Chapter 35: Weirdness

The night was dark and ominous, beasts roamed below, and killing intent filled the air.

Li Yang flew on her Black sword, following her intuition.

Unknowingly, she flew to the several clusters of spiritual flames she and Meng Zhang had seen earlier.

The spiritual flames had dissipated, and in front of her was a tranquil waterfall, with Red Jiao Vine growing on the cliff halfway up the mountain.

She quickly collected them all.

As she was about to leave, she heard human sounds again. She silently hid behind a concealed tree.

Below the waterfall was a cool river. Through the cold moonlight, she saw the people on the other side of the river.

Several black-clothed figures had tied up Fang Yizhou and An Yi, taking all their mustard seed bags.

Their conditions were similar to Ning Shiyan’s, with a faint black aura around them, obviously poisoned.

The Sixth Elder of the bloodline clan hid under his black cloak, sneering disdainfully, “Divine Phoenix Body, ha, what a joke!”

The young master of the bloodline clan behind him held a token, playing with it nonchalantly, “The Danwang Sect, there’s still one left.”

“Don’t worry, Young Master, my subordinates have already sent people to find him.”

The man chuckled, “The remaining Dan cultivator is a Foundation Establishment cultivator, he won’t cause any trouble.”

He paused, “As for the weapon cultivator boy we encountered earlier, my subordinates are incompetent and haven’t caught him yet. I really don’t know how he ended up in this area.”

This area?

Li Yang tilted her head, puzzled.

What was wrong with this area? Was there a signpost saying only Danwang Sect members could enter?

At the City Lord’s Mansion in Bihai City.

Song Heng sat cross-legged outside, looking up at the map, bored and angry.

He had waited so long, his butt was numb, but no one had come out yet.

What was everyone doing? Didn’t they know how to fight?

The City Lord of Bihai City had the same question. He had been hoping to catch someone who came out and ask about the situation inside, but he couldn’t wait any longer.

The City Lord looked at the map, his brows furrowed.

After a long time, he shook his head, “Something’s wrong, Old Mo, something’s wrong.”

Old Mo was busy checking for the problem, he looked up, “What’s wrong?”

He pointed to the bottom right corner of the map, “Look at this area. There are only a few people, and four out of five of the Danwang Sect are here, along with two disciples from the Yufeng Sect, and five loose cultivators.”

Except for Song Heng, who had been kicked out, there were ten people left in the bottom right corner.

Ten people, occupying a quarter of the map’s area.

The rest of the map was a mix of colors, with at least a hundred people in each area.

The City Lord drew a dividing line in the air with his finger, “I’ve been observing this area, there are quite a few cultivators outside who want to come in, but they stop or turn back. The other areas are constantly connected, but only this one, it’s like it’s been sealed off.”

Old Mo pondered for a long time, “You mean?”

“It’s probably someone who deliberately tampered with the secret realm, just to seal these children off.”

The City Lord stared at the loose cultivators in that area.

He had a bad feeling about it.

While outsiders were analyzing, Li Yang inside had overheard something.

Those bloodline cultivators had infiltrated the secret realm, seemingly to capture cultivators.

Oh, this is exciting.

“Hmm?”

The young master of the bloodline clan seemed to have noticed something and looked towards her direction with sharp eyes.

Li Yang tried her best to hide her aura, hiding herself completely.

It was Fang Yizhou who weakly cursed, “You bunch of despicable villains, what’s the point of capturing us Dan cultivators? If you have the guts, go capture Lou Qi! What are you trying to do?”

The Sixth Elder of the bloodline clan behind the boy sneered and kicked him hard.

He kicked Fang Yizhou into the cold water.

He was tied up and struggled desperately, but he couldn’t swim for his life, he was forced to swallow several large gulps of water.

“You don’t need to remind me,” the Elder said coldly, “Just wait, I will eventually make everyone in the Rebirth Secret Realm my bloodline clan’s slaves.”

After saying that, he grabbed An Yi and jumped into the water with him.

After a while, only the Sixth Elder came out.

He wiped the water droplets off his hands with disgust and grinned menacingly, “Young Master, let’s go!”

After hiding Fang Yizhou and the other Dan cultivator here, the black-clothed boy followed the man.

Only one sword cultivator remained guarding them.

Li Yang estimated that the opponent was at least a Golden Core stage cultivator or higher.

Although she didn’t know their purpose, she could guess that these people didn’t want Fang Yizhou and the others to die for now, otherwise they wouldn’t have kidnapped them here.

The bloodline clan’s strength was unknown, and Li Yang couldn’t reveal herself for now.

She pondered for a moment and quietly turned to leave.

First, she snuck up the mountain, picked a sufficient amount of Star Spirit Grass, stepped onto her Xuan sword, and flew desperately, as if a dog was chasing her.

She flew to a hidden place far away, looked around, arranged the spirit herbs in a row, and began to try refining pills.

The sky was just starting to lighten.

The group of black-clothed people who were searching for Dan cultivators in the mountains stopped.

The most powerful Sixth Elder sensed the aura released when a pill was formed, a smile curled his lips, and he led his men towards that direction.

When the Sixth Elder arrived, he only saw an empty valley.

“Ran away?”

The Sixth Elder closed his eyes, sniffed lightly, picked up the broken spirit herbs on the ground, and chuckled, “They can’t have run far, they’re around here, search.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a sound.

A palm-sized little turtle crawled onto a stone, right in front of the bloodline cultivators, it proudly struck a pose, but then slipped and fell into the river to the right.

The Sixth Elder sneered, unconcerned, and continued to lead his men to search.

And the little turtle Li Yang successfully dived into the water.

She stretched her sore shoulders, swam a distance away, silently swallowed a Gathering Spirit Pill, absorbing it while remembering to activate the Diamond Technique to hide her aura.

Refining pills was really not something a turtle should do, especially when she was taking a gamble, especially when the pill refining method she had developed was a bit unorthodox…

This was the first time she had refined pills that were higher than her level, and now her internal organs were aching.

But there was no time to rest, she estimated that the concealment talisman on the cave would expire in half an hour.

Before going back, Li Yang hesitated for a moment, but still swam towards the waterfall.

First, she went to find Fang Yizhou.