As a result, it is possible to achieve success.

Zhao Zhuji looked at the elder warily, and the elder glanced at her and said, "Don't worry, it's not a trap. You don't believe in our identities, right? Now I'll give you a chance to verify it."

"..."

After hesitating for a moment, Zhao Zhuji nodded, but still did not relax his vigilance. He even took a few steps back, retreating to a distance he thought was relatively safe, and drew his sword.

"broken!"

With a light shout, in Hong Butian's shocked eyes, it seemed that countless invisible sword beams intertwined and spread, as if any one of them could easily take his life...

Is it true that the gap between monks is so huge?

Hong Butian was secretly shocked, but also had some longing and yearning, and his obsession with cultivation became even stronger.

"Wow!"

Countless debris flew with the smoke and dust, the earth and wood were blown into pieces, revealing a dark hole underneath.

"Um?!"

Zhao Zhuji was shocked: "Is this... a secret passage?"

"Almost all the buildings in sight have been destroyed, but I guessed that this secret passage is still there. Now it seems to be true..."

The Great Elder looked at Zhao Zhuji and said, "How is it? Do you believe now that I am the Great Elder of Yaowang Sect?"

"It depends on what's inside..."

Zhao Zhuji hesitated for a moment, took out a lighting spirit stone, injected spiritual energy into it to emit light, and handed it to Hong Butian beside him: "You guys should go in front, and I'll follow behind. Don't play tricks!"

"Yes Yes Yes."

Hong Butian looked at the lighting spirit stone in his hand with some curiosity, shook his head helplessly, walked towards the cave entrance, and after lighting up the bottom, he found that there were steps to go down.

However, the road ahead is very narrow and can only accommodate one person at a time.

“Let me be at the front.”

The Great Elder glanced at Hong Butian and said, "To save you from saying that I am not righteous enough."

"Ah this..."

Hong Butian took a step back and held out his hand: "As you wish."

"Humph."

With a light snort, the Great Elder walked in front, followed by Hong Butian, and then Zhao Zhuji.

"At the end is just a very small space, densely packed with information recorded by generations of sect masters..."

Seeing that there was no blood or signs of fighting on both sides of the passage and on the road, the Great Elder showed a helpless expression.

"Sure enough, those guys failed to discover this secret passage..."

After a pause, the Great Elder sighed and said, “If this secret passage could be designed to be larger, perhaps many sect disciples could hide here.

However, materials that can block the perception of cultivators at the highest Nascent Soul stage are extremely rare, so only this kind of small space can be built.

But then again, even if this is the case, there shouldn't be no one here, so it shouldn't be a problem for a dozen people to hide here, unless..."

"Unless what?"*2

Zhao Zhuji and Hong Butian said in unison. They were stunned for a moment but didn't say much.

"Unless the sect was captured before they could react, or the situation was urgent..."

The Great Elder shook his head and said no more. He only wanted to say a few words about this kind of thing. He was not at the scene and did not know the specific situation.

Moreover, saying this always made him feel a little uncomfortable: "For hundreds of years, Yaowang Sect has never suffered such a heavy blow..."

"Don't be too sad, senior. After all, what happened cannot be changed..."

Zhao Zhuji suddenly spoke up and gently comforted the elder. According to her observation, the soul in front of her should be the elder of the Medicine King Sect as the other party said...

Of course, we cannot rule out the possibility that the other party is talking nonsense...

But she still chose to believe the other party for the time being.

In fact, there was one thing that dispelled her doubts, and that was Hong Butian's cultivation level. He was at the first level of Qi Refining Stage and seemed to be just a novice practitioner who had just entered the Dao. It didn't seem like he could be related to the Yaowang Sect incident.

Thinking of this, she decided to confess some not-so-secret information.

“Some of the Medicine King Sect’s disciples also fled to our Wujing Sword Sect’s area and were rescued by us.

According to what they said, they were still practicing as usual when suddenly countless demons and monsters emerged from the sect, and all kinds of wild beasts that had transformed into monsters broke in and caught them off guard.

For some unknown reason, the sect's formation could not be triggered before they attacked. Before anyone could react, they were beaten back and suffered heavy losses.

In the end, the sect master and the elders decisively chose to abandon the sect and led them out to fight together. However, because several very powerful monsters kept chasing them, they were separated from the sect master and elders...

My mentor is one of the people in charge of investigating this incident. He went to track down the other members of the Medicine King Sect, and asked me to come to the deserted Medicine King Sect to see if I could find anything..."

At this point, Zhao Zhuji shook his head and sighed, "No matter what, there are still some disciples here. As long as there are people, there will always be hope for the revival of the Medicine King Sect, right?"

"Well, thank you for telling me this..."

The Great Elder nodded slightly and did not mention the topic any further because they had reached the end of the passage.

Just as the Great Elder said, the space here was very small. At the end was a secret room with a half-open door. I pushed the door open carefully and walked in, and saw that one of the bookcases was piled with books.

"This is where the sect masters of all generations record important events of the sect. Although the elders are also aware of this, under normal circumstances, only the sect masters are allowed to enter here..."

The elder said, "In a certain year and month, someone developed a new drug, tried it, and then something happened...

In a certain month and year, for some reason, a certain disciple did something big that alarmed the sect...

Or whatever happened in the cultivation world at that time, there are selective records here. "

After a pause, the Great Elder turned around and looked at the two of them: "If I want to know what happened a few months before the extermination of the clan, the first place I think of is this place."

"The original purpose of this is to prevent any prescription from being lost, so the derivation steps are also recorded so that they can be found again in the future..."

The Great Elder sighed: "I didn't expect that this would be used here because of the investigation into the extermination of the clan..."

"By the way, this should be the latest, or the last record, right?"

Hong Butian walked to a desk, looked at the books on it that had not been closed yet, and said thoughtfully: "It seems that the sect leader left in a hurry, let me take a look..."

"do not move!"

Zhao Zhuji suddenly shouted, scaring Hong Butian so much that his outstretched hand froze in mid-air: "Huh?"

"Let me do it. I'm still worried about you!"

After glancing at Hong Butian, Zhao Zhuji walked to the desk, pushed him away, turned to the first page of the book, and his eyes lit up.

"Let me see what is recorded here..."

"Now you're showing me your back?"

Hong Butian looked at Zhao Zhuji in front of him speechlessly, gesturing with his hands in front of his eyes, and said sarcastically: "Aren't you afraid that I will suddenly stab you from behind?"

"Just a rookie like you, you should be able to break my defense first!"

Zhao Zhuji showed disdain.

Hong Butian: “…”

[This is the third book I have kept as the successor to the clan leader. There haven’t been many major events in recent years, but there are some trivial matters that I feel I have to record…]

Turn the page.

[In May of the 569th year of the Water Calendar, the Great Elder suddenly disappeared. He said he was going to visit a friend, but he never came back. The sect was in an uproar.

After a vigorous search without success, they had no choice but to accept the appointment of a new elder and put the matter on hold. 】

Zhao Zhuji couldn't help but glance at the Great Elder, and the wariness in her heart almost disappeared. This way, they could be consistent.

It's just that she wants the most recent information.

Flip through several pages.

[In August of the 574th year of the Water Calendar, the outer sect disciple Huang Dou was too impatient and reckless, and he went astray and lost all his cultivation. The sect, out of consideration for his old friendship, arranged for him to be a registered disciple and enjoy the sect's care.

But he was unwilling to give in, so he used evil methods and defected from the sect, and was wanted...】

Turn the page again.

[In February of the 575th year of the Water Calendar, the Great Elder (newly appointed) found an ancient recipe. After research, he discovered that it was more efficient and less expensive than the Qi Refining Method used by new disciples today. The entire sect attached great importance to it...]

Turn the page.

[In December of the 575th year of the Water Calendar, after many tests, the safety of this recipe was confirmed, and it was tried to be popularized on a small scale. This is another progress of the sect, recorded...]

Turn the page again

[In March of the 576th year of the Water Calendar, the new Qi-forging method has been popularized in almost all sects. I believe that within a few years, we will see a new look in the sect. I am very pleased...]

Turn the page.

[In June of the 576th year of the Water Calendar, a new method of tempering Qi was discovered. After that, a special medicinal fragrance would linger on the body and attract birds, squirrels and other small animals...

Now even the newly initiated disciples looked like immortals, with an elegant temperament, different from ordinary people. They regarded it as a good omen and were delighted...】

[In August of the 576th year of the Water Calendar, the new law had gone through repeated tests, and finally everyone in the sect felt relieved.

If it has any disadvantages, it is probably that it easily attracts mosquitoes, hahahaha, just kidding...]

[September of the 576th year of the Water Calendar. There are more wild beasts wandering outside the clan than before. It is probably time to store food for the winter. Be alert, but do not take any action yet...]

[In October of the 576th year of the Water Calendar, there are too many wild beasts. These beasts even began to attack our disciples who were out collecting herbs. Drive them away!]

[In November of the 576th year of the Water Calendar, some powerful monsters seem to have appeared among the beasts. Clear them out! ]

[In December of the 576th year of the Water Calendar, there was a spectacular snowfall at the beginning of winter. The rebellious Huang Dou was captured. It seemed that it was done by a young man from the Wuse City?

Well, he is so young and can do such a thing. Heroes emerge from youth. Haha, reward him! 】

Turn the page.

[In January of the Water Calendar 577, auspicious snowfall indicated a good harvest. In the new year, the disciples’ spirits and energy were indeed renewed.

In recent years, the Five Elements Sect, which has not recruited new disciples, has sent out an airship to recruit new disciples. It seems that it wants to add fresh blood to the sect.

A very reassuring "neighbor", both of them are from the southwestern sect of the Aoyou World. Although some unexpected things happened between the two sect masters, the two sects should continue to maintain friendship...

Well, I should send some greetings, express my attitude, and record it...】

Turn the page.

[In March of the 577th year of the Water Calendar, the wild beasts came out to look for food again, and moved closer to Medicine King Valley. They were probably attracted by the rich spiritual energy here. Ha, I want to see how bold they are. I don’t care about anything…]

[April 577 of the Water Calendar. As the saying goes, when you are well fed and warm, you will think about sex. Recently, not only have those beasts been howling in the valleys in the forests, but even some male and female disciples of some sects have begun to flirt with each other...]

[May of the 577th year of the Water Calendar, recently there has been something wrong with the look in the eyes of those wild beasts, and they cannot be driven away, which makes people wary.]

[In June of the 577th year of the Water Calendar, not only were there Qi Refining beasts found in the herd, but there were also three or two Foundation Establishment beasts. Even if the environment of Medicine King Valley was good, it would not allow these monsters with a certain degree of intelligence to take risks. It was shocking! ]

[In June of the 577th year of the Water Calendar, at the sect meeting, it was decided to conduct a more thorough purge to prevent those beasts from having any inappropriate thoughts, and at the same time to hone the disciples...]

[In July of the 577th year of the Water Calendar, the cleanup plan did not go as smoothly as expected. Some of the beasts fearlessly attacked and killed the sect disciples. It is suspected that they were commanded by high-level monsters. Among the disciples, 7 were injured and 57 died. The elders decided to take action and suppress them! ]

[In August of the 577th year of the Water Calendar, the Great Elder proposed a hypothesis that the wild beasts might have been attracted by the aroma of the medicine created by the new method. After checking...]

[In September of the 577th year of the Water Calendar, a Jindan-level demon king appeared outside the sect. This was an act of crossing the line. Warnings were ineffective, so the sect activated the sect's formation to blast and kill the two Jindan demon kings, scaring them away!]

[October of the 577th year of the Water Calendar. Nothing has happened in recent days. It seems that those beasts have learned to be afraid. They should have been severely beaten long ago!]

[In October of the Water Calendar Year 577, I decided...

Hmm? Why is it a bit noisy outside...】

Stopped abruptly.

Hong Butian suddenly realized: "I understand, it's the so-called new method.

It’s just like what you said, Great Elder. Every new prescription requires trial and error, otherwise…”

"Ok?"

Hong Butian looked at the man and soul with an ugly expression, showing a puzzled expression: "What's wrong?"

"Theoretically, the formation of Medicine King Valley can counter the Nascent Soul Stage..."

Zhao Zhuji said in a deep voice.

"Now that this situation has occurred..."

The great elder said solemnly, "This means that at least two or more Nascent Soul Realm monsters have come to the human race's territory..."