After getting away from the entrance to the secret realm, looking at Hunyuan City not far ahead, Xu Chunniang's heart moved and she did not enter the city.
She changed direction and headed towards Wind-Crying Mountain.
She deliberately chose a main road, met many monks along the way, and then entered the Fengku Mountain in a carefree manner.
After entering the depths of Fengku Mountain, Xu Chunniang released her spiritual sense and confirmed that there was no one around. Then she restored her original appearance and destroyed all the clothes she was carrying.
After doing all this, she used her spiritual sense to lock onto two black golden apes in the early stages of foundation building and began hunting them slowly.
After killing monsters in Fengku Mountain for five days, Xu Chunniang left the place and embarked on the return journey.
Before reaching Hunyuan City, we could see from afar that a lot of guards had been added outside the city and the city was on high alert.
It seems that the fact that Tianyuan Secret Realm was closed three days ago but Xie Changyuan failed to leave as scheduled has alarmed the City Lord's Mansion.
Xu Chunniang lowered her eyes and pretended to be ignorant as she walked towards the city gate.
The city gates were heavily guarded, and every monk entering or leaving the city was subject to strict questioning.
Several foundation-building monks held magic weapons to ensure that the monks passing by did not disguise themselves or hide their cultivation levels. There was also a Jindan monk sitting nearby.
When it was Xu Chunniang's turn, she took out her identity jade token and took the initiative to reach out and place it on the magic weapon used for testing.
"pass."
Hearing this, she felt a little relieved. When she was about to step into the city, she saw the Jindan cultivator suddenly open his eyes and his gaze fell on her.
"Wait a minute!"
Xu Chunniang's heart tightened, but a look of confusion appeared on her face, as if she didn't know why she was called.
The Jindan cultivator could naturally see that the cultivation level of the female cultivator in front of him was only the fourth level of foundation building.
The city lord has specifically instructed that we should pay more attention to the cultivators at the fourth level of foundation building.
He said coldly, "Release your consciousness."
Xu Chunniang acted puzzled. After all, she had just explained that she had stayed in Fengku Mountain for a month and just returned to the city today.
The two late Foundation Establishment cultivators in charge of the inspection both looked impatient.
There are so many people waiting to be tested, and they are too lazy to explain.
"Just let me release my spiritual consciousness. No need to ask so many questions."
Xu Chunniang took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.
When she came out of the Tianyuan Secret Realm that day, she changed her aura, and her contact with those Jindan cultivators was also extremely brief. If she releases her spiritual sense at this moment, she should not be recognized, right
As she pondered, she pretended to cooperate and was about to release her spiritual sense when she caught a glimpse of the Jindan cultivator next to her, whose expression changed slightly after he opened a sound transmission talisman.
"I have something urgent to do. I'll be back soon. You two should stay here and check carefully."
After saying this, the Jindan cultivator flew away into the air.
Xu Chunniang blinked and quietly released her spiritual sense.
After this invisible spiritual consciousness touched the spiritual consciousness of two late Foundation Establishment cultivators, it seemed to have encountered some huge obstacle and was suddenly bounced back.
Her body seemed unable to bear it and she swayed and almost fell down.
"Okay, let's go."
Xu Chunniang withdrew her consciousness and entered the city "weakly".
He remained weak until he entered Xiangyun Inn.
The innkeeper was surprised to see her come back alive. He hadn't seen her for such a long time and he thought that this female cultivator had died in Fengku Mountain.
However, he quickly put away the surprise on his face and replaced it with a smile.
"Fellow Daoist, you are finally back. Your companions have been coming to me a lot these days to ask for information, and some even wanted to go to Fengkui Mountain to look for you. Fortunately, you are finally back. Otherwise, if you were a few days later, I really wouldn't be able to persuade you."
Xu Chunniang smiled back and took out a small bag of spirit stones and placed it on the counter. "Thank you, shopkeeper, for passing on my message."
Before leaving, she told Huo Chunyan and the others where she was going, but in order to prevent the three of them from impulsively running to Fengku Mountain to find her, she specifically asked the shopkeeper to help look after them.
The shopkeeper picked up the bag of spirit stones with a smile, weighed it without leaving any trace, and showed a look of satisfaction.
"You are too polite, I can't help you much."
After Xu Chunniang thanked the shopkeeper again, she walked to the door of the room she had lived in before and knocked.
"who?"
"It's me."
In less than half a breath, the door was suddenly opened. Huo Chunyan stared at Xu Chunniang with wide eyes, her eyes slowly turning red.
"Chun Niang, you're back... That's great, that's great!"
She was a little excited and wanted to say something, but she only repeated this sentence.
After waking up, Senior Brother Zhuge left a message saying that he went to a secret realm, and Chunniang left a message saying that he went to Fengku Mountain.
The three of them were worried to death. God knows how they got through these days.
He prepared to go to Fengku Mountain several times, but after thinking of what Chunniang left behind, he finally held back.
"It's all our fault that we are useless, so we let you risk your life to earn spirit stones..."
Seeing that Huo Chunyan looked like she was about to cry, Xu Chunniang coughed lightly to hide her guilty conscience.
The room at Xiangyun Inn was quite expensive, and after living there for half a year, the few people had already drained out their meager savings.
At that time, in order to find a reasonable reason for her departure, she used the excuse of hunting monsters and going out to earn money.
"It's okay. I'm back safe and sound. And although this trip was a bit hard, the gains are not bad at all."
Huo Chunyan wiped the corners of her eyes and said, "Senior Brother came back three days ago. I went to tell him the good news, as well as Zhang Yu and the others."
A quarter of an hour later, the five people gathered again in Zhuge Yun's Xuan room.
Looking at the teacup in front of her, Huo Chunyan glanced at Zhuge Yun who was sitting at the top, and spoke in an unceremonious tone.
"This time, Senior Brother didn't add anything to it, right?"
Zhuge Yun showed a trace of apology on his face, "I just had no choice at the time, I hope you fellow brothers and sisters don't take it to heart."
Xu Chunniang lowered her head to drink tea, but she was extremely sure in her heart that she had not seen Zhuge Yun in the entire Tianyuan Secret Realm or even in the Tiandao Palace.
Or... he didn't go to Tiandao Palace at all.
Or maybe he also used some disguise technique and she couldn't recognize him.
Xu Chunniang felt that the latter was more likely. After all, Zhuge Yun had even gone to the trouble of drugging the four of them in order to get rid of them and enter the secret realm. It was unlikely that he would miss the opportunity to go to the Tiandao Palace.
She was able to learn the art of shrinking bones and improving qi. Zhuge Yun's cultivation was higher than hers, so it was not surprising that he could master such techniques.
"Brother finally returned safely, and so did Sister Xu. I have been counting the days for the past month."
Zhang Yu breathed a sigh of relief, a look of relief on his face.
A thoughtful look flashed in Zhuge Yun's eyes. It was only after he came back from the secret realm that he learned that Xu Chunniang had gone to Fengku Mountain alone.
But the timing was too coincidental. She left alone right after he left.
Could it be that... this junior sister said she went to Fengkui Mountain, but actually sneaked into the secret realm like him