After I left the sect, the entire sect knelt down and begged for forgiveness.

The stone platform was not high enough for her to see the entire oasis's topography or the entire river.

However, what she saw was enough to amaze her. Every so often, a small lake would form along the river, as if the river were a link connecting the lakes.

In the end, she could no longer see where the river flowed.

She jumped off the stone platform and returned to the flying boat. Seeing that the two little ones had woken up, she asked with concern, "How are you? Is anything bothering you?"

The two little ones shook their heads, and two voices rang out in her mind in unison.

"It just felt like I took a nap."

"It's good that you're alright. By the way, Tangyuan, do you see if your flight is restricted here?"

"Chirp chirp~" Okay.

The glutinous rice ball disembarked from the flying boat, changed shape, spread its wings, and could take off directly without relying on wind power, hovering in the sky.

It landed again and said, "I can fly now!"

"Mmm, Tangyuan is great." Lin Yan got off the flying boat and reached out to pat Tangyuan's head.

Therefore, in this oasis, the flying ability of demonic beasts is unrestricted, but magical artifacts and cultivators are restricted.

"Chirp chirp~" Master, do you need me to take you flying?

“Okay.” Lin Yan also wanted to see if she could see the entire oasis from high in the air.

She hugged the rabbit, leaped onto the snow eagle's back, and let it carry her into the sky.

Once airborne, the view opened up dramatically. Calling it an oasis was a stretch; it was more like a small world enclosed by massive rocks. Beyond the rocks lay sand…

No! Even after Lin Yan opened her eyes, the sandy land still looked unreal and very blurry.

Therefore, this is no longer a desert; the sandy land outside the boulders is not real, which is why it looks blurry.

Like in games, the scenery outside the invisible wall is also blurred; you can see it, but it's blocked and you can't get past it.

She was most likely led by that green light to a place that resembled a secret realm. It just so happened that this place was similar to an oasis, which is why she initially mistook it for an oasis in the desert.

I saw a stream flowing into a deep pit in the ground, and nearby was a stone lion statue. The pit was not clearly visible from the air, but it was about wide enough for one person to pass through.

"Tangyuan, fly to the end of the river."

"Chirp~" Tangyuan obeyed the order and flew away quickly.

The Snow Frost Sculpture was quite fast, and it arrived in no time. However, it couldn't land near the cave. Tangyuan told her in her mind that a force was preventing it from flying over, so it could only land in front of the stone statue.

Perhaps sensing the dangerous power contained within the stone statue, the rabbit jumped off her embrace and transformed into its battle form.

The stone statue in front of us is about five meters tall, and its color is similar to that of sand and gravel, but its eyes are decorated with rubies.

Just as she was about to investigate the secrets of the stone statue, she saw several red lotuses emerge from the lake connected by the stream. The flowers bloomed, emitting a strange fragrance.

Lin Yan quickly used her spiritual power to disperse the demons and erect a barrier, protecting her and the two little ones inside.

One by one, green, crocodile-shaped monsters emerged from the lake, their eyes glowing green, and crawled toward her.

The rabbit and the snow eagle bristled and assumed a fighting stance!
She didn't know yet whether the red lotus's fragrance would affect the demonic beasts, so she dared not rashly send the two little ones out to fight. She focused on manipulating her spiritual power, and the lake water condensed into a giant hand to attack the red lotus.

Upon being attacked, Honglian immediately closed her flower pouch and dived back to the bottom of the water.

The crocodile was attacking the barrier, and the two little ones couldn't resist any longer. They rushed out and attacked the crocodile. They were so fierce that she couldn't be called back even when she called!

The crocodile looked terrifying, but its overall strength was actually between the fourth and fifth tiers, something she could handle. If a Xuan-level demonic beast came, she'd have to run!

After dispelling the smoke released by the red lotus, she tried to summon her spirit sword but found that she couldn't. Helpless, she could only take out the Cold Wind Sword from her storage bag and use it for now.

Fortunately, she and the two little ones were strong enough to avoid being swallowed by the crocodile.

After a long battle, the lake became still, so she set up a protective barrier and retreated with them to the barrier's perimeter to replenish their strength and heal their wounds with elixirs.

The Heavenly Grade Healing Pill and Qi-Replenishing Pill are very effective; you can see results after just one pill!

The crocodiles had killed so many that the riverbank was covered in green blood, which was absorbed by the short grass. These blades of grass probably never imagined that nutrients would fall from the sky; they were lucky enough to have a buffet.

She used her spiritual power to gather all the green crocodiles together, preparing to take out the beast core and throw it into her spatial dimension.

The most valuable part of the monster corpses is their cores. This batch of corpses should fetch at least 100,000 high-grade spirit stones; without the cores, they probably wouldn't even sell for half that!
She was forming hand seals, preparing to extract all the beast cores at once, when a cactus suddenly appeared out of nowhere, pulled out two beast cores, and ran away. It ran incredibly fast, even shrinking its size and jumping into the water cave.

If I'm not mistaken, it was that cactus that brought her here, right? Why is it able to move freely in this place?

Lin Yan quickly extracted all the beast cores and stored them in her spatial storage. She then put the corpse into her storage bag, filling it completely.

After cleaning up the scene, seeing the two little ones opening their storage bags to eat, she turned her attention back to the stone statue.

She didn't believe the stone statue was merely decorative. Perhaps it was the key to her entry into the water cave.

She looked at the statue from left to right, but couldn't see anything special about it. There were runes on it, like some kind of writing, but she couldn't understand them.

Lin Yan took out the recording stone and the communication jade disc, preparing to use the recording stone to record the entire stone statue and then send it back to the Venerable One.

The Venerable One is certainly more learned than I am; he may have seen similar texts before.

However, she was disappointed; the communication jade disc was completely unusable, just like in the secret realm, where it was blocked.

Lin Yan could only use the recording stone to record the statue from all angles before putting the items into her storage bag.

He instinctively reached out, and a golden light enveloped the stone statue, which then spoke.

It's that easy to trigger? What about all that research he was doing earlier? Was it all just a joke?

"Who woke you up, huh?"

A rather childish voice rang in her ears. It was clearly a stone lion statue, yet it spoke human language. Of course, she wouldn't understand it if it didn't speak human language.

“It’s me, your destined one,” Lin Yan replied.

She felt a little embarrassed after saying that! There was no one else around, so no one would know if she lost face.

"Let me see... You should go back to where you came from!"

What the hell?
Her face was fierce, and she had an urge to smash the stone statue!

"Ahem! I was just joking!"

"Oh, joking with someone you don't know well is offensive, not a joke. Don't you think it's very impolite to offend someone?"

The stone statue probably hasn't been awakened by any cultivator for a long time. (End of Chapter)