowly began to show a trace of worry. The two old men in green shirts on the side also felt a trace of something wrong and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

The yellow-clothed man checked and discovered that the spirit beast contract in his body was still there, so he could only explain that it might be because the valley inside was too big, and the Red-Faced Fox forgot the time while playing.

After waiting for a while, there was still no movement at the valley entrance. The yellow-clothed man finally could not sit still. This Red-Faced Fox had been cultivated by him for decades. Although it would occasionally slack off, he was encountering a situation where it went and never returned like this for the first time. If it were not for the contract signed with the spirit beast in his body still being there, he would have thought his spirit beast had died in the valley.

"Two Fellow Daoists, the Red-Faced Fox has not returned. It might be trapped by something inside. Should we go in and see what the situation is?"

"Fellow Daoist Li, don't be so impulsive. Even the Red-Faced Fox was trapped. There must be a very powerful restriction inside. I actually felt something was wrong at the valley entrance just now. It is fortunate that we did not rush in directly, otherwise, the one trapped inside would not be the Red-Faced Fox." Seeing the yellow-clothed man stand up and want to enter the valley to take a look, the old man in the green shirt and the other short middle-aged cultivator hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.

"The Red-Faced Fox, after all, was cultivated with my many years of hard work. How can I bear to abandon it like this? If the two Fellow Daoists are not willing to go together, why not wait for me here for a moment." The yellow-clothed man appeared very anxious, wanting to walk forward again while speaking.

Seeing that he still wanted to enter the valley, the old man in the green shirt shouted to persuade him: "It's just a spirit beast. If it's gone, let it be. If you lose your life for a spirit beast, that would be a loss that outweighs the gain. Fellow Daoist, your cultivation has already reached the Foundation Establishment realm; how can you still be so muddled."

After hearing this, the yellow-clothed man finally stopped his steps and revealed a thoughtful expression.

After pondering for a while, he finally calmed down slowly and sighed, slowly turning around: "Many thanks to Brother Feng for the reminder. I was a bit impulsive just now. If it is truly as you said, that there is a powerful restriction in this valley, what should we do now?"

"Fellow Daoist Li, it's good that you've thought it through! It is not easy for us loose cultivators to reach this step of Foundation Establishment. Don't easily put yourself in danger for the sake of external things, right!

Although the spirit items in this valley are good, inside, the formation level of the few of us is very ordinary. If we truly trigger a powerful restriction inside, it will be difficult to get away. It is better to change to another place to find our own opportunity. What do the two think!" The old man in the green shirt said calmly on the side.

"I have no opinion. Why not listen to Fellow Daoist Feng!"

Seeing that the other two besides him had already unified their ideas, the yellow-clothed man could only look at the valley reluctantly and then nodded in agreement.

No matter how many spirit items there were in the secret realm, they were limited. Everyone knew that the further back, the harder it would certainly be to find good spirit items. Having finally found such a valley with abundant spiritual energy, no one would be willing to leave empty-handed like this.

After the three discussed, they turned around together and left the spot, disappearing on the other side of the valley.

Not long after the few people left, several white-clothed Xingchen Sect disciples quietly walked out from the depths of the valley.

The yellow-clothed man and the others did not know that this time they were considered to have picked up a life. If they were still hesitant and stayed at the valley entrance, it would be difficult for them to get away if they ran into the Xingchen Sect cultivators.

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On the other side of the secret realm, in a water pool where two streams converged, several huge demon beast corpses were floating in the water pool. Some places outside these corpses had already begun to rot, and the entire water pool was filled with a very strange bloody smell.

More than twenty cultivators wearing Lingyin Sect attire were resting by the water pool. They were all gathered here in the two days after the secret realm opened, including the young man Song Qingming had seen before who took away a few spirit herbs from the second-tier demon crocodile's territory.

At this moment, the expression on his face was very relaxed, and he was whispering to the fellow sect members around him about the various demon beasts he had encountered along the way in these two days.

Just at this time, a rustling sound suddenly came from the dense forest by the water pool, as if something was approaching here. Hearing the sound, the crowd at the scene changed their expressions, hurriedly turning their gazes toward that direction. Two people who were closer had already taken out the magic tools on their bodies and carefully approached the position where the sound was emitted.

They had just walked over when a tall and thin man with an ugly appearance suddenly rushed out from the forest, looking toward the crowd with a smile.

"Two Senior Brothers, what is this for!" Seeing two fellow sect members holding magic tools toward him not far in front of him, the tall and thin man was so frightened that his smiling face instantly stiffened, and he asked with confusion.

"Damn! Junior Brother Li Long, you didn't dare to fly on a sword even when you arrived near here. No wonder you came so slowly. Speaking of which, your sneaky appearance is truly wretched enough. If you had appeared later, we might have truly chopped you as a demon beast." The two joked with him, put away the magic tools in their hands, pointed to the crowd behind them, and led the tall and thin man to the side of the water pool.

After greeting many fellow sect members on the road, the tall and thin man came to a boulder beside the water pool and bowed to a middle-aged man who was meditating on it.

"Seen Senior Brother Wu."

"The people haven't arrived yet. Wait here for a while. We may leave at any time. Don't walk around casually for the time being!" The middle-aged man nodded calmly to him and then instructed him kindly.

The tall and thin man nodded and found a position to sit down alone again.

As soon as the middle-aged man's voice fell, after the tall and thin man retreated, a beautiful young woman suddenly leaned over again and said softly:

"Senior Brother Wu, we have been waiting here for nearly three days, and most of the people who entered from the sect have arrived. Should we set off first, so as not to be preempted by the Xingchen Sect and the Xiaoyao Sect people.

Everyone brought the jade butterflies specially refined by the sect before entering. The few Junior Brothers who haven't arrived yet are estimated to have landed in positions that are too remote. As long as our pace is slightly slower, they will certainly be able to catch up."

Facing the woman's suggestion, that Senior Brother Wu did not answer immediately, but first stood up, scanned the fellow sect members around, and then turned his head to say to her: "Don't be too impatient. The inner valley is not so easy to enter. Even if they reunite faster than us, they won't necessarily be able to enter before us. There are still two hours left before the three-day time agreed upon for reunion. No matter whether the remaining people can arrive or not, we must set off on time!"

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