My best friend asked me if I was still doing system tasks.

The group exchanged pleasantries for a while.

Ji Daoyun, on behalf of the Blade Sect and the cultivators of the Sword Inquiry Sect, expressed gratitude to the Sword Inquiry Sect for rescuing Luo Hanying and bringing her to join them.

He told the Sword Sect that if they needed any help in the future, they should just ask, and the Blade Sect would do its best to assist them.

Luo Hanying reported her safety to Ruan Chayan and asked Jin Caiyu how the others had gathered together. Didn't the teleportation array at Taibai Pavilion randomly teleport them to various places in the Canglan Realm? How come they've all come to the Guangxu Secret Realm now?

Were Song Yingshi and her group, who were on business in Youlin County, and Nan Huachao and her group, who went to check on the paulownia tree, injured?

When Luo Hanying met Lu Xizhou, she asked him whether the Lu family's affairs had been properly resolved.

"We were lucky; we were either sent back to Nan Yue Shenzhou, or to places like Zhong Han Shenzhou or Xi Man Shenzhou, so we came here to explore the Guangxu Secret Realm."

Jin Caiyu held Ran Jie's hand, still shaken. "People like Yan Li and Yun Zhonghe were sent directly to Donglai Shenzhou. They're practically in the far north of us, and it'll take them a while to get back."

Junior Uncle was the worst off, falling directly into the territory of the demon race. They practice a law of the jungle there, and given the sensitive times, it's incredibly lucky he survived.

“Yu Shuiling and I did indeed experience several assassination attempts in Youlin County. Feng Xintong, Chu Ming and Yu Shuiling did not come with us this time because they were seriously injured and had to return to their sect to recuperate.”

When Song Ying spoke of this matter, her face showed sadness and self-blame. "Chu Ming was the most seriously injured. He broke his sword while protecting my natal sword, and I don't know when I will be able to find suitable materials to reforge it. I'm afraid he will have little progress in swordsmanship in the future."

Seeing this, Luo Hanying offered some words of comfort and asked Song Yingshi if she was injured. Song Yingshi replied that her injuries had long since healed.

Song Yingshi didn't expect Luo Hanying to care about her so much, but it was Luo Hanying who led the rescue of her and Ruan Chayan when they first met, so it's normal for them to have some feelings for each other.

Du Sitong still felt uneasy when she recalled that day: "The situation that day was really dangerous. I guess Taibai Xie initially thought that we were not easy to kill, so they sent us away first to make it easier for them to act against the Lu family."

I didn't expect that Junior Uncle would divide us into two teams, which resulted in Senior Sister Nan and us staying behind.

We immediately sought help from the Lu family, so it shouldn't have been a problem for Senior Sister Nan to lead us to their location. However, what we didn't expect was that the people we thought had arrived were actually an illusion.

Luo Hanying paused for a moment, then asked in surprise, "Wasn't it said that it's difficult to set up an illusion that could trap us? That's why we had to use a teleportation array at the last minute..."

Du Sitong shook her head: "It wasn't that kind of illusion array. Taibai Pavilion put a sleeping potion on the bark of the paulownia tree, and we started hallucinating. Later on, we even started to kill each other."

"If Mei Xue'ai's puppet beast from Xunqi Peak hadn't been unaffected by the drug, we would all probably have perished that day."

Mei Xue'ai's puppet beasts are similar to Lu Xizhou's mechanical figures; both are made of inanimate materials and are driven by spirit stones and arrays, so they are not affected by sleeping pills like cultivators.

However, if these lifeless puppets were to develop a spirit, they would be deceived by illusions, much like rain falling from the sky, resulting in a state of mental confusion.

Lu Xizhou laughed as carefree as ever: "Junior Sister Luo, you're so concerned about my family affairs?"

Don't worry, ever since the incident at Taibai Pavilion came to light, my family has found a way to deal with it. After the formation was broken, the Golden Leaf Wutong was also treated, and the situation is much better.

"Where is my friend Ruan Dao? You two are always inseparable, why haven't I seen her?"

"Oh, that's good." Luo Hanying explained, "Cha Cha is far away, it will probably take a while for her to arrive."

Luo Hanying, remembering Lu Xiyan who had been tormented by the secret technique, asked with concern, "How is Second Madam Yan? Is she better now?"

Lu Xizhou felt a pang of sorrow and his expression turned somber: "My second sister has passed away."

We couldn't find the monster in your mirror, we couldn't kill the cursed monster, and we couldn't break the runes on her body. She still couldn't hold on.

Luo Hanying was speechless for a moment, and after opening her mouth, she could only utter the words "Please accept my condolences".

No wonder I felt something was different about Lu Xizhou when I saw him this time. It turned out that in addition to his more composed demeanor, there was also the simple color of his clothes. He had put away all his brightly colored sachets and ornaments.

Suddenly remembering something, Luo Hanying couldn't help but ask for details: "Didn't Junior Uncle discover the monster's lair in Lu Ze's courtyard? Could it be that Lu Ze wasn't the monster's owner?"

Lu Xizhou looked hesitant and doubtful: "It doesn't seem so."

The Lu family had imprisoned Lu Ze for many days, but the monster had not returned to his side. When asked about the monster, he dared not speak further, as it would violate the restrictions placed beneath Taibai Pavilion.

"What do you mean?" Luo Hanying didn't react for a moment. "What restriction? He's not lying to you, is he?"

Lu Xizhou raised his chin: "Do you remember the cultivator who tried to assassinate you? He got his head blown off after Junior Uncle used Soul Searching Technique, right?"

That is the restriction of Taibai Pavilion. With such a restriction in place, whether they seek life or death, they cannot reveal those secrets.

The interrogation methods used in my family are beyond your imagination. Lu Ze is extremely afraid of death; he can neither live nor dare to die, so he basically tells the truth.

Luo Hanying opened her mouth in shock and said with difficulty, "So this monster is still out there harming people..."

Lu Xizhou expressed his deep sympathy: "No matter who it was, even us, we might only have been waiting to die."

The conversation between Lu Xizhou and Luo Hanying weighed heavily on their hearts, and now they could only pray that they would never encounter such a terrifying monster.

While Luo Hanying and her group were chatting, Ji Daoyun, together with the leaders of several other sects, discussed countermeasures.

Even though they are numerous now, the preparations of Canghai Realm or Taibai Pavilion are certainly more thorough. Now that the fireworks have exposed their location, it is unknown how long it will take before they come knocking on their door.

Seeing that Ji Daoyun and the others had finished their discussion and had their respective sects' cultivators set up formations and defenses, Luo Hanying took the opportunity to tell Ji Daoyun that she wanted to talk to him alone.

Ji Daoyun used a silence array layered with a concealment array, so that even if someone could read lips, they wouldn't know what he and Luo Hanying were talking about.

Luo Hanying told Ji Daoyun about Bai Yan and Su Daiyu from the Wenjian Sect asking her about the Shiren Sect. She asked, "Junior Uncle, is there really a sect called Wenjian Sect at the border of Nanyue Divine Continent and Ximan Divine Continent?"

I have a feeling their motives aren't pure!