Who said I practiced the exercises incorrectly?

The cave was wide and Qi Ruyue's voice echoed endlessly.

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed, and then saw a figure standing alone in the west passage.

She was wearing a slightly tattered corset dress and her hair was a little messy, but her pair of dark eyes were extremely eye-catching.

It was Lian Huiyi, the law enforcement elder of the Shinra Wanxiang Sect.

Seeing her suddenly appear in the stone road at this moment, Ji Dinghuang and others felt relieved.

After all, Lian Huiyi was considered an acquaintance of theirs, and meeting an acquaintance in a place like this would definitely make people feel at home, even if she could not truly be considered a human being.

Moreover, Lian Huiyi had obviously been planning to go to the Pole Star Hall before, but now she was in that stone path, which meant that the infinite loop in the stone path might not be that scary.

However, everyone felt quite fearful because Lian Huiyi had warned them not to get close. Now that she appeared here, no one knew whether her fragments of consciousness could still work. If she completely turned into a corpse, it would be a lot of fun.

In such a dangerous and mysterious place, having to fight against the undead of the third realm, just thinking about it makes one's scalp tingle.

Therefore, the crowd did not approach that direction, but hid themselves vigilantly, observing the opponent's subsequent actions secretly through the reflection of the spirit sword.

She was seen standing in front of a room in front of the stone path, as if she had turned into a statue, without any movement.

After a full hundred breaths had passed, until everyone present was about to lose their patience, Lian Huiyi suddenly stepped forward and walked straight into the room.

After waiting for a while and confirming that there was no new movement over there, everyone stepped into the stone path with caution.

After entering the stone path, they carefully observed the surrounding environment.

What is surprising is that those independent rooms that look extremely similar are all wide stone paths leading to the deep and invisible distance.

At first glance, it seems as if this place was artificially opened up by skilled craftsmen.

However, compared to the speculation of the craftsman, everyone believes that this is a large-scale illusion created by some kind of magic or treasure.

After all, it is meaningless to let the craftsmen open up so many similar stone roads, because let alone blocking the strong men in the third realm, even the transformation force or even the silk force can easily shatter those seemingly thick stone walls.

Moreover, since the Polaris Palace was so badly damaged, how could we guarantee that the large stone path underground would remain intact, without even collapsing?
In addition, what is particularly crucial is that they have experienced similar hallucinations before. For example, the cognitive dissonance they experienced in the cave before can often be classified into this category.

So assuming that this is a large-scale hallucination of the collective unconscious, it is very important to break through it and find a way out.

Therefore, Lian Huiyi's actions have considerable reference value.

First of all, she is not a human being, but a corpse with some fragments of consciousness remaining. The illusion in this stone path may not work on her.

Furthermore, her own rank is comparable to the third realm, and the illusion that works on them may not necessarily affect her.

Therefore, the way to break through here may fall on Lian Huiyi.

After a brief discussion through voice communication, everyone followed without any further delay.

Lian Huiyi entered the thirteenth stone path.

As we walked along, the twelve stone roads ahead looked exactly the same.

But when it came to the thirteenth stone path, people still couldn't tell the difference between it and the other stone paths.

Just as they were about to catch up, a loud roar suddenly came from deeper ahead.

Looking up, I saw dazzling blue light exploding everywhere, revealing extremely bright rain of light.

In the rain of light, one could vaguely see two petite figures fighting fiercely with a gigantic monster.

There was no doubt that the huge creature was the blue star beast that almost killed them not long ago.

However, its opponents are two powerful men at the Huajin level.

Transform energy?

Ning Yan was slightly surprised.

Judging from the information he currently has, leaving aside the Dragonborns, it seems that Duan Haishan is the only one with the Hua Jin around.

So where did these two unfamiliar forces come from?

"It's...Yindu Cult!"

Witnessing the battle inside, He Qianyan's pupils slightly dilated, and he was filled with shock and anger:
"Those two Huajin are members of Yindu Sect. The gray-haired one is Zhu Youren, and the other is Sun Qingshuang. I ran into them before when I was collecting herbs outside. At that time, they were at the peak of Huajin. They had just hunted a silk-jin monster and were seriously injured. But when they saw me, they immediately rushed forward to kill me without saying a word.

I managed to escape with great difficulty, and later found out their identities, and prepared to find an opportunity to take revenge, but they had already joined the Yindu Sect. Frightened by the strength of the Yindu Sect, I had no choice but to keep quiet for the time being. I didn't expect that after so many years, they both had entered the Huajin realm!"

Having said that, He Qianyan suddenly looked unwilling.

At his current age, it would be difficult for him to enter the realm of Hua Jin without some special encounter.

Even if he entered the realm of Hua Jin, he might not be a match for those two people.

but……

"This is a good opportunity, isn't it?"

Duan Haishan smiled and transmitted:
"Whether they both die or both suffer losses in the battle against the star beast, it will be a good thing for us."

"From a practical point of view, I hope they can fight to the death with the star beast at the cost of being seriously injured. In this way, we can interrogate them thoroughly. Not only can we know their purpose of going deep into this place, but we can also find out the relevant situation inside the Yindu Sect. If we plan to transfer the people there in the future, this information will come at the right time."

Everyone nodded and temporarily hid in the stone path where Lian Huiyi had stepped, observing the battle situation from afar.

Both sides in the battle were obviously strong, and although the fight was fierce, it was clear that the star beasts had the upper hand.

After all, this star beast was originally a third-level being, so it was normal for it to have the advantage.

What confused Ning Yan was that the two Yindu Sect warriors seemed to be much weaker than he had imagined.

Judging from Duan Haishan's performance so far, the two opponents combined may not be as good as him.

Is it possible that there is such a huge gap between the levels of Hua Jin?

Ning Yan was wondering when Ji Dinghuang suddenly asked with trembling teeth:
"You...look, what's on the other side?!"

Hearing this, everyone turned their eyes and looked towards the opposite side.

Opposite is a whole row of extremely similar stone paths.

And the "opposite" that Ji Dinghuang mentioned obviously refers to directly opposite them.

Because just inside the stone path in front of them, there were also five figures crouching.

Appearance, body shape, expression, aura...all exactly the same as them!
It’s like looking in a mirror!
In an instant, He Qianyan and others felt goose bumps all over their bodies.

what's the situation? !

How could a mirror image of myself suddenly appear? !

And soon, they understood one thing.

It is not an intangible mirror image, but a real object.

And, be hostile to them!

The moment their eyes met with the five people opposite, their originally lively expressions quickly became dull and cold, with an unconcealable brutal murderous intent in their eyes, and then they all pounced towards them swiftly.

Seeing this scene, Duan Haishan and others were shocked and angry.

But at this moment, they no longer cared about hiding, and had to face the clones on the opposite side. Ning Yan also faced his own clone.

Looking at the replica that looked exactly like him, he felt more curious than shocked and angry.

He was very curious about how the other party was formed. Did it simply copy his appearance, or did it have the same powers as him and could it use the same moves as him?
So he started testing.

Facing the opponent's fierce attack, he took the attack and asked calmly:

"Hey, this guy who copied me, do you have your own consciousness? If you do, keep attacking. If not, stop for now."

However, the opponent showed no intention of stopping when he attacked.

"Since you are conscious, let me ask you, how did you come to be? Why do you want to pretend to be me? What did you originally look like?"

The opponent did not respond and the attack became more fierce.

Ning Yan asked a few more questions.

However, no answer was received.

He even refused to say a word.

This time, Ning Yan finally got annoyed.

Facing the clone that was attacking again, he held the spiritual sword in one hand, spun in the air and slashed down sideways, splitting the man opposite him diagonally in half.

The lower half of its body fell to the ground, but the upper half was still flying towards him, opening its big mouth as if it wanted to take a bite of him before dying.

Ning Yan swung his hand and hit the stone tablet, smashing his head like a ball and hitting the opposite rock wall.

Unexpectedly, his head did not penetrate the rock wall, but exploded on the spot when it came into contact.

There was no flesh and blood, nor any debris. It simply turned into thick mist and scattered, quickly disappearing.

Seeing this scene, Ning Yan couldn't help but frown slightly.

At this time, Duan Haishan and others on the side also killed their opponents.

These clones look exactly like them, even their strength levels are exactly the same.

But a fake is just a fake after all, and it is difficult for it to truly display the various magic and combat skills corresponding to its rank.

Not to mention that they all hold magical weapons such as spiritual swords in their hands, so it is not difficult to understand why they have the upper hand.

But if it were an ordinary warrior without much inheritance, the outcome would be hard to predict.

From this point of view, since their replicas can be formed in this stone path, perhaps the countless stone paths around here that look extremely similar are just like those replicas and are all copied in the same way.

This means that there is probably only one real stone road that can lead you out of this strange place.

Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but look in the direction where Lian Huiyi had disappeared before.

However, the original idea that he could escape from this place with the help of Lian Huiyi is now overshadowed.

Because they were not sure whether the Lian Huiyi was the real one or was copied here.

Just as I was thinking about it, the turmoil in the distance quickly approached this side.

Then, they saw the two people from Yindu Sect fleeing towards this side in panic, followed by the huge blue star beast.

Seeing this scene, Duan Haishan immediately stepped forward, stood in front of the stone road, and prepared to attack the two men.

Seeing his extremely determined expression, the gray-haired middle-aged man leading the group, Zhu Youren, shouted angrily:

"Are you sick? The guy behind you is our common enemy!"

"No, it's just your enemy!"

Zhu Youren laughed angrily:

"Can't you see? It's not a real star beast at all, but an illusion created by the mind of this underground palace. All creatures that break into this place will become its enemies. We are all human beings. If we don't try to join forces now, do we have to create internal strife and wait for it to defeat us one by one?!"

Upon hearing the message given by Zhu Youren, Ji Dinghuang and others couldn't help but change their expressions.

Such a real blue star beast is actually just an illusion in the mind?

Isn’t it said that mental illusions only exist in the space of consciousness?

How could it suddenly appear to the outside world?

Could it be that this entire underground palace is someone’s consciousness space?
Thinking of this, everyone felt a chill in their hearts.

Ning Yan looked at the blue star beast chasing him from a distance and fell into deep thought for a moment.

The blue star beast they encountered in the outside world before was undoubtedly the real thing.

So if the star beast in front of them, which looks exactly like them, is an illusion in their mind, then referring to the clones they destroyed before, it means that the star beast has actually entered this underground palace.

It should have come from the cave in Yueyao Palace.

With all these connections, this so-called "underground palace" is so vast that it is terrifying.

The entire rock mass beneath the sect was hollowed out.

Why did the Shinra Wanxiang Sect build such a large underground palace?
On the other hand, if the underground palace does not occupy such a large area in the physical sense, then the situation may be a little bad.

They might actually be in the consciousness space of some creature.

Only the space of consciousness can easily transcend physical limitations and become extremely vast.

Not to mention creating an underground palace, even reflecting the entire Shinra ruins would be a piece of cake.

In consciousness, everything is possible.

Then the question arises again, if this is really a space of consciousness, how should we understand their form of existence?
Are they really the real ones that came here?
Do they really exist here?

Going a step further - did they really make it through that fog?

In an instant, an electric current seemed to run through Ning Yan's back.

A conjecture that seems outrageous but is actually quite close to reality suddenly popped into my mind.

Before he could open his mouth, the huge and powerful star beast in the distance had already approached.

Duan Haishan glanced at Zhu Youren and Sun Qingshuang opposite him and said in a deep voice:

"retreat."

Everyone immediately retreated to the depths of the stone path and headed in the direction where Lian Huiyi disappeared.

The two people from Yindu Sect behind them saw them retreating and immediately followed them with great joy.

Compared to dealing with the huge star beast alone, they would rather drag Ning Yan and others into the water.

And when they rushed into the stone path.

The huge star beast roared silently, and the blue light all over its body turned into a stream of light, rushing straight into the stone path. (End of this chapter)