After traveling through time, I accidentally ascended

The sky gradually darkened, and the entire Zhongzhou Academy was shrouded in fog. It was quiet and the night arrived as expected.

The hustle and bustle of the day was paused, and the monks stayed in the assigned rooms to practice or meditate in silence.

Su Yan and Liu Liu were still standing by the window, seemingly waiting for something. Looking out the window, they saw a faint glow in the darkness, as if something had come here along with the darkness.

'What is it that is used to hiding in the darkness?'

"They are nothing more than some extremely evil things that are afraid of fire and thunder. They came out from underground. Could they be strange beasts?"

Liu Liu frowned slightly, not because she was afraid, but because she felt disgusted. There were all kinds of strange beasts, but without exception they were all extremely ugly and disgusting.

After hearing Liu Liu's guess, Su Yan couldn't help but think of the description of the strange beast. Her chest churned, which was similar to the aliens in real movies.

It's not a big deal that it's scary, but that mucus and that stench, just as Su Yan was thinking about it, a sewer smell suddenly filled her nose.

Yue~What's that strange smell?

With a "bang", Su Yan closed the window, took out a bunch of daisies and put them on the table, then flicked her sleeves to blow away the disgusting smell.

The daisies she picked from Hanshan Space were fresh and natural, purifying the air, and she felt much better instantly.

After thinking for a while, he took out a few deep-sea luminous pearls and placed them in the room, illuminating the entire room.

This is only the first night. No matter whether it is a strange beast or a demon beast, since it is deliberately hiding in the dark, it will not come towards the light source if there are multiple choices.

After doing what she was supposed to do, Su Yan sat on the bed and started reading Buddhist scriptures. She had no desire to sleep in the long night. She had to fulfill her promises to others. She had not finished reading yet, and had only read half of it.

The entire Buddhist ritual was really obscure and difficult to understand. With her soul at the Nascent Soul stage, the effect would be mediocre if she memorized it by rote.

After a night passed, the sky turned white, and a faint light came through the window, and a new day finally arrived.

Su Yan put down the scripture with a dizzy head. It was like this every time. It seemed as if a lot of things were stuffed in her head. Obviously, a scripture was only a hundred pages long, but she felt like her soul was sucked out of her.

She lay listlessly on the bed, allowing Liu Liu to pick her up and put her on the chair, feed her a few pills, and then fold the bed.

They hadn't noticed until now that a man and a woman were living together, looking like a young couple.

Su Yan was used to playing Su Rui, and Liu Liu was naturally used to it as well. Sometimes it was Liu Liu who helped Su Yan change her face.

Before she could hesitate for long, there was a knock on the door. The sound was urgent and the person who came seemed very anxious.

Su Yan lay on the table without moving, just rolling her eyes. She guessed who was coming, it must be Yu Xian.

He raised his hand slightly and hooked his fingers lightly, the door opened, and Yu Xian strode in.

Seeing that Su Yan looked drained, he looked very disapproving. It was already this late and yet she still had this kind of energy.

But he didn't know what to say. He glanced at the two of them, sat down opposite Su Yan, and spoke in a deep voice.

"Something happened last night. I gathered the scattered cultivators and did a statistics. They were divided into 18 elders. Under the elders were the elders, who managed the whole group. This morning, I received a report that more than 10 people were missing for unknown reasons. Their whereabouts were unknown, and we didn't know if they were alive or dead."

Su Yan raised her eyebrows. This guy also has the concept of pyramid selling? He knows how to manage people in a progressive way. This is the version of Xiuxian World. He has a bright future!

Thinking about what he just said, it was probably the work of the strange beast from last night. When she smelled the stench, she was barely able to confirm that it was the strange beast.

It's just that this strange beast is recorded in strange stories and there is no specific record.

Some have hard bodies, some can regenerate after losing arms, some have corrosive liquids, and the most outrageous thing is that some can even split. She has no idea what kind of monsters here are.

Su Yan sat up straight, straightened her expression, and said thoughtfully.

"I had a feeling last night. It was a monster that could hide in the dark. When the night came, I saw something following me."

Yu Xian exclaimed, his expression becoming even more solemn:

"Fellow Daoist reminded me yesterday that I have been investigating the movements of the independent cultivators all night, but I found nothing special."

"Could it be possible that this monster could evade divine consciousness?"

He didn't want to accept this answer. Although there were a large number of independent cultivators, their cultivation levels were uneven. The lone independent cultivators disappeared without anyone noticing.

He didn't even utter a cry for help, as if he had disappeared out of thin air.

The atmosphere between the three people gradually became solemn, and the breeze outside the window could not blow away the sorrow.

Su Yan discovered it the moment she saw the strange beast last night. It was visible to the naked eye, but there was a void in her consciousness. She couldn't see clearly, and she didn't know where it came from.

There is no mention of blocking spiritual consciousness in the records about strange beasts. Obviously, there is something wrong with these strange beasts, or whether they are strange beasts or not is another matter.

"That's true. I only vaguely saw a few shadows last night, but I didn't find anything in my spiritual sense."

"But, I smelled a terrible stench of decay."

Yu Xian nodded solemnly. The cultivators from Zhongzhou must have noticed it but deliberately didn't say anything. Or perhaps, after coming here, they had no say in what happened next.

Just thinking about it makes me feel a little depressed. Many cultivators still know nothing about this and are looking forward to going to the Canglan Realm.

"Friend Su, this is the token of the deputy leader of the Loose Cultivator Alliance. Please keep it for now. I left in a hurry yesterday and didn't have time to give it to you."

Yu Xian suddenly changed the subject and ended the heavy conversation.

Su Yan stared at the wooden sign on the table in a daze. She just wanted to join a team of casual cultivators, so how did she become the deputy leader?

"The Loose Cultivator Alliance was established rather hastily. For now, we will only look at the token. This token is well deserved by Daoist Su."

Speaking of the Loose Cultivator Alliance, Yu Xian's tone was filled with pride. Fellow Daoist Su had made an indelible contribution to the Loose Cultivator Alliance's expansion to such a large scale.

Well, now that we've come to this, just accept it. It would be impolite to refuse.

With a flick of his sleeve, the token on the table was put into the storage ring.

Since she has received the benefit, she might as well come up with some bad ideas, ugh, good suggestions.

"Brother Yu is extremely careful and was able to discover the lack of a cultivator in such a short time."

"However, very few people know about this matter now. It would be better to publicize it and let the sect come forward."

Su Yan’s meaning was very simple, to make a big fuss and drag the sect into it to see who the monster was.

This silent defeat one by one is too passive and stupid.

“Will that cause panic among the people?”

There was a flash of hesitation in Yu Xian's eyes, and he had to consider the situation of the Loose Cultivator Alliance.

Su Yan waved her hand and said calmly, "It's only a matter of time. I think some cultivators in the Loose Cultivator Alliance have already known about your statistics this morning."

“It is better to share happiness with others than to be in panic together.”

Her idea is very simple. People are often afraid of unknown things, so it is better to make them clear.

To put it bluntly, there is fear of things that are obvious, but when there are enough people, it is no problem.

For example, if I go hiking alone and there are wild animals everywhere in the mountains, would I be afraid? Of course I would be afraid, but if there are hundreds or thousands of people with me, would I still be afraid?

Of course not. He probably wants to climb over the entire mountain and let the wild beasts see who is the king of the mountain.

Yu Xian was speechless again. Is this how the saying "It is better to share happiness with others than to enjoy it alone" works?

However, Su Yan's words still make sense. There are more than 100,000 cultivators, and those who hide their heads and tails will eventually show their tails.

It would be better to expose it now so that the people of the Loose Cultivator Alliance can take precautions in advance and let the disciples of the sect be alert as well.

At this time, the more powerful they are, the safer their family will be.

The more he thought about it, the brighter his eyes became. Why didn't he think of this? If he let the sect disciples worry, wouldn't they just hide behind him?

As expected, the deputy leader had to step in and wake the dreamer up with a word.

After getting the hint, Yu Xian left in a hurry again. He had to go and adjust the housing problem for the independent cultivators, and also pretend to reveal it to the sect disciples casually.