As Gan Shi said this, Zhu Gaotai and others behind him were stunned, because Gan Shi was asking a Qi Condensation Stage cultivator about the next arrangements.
"Next, we need to find Senior Brother Baili as soon as possible to see if we can join forces with him. But let's take the things from them first."
Li Yan seemed to be thinking about something.
"We will join forces? With Bailiyuan and the others? Oh, but now we have to collect..."
Gan Shi was stunned at first, then he seemed to be thinking about something. Then, he stared at the space inside the sphere, which had now expanded to several hundred feet. There was hesitation in his eyes, and he did not take a step forward easily. The four people behind him did not say a word, and all looked at Li Yan.
"Well, after I collect their things, you just follow my steps and we can figure out the rest after we get out."
Li Yan smiled and then rushed out. This was within his expectations.
He had longed for the storage bag of a foundation-building cultivator for a long time. There were only four corpses here, so Li Yan collected the storage bags very quickly.
When Li Yan returned to the formation, he already had four storage bags and a spirit storage bag in his hands, but there was still some spiritual consciousness left on them, so Li Yan was unable to open it for a while.
The spiritual weapons scattered on the ground, as well as Miao Zhengyi's famous 360 spiritual swords and sword cases, were unceremoniously put into Li Yan's storage bag.
The spiritual weapons of those Qi Condensation cultivators were also three swords with dazzling cold light, which should be mid-grade spiritual weapons, unlike Miao Zhengyi's 360 spiritual swords, which were already at the magic weapon level.
Since the number is too huge, Miao Zhengyi would need more resources to refine it to the level of a magic weapon, which is impossible even for a cultivator in the false pill stage.
These magic-grade swords could be sold at sky-high prices outside, allowing Li Yan to make a considerable fortune.
Li Yan murmured to himself.
"It's a pity that sword cultivators are just sword cultivators. They are too simple. Their spiritual weapons and magic weapons are all swords."
Li Yan was not very proficient in flying swords, so although he had a low-grade spiritual sword in his storage bag, he had basically never used it.
He has been practicing basic magic and the Disintegrating Poison Body in the past few years. He had thought about it before that after leaving the secret realm this time, he would need to prepare a suitable spiritual weapon for himself, otherwise he would be at a disadvantage when fighting with others.
But here, after the Guishui Sutra entered the tenth level of the Qi Condensation Period, when he was reading the Qi Condensation Tenth Level Technique, it mentioned an instrument that was specifically used by the Guishui Xianmen. After he had established his foundation, he could find the materials and refine it into his life-long magic weapon.
Before that, Li Yan planned to keep a few of Miao Zhengyi's swords. Those were magic weapon-level treasures. Although he was not proficient in them, their attack power was much higher than his own low-level spiritual weapon.
After Li Yan turned around and returned to Gan Shi and his men, he did not throw the four storage bags in his hand to Gan Shi, but tied them around his waist naturally and threw the spirit storage bag over.
More than a dozen people had been staring at Li Yan. When they saw him coming back with several storage bags, they tied them around their waists, especially the one that belonged to Miao Zhengyi. That was the storage bag of a foundation-building cultivator, so there would be a lot of good things in it.
The storage bag itself is very valuable and cannot be purchased outside without a thousand spirit stones. However, the few of them did not say anything. If it were not for Li Yan, it would be hard to say whether they could have made it here.
Seeing Li Yan throw the soul storage bag over, Gan Shiyi was stunned, but then smiled. Among the four people behind him, two were seriously injured. At the same time, Li Yan spoke again.
"Brother Gan, there is no sign of a passage on the wall of the sphere. It seems that there are still people alive in the Ten-Step Courtyard. I'd better trouble you to take action as soon as possible."
Li Yan glanced at the walls of the ball around him, then looked up and saw a thick black shadow that had quietly covered the top of the ball.
After Gan Shi stretched out his hand to take the soul storage bag, a murderous look appeared on his face after hearing Li Yan's words. Then, he threw it in front of him and made a seal on the soul storage bag.
A wave of spiritual consciousness emanated from the soul storage bag, which actually pushed him out of the seal and almost bounced him off. This was the last remaining trace of spiritual consciousness of Miao Zhengyi.
Gan Shi snorted coldly, and a spiritual light flashed on his hand. There was a crisp sound, like the sound of breaking a mirror, and the remaining spiritual consciousness dissipated.
The next moment, his spiritual sense had already penetrated into the soul storage bag. With a gloomy expression on his face, a light flashed at the mouth of the soul storage bag, and six rays of light appeared on the ground in front of him.
The light gradually dissipated, and six figures appeared on the ground. Four of them were unconscious, and two were awake. They were all lying on the ground, wearing the white robes of the Shibuyuan clan.
The two sober people looked confused. They looked around and immediately saw Li Yan and the other six people. Their faces changed drastically in an instant.
With another glance, he saw a figure sitting on the ground with his head bowed to his chest, and three corpses wearing the same clothes not far away. He immediately struggled to get up, and at the same time, he slapped the storage bag on his waist with both hands.
But before they could make any move, several huge yellow wind blades flew towards the six of them. In an instant, the wind blades hit them, blood splattered, and a red mist spread out. The bodies of the six people were cut into dozens of pieces.
Gan Shi slowly withdrew one of his hands and looked at the bloody spot with a calm expression on his face.
Zhu Gaotai and his friends were watching everything that was happening in front of them from behind. Only the petite Junior Sister Dai showed a look of pity, while the other three had indifference in their eyes.
If Gan Shi was killed instead, the seriously injured fellow disciples in his spirit storage bag would suffer the same fate. Otherwise, the passage to the next level would not be opened and all enemies would have to die.
At the same time as the six Ten-Step Courtyard monks died, waves began to ripple on one side of the sphere wall, and circles of ripples appeared in front of everyone.
Li Yan then raised his legs and walked forward, and Gan and a dozen others followed closely behind him, taking each step forward while even holding their breath.
But when Li Yan passed the bloody field, he picked up six storage bags and tied them around his waist, as if he had forgotten the existence of other people, and Gan ignored them. Li Yan stepped into the sphere and disappeared, and several people disappeared from the sphere one by one.
Inside the ball, there was only one person with his head lowered, motionless, and a pile of bloody body parts on the ground...
This is a ruined battlefield. Under the gloomy sky, there is another path that winds its way deep into the center of the battlefield and disappears at the end of the dark sky.
On both sides of the path, there were torn armors and broken swords and guns all over the ground, as well as some tattered flags stuck diagonally on the scorched earth, fluttering gently in the breeze, as if telling of the cruelty and bloodiness that had once existed here.
"I don't know how Sixth Senior Sister is doing. It should be the last stage. I have to rush back as soon as possible."
Li Yan looked at everything in front of him, and the scene of Gong Chenying and others fighting bloody battles on the battlefield appeared in his eyes, and a sense of uneasiness arose in his heart.
The sphere behind him was flashing with light, and more than a dozen people including Gan slowly turned into entities and came out. When they saw the scene in front of them and the implied blood energy rising into the sky, they were shocked.
The last level, just looking at the immediate environment is extremely dangerous. Then thinking that there are only four people including Li Yan who can fight, he can't help but feel bitter.
After looking ahead, Gan Shi turned around and said to a few people.
"Zhu Gaotai and Kong Si will also enter the spirit storage bag in a while. Rui Feikai and Dai Jing will recover on the spot first."
Gan Shi stared blankly at the battlefield in front of him for a while, then looked at the people around him without any emotion and whispered instructions, with the soul storage bag in his hand already opened.
Zhu Gaotai and another seriously injured disciple smiled bitterly. They were finally able to enter the soul storage bag to rest for a while. However, they thought of the fate of the six people in the soul storage bag in the Ten-Step Courtyard in the ball.
Looking at the remaining four fighters, he felt extremely nervous. But he still respectfully bowed to Gan Shi and Li Yan's backs.
Gan Shiwei nodded, and as his spiritual power surged, a suction force appeared at the mouth of the bag. Zhu Gaotai and the disciple named Kong Si turned into two streams of light and flew towards the mouth of the bag, where bursts of spiritual energy were emanating.
"Put the two of them in the spirit storage bag as well."
At this moment, Li Yan turned his head, his eyes flashing with brilliance, and glanced at the remaining burly man and petite girl.
When the two heard this, their faces changed. The burly man Rui Feikai looked extremely unhappy and spoke.
"Uncle Li, the injuries that Junior Sister Dai and I suffered were minor. Each level takes about two hours to recuperate. We only need one hour to recover.
I think when the time comes, Junior Sister Dai and I will also help out and won’t burden our senior uncles and aunts.”
He was already being a little impolite when he said this.
The petite girl bit her lip and looked up at Li Yan.
"Uncle Li, we are not the cowardly type, and we will not drag down the two elders."
Those who can come to the secret realm are all the best in their own peak. They are all extremely proud. Of course, they feel very uncomfortable when they suddenly hear Li Yan say this.
But he didn't say to Li Yanming, "You are only at the eighth level of Qi Condensation, which is lower than the two of us."
"Junior Brother Li, is this the method you mentioned to join forces with Baili?"
The yellow-haired man listened to what the two said without being moved, a gleam of brilliance flashed in his eyes. He looked rough but his heart was very delicate, otherwise how could he have made a name for himself during the foundation-building period of the Four Symbols Peak.
Although Gan Shi had heard Li Yan say that he would merge with Baili before, he thought that they would have to fight their way through. However, from Li Yan's words at this moment, it was obvious that he did not intend to force his way through.
Li Yan nodded and looked at the three people seriously.
"I want to get out of this level from here and not charge forward any further. Then I'll go outside the level passage to find Senior Brother Baili or Senior Sister Gong. To be specific, we need to go out and see which purple light band is closest to us.
But I'm not sure whether I can take you out. After all, one blue diamond crystal can only be used by one person. Even if we add the diamond crystal I just got from Shibuyuan, there are only three of them. I can only guarantee that three of us can go out.
So you two need to enter the soul storage bag as well, and Senior Brother Gan and I can go out alone. Even Senior Brother Gan can enter the soul storage bag as well, and I can lead you out alone."
Li Yan said a few words briefly, but Rui Feikai and Dai Jing didn't quite understand, so they listened confusedly and looked at Gan Shi in confusion.
"Then I understand. However, I don't want to enter the soul storage bag unless it is absolutely necessary. Then you two can come in first."
The first half of Gan Shi's sentence was addressed to Li Yan, while the second half was addressed to Rui Feikai and the other two.
As a foundation-building cultivator, when he entered the spirit storage bag, it could be said that he had handed half of his life to Li Yan. Although he trusted Li Yan, out of the instinct of a powerful cultivator, he still wanted to control everything at all times.
In addition, Gan Shi really wanted to see how this blue diamond crystal could be as magical as Li Yan said.