404: Holy Son, we won't bother you any longer, we'll be leaving now!

"Wait, this aura isn't right!"

Seeing the tianxuan sword in Meng Shuyan's hand, the Old Man in Black Robes suddenly felt a chill down his spine and sensed that something was wrong.

"What Rank of Immortal Artifact is that?"

"How can it have such a terrifying aura!"

"Fortunately, it is being controlled by a Cultivator at the Ninth Stage of Mahayana Realm; otherwise, it would be trouble."

"I must deal with this person quickly. I've only just taken action, and I've already been noticed by the residual consciousness of the Heavenly Dao."

"If it takes any longer, it might cause the Heavenly Dao to wake up directly!"

At this moment, because of the appearance of the grey Immortal light, the nearby sky suddenly became incredibly dark, and endless heavenly thunder gathered in the air.

A faint, mysterious pressure suddenly appeared in the surroundings.

The Old Man in Black Robes did not dare to be careless and circulated his full Immortal power.

The grey Immortal light instantly expanded several times over, carrying an aura that could obliterate everything, and in an instant, it appeared not far from Meng Shuyan.

"Good timing!"

Meng Shuyan, holding the tianxuan sword, swung it directly. The spiritual energy within her body was instantly more than half-consumed, and at the same time, she burned a portion of her Exquisite Immortal Body Origin.

Although the tianxuan sword contained an attack with the power of an Immortal...

...to activate this attack, a Mahayana Realm Cultivator still needed to expend a large amount of spiritual energy and stimulate their Origin to release it.

The tianxuan sword, which was already radiating a dazzling Immortal light, once again manifested endless Law Immortal light, illuminating several thousand miles around and instantly dispelling the influence of the grey Immortal light on the vicinity.

In an instant, the world lost its color, and a white sword light suddenly appeared, carrying an ancient and vast aura as it attacked the Old Man in Black Robes, as if it had sliced through space and time.

That grey Immortal light was directly erased.

"What?"

"This power?"

"Impossible!"

"How could a Cultivator at the Ninth Stage of Mahayana Realm control an Immortal Artifact to release such a powerful attack?"

"This is absolutely impossible!"

The Old Man in Black Robes' face instantly turned pale. He realized he had been locked onto by that white sword light, and his entire Immortal power was directly frozen. No matter how he struggled, he seemed unable to escape this sword light.

"No! You can't kill me!"

"I am an Immortal Envoy of Jiyuan Palace! Jiyuan Palace will not let you off!"

"They won't let the Haomiao Realm off!"

"I..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the white sword light had already slashed into him, and his entire being was directly erased, as if he had never existed.

"Hmph, as if your Jiyuan Palace would let the Haomiao Realm off even if I didn't kill you!"

Meng Shuyan said with an unfriendly tone.

At this moment, the Immortal light on the tianxuan sword in her hand had become very dim.

"With this Immortal eliminated, the Haomiao Realm should be peaceful for a while."

Meng Shuyan's face was pale. With a wave of her delicate hand, the tianxuan sword turned into a streak of light and returned to her body.

Immediately after, she couldn't help but stagger, nearly failing to maintain her Flight Light and falling from the sky.

"It seems our Meng Family's ancestral tianxuan sword still requires the Immortal Realm to be fully activated."

"I am only at the Ninth Stage of Mahayana Realm; forcing its activation caused a backlash, and I've suffered some injuries."

"If another Immortal descends to the Lower Realm next time, I probably won't be able to deal with them."

Meng Shuyan flashed back to the ground and looked up at the sky, her brow furrowing slightly.

She had been investigating the cause of the great chaos in the Haomiao Realm during this time.

According to what Yun'er had said before...

...it was very likely that Immortals had descended to the Lower Realm.

She had searched everywhere and indeed found an Immortal hidden in the Central Domain.

In fact, her strength alone was not enough to find an Immortal's tracks.

She had mainly relied on the Sword Spirit of the tianxuan sword to find the Immortal's location.

Thus, after being discovered by the Immortal, she had made up her mind to eliminate him.

However, Jiyuan Palace would sooner or later send other Immortals to the Lower Realm.

Just like the battle of the Mahayana Peak two hundred years ago.

At that time, a mysterious Immortal Envoy also appeared and killed all the Mahayana Peak Cultivators in the Haomiao Realm.

The reason she had been hiding her strength was entirely to avoid being targeted by these Immortal Envoys.

"Time is running out, and the catastrophe of the Haomiao Realm is also approaching."

"But Yun'er should be able to grow up very soon."

"When that time comes, we can only rely on him!"

"For now, I should go back and heal my injuries!"

"After healing, I'll make some more preparations!"

Meng Shuya's red lips moved slightly as she murmured.

After saying this, she turned into a streak of light and disappeared from the spot.

Soon, she returned to her Flowing Light Peak Immortal Cave and began to circulate her Cultivation Technique to heal.

Colorful, misty spiritual light surrounded Meng Shuyan, and her aura gradually stabilized as her injuries began to recover... Within the Mysterious Fruit Forest.

Su Yun and the others had already been exploring for several hours.

At this point, besides Su Yun and the three girls including Leng Xirou...

...the rest of the Yaochi Disciples and Taixuan Disciples were all covered in wounds.

This was, of course, done intentionally by Su Yun and Liu Ruoxi.

As the Taixuan Holy Son and Yaochi Holy Maiden respectively...

...leading the team to explore the Mysterious Fruit Forest was essentially to temper these Disciples, so they did not plan to take action unless it was a moment of danger.

"The Restrictions in here are becoming more and more dangerous!"

Liu Ruoxi said with a solemn expression.

Aside from the exceptionally powerful Ancient Restriction outside the Extreme Flame Tree they encountered at the beginning...

...the Restrictions on the outskirts of the spirit fruit trees they encountered later were not as strong, returning to a normal level. However, as they went deeper into the Mysterious Fruit Forest, the strength of the surrounding Restrictions still increased.

She didn't mind, but the Yaochi Disciples were starting to find it difficult to resist.

After all, many of them were only at the Spirit Transformation Realm.

"Yes, these Ancient Restrictions are gradually reaching the power of the Soul Emergence Realm and are still constantly strengthening."

Su Yun looked around and said directly.

Just then, Li Guanshan came forward with a dozen or so Taixuan Disciples and said respectfully to Su Yun:

"Saint, we estimate that we cannot continue to explore deeper. With our strength, resisting the Restrictions in the depths of the Mysterious Fruit Forest is too difficult. We plan to return to the outskirts to explore."

He had also been full of ambition before coming, wanting to delve deep into the Mysterious Fruit Forest to find the legendary nine profound jade dew fruit.

Although he could basically resist the Restrictions on the outskirts of the Mysterious Fruit Forest, once they went deep, he couldn't hold out.

If the Saint hadn't taken action, they would have been seriously injured long ago.

So it was better to go back to the outskirts and continue exploring.

The depths of the Mysterious Fruit Forest were not an area he could set foot in, and the same was true for the other Taixuan Disciples at the Spirit Transformation Realm.

Su Yun also nodded upon hearing this.

"Alright, since you've decided, I'll leave the Junior Brothers and sisters in your hands!"

"There shouldn't be any particularly powerful Restrictions on the outskirts anymore. If you're careful, you'll have some good harvests."

"Yes, Saint!"

"Saint, we won't disturb you any longer, we'll head out first!"

"Keep it up, Saint!"

...A dozen or so Taixuan Disciples gave Su Yun, and the three girls including Leng Xirou who surrounded him, a meaningful look, and then followed Li Guanshan, leaving in a flash.

"???"

Su Yun only felt that the words of these Taixuan Disciples were a bit strange.

What did "not disturb" mean?

What did "keep it up" mean?

Wasn't he just exploring a Secret Realm?