Stepping on the demon door, the witch becomes the strongest.

Chapter 613: Civilian Monk Team

Given Chen Lingyun's cunning, shamelessness, meanness, insidiousness, unscrupulousness and self-preservation style, Yan Yu did not think that anything would happen to her in the secret realm of Mount Wutai.

However, as her ex... no, as the captain of the Zhenhai Team, now that her deputy captain is in danger, she has to rush to rescue him, otherwise it will easily leave a psychological grudge on the other person - and Chen Lingyun is the type who is particularly narrow-minded, so there is no need to cause trouble for herself in this regard.

"Wait a moment." Chen Tianming said, "It's best not to bring anyone."

"Don't make a big deal about it, right?" Yan Yu frowned slightly.

This doesn't make much sense. After all, the entrance to the secret realm is inside the scenic area. I don't know how many tourists have seen it with their own eyes. How can we hide it from others? Besides, your own daughter is also trapped in there. You should probably want me to bring more people in to increase the success rate of the rescue...

Ok?
After all, Yan Yu had some understanding of Lao Taishan, and soon realized that he was leaving a way out.

Chen Lingyun was inexplicably trapped inside. Even if it wasn't known whether she was trapped by a restriction or the signal was blocked, Yan Yu had to go and rescue her. But what if he took the entire Zhenhai team in and they all got trapped inside as well?
If this had happened at any other time, there wouldn't have been much of a concern. After all, it was the mission of the monks to protect the people, and they had to charge forward even if it meant facing mountains of swords and seas of fire. However, with Tianzhu imminently invading the southern border, if the Zhenhai Squadron were trapped in the Wutai Mountain Secret Realm and the Privy Council ordered a war, the Zhendong Army would be unable to find a comparable replacement force.

Qiu Ze's Shenxing Team? They're certainly strong, but they're nowhere near as strong as the Zhenhai Team.

Seeing Yan Yu pondering, Chen Tianming couldn't guess whether he understood what he meant, so he added:

"If you go alone, your mission is to save people, yes, but the prerequisite is to protect yourself. Remember, if there is a risk, it is better to give up saving people."

These words sounded a bit like Liu Bei telling Zhao Yun not to save A Dou, but Yan Yu knew that these were Lao Taishan's true words: it was not that he was willing to sacrifice his own daughter Chen Lingyun, but he would never risk everything and bet all the chips at hand to save his daughter.

Of course, if Chen Lingyun or Chen's mother were here, Chen Tianming would definitely have a different story to tell.

Considering that bringing Ningning and the others along would not really improve the combat strength much, and the main contribution still lies with me, it is not impossible for me to give face to Old Taishan. Therefore, Yan Yu quickly looked through the intelligence information given by Li Weiguo, and then sent a notice in the group, and then flew north on his sword in a hurry.

The Wutai Mountain Secret Realm appeared at 3:20 pm. At that time, Yan Yu and Zhou Hongyu were still wandering around the Kunlun Mansion Secret Realm! On the other side, the Wutai Mountain tourists were stunned to find that a large area of colorful Buddha light appeared in the sky.

Many people regard it as a good omen and auspicious sign. After all, this is an era of spiritual revival, and believers who already believe in gods and Buddhas will only become more devout and obsessed, so many people stay where they are and kowtow.

However, soon, the Buddha's light descended from the sky to the ground, and all the tourists who were swept by it disappeared wherever it passed - whether they were in the open space, in the car, or in the house.

Monks from the nearby military monastery quickly arrived to cordon off the scene and urgently evacuate the bewildered tourists. However, this time, the entrance to the secret realm was a Buddha's light, not only immense in size but also scattering in all directions. Some tourists were transported away by the light before they could escape, while others, despite the monks' attempts to stop them, suddenly rushed towards it... most likely civilian monks.

Due to a shortage of manpower at the time, the situation was difficult to control, so the monks of the military palace quickly sent out a request for assistance. Chen Lingyun and Tang Xiaolian were practicing in Qingjing Nunnery and immediately rushed to support them after receiving the news.

One of these girls specializes in summoning ghosts, the other in summoning insects. They command dozens or even hundreds of summons, and they can manipulate them with ease. Therefore, they quickly assisted the military monks in controlling the situation. Even Yan Yu and Jing Ye couldn't do better than them in this regard.

Then, the two of them put on cameras and flew into the Buddha Light Secret Realm to investigate.

The camera worked smoothly at first, and we could see that the secret realm was a valley surrounded by mountains, with a large number of densely packed Buddhist temples. Looking down from the top of the mountain, we could see red walls and golden eaves, row upon row, tall towers and halls, staggered in an orderly manner, with smoke curling in the air and Buddhist chants everywhere. It was comparable to the Buddhist paradise and even better than the Little Western Paradise on earth.

However, as the two went down the mountain and approached the cluster of Buddhist temples, they suddenly heard a scream and then the video signal was cut off.

Researchers performed voiceprint analysis and determined that it was likely Tang Xiaolian's exclamation. She was walking behind Chen Lingyun at the time, and the video footage didn't reveal any issues. Of course, it's also possible that the incident happened too quickly and wasn't captured. In short, the two have since lost contact with the Dingbei Army.

The Dingbei Army believed that the video signal was cut off because they stepped into some kind of preset formation when approaching the Buddhist temple.

Yan Yu agreed with this assessment. After all, the cameras hadn't captured anything before the loss of contact. If it was truly an incredibly fast enemy attack, one that even the cameras couldn't capture, then there was no hope. They should go in and retrieve the body.

When he arrived at Mount Wutai on his sword, he saw that the area below was in chaos. Vehicles of the Dingbei Army kept going deep into the area along the mountain road, transporting wave after wave of mortals back.

Some guys didn't even want to leave, shouting that the Buddha's light was shining everywhere and that they had to go back to kneel down and worship. They pulled and tugged at the soldiers of the Dingbei Army and kept shouting.

Before Yan Yu landed, he had already encountered three waves of sword-wielding monks who came to confirm their identities. Fortunately, his face was the best proof of identity, and he was quickly allowed to pass.

He declined the invitation to meet with the command department and quickly arrived at Fo Guang's current location under the escort of several military monks.

The Buddha's light was translucent and colorful, floating back and forth in the air like ribbons. It seemed extremely slow, but in fact, its speed was about 30 yards. Mortals could not outrun it at all.

Yan Yu used his spiritual sense to scan the Buddha light opposite again and again, and it didn't feel like it was some secret realm of heretical Zen.

It is more likely to be a test-type secret realm.

This is certainly good news. After all, the number of people involved and the scope of the incident are the largest in the history of Lu State.

If it weren't for the testing secret realm, there would inevitably be a large number of casualties, and the prognosis would be extremely troublesome. Not to mention Chen Lingyun and Tang Xiaolian were also trapped in it. Whether for public or private reasons, Yan Yu didn't want anything to happen to them.

"How many civilian monks have entered now?" He turned and asked the monks from the military academy who were accompanying him.

"A rough estimate is less than a hundred." The other party replied.

Less than a hundred, that's about 90. Considering that most cultivators are at the Marrow Cleansing Stage or even the Qi Refining Stage, and the secret realm that is now open must be at the Palace Transformation Stage... these folk cultivators are really brave!

Courage is natural; mortals without courage find it difficult to embark on the path of cultivation. It's like finding a magical herb deep in the mountains, completely unrecognizable from its appearance. Would you dare to chew it and eat it? If you don't, then the golden finger will be out of your reach.

Yan Yu thought for a moment and thought that the difficulty of the test-type secret realm was not a problem, the trouble lay in how to deal with these folk cultivators.

According to Lao Taishan's opinion, it is to try not to kill; but folk monks have always bullied the weak and feared the strong, and they are afraid of power but not of virtue. How can they establish their authority without killing?

Humph, how can such a small matter stump me!

Yan Yu asked the accompanying monk for a mask and sunglasses, covered his face tightly, put on the chest camera, and then rushed into the Buddha's light.

Teleport!
After entering the secret realm, a quick glance confirmed that he was halfway up the mountain.

The terrain of the secret place is a valley, with high surroundings and low center. Many Buddhist temples are located in the middle of the valley, so everyone must go there to explore.

Considering that it had been nearly five or six hours since the first wave of civilian cultivators entered, it was clear that the difficulty of conquering this secret realm was quite high. Otherwise, if the control center had been refined by someone, they would have used restrictions to deal with me now.

Yan Yu looked down at the Buddhist temple and quickly confirmed his position, combining it with the information from the documents he had previously read. Taking the axis from the Zhike Hall to the Daxiong Hall as the north direction, he was roughly at six o'clock, while Chen Lingyun and Tang Xiaolian started from seven o'clock, a relatively small difference.

Let’s make investigating the whereabouts of the two girls our top priority.

After Yan Yu confirmed again that his appearance was hidden, he quickly walked down the mountain.

There weren't many trees on the mountain, only wild grass. The further down we went, the more lush the trees grew. By the time we got closer to the temple, the ground was completely shaded by trees, and it was deep and quiet.

Yan Yu estimated for a moment and realized that he was almost at the location where Chen Lingyun and Tang Xiaolian had lost contact. Just as he was about to use his spiritual sense to explore forward, he heard someone nearby suddenly shout:

"Hey! The one wearing sunglasses!"

He instantly determined the direction of the sound and turned to look at the tree trunk beside him. The guy hiding behind the tree seemed startled, not expecting this person's hearing to be so sharp, and quickly shut up.

Yan Yu quietly walked around the tree trunk and saw a young man wearing a mask hiding behind the tree. He asked:

"What are you calling me for?"

The man was startled instantly and almost couldn't make a hand gesture. Seeing that Yan Yu didn't attack, he breathed a sigh of relief and said sarcastically:

"Brother, you walk silently, right?"

"Didn't you call me, so I came here?" Yan Yu asked in confusion.

"Hey, I saw you were alone, so I came over to say hello." The man said with a familiar smile, "There are a lot of cultivators here now, both private and public. If we small fry don't stick together, how can we be their opponents?"

"We're banding together, right?" Yan Yu asked with his eyes half closed. "What exactly do you mean by that?"

"Simple," the man said attentively. "Collaborate and achieve mutual benefit. After we take any prize, we'll prioritize it first, but don't worry, it's a rotating process. If the first person takes it, the priority will be passed to the next person in line. If not, the remaining people will bid. No matter who wins, the money will be shared among the remaining people."

Seeing Yan Yu didn't say anything, the man added:
"As for the order, it's of course based on the order they joined the team. First come, first served, okay?"

After listening to him babble a lot, Yan Yu knew that this man had been in this secret place for quite some time and probably got a lot of information, so he smiled and said:

"Yes, you can call your companions out."

"Oh, brother, you are very perceptive!" The man clapped his hands, and several people emerged from behind the surrounding trees, all covering their faces with scarves, masks or towels, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed.

Yan Yu took a closer look and saw that there were three men and two women, plus himself, making a total of six people.

While the monks in the battle groups were divided into different professions, the civilian monks didn't follow this same pattern. Everyone used whatever they could get, so Yan Yu couldn't discern their fighting styles. Of the five, only two men were armed with flying swords, while the remaining three were empty-handed, and it was unknown what hidden tricks they had.

"There are exactly six of us here," the leading man introduced. "There are also six monks in the other team, so it's just the right number. Let me introduce myself, I'm number one."

"I'm number two," said the woman with an oval face.

"I'm number three," said the muscular man.

"Number four," the shorter woman said.

"I'm number five, brother, you're number six." The last person to speak was a spirited young man, smiling and trying to get close to Yan Yu. "Brother, that flying sword on your back is so cool, where did you get it?"

Huang Tingjian was not disguised, but when he appeared on TV before, he mostly appeared with sword lights, so it was normal that this person had never seen it.

Yan Yu said casually:

"I spent over three hundred thousand on it at the Yanjiao market. I just like this mighty and domineering giant sword."

"Oh, Yanjiao Market!" The energetic young man nodded immediately, "I must go there if I have the chance."

"Alright, let's introduce this secret realm to our new brothers." Number One walked over and said, "Did you see those Buddhist temples on the mountain before? Actually, each temple is a test level. The entrance is random, and after passing each level, the next level will also be random. Number Four asked what this is called..."

"Pigeon." The short girl said, "Pigeon game."

"Yeah, the main thing is randomness anyway," said Number One, "so don't expect to find a winning formula by trying over and over again."

"Think about it differently," Number Four added. "Since this secret realm has so many levels, it's likely that different levels will be assigned to different people. Those monks from the military monasteries and battle teams who are more powerful than us might be assigned to even more difficult levels."

"That's right." Number Two also agreed, "Otherwise they would have passed through long ago and wouldn't allow us to continue trying to pass through here."

"Speaking of this, have any monks from the team come in?" Yan Yu asked in feigned surprise.

"Yes." Number Four said, "Chen Lingyun is here."

"Is it Chen Lingyun, the deputy captain of the Zhenhai team?" Yan Yu asked pretending to be stupid.

"Right." The spirited young man No. 5 chuckled. "She's tiny and super cute, the ultimate lolita fantasy. If I ever met her, I'd definitely recommend white stockings to her. It would be a shame if her legs weren't covered in white stockings."

Number Two and Number Four simultaneously moved away from him, with undisguised expressions of disgust on their faces.

"Wake up, little brother! Chen Lingyun and Tang Xiaolian from the Fire Phoenix Team are traveling together. There's no way they'll allow you to get close." Number One mercilessly attacked him. "She's a team cultivator. Would she let us common cultivators take advantage of her? Be careful she might capture her and turn her into a ghost."

"Even if Number Five becomes a ghost, he's still a pervert," Number Four grumbled. "Chen Lingyun won't accept him."

"Enough of the small talk?" Number Three, who had been silent the entire time, finally spoke. "My vital energy has been restored."

"Okay, let's try again!" Number One quickly waved his hand and turned to Yan Yu, saying, "Number Six, this is your first time here and you're not familiar with the mechanisms of this secret realm. Just follow our team for now. Do whatever I tell you to do."

(End of this chapter)