105: Chapter 105: Heavenly Sword Sect Attacked

After all, this time there were twelve people from Jade Maiden Palace who entered the Stone Hall. Excluding the two who previously died in the magma sea, there were still six who had not come out.

Su Ruotong shook her head. "Let's wait a bit longer. Let's wait until they... come out... before deciding."

She looked toward the Stone Hall, a trace of worry flashing in her eyes. "I want to wait for the people from Jade Maiden Palace. No matter what, I am considered the team leader, so I cannot just abandon them."

Although she faintly felt in her heart that the remaining six had likely perished in the Stone Hall, she still held onto a sliver of hope!

Xiao Yuan nodded, showing his understanding.

The few of them found a secluded spot, sat down cross-legged, and waited while regulating their breathing to recover.

Time passed bit by bit.

Outside the Stone Hall, people were successively teleported out.

The first to come out was a Foundation Establishment Cultivator from the Wanfa Sect, covered in blood. Without looking back upon coming out, he immediately turned into a stream of light and disappeared into the distance.

Next were those from Spirit Beast Mountain, Xuanyin Hall, and a few Cultivators from the Four Nations...

Every person who came out ran as fast as a startled rabbit.

Watching those people, Xiao Yuan felt a bit eager to make a move.

"Robbing them seemed pretty good? Those people might have good things on them!"

But after thinking about it, he gave up on the idea.

In case that escaped Late Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator also came out and shouted about him possessing exotic treasures, attracting a crowd to besiege him, that would be troublesome.

Just as he was thinking this, a figure rushed out from the Stone Hall.

It was precisely that escaped Late Foundation Establishment Stage!

After coming out, his face turned pale. He glanced around, and without another word, turned into a bloody light and instantly vanished into the distance!

That speed was so fast that even Xiao Yuan didn't react in time.

"Damn, he runs really fast," he muttered.

Forget it, let him run; anyway, he was too lazy to chase.

Time continued to flow.

The doors of the Stone Hall began to tremble slightly.

After waiting for a while longer, those female Disciples of Jade Maiden Palace still did not appear.

Some Qi Condensation Stage Cultivators from other factions were teleported out, but not a single one from Jade Maiden Palace's side appeared.

Su Ruotong's expression grew increasingly gloomy.

Finally...

Boom!

The Stone Hall doors completely closed, and the entire Stone Hall plunged into silence.

Those people who had not come out remained inside forever.

Su Ruotong closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

Among the Jade Maiden Palace Disciples she led inside, only the four of them survived.

Even though she had long guessed that this might be the result, when truly facing it, her heart still felt a pang of sorrow!

Ye Qingcen also fell silent, and the eyes of those two Qi Condensation Stage female Disciples turned even redder.

Xiao Yuan calculated that this time those entering the Stone Hall numbered at least one hundred thirty or forty. Those who came out alive looked to be fewer than forty.

Even Foundation Establishment Cultivators had perished quite a bit. If Su Ruotong and the others had not run into him this time, who knew if they could have come out of the Stone Hall intact.

"This Stone Hall... is truly a place that eats people," he sighed inwardly.

Su Ruotong opened her eyes and bowed to Xiao Yuan. "Junior Brother Xiao, thank you for protecting us all the way. If not for you, the few of us probably wouldn't have been able to come out."

Xiao Yuan waved his hand. "You're too polite, we're just helping each other out."

Su Ruotong nodded and looked at Ye Qingcen and the other two. "Let's go, let's stick together with Junior Brother Xiao."

Ye Qingcen nodded quickly and walked briskly to Xiao Yuan's side.

Su Ruotong glanced at her, didn't say anything, and simply asked Xiao Yuan, "Where are we going next?"

Xiao Yuan identified the direction and raised his hand to point into the distance.

"Over there."

That was the rendezvous point he had agreed upon with Yun Feiyang.

The group left the Stone Hall and swiftly sped towards the direction of Sharp Gold Valley.

...

Five days of time flashed by in a blink.

Xiao Yuan led the five women all the way north, slowly advancing toward the direction of Sharp Gold Valley.

Calling it traveling was actually more like an outing in the wild coupled with self-service foraging.

Encountering Spirit Medicine along the way—harvest it!

Encountering a Yao Beast—kill it!

Encountering lone Cultivators from other factions—hide. Xiao Yuan didn't want to complicate matters right now; he just wanted to find Luo Ziyan as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, heaven does not always grant people's wishes.

In these five days, he killed seven people from the Yinluo Sect. After searching their souls, the result was entirely—I don't know!

"Where on earth did that lass run off to?!"

Xiao Yuan was driving himself crazy.

Those Loose Cultivators recruited by the Yinluo Sect had no idea about Luo Ziyan's whereabouts at all.

Most of these people who were recruited had been abducted. Blood-fiend Restrictions had been placed on their bodies.

Their only task was to search for Foundation Establishment spiritual items. Whoever found one would regain their freedom and could also join the Yinluo Sect.

If they refused, the Restriction could instantly cause their bodies to explode and die.

After listening, Xiao Yuan's heart turned half cold.

Luo Ziyan must have been captured, had a Restriction placed on her, and then thrown into the Secret Realm to act as cannon fodder!

"I must find her within the Secret Realm," he said through gritted teeth. "Once we leave the Secret Realm and she falls into the hands of a Golden Core from the Yinluo Sect, it will be troublesome!"

With his current strength, he simply didn't have the capital to contend with a Golden Core powerhouse!

Seeing Xiao Yuan's anxious expression, although they didn't know why he was like this, everyone was clearly affected by his state of mind, making the atmosphere somewhat gloomy.

Even someone as lively as Ye Qingcen and her two Junior Sisters became reticent.

However, no one forgot the mission of this trip to the Secret Realm. Everyone gathered Heaven And Earth Treasures with all their might.

Over the five days, the harvest was quite abundant.

The thirty-six supplementary medicines on Xiao Yuan had all been gathered!

Not only that, he also unexpectedly obtained two kinds of Foundation Establishment spiritual items—

Wood-attribute spiritual item: A ten-thousand-year-old Azure Wood Heart, dug out from a withered ancient tree.

Earth-attribute spiritual item: A fist-sized Earth Essence Crystal, rummaged out from the nest of a Tier 2 Yao Beast.

Coupled with that Fire Spirit Mushroom of over a hundred thousand years from before, he already had three kinds of Foundation Establishment spiritual items in his hands now!

"Gold, water, lightning, ice, and wind are still lacking," Xiao Yuan calculated. "Sharp Gold Valley happens to be the place of origin for gold-attribute spiritual items. If things go smoothly, we can gather four attributes today."

Four attributes were still missing, and there were twenty days left; there was still time!

Right at this moment!

A burst of intense fighting sounds came from ahead!

Spells roared, weapons clashed, along with people's angry roars and miserable screams!

Xiao Yuan's expression turned stern, and he raised his hand to signal everyone to stop.

The few of them quickly restrained their auras, hid behind a giant rock, and quietly poked their heads out.

Sharp Gold Valley was right ahead not far away.

And at the valley entrance, a chaotic battle was currently unfolding.

Hiding behind the giant rock, Xiao Yuan looked at the battle situation ahead, his brows slightly furrowing.

On Tianjian Sect's side, Yun Feiyang was leading five Foundation Establishment Cultivators, with over twenty Qi Condensation Stage Disciples behind him, being besieged by fifty or sixty people on the opposite side.

Although those Disciples were all extraordinary in strength, several of them had already sustained injuries at this moment, looking utterly battered.

As for those besieging them on the opposite side, they turned out to be the coalition forces of the Yinluo Sect and Jing Country.

Among Jing Country's side, there were three Foundation Establishment Cultivators, all in the Middle Stage Foundation Establishment.

On the Yinluo Sect's side, there were four Foundation Establishment Cultivators. The leader was a bearded man at the Late Foundation Establishment Stage. Although suppressed by the Secret Realm so that he could only display Early Foundation Establishment strength, that chilling aura could be felt from far away.

"The Yinluo Sect and Jing Country really are in cahoots," Su Ruotong said in a low voice.

The news that the Yinluo Sect colluded with Jing Country and that Jing Country was affiliated with the Yinluo Sect had already spread. It was not strange that she knew about it.