The sect asked me to marry, and I cultivated to the pinnacle of martial arts!

At this moment, Lu Ye and his companion were already standing in a spacious hall.

Before them was a long passageway, beyond which lay what appeared to be a vast complex of palace buildings.

The atmosphere here is also quite desolate and dilapidated, though not as badly ruined as the buildings outside.

Most of the area was empty, with a layer of dust covering the ground.

"Let's go, let's search."

The main hall was very large, and the situation inside was unknown, so Lu Ye did not let Xiao Qingyin search the other side alone.

After all, if something goes wrong, there certainly won't be enough time to provide timely assistance.

Next, the two spent some time thoroughly searching the entire hall, inside and out.

They found some stored medicinal herbs and pills, but most of them had lost their effectiveness due to the passage of time.

They found some more secret manuals in other rooms, but given their current level of cultivation, they certainly wouldn't be of any interest to Lu Ye and Xiao Qingyin.

"Let's each take half of these manuals. You never know, they might come in handy later."

After a moment's thought, Lu Ye said.

Xiao Qingyin thought about it and did not refuse.

A moment later, Lu Ye looked at the last and largest side hall.

Of all the places in the main hall, that was the only one that had not yet been searched.

Lu Ye had a vague feeling that... that side hall was somewhat unusual, which was why it was placed last.

As Lu Ye led the way into the side hall, a loud voice suddenly rang out...

"Now that you've entered this gate, why not bow..."

"Now that you've entered this gate, why not bow?"

The voice seemed to come from the void of the main hall, swirling around, saying the same thing, but the tone became increasingly heavy.

Later on, it even acquired a majestic aura that instilled a sense of fear in people, causing them to become confused and disoriented.

Xiao Qingyin, standing beside her, was indeed in a daze, her eyes looking confused, and she really had the urge to kneel down.

A moment of disorientation appeared in Lu Ye's eyes amidst the grand echo of the final "Why not bow?"

Since arriving in this world, I happened to hear that the Crimson Cloud Sect, a major sect in the Northern Territory, was recruiting disciples, so I traveled over mountains and rivers to get there...

During the entrance test, due to his mediocre aptitude, he was assigned to the miscellaneous servants' peak, responsible for guarding the library...

Scenes flashed rapidly through Lu Ye's mind.

Lu Ye's mind became hazy; indeed, many things had happened along the way.

Just then, a cool sensation spread from the depths of his mind, instantly bringing Lu Ye, who had been feeling slightly dazed, back to his senses.

The first thing he did upon regaining consciousness was to drastically reduce and seal off his hearing.

Looking at Xiao Qingyin, whose leg was already bent, Lu Ye gently patted her back and channeled a stream of Origin Qi into her...

"what……"

In an instant, Xiao Qingyin's somewhat listless eyes cleared up, and she cried out in surprise as she looked at her posture as she was about to kneel down.

"There's something wrong with that sound?!"

She instantly recalled the enormous sound that had appeared after the two entered the main hall, which was practically like... a demonic sound!
Nodding slightly, Lu Ye looked into the empty space of the main hall: "Who is playing tricks here?"

"Someone who doesn't even dare to reveal their name has the nerve to expect people to bow down as soon as they walk in?"

Upon hearing these words, Xiao Qingyin's delicate body tensed up immediately.

He nervously surveyed his surroundings.

She deduced that the person who uttered the demonic voice from the void... was very likely beyond the Earth Realm! Otherwise, how could they have almost been caught off guard by just a single sound?
If Lu Ye speaks like this now, what if the other party is displeased and attacks them again...?

Shouldn't they hurry up and run away?

Xiao Qingyin looked around nervously for several seconds, but there was no other reaction. It seemed that the demonic sound she had just heard was just an illusion.

"?"

No, is the owner of this voice really that easy to talk to?

When they entered, the demonic voice was deafening, but now that they've been exposed, they're just pretending to be dead and refusing to come out.

Lu Ye said coldly, "You have the ability to bewitch people's minds. If you have the ability, come out here. I want to see who is hiding in the shadows and can't be seen by others."

There was still silence all around.

Lu Ye withdrew his gaze and looked at a stone platform at the very front of the main hall, on which were two boxes.

After a moment of contemplation, Lu Ye suddenly unleashed his speed, grabbed the two boxes, and returned to his original position.

"Walk."

With a shout, Lu Ye was the first to leave the eerie hall.

Behind her, Xiao Qingyin felt that the air around her seemed a bit cold, so she quickly followed Lu Ye out.

"There's nothing else here. Let's not linger. Let's just leave."

Lu Ye said in a low voice as he quickly headed outside.

Xiao Qingyin naturally had no objections, and the two figures flew out of the main hall one after the other.

Then, they returned to the two-way teleportation array where they had entered before, where a faint light shone, and they left the place.

Returning to the massive ruins above, Lu Ye saw a figure floating there through the weeds and trees, seemingly waiting for something.

"An evil spirit comparable to a Grandmaster of the Earth Realm?"

Xiao Qingyin's pupils contracted even further.

The last time she came here, she only encountered a ferocious beast comparable to a Grandmaster of the Mortal Realm, which was already quite astonishing.

Unexpectedly, there was a demonic entity from the Earth Realm waiting outside!

The evil spirits of the underworld also sensed the arrival of the two, and a surge of black mist rushed towards them.

Lu Ye frowned, stretched out a hand, and flicked his finger towards the evil spirits in the Earth Realm...

Bang!
Without warning, the evil crystal core hidden within the body of the evil spirit was shattered by an incomparably powerful force.

The crystal core is their life source, just like the heart of humanity.

Even the crystal core shattered, and this evil spirit from the Earth Realm vanished in an instant.

"Come on..."

Lu Ye didn't waste time collecting the shattered evil spirit crystal cores from the earthly realm; he simply frowned and urged Xiao Qingyin to leave quickly.

Xiao Qingyin could also tell that Lu Ye seemed a little anxious.

Immediately, not daring to waste any time, he unleashed his maximum speed and headed towards the teleportation array at the sect ruins.

Lu Ye paused for two seconds, glanced at the direction of the teleportation array, and then left.

After the two boarded the teleportation array that led them away from the sect ruins, the vast area returned to its deathly silence.

On the other side, Xiao Qingyin visibly breathed a sigh of relief after coming out and asked.

"Lu Ye, is there something strange inside that main hall? You seem to have sensed something?"

It was precisely because she realized this that Xiao Qingyin immediately retreated outside after hearing Lu Ye's reminder. (End of Chapter)