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The black-robed female cultivators on either side of Yun Yan glanced at her simultaneously.

Li Shen keenly grasped this reaction, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he was immediately surprised:

"Could I really be right? But this doesn't make sense. We came all this way, only to find we don't have the key? Could it be...?"

As soon as a guess was made, Yunyan gave the answer.

"I can't say there isn't..."

Yun Yan's beautiful eyes flickered slightly, and she immediately took out a black ball, smiling as she said:

"However, there's still one missing."

"One more needed?"

Li Shen frowned slightly, puzzled, and his gaze fell on the black ball.

Upon closer inspection, apart from the color, it was exactly the same as the one in my hand.

"Fellow Daoist Luo, I just saw that the entrance to this Suspended Mountain Secret Realm requires two keys to open."

As Yun Yan spoke, she retrieved the black ball, her eyes filled with a hint of allure as she looked at Li Shen:

"Fellow Daoist Luo, the key in your hand should be a white ball, right?"

Upon hearing this, Li Shen did not answer, but nodded slightly, and with a flick of his fingertips, he grasped a white ball in his palm.

Seeing this, Yun Yan's smile deepened. She gracefully stepped forward, closing the distance between them, and spoke softly:

"It seems my meeting with Fellow Daoist Luo is truly a predestined fate. Now that we have all the keys, why don't we join forces and open this secret realm together?"

Li Shen retreated several steps.

Just now, as the other person approached, a faint fragrance quietly entered my nostrils.

In that moment of distraction, his cheeks flushed slightly, and all the fantasies he had just suppressed surged up again.

Fortunately, the effects of the Mind-Concentrating Pill are still present, and it can still be easily controlled.

"This isn't a saint, she's clearly a demoness."

Li Shen's heart tightened, and he dared not relax in the slightest when speaking to Yun Yan, his face cold and stern as he said:

"Cooperation is certainly fine, but there are three of us, Fellow Daoist Yun, and I am alone. If we enter the secret realm, how will we divide the contents?"

After he finished speaking, a brief silence fell over the stone platform.

Before Yun Yan could speak, the maid named Qing Luo behind her couldn't hold back any longer and sneered:

"You, a rogue cultivator, are already incredibly fortunate to be traveling with the Holy Maiden. Yet you dare to covet the treasures of the secret realm?"

"Green Vine".

Yun Yan turned her head, her tone not harsh, yet carrying an undeniable air of authority.

Qingluo bit her lip and lowered her head unwillingly.

Yun Yan turned her gaze back to Li Shen, her eyes filled with seductive allure:

"Since it's a collaboration, it's true that it should have been discussed beforehand."

At this point, she held up two fingers:

"Twenty percent. You get twenty percent of what you get from the secret realm."

Li Shen's expression remained unchanged, but his mind was racing with calculations.

Two percent?

With three opponents and only one himself, even taking into account the difference in cultivation levels, this ratio seems reasonable at first glance.

The problem is that none of the keys can be missing.

The other party is clearly on guard against me, so I might as well be bolder.

After thinking for a moment, Li Shen spoke calmly:

"Fifty percent."

"presumptuous!"

Another maidservant with a gun finally couldn't help but speak up. She tapped the tip of her gun on the ground, producing a crisp metallic clang, and then raised it, pointing it at Li Shen.

"Your Holiness, perhaps..."

"Moon Bamboo".

Before the other person could finish speaking, Yun Yan raised her hand again, and the maid's voice came to an abrupt halt.

The atmosphere on the stone platform suddenly became tense.

Li Shen remained calm, but his gaze met Yun Yan's without yielding.

After a moment of solemn silence, Yun Yan continued:

"Thirty percent. That's the bottom line. There are three of us, but only one of you, fellow Daoist. Moreover, you may not be aware of the dangers within this secret realm. Bringing you along is already a loss for us."

Li Shen remained silent.

Although he knew that what Yunyan said was true.

He knew very little about this hidden mountain realm; the silk scroll only provided guidance, and he knew nothing about its interior.

The other party clearly had done their homework.

But only he knew about this.

In other words, the other party was just guessing.

"Thirty percent is acceptable."

After a moment's thought, Li Shen spoke again:

"But I want to choose first."

Yun Yan raised her eyebrows slightly.

"Choose first?"

Upon hearing this, Qingluo's cheek twitched involuntarily. She brought two fingers together and was about to activate the longsword in her hand when she heard her Holy Maiden say in a crisp tone:

"Can."

Li Shen was somewhat surprised to hear this, and suddenly noticed a hint of seriousness in Yun Yan's alluring eyes.

"However, Fellow Daoist Luo, there is one item in the secret realm that I am determined to obtain. Apart from that, you may choose whatever you wish to have first. But the secret realm is indeed dangerous, so each of you should weigh your own abilities."

"nature."

Li Shen nodded without hesitation. Having achieved his goal, he was not prepared to waste any more words.

After all, this is not a suitable place for slow negotiations.

"Then it's settled."

Yun Yan smiled and raised one hand, gesturing for Li Shen to step forward.

"Fellow Daoist Luo, please."

Li Shen did not move immediately. Instead, he glanced at the blue stone door in the distance, then looked at Yun Yan, and made the same gesture:

"Fellow Daoist Yun, please go first."

He had no intention of turning his back on the other party.

Yun Yan smiled slightly and said nothing more. The moment she turned around, the fragrance wafted into Li Shen's nose again.

Li Shen remained outwardly calm, but inwardly he clicked his tongue in disapproval:

"Witch, you still want to corrupt my Dao heart."

He followed the three men slowly to the blue stone gate, taking in its entirety.

It is two zhang tall and looks quite magnificent. There are no special patterns on the surface, except for a round platform in the center that resembles a pond. In the center of the platform, there are two swimming fish with their heads and tails connected.

Li Shen's gaze lingered on the two swimming fish for a moment.

Each of the fish's eyes has a hole, which is probably where the key was placed.

Yun Yan glanced at Li Shen sideways, then with a flick of her wrist, the black sphere floated back to the surface of her palm.

"Fellow Daoist Luo, have you ever activated such a mechanism before?"

Li Shen held the white ball in his hand, his expression unchanged, and said calmly:

"No."

That being said, having studied the Dao of Formations in depth, he could tell at a glance that there must be some kind of formation on this door.

"That's quite a coincidence."

Yun Yan's eyes sparkled:

"This is my first time too, but according to the sect's records, the black and white keys must be inserted simultaneously, and the rhythm of the spiritual power infusion must be synchronized, otherwise..."

She paused, her smile deepening slightly:

"This trip has been a complete waste of time."

Although it seemed like a reminder, Li Shen still sensed the probing in her words.

If you show any fear or hesitation, you may have to reconsider the bargaining chips you just negotiated.

Li Shen nodded slightly, his tone calm:

"I have some knowledge of the Dao of Combat, Fellow Daoist Yun, just tell me the number of moves."

A hint of surprise flashed in Yun Yan's beautiful eyes:

"Since Fellow Daoist Luo understands formations, then it's simple. Three breaths. I'll count to three and activate it simultaneously."

"Can."

The two stood side by side in front of the stone gate, no more than three feet apart.

Qingluo and Yuezhu each took three steps back, standing to the left and right respectively. Their swords and spears were already secretly poised, and their eyes were fixed on Li Shen, their wariness was self-evident.

Li Shen seemed oblivious, his gaze fixed intently on the white sphere before him.

"one."

Yun Yan's voice rang out from the stone platform.

Li Shen took a deep breath, and his spiritual energy slowly circulated within his body, flowing into the white ball in his palm.

The white ball glowed slightly, like a lit lamp, with a warm white light shining from its center.

"two."

The black balls lit up simultaneously.

The two of them pressed the beads in their hands into the fish's eye almost simultaneously.

"three."

The black and white light shone brightly at the same time, and the two fish seemed to come alive. The scales on their bodies lit up one by one, and the light spread like a tide from head to tail.

The entire blue stone door began to tremble.

Li Shen steadied himself with a slight stomp, his gaze fixed intently on the changes in the stone gate.

The two fish began to swim.

Before long, they squeezed through a crack in the stone door.

ka ka ka-

The stone gate opened wider and wider, and a blinding white light seemed to burst out from inside. Immediately afterwards, Li Shen felt an irresistible suction force coming towards him.

Before I could react, I was sucked in.

First, everything was white, then it plunged into darkness.

When he opened his eyes again, the world around him was completely different.