I was reborn as a young master in an invincible family of immortals

Filled with the joy and determination of having found the first "Hunyuan Holy Crystal," Lin Yun and his companions raced towards the mysterious valley in the western part of the Xiuxian Realm. Along the way, they traversed dense jungles, treacherous mountains, and encountered several unexpected spiritual storms. Fortunately, their tacit cooperation, relying on their respective abilities and magical weapons, enabled them to overcome each danger.

However, the closer we got to the mysterious valley, the more eerie the surroundings became. The once vibrant forest gradually became sparse, the branches and leaves of the trees withered and yellow, as if drained of their vitality by some invisible force. A faint haze perpetually shrouded the sky, dimming even the sunlight that filtered through, leaving a heavy feeling in our hearts.

"Everyone, be careful. The aura around here doesn't feel right. We're probably not far from the valley. The danger inside is probably no less than the ruins we saw before." Lin Yun reminded them. Everyone nodded and slowed down more cautiously. They observed their surroundings vigilantly while slowly approaching the direction of the valley.

When they finally arrived at the entrance of the valley, a thick black fog spread out from the valley. The fog emitted a pungent and rotten smell, mixed with wisps of evil spiritual power fluctuations, which made people want to vomit, and the circulation of spiritual power seemed to be slightly hindered.

"There's something strange about this fog. Don't rush in. I'll try to use my spiritual power to explore the situation." Lin Yun said, cautiously extending a wisp of spiritual power into the fog. However, the moment the spiritual power came into contact with the fog, it seemed to sink into a quagmire and was instantly swallowed up without a trace. At the same time, a low roar could be heard from the fog, as if warning everyone not to approach.

"It seems this fog not only devours spiritual energy, but there might also be something powerful guarding it. Forcing our way in is definitely not an option. We need to find another way," Lin Yun said with a frown. Everyone gathered together to discuss a countermeasure. Chen Yu suggested walking along the edge of the valley to see if they could find a place where the fog was relatively thin or another entrance. Everyone thought this approach was feasible, and they carefully explored the valley's edge.

After they walked around the valley for a while, Chen Yu suddenly stopped and pointed at a cliff. "Look, there seems to be something strange about this cliff. I feel like there's spiritual energy coming from behind. Maybe there's a passage leading into the valley hidden behind it."

Everyone rushed over to investigate, only to see faint traces of runes on the mountain wall. Although most of them were already blurred, a closer look revealed a faint trace of spiritual energy emanating from behind the wall. Lin Yun reached out and touched the wall, slowly injecting spiritual energy into it, attempting to explore the mystery of the runes and see if he could open this hidden passage.

With the infusion of Lin Yun's spiritual power, the runes on the mountain wall gradually lit up. After flashing a few times, a "click" sound was heard, and a stone door slowly appeared on the mountain wall. After the stone door opened, an old breath rushed to the face, and a deep and dark passage appeared in front of everyone. The passage was also filled with a faint mist, but it was much thinner than the evil mist at the entrance of the valley.

"This should be the place. Everyone follow me and go in to take a look." Lin Yun said, and stepped into the passage first. The others followed closely. After entering the passage, the stone door slowly closed behind them. Everyone's heart was lifted, wondering what was waiting for them at the end of the passage.

Slowly moving along the passage, the surroundings were so quiet that only the sound of footsteps and gentle breathing could be heard. However, as they walked, they noticed that the surrounding environment seemed to be quietly changing. Blurred images began to appear on the originally monotonous walls of the passage, revealing the various experiences of the group: laughter, sadness, thrilling moments of battle, and peaceful moments of cultivation.

"Don't be confused by these images. This must be an illusion. Keep your mind focused and don't get caught up in it!" Lin Yun reminded loudly. However, despite this, those images seemed to have a strange magic that kept pulling at everyone's thoughts, trying to drag them into the whirlpool of memories.

Su Yao felt her consciousness gradually becoming hazy, and the warm scenes of her childhood with her family emerged in her mind. The scene was so real that she unconsciously wanted to immerse herself in it and forget all her troubles. At this moment, a cool spiritual power fluctuation came from the Lingxi Yuxiao in her hand, which suddenly woke her up. She hurriedly circulated her spiritual power, stabilized her mind, and forcibly drove those illusions out of her mind.

The others encountered similar situations, employing various concentration techniques to resist the influence of the illusion. Lin Yun even employed a special spiritual power technique from the "Hunyuan Spiritual Method," transforming his spiritual power into a layer of light that enveloped everyone, attempting to isolate them from the invasion of the illusion. While resisting the interference of the illusion, everyone continued to trudge forward towards the front of the passage, not daring to slack off even for a moment.

After a difficult struggle, the group finally broke through the illusionary barrier with their tenacious willpower. But before they could breathe a sigh of relief, a new danger emerged within the passage. Rune arrays suddenly appeared on the ground, gleaming with eerie light. From time to time, black spiritual rays shot out from these rune arrays, snaking towards the group like serpents. Once struck, everyone felt a paralysis in their bodies, and their spiritual energy flow slowed.

"Be careful of the rune arrays on the ground! Everyone, jump forward and try to avoid those beams!" Lin Yun shouted. He was the first to unleash his agility, lightly leaping over each rune array and charging forward. Everyone followed suit, unleashing their own agility techniques, weaving between the rune arrays. However, the beams were incredibly agile, as if they could predict everyone's movements, constantly shooting towards them. For a moment, the passage was a crisscross of spiritual energy beams, and everyone was desperately trying to dodge them, facing danger on all sides.

While Chen Yu was jumping, he was accidentally struck by a beam of light on his leg. He felt a sharp pain and lost his balance, falling towards a rune array. At this critical moment, Zhao Gang quickly extended his spiritual shield and caught Chen Yu, blocking the remaining beams from the rune array. However, the shield became shaky under the continuous attack of the beams, and the situation was extremely critical.

"Everyone, stop running around! Concentrate your energy on attacking the cores of these rune formations and destroy them!" Lin Yun saw this and quickly gave everyone a command. Upon hearing this, everyone immediately stopped and unleashed their strongest spiritual attacks, blasting towards the core of the rune formation closest to them.

Suddenly, a cascade of spiritual energy intertwined, transforming into dazzling beams that fiercely slammed into the core of the rune formation. With a roar, cracks began to appear in the rune formation under the combined attack, and its light dimmed. The black spiritual energy rays gradually ceased their attack, and finally, the rune formation completely shattered, transforming into tiny specks of light that dissipated into the air.

After resolving the crisis surrounding the rune formation, everyone rushed to check on Chen Yu's injuries. Fortunately, they were only superficial wounds, and after simple treatment and spiritual recuperation, they were fine. After a brief rest, they continued their journey deeper into the passage. They all knew that the dangers within this passage were only the beginning, and that the valley was sure to hold even more difficulties and obstacles, waiting for them to face. However, in order to find the "Hunyuan Saint Crystal," they had no choice but to forge ahead.

After walking along the passage for a long time, they finally emerged and arrived at the heart of the valley. The scene here made everyone gasp. The valley was dead silent, the ground was covered with dry cracks, and a black liquid with an evil aura flowed through the cracks. The surrounding rocks also took on a strange and twisted shape, as if squeezed by some huge force.

In the center of the valley, there was a huge vortex of spiritual power slowly rotating. Various strange lights flashed in the vortex from time to time. Some vague shadows could be seen struggling and twisting in the light. The mysterious and powerful force made everyone feel a chill in their hearts. They knew that all the strange phenomena in the valley were probably related to this vortex of spiritual power. Maybe the "Hunyuan Holy Crystal" was hidden near or inside this vortex, but it was not easy to get close to it. Everyone stood where they were, thinking about what to do.

"No matter what, let's try to get closer first. Everyone be careful. If you feel something is wrong, retreat immediately." Lin Yun said with gritted teeth. Everyone nodded in agreement, and then moved carefully towards the direction of the spiritual power vortex.

But as they approached, they felt a powerful resistance, as if an invisible wall blocked their path. Every step forward consumed a tremendous amount of spiritual and physical energy. Furthermore, as they drew closer to the vortex, the evil aura grew stronger, constantly assaulting their minds, attempting to invade their consciousness and disrupt their awareness.

Su Yao played the Lingxi Jade Flute, trying to use the power of music to resist the erosion of the evil aura and at the same time reduce some resistance for everyone; Chen Yu hid his body, trying to find if there was a weak spot around the spiritual power vortex; Zhao Gang stabilized his body in the front, using his powerful spiritual power to withstand most of the impact for everyone; Lin Yun maintained his own spiritual power shield while observing the spiritual power fluctuations of the vortex, trying to find a way to break through. Everyone performed their duties and tried their best to get closer to the vortex, but the progress was very slow and every step was extremely difficult.

Just as everyone was struggling to fight against the resistance and evil aura, Chen Yu suddenly sent a message. He found that on the south side of the spiritual power vortex, there was a place where the spiritual power fluctuations were relatively stable, and there seemed to be some faint rune traces flashing, which might be hiding some key clues or an entrance to somewhere.

Upon hearing this, everyone hurried southward. Arriving at the location Chen Yu had mentioned, they saw the flickering rune traces. Lin Yun took a closer look and discovered that these runes bore similarities to the ancient runes he had encountered while searching for the first Primordial Saint Crystal. After some deciphering, he was pleasantly surprised to discover that these runes seemed to hint at a hidden chamber deep underground beneath the spiritual energy vortex, and that this chamber might very well hold the second Primordial Saint Crystal they were seeking.

"It seems that we have to find a way to enter the underground secret room, but this spiritual power vortex is blocking us here, so it's not easy to go down." Lin Yun said with a frown. Everyone also realized the thorny nature of the problem, but now that they have found a clue, they will never give up easily. They began to discuss specific methods on how to break through the spiritual power vortex and enter the underground secret room. Everyone's face was full of determination and determination. They were determined to find the Holy Crystal and continue to stop the conspiracy of the mysterious evil forces.

After some discussion, everyone decided to work together to perform a spiritual power fusion technique, gathering their respective spiritual powers together to form a powerful impact force, trying to break through the relatively weak area below the spiritual power vortex and open a passage to the underground secret room.

Everyone practiced their skills and continuously injected spiritual power into each other. As the spiritual power gathered, a dazzling spiritual power light column formed in front of everyone. The light column became thicker and brighter.

"Now, let's all push! Charge!" Lin Yun shouted, and everyone joined in the chant, blasting the spiritual beam towards the bottom of the spiritual vortex. The spiritual beam collided with the vortex, emitting an earth-shattering roar. The entire valley seemed to tremble violently, and powerful spiritual energy waves spread out in all directions, causing flying sand and rocks, and filling the air with smoke and dust.

However, just when everyone thought that the passage was about to be successfully opened, the spiritual vortex seemed to be completely enraged, and suddenly burst out with an even stronger suction force, which swept directly towards everyone. Everyone had no time to dodge and was instantly pulled by the suction force to fly towards the center of the vortex. A new crisis came and they fell into an extremely dangerous situation, but at this moment they had no strength to break free and could only let the suction force take them towards the unknown center of the vortex.