Gao Wu: Others practice martial arts, but you cultivate immortality?

Chu Yuan stared coldly at Li Ji, as if he were about to make a move at any moment.

Actually, he didn't have any particular feelings about Li Ji;

If it's convenient, you can kill him; if it's not, you can leave him alone.

Now, under the watchful eyes of everyone, it falls into the category of things that are not very convenient...

Li Ji was even more furious. He had been a favored son of heaven since childhood. When had he ever suffered such an insult?

He then fed the girl in his arms a pill and gently placed it on the ground.

He immediately drew his long sword...

"What the hell is this? Why are you still making a scene here!" At this moment, the long-haired man and the fat man that Chu Yuan had encountered earlier suddenly appeared on the stone platform;

Both men were disheveled, covered in blood, as if they had been through a fierce battle.

After grumbling for a moment, he didn't bother with the dispute between Chu Yuan and Li Ji and jumped up impatiently towards the secret passage!

The next moment, it landed on the ground...

The long-haired man was stunned for a moment;

"What the hell? What's going on?"

"Xiang Ning, there's a problem with the secret passage. We've tried many times but can't get out!" someone who knew him said.

"We can't get out?!" Xiang Ning's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. Unconvinced, he leaped up again, passing through the vortex, and landed on the stone platform...

"Fatty, what do we do?"

The fat man didn't mind the dirt and sat down on the ground casually, looking dejected.

"How should I know what to do... I guess I'll just have to wait to die."

"Xiang Ning, what exactly did you and Mao Rui encounter inside? Is the secret realm dangerous?"

"Of course! Didn't you see how badly we've been beaten?"

The fat man shook his head: "Nothing much, just encountered seven or eight Blood Beasts at the Sky Soaring Realm on the outskirts of the Blood Abyss, and there seems to be a big guy inside the Blood Abyss..."

"Hiss~!"

The fat man's words immediately caused an uproar in the vicinity;

"Mao Rui! Is what you're saying true?"

"Impossible! The military clears out the Seventh Secret Realm every year, how could there be so many high-level blood beasts?!"

"Maybe even a blood beast can achieve enlightenment..."

"They shouldn't attack us, right?"

"It shouldn't be, right? Wasn't it said that the stone platform was absolutely safe?"

"Dude, the secret passage is malfunctioning! Are you sure the stone platform is still safe?"

"Damn it... what do we do now? Should we just run away?"

"Run? Where can you run to? What if the secret realm passage returns to normal while you're running away?"

"..."

The stone platform was filled with noise, anxiety, and pessimism.

Chu Yuan saw that some people had already quietly left the stone platform and were running away into the distance, and he couldn't help but feel a little helpless.

He had previously instructed Tian Tian not to disclose any related information because he was worried that this situation might occur.

I didn't expect that group of top-tier Inner Breath Realm trainees to return so quickly, nor did I expect that fat guy named Mao Rui to be so talkative.

First, hide where the blood beasts can't find you... Once the secret realm passage returns to normal, the powerful outsiders will naturally enter to settle scores and rescue them.

In fact, if the anomaly is only caused by the secret realm itself, this line of thinking is not wrong;

Unfortunately, this time there was clearly external interference...

At this moment, Li Ji could no longer care about Chu Yuan. He looked up at the secret passage with a heavy expression.

He wasn't in good shape. He had already expended a lot of effort to escape from the jaws of the Four Realms Blood Beasts, and then he had run all the way here... Qi Ying had also taken another hit from Chu Yuan, making her injuries even worse.

If we can't get out, wouldn't we be in big trouble if those obviously strange blood beasts launched an attack?

"He...he already knew...this information!"

"Didn't he... tell you anything at all?" As the drug gradually took effect, Qi Ying recovered somewhat, managed to sit up, pointed at Chu Yuan, and said with a mocking expression.

Sure enough, many people subconsciously looked at Chu Yuan, their eyes filled with suspicion;

Besides Tian Tian.

She wanted to say that Chu Yuan had actually already made arrangements;

But given the current situation, it's uncertain how many people will listen to her and search for information... It's pointless to say anything; no one will believe her.

You're just a student with no impressive background, so what makes you think you can produce such a powerful formation?

Who knows if you're lying or using this as an opportunity to achieve your own ulterior motives...

Even Tian Tian herself didn't know why she trusted Chu Yuan;

Perhaps it's because he told me the truth first, creating a preconceived bias?

"Um... Chu Yuan, did you really know all along that there were powerful blood beasts in the Blood Abyss?" a fellow trial participant from Chenyang City asked.

"He definitely knew! I saw him try to jump into the tunnel as soon as he arrived!"

"How selfish! Why couldn't they have reminded us?"

Qi Ying continued, this time her breathing much smoother: "Not only that, he had previously explored and returned;

They even tricked us into believing there were treasures in the Blood Abyss, trying to get us to deliberately go there and die!

"Given the strange changes in the secret realm, we should have united as one; every bit of combat strength is invaluable..."

"Alright, alright, stop being so disgusting." Xiang Ning impatiently interrupted her long-winded speech;

"They're all cut from the same cloth, so what's with the self-righteous act? Can't you just give me some peace and quiet?!"

Qi Ying's face turned even paler, but she knew that Xiang Ning and Mao Rui were two bastards;

I'm hesitant to provoke them at this time...

In Xiang Ning's opinion, Qi Ying was simply foolish. What was the point of stirring up trouble at this time?

Even if there are fools who are incited by her, what threat can some Qi and Blood Realm, or at most the Unfailing Realm, pose to Chu Yuan?

It's just that I'm disgusting to others...

Chu Yuan stared at him coldly for a long time, not because he had nothing to say in rebuttal, but because he was thinking about a question;

That means, Li Ji and the other members of the family... must have practiced other cultivation techniques besides the Qi Refining Technique, right?

Even without cultivation, one would surely know...

In urgent situations, one should act expediently; one doesn't necessarily have to wait for "The Martial God's Register"!

I'll just pick any cultivation technique and practice it to break through to a higher level! Then I can switch to a different cultivation technique later... Doesn't that seem like a good idea?

"Xiang Ning, even you guys are at your wits' end?" someone asked.

Xiang Ning said nonchalantly, "What can I possibly do...?"

"but......"

"But what?"

"This trial in the secret realm is said to be without protectors, but based on my understanding of those old guys..."

There is at least one high-level martial artist hidden within the secret realm!

His strength is at least enough to suppress the strongest non-human creature in the secret realm!

Everyone was overjoyed: "What? Such a thing exists?"

"Given Xiang Ning's background, what he said should be true!"

"Great... Where is that powerful expert? Why hasn't he appeared yet?"

"They may have already gone to eliminate the blood beasts?"

"I knew it, the authorities wouldn't be this sloppy..."