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"They... were also affected by that lustful sac. They were restraining the black-scaled python and were injured. They played with each other for a short time before they were exhausted and passed out."

Play?

Li Shen understood instantly, his lips twitched slightly, and he said coldly:

"I hope this matter is known only to you and me. If others hear about it, Fellow Daoist Yun, I don't need to explain in detail how to handle it, do I?"

"I understand."

Yun Yan answered softly.

Li Shen nodded slightly, watching Yun Yan wake the two people up.

"Holy Maiden, how did your cultivation level drop so much?"

As soon as Qingluo woke up, ignoring the pain in her waist and legs, she quickly shielded Yunyan behind her, her early Foundation Establishment aura suddenly erupting as she glared warily at Li Shen.

Yuezhu was the second to wake up. She shook her groggy head and also noticed the change in her Holy Maiden. Although she didn't react like Qingluo, she suspected the same person.

Li Shen didn't say anything, but gave Yun Yan a wink before heading to the Fog Bridge alone.

A moment later, the three of them arrived at the Fog Bridge.

Li Shen didn't know what Yun Yan had said to them, but he felt that the woman named Yue Zhu was looking at him strangely.

He couldn't quite put his finger on it, but although he didn't sense any hostility, he still kept a watchful eye on things.

"Fellow Daoist Yun, how much do you know about this Misty Bridge?"

Li Shen Leng is currently looking forward to it.

Thick fog churns above the abyss, and a bridge stretches out into the distance, its surface paved with ancient bluestone.

Yun Yan walked to Li Shen's side and pointed to the opposite side:

"There are three passes in the Suspended Mountain, and the Fog Bridge is the first one. The fog on this bridge is closest to the Suspended Mountain, so it is more effective at hindering divine sense detection. Moreover, the lower the cultivation level, the greater the impact. Only those at the Foundation Establishment stage or above can barely withstand it. If a cultivator in the Qi Refining stage were to cross the bridge alone, they would lose their way and fall into the abyss after taking less than ten steps."

Upon hearing this, Li Shen frowned slightly, noticing the other party's meaningful smile. Before he could ask, Yun Yan continued:

"So we'll have to trouble Fellow Daoist Luo to take the three of us there."

Li Shen's lips twitched, but he didn't say anything, glancing at the three of them:

"What are the next two levels?"

"I will tell you after we cross the Fog Bridge."

Li Shen gave her a cold look, then glanced at Qingluo and Yuezhu behind her.

There's no need to elaborate on Yun Yan's situation. As for the woman named Qing Luo, she was in the early stage of Foundation Establishment. Although she was injured, she could barely protect herself.

Yuezhu is at the peak of Qi Refining, and without the help of others, she would indeed not be able to cross this mist bridge.

"That's enough."

After a moment's hesitation, Li Shen sighed and extended his hand:

"Grab my sleeve, stay close to me, and don't let go."

Yun Yan hummed in agreement and, without any hesitation, hugged him and pressed him close to her body.

Qingluo and Yuezhu flanked Yunyan, one on each side, while simultaneously grabbing the edges of her black robe.

Seeing this, their expressions were quite complicated, especially Qingluo, who was secretly angry. But remembering Yunyan's reminder, she had no choice but to swallow her words and simply turned her head away, unwilling to look.

The four of them stepped onto the fog bridge one after the other.

As soon as he entered the bridge, Li Shen felt a bone-chilling cold rushing in from all directions, as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

He immediately activated his spiritual power, easily shutting out the chill.

As his eyes gleamed with a blue light, he saw a straight stone path leading directly to the opposite mountain peak.

"Walk."

He strode forward, his steps steady.

Three people followed closely behind.

Yun Yan clung tightly to her arms, so Li Shen could clearly feel her body trembling slightly.

However, Li Shen had no intention of paying attention and focused on what was ahead.

It stretched as far as the eye could see, so the pace of travel was extremely slow.

He estimated in his mind that at the current speed, it would take at least the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

Nothing unexpected happened along the way, only the chill grew stronger.

Li Shen didn't stop walking, but only glanced at the three people behind him.

Yun Yan's condition was not optimistic; her face was as pale as paper, and she was so tense that even the slightest movement became extremely difficult.

The two people behind them weren't in much better shape either.

After walking about a hundred more steps, the fog thinned, and the outline of a majestic mountain peak began to emerge.

Not long after, they reached the end of the misty bridge, and the scene before them startled Li Shen.

The fog that had been obstructing his divine sense suddenly disappeared, revealing a stone platform surrounded by lush, vibrant trees, completely different from Li Shen's previous assumptions.

Behind them, a stone path winds its way up.

Li Shen stepped onto the stone platform and loosened his arms.

Yun Yan's body went limp, and Qing Luo and Yue Zhu quickly supported her.

She took a breath and spoke softly:

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Luo."

Li Shen nodded without giving any further response, his gaze sweeping warily over his surroundings.

Upon closer inspection, one is immediately struck by the rich spiritual energy of this place.

Looking back at the fog bridge, the thick fog on it continued to swirl, like an invisible barrier separating this area from the outside world.

Thinking of Mo Shouyi's words, a thought suddenly popped into my mind:

"Could it be that all the spiritual energy has been absorbed into the suspended mountain?"

But Li Shen quickly rejected the idea.

If that were the case, how could Mo Shouyi, who possesses the peak cultivation of the early Foundation Establishment stage, not have discovered this matter?

Li Shen believed that the other party had plenty of time and the ability to do it.

Reflecting on his experiences along the way, Li Shen's thoughts were in turmoil.

After a moment of contemplation, he narrowed his eyes and silently deduced:

"It seems this place is probably an illusion, or rather, the effect of some kind of formation."

Verifying whether this idea is correct is not difficult for Li Shen.

With a flick of his left hand, he took out about ten spirit-devouring ants and burrowed them into the ground through the cracks in the stone platform.

Soul-devouring ants are naturally very sensitive to things rich in spiritual energy. If this place is just an illusion, then the real situation must be not much different from the other side of the mist bridge.

The arrays arranged here have their cores located in the areas with the most abundant spiritual energy, and most of these cores themselves contain powerful spiritual energy, otherwise they would be unable to support the operation of the arrays.

When the dozen or so spirit-devouring ants first burrowed in, their paths were quite scattered, but they soon all headed in the same direction.

Li Shen realized this situation and became even more certain.

While waiting, he quietly glanced back at Yun Yan and the other two, and found that they were still sitting cross-legged to recover.

He then took out the ancient silk map, wanting to see if it could depict the scene within the suspended mountain.

As soon as he unfolded it, Li Shen's eyes lit up.

Sure enough, the lines above began to evolve on their own, wriggling like living things, and in the blink of an eye, they outlined the complete contour of a mountain.

It took about ten breaths to complete the transformation.

A massive mountain peak sits in the center, with six circular platforms evenly distributed around its base, all connected by mist bridges.

Each pedestal has a path that winds its way up to the top of the mountain.

Li Shen quickly found the circular platform where he was located. The path behind it led to two nodes that overlapped with other paths.

One is located halfway up the mountain, and the other is near the summit.

"Will we encounter other cultivators here?"

This thought suddenly popped into Li Shen's mind.