Although the little apprentice sister is weak, she can fight

After he finished speaking, he was silent for a moment, then slowly spoke, "I think that besides doubting whether these corpses in the secret realm are real or fake, those so-called living people outside are also not without some doubts."

"What do you think?"

These words seemed to carry some terrifying meaning when you think about them carefully.

"The body is dead, but he is still alive and well outside the secret realm..." Shen Qiao muttered to himself as he walked closer, squatted down, raised his hand and slowly placed it on the head that was still open-eyed.

Zhang Zhi saw that she was trying to search her soul, and remembering that she had been rubbing her eyes since she woke Zhang Qiyan up, he couldn't help but remind her, "Junior Sister Shen."

"It's okay." Shen Qiao responded and closed his eyes.

Xie Qingyan lowered his eyes and watched, but did not stop him.

Shen Qiao's consciousness patrolled the corpse several times, but still could not recall even a fragment of memory.

She tried to summon the spirit again, but it still didn't work.

"Just like the ones in the swamp before, it's like someone has stripped away their souls."

The identities of such corpses can probably only be confirmed through people they are familiar with, after all, some of the corpses present have been disfigured.

"I contacted my master." Xie Qingyan suddenly spoke, making hand gestures.

"She asked us to send these bodies away first, and she would call the stewards from other sects to identify the rest."

This is good. After all, these corpses are not the white bones like before, and are not suitable for being placed in storage containers.

Because the situation this time was special, the immortals agreed to the request to temporarily open the secret passage after learning about it.

Along with the hundred or so corpses, Shen Qiao's bag of bones and the soul bead were also sent out.

After a brief handover, Du Chen was in charge of the affairs outside. This was also the first time Shen Qiao and Zhang Zhi met this uncle, although he was wearing a veil.

"I will be responsible for arranging the matters from now on. You can continue with your work and don't worry." Her eyes quickly swept over the other people, and without waiting for a reply, she waved her sleeve to close the temporarily opened passage in the secret realm and disconnected.

Zhang Qiyan also left first after the incident was over. The remaining three people had originally planned to separate and follow their own plans.

Just as they were about to disperse, Xie Qingyan asked, "Have you seen Li Yue and Shang Mian?"

Zhang Zhizheng was a little distracted, so he didn't answer immediately. After Shen Qiao responded, he realized what was happening and said, "I haven't encountered that either. But I contacted them before, but it seems they were too far away and couldn't come over."

"Really..." Xie Qingyan seemed to be thinking.

"It's okay, go ahead. Contact me if you need anything."

"it is good."

Perhaps it was Xie Qingyan's inquiry before they separated that made Shen Qiao a little concerned. Afterwards, she tried to contact Shang Mian and Li Yue several times, but unfortunately she received no response.

She hadn't been there during the Secret Realm Trial in her previous life, and she had barely interacted with them since becoming Yun Zhi's disciple, so she had no idea what had happened. But she later heard that Shang Mian and Li Yue had indeed encountered some problems, and that they had secluded themselves for three or four years before resuming their activities.

She felt a little uneasy. She remembered how they'd reported to each other when they were rushing to the secret realm. The closest people were her and Zhang Zhi. The distance between her, Li Yue, and Shang Mian spanned most of the secret realm. Li Yue and Shang Mian probably wouldn't meet unless absolutely necessary.

The last time I heard from them was before I entered the Thousand Monsters Forest. Calculating the time that had passed since then, plus their approximate speed...

She waved her hand and a map of the entire secret realm appeared in front of her.

"Hiss, considering these two's abilities, there doesn't seem to be anything particularly threatening in this area. Could it be that they ran into 'Fallen Shadow Manor' and were temporarily imprisoned there?"

Zheng——

The long sword swung down suddenly, but was blocked squarely by an iron umbrella.

"Fellow Daoist, sneak attacks are not a good habit." She put away the illusory map and said casually without even turning her head.

In fact, she had just noticed that someone was following her, so she was standing there looking at the map just to expose her flaw and lure the person out.

She remembered the fluctuations of this person's spiritual power. He was one of the cultivators who had been criticized by Li Yue for gossiping about her.

This man had a pointed face and a clever look. When he saw that his sneak attack was broken, he immediately used the force to bounce away, but it didn't seem like he was going to give up.

This time he could test it out. His realm was not much higher than that of the kid. Taking action now would only serve as a stepping stone for those behind him. It would be better to find an excuse to leave first, and then meet him later when everyone was exhausted...

Thinking of this, he forced a sly smile and cupped his hands, "I was being unreasonable. Young Master Shen is indeed worthy of being the reincarnation of the Sword God. I admire you."

"I just happened to be passing by. Seeing that Mr. Shen stopped for no reason, I thought he had encountered a predator from this secret realm, so I tried to test him. I hope you won't blame me. Since there's nothing important now, I, Wang, will take my leave."

"Daoyou, your suspicion is justified."

Shen Qiao pretended to be surprised, raised his hand to take Que Yuan and slowly lifted it up, revealing an innocent smile. "Now I have the same suspicion, and I feel it is necessary to test it with you. If you can take it, I will apologize to you like I did just now. How about it?"

He was a little hesitant. Since the little girl said so, he couldn't refuse.

Besides, it’s just one move. Who is this kid looking down on?

He snorted and laughed, "Okay! Please, Mr. Shen."

Shen Qiao smiled, and suddenly swung the long umbrella in his hand down, condensing a spiritual power visible to the naked eye out of thin air.

This seemingly soft move surprised him a little.

Giving up close combat?

He completely relaxed in his heart, raised his sword calmly, and planned to take it without dodging.

Just a little bit of sword energy, and you thought it would be something powerful...?

Before he could form this idea, he tried to use the sword in his hand and found that it was vibrating.

No, it's not shock, it's fear!

"I...!" He saw the sword shaking uncontrollably and hurriedly changed his moves, but it was obviously too late. When this spiritual power really hit him, the teleportation array that sensed that his life was about to be threatened was activated and directly teleported him out.

"Heh..." Shen Qiao sneered, closed his umbrella and turned to leave.

Anyway, that area also has what she wants to find. Since it is on the way, she might as well go to the direction of the village and take a look.

Just as she turned and walked about ten meters away, an invisible dividing line seemed to appear in the direction that was hit by the sword energy. Whether it was the seven or eight meter tall thick tree or the haystack on the ground that was almost a person's height, most of them were cut off and slowly fell to the ground.