Chapter 218

The young man who had just issued the instruction was the leader of the Star Gate this time, Liu Zongping. This person's cultivation had already been cultivated to the peak of Foundation Establishment. He was not only the person with the highest cultivation at the scene but also one of the people in the Star Gate with the most hope of forming a Golden Core at present.

Liu Zongping's cultivation was not only profound, but his appearance was also very handsome. Although the Star Gate disciples looked very young on the outside, their true ages were actually not much different from cultivators of other sects. The reason they looked young was because many techniques in the Star Gate contained some effects of retaining one's youthful appearance.

After a long time, the yellow-clothed man outside the mountain valley still hadn't seen the spirit beast he had sent to explore the road return. His face, which had been considered relaxed, slowly began to reveal a hint of worry. The old man in the green shirt and the other two on the side also felt a hint of something wrong and hurriedly stepped forward to inquire.

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 that the mountain valley was too large and the red-faced fox had forgotten the time because it was playful.

After waiting for a while, there was still no movement at the valley entrance. The yellow-clothed man finally couldn't sit still. This red-faced fox had followed him for decades. Although it would occasionally slack off, he was encountering such a situation of going and not returning for the first time. If it weren't for the contract he had signed with the spirit beast in his body still being there, he would have thought his spirit beast had already died in the mountain valley.

"Two Fellow Daoists, the red-faced fox hasn't 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 has been trapped; there must be very powerful restrictions inside. I actually felt something bad at the valley entrance just now. It's fortunate we didn't go in directly, otherwise, it wouldn't be the red-faced fox trapped inside." Seeing the yellow-clothed man stand up and want to go into the valley to see, the old man in the green shirt and the other short middle-aged man hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.

"The red-faced fox has spent my many years of hard work to cultivate. How can I bear to just abandon it like this? If the two Fellow Daoists are not willing to go together, why don't you wait for me here for a moment?" The yellow-clothed man appeared very anxious, and while speaking, he was about to walk forward again.

Seeing that he still wanted to go into the valley, the old man in the green shirt persuaded loudly, "It's just a spirit beast, let it go if it's gone. If you lose your life for a spirit beast, that would be a loss that outweighs the gain. You have already reached the Foundation Establishment stage, Fellow Daoist; 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 moment, he finally slowly calmed down, sighed, and slowly turned around, "Thank you for the reminder, Brother Feng. I was a bit impulsive just now. If it is truly as you said, and there are powerful restrictions in this valley, what should we do now?"

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

Although the spiritual items in this mountain valley are good, our array levels are all very ordinary. If we truly trigger powerful restrictions inside, it will be difficult to get away. Let's find our own opportunities elsewhere. What do the two think!" The old man in the green shirt said calmly on the side.

"I have no opinion. Why don't we listen to Fellow Daoist Feng!"

Seeing that the other two besides him had already unified their thoughts, the yellow-clothed man could only look at the mountain valley with reluctance and then nodded along.

No matter how many spiritual items there are in the secret realm, they are limited. Everyone knows that the further you go, the harder it will certainly be to find good spiritual items. Having finally found such a mountain valley with abundant spiritual energy, if they left empty-handed like this, no one would be reconciled.

After the three discussed it, they turned and left the spot together, disappearing on the other side outside the mountain valley.

Not long after the few left, several white-clothed Star Gate disciples walked out quietly from the depths of the mountain valley.

The yellow-clothed man and the others didn't know that this time they could be considered to have picked up a life. If they had still been hesitant and stayed at the valley entrance, and bumped into the Star Gate cultivators, it would have been difficult for them to get away.

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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. Some places outside these corpses had already begun to rot, and the entire water pool was filled with a very strange bloody smell.

Over twenty cultivators wearing Lingyin Sect attire were resting by the water pool. They had all gathered here in the two days since the secret realm opened, including the young man Song Qingming had seen earlier who had taken several spiritual herbs from the second-tier demon crocodile's territory.

At this moment, the expression on his face was very relaxed, and he was still 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, everyone at the scene had their expressions change, and they hurriedly turned 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 a somewhat ugly appearance suddenly rushed out from the forest and looked at everyone with a smile.

"Two Senior Brothers, what are you doing!" Seeing two fellow sect members holding magic tools toward him not far in front of him, the tall and thin man's smiling face froze instantly, and he asked puzzledly.

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

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

"Greetings, Senior Brother Wu."

"The people haven't arrived yet. Wait here for a while. We might leave at any time, so 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.

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

"Senior Brother Wu, we have already waited here for nearly three days, and most of the people who entered from the sect have arrived. Should we set off first, to avoid being preempted by the Star Gate and Xiaoyao Sect people.

Everyone brought the jade butterflies specially refined by the sect before entering. The few fellow sect brothers who haven't arrived yet estimate that the positions where they entered were 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 didn't answer immediately, but stood up first, swept a circle over the fellow sect members around, and then turned his head to say to her: "Don't be too anxious. 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 until the three-day time agreed upon for the reunion. No matter if the remaining people can arrive or not, we must set off on time!"