I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 488 They All Ran Away (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
After a brief period of teleportation dizziness, Lei Yi, Jin Hao, Zhong Lingfei, and Xiao Yushan appeared in the Purple Vortex Coral Swamp on the outskirts of the Thunder Pool Secret Realm.

A salty, fishy smell wafted over, and looking around, one could see strange purple coral forests all around. These corals were as thick as trees, with gnarled and twisted branches that flickered with faint arcs of electricity.

Beneath their feet lay a viscous pool of lightning mud that shimmered with a dark purple glow, and the air was filled with the faint crackling sounds of thunder.

Fa Xiu Xiao Yushan looked around calmly. It was clear that the four of them were not entering for the first time and were quite familiar with the environment.

At this moment, several electric eels covered in arcs of electricity shot out from the surrounding mud like arrows, hurtling towards the four people with crackling sounds.

Faced with this dense attack of electric eels, Lei Yi and Jin Hao, both body cultivators, didn't even flinch.

Dark purple electric snakes lashed wildly across their bronze skin, leaving only white marks. Jin Hao even snorted disdainfully, letting the electric eels crash into him.

Fa Xiu Zhong Lingfei frowned slightly, "This is really troublesome."

As she spoke, her magical power surged instantly, and hundreds of fine, pale purple lightning needles appeared out of thin air, scattering precisely in all directions. As if they had eyes, they instantly pierced the heads of all the lightning eels within a ten-foot radius.

The countless electric eels froze instantly, then crashed back into the churning mud with a series of crackling sounds.

In the blink of an eye, the area around them was cleared.

"Where is Jiang Heying?" Lei Yi asked in a deep voice, his gaze sweeping sharply over the surrounding purple coral forest and muddy water.

The other three immediately released their divine senses to investigate carefully, but the lightning energy here was too abundant and contained a certain amount of magnetic energy, which greatly affected their divine senses. Their divine senses were intermittent, as if the signal was poor.

Furthermore, prolonged exposure to one's sea of ​​consciousness can allow the energy of lightning to invade, causing a stinging pain in the soul.

“Not nearby,” Xiao Yushan, a practitioner of the Fa Xiu sect, said in a deep voice.

The relaxed smile on Zhong Lingfei's face vanished instantly, and a shadow of gloom flashed between his brows. "Try using the tracking talisman."

Almost simultaneously, the four activated the tracking talismans that Lei Shi had placed on them. The faint but incredibly clear divine sense senses, like invisible threads, immediately pointed to a certain direction.

Without the slightest hesitation, the four of them sped off in that direction simultaneously, as if by perfect unison.

Lei Yi and Jin Hao unleashed their physical power, each step creating a crackling sound on the mud, their figures moving like lightning.

Zhong Lingfei and Xiao Yufeng moved with agility and speed, their feet flashing with lightning.

The moment they set off, the location sensed by the tracking talisman suddenly changed.

The four of them felt a chill run down their spines and immediately changed their positions. Then, their positions changed again, and their movements were as ghostly as ghosts.

After changing positions several times, the Jiang Yi they sensed finally settled in one place. The group walked around the huge coral tree in front of them and saw a fire fox standing tall with its head held high. Its fiery red fur looked like flowing flames, and its six fluffy long tails swayed slightly, stirring up sparks.

Jiang Yi was leaning casually against the back of the six-tailed fire fox, with one leg hanging down and swinging gently.

Judging from their relaxed demeanor, it seemed as if they had been waiting for quite some time, rather than playing hide-and-seek with them the whole time.

"You've finally arrived! I was about to fall asleep if you hadn't come soon."

Lei Yi and Jin Hao's faces twitched almost imperceptibly, while Xiao Yushan frowned slightly, thinking that Jiang Heying must have tried to run away earlier, but when she found that she couldn't, she waited here and even turned the tables on them.

Zhong Lingfei reacted the fastest, raising a friendly smile, "I'm so sorry to have kept Fellow Daoist Heying waiting! The teleportation fluctuations were a bit too strong just now, and we ended up on the other side. This is the Purple Vortex Coral Swamp of the Thunder Pool Secret Realm, which is an outer area, and there's nothing particularly special here."

"However, this secret realm is full of natural mazes, and the omnipresent lightning and magnetic forces interfere with divine sense and magic, making it extremely easy to lose one's way. Even sending messages can sometimes be inaccurate. Fellow Daoist is not familiar with this place, so for safety's sake, it would be best if you stayed close to us. If you need anything or discover anything, just let us know, and the four of us will do our best to cooperate."

These words were spoken with heartfelt sincerity and deep concern.

Jiang Yi sat on the fox's back and simply responded with a faint sound, neither pointing out the truth nor expressing any dissatisfaction.

"Then I'll trouble you to lead the way."

Jiang Yi gently patted Hong Li's neck, and Hong Li bared her teeth and growled reluctantly. Just now, Hong Li had tried to shake off the group using the Phantom Escape technique, but they found that the group could always react quickly and keep up with her.

Not to mention Jiang Yi, even Hong Li guessed that the old man Lei Shi had tampered with Jiang Yi. Hong Li was so angry that she wanted to burn the four people to death, but Jiang Yi persuaded her to stop.

The tricks the Nascent Soul cultivators had done to Jiang Yi cannot be undone in a short time, and killing these four people will not solve the fundamental problem.

At this moment, Lei Yi and Jin Hao led the way, Jiang Yi rode Hong Li in the middle, and Zhong Lingfei and Xiao Yufeng followed half a step behind, forming a subtle pincer movement.

The group of four, plus a fox, headed towards the eerie area deep within the Purple Vortex where charred rocks floated in the air. The sounds of fierce fighting, mixed with thunder and the stench of blood, could be heard from time to time, all of which were Foundation Establishment cultivators battling against the local monsters.

Zhong Lingfei moved slightly closer to Jiang Yi, explaining as they walked, "The blood of the electric eels here contains 'Thunderous Liquid,' which can be used for body tempering. There's also a type of crab with sharp, poisonous claws, and its shell is an excellent material for resisting lightning..."

Jiang Yi thought to herself, "Am I supposed to be her tour guide here?"

Zhong Lingfei had only given two sentences of introduction when Hongli, sitting on Jiang Yi's back, suddenly jumped up with a howl, throwing Jiang Yi off her back as if out of control, and a fiery tail lashed out at Zhong Lingfei who was nearby.

Zhong Lingfei got too close and only had time to activate his protective aura before being heavily knocked away by Hong Li, crashing into a coral tree in the distance.

The other three were completely unaware of Hong Li's madness and remained on high alert until Hong Li leaped out of the mud, her four claws treading on fire. Only then did they see that one of Hong Li's tails was being tightly gripped by a giant crab demon.

"Hongli, calm down."

No matter how Jiang Yi tried to calm her down, Hong Li went berserk, wildly wagging her tail and jumping around. In the end, she crashed into Lei Yi and Jin Hao, who were trying to stop her, and ran away!
"Go and bring Hongli back quickly!"

Jiang Yi shouted anxiously and released Hua Gu, Zhao Ming, and Yao Ling. The demon spirits sped off in different directions.

Lei Yi and Jin Hao got up, and Xiao Yushan helped Zhong Lingfei up as well. The four of them watched in a panic as Jiang Yi and the other demon spirits exploded like fireworks and disappeared in different directions in the blink of an eye. For a moment, they didn't know whether they should chase after them or which ones they should chase.

Jiang Yi remained standing there, still anxiously shouting, "Hey, you bunch of idiots! Hong Li ran that way! Don't you know which way to go? If you can't find Hong Li, don't come back!"

The four people: …………

Zhong Lingfei pressed his chest, which was severely injured by Hong Li, his eyes filled with displeasure. "Fellow Daoist Heying, my Leiji Sect was trying to help you out of kindness. What do you mean by this?"

Jiang Yi's face showed a mixture of shock, innocence, and confusion, displaying a rich array of emotions.

“My demon spirits ran away because they were disobedient. There’s nothing I can do about it. We have an equal cultivation contract, and I can’t force them to obey. The way of demon taming in the Northern Profound Realm is different from that in the Eastern Continent. You don’t understand, and I can’t explain it to you. If you’re not willing to help me find them, then forget it. I’ll go find them myself!”

The four exchanged glances, and seeing that Jiang Yi was about to leave, Zhong Lingfei had no choice but to step forward to stop her.

"Fellow Daoist Crane Shadow, please wait. It's not that we are unwilling, but now... which direction do you intend to search?"

Jiang Yi said, "My fire fox is naturally fond of all kinds of fire. I heard that there is a Blazing Cave in the deepest part of your Thunder Pool Secret Realm. She may very well follow the scent of fire to go there."

The four exchanged glances again, all somewhat hesitant.

The Blazing Cave is the deepest part of the Thunder Pool Secret Realm. Even Golden Core cultivators must be extremely vigilant when entering. The Blazing Cave is home to a large group of Fire Tongue Thunder Pythons, which have been guarding the strange fire 'Flame Thunder Flame' and are extremely difficult to deal with.

Each time the secret realm opens, most of the Golden Core cultivators who enter the realm aim for the 'Flaming Thunder Flame' and the 'Meteorite Crystal' that accompanies it.

However, each time only a handful of people obtained a few strands of strange fire or a small amount of meteorite crystals. No one ever obtained the original fire seed of the Flame Thunder Python. The Flame Thunder Python clan was too large to kill completely and was extremely vengeful.

If you offend them once, the Fire Tongue Thunder Pythons will remember those who killed their kind when they enter the secret realm again, and they will attack you as a group.

All four were at the late stage of the Golden Core realm, nearing their peak, and on the verge of forming their Nascent Souls. They did not want to take any risks, and if it weren't for Lei Shi's insistence, they would still be in seclusion in their respective caves.

The four of them had all killed many Fire Tongue Thunder Pythons and didn't want to go there.

Finally, Zhong Lingfei, for some unknown reason, agreed, "Alright, then please follow me closely, Fellow Daoist Heying, and I'll take you on a shortcut."

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(End of this chapter)