25: "Quite sincere," said Senior Brother Han.

Amidst the widespread panic, a small group of people remained composed.

The Sect Head's personal Disciple, with a top-grade mutated Yin Spiritual Root, Peak Foundation Establishment Disciple Li Xinghe.

The Artifact Refining Hall Master's personal Disciple, with a top-grade Fire Spiritual Root, Peak Foundation Establishment Disciple Wu Tiehun.

The Hall of Law Master's personal Disciple, with a High Grade Wind and Lightning dual Spiritual Root, Peak Foundation Establishment Disciple Feng Xingyun.

The Pill Hall Master's personal Disciple, with a top-grade Wood Spiritual Root, Peak Foundation Establishment Disciple Li Lingzhi... as well as a group of veteran Foundation Establishment Disciples who had been in the Sect for a decade or several decades.

As for Yun Qingluan, who had never experienced much life and death and had always followed Mo Jinghun to Cultivate, her already fair cheeks now appeared quite pale.

Within those flickering eyes was a deep sense of horror and hesitation.

On the other hand, Su Ling, aside from his initial shock, was quite calm now.

Su Ling, who in his past life was accustomed to walking through darkness and bloodshed, felt no fear; instead, a trace of excitement rose in his heart.

I knew it; I always felt that the Xuanming Sect, as a demonic Sect, was somewhat unworthy of its name.

Looking at it now, it wasn't unworthy of its name at all; it was clearly a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Looking across the field, except for those at the Tenth Layer of Qi Refining Great Perfection, every Qi Refinement Stage Disciple, regardless of gender, had been sacrificed on the spot.

What is talent?

What is the style of a demonic Sect?

What is the law of the jungle?

At this moment, it was all displayed to the fullest.

He just wondered if that Core Formation Elder, who had said it was a waste for those in the Qi Refinement Stage to die, would still feel any regret now.

"The formation has stabilized. All Disciples, enter immediately!"

"May you return with a full harvest in three years!"

Under the apprehensive gazes of the Disciples, the formation passage finally stabilized.

Vice Sect Master's announcement caused the heavy stones hanging in their hearts to crash to the ground.

One after another, the pale-faced Foundation Establishment Disciples, including the remaining Tenth Layer of Qi Refining Great Perfection Disciples, had no time to think. They hurriedly leaped up and threw themselves into the starry-sky-like passage.

Su Ling, in the crowd, moved his feet and was about to leap up when a voice as faint as a mosquito suddenly sounded beside him.

"Junior Brother Su, keep this Guidance Talisman safe."

At some unknown point, Han Yu had appeared beside him. As they passed each other, he quietly pressed a Talisman into Su Ling's hand.

"After entering the Secret Realm, just activate the Talisman, and you'll be able to sense the location of allies within a thousand-mile radius."

Han Yu smiled slightly at the somewhat surprised Su Ling, then turned and shot toward the teleportation passage like a bolt of lightning. "I'll go ahead first and await your good news, Junior Brother Su."

"Guidance Talisman..."

Su Ling gripped the Talisman in his hand, his footsteps pausing slightly.

[Chain-Link Mother-Son Talisman, second-tier High Grade Talisman. The son Talisman can sense the location of other Talisman holders, while the mother Talisman possesses a masking function.]

"Heh, Senior Brother Han really is 'quite sincere'!"

After receiving the information from the eye pattern on his palm, Su Ling laughed out of pure anger.

The so-called cooperation was nothing more than a trap set using information asymmetry.

If not for the eye pattern's prompt, he might have almost believed in Han Yu's sincerity.

Without a doubt, the mother Talisman must be in Han Yu's hands.

Given Han Yu's talent, it was highly likely that he had made this Chain-Link Mother-Son Talisman himself.

His goal was nothing more than to plunder the harvests and lives of his 'cooperating' fellow Disciples.

Backstabbing is indeed the consistent style of demonic Sect Disciples.

Su Ling snorted coldly and casually crushed the 'Guidance Talisman'.

Then he leaped and threw himself straight into the teleportation passage... Beside a gurgling mountain stream, a young man in black robes lay silently on a rock.

Suddenly, the roar of a beast echoed from the distant mountain forest.

Rustling sounds also came from the surrounding jungle.

The young man's eyelids twitched, and his eyes snapped open.

In the next moment, a Yao Beast with a sharp horn on its head, resembling a leopard, lunged out of the jungle and pounced straight at the young man on the rock.

mysterious armor shield!

A small shield appeared out of thin air, instantly transforming into a giant shield to block in front of the young man.

The One-horned Leopard Demon Beast's sharp claws scratched fiercely against the mysterious armor shield's mana barrier, producing an extremely ear-piercing sound.

Failing its strike, the One-horned Leopard Demon Beast used the momentum to spring back, landing steadily several yards away and baring its teeth at the young man.

"A Tier One Yao Beast?"

Sweeping his Divine Sense over the One-horned Leopard Demon Beast, the black-robed young man sat up.

The black iron flying sword flew out from the Storage Pouch, turning into a streak of light as it slashed out.

Sensing a fatal threat, the One-horned Leopard Demon Beast tried its best to dodge to the side, but it was still sliced in half by the sword.

"This broken teleportation formation is way too unreliable."

The black-robed young man was indeed Su Ling. He rubbed his brow and grumbled inwardly as he slowly stood up.

It was one thing for the teleportation location to be completely random, but the passage itself was unstable. Strange forces would tear at his body from time to time, requiring him to maintain a mana shield for protection throughout.

Su Ling had seen with his own eyes several Tenth Layer of Qi Refining Disciples, who had entered the passage at about the same time as him, being torn to shreds by that force.

At the final moment of teleportation, Su Ling felt as if he had crashed into a screen of light, and he lost consciousness.

The first thing he saw upon waking was a sky shrouded in layers of dark clouds.

And that pouncing Yao Beast.

However, this also made Su Ling realize that he had indeed left the Underground World.

Not to mention the dark clouds in the sky, even the One-horned Leopard Demon Beasts he had just killed had no records in the Yao Beast Encyclopedia issued by the Xuanming Sect.

The Cuiye Secret Realm was clearly being opened by the Sect for the first time.

Otherwise, it would be impossible not to have any information at all.

Popping a Qi Condensing Pill into his mouth to recover his mana, Su Ling surveyed his surroundings.

"The concentration of Spiritual Qi in the Secret Realm is much higher than in the Sect?!"

Sensing the concentration of Spiritual Qi around him, Su Ling's face showed joy.

He had maintained a mana shield throughout the entire teleportation process, and despite his deep mana reserves, more than half had been consumed.

No wonder the Sect's initial requirement was to start at the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Ordinary Qi Refinement Stage Disciples wouldn't even be able to withstand the dangers during the teleportation process.

Let alone what comes after?

However, in such a place filled with Spiritual Qi, if a Tenth Layer of Qi Refining Disciple were lucky enough to survive...

They would surely be able to quickly achieve Foundation Establishment and increase their chances of survival.

Glancing at the dismembered One-horned Leopard Demon Beast, Su Ling was about to leave when the rustling sounds started again.

After a few breaths, three more One-horned Leopard Demon Beasts of similar strength appeared.

Su Ling unceremoniously killed them one by one.

According to the Sect, the return teleportation would open in three years.

At that time, teleportation beacons would randomly appear in the sky, and one would only need to go to the nearest beacon's location to return to the Xuanming Sect via teleportation.

It was only three years, and with limited space in his Storage Pouch, he didn't want to waste it on these Tier One Yao Beasts.

At the very least, they would have to be Foundation Establishment Stage Yao Beasts to be worth collecting.

Su Ling turned to leave when two roars filled with sorrow and rage suddenly erupted from the mountain forest.

Two One-horned Leopard Demon Beasts as large as wild oxen charged out of the forest.

Their eyes fell upon the mangled corpses on the ground, and their vision instantly turned blood-red.

"Tier Two Middle Stage Yao Beasts!"

Su Ling swept his Divine Sense over them, his expression shifting slightly.

It seemed that by hitting the young ones, the Elders had come... Although he had killed those small, weak leopard beasts with ease earlier...

That was because he was already at the Early Foundation Establishment Stage, with strength comparable to the Middle Stage.

Now facing two One-horned Leopard Demon Beasts comparable to the Early Foundation Establishment Stage, Su Ling still gave them his full attention.

After all, this was his first time facing Foundation Establishment Stage Yao Beasts.

And two of them at once.