The rag picking sister turned out to be a weapon refiner

It was not known whether Hu Xingtong's warning worked, but this time the creatures behind the secret realm were not playing tricks on her. When Hu Xingtong reached the 27th level step by step, she finally saw a different place.

This place is surrounded by magma and hot air, just like when I first came to the volcano.

"Is it coming out?" Hu Xingtong couldn't believe what he saw, fearing that the guy behind the scenes was playing tricks on him again.

[Out! This is the location of the crater.] The system introduced the environment here, and Hu Xingtong finally relaxed. After performing a cleansing spell on himself, he took out the jade slips of communication with Sun Ze and others from the storage magic treasure.

I don’t know whether Sun Ze and the others have left that secret realm this year, and I don’t know whether they have reached this place.

Soon, a reply came from the jade slip. It was Sun Ze's voice that sounded pleasantly surprised, and with a hint of relief, he asked, "Junior sister, are you okay?"

"Where are you now? I'll come pick you up." His tone was full of anticipation and anxiety. Hu Xingtong was a little puzzled, but didn't think much about it. After briefly telling his location, he sat down and meditated to regulate his breathing.

"Junior sister!"

"Senior sister!"

Four different shouts woke up Hu Xingtong who was meditating. Hu Xingtong looked in the direction of the sound and saw four figures rushing towards him. After they stopped in front of him, they looked him up and down, glancing here and touching there, as if they were looking at some rare object.

"What are you doing?" Hu Xingtong asked in confusion, but he stood there without any impatience on his face, allowing several people to look at him from head to toe.

Seeing that she was fine, Sun Ze breathed a sigh of relief and replied, "Junior Sister, where have you been this past year? We couldn't find any trace of you, and we couldn't even contact you."

Hu Xingtong was stunned by this question, and immediately asked the others, "Aren't you trapped in some secret trial realm? The kind where you have to fight the Scarlet Demon Wolf first, and then fight monsters level by level?"

Several people shook their heads, and the confused expressions on their faces made Hu Xingtong even more angry. He immediately told everyone everything that happened in the secret realm, and finally complained a few more words out of anger.

"We didn't. That day, I was holding you, but I was suddenly pulled into a secret realm by a strong force. Then I saw a foggy forest with nothing in it. Later, I saw the scene of Master picking me up. When I woke up, the fog had dissipated, and I found Qianyu and the others in the secret realm, but I couldn't find you. I searched for half a year and still had no news of you."

"That's because we thought you had found a way out first, so we thought we'd go out and look for you first, and then go back to find you if that didn't work. But once we got out, we couldn't get back in, and we couldn't sense you anywhere. We could only sit at the entrance of the secret realm and wait, until today." Sun Ze said, and he took out a piece of dried meat from somewhere and handed it to Hu Xingtong, asking with concern, "Are you hungry? We've captured a lot of troublesome monsters here these days, and we've saved up a lot of food. You can eat first."

He had been in that secret realm for a whole year. Although he was fasting, he still had a desire for food. The snacks that Wen Zhao had prepared for him had long been eaten up as snacks for the clown to vent his anger during his day-to-day practice.

Now seeing the fragrant dried meat in front of him, Hu Xingtong certainly would not be polite. He took it and started to chew it. It must be said that as the head of the family, Sun Ze had a good skill in cooking. He didn't know what kind of monster the dried meat was from. It was dry but not tough, and it became more fragrant the more he chewed it. Hu Xingtong wanted to have another piece.

Seeing this, the other people took out their food with concern, including dried meat, biscuits, and a pot of rice wine. No one knew where these people got these things from. They had been at the volcano for a year and still had these good things.

"Sister, eat slowly. There's still some. If it's not enough, I have some sesame cakes here." Xiao Yuheng saw that Hu Xingtong looked like she hadn't eaten for several days. Although he was wondering why she was like this even though she was fasting, he still honestly put all the food he had in front of Hu Xingtong.

Woo woo woo, who among her family members understands her? She has been keeping company with corpses all day long. Although there is meat everywhere and she has fire, she has no seasoning and is willing to eat meat that has no taste at all.

"Oh, by the way, Junior Sister, we met those fire monsters again some time ago. I don't know why, but they were very enthusiastic when they saw us. They said they wanted to invite us to their territory to play. The key point is, they also asked about you in particular." Sun Ze sat down opposite Hu Xingtong again and recounted the little episode that happened not long ago.

After hearing this, Hu Xingtong frowned, feeling uneasy. "They asked me specifically? Why me?"

Sun Ze scratched his head, looking a little confused. "I don't know. We found it very strange too. They should be hostile, but even if they weren't too hostile, they shouldn't be so welcoming. What's more, the fire demons were unusually friendly. They even said that when you get out, they hope you can visit them. We didn't dare to stay any longer, after all, we didn't know their intentions, so we just returned."

Hu Xingtong pondered for a moment, a vague suspicion forming in her mind. Perhaps this was related to her own experience in the secret realm, but more importantly, she remembered the Master and Young Master mentioned by the two fire demons, and her curiosity piqued. She looked up at the group, a questioning glint in her eyes. "I think we should go and see what they're up to."

"No!" Sun Ze objected immediately. "Junior sister, the Fire Demon Land is full of dangers. We don't even know their purpose, let alone their strength. What if there's danger?"

"Senior Brother is right. Those who are not of our race must have different hearts. What's more, the two fire monsters said earlier that there was a master and a young master. I think it might be the master's idea. Maybe it's a trap. It's better not to take risks." Han Qianyu continued the conversation and gave the same advice.

[Xingxing, you have to go check it out. A new mission has arrived.] At this moment, the system's voice rang in Zi'ah's mind, followed by the mechanical system's mission announcement: [Host, please complete the exploration of the Fire Tribe ruins.]

Okay, no need to hesitate or worry, you have to go now.

"But we can't just drag it out like this," Hu Xingtong insisted. "Besides, think about it, your cultivation levels are quite high. Junior Sister and Four Junior Brothers have all reached the Golden Core stage. Yet, those fire demons were able to find your location, even blatantly inviting you. It seems like either they have something to rely on or they don't dare to take action. I'm more inclined to believe the former. After all, you mentioned the presence of the Master and Young Master. So, even if we wanted to hide, we might not be able to."

Seeing Hu Xingtong's resolute attitude, everyone looked at each other and finally had no choice but to agree. But they also proposed to go together, at least to have someone to look after them.

Hu Xingtong was happy to see this. He had not originally planned to go alone. Judging from the name of the system task, this trip should not be a dangerous mission.