"Finally out."
Long Ziqian looked at the dazzling sunlight in the sky, confirming they had indeed left the secret realm.
"Rumble"
Suddenly, a series of collapsing sounds erupted behind them. Chu Lingwei turned around, and the desert behind them slowly vanished before their eyes, transforming into an oasis.
"The secret realm has disappeared?"
Chu Ze stepped forward. The secret realm they had entered for months was gone before their eyes.
"How could this happen?"
All secret realms that appeared on the Xuan Tian Continent had also disappeared, but none had only appeared for such a short time before vanishing.
"Let's go to Jinyang City."
Chu Ze's eyes flickered. The disappearance of this secret realm would undoubtedly cause quite a stir in the South Sea Reef. If they were the only ones to emerge from it, they would be subjected to all sorts of investigations.
To avoid trouble, returning to the South Sea Reef was impossible. They could only head west, to Jinyang City, thousands of miles away.
This proposal was agreed upon by everyone. Without a moment's respite, the group immediately set off for Jinyang City.
"Weiwei, what about those cultivators?"
Chu Ze remembered the cultivators Weiwei had held back and asked.
"They are all dead."
A moment of silence followed this statement.
"They were all cultivators who had entered the Jingliang Forest. Their bodies had already undergone changes." Chu Lingwei took out a sound transmission talisman and reported the situation of the encountered cultivators to her master.
"While you were in seclusion for ten years, the Demon Realm was also closed. I wonder how the Demon Realm is now."
Chu Ze understood Weiwei's concern. Besides cultivators entering the Jingliang Forest with their spirit beasts to improve their cultivation, demonic cultivators from the Demon Realm also frequently visited the Jingliang Forest.
If all the cultivators who entered that lake had problems, then the demonic cultivators who entered the Jingliang Forest would naturally not be spared.
"Weiwei, when you're out, you must not reveal your identity."
Lan Yuexi warned. Many people on the Xuan Tian Continent regarded Chu Lingwei as an enemy.
"Don't worry, Mother. It's not that easy for them to kill me. Don't forget, I am a disciple of Bei Chenfeng from the Cultivation Academy. They wouldn't dare do anything to me."
Chu Lingwei comforted with a smile. No one on the entire Xuan Tian Continent dared to openly oppose the Cultivation Academy.
"Those people are being controlled and certainly won't care about the Cultivation Academy." Those people have lost all reason, so how could they still fear the Cultivation Academy?
"Don't worry, Mother, I definitely won't let anyone know I am Chu Lingwei."
"Father, you say, who exactly has such powerful cultivation to control the cultivators of the Three Realms?" The cultivators who could enter the Jingliang Forest were all cultivators of the Three Realms.
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Everyone on the Xuan Tian Continent was speculating about who it was, but none could figure it out. "It must be a Sovereign Realm powerhouse."
"What would be their purpose in doing so?"
To improve their cultivation, to reach the Sovereign Realm, this reason was invalid.
Then, only one reason remained: to break through and ascend.
But how did controlling these cultivators help their breakthrough and ascension?
Chu Lingwei's mind flashed with the image of her senior disciple brother. Could it be related to him?
Some things cannot withstand speculation.
Chu Lingwei thought back to ten years ago when she went to Jingliang Forest to lure out Kunwu.
At that time, her senior disciple brother accompanied her to Jingliang Forest, saying he had met an old acquaintance and that a battle between powerful individuals had occurred in Jingliang Forest.
Thinking back now, that battle back then was definitely not between Kunwu and her senior disciple brother.
Then, who were the two people fighting in Jingliang Forest?
Jinyang City.
The group arrived safely in Jinyang City, rented a courtyard, and settled down.
"Weiwei, your cultivation has improved so quickly in these ten years?" Lan Yuexi couldn't help but be happy seeing her daughter's rapid cultivation advancement.
"Mother, you and Father have been traveling for ten years, when do you plan to return?"
A full ten years of traveling the mountains and rivers should have made up for their past separation.
Lan Yuexi understood the implication in her daughter's words, her face flushing slightly, and she glared at her daughter with a smile, "We plan to return."
"Mother, where do you plan to go back to?"
Chu Lingwei knew her mother would definitely return to the Phoenix Clan.
"We plan to return to the Phoenix Clan, your father will accompany me." Lan Yuexi's eyes were filled with happy smiles. The fact that her lover was willing to shoulder her responsibilities with her made her both happy and guilty.
"That's a good idea."
Now, it was time to go back.
"Mother, I want to ask you, is our Phoenix Clan's Sacred Tree truly ours?" Chu Lingwei asked about her doubts.
"Of course. If it weren't our Phoenix Clan's Sacred Tree, why would our clan members' lives be connected to the Phoenix Clan?" Lan Yuexi's eyes twinkled with a smile. "Weiwei, don't you believe what Mother says?"
Chu Lingwei shook her head. She just didn't understand why her senior disciple brother would say the Phoenix Clan belonged to the Divine Realm.
If the Sacred Tree belonged to the Divine Realm, what role did their Phoenix Clan members play?
"Auntie, something bad has happened."
Just then, Long Ziqian entered, his eyes filled with anxiety.
"What has happened?"
Hearing Long Ziqian's voice, Chu Ze, who was cultivating inside, hurried out.
"Something has happened at Ice Extreme Cliff."
Hearing Ice Extreme Cliff again, Chu Lingwei thought of the Spirit Dragon Stream.
"What has happened?"
"I heard that a snow avalanche occurred at Ice Extreme Cliff, and the Spirit Dragon Stream has appeared. Now, all the cultivators on the Xuan Tian Continent are rushing to Ice Extreme Cliff," Long Ziqian told Chu Lingwei the news he had gathered.
Everyone on the Xuan Tian Continent knew that there was a Spirit Dragon Stream in the center of Ice Extreme Cliff, and inside it were Nine-tailed Ice Fish. Eating them could help them improve their cultivation.
In the past, even Supreme Realm powerhouses could not find the Spirit Dragon Stream, and the cultivators on the Xuan Tian Continent had no hope. But now that the Spirit Dragon Stream had appeared, everyone wanted a share.
"The Spirit Dragon Stream has appeared?"
Hearing this familiar name, Chu Lingwei's heart sank. She suddenly had a feeling that something big was about to happen on the Xuan Tian Continent.
"Yes, the Spirit Dragon Stream has appeared." Long Ziqian confirmed, looking at Chu Ze and the others, awaiting their decision.
"Father, Mother, I want to go to the Spirit Dragon Stream."
If the Spirit Dragon Stream had appeared, it meant the curse of the Spirit Dragon Stream had been lifted. She wanted to find out who had lifted the curse of the Spirit Dragon Stream.
"Weiwei, have you forgotten the incident where you were surrounded by Snow Spirit Beasts at Ice Extreme Cliff?" Chu Ze reminded her. Back then, if Weiwei hadn't had a divine artifact to protect her, she might have perished.
"Father, you don't need to worry. Those Snow Spirit Beasts were controlled. They certainly won't do the same thing again."
The Snow Spirit Beasts back then were controlled by Mu Shuyang. He wouldn't do the same thing twice.
"Auntie, I'll go with you." Long Ziqian said, seeing Chu Lingwei's insistence.
"Alright, you come with me." Chu Lingwei nodded after a moment's thought. "Father, Mother, you should return to Lingzhou City. Uncle will need you."