48: Are there more experts?

Chu Yuan looked coldly at Li Ji, appearing ready to strike at any moment.

In truth, he didn't have any particular feelings about Li Ji;

If it was convenient, killing him would be fine; if it wasn't convenient, not killing him was also fine.

And right now, with everyone watching, it fell into the category of not being very convenient...

Li Ji, on the other hand, was even angrier. He had been a favored child of heaven since he was young; when had he ever suffered such an insult?

He fed a Medicinal Pill to the girl in his arms and gently placed her on the ground;

Then, he drew his long blade...

"What the hell time is it, and you're still messing around here!" At this moment, the long-haired man and the fat man Chu Yuan had encountered earlier jumped onto the stone platform from somewhere unknown;

Both of them looked just as disheveled, with many bloodstains on their bodies, appearing to have gone through a bitter battle.

After cursing, they couldn't be bothered to pay attention to the dispute between Chu Yuan and Li Ji, and impatiently jumped toward the Secret Realm passageway!

The next moment, they landed on the ground...

The long-haired man was stunned;

"What the hell? What's going on?"

"Xiang Ning, the Secret Realm passageway is having problems. We've tried many times and can't get out!" someone who knew him spoke up.

"Can't get out!?" Xiang Ning's eyes almost popped out. Refusing to believe it, he jumped again, passed through the vortex, and then landed back on the stone platform...

"Fatty, what do we do?"

The fat man didn't mind the dirt, sat down on the ground, and said dejectedly;

"How would I know what to do... just wait for death."

"Xiang Ning, what exactly did you and Mao Rui encounter inside? Is the Secret Realm in danger?"

"Nonsense, didn't you see that we've been beaten into this state?"

The fat man also shook his head: "Nothing much, just encountered seven or eight Yukong Realm Blood Beasts on the outskirts of the Blood Abyss, and there seems to be a big guy inside the Blood Abyss..."

"Hiss~!"

As soon as the fat man finished speaking, the area immediately exploded into chaos;

"Mao Rui! Is what you said true? That's impossible, the military clears out Secret Realm No. 7 every year, how could there be so many high-level Blood Beasts!?"

"Maybe those Blood Beasts can have an Epiphany too..."

"They shouldn't come to attack us, right?"

"Shouldn't? Wasn't it said that the stone platform is absolutely safe?"

"Buddy, the Secret Realm passageway is having problems! Are you sure the stone platform is still safe?"

"Damn... what do we do then? Should we run?"

"Run? Where can you run to? What if the Secret Realm passageway returns to normal while you're running?"

"..."

The stone platform was noisy, filled with an atmosphere of anxiety and pessimism;

Chu Yuan saw that some people had already quietly left the stone platform and were running into the distance, and he couldn't help but feel a little helpless.

He had previously told Tian Tian not to leak the relevant information precisely because he was worried that this situation would occur;

He hadn't expected that group of top-talent Inner Breath Realm trial-takers to return so quickly, nor had he expected that fat guy named Mao Rui to have such a loose tongue.

Hide first, hide in a place where the Blood Beasts can't find them... After the Secret Realm passageway returns to normal, experts from the outside world will naturally enter to clear things out and rescue them.

Actually, if it were just an anomaly within the Secret Realm itself, this line of thinking would be fine;

Unfortunately, this time there was clearly an external force involved...

At this moment, Li Ji couldn't be bothered with Chu Yuan anymore; he looked up at the Secret Realm passageway with a heavy expression.

His condition wasn't very good. He had already used a great deal of effort to escape from the mouth of a Fourth Realm Blood Beast, and then ran wildly all the way here... Qi Ying had even taken another hit from Chu Yuan, adding injury to injury.

If they couldn't get out, and those clearly abnormal Blood Beasts launched an attack, wouldn't that be a huge problem!?

"He... he knew this information... long ago! Could it be that he... didn't tell you guys anything at all?"

The medicinal effect was gradually taking hold; Qi Ying's state had recovered somewhat. She struggled to sit up, pointed at Chu Yuan, and wore a mocking expression;

Sure enough, many people subconsciously looked at Chu Yuan, their eyes filled with suspicion;

Except for Tian Tian.

She wanted to say that Chu Yuan actually already had preparations in place;

But given the current situation, she didn't know how many people would listen to her and go search for Materials... It would be useless to say anything; others wouldn't believe her.

You, a student, without any prominent background, how could you possibly bring out such a powerful Formation?

Who knew if you were lying, taking the opportunity to achieve your own ulterior motives...

Even Tian Tian herself didn't know why she wanted to believe Chu Yuan;

Perhaps it was because he had been the first to tell her the truth, creating a preconceived filter?

"That... Chu Yuan, did you really know long ago that there were powerful Blood Beasts in the Blood Abyss?" a trial-taker who also came from Chenyang City asked;

"He definitely knew! I saw him wanting to jump into the passageway the moment he arrived!"

"Too selfish! Why couldn't you remind us!"

Qi Ying continued, her breathing much smoother this time: "Not only that, he returned from exploring earlier; he even deceived us by saying there were treasures in the Blood Abyss, wanting us to go die on purpose! With the Secret Realm anomaly, we should have united, every bit of combat power is precious..."

"Alright, alright, stop being so disgusting here." Xiang Ning impatiently interrupted her long-winded speech;

"You're all the same, what's with the righteous act? Can you let me have some peace and quiet!"

Qi Ying's face turned even paler, but she knew that Xiang Ning and Mao Rui were two bastards;

She didn't dare to provoke them at this time...

In Xiang Ning's view, Qi Ying was simply stupid. At this time, what was the point of fanning the flames here?

Even if some fools were incited by her, some Qi and Blood Realm, at most Leakless Realm Martial Artists, what threat could they pose to Chu Yuan?

It would just be disgusting to others...

Chu Yuan watched coldly for a long time. It wasn't that he didn't have anything to refute, but that he was thinking about a problem;

That was, Li Ji and those other Family disciples... surely they must have practiced other Cultivation Techniques besides the Quenching Origin Technique, right?

Even if they hadn't, they surely must know...

In an emergency, one must be flexible. He didn't necessarily have to wait for the "Martial God Scroll"!

Just find some random Cultivation Technique to practice first and make a fierce Breakthrough! Switching Cultivation Techniques later... it didn't seem impossible, right?

"Xiang Ning, even you guys have no way out?" someone asked;

Xiang Ning looked indifferent: "What the hell kind of way would I have..."

"However..."

"However what?"

"This Secret Realm trial is said to have no guardians, but based on my understanding of those old fogeys; there is at least one high-level Martial Artist hiding in the Secret Realm! Their strength is at least enough to suppress the strongest non-Human Race creature in the Secret Realm!"

For a moment, everyone was overjoyed: "What? There's such a thing?"

"Given Xiang Ning's background, what he says should be true!"

"That's great... where is that expert? Why haven't they appeared yet?"

"Maybe they've already gone to clear out the Blood Beasts?"

"I knew it, the authorities wouldn't do things so sloppily..."