After carefully listening to all the Jindan cultivators' reports of strange things happening in the secret realm, the Yuanyings discussed...
Later, it was heard that eight Nascent Soul ancestors joined forces to enter the secret realm once, and when they came out again, they announced that the incident had nothing to do with the monsters in the secret realm, and it was said that it might have something to do with the ancient cultivators.
After those Jindan cultivators came back and thought about it carefully, they felt that it was unlikely that a monster had done it. If that was the case, none of them would be able to get out this time.
Otherwise, once the matter is leaked, it will cause a racial war inside and outside the country. It would be better to let the human monks advance in batches and kill them all.
The secret realm also has fourth-order monsters, as well as a terrifying number of second- and third-order monsters. It can be said that as many cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage as enter, they will die.
But as to what was going on with the ancient cultivators in the secret realm, the Yuanying Patriarch did not explain. He only said that when entering the secret realm again in the future, each faction would send out at least seven Jindan cultivators, and there must be Jindan cultivators who were good at formations and the Da Manyuan group attack techniques.
After the Yuanying Patriarch arranged things, the matter was dropped. The Jindan cultivators did not know the reason, but no one dared to ask. They just followed the ancestor's orders.
From then on, every time the secret realm was opened, each sect would send no less than seven cultivators at or above the middle Jindan stage into the realm.
The picking area is changed every fifteen years to protect the growth of magical herbs and medicines in the original area.
But every fifteen years thereafter, attacks would occur in different areas such as valley mouths, water banks, mountain tops, grasslands, etc. However, they would not necessarily be accompanied by heavy fog, but might be heavy rain, mountain torrents, heavy snow, and other strange phenomena in the sky and earth.
The similarity is that once the strange phenomena of heaven and earth appear, no matter what level the cultivators are at, their eyesight will be unable to see clearly, and their spiritual consciousness will be compressed to a certain range.
During this period, there have been several times when the Yuanying Ancestor sneaked in secretly, but as long as the Yuanying Ancestor entered, no matter how sophisticated the concealment methods were, this kind of strange phenomenon would never appear. It was really strange.
Even though they were prepared, several Jindan warriors still died or were seriously injured when they first entered.
But the strange thing is that no matter which race of monsters came into the secret realm, they would only suffer some superficial injuries at most, and would not be seriously injured at all, let alone die.
If the monsters want to gather together with human cultivators, it will be in vain, as they will surely be separated by the strange phenomena of heaven and earth.
According to the monsters, when these strange phenomena occur, they will be moved to a space. If they do not move, they will be fine. If they try to break the space, they will be attacked, but they will only be unable to escape and suffer injuries and bleeding on their bodies.
This made the human cultivators very depressed, but they could not think that the other party was lying.
Of course Li Yan didn't know these, and even Li Wuyi didn't know. In the several picking trials he participated in, everything outside was normal when he entered, and no Jindan elders from the four sects died when he came out. The Wheel of Life and Death had not been activated at that time, so no disciples knew the situation outside.
Li Yan was staring at the light spot on the Tianxin Plate at this time, but he heard Li Wuyi calling him. He retracted his gaze and noticed that the four sect elders had actually begun to gather their sect disciples into one area.
Although the several sects did not merge together after gathering, there was only a distance of more than fifty feet between each sect, which was a distance of one leap for the cultivators.
At this time, the three third-level monsters on the opposite side led hundreds of first-level monsters and looked at this side coldly, with a hint of ridicule in their eyes.
Li Wuyi didn't know what was going on, so he hurried over.
After the four sects gathered in their respective areas in front of the valley, the Jindan elders of each sect began to cast spells at the borders of their own areas. On the Wuliang Sect's side, the white-haired old man from the Four Symbols Peak personally set up the formation, while the other seven elders sat cross-legged in seven directions outside the disciples.
Li Yan only felt that the white-haired old man's move was extremely fast. He didn't have time to see clearly. The surroundings were already white, and only a transparent light shield appeared in the sky above.
In this way, the light can shine freely, and the Tianxin Plate in the sky above the valley entrance can also be seen clearly.
He looked at Li Wuyi beside him in confusion, and Li Wuyi shook his head, indicating that he didn't know what was going on either.
"Uncle Yi set up the Eight Trigrams Shaoyin Formation, which focuses on defense. It seems that he is trying to guard against some kind of attack."
Li Yan heard Li Wuyi's voice transmission in his mind, and he also learned that the master of Sixiang Peak was originally named Yi.
"Main guard? Is there going to be a fight at the entrance of the valley? We need eight Jindan masters to guard the formation."
If Li Yan remembered correctly, there seemed to be five people in the late Jindan stage among these eight people, which meant that some of the sect's top forces were mobilized.
"Alright, you guys should hurry up and practice. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth here is a great opportunity. It's just that you can't go out for a month."
Master Yi Feng also sat down cross-legged at one of the eight trigrams and spoke lightly.
Although Li Yan knew that the other three sects and the monsters were not far away, he could not sense them at all at this time. But since the Jindan cultivator did not say anything, no one dared to ask.
In the following days, some people practiced diligently day and night; others would rest for a few hours after practicing for a period of time.
During rest time, they usually look up at the celestial disk in the sky. The main thing is to see how many black spots are left and how many light spots of other colors are left.
Li Yan did not practice at all in the past two days because he was a little uneasy and always worried about Wei Chituo and the others, and of course Zhao Min. The area inside the formation was very large, and there was a long distance between two people. Li Yan sat cross-legged in the formation like the others, and he chose a position where his sight was facing the Tianxin Plate.
He found that Li Wuyi was not far away. Judging from his breath, he was obviously practicing with his eyes closed, and seemed to have no concern for the outside world.
Li Yan stared at the black spots of light. After two days, three of them had disappeared. However, only one foundation-building cultivator from the Buli Peak of the Wuliang Sect returned to the formation, and he was seriously injured.
According to him, he and another disciple were besieged by four monks from the Pure Land Sect. At the last moment, he used his spiritual consciousness to shatter the black spots in his body, and this is how the transmission was released.
More than a day ago, this cultivator only collected three rare spiritual herbs, which was indeed not a very good harvest.
When he and another monk from the same sect entered a cave, they found four Zen masters standing in the cave. Those people must have just obtained some spiritual treasures and had not yet had time to leave.
When the four Zen masters discovered that there were only two monks from the Wuliang Sect coming in together, they became murderous.
After instantly weighing the strength comparison, the two people from the Wuliang Sect decisively chose to withdraw, but they were still blocked by four monks from the Pure Land Sect. After a fierce fight, another monk from the Laojun Peak died on the spot.
However, before the death of the monk from Laojun Peak, he also used his most vulnerable means. It is said that he poisoned the two opponents on the spot. The other two Zen masters reacted very quickly and dodged.
Therefore, it also gave the monk from Buli Peak time to activate the black spots of light in his body. The moment he passed out, he also left four "Yuhua Gu" to attack the last two monks at the risk of their lives. According to him, he might have killed at least one person.
However, none of the four "Yuhua Gu" that he had cultivated with his essence and blood after decades of hard work came out with him. They must have chosen to self-destruct in the end, which greatly damaged his mind and made the injury even worse.
The rarer the poisonous insect, the more often it requires the cultivator to use his own essence and blood to cultivate it bit by bit. Unlike those poisonous insects that are densely packed in a large area, which win by quantity, rare poisonous insects are famous for their huge single attack power.
The eggs of this kind of poisonous insect are extremely difficult to find, and the cultivation is extremely laborious. It may take decades to successfully cultivate one, not to mention that this cultivator lost all four of the "Feathered Gu" this time.
Another black spot of the Wuliang Sect disappeared, but no one knew who died and at whose hands. This made Li Yan more and more unstable. He glanced at Li Wuyi from time to time, but the other party was as calm as an old monk.
A few hours later, Li Wuyi opened his eyes, looked at Li Yan, then looked at Tianxin Pan and the seriously injured cultivator lying on the ground. At this time, Li Yan saw Li Wuyi's smiling expression. He was still smiling. Then Li Wuyi closed his eyes again.
After watching for another day, another black spot on the Tianxin Disk disappeared. No one was teleported out either, so it must have fallen into it as well.
"At this rate, how many people will be alive in a month?"
Li Yan would stare at the Tianxin Plate for a while from time to time.
“It’s no use for you to do this. Life and death in cultivation are the paths you choose. When it’s over, ask if anyone knows what happened inside.
In the future, we can find our enemies and kill them. Even if we don’t know who attacked these junior brothers and sisters, they are just the three sects and the monsters. If we meet them, we can kill them directly. It’s a very simple thing.”
Li Yan heard Li Wuyu's gentle voice in his mind, which sounded like a guiding voice. Li Yan's heart shuddered when he heard it.
"This elder brother really has such a strong desire to kill!"
After thinking for a while, I felt that my worrying was useless. It seems that tempering one's character is not a matter of a day or two, and maturity is still a long way to go. It is indeed useless to worry about it. What is going to happen will happen.
After slowly figuring it all out, Li Yan began to relax.
"We need to hurry up. We have been putting the cart before the horse during this period of time!"
Not long after, Li Wu, who was not far away, saw Li Yan slowly adjust his breathing and gradually return to normal, and he couldn't help but curl his lips.
"Through these few days, he finally realized that he couldn't help in any way except worrying.
When the second, third, sixth, and Chang Ting entered for the first time, I separated from them because all places were too dangerous. I was worried about them and even overlooked several places I should have visited along the way..."
In the secret realm, the sun rose and set just like the time outside, and Li Yan completely entered into a state of meditation.
The spiritual energy here is extremely rich, and it fills every part of his body as he breathes in and out. When the Guishui Sutra circulates, the feeling of swelling in his body becomes stronger, but this feeling is not uncomfortable. Instead, he feels as if he wants to break through the barrier in one fell swoop.
Moreover, Li Yan had a feeling that in this world, the Guishui Sutra seemed more lively and natural.
On this day, Li Yan, who was in a state of meditation, suddenly felt something strange in his consciousness. This uncomfortable feeling woke him up from his meditation. He felt extremely uncomfortable. Having his cultivation interrupted is a big problem for a cultivator, so it is not excessive to fight with others.
Li Yan became furious and opened his eyes, only to find that the sky was already dark without any trace of moonlight. Even the compass, which used to be able to be seen flashing in the sky as long as he opened his eyes, had disappeared.
Outside the transparent light shield, it seemed as if there was a sky full of dust stirring up the heaven and earth violently. Bursts of rumbling sounds kept coming from the surroundings. Li Yan was startled and didn't know what was happening.