Junior Sister must ascend this time!

After listening, Yun nodded. "That was indeed unfair of him. You did a great job!"

After hearing this, Jiang Mian's lips curled up almost imperceptibly.

Si Mingche, however, spotted the meat buns on a pile of monster corpses. "These buns are...? How could you eat anything under these circumstances?"

As expected of the fourth junior brother, the blood of this demon beast was truly awful, especially with so much of it. It was a miracle that they didn't vomit. Yet Jiang Mian was able to eat the steamed buns.

Jiang Mian vehemently denied it, "No! That was what I used to ambush Gu Changfeng!"

"Wow!" Yun Qing and Si Mingche exchanged a glance and burst into laughter. "Hahahaha, Gu Changfeng probably never imagined someone would use a meat bun as a hidden weapon!!"

Perhaps it was the noise of the three people laughing that disturbed Gu Changfeng. He suddenly felt something was wrong. Why had Pei Shubai suddenly appeared? Where was the demon beast? Where was Jiang Mian?

No! It's an illusion!

Enraged, Gu Changfeng pierced Jiang Mian's illusion with his sword, shouting, "Jiang Mian! How despicable of you!"

Then he saw that besides Jiang Mian, there were also Yun Qing and Si Mingche…

Gu Changfeng's face had never turned this red before, from childhood to adulthood. "You...when did you two get here?!"

Si Mingche said in a cheeky tone, "We've been here ever since you said, 'Pei Shubai, we can finally have a proper fight.'"

"You performed well, we really enjoyed watching you."

Gu Changfeng's face turned from red to black, and his hand gripping the Xuan Ying Sword turned white. He had actually made such a big mistake and made himself so embarrassed.

He's determined to settle scores with the Chengtian Sect! He won't let a single one of them get away with it!

But that won't work now; one against three is clearly too much for him. He doesn't want to be eliminated yet; the Golden Jade Sect's ranking is still too low.

So he said all the harsh words he could think of, "You just wait! Sooner or later I'll personally eliminate you all!"

"At that time, it won't just be Pei Shubai, but all of you—none of you will escape!"

.........

With that, he turned and left, his anger seething inside him, his steps quick and hurried, clearly not wanting to stay a second longer.

Si Mingche called out to his retreating figure, "Senior Brother Gu, let's eat steamed buns together next time! We brought so many..."

Gu Changfeng paused for a moment, then quickened his pace.

The three ignored him and tacitly began to collect the monster corpses on the ground into their storage bags. The usable ones were left for the second senior sister to refine, and the unusable ones could be taken down the mountain to sell.

Yun Qing looked at Jiang Mian, "Senior Brother and Second Senior Sister, have you made contact? Third Senior Brother and I have flown all over the outer perimeter but haven't seen them."

Jiang Mian shook her head. "No. There has been no response from the communication jade tablets of the eldest senior brother and the second senior sister. Perhaps some areas of this secret realm block communication, otherwise they wouldn't have stopped contacting us."

Si Mingche thought for a moment and said, "Senior Brother and Second Senior Sister wouldn't have gone to the inner perimeter, would they? The demonic beasts there are all third-tier, and some are even fourth-tier. They wouldn't..."

Jiang Mian elbowed him, "Stop your unfounded imagination!"

Yun Qing glanced down at the jade token. The points for hunting demonic beasts in Chengtian Sect were still increasing, indicating that the senior brothers and the others were still killing demonic beasts and should be safe.

"Don't worry, Senior Brother's swordsmanship is superb, and Second Senior Sister brought many magical artifacts, so there shouldn't be any danger. The most important thing now is to find them as soon as possible."

"Let's go, let's search slowly from the outside. Maybe we flew too high and didn't notice our senior brother and the others."

As she spoke, Yun Qing took out a small whistle, one of the magical artifacts Cen Ning had given her. Any demon beast that had been branded with a divine sense mark had to respond to its master upon hearing this whistle; otherwise, as long as the whistle continued, its divine sense would be continuously stung.

Yun Qing put the eagle to her lips and blew on it. A moment later, the Xuan Yu Eagle flew down.

"Are there any places on the outskirts that block communication? Or which areas have the most monsters?..."

.........

The three rode the Xuan Yu Eagle at low altitude. As they passed over a gray-white stone forest, a golden sword light suddenly rushed towards them.

The sword light was fierce and sharp. Xuan Yu Eagle couldn't dodge in time and was cut on the wing by the sword light, falling down along with the eagle.

Despite the three adjusting their posture in time and adding several layers of defensive magic artifacts, they still slid off the Xuan Yu Eagle in a rather disheveled manner, rolling several times on the ground.

At this moment, a disciple wanted to step forward and finish off the second-tier demon beast, but was stopped by another person. His voice was gentle, "Wait, these people fell down with this demon beast. Perhaps this demon beast belongs to them. We cannot take advantage of their misfortune."

The disciple sheathed his sword and said with dissatisfaction, "Senior Brother, who would raise a demon beast? Besides, in the secret realm, whoever kills a demon beast first gets the points. It's only because you're kind-hearted, Senior Brother, that you've given away so many points to others along the way."

The man continued unhurriedly, "It's nothing, just a second-tier demonic beast. Let's go check on those three people first, see if they're injured."

Yun Qing was about to get up when she glanced at the speaker out of the corner of her eye, then immediately closed her eyes again.

Those glittering golden sect robes—aren't they just those naive and innocent girls from the Golden Jade Sect? Here comes the chance to stage an accident!

She subtly nudged Si Mingche and Jiang Mian beside her and whispered, "Lie still."

Si Mingche and Jiang Mian were confused, but they knew they could trust their junior sister's advice, so they obediently lay still, like two corpses.

The Black Feathered Eagle seemed to understand human nature. Seeing that they didn't move, it also lay still and even stuck out a little bit of its tongue to pretend to be dead.

Shen Qingchen and the others walked up to them and examined them carefully.

One of the disciples said, "Senior Brother, these three are breathing steadily, and there are no external injuries. Why haven't they woken up yet?"

Shen Qingchen pondered and said, "Could it be an internal injury? Give each of you a high-grade healing pill to try."

The disciple hesitated, "Senior Brother, these are top-grade pills. We didn't bring many, how can we give them to just a few people? It would be such a waste..."

Shen Qingchen's face darkened. "Shut up! It was our fault to begin with, so what's this talk of wasting time?"

The disciple stopped talking and gave each of them a high-grade pill.

I must say, this top-grade pill is really good. As soon as it enters the mouth, you can feel a warm current slowly spreading in your dantian. Even though they were not injured, it completely eliminated their fatigue from the journey, leaving them feeling refreshed and invigorated.

Yun Qing opened her eyes at the right moment, coughed twice, and said weakly, "Fellow Daoist, what happened? Where are my senior brothers? Are they alright?"

Seeing this, Shen Qingchen felt even more guilty. "They're alright. We fed them some pills, and they should wake up soon."