Sitting and forgetting longevity

Chapter 1970 Treasure Hunt in the Secret Realm
As the white light flashed, the teams disappeared in the light, and the area in front of the entrance to the secret realm gradually became empty. Everyone's attention then shifted to the secret realm itself.

"Not bad, not bad!" Li Shan beside him beamed with joy: "Our Taiqing Sect was lucky this time. We were randomly teleported to a plain with a wide field of vision and no danger."

"Oh." Liu Qinghuan glanced at it perfunctorily and continued searching for the Wen Shi Sect disciples.

Beneath their feet was a layer of transparent, faint light that covered the entire secret realm, clearly revealing everything that happened within to the onlookers.

Soon, Liu Qinghuan found a group of Wenshi Sect disciples gathered together at the edge of a mountain forest.

His gaze sharpened slightly, for in the dense forest behind them, two giant tigers, each several meters long, shook their heads and looked in the direction of the Wen Shi Sect members.

These are two demonic tigers, one male and one female, each with a powerful eighth-level beast. Every hair on their bodies seems to shimmer with a faint light.

The male tiger was somewhat agitated, pacing back and forth in the forest.

The tigress remained motionless, her enormous body completely blocking the cave behind her.

Meanwhile, in the mountain valley on the other side, another team had just been teleported into the secret realm and was heading out.

The Wen Shi Sect has just sent out several disciples to investigate various places, and they should soon discover their precarious situation.

"It seems your sect isn't having much luck!" Li Shan also noticed the predicament of the Wen Shi Sect: "Being attacked from both sides, it's probably impossible for you to escape unscathed."

Liu Qinghuan remained calm and asked, "Which sect does that team over there belong to?"

"Tsk! It's actually the Ghost King Sect from the Abyss Realm." Li Shan said regretfully, "The people of this sect are most skilled at manipulating corpse puppets and ghosts. Those above the Nascent Soul stage all have at least one Corpse King by their side. Among the many sects, their strength is above average, and they are known for being difficult to deal with."

As they spoke, the group released their corpse puppets, some with one or two, others with three or five. The original group of fifty people suddenly grew several times larger, their momentum fierce and their killing intent palpable.

Liu Qinghuan recalled the cultivator named Mo Gu that she had seen a couple of days ago when she passed by; he seemed to be from this sect.

His gaze swept across the crowd, noticing that many people wore ghost masks, he didn't bother to look any further and said slowly, "Do you think my disciples can't defeat them?"

“Brother Liu, it’s not that I’m trying to boost the enemy’s morale while diminishing our own,” Li Shan said earnestly. “Although everyone’s cultivation level is about the same due to restrictions, the enemy can do the work of two people.”

Moreover, your sect is currently being attacked from both sides, how can you win?

"Then let's wait and see!" Liu Qinghuan said, "Anyway, they'll meet sooner or later. Since they've participated in this competition, they need to learn how to deal with any bad situations that may arise."

"Keep pretending! If your younger colleagues are the first to be eliminated, let's see how you'll still act so nonchalant!"

"No matter how anxious I am outside, there's nothing I can do. I can only trust them."

"Haha, you'll be the one who loses face in the end anyway."

Li Shan gloated, even temporarily setting aside his own disciples, waiting to see how the Wen Shi Sect would handle the crisis.

Inside the secret realm, the disciples who had gone out to investigate had brought back news. Many members of the Wen Shi Sect showed panic on their faces and took out their magical artifacts.

In the crowd, Gu Jingchen and two other Nascent Soul cultivators, Wang Mengji and Bai Xuan, were gathered together, along with several Yin Deficiency and Yang Realm cultivators, who were discussing in hushed tones.

A moment later, the group suddenly dispersed, fleeing in twos and threes in different directions.

"Scatter and escape?" Li Shan frowned. "That's probably not a good plan."

Liu Qinghuan followed the disciples' movements with her gaze, and after a moment smiled faintly. "We can't just stand there and wait to fight head-on."

Inside the secret realm, Gu Jingchen and Huichen disappeared on the spot, while Wang Mengji and Bai Xuan disappeared into the forest.

Both of these Nascent Soul stage disciples were rising stars, so Liu Qinghuan was not very familiar with them. He only knew that Bai Xuan was a sword cultivator from Moxie Peak, one of the nine peaks of the Wen Shi Sect, and that Wang Mengji, like him, came from Zhulin Mountain.

A moment later, two sword lights shot out from the forest and flew towards the opposite mountain valley.

Behind them, an eighth-tier male tiger leaped out and roared to the sky!
The array's light barrier concealed the enormous tiger's roar, but judging from the ripples spreading around it, the roar was incredibly powerful. The two people flying ahead swayed and almost fell from the sky.

A faint light flashed in Wang Mengji's hand as he tossed out a talisman, and azure lightning tore through the sky and crashed down!
The male tiger was struck squarely, its glossy fur slightly singed, which made it even angrier.

The chase between the two sides quickly crossed the barren grasslands and climbed over the hills, catching up with the Ghost King Sect members.

Those people were retreating in the opposite direction, clearly aware of the situation behind them, but their varying levels of cultivation greatly slowed down their retreat.

Two Nascent Soul stage cultivators immediately flew out to intercept Wang and Bai, but the two suddenly vanished.

At that moment, a fierce wind swept in, and the giant tiger instantly charged into the crowd, terrifying the low-level cultivators into falling over.

"Good, good, good, what a brilliant move to shift the blame!" Li Shan laughed loudly.

Liu Qinghuan smiled slightly, then turned his gaze and saw the grass, leaves and branches swaying slightly in the distance, indicating that the Wen Shi Sect disciples had also arrived.

A member of the Ghost King Sect ran up the hillside and looked back at the chaotic battlefield below: with just a flick of his wrist, several low-level cultivators were sent flying by the tiger, their fates unknown.

Fortunately, a Nascent Soul cultivator immediately distracted the giant tiger, allowing him to escape. He was still shaken and terrified.

Let's reunite with the other disciples first!
As the Ghost King Sect member turned around, he suddenly felt a tug at his waist!
He was greatly alarmed, for the attacker's cultivation was at least one level higher than his own, and the attacker was holding his identity token in his hand, gripping it tightly without hesitation.

"do not want!"

The token crumbled into dust and fell to the ground. The Ghost King Sect members, their faces filled with resentment, also transformed into a beam of white light and were teleported out of the secret realm.

The Wen Shi Sect disciple chuckled and quickly disappeared.

This kind of situation occurs in many places. The disciples responsible for the sneak attack are either more powerful than the opponent or work in groups of two or three. In short, they make sure the opponent has no chance to fight back and act with incredible speed.

However, the Ghost King Sect members quickly reacted and gathered in one place, making a sneak attack extremely difficult.

The Wen Shi faction also decided to stop while they were ahead; the competition had only just begun, and there was no need to fight to the death with others right now.

The most important thing is to maintain our strength to cope with the even more severe challenges ahead.

Moreover, they have more important things to do.

The giant tiger wouldn't appear in the secret realm for no reason. Don't forget that there's still a treasure hunt waiting for them. There's also a tigress guarding the spot in the forest, not moving an inch.

Liu Qinghuan relaxed a little and looked around, only to see Li Shan with a solemn expression.

"what happened?"

(End of this chapter)