75: Chapter 75 I Want to Leave, But the Elder Wants to Gamble with His Life

Sect Leader Wu Yin turned his head, his gaze sweeping over the Disciples of Xueyan Cliff.

His eyes were resolute and noble, like a blazing fire, smoothing over the unease in everyone's hearts.

"Everyone," Sect Leader Wu Yin's voice was extremely solemn. "Since Elder Qian is determined to proceed with this matter, this is a matter for your Xueyan Cliff, and it has nothing to do with everyone else."

Xia Shaoxin vaguely felt that something was wrong with these words.

What did he mean by "you Disciples of Xueyan Cliff," and what did he mean by "nothing to do with everyone else"?

Are we not included in "everyone else"?

Sect Leader Wu Yin suddenly waved his hand: "Disciples of the Chiyan Sect, hear my order!"

Outside, they shouted in unison: "Disciple is here!"

The voices came from all directions; the entire great hall had actually been surrounded.

Sect Leader Wu Yin said loudly: "Elder Qian intends to lead all the Inner Sect Disciples of Xueyan Cliff to break into the Forbidden Ground of Zhuyun Courtyard. We shall provide support for Elder Qian."

"We respectfully obey your decree," the Disciples outside shouted in unison.

After Sect Leader Wu Yin finished shouting, he withdrew his gaze and majestically scanned all the Disciples of Xueyan Cliff inside the great hall, saying with a cold tone:

"You must go all out to assist Elder Qian, and you must not shrink back! Anyone who flees in the face of battle will be killed!"

Everyone was completely stunned. So, Sect Leader Wu Yin didn't come to stop Elder Qian?

Not only that, but he was also forcing everyone to go through fire and water for Elder Qian Yunchang.

It seemed that Sect Leader Wu Yin had made his decision: he would rather sacrifice the Disciples of Xueyan Cliff.

Elder Qian Yunchang's gaze was resolute as he cupped his hands toward Sect Leader Wu Yin: "Many thanks, Senior Brother, for your support!"

Sect Leader Wu Yin said with a cold face: "Junior Brother, take care of yourself!"

He flicked his sleeves and left the great hall.

Xia Shaoxin, standing to the side, watched their actions and felt a bit disgusted.

Sect Leader Wu Yin clearly did not agree with Elder Qian Yunchang breaking into Zhuyun Courtyard, and since he couldn't stop him, he should have stood by and watched. He didn't expect that he would actually force the Disciples of Xueyan Cliff to follow Elder Qian Yunchang and break into the Forbidden Ground.

Just a moment ago, several Senior Brothers who held high status in Xueyan Cliff had flickering, hesitant eyes, clearly unwilling to go. If the Sect Head had expressed opposition, these Disciples would definitely have spoken up to support the Sect Head's opinion.

Unexpectedly, Sect Leader Wu Yin spoke first; now there was absolutely no way out.

Everyone looked back at the outside of the great hall; so many Elders were not there to help, but to be accomplices.

Xia Shaoxin did not know what the high-level officials of the Chiyan Sect were thinking, but in any case, today looked ominous.

As soon as the Sect Head left the great hall, Elder Qian Yunchang waved his hand, and the door slammed shut.

"Read."

Elder Qian Yunchang said this one word to Liu Tingting, then closed his eyes.

"Yes!"

Seeing that things had reached this point, Liu Tingting could only trust her master; he was so determined, he must have great certainty.

She took the book and showed it to everyone. On the cover were five vigorous characters: "Chronicles of Zhuyun Courtyard."

She then began to read aloud.

It turned out that Zhuyun Courtyard was originally the residence for Outer Sect Disciples of the Chiyan Sect during the ancient era, having the same nature as Nanxiang Courtyard.

One day, all the Disciples in the courtyard suddenly went collectively insane, alarming the Sect.

After some investigation, it turned out that a large amount of highly toxic miasma had emerged from the well in the courtyard, harming all the Disciples.

The Elders used supreme techniques to Seal the Zhuyun Courtyard.

One hundred years passed. One day, an Elder accidentally discovered during an investigation that extremely precious poisonous plants were growing in Zhuyun Courtyard.

After peeling the poisonous plants and soaking them in Spiritual Qi within a Spirit Cave for several months, they became very precious Spirit Medicine.

From then on, the Chiyan Sect treated Zhuyun Courtyard as a place to collect poisonous plants.

However, collecting the poisonous plants was very dangerous and required relatively high strength.

Hundreds of years ago, the last Sect Head of the Chiyan Sect who had reached the Foundation Establishment stage, before passing away, worried that future Disciples would take risks, simply Sealed the Zhuyun Courtyard.

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of years passed; only the successive Sect Heads and a few individual Elders knew about this matter.

This section clearly explained the origin of Zhuyun Courtyard.

Next, it described how to enter the well.

The well led to a strange space. Successive generations of Chiyan Sect Disciples could not determine what kind of place it was, tending to believe it was "another world."

The toxic miasma in the well was more potent than the miasma in all the mountains of the Yue Kingdom, and it would severely erode a person's body. If one could not resist it, it would directly cause various adverse reactions.

Immediately following that was the opening and closing of the Seal Formation. After reading a few sentences, Elder Qian ordered her to stop reading.

Liu Tingting skipped ahead and continued to explain the monsters that could be encountered in the world below the well, totaling ten types.

Those with medicinal value were called Spirit Objects, and those without medicinal value were called monsters.

The characteristics of each monster, their weaknesses, and how to attack them were all explained in great detail.

The more everyone listened, the more alarmed they became.

Demonic beasts were not scary; there were demonic beasts in the Yue Kingdom, and once discovered, one could just kill them.

However, no one had specially compiled a book on how to kill demonic beasts, which indicated that the things in the world below the well were not simple.

Next, Liu Tingting explained the five types of poisonous plants that could be obtained in the Forbidden Ground, what they looked like, and their characteristics.

There were dozens of other poisonous plants in the Forbidden Ground below the well that had no medicinal value and could not be used for Alchemy; as long as one did not touch them, there was no danger.

A Disciple asked: "Are there any pictures? You've said so much, and it's hard to understand; it would be better to provide a picture."

Liu Tingting shook her head: "This book was hand-copied by an ancient master, and there are no illustrations."

Deacon Wang speculated: "In the past, these poisonous plants must have been seen often, so they didn't bother drawing them."

Liu Tingting finished reading and returned the book to Elder Qian.

The great hall was deathly silent.

Elder Qian put away the book, took out a stack of papers, and ordered Liu Tingting to distribute them to everyone.

They unfolded them to see that it was a map.

There were mountains, water, forests, and grasslands, roughly shaped like a gourd, with a canyon in the middle connecting the flat lands at both ends.

On one of the flat lands, the ten characters Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, and Gui were written.

"Everyone, do not be too fearful. Zhuyun Courtyard was originally a great benefit of the Chiyan Sect; in the past, many people wanted to go but didn't have the qualifications."

"If it weren't for the fact that a thousand years ago, the Spiritual Qi suddenly dropped sharply, making it increasingly difficult to Cultivate, and the Chiyan Sect didn't even have Foundation Establishment Disciples, it wouldn't have been Sealed."

Elder Qian Yunchang raised his voice: "Do not be afraid. Since it could be Sealed, it means it is still under control."

His eyes swept over the heads of everyone, and everyone was lowering their heads, pretending to look at the map.

"The world below the well has Formations set up by our Seniors, which can greatly weaken the strength of the monsters and enhance our own power."

"As you have seen, the world below the well is roughly divided into two parts. One part is very dangerous, so we will not explore it; we will only go to one of the parts."

"You are to divide into ten groups and quickly investigate your assigned areas. Go and return quickly."

He took out another piece of paper and handed it to Liu Tingting; it was the group list.

Xia Shaoxin, Senior Brother Liang Ruoran, and Senior Brother Shao Junwei were assigned to Group Wu.

It seemed that the grouping was not random. Elder Qian knew the situation of his Disciples like the back of his hand and knew that the three of them had a good relationship.

Everyone was frowning deeply.

Many people had originally planned in their hearts that once they went in, they would absolutely not walk in front and would just trail along behind.

Unexpectedly, Elder Qian Yunchang did not give them a chance to slack off; with three or four people in a group, they couldn't be lazy.

Xia Shaoxin's mood was very complicated.

Being able to collect rare poisonous plants meant there was a chance to sacrifice one, and there would always be benefits in the future; even if he couldn't use it, converting it to sell for money would be good.

But this Forbidden Ground had not been entered by anyone for hundreds of years. Was he, a mere Level 2 Qi Refining nobody, really not going to his death?