Chapter 293: Difficulty Increased
After leaving the pear blossom grove, Dian Dian transmitted her voice to Yun Xi:

"Master, is that male cultivator named Zhao Sinan really alright?"

Yunxi replied as she walked forward:
“He definitely has a problem, but this is a matter for the extremely poor, and it’s not appropriate for an outsider like me to know.”

"Master, how did you determine that? Dian Dian didn't smell any evil cultivator's aura on him."

"Didn't you notice that when Buddha Yunchen left, True Monarch Hanlian didn't try to stop him?"

After listening, Dian Dian rolled over in its owner's arms and continued to ask:
"What does it matter whether Zhao Sinan has a problem or not, and whether or not True Monarch Hanlian stops Buddhist Disciple Yunchen?"

Yunxi smiled slightly and explained to Dian Dian:

"If that male cultivator had no problem, True Monarch Hanlian could have easily dismissed Zhao Sinan. If she were very protective of her own, she might have made things difficult for me. But she didn't. After I said goodbye, she readily let me leave."

From the process of Yunchen Buddhist Master leading us to find our old friend from the Extreme Cold Sect, we can see that Hanlian True Monarch is very interested in Yunchen Buddhist Master, and her brother is actually Yunchen Buddhist Master's old friend.

She even traded the Buddhist bead token with her own brother, which shows that she was determined to team up with Yun Chen to explore the secret realm. However, she did not even stop Yun Chen from leaving, which proves that even Yun Chen could not be present for what happened next.

"Based on my deduction, nothing would attract the attention of True Monarch Cold Lotus more than the existence of a heretical cultivator within the Extreme Cold Sect. And she wouldn't publicize her own sect's affairs so openly, so Zhao Sinan is definitely suspicious."

After listening to a long explanation, Dian Dian finally nodded and said:
"Dian Dian understands. So, in Master's opinion, what problem might Zhao Sinan have?"

Yunxi didn't stop, her movements became even faster, and then she replied:
"If Zhao Sinan was originally a disciple of the Extreme Cold Sect, there are only two possibilities: either he defected to the evil cultivators and entered the secret realm to stir up trouble and create conflict between the five domains."

Secondly, he was possessed, and the one who possessed him was most likely an evil cultivator. You should know that evil cultivators have committed too many evil deeds and it is difficult for them to withstand the tribulation of ascension. Therefore, they want to change their physical body to facilitate their future ascension.

Unfortunately, this is just a change in name only, and doesn't really make a difference, but it does make it easier for them to infiltrate the sects.

As Yunxi finished speaking, she suddenly stopped walking. A thought flashed through her mind so quickly that she almost missed it.

"Amitabha!"

Yun Chen, the Buddhist disciple, chanted a Buddhist prayer, drawing Yun Xi's attention back to the other half of her body.

Yunxi, holding the Nine Netherworld Dragon Umbrella, turned around and said:

"Buddha Yunchen, is there anything else you wish to instruct me on?"

Yun Chen, the Buddhist disciple, shook his head and said:
"No, Hanlian just sent me a message asking us to wait for her for a moment."

Yunxi raised an eyebrow. It seemed that True Monarch Hanlian had discovered something, which was why he sent a message to Buddhist disciple Yunchen, wanting to keep the person there. As for herself, she was either just an extra or she had nothing to do with him at all. It was Buddhist disciple Yunchen who didn't want to face True Monarch Hanlian alone, so he asked to keep her there.

Yunxi smiled and said:

“Buddha Yunchen, Xi Yun’s cultivation is limited. If she insists on following the two True Monarchs, it might slow down your progress in exploring the secret realm. What do you think?”

This was already a very tactful explanation; she believed that Buddhist Master Yunchen would understand. Sure enough, Buddhist Master Yunchen paused for a moment, his hand moving the prayer beads, before speaking:

"Fellow Daoist Feng, haven't you noticed that since you were teleported here, all you've encountered are Nascent Soul stage cultivators?"

Yunxi replied somewhat uncertainly:

"After being unexpectedly teleported here, I only encountered Buddha Yunchen and True Monarch Hanlian. Could it be that only Nascent Soul True Monarchs can reach this place?"

Yun Chen, the Buddhist disciple, nodded and said:
"Yes, after I broke through the illusionary cocoon and walked out of the mist, I was teleported here. Before fighting Li Chang, I also met two Nascent Soul cultivators, but we didn't know each other well, so we didn't team up."

Yun Chen, the Buddhist monk, had a very good temper. He explained the reasons in general, aiming to persuade Yun Xi to stay and travel with him.

Yunxi frowned after hearing this, thinking that the spirit of the realm must have increased the difficulty of her training after she captured the cultivator from the Extreme Cold Sect. She subconsciously reached into her sleeve and pinched the leaves of the Immortal Spirit Grass. There must be a reason for this.

Fairy Grass continued to act obediently, accepting its master's "caresses." At times like these, remaining silent was the best choice.

Yunxi's guess was mostly correct. When she was teleported here, the strange forest that had been there before had begun to collapse due to the loss of most of the spiritual veins. The cultivators who were fighting the giant beasts could no longer care about their prey and began to run desperately toward the teleportation array.

The giant beast sensed the threat of death and began to attack the fleeing cultivators in a frenzy. For a moment, the roars and screams of the beasts mingled together in the jungle. Those cultivators who used the spiritual energy of the jungle could not control themselves at this time and became more and more violent. Even the Buddhist cultivators of Yunmen Temple could not suppress them.

“Amitabha! Fellow disciples, time is of the essence, we have no choice but to abandon these cultivators.”

A younger, less-than-handsome junior suggested:
"Senior brother, how about we knock them unconscious and take them away?"

Yun Si shook her head and said:

"This is not a good idea. They have completely lost control. Not only will bringing them along slow us down, but what if these people go berserk and destroy the teleportation array?"

Upon hearing this, the Buddhist cultivators of Yunmen Temple fell silent. They could not implicate their fellow disciples and other cultivators because of their decision. In the end, they abandoned the crazed cultivator and quickly ran towards the direction of the teleportation pillar.

After a stick of incense had burned, the entire jungle seemed to have been cleansed. The raging beasts and out-of-control cultivators were all pulverized and turned into nourishment for this space.

At the same time, the leaders of various sects guarding the outside of the secret realm received news that the soul lamps of some disciples who had entered the secret realm had gone out, and these people must have died in the secret realm.

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On the other side, Wei Yunqing finally had a stroke of good luck. The place where she entered the secret realm happened to be a field of spiritual plants. If Yunxi were here, she would find that these were the spiritual plants that she had planted before, and even the spirit gathering array was set up by her.

Wei Yunqing breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the spiritual plant field in front of her with both surprise and regret. The field was planted with spiritual plants of the first to third tiers, and fortunately some of them were not even in her space, but they were not old enough.

There must have been other cultivators who picked the older spiritual plants before her. If she hadn't lingered in the illusion for so long, she could have gotten there first. But something is better than nothing. She immediately and swiftly took the spiritual plants she liked, regardless of their age, and transplanted them into her own space. This included a Longevity Fruit Tree.

Just as she was happily digging for spirit plants, a circle of light suddenly appeared beneath her feet. The next moment, she grabbed a spirit hoe and disappeared into the ground with a spirit plant in her hand.

Wei Yunqing's vision blurred, and the next moment she appeared in a dark cave. She could smell the blood under her nose, so she immediately became vigilant. She replaced the spirit hoe in her hand with a spirit sword, threw the spirit herbs into the bracelet space, and then slowly reached for the place that smelled blood.


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