After being transferred from Yueqing Mountain to Qianlian City, Feng Wuya's status steadily rose as one of the young cultivators with the best pill quality in each refining session, which inevitably made him a bit conceited.
However, this feeling of conceit vanished completely today.
"Who are you calling trash? I see you all snatching even the meager resting places of those with lower cultivation than you. You are the real trash!" Feng Wuya grumbled indignantly at the city gate.
"Feng Wuya!"
Jing Fei wanted to stop Feng Wuya from provoking these people, but it was too late.
"Whoosh!"
The group of people directly raised their hands, and an arrow, moving at a speed Jing Fei couldn't possibly block, hurtled towards them!
"Feng Wuya, get back quickly!"
Jing Fei's peony flower bloomed to its fullest, its petals swirling out, but it could only momentarily deflect the arrow. The arrow, with its indomitable and deadly force, continued to rush towards Feng Wuya.
With Feng Wuya's current cultivation, only late-stage Nascent Soul, he was no match for an attack from at least a peak Mahayana cultivator.
Just as Feng Wuya was certain to die, a saber was suddenly thrown from the direction of Yingwuzhou, clanging as it scattered the arrow.
"Chu Tianle, why are you stopping me?" Xia Yule glared furiously at someone in the corner of their group.
Throughout the journey, Chu Tianle had rarely intervened, only chasing after them to keep pace. He was the least conspicuous person in their party, and Xia Yule had thought him easy to get along with. He hadn't expected him to betray them at this moment!
Xia Yule was furious, even the urge to kill Feng Wuya waned. He said grumpily, "Chu Tianle, you'd better give me an explanation!"
"Chu Tianle?"
Outside Qianlian City, Feng Wuya, who was being persuaded by everyone to leave the area, murmured the name. Then, as if driven mad, he grabbed Jing Fei's sleeve.
"Senior Brother Jing Fei, did you hear that! His name is Chu Tianle!"
Back then, he, Chu Tianle, Xi Menhongchun, and Qin Sanxiang had entered the Intermediate Plane. He was the luckiest, managing to escape from it. Xi Menhongchun and Qin Sanxiang, though unlucky enough to be swept into the Green Rong Small World by spatial turbulence, were also fortunate enough to encounter A Yi, who brought them back.
Only Chu Tianle remained. For decades, the academy had sent people to search for him, again and again, but there was still no trace of him!
Yet now, he had heard news of Chu Tianle!
Feng Wuya immediately pulled Jing Fei towards the city, but a sharp sword light blocked them outside the city gate.
"Little wastes, get out and do as we command! Anyone who takes another step forward won't be spared!"
"Damn it!"
Feng Wuya's face turned red with anger. "These shameless..."
Feng Wuya struggled to push away the hand covering his mouth and roared, "Qin Sanxiang, what are you doing! Don't you want me to treat your injuries later?"
"Shut up! Brainless idiot!" Qin Sanxiang glared, unfazed by Feng Wuya's threat. "I'm blocking you for your own good. What can you achieve by rushing forward? Giving yourself up as a target!"
"But Chu Tian..."
"Did you see Chu Tianle?" Qin Sanxiang interrupted him, hitting the nail on the head.
Feng Wuya immediately deflated.
Qin Sanxiang turned to Jing Fei, who had been quiet, and said, "Jing Fei, I'll take him to clear his head. Xi Menhongchun is already taking everyone to find a new resting place. Can you contact Daojun Qianying and discuss what to do?"
Qin Sanxiang didn't want to speak so politely and gently; it was completely unlike her usual demeanor.
However, ever since the traitor Bai Xia was dealt with fifty years ago, and Bai Yun had quietly left Shenqi Mountain, Jing Fei had been like a lost soul, becoming listless.
The once radiant, elegant, and dignified Senior Brother Jing Fei had become like a withered peony flower, spending half of his day lost in his own thoughts. Although he still cultivated and refined pills, everyone could see that he had changed a great deal.
Jing Fei: "Mm."
Seeing Jing Fei nod, Qin Sanxiang dragged Feng Wuya towards Xi Menhongchun.
"Sigh..." Feng Wuya wailed for a long time. When Qin Sanxiang stopped, he asked, resigned and pouting, "What are we doing? Do we have to hide from Senior Brother Jing Fei to do things?"
"Oh, your brain is still working?" Qin Sanxiang said sarcastically.
Feng Wuya put his hands on his hips and retorted, "I'm not stupid, you know!"
He swaggered, looking as proud as a gaudy rooster, but Qin Sanxiang only said three words that made him freeze in place.
"Sheng Yi is looking for you."
"What what? Really?" Feng Wuya was so overjoyed he almost jumped. He muttered it several times to make sure it was true and not a lie, then immediately said, "Where is she? I'll go right away! But about Chu Tianle..."
"Don't worry about it. I'll ask Daojun Qianying how to handle it," Qin Sanxiang said gravely. "Sheng Yi's matter is the most important."
The people of Yingwuzhou were overbearing and unreasonable, but the disciples of Shenqi Sect who were assigned to Qianlian City to assist the Mahayana cultivators were all heavenly prodigies and would never obey their commands.
On the contrary, in just half a day, all these sect disciples had vanished.
Xia Yule and the others were waiting in the best inn in Qianlian City for someone to bring them news of the opened secret realm entrance. To their surprise, a cultivator in green robes arrived, and before Xia Yule could react, his entire group was thrown out!
When they finally regained their senses, they found themselves between cultivators from two other medium worlds!
"People from Chongyuan Medium World?" The leading female demon cultivator from Moon Star Medium World glanced dismissively at Xia Yule and the others. "So weak, only having one Kongming Mirror? Has Chongyuan Medium World run out of people?"
Cai Zhi and the others, having been injured earlier, and with Qiao Yi, whose prestige surpassed Cai Zhi's, remaining silent, the people from Purple Yellow Medium World did not speak.
However, the female demon cultivator's words were enough to infuriate Xia Yule and the others.
They had all fought their way out of the Sky Curtain Pagoda arena. Each of them was proud and could not tolerate such an insult, so they immediately retorted to the female demon cultivator.
"That's still better than the people from Moon Star Medium World! To have a woman lead the team, it seems Moon Star will soon become just another one of the three thousand small worlds!"
The female demon cultivator's pupils instantly turned vertical, clearly angered, but before she could make a move, she heard someone in her group exclaim.
"Zining, the Vast Universe Secret Realm has opened!"
Myriad colorful lights pierced through the dense and obscure darkness that had accumulated for thousands of years in the Intermediate Plane, blossoming into a magnificent starry ocean in its depths.
In that instant, all eyes were captivated by its beauty.
"Go!"
Long Zining cast a cold glance at Xia Yule and the others, and with the people from Moon Star Medium World, quickly headed towards the secret realm entrance.
Cai Zhi, Qiao Yi, and the others were not to be outdone and quickly followed.
Xia Yule and the others wanted to follow, but Qiao Yi suddenly stopped and threw a magical artifact backward. A raging golden river materialized before them. The river's water churned, emitting a terrifying pressure capable of crushing Mahayana cultivators.