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

The newcomers were none other than Gao Yuru and her group, who had clashed with the two at the Opening Heaven Gate.

Neither of them looked good.

Before Gao Yuru could make any move, Tang Jieqiu and the others had already cautiously taken out their magical artifacts and assumed a defensive stance.

Lu Xizhou, fanning himself with his folding fan, asked, "Oh, is this someone we know?"

They just don't seem to be close acquaintances.

Ruan Chayan nodded, her expression unreadable: "We've met once before."

Gao Yuru glanced at Lin Zhuzui, whose cultivation had reached the mid-Nascent Soul stage, and wondered what the relationship between Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying was with them.

She broke the tense atmosphere with a smile: "Fellow Daoist Shi and Fellow Daoist Jian are truly well-informed..."

Luo Hanying interrupted Gao Yuru: "Fellow Daoist Gao, it seems you have a deep misunderstanding about us sisters. You didn't take Han Xue and my words to heart at all?"

"You still think we're cultivators who opened the Heavenly Gate?"

Han Hongyu sneered: "You know perfectly well who you are. Don't try to fool others."

Chen Shengzhe sarcastically remarked, "Your cultivation speed is indeed fast. If it weren't for the Spiritual Dew in your hands, would one of you have reached the Nascent Soul stage and the other the Core Formation stage in less than a year?"

Luo Hanying chuckled, "You have a sharp eye. Do you have some secret treasure that can see through the cultivation level of a high-level cultivator? Show it to me so I can admire it too."

Chen Shengzhe shrank his neck.

Sheng Meixu was completely confused: "Lingxi Dew?"

Shen Siya said regretfully, "As the companion of these two older sisters, how could you not know that they possess the Spirit Rhinoceros Dew?"

Shen Siya, covering her face with her sleeve, lightly sowed discord: "It seems that neither of you sisters considers you friends..."

Lu Xizhou flicked his folding fan and chuckled, "What does it matter whether we have the Spiritual Rhinoceros Dew or not? Since we're traveling together, mutual trust is naturally the most important thing."

Shen Siya's blatant methods, though dishonorable, had always been successful, and this was the first time they had run into trouble.

More than that, Lin Zhuzui was concerned about whether there was anything unusual about the place they came from: "Did you encounter anything strange over there?"

Seeing Lin Zhuzui's handsome appearance, and knowing he was a powerful sword cultivator, Shen Siya leaned over delicately and asked, "I wonder what kind of strangeness you are referring to, senior?"

"We've been there for so long, will there be any problems?"

Lin Zhuzui: Tsk, just talk, why are you swaying like that? You look like a moving target in a sword-testing arena.

"Tell me, have you encountered anything that you intuitively felt was off?"

Lin Zhuzui thought Shen Siya looked confused, so he looked at Gao Yuru, who was leading the group, and said.

Gao Yuru said pointedly, "Isn't the most suspicious thing here the two of them, whose identities are shrouded in mystery?"

Ruan Chayan smiled helplessly: "Fine, no matter how much I say, I can't wake someone who's pretending to be asleep."

Even if we were Shi Mi'er and Jian Chu, what would you do?

Han Hongyu blushed with excitement: "Of course, it's about revealing the whereabouts of the Spirit Rhinoceros Dew! You've all made it to the next level, it's time to help us too!"

Luo Hanying cursed, "Idiot!"

Lin Zhuzui sensed that these people were not quite normal, and Lu Xizhou spoke directly: "It seems that we have nothing to say to you, fellow Daoist. Let's take our leave here."

Gao Yuru was reluctant to let these two fat sheep get away. She could tell that Lin Zhuzui was in a dominant position, so she asked, "I wonder what kind of 'something' you mean by 'something'?"

When I left, there were still many monks there, and no one seemed to think anything of it.

Is there something we don't know?

Having wandered for many years, she is extremely adaptable. Now that Ruan Chayan has entered the Nascent Soul Realm and has companions in the mid-Nascent Soul stage, they may not be able to do anything to them. So it's better to be on good terms for the time being.

Sheng Meixu was kind-hearted. Although these people had just spoken rudely, she briefly described the disappearance of the Shiren Sect disciples, reminding them to be careful when they went out and to tell their acquaintances about the news, hoping to save as many as possible.

Upon hearing this, Han Hongyu and Chen Shengzhe, still shaken, begged Gao Yuru to leave immediately.

Tang Jieqiu cursed them a couple of times, complaining that they were too spineless.

Gao Yuru didn't know the background of Lin Zhuzui and the others, but she knew that Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying were no good people. Birds of a feather flock together, and she secretly wondered if they might be lying.

"In that case, I wonder which direction you fellow Daoists are headed next?"

Gao Yuru suspected that these people had learned some clues about a secret treasure and were using this place to trick them, the cultivators, so that they could keep it all for themselves once they were all deceived.

Lin Zhuzui looked at Lu Xizhou and Sheng Meixu.

Lu Xizhou pointed to the fork in the road that Luo Hanying had mentioned earlier and said, "Since the direction they came from is correct, let's listen to this little fairy and go take a look?"

That was settled, and Gao Yuru kindly offered to help as well.

"Since you are risking your lives for the sake of all cultivators, we should naturally do something too. Saving others is also saving ourselves."

Lu Xizhou could tell what was going on in Gao Yuru's mind at a glance. He chuckled and said, "In that case, I thank you all on behalf of the missing disciples of the Shiren Sect."

With the addition of Gao Yuru and others, the team quickly grew stronger.

Gao Yuru and Lin Zhuzui, who had the highest cultivation levels, walked at the front, followed by Ruan Chayan, Luo Hanying, Shen Siya, and others, with Lu Xizhou and Sheng Meixu bringing up the rear.

After discussing with Ruan Chayan, Luo Hanying gave a summary of what had happened at the Opening of the Heavenly Gate.

Tang Jieqiu was astonished to hear Luo Hanying speak in such detail, as if she had seen it with her own eyes. How could she know so much? They had never seen any trace of the black cauldron during their investigation that day.

Luo Hanying retorted sarcastically, "Are you the only ones allowed to buy intelligence at Taibai Pavilion?"

Ruan Chayan then recounted what Demon Lord Huaiwei had said about Zhou Lihong's previous actions, causing Lin Zhuzui and the others to frown.

“The demonic cultivators are truly rampant. We will report this matter to the sect.”

Sheng Meixu was filled with righteous indignation, "They actually harmed mortals and cultivators for the sake of practicing evil and crooked paths, it's truly despicable!"

"You said the Stone Crystal Beast is timid and afraid of people, so how come it keeps appearing in front of us?"

Luo Hanying pointed to the stone crystal beast that had disappeared below the fault line and said, "It's really suspicious that I, with my low level of cultivation, could see it clearly."

Lin Zhuzui agreed: "What you said makes a lot of sense. This stone crystal beast is too abnormal."

He called out to Lu Xizhou, instructing him to immediately report the situation to the sect.

Lu Xizhou agreed and, holding the communication jade slip, explained the anomaly they were currently encountering to his fellow disciple who was waiting to relay the message.

Lin Zhuzui and Gao Yuru jumped down the fault line one after the other, and he subconsciously drew his sword.

Ruan Chayan jumped down and saw Lin Zhuzui's wary posture. She asked nervously, "What's wrong? What happened?"

Luo Hanying, who landed last, asked in a low voice, "What? Something's wrong?"

Shen Siya's voice trembled: "What are you talking about?"

Lin Zhuzui quickly stopped their rumors: "No, no, I just have a feeling that something is wrong."

Gao Yuru reassured her, "You're just too nervous. What could possibly be wrong?"

Lu Xizhou had just straightened up when he noticed the communication jade slip was silent: "Lin Zhuzui! The communication jade slip was interrupted!"

His shout sent a chill down everyone's spine.