291: Meng Bi was completely bewildered.

"Hmph! You Meng Bi! Such audacity!"

Lei Zhenzi took a step forward, his hair and beard standing on end. Violent thunderbolts danced around his body, emitting crackling explosions, like a thunder god in a rage!

His icy gaze was like two bolts of solid lightning, piercing Meng Bi so deeply that his Soul trembled!

"Colluding with outsiders! Harming fellow Disciples! And even conspiring with the demon Sect enchantress Luo Tianying to besiege our Sect's Prodigy, Yao Delong! And now you want to run? Do you really think this old man is made of clay?!"

Lei Zhenzi's voice was like a thunderclap from the Nine Heavens, exploding in the ears of every Yin Yang Sect Disciple, shaking their blood and Qi until it surged!

Meng Bi was so shaken by this terrifying pressure and angry rebuke that his Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, his mind going completely blank!

Meng Bi was bewildered at this moment. Colluding with the demon Sect? Besieging Yao Delong was a fact, but colluding with the demon Sect... when did he ever collude with the demon Sect?

Wait... Luo Tianying?! Could it be that there were demon Sect members on Xiao Chen's side? That's it! Xiao Chen was taken away by the Moyang Sect, and Luo Tianying just escaped... they are in cahoots!?

In a flash, Meng Bi's desire to survive exploded instantly!

He suddenly looked up, forcing an expression of extreme terror and grievance onto his face, and shouted with a sobbing voice:

"I am wronged! Peak Master Lei! This Disciple is wronged! This Disciple... this Disciple was seduced and coerced by that treacherous villain Xiao Chen!"

Tears and snot streaming down his face, his acting skills exploded, "Xiao Chen... he coveted Senior Brother Yao's Opportunity and treasures. He used his influence to oppress others and even threatened the safety of this Disciple's Family!

This Disciple... this Disciple was momentarily confused and deceived by him, which is why... why I was forced to cooperate with him! This Disciple swears to the heavens that I absolutely did not know there were demon Sect members among them! And I certainly didn't know that Luo Tianying was a demon Sect enchantress! If this Disciple has spoken even half a lie, may I be struck by lightning and die a horrible death!"

While crying and shouting, he kowtowed desperately. His forehead instantly became red and swollen, looking incomparably miserable and "sincere."

The scarred man beside him was also frightened until his face was drained of color, his whole body trembling like chaff, and he followed suit, kowtowing like pounding garlic: "Peak Master, spare us! Peak Master, spare us! It was all Meng Bi... no, it was all Xiao Chen who forced us! We don't know anything!"

"Hmph!" Lei Zhenzi looked at Meng Bi's clumsy performance, his eyes filled only with cold disgust and killing intent, "Silver-tongued! Whether you were seduced by others or forced by circumstances, harming fellow Disciples and colluding with external enemies is already proven by ironclad evidence!

Once we return to the Sect, the Law Enforcement Hall will use its Soul-searching and spirit-refining techniques to distinguish truth from falsehood! At that time, right and wrong will be judged!"

He waved his large hand, and an invisible force instantly bound Meng Bi and the scarred man like zongzi: "Take them! Escort them back to the Sect and wait for the Sect Head and the Law Enforcement Hall to deal with them!"

Immediately, two Nascent Soul Elders from the Law Enforcement Hall stepped forward, picking up the deathly pale, completely limp Meng Bi and the trembling scarred man like chicks, sealing their entire cultivation.

Lei Zhenzi looked at the light gate of the Secret Realm exit, which was gradually becoming illusory and about to close completely. A trace of imperceptible pain and helplessness flashed in his eyes, finally turning into a heavy sigh.

"Yao Delong... in the inner Sect assessment and core ranking tournament, you showed your brilliance and were stunningly talented... but in the end... the tree that stands above the forest will be destroyed by the wind..."

He muttered to himself that such a Heaven-Defying 'talent' with a Spiritual Power Affinity of only 2, yet Cultivating to the Golden Core stage in such a short time, was likely seen by the demon Sect as a thorn in their side. This trip to the Secret Realm seemed accidental, but in reality, it was inevitable.

"I hope you, kid... have a hard enough life and deep enough Luck to turn danger into safety..."

Lei Zhenzi withdrew his gaze, his eyes becoming sharp as knives again. He swept his gaze across the crowd, his voice like a great bell: "All Disciples, hear my order! Board the ship! Return to the Sect!"

The massive Yin Yang Sect warship had long been hovering in the air, emitting majestic pressure. With complicated feelings, everyone turned into streams of light and boarded the warship.

Lin Qingxue was supported by Han Yun, looking back every few steps. Her ice-blue eyes stared fixedly at the direction of the Secret Realm entrance, which had completely disappeared, leaving only the gradually fading spatial ripples. Tears slid down silently, wetting her clothes. Inside, there was the person most important to her, whose life and death were unknown.

"Junior Sister Qingxue..." Han Yun hugged her shoulders with heartache and comforted her softly: "Junior Brother Yao... has extraordinary talent, deep Luck, and many unknown trump cards. Although this time is dangerous, it may not necessarily be a stroke of fortune! Perhaps... when he comes out, his cultivation will have reached a higher level! And given the tone of Luo Tianying at the end, Junior Brother Yao must still be alive!"

"That's right, Senior Sister Lin!" Xiao Huohuo also quickly added, "Senior Brother is a person who can create miracles! Although the Death Basin is dangerous, Senior Brother was even able to... er, able to deal with that enchantress Luo Tianying, he will definitely be able to turn bad Luck into good fortune!"

Listening to everyone's comfort and looking at their concerned eyes, the grief and despair in Lin Qingxue's heart eased slightly, but that bone-deep worry and longing did not diminish in the slightest. She wiped away her tears, her eyes becoming cold and firm again, and her gaze swept over Meng Bi, who was being held in the corner of the warship like a dead dog.

"Meng Bi... Xiao Chen... and that demoness Luo Tianying..." Killing intent surged in her heart, "If Senior Brother truly meets with misfortune... I, Lin Qingxue, will search to the ends of the Yellow Springs to make you pay for your blood debts!"

The warship let out a huge roar, tearing through space, and sped toward the Yin Yang Sect, leaving the Secret Realm that buried countless secrets and concerns far behind.

Deep in the Secret Realm, at the core of the Death Basin, in a strange space. Time had quietly passed for over a month.

Above the site of the wooden house that had long since turned into powder, a huge Spiritual Qi vortex covering dozens of miles was spinning wildly. At the center, nine-colored lightning and fire intertwined, emitting a terrifying pressure that could destroy the heavens and the earth! The entire space was trembling under the power of the Lightning Tribulation!

Beneath the center of the vortex, Yao Delong sat cross-legged with his eyes closed. His body was naked, and on his perfect muscular lines, profound golden runes appeared and disappeared, emitting a majestic aura of extreme hardness and Yang. His aura had climbed to the peak of the Golden Core, and with just one last step, he could break out of his cocoon and become a butterfly!

Inside his Dantian, the Pure Yang Creation Golden Core, which was covered with nine deep cracks, finally let out one last unbearable wail after experiencing a full month of the impact of the Yin and Yang power and Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi!

Crack—! The crisp sound of shattering, like the first thunderclap of the creation of the world, exploded in the depths of Yao Delong's Soul!

Boom—!!! Endless golden light and Pure Yang flames erupted, like a volcano that had been suppressed for hundreds of millions of years! It instantly broke through the shackles of the Golden Core and illuminated the entire Dantian and Qi Sea!

In the center of the dazzling light, a tiny figure, only an inch tall, cast entirely of nine-colored glazed glass, with a face identical to Yao Delong's, was sitting cross-legged with eyes closed! The Nascent Soul was formed!

At the very moment the Nascent Soul was born! Rumble—!!! The nine-colored lightning and fire Heavenly Tribulation, which had been accumulating for a full month, finally found its target! A nine-colored lightning bolt as thick as a bucket, wreathed in the aura of destruction, like a spear of heavenly punishment, tore through the violent Spiritual Qi vortex and, with the terrifying power to burn everything to ashes, struck down fiercely toward the newly born Nascent Soul below! The Nascent Soul Lightning Tribulation had arrived!

"It's here!" The Green-Haired Girl Bi Yao, who had been guarding in the distance, tightened her small face instantly, her emerald eyes filled with tension and anticipation, "The first bolt of tribulation lightning, nine-colored lightning and fire! Kid, let's see your fortune!"

Facing this terrifying tribulation lightning that was enough to make an ordinary Nascent Soul Cultivator Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, Yao Delong suddenly opened his closed eyes! Golden light shot from his pupils; there was not a trace of fear, only surging Battle Intent and absolute self-confidence!